Start with a returning senior leader in goal, add three of last year?s leading scorers, and mix in an exciting group of seven talented freshmen.
When you think of slam-dunk competitions, basketball fans typically envision high-flying, body-contorting, jump-out-of-your-shoes moves only the best players can pull off.
At the outset of the 2007-08 school year, espn.com?s Andy Glockner asked if the upcoming Ivy League basketball season signaled ?the end of an era.? Cornell (4-0 Ivy, 12-5 overall) and Yale (7-11, 1-3) were selected to finish first and second respectively, with perennial powerhouses Penn (7-12, 2-0) only receiving one first place vote and Princeton (5-12, 2-0) picked at seventh. Three months later, the Big Red is still at the top of the standings, but counter to Glockner?s assertion, the Quakers and the Tigers have not given up hope of being conference champions.
The men?s volleyball team (1-2 overall) travelled to California over Intersession, where it opened its season with tough losses to No.
The break for exams and Intersession was supposed to provide the Princeton wrestling team (0-11) with some much-needed time for recuperation.
While historic stereotypes and the rapper Ludacris extol ?Southern hospitality,? the men?s and women?s tennis teams found the South to be anything but welcoming.
As freshman forward CJ Chapman ?01 dribbled across the floor of Jadwin Gym one February day 10-years ago, he figured he could just cruise in for an easy lay up ? after all, it was just practice, and he had a huge breakaway lead.
The Tiger fencing teams struggled this Sunday at Yale?s Ivy League ?North? round-robin tournament, with only two wins between the two teams.
For sophomore sprinter Shafiq Kashmiri, a record-breaking performance is merely practice. ?I?m more excited about the outdoor season,? Kashmiri said.
When sports fans think of the Ivy League, their first thought is not typically ?premier sports conference.? Yet in the collegiate squash world, the Ivy League dominates.Thus, it was a pair of premier matchups when the Princeton women?s squash faced two Ivy League rivals over Intersession.
The Dallas Cowboys? offensive coordinator and former Princeton standout quarterback Jason Garrett ?89 surprised many in the National Football League (NFL) last month when he rejected head coaching offers from both the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens and instead decided to remain an assistant coach with the Cowboys.
As exams came to a close, the men?s and women?s track teams were slightly worried about the tough Intersession they had ahead of them.
After a week of intense training, the men?s and women?s swimming and diving teams finished their weekends strongly, taking on Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale over Intersession.The men?s and women?s teams easily defeated Dartmouth, 149-94 and 152-89, respectively, as they prepared for Harvard-Yale-Princeton, one of their biggest meets of the season.
The men?s hockey team?s 4-3 loss at Union this past Friday night marked the end of Princeton?s longest winning streak since the 1933-34 season.
In the beginning, there was David Baumgarten ?06.Only two-and-a-half years ago, three misguided freshmen ? deluded by dreams of limitless wealth and glory, not to mention a possible trip to Durham to see Princeton get clobbered by Duke ? signed up to write for The Daily Princetonian sports section.
The women?s basketball team hoped that Ivy League victories would balance out its win-loss record, but over Intersession, the scales continued to tip against the Tigers.Despite impressive rebounding, Princeton?s (4-15 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) dismal shooting percentage enabled Dartmouth (6-12, 3-1) to run away with a 68-55 win on Friday in Hanover, N.H.
The men?s hockey team?s 4-3 loss at Union this past Friday night marked the end of Princeton?s longest winning streak since the 1933-34 season.
For a program that hasn?t always had the best luck with tune-up games, the men?s basketball team sure made the most of its Jan.
If the women's basketball team's victory against Penn was any indication, the Ivy League might be a cure for the Tigers, who struggled in non-conference play before taking down the Quakers to begin the league season undefeated.
Despite balancing exams and hockey practice, with the final stretch of the season in sight, the women's hockey team is digging deep to find the will to win."This is the end of our season, and we need to finish strong," senior forward Brittany Salmon said.
