I have two rules for picking the right university.High-definition television is a must. Sophomore year, my roommate bought a humongous LCD TV that was starving for an ABC channel that didn't look like scrambled porn.
There was nothing but excitement in the air as 8:00 p.m. came and went this past Sunday evening. After clinching the first perfect 14-0 Ivy League season in conference history, the women's volleyball team (22-3 overall) took the announcement of its NCAA Tournament draw ? which opens with a first-round match against Delaware (30-4) on Friday night ? with hope and readiness.It was a long two weeks of waiting since the Tigers finished their championship season, but the team stayed positive and focused, patiently waiting for its Sunday night tournament announcement."It's a little bit frustrating not knowing [the NCAA announcement], but it also builds up the excitement," junior outside hitter Parker Henritze said.
Before Nassau Street was dressed up in festive blue-and-white, old-fashioned-holiday-in-Princeton finery for shopping season, a series of banners advertising University athletics lined its lampposts, each portraying a Tiger athlete in action.
For most basketball players, making the NBA is a dream come true. But when Chris Thomforde '69, a former All-Ivy center on the men's basketball team, got offers to play for the NBA's New York Knicks and the ABA's New York Nets, he turned them down."I was sort of tired of playing," Thomforde said.Instead, the six-foot, nine-inch Thomforde chose to pursue his other passion ? his Lutheran religion.
Having failed to take advantage of several golden scoring opportunities, the women's hockey team came out of the weekend's two-game set against No.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, the men's basketball team proved that the Princeton Offense ? when executed well ? is one of the most elegant and beautiful attacks in the world of hoops.
The men's ice hockey team may have lost its regular season miniseries against Quinnipiac, but at least it managed to have the last word against a tough league foe.The Tigers (4-4 overall, 3-3 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), having dropped their previous two contests against the Bobcats (5-4-2, 2-2-2) 4-0 and 5-2, came away with a 4-2 win at the TD Banknorth Center on Saturday.Freshman defenseman Cam Ritchie led the Princeton charge, scoring two goals, including an empty-netter with 18 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
As a captain on the women's basketball team, senior forward Meagan Cowher knows it's up to her to carry the team in hard times.
All seemed to be going according to plan for the men's basketball team Monday night in the early seconds of its first-round game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
After recruiting top talent from across the country and honing the skills of returnees throughout the off-season, the men's and women's fencing teams were ready to show off their new and improved squads last weekend.
In the season's first three games on the road, the women's basketball team was unable to stand tall against the opposition.
"I disagree with everything my brothers have said in principle," Greg Callahan '05 said with a laugh upon learning that he was the fourth member of the Callahan clan to be interviewed.Greg and his four younger brothers have all played for their father Bob Callahan '77 on the men's squash team, with three of the siblings playing for Princeton this season.
Beautiful weather. Nationally televised games. Building on a still-undefeated record. These were the things that the men's basketball team had to look forward to as it traveled to Hawaii for the prestigious EA Sports Maui Invitational at the beginning of the week.The Tigers (2-2 overall) got the weather and the television exposure.
After winning more bouts in its first match than it did all season, the Princeton wrestling team further redeemed itself with its second successful showing in as many weeks at the East Stroudsburg Open.
On one of the greatest days of Princeton cross country history, the Tigers experienced some of their worst luck.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams are sprinting towards their third consecutive championship title after decisively defeating Penn and Cornell on Friday and Saturday afternoon in Philadephia.Neither the Quakers nor the Big Red stood a chance against the Princeton men's team (3-0 overall), falling to the Tigers 214.5-85.5 and 199-101, respectively.
Another Ithaca might have been the home of Homer's wily Ulysses, but the men's squash team hardly faced an epic struggle in upstate New York over the weekend.The Tigers returned from Ithaca doubly victorious after they handily defeated Western Ontario University and Cornell on Sunday.
