The men’s tennis team had a strong showing this weekend as four Tigers made it to the final day of play at the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational.
With a new season that begins with four consecutive home games and includes an all-new opponent (Post University), the sprint football team is looking toward a fresh start.“We think we can get a couple wins before the year’s over, and that’s what we’re driving at,” head coach Thomas Cocuzza said. “After the last couple years it’d be easy to say, ‘OK, the game’s close’ and call that a success, but we’re looking at it to get a couple of wins.”
With an offensive bang against Dartmouth and more of a whimper against rival No. 8 Syracuse, the field hockey team swept its most important weekend of play yet.The No. 4 Tigers (5-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) dominated the Big Green (4-1, 0-1) by a score of 9-1 on Friday evening and followed with a nail-biting 1-0 finish against the Orange (5-3) on Sunday afternoon. Princeton emerged from the weekend as one of just five undefeated teams in the nation.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — At 12:37 p.m. on Saturday, the Surace era officially began. As the ball sailed into the hands of junior cornerback Ivan Charbonneau in the opening play of Princeton’s season, first-year head coach Bob Surace ’90 readied himself on the sideline for the Tigers’ first offensive drive of the year.
Coming off a three-game win streak that saw the women’s soccer team’s offense net 10 goals, the Tigers suffered two 1-0 losses to Long Island opponents over the weekend, bringing their record back to .500.
Ivy League football teams other than Princeton’s had considerable success in their first weekend of play. Five of Princeton’s seven conference foes won their season opener, many in exciting fashion.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Football team head coach Bob Surace ’90 has preached a fast and furious style, and the Tigers displayed some offensive fireworks in his first game at the helm on Saturday. Princeton (0-1) put up 528 yards of total offense, outgaining Lehigh (2-1) by more than 200 yards. But the Tigers lost the field-position battle and found the end zone only once, enabling the Mountain Hawks to pull out a 35-22 victory.
The men’s soccer team continued its rickety start to the season this weekend, drawing 1-1 with Georgetown on Friday night at Roberts Stadium before dropping a 2-0 contest to Villanova on Sunday in Philadelphia. Despite coming into the season ranked 27th in the country, the Tigers (1-3-1) have yet to win since they began their season with a victory two weeks ago.
When the 2010 edition of the football team steps onto the field at Lehigh on Saturday under the direction of a man whose last outing for the squad was two decades ago, it will represent the beginning of a new era.
The women’s soccer team is off to a strong start this season and is currently on a three-game winning streak, its first since the 2008 season.Next up for Princeton (3-1) is a game against Long Island (4-1-1) tonight at Myslik Field. So far this season, Long Island has beaten Hartford, Hawaii, Longwood and Fordham, while tying Harvard 2-2. The Tigers are expecting a tough game from the Blackbirds.
The field hockey team already has three wins under its belt, but for a team with its sights set on a national championship, this weekend might as well be viewed as its second season opener. The No. 4 Tigers (3-0) face off against Dartmouth (4-0), their first Ivy League opponent, on Friday night. Then, on Sunday afternoon, Princeton will take on its first ranked rival, No. 8 Syracuse (4-2).
After the strong ending to last year’s men’s soccer season, in which Princeton went undefeated in its last seven regular-season games, the team had hoped to keep up that momentum this year. However, after two straight early season losses, the Tigers (1-2) find themselves in a hole and face their toughest test yet, a match against Georgetown (2-2-0) under Friday night lights at Roberts Stadium.
Propelled by last year’s unprecedented success and this year’s fresh talent, the men’s water polo team is roaring into the season. After dropping the season opener to Cal Baptist, the Tigers capitalized on their conditioning and battled back to win their next three games in convincing fashion.
The men’s golf team is looking to improve on its seventh-place finish in the Ivy League last season, led by lone senior Eric Salazar.
Coming off a 16-3 season that ended with a loss in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, the field hockey team has begun its season with three strong victories.The No. 4 Tigers (3-0 overall) have already defeated Bucknell, Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth and are looking forward to making another run at the program’s first national championship. Princeton will also look to take home the Ivy League title for the 16th time in the past 17 years.
After ending the historic season that featured its first back-to-back Ivy League titles and a tough loss to a quality Virginia team in the NCAA tournament, the women’s tennis team entered the offseason on a high note. The team has experienced some controversy lately, though, as news broke last week that the NCAA will penalize the University for a “major violation” of NCAA rules involving the women’s team.
After averaging a league-low 12.9 points per game in 2009, the football team is ready to pick up the pace. A new coaching staff brings with it a fresh, high-octane offensive system that the Tigers hope will lead to an improvement on last year’s 4-6 record.
Last year, the men’s water polo team defeated then-No. 12 Navy in Cambridge, Mass. to clinch the Eastern Championships title. It was one of the high points of a 16-12 season that, despite numerous injuries, saw the Tigers win their first Eastern title since 2004 and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament, where they finished third by toppling then-No. 6 Loyola Marymount.
Only one short year after the women’s volleyball team kicked off its schedule with three winless preseason tournaments, the Tigers are entering their final preseason tournament this year with a winning record and higher hopes for an Ivy League Championship season. The Tigers were already three weeks into Ivy League play last year when they got their fourth win, but this year’s squad already has four wins under its belt, including a win over George Mason last weekend that avenged a loss last fall.
While other students were packing up and moving back to campus this fall, the women’s soccer team was already slaying its foes on the pitch. After a tough 2009 campaign, the Tigers look to improve this year both overall and in the Ivy League.
