As students prepare to head home for the winter break, the search for a new football head coach continues.
If there’s one thing you should understand about men’s and women’s water polo head coach Luis Nicolao, it’s that he certainly doesn’t need an article published about him to prove his success.
For those of you who have just returned from a voyage to the moon or a three-week acid trip, there have been a number of stories in the newspapers lately about a guy named Tiger Woods. You probably know him as the world’s greatest golfer, the face of Nike and Gatorade or that guy who wears a red shirt and violently fist-pumps whenever he sinks a key putt on a summer Sunday.
The women’s ice hockey team ended this past weekend on a heartbreaking note, losing the second of two close games to Syracuse thanks to the efforts of Orange forward Lisa Mullan.
Today, the Princeton Varsity Club and Be The Match will jointly host a bone marrow registry drive at Frist Campus Center. The registry drive, which is sanctioned by the National Bone Marrow Registry, will be held in the Frist Multipurpose Room from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
After opening its dual season in early December with a pair of victories, the wrestling team struggled this past Saturday in a quad meet held in Binghamton, N.Y., going 1-2 on the weekend. Princeton (3-3 overall) won a decisive 31-10 victory over the Merchant Marine Academy but fell to Liberty University and Binghamton in what head coach Chris Ayres described as one of the team?s less successful outings. ?Overall, I felt as if we underperformed,? Ayres said in an e-mail.
After a six-month hiatus, the men?s and women?s track and field teams were finally back on the track, competing in the New Years? Invitational on Friday night at Jadwin Gymnasium.
The men’s basketball team headed to North Carolina on Sunday looking to build on its impressive victory over Lafayette last week. After a solid 65-50 victory over UNC-Greensboro (2-6 overall), it’s safe to say Princeton (4-4) did just that.
Sophomore forward Lauren Edwards finished with a season-high 23 points, including 15 in the first 10 minutes of play, helping Princeton bring down Lafayette, 80-47, on Saturday.
The men’s hockey team has spent the last several weeks waiting for someone to step up with a spectacular performance and break its slump. Saturday afternoon, senior goalie Zane Kalemba finally delivered that performance, making a career-best 45 saves in a 3-2 Princeton victory over No. 9 University of Massachusetts-Lowell (10-6-1 overall).
The Tigers traveled to snowy upstate New York on Sunday for their toughest match yet against No. 3 University of Rochester. It spoiled Princeton’s unblemished record in a much-anticipated matchup, winning 5-4.
The men’s squash team has the opportunity to extend its winning streak this weekend when it hosts Navy at Jadwin Gymnasium today at 5 p.m. It then travels north to take on the University of Rochester on Sunday.
Now in the thick of its non-conference schedule, the women?s basketball team will take on Lafayette this Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium.
Two months ago, the first USCHO/CBS College Sports poll of the season listed Princeton and University of Massachusetts Lowell right next to each other, at No.
The women?s ice hockey team is wading into uncharted waters this weekend with two games against Syracuse.
Last year, the men’s basketball team kicked off the new year with a victory over UNC-Greensboro, and that triumph sparked the Tigers to an eight-game winning streak. Princeton will look to use the Spartans as a springboard to sustained success once again when they meet this Sunday in Greensboro.
It?s difficult not to feel sorry for Coach Gary Patterson and the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian.
When Courtney Banghart speaks, the women?s basketball team listens.
The search for a replacement for former football head coach Roger Hughes, who was relieved of his responsibilities in late November, marches on, and rumors about potential candidates continue to circulate on the internet.
Buoyed by one of the strongest recruiting classes in recent memory, the men?s and women?s indoor track teams look poised to have record-breaking seasons, not only in the Ivy League, but in regional and national meets as well. On the men?s side, head coach Fred Samara said that this year?s squad is ?one of our best teams ever [because of] the tremendous recruiting year.?
