For most Princeton students, Thanksgiving break represents five days of much-needed relaxation, turkey and football.
It wasn?t a pretty game, and it certainly wasn?t the women?s basketball team?s best-played game, but it was a win.The Tigers (3-1 overall) swept past Farleigh Dickinson (1-3) 62-47 after having the lead for most of the game.
After losing late leads in its first two games, one of them an overtime loss to Maine last Wednesday, the men?s basketball team finally got on the board with a 55-43 win over Army at West Point on Sunday.
Trailing by one goal entering the fourth period at the finals of the CWPA Eastern championships; the No.
The Princeton wrestling team faced an extremely tough test this weekend, with dual meets against No.
Like someone breaking the water?s surface after holding her breath, junior squash player Emery Maine?s face is flushed as she exits the court.
For the first time in 10 years, the men?s hockey team returned from North Country with a pair of wins.With narrow victories over St.
The women?s ice hockey team proved that it could skate with anyone in the nation this weekend.
The men?s and women?s swimming and diving teams shot past Penn and Cornell this past weekend at DeNunzio Pool, emerging victorious after showcasing their speed and depth.The women?s team defeated Penn 175-117 and Cornell 186-106 on Friday evening, establishing a strong lead in the first half of the meet that allowed the Tigers to swim off events for the remainder of the night.Sophomore Megan Waters led the way for the Orange and Black, winning all three of her individual events and swimming the butterfly for the first-place 200-yard medley relay team.
After suffering a lopsided defeat at the hands of No. 2 Rutgers on Tuesday, the women?s basketball team was eager to take the court Saturday night and rebound with a strong performance against Stony Brook.
In a game in which the football team aimed to send its seniors off on a good note, it was a junior who outshined everyone on the field ? and in a very big way.Junior tailback Jordan Culbreath finished his already successful season with a huge outing, gaining 276 yards on the ground and scoring two touchdowns to help Princeton (4-6 overall, 3-4 Ivy League) defeat Dartmouth (0-10, 0-7) 28-10.
At the beginning of this season, the goal of the men?s water polo team was to win the Southern Championships.
The women?s hockey team will look to improve on its 3-5-0 (1-3-0 ECAC) record as two premier teams visit Hobey Baker Rink this weekend.
General George Patton may have hit it spot on when he said, ?Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom,? as the ultimate outcome of the women?s basketball team?s season may come down to how quickly it recovers after its recent blowout loss to Rutgers.While the Tigers (1-1 overall) don?t have to be ashamed about losing to the No.
It might seem like the football team has nothing on the line this weekend, but the squad has more riding on the afternoon contest than one might expect.Junior tailback Jordan Culbreath, for example, can become the sixth Tiger to crack 1,000 rushing yards in a season, and senior wide receiver Will Thanheiser is in contention for the Ivy League receiving yards title, sitting only 40 yards behind Harvard?s Matt Luft.So even though an Ivy League title or a winning season are not at stake in Saturday?s 1 p.m.
The men?s hockey team has been here before. Last season, the Tigers? hot start was abruptly halted by St.
Playing a sport as a professional or at the college level is any kid?s grade-school dream, but imagine playing your first minutes of collegiate basketball against one of the nation?s most storied programs, Duke.
With three minutes, 57 seconds left in the second half, junior center Zach Finley sank two free throws to give the men?s basketball team a 50-44 lead over Maine.
