Though the women's soccer team started the season slowly, it has recently come speeding back. The Tigers (2-4-1 overall) are on a two-game winning streak, with neither opponent able to score a single goal on Princeton's stalwart defense.
Princeton is a feared name in the world of Ivy League field hockey, but once outside that world and thrust into all of NCAA Division I, it loses a bit of the fear factor.The Tigers (4-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) may be undefeated in their own domain, but they just couldn't handle non-conference Maryland (10-0), falling to the No.
Ending a six-game losing streak by battling to a scoreless tie against a talented team is usually a cause for celebration.
The Ivy League officially ruled Tuesday that freshman Joey Cheek, who medaled in speed skating in the past two winter Olympic games, is ineligible to play on the sprint football team based on his status as a professional athlete.Cheek won a gold medal in the 500 meter and a silver medal in the 1,000 meter events at Turino in Feb ruary 2006.
Every Ivy League team's soccer season has two real parts: the less important first few contests and the crucial ones against Ivy League opponents.
The women's volleyball team has probably heard the classic coach's adage ? practice makes perfect.After its Tuesday night win over La Salle, it appears that the Tigers have certainly been practicing.
For most people, attending Princeton is the opportunity of a lifetime ? one that's difficult to pass up.
The women's soccer team, with some tough non-league games under its belt, will soon begin Ivy League play.To date, the team's non-league games have been tough.
After a disastrous start against Lehigh, the football team (1-1 overall) bounced back for a 20-14 road victory over No.
Consider yourself lucky.Chances are, if you're reading this column, you grew up watching American sports.Again, consider yourself lucky.Because American sports rock.I am now certain of this, and I am a better person because of it.
At Princeton, sports like football and lacrosse often dominate the sports coverage. It's easy, then, to overlook other, less well-understood sports ? like kayaking.The University doesn't have a kayaking team, but it does have two of the nation's best kayakers.
When Meir Hasbani '07 exited through FitzRandolph Gate at his graduation in May, using his chemical engineering degree wasn't his top priority.
Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
The women's hockey team is in need of a backup goaltender, and the Tigers aren't being bashful about it.Around campus, flyers are sprouting up requesting that all interested and available netminders contact Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal regarding the Tigers' roster vacancy.Princeton currently has just one goalie on its roster, in the person of junior Kristen Young.
For the first time in Princeton men's soccer history, the Tigers (0-6 overall) traveled to the sunny West Coast.
John Madden is famous for saying, "If you don't win the first one, you can't win them all." The women's golf team adhered to this adage by winning the first tournament of the season, the Princeton Invitational, by 11 strokes over its nearest competitor.
The good news is that juniors Peter Capkovic and Alex Vuckovic both reached the semifinals of the "A" singles bracket at this weekend's Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational.
It took only seconds from the time sophomore utility Gregor Horstmeyer's overtime shot hit the net for the water polo team (7-2 overall, 1-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) to realize the gravity of the goal.After battling through a tough 12-11 loss to Johns Hopkins (3-6, 1-1) earlier in the afternoon and fighting four deadlocked quarters against George Washington (5-5, 0-2), the Tigers were finally getting a much needed victory.With his back to the goal and the shot clock winding down, Hortsmeyer spun underwater and fired a laser past an unsuspecting Colonial goalie.
