In what could be its most exciting match of the season, the women?s volleyball team came back after dropping the first two sets to run Harvard out of the building in a shocking 3-2 win in Cambridge, Mass.
?One of the most difficult things to do is to have that consistent approach day in and day out,? head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn said about the women?s field hockey team after its fourth Ivy title in as many years.
With one minute, 29 seconds left in the fourth period, junior utility Eric Vreeland delivered a perfect lob shot from just outside the five-meter line, putting up the last point of the men?s water polo team?s match as No.
If it were possible to summarize the women?s soccer team?s season in one game, it would have looked remarkably similar to the drama that unfolded on Myslik Field on Saturday afternoon.Princeton (12-2-2 overall, 5-1-1 Ivy League) faced Penn (8-6-2, 2-3-3) in a rain-soaked matchup that had a bit of everything: flashes of superb technical soccer, pulse-raising near misses from the opposition, sterling senior leadership and a last-minute goal that left the crowd in a state of near euphoria.
After losing its home opener, the men?s hockey team was faced with a must-win contest 24 hours later.
Unfortunately for the men?s football team, playing under the glare of the national spotlight did not inspire the Tigers? finest performance.Princeton (3-5 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) saw its third appearance in as many years on ESPNU go to waste, as Penn (5-3, 4-1) wore the Tigers down in a physical 14-9 slugfest.
The No. 16 men?s water polo team will host the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Championship this weekend, hoping to earn a berth in the Eastern Championship later this month.As the second seed in the tournament, Princeton (14-9 overall, 6-2 CWPA Southern Division) will face the winner of the Friday-night contest between George Washington (7-19, 1-7) and Salem International (0-11), the ninth- and 10th-ranked seeds, on Saturday morning.
For the men?s soccer team, this weekend offers its last big chance to do some significant damage to one of the top teams in the Ivy League.
Though the football team?s Ivy League title hopes are pretty much out of reach, don?t think that the players aren?t excited about tonight?s game against rival Penn.
The No. 9 men?s hockey team opens its ECAC Hockey League schedule this weekend with games against two of the league?s elite, No.
The women?s soccer team enters the final weekend of the regular season in a three-way deadlock atop the Ivy League leaderboard with Harvard and Columbia.
After a restful Fall Break, intramural sports immediately kicked into high gear in students? first week back on campus.
For the past two years, the women?s rugby team (2-4) has fallen to West Chester (4-3) in the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union (EPRU) Division I championship game.
Senior Tomi Herceg is a member of Clockwork Orange, the club ultimate frisbee team at Princeton. Herceg and Clockwork mainly compete in the spring, with its most important tournament being the Metro East Regionals.The team finished last year?s spring schedule with a 24-8 record.
Sarah Peteraf has scored goals in the past. Starting her freshman season, Peteraf was a solid contributor to the women?s soccer team, totaling two goals in her rookie campaign and two more the following year.
Some schools are generous about retiring the numbers of their all-star athletes.Princeton, however, isn?t one of those schools.Last week, the University finally retired the number 42 ? a number shared by football legend Dick Kazmaier ?52 and basketball Hall of Famer Bill Bradley ?65 ? the two best athletes ever to walk through FitzRandolph Gate in The Daily Princetonian?s Top 20 Greatest Athletes.
Boddie wrecks Big Red en route to Player of the Week awardFreshman midfielder Alissa Boddie spent most of the women?s soccer team?s first 14 games adjusting to the faster pace and more physical defense of collegiate competition.
As Fall Break drew to a close and Princeton saw its first snow of the fall, a new and exciting season got underway.
In sunny Kiawah Island, S.C., the women?s golf team competed in the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate against 19 teams from around the country.
