The softball team will travel to Fairfax, Va., to kick off its 2008 season this weekend. The Tigers are starting their season with a newly promoted head coach, Trina Salciado, and two new assistant coaches, Cristina Cobb-Adams ?06 and Alexis Alcantara.
Despite the loss of star catcher Sal Iacono ?07 to graduation, one half of the baseball team?s battery will remain more or less intact this season, as three of Princeton?s four top starters return, along with the majority of the key relievers.
If the world had a universal language, it would be soccer. In most regions of the globe, soccer is a common denominator, almost a religion.
Let me start by saying that I?ve had a less-than-illustrious basketball career. I reached my peak in the sport at the ripe age of 7, when I was arguably the best player in a Jewish Community Center basketball camp.
One Sunday afternoon in October 2005, Caitlin Seery ?09 showed up at DeNunzio Pool for the first practice in the history of Princeton club swimming with no expectations.
The list of Princeton?s all-time greats just got a little bit longer.Junior Michael Maag broke the 17-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter run two weeks ago with a time of seven minutes, 56.40 seconds, surpassing some of the greatest runners in Princeton history in the process.
According to conventional wisdom, athletes need high-meat, protein-rich diets to fuel their active lifestyles and maintain muscle mass.Not so fast, sophomore vegetarian lightweight rower Stephanie Hill says.
In 2002, I witnessed an aging Michael Jordan score 37 points as his Wizards fell on a buzzer-beater to the Miami Heat.
Right underneath the Phat Lady and the Heart Stop on the menu at Hoagie Haven, there?s the Bloch.
Every week, the ?Prince? sits down with a different athlete to find out more about their life on and off the field.
Watching the men?s tennis team take on St. John?s and St. Joseph?s universities on Sunday, it was difficult to believe that this was its first pair of matches in nearly a month, as the men looked as strong as ever in defeating St.
Ending the season with more of a whimper than a bang, the women?s hockey team split its final two matches to provide a bittersweet ending to the year.The Tigers (13-10-6 overall, 11-8-3 ECAC Hockey) experienced a seeming disintegration of their game during Friday?s demolition at the hands of No.
After a while, defeat after defeat can cause a team to lose its grip. This Sunday, the men?s wrestling team appeared to do just that, as Princeton (0-18 overall, 0-8 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) was overwhelmed 44-6 by Penn (13-5, 4-1). No Tiger came within fewer than five points of winning his match.Freshman 125-pounder Tony Comunale was faced with the tall task of wrestling No.
A young team generally suffers through rebuilding years before it can capitalize on its talent. The men?s and women?s fencing teams, however, are breaking this mold and demonstrating their rapidly increasing maturity out on the strip.Princeton?s growth was evident this past weekend as both teams competed in the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championship tournament hosted by Columbia.
With spectators jammed around the outer edges of Jadwin Gym?s outer courts, the Princeton women?s squash team won its second consecutive Howe Cup, the squash national championship.
Minutes after defeating Cornell in front of a sellout crowd at Baker Rink, Matchbox 20?s ?How Far We?ve Come? could be heard blaring from the locker room of the men?s hockey team.
It was a hop, skip and a jump down Route 206 to Lawrenceville for this year?s men?s and women?s track and field Princeton Invitational.
The women?s water polo team went 3-0 this weekend at the Maryland Invitational, defeating St Francis, Marist and Iona in a Saturday triple-header.
Last Friday night signaled the end of a grueling week for the Princeton men?s volleyball team.
However exhilarating it is to charge back from a deficit to secure a win, it is both exhausting and risky to try it on a regular basis.
