Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: My ?welcome to college sports? moment was probably when I started pitching a game over spring break against Stanford, one of the top college softball teams in the U.S.
In certain sports, trash talking is a way to get inside of an opponent?s head, often providing a mental edge that can be the key to victory.
After coming out Saturday firing on all cylinders in round one of the Cavalier Classic in Virginia, the men?s golf team seemed to run out of gas for round two.
The No. 20 women?s water polo team finished its season on a high note, clinching a third-place finish at the 2008 Eastern Championships hosted by the University of Michigan this past weekend.
The No. 1 women?s lightweight crew seems completely undaunted by top-ranked teams, breaking out its best races when they are most needed.Just one week after pulling past No.
After failing to take the Compton Cup from Harvard one week earlier, the No. 5 men?s heavyweight crew returned home to reclaim the Carnegie Cup in a heated race with Yale and Cornell.In 2007, Yale hosted and won the Carnegie Cup regatta.
In the last start of his career for the baseball team, senior righthander Steven Miller brought meaning to a game that was supposed to be irrelevant, overcoming six walks, two unearned runs and a reversed home run call to register the first complete-game no-hitter by a Tiger since 1973.?That was probably the ugliest no-hitter that?s ever been thrown,? Miller said with a grin after his historic 3-2 win over Cornell on Sunday.
In the last start of his career for the baseball team, senior righthander Steven Miller brought meaning to a game that was supposed to be irrelevant, overcoming six walks, two unearned runs and a reversed home run call to register the first complete-game no-hitter by a Tiger since 1973.
For one weekend a year, Penn?s Franklin Field becomes the epicenter of American track and field.
Clockwork Orange, also known as Princeton?s men?s ultimate frisbee team, was in action this weekend in the most important tournament of its season.
The men?s lacrosse team found itself in familiar territory Saturday afternoon during the opening minutes of the first quarter as it trailed Dartmouth, 3-0.
Some of the most common features of championship teams are a will to win and the knack for making it happen.
In its first conference game since its two consecutive losses last week, the women?s lacrosse team ended league play tied with Cornell for second place behind undefeated Penn with a decisive victory.
Anything can happen in baseball.Junior second baseman Dan DeGeorge and the baseball team (16-21 overall, 8-8 Ivy League) are optimistic heading into this weekend?s four-game series against Cornell (11-24, 5-11). And they need to be.
After the men?s lacrosse team?s 13-6 loss to Syracuse on April 5, many of the Princeton faithful began to accept that for only the second time in 19 years, the Tigers would not be headed to the NCAA tournament.But then the Ivy schedule got into full swing, and with last weekend?s decisive 11-7 victory over Cornell (9-3 overall, 4-1 Ivy League), Princeton (7-4, 4-0) put itself in contention for the Ivy League championship and the accompanying automatic NCAA bid to the tournament.
After losing its last two Ivy League games to Dartmouth and Penn and putting a quick end to its undefeated season, the women?s lacrosse team (11-2 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) has the chance to punctuate its league season with a win this Saturday at Brown.
The cheer emanated from the west bleachers. ?Cap and Gown!? It grew in volume. ?Cap and Gown!
After a tumultuous season of non-conference struggles and Ivy triumphs, the softball team will play its final games of the regular season this weekend against Cornell.
This Thursday, all eyes will turn to Dillon Gym as Princeton students descend from across the campus to settle once and for all the question of what is the most athletic, most successful and overall best student group at the University in the fourth-annual Dodgeball Tournament, sponsored by the Colosseum Club.
