As a player in his 13th season of Major League Soccer, Jesse Marsch ?96 is considered a veteran in the world of American professional soccer.
Over the last 12 months, I have fielded one question with surprising regularity: ?Are we going to get another bonfire this year??And my answer is often as slick as head coach Roger Hughes?.Hughes will tell you the Ivy League is filled with parity: anyone can beat anyone on any given day.
What would your dream summer job be? Selling your soul to The Man in I-banking or consulting? Serving as a ?community organizer?? As your friendly neighborhood Princetonian sports editor, and a huge sports fan, there was only one for me. ESPN.
Princeton head coach Roger Hughes was getting angry.It was less than 10 days until the Tigers? season opener, and the two-minute offense had stalled at the 30-yard line.After senior quarterback Brian Anderson overlooked a wide open receiver on fourth and two, Hughes had seen enough, stopping practice with an enraged outburst that reminded everyone on the field that no one, not even the quarterback, is safe from critique.Anderson absorbed the criticism and got back under center.
When offensive coordinator Dave Rackovan was asked to pinpoint the key to Princeton?s offense this season, he gave a definitive answer.?The bottom line will be this,? Rackovan said.
Three years ago, Tom Methvin, Pete Buchignani and Matt Koch arrived on campus as complete strangers, linked only by their hulking frames and talent for football.
When the Tiger defense takes the field for the first time this season, opponents won?t have any doubts about where to attack.
The Daily Princetonian gives Tiger fans an in-depth look at the 2008 Princeton football team. From overviews of the offense and defense to a look at what makes the D-line such a force to be reckoned with, look no further than our special football preview.
Every September, more than 50 freshmen walk on to the men?s and women?s crews, eager to try their hands at a sport that looks almost effortless from afar.
Last season, Princeton saw high expectations go unfulfilled as the Tigers failed to defend their Ivy League crown.
There are former Princeton athletes playing professionally all over the world, in sports from swimming to squash, anywhere from Jacksonville to Italy.
Despite its status as top dog in the Ivy League, the women?s volleyball team (3-0 overall) refuses to take any game for granted, including tonight?s match against Temple (3-5), who could be one of Princeton?s easiest opponents of the season.
It is a safe bet to say that whenever senior Holly McGarvie has a stick in her hand, she is a force to be reckoned with, both in field hockey and lacrosse.
Editor?s note: This is the third in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
Princeton?s first women?s squash coach, Betty Constable, passed away last week at the age of 84.
After two other Princetonians won gold and bronze medals in the 2008 Olympics, Jesse Karmazin ?07 completed the set for Tiger athletes by taking home a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games.
Good, but not great. And honestly? That was just fine with the women?s golf team this past weekend at the Nittany Lion Invitational, where the Tigers finished fifth in a field of 15.
Editor?s note: This is the second in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
While the women?s tennis team showed off its top-ranked recruiting class as host of the Princeton Invitational this weekend, the men faced a tough field of opponents at the Penn State Invitational.Almost every member of the women?s roster saw playing time in the opening matches of the season.
After suffering a frustrating loss to American (3-2 overall) on Friday evening, the men?s soccer team bounced back in Sunday afternoon?s sweltering heat to claim its first win of the season against Seton Hall (4-2) in the final match of the Princeton Invitational.Princeton (1-2) got off to a sluggish start against American.
