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.
With a lineup full of veterans determined to repeat last year?s history-making season, the women?s volleyball team knows winning on the road is key ? especially when the Tigers? first 13 matches, including five crucial Ivy-League contests, are away from the friendly confines of Dillon Gym.Led by a senior class featuring three first-team All-Ivy selections from last season ? reigning Ivy League Player of the Year outside hitter Parker Henritze, solid middle blocker Lindsey Ensign and assist-leading setter Bailey Robinson ? the Tigers capitalized on the chance to get three early road victories at Fordham?s Rose Hill Classic.
As Lawnparties occupied most of the student body?s attention yesterday, the field hockey team journeyed to Storrs, Conn., for its first major challenge of the season: a matchup with undefeated No.
The men?s and women?s cross country teams began their respective seasons by hosting the Old Nassau Run at West Windsor Field.
The No. 20 men?s water polo team kicked off the season with four tight matches against nationally ranked opponents, playing host to the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool this past weekend.
Despite making history last year by completing the Ivy League?s first 14-0 season, the women?s volleyball team is hungrier than ever for the program?s first NCAA win.
As the 2008-09 school year gets underway, the No. 17 field hockey team approaches one of its biggest games of the year with No.
In some ways, the men?s soccer team is exactly where it was last season. One game into the season, Princeton posts a 0-1 record after a 2-1 loss at home.
As the 2008 season begins, the men?s water polo team looks forward to a season full of promise.
One of the realities of college athletics is that ? just like every student?s time at school ? teams move in four-year cycles contingent on the strength of a particular class.
As the vast majority of students busied themselves with settling down on campus and preparing for classes, the field hockey team started its 2008 campaign on a tear.
Editor?s note: This is the first in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
Club sports is a sizeable enterprise, drawing about 1,000 undergraduate participants, but sustaining and managing such a large program hasn?t always been a cinch.Several major problems have plagued club sports in the recent past, including funding issues and an apparent conflict between club sports participants and Cristine McCarthy, the previous coordinator of club and intramural sports, a Daily Princetonian article explained in 2006.Both athletes and administrators alike agreed that the funding allocated by the University was simply not enough to support all 34 club sports teams.
Junior linebacker Scott Britton is projected to be the starting linebacker for the football team this fall.Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: Freshman week...Q: The greatest highlight of your sports career?A: I?d have to say winning an Ivy League Championship as a freshman.Q: What is the funniest story about a coach?A: My linebackers coach (Don Dobes) once headbutted a player during a game and ending up bleeding all over his forehead.Q: Who is your quirkiest teammate?
Jim Thorpe?s professional baseball contract ? which paid the famed athlete as little as two dollars per game ? got him into a lot of trouble with the Olympics of yesteryear, which took its amateur eligibility rules quite seriously.Compared to today?s athletes, however, the most amateurish thing about Thorpe may have been his business sense.
Down by one with 18 minutes left to play in the women?s soccer team?s season opener against Boston University, senior midfielder and tri-captain Lisa Chinn was blazing down the right sideline.
Hailed as one of the finest college soccer facilities in the country, Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium was christened by the men?s and women?s soccer teams on Sept.
Thirteen current students and alumni ? 12 athletes and one coach ? competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China last month, making Princeton the best-represented Ivy League school at this year?s Games.
