Fresh off its first loss since spring break, the men?s lacrosse team sent a message to the rest of the Ivy League on Saturday: The Orange and Black is far from finished.
There?s a saying in volleyball that the fifth game is a ?race to eight?: If a team falters early, there isn?t much time for it to get back in the game.
Baseball, if nothing else, is a game of inches. Whether it?s a ball rolling just under the shortstop?s glove or a called third strike on the outside corner, a baseball game often boils down to a few chance occurrences that defy explanation.Princeton (18-18 overall, 10-10 Ivy League Gehrig Division) found this out the hard way Sunday afternoon against Cornell (15-21, 10-10). The Tigers were only two innings away from clinching a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series when a home run from Cornell infielder Frank Hager gave the Big Red a 4-3 lead it would not relinquish.
What a difference a week can make. Seven days ago, Princeton (10-2 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) stood atop the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association rankings, looking to go to Ithaca, N.Y., to extend its six-game winning streak and seize the Ivy League crown.
Since the 2005 season, the women’s water polo team has had its Eastern Championship hopes dashed by the Michigan Wolverines three times. Only once during that span, in 2007, did the Tigers eliminate the Wolverines. Heading into Friday’s Easterns quarterfinal against Michigan in Cambridge, Mass., Princeton looks to duplicate its 2007 result.
It’s all on the line for the men’s and women’s golf teams this weekend.The Tigers will head to the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J., and take on the rest of the Ancient Eight’s golf teams in the Ivy League Championship.
Whether it’s foregoing a conference tournament in basketball or passing on the NCAA tournament in football, the Ivy League seems to have a strange aversion to playoffs.
The women’s lacrosse team will honor its seniors Saturday afternoon, when the Tigers host Brown at Class of 1952 Stadium.
In head coach Glenn Nelson's final game at Dillon Gymnasium, the men's volleyball team defeated Rutgers-Newark 3-0 in the first round of the EIVA playoffs. With the win, the Tigers advance to the quarterfinal round to face Saint Francis.
Columnist Barry Caro discusses the merits of fantasy baseball.
Tough economic times have led many members of the Princeton community to consider the sacrifices they can make to help others. That’s precisely why a group of Princeton athletic trainers have continued to put together the Annual Women in Athletic Training Tennis Tournament, a charity event that benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: The Pre-Rade was a great ?welcome to college? moment because we had the elder classes there greeting us, and we had just come from the ceremony inside the Chapel, and it made me realize all over again how much tradition there is at Princeton ? That experience was emblematic of Princeton traditions in general.Q: What was the greatest highlight of your sports career?A: Our win over Bucknell in overtime in the Southern Championships this past weekend was really exciting.
In a men’s volleyball game against the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2007 season, a bad NJIT pass set up then-senior outside hitter Peter Eichler for what should have been an easy kill, but he shanked the attack badly out of bounds. Head coach Glenn Nelson, angry at the wasted opportunity, yelled loudly before slamming his cane on the ground, breaking it into several pieces.
The baseball team’s Tuesday night game at St. John’s University was canceled because of soggy field conditions. Though the sun came out Tuesday afternoon, it was not enough to dry the field after Monday night’s rainstorm.
To get this positive shift, the Lions’ front office has decided to use a tactic that, while simple, worked this past year: The Lions gave their logo a makeover!
Last year, there was so much uncertainty surrounding the women’s lacrosse team’s goalie position that the team was forced to put up “Help Wanted” posters around campus in an effort to find someone, anyone, to provide some security in front of the net. This year, things are a little different.
Just one week before the Ivy League Championship, the women’s golf team put together some of its most impressive rounds so far in the spring season. The Tigers came out on top in last weekend’s Roar-EE Invitational in Suffern, N.Y., besting a field that included Brown, Harvard, Penn, Yale and host Columbia — five of the six Ivy teams Princeton will face next weekend — to set the stage for a potential championship run.
Coming off its second consecutive 4-6 season, the football team will look to improve in the fall. Fans got their first taste of what the 2009 incarnation of the Tigers will look like last Saturday during the team’s annual Spring Game.
Warren Spahn, the winningest left-handed pitcher in MLB history, once said, “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” Unfortunately for the softball team, Penn pitcher Jessie Lupardus proved Spahn’s comment to be true Saturday, as she held the Tigers at bay with an array of slow, deceptive pitches that handcuffed their swings and earned her a shutout victory.
Last weekend, the women’s water polo team learned that every cloud has a silver lining. Though Princeton (14-12 overall, 3-4 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) fell in the Southern Championships to Maryland (14-12, 5-1) by a 14-10 margin, the team secured a berth in next weekend’s Eastern Championships by placing second in the tournament. And the Tigers advanced to the title round in dramatic fashion, defeating Bucknell (18-14, 5-2) with a 10-9 victory in the second overtime.
