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.
For its final home series of 2007, the men's hockey team (5-7-0 overall, 4-4 ECAC Hockey) welcomed No.
Burning for a sweep to pull itself out of an up-and-down season, the women's hockey team set its opponents' goals on fire as soon as it hit the ice this weekend.
When No. 12 UC Berkeley visited Jadwin Gym, the women's basketball team knew it would face a battle just to stay in the game."A team of this caliber tries to put you out in the first four minutes," head coach Courtney Banghart said.
For the first seven minutes of the men's basketball team's game against Evansville on Wednesday night, it seemed as if the first team to reach 30 points was destined to win.
The men's hockey team has just two games standing between it and a three-week break from action, but the pair of games coming up this weekend will be anything but an early Christmas present.No.
The women's basketball team spent Wednesday night in Newark engaged in a battle for New Jersey.After just 15 minutes on the court, Princeton (3-6 overall) had clear control over rival New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The winds changed in the second half, as the Highlanders (1-6), having defeated a formidable University of Maryland Baltimore County team earlier this season, appeared to be working on another upset.
Though the women's hockey team seems to dominate shooting in its matches, a season spattered with as many losses as victories clearly displays the Tigers' most fatal flaw ? accuracy.Entering the weekend two games under .500 after last week's 3-2 loss to Cornell, Princeton will look to pull itself out of a mediocre season as it travels to the Capital Region to take on Union and Rensselaer.Thus far, Princeton (5-7-2 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) has been unsuccessful in finding the back of the net, a weakness that will cripple it in this weekend's matches if left unchecked."You obviously want to take a lot of shots, but keeping them quality is important," senior forward Marykate Oakley said.
While Princeton might not have an alumnus playing for the Harlem Globetrotters, the Tigers do have a successful globetrotting coach to call their own.
The men's ice hockey team squares off against No. 6 Notre Dame tonight at 7 p.m. at Baker Rink, looking to pull off an upset.
