"It was almost comical," head coach Roger Hughes said.There was no better or more honest description of the brutal first half that left the football team (0-1 overall) trailing 23-0 at intermission against Lehigh (1-1) on Saturday.
Princeton does not lose Ivy League field hockey games often ? a fact Dartmouth learned the hard way Saturday afternoon.The Tigers (2-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) dominated the Big Green (2-3, 1-1) in Hanover, N.H., all the way to a 4-1 victory that was Princeton's third straight over Dartmouth and sixth in the past seven seasons.Things might have gone very differently if the whole game had been played like the first few minutes.Less than three minutes after the opening whistle, the Big Green's Ashley Hines redirected a shot past sophomore goalkeeper Cynthia Wray to give Dartmouth a lead on the first shot of the game.The next five shots came from Tiger sticks as Princeton took control of the game.
Most sports fans spent their summer tracking their favorite baseball teams and the Michael Vick scandal.
For those who assume that running is an individual sport, a single glimpse at the women's cross country team disproves that notion.These Tigers strategize and cooperate with each other just like any other team, and they executed their gameplan to perfection this Saturday in defeating Harvard and Yale."These girls are your teammates for a reason," senior captain Caitlin McTague said.
The good news for the men's soccer team is that all its games this season have been close and hard-fought, thanks to a consistently solid defensive effort.
Facing fourth and goal at the one-yard line in double overtime against Penn last year, quarterback Jeff Terrell '07 handed the ball to then-junior running back Rob Toresco.
Senior quarterback Bill Foran showed his first flash of greatness as a wide receiver for the football team during his freshman season, hauling in his first career catch for an 80-yard touchdown pass against Cornell.
On a cold September night in 2003, I witnessed Lehigh's 28-13 thrashing of the Princeton football team during a visit to campus.
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.
