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.
It appears that there is such a thing as home-water advantage. A year after Princeton's men's heavyweight crew seized the Eastern Sprints title from long-reigning Harvard, the Crimson reassumed its throne in Worcester, Mass., last Sunday.
Bob Bradley '80 will be named head coach of the United States men's soccer team at a press conference today in New York, ESPN.com reported yesterday.
A friend of mine really hates the Yankees. Every time I'm at his apartment in the evening, I find him yelling at the television, shooting spittle all over the screen.
This past weekend was especially tough for the men's and women's track and field teams. On top of papers and problem sets, and only a week after the exhausting Heptagonal Championships, the two squads had to gear up to compete against some of the best teams in the region at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes in America Outdoor Championships."I think that it's difficult for us when we have the league meet the week before," men's head coach Fred Samara said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Something had to give. The men's lacrosse team had never lost to Georgetown, but it had also never won an NCAA Tournament opening-round game that would set up a quarterfinal homecoming at Princeton Stadium.The Tigers' unbeaten streak came to an end when Brendan Cannon streaked past Tiger senior defense Dan Cocoziello 31 seconds into sudden-death overtime yesterday.
Sunday's loss for the men's lacrosse team was only its fourth of the year, but like its previous three, it was against a top-caliber team, with No.
After strong seasons by both the women's and men's tennis teams this year, the Tigers are looking to build on that success next year with the help of four recruits from the Class of 2011.Last year's recruiting class will be a tough act to follow, especially for the women's team.
Despite scoring the game's first two goals, the women's lacrosse team (10-7 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) failed to recreate last year's first-round upset of Virginia, falling 19-10 to the No.
While many may not consider Princeton's unpredictable weather to be ideal for outdoor activities, it turns out that the New Jersey spring weather is surprisingly perfect for track.The track team took advantage of it to host one of the most important track meets of the season last weekend ? the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
