At Media Day on Aug. 31, head coach Roger Hughes called his team's slate of games a "national playoff schedule." And that was only in reference to Princeton's three out-of-conference matchups.
For a player who's always been about speaking softly and making the big stick, the transition to team leader hasn't come naturally for senior inside linebacker Doori Song of the football team.A punishing run-stopper, Song ranks second among returning Tigers in total tackles and tackles for a loss registered last season.
Much has been made of the fact that the football team has lost the man who threw all 17 of its touchdown passes last season.
If everything were as reliable as the hands of senior wide receiver and co-captain Brendan Circle, back-to-back blazes on Cannon Green and a repeat Ivy League Championship would be distinct possibilities for the football team in 2007.Princeton's lone returning first-team All-Ivy player proved himself last year by amassing a monster 835 yards, the fifth-highest single-season receiving total in Princeton history.
All those Under Armour commercials have clearly made an impression. In 2006, the football team had a perfect 5-0 record when protecting its house at Princeton Stadium ? including a crucial 31-28 victory against perennial rival Harvard and a 27-17 win over Dartmouth that guaranteed the team a share of the Ivy League title.In the first game of its new season, however, the 2007 incarnation of the Tigers will face a serious threat to its domestic dominance.
The women's soccer team finished last season on a high note, keeping opponents scoreless in the final 393 minutes, 13 seconds it played.
New team, same story. For the men's water polo team (5-0 overall), an undefeated start to the year has allayed some of the concerns about the team heading into the season.
The American Eagles held off the men's soccer team's 10-man second-half charge last Friday, going on to win 2-0 on their home field in Washington, D.C.The loss was the second for the Tigers (0-2) following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Loyola (Md.).American (4-2) struck first, scoring in the 33rd minute after Princeton's offense struggled throughout the first half.
Kill, dig, ace. To the women's volleyball team (1-2), these are not just words but crucial statistics.
With the summer winding down and the fall athletic season beginning, the men's and women's cross country teams already appear to be in mid-season form.
The field hockey team (1-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) began its 2007 season in the same fashion as it did last year, opening its schedule with two losses to ranked, non-conference teams before coming up with a victory over Yale.The regular season got underway Sept.
Success in the Ivy League is exciting, but a victory on the national level is something else entirely.
Two days ago, I finished college. It ended, much like it began, in a whirlwind. The pressures of freshman week almost four years ago gave way to the pressures of writing two papers for Dean's Date followed by Classics comprehensive exams the next day at 9 a.m.As Princeton has a dire shortage of 24-hour study spaces, a student is forced to try to find his own private area where he can study past the library's 2 a.m.
While thousands of Princeton students will be spending their summers at internships, beaches and other universities, senior linebacker Brig Walker will be doing something a little different.
Princeton's men's and women's track and field teams are preparing for their biggest meet so far this season, the NCAA Division I Regional Championships, to be held next weekend, May 25-26, at the University of Florida's Stadium at Percy Beard Track, in Gainesville, Fla.
When head coach Roger Hughes is asked how the football team improved from 2-8 in 2003 to 9-1 and an Ivy League championship in 2006, he invariably discusses the Tigers' hard work, discipline and chemistry.