There are no opponents to dribble by, no hands in the face, and the shot is the same every time. Then again, it's no layup.
A little over a week ago, junior Doug Lennox joined an elite group of athletes by qualifying for the Puerto Rican Olympic Team.
The women's basketball team almost slew Goliath on Wednesday night, coming up one stone short in a 53-48 loss to No.
Last night's trip to Happy Valley, Pa., was anything but enjoyable for the men's basketball team, as it continued its skid with a 61-38 loss to Penn State.While the Tigers (2-7) may have scored the first two points in their game against the Nittany Lions (4-4), Princeton could not recover from the combination of a 10-minute dry spell and an apathetic second-half performance.
While established National Hockey League players Jeff Halpern '99 and George Parros '03 represent their alma mater well with their on-ice play, not all Princeton alumni in the NHL do their work on two thin blades of steel.
Acting and playing hockey aren't two activities that are usually mentioned in the same breath. But for the women's ice hockey team's freshman forward Caroline Park, they are both part of her repertoire.
Records are meant to be broken. And as far as one former Princeton basketball star is concerned, a threat to her longstanding record is welcome.While Sandi Bittler '90 has held the record for most points scored in a career ? 1,683 ? for 17 years, senior forward and captain Meagan Cowher is hot on her heels.
No one would argue that Princeton has a consistent rival when it comes to varsity athletics. Ohio State has Michigan, Harvard has Yale and Princeton has ... well, no one.
After a disappointing 21-point loss to Evansville, Princeton (2-6 overall) has had a full week to lick its wounds and rebuild its strength in preparation for Penn State (4-4). The Tigers will tipoff tonight at 7 p.m.
It's possible to spend hours coming up with nicknames for the starting front-line of the men's hockey team and superhero alter-egos for the skaters who comprise it.
Just four nights after hosting No. 11 UC Berkeley, the women's basketball team welcomes an even higher-ranked opponent to Jadwin Gym.
It's been less than a year since Tony Comunale was a 119-pound high school senior, wrestling his way to fourth-place in the Pennsylvania state championships.
To some faculty, Princeton is more than a place for learning and teaching in the classroom. For professor Steve Garner, a member of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, some of his favorite moments have been spent neither in the lab nor in lecture, but on the volleyball court.Over the last 11 years, Garner has practiced with the men's club volleyball team.
It wasn't a win ? but, barring forfeits, it was the Tigers' closest meet in over a year.The Princeton wrestling team opened up its dual meet season with a 32-16 loss to the Duquesne Dukes last weekend.
So far, it has not been a particularly competitive season for the men's squash team. In its first three matches, the Tigers blew away their opponents with 9-0 victories, and until their last tournament, the team's only blemish was one lost match against Western Ontario en route to an 8-1 win.
On the 69th anniversary of one of the bleakest days in American history, the talk within Robertson Hall was not about Pearl Harbor or international relations, but about sports.Princeton hosted its second annual Sports Symposium last Friday, bringing together world-renowned leaders from the coaching, management and business sectors of the sports world to provide the University community with a glimpse behind the scenes of this industry.The elite group of panelists for the event included, among many others, Athletics Director Gary Walters '67, Patriot League Executive Director Carolyn Femovich, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive and principal and founding partner of Velocity Sports and Entertainment Mike Reisman.The attraction of the sports industry over other professional career paths was one of the main topics for the symposium, which pushed the question of "for love or for money" to the forefront of the discussion."The word 'passion' has been thrown around a lot today," University of California Athletic Director Sandy Barbour said.
The men's and women's track and field teams kicked off their indoor seasons at the New Year Invitational on Saturday at Jadwin Gym.
