It?s midterm week at Princeton, a time for students to hunker down in libraries and quiet study spaces.
Before this season started, the Tiger defensive line was anchored on the right side by senior Tom Methvin, a six-foot, three-inch, 275-pound defensive end who dominated the line of scrimmage.Now, after a series of injuries that ended his college career nine games short, you can find Methvin in the one place you were least likely to find him last season: on the sidelines.Out of necessity more than choice, Methvin has traded his pads for a clipboard and headset and, though his coaches and teammates needed little reminder, has further reinforced his reputation as a true team player.?Throughout my playing career at Princeton, I have had a series of mild concussions,? Methvin said.
Apparently you too can now be a ?pro athlete.? No, I?m not talking about being an NBA player and landing $45 million contracts for happening to be seven feet tall (apologies to Adonal Foyle, I?m sure he?s a really nice guy). And I?m not talking about playing every Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys, since that would require most of us to be a few inches taller, 50-odd pounds of muscle heavier and a lot faster.
Despite starting the season with several injuries and disappointing results, the men?s tennis team rallied this weekend to find some reason for optimism at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships hosted by Yale.
As far as alumni athletes go, Stephen Lamb ?44 is rarely mentioned among the greats. He never made the NBA, the NFL or MLS.
After suffering a tough loss on Friday to conference rival Bucknell, 11-6, the men?s water polo team bounced back Saturday to defeat Johns Hopkins 7-5 and Mercyhurst 10-5.The No.
Click. That was the sound that the men?s soccer team made this weekend, as Princeton shut out Columbia, 2-0, to win its first Ivy League game of the season.After struggling to close out games earlier this year, the Tigers (4-8-1 overall, 1-1-1 Ivy League) were perfectly in sync on both the offensive and defensive ends against the Lions (3-8-1, 1-2-0). Unfortunately for Columbia and the rest of the Ancient Eight, Princeton is finding its A-game at the right time.?I think for a pretty long stretch, we had been playing pretty well ? keeping possession of the ball, getting good shots ? but we weren?t able to finish our opportunities,? head coach Jim Barlow ?91 said.
After losing its midseason showdown with No. 1 Maryland, the field hockey team returned to action on its home turf with games against Brown and Villanova.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 18 ? The men?s lightweight crew entered the Head of the Charles regatta with a target on its back.
An injured quarterback. An Ivy League defeat. A share of first place lost. After a game like the football team had against Brown on Saturday, it can be difficult to find the silver lining.
On Friday night the women?s volleyball team did something it had not done in 705 days: It lost an Ivy League match.
In the football team?s 31-10 loss to Brown (3-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) on Saturday, each team?s first drive clearly dictated how the rest of the game would unfold.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to come up with adjectives to describe the women?s soccer team?s season.
The No. 5 women?s cross country team may continue its climb up the polls after a first-place finish in the ?White? race at the Pre-Nationals Invitational, but the men?s team, which has narrowly missed qualifying for Nationals each of the past few seasons, has more work to do.
The sprint football team took on Navy this past Friday. Navy (5-0 overall, 2-0 Collegiate Sprint Football League) tore apart the Tigers (0-4, 0-3) with its lethal offense and shut down the Tigers with its clamping defense, recording its second shutout of the season, 52-0.
An injured quarterback. An Ivy League defeat. A share of first place lost. After a game like the football team had against Brown on Saturday, it can be difficult to find the silver lining.
After a shaky start to its Ivy League season, the men?s soccer team travels to face league rival Columbia this weekend.
The last time the women?s volleyball team lost a match to an Ivy League opponent, the experienced seniors were underclassmen and freshman libero Hillary Ford was a high school junior.
?Chicks dig touchdowns.? While head coach Roger Hughes? advice was directed to junior tailback Jordan Culbreath, it?s something all the Tigers (2-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will need to take to heart when they take on Brown (2-2, 1-0) and its high-powered offense this Saturday in Princeton Stadium.Princeton is looking to bounce back from a tough 27-24 loss to Colgate a week ago.
After a tough 5-0 loss to No. 2 Maryland on Wednesday, the No. 12 field hockey team looks to rebound against Brown and Villanova this weekend.
