After losing its games against Brown and Yale this weekend, the men's basketball team has lost seven of its last eight games and has clinched a last-place finish in the Ivy League.
The wrestling team's season ended with another dose of discouragement Saturday, swept out of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships in East Stroudsburg, Pa.Princeton failed to advance to the second day of competition after all nine members of the team lost their first-round matches.
Redemption. After seven years without a playoff series victory and 17 postseason games without a win, it took the Tigers just one weekend and three games to exorcize their demons.A 4-3 victory on Sunday night capped a thrilling weekend for Princeton (15-14-3 overall, 10-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) as they defeated Brown (11-15-6, 6-12-4) to advance to the quarterfinals of the ECACHL playoffs.
This year's men's lacrosse team, like so many in the past, is renowned for its strong defense. Head coach Bill Tierney, considered one of the best coaches around, is known as a defensive specialist.
It takes a good team to win, but it takes an even better coach to bring out the best in her players.
Crossing the thin threshold that exists between winning and losing, between triumph and defeat, is an act not easily accomplished.
Road games have been nightmarish for the men's basketball team, which is winless in Ivy League competition this season away from home.
On a woody, hilly street there are three houses that apparently have little in common. One, set on a cul-de-sac, is stucco.
The women's lacrosse team kicks off its 21st season under head coach Chris Sailer this Saturday at 1 p.m.
Old foes and familiar faces ? that's how the landscape of the elite of women's lacrosse will look.Last year, Princeton faced serious challenges from Dartmouth and Virginia.
In the wild, big cats prey on small birds. This weekend, the men's lacrosse team hopes to prove the food chain holds true on the playing field as well.
When four teams, including the Tigers, have taken every championship since 1992, it's hard to put much weight on rankings.The men's lacrosse team currently holds the No.
With spring sporting events cropping up all over campus, the men's hockey team must sense that its time is drawing near.
Is this the beginning of the restoration of King Tierney?The men's lacrosse team has returned virtually all of its key players from last season.
It's rare to see a group of young players who can have a tremendous impact on a team ? much less for three of them to rack up 44 goals in a season.Needless to say, the Class of 2009 last year was an integral part of the men's lacrosse team.This year's sophomore class of the men's lacrosse team, known for their remarkable skill as the top recruiting class in the country, includes players who are slated to be at the core of the Tigers' game.The nine members of the class of '09 describe themselves as close and cohesive both on and off the playing field.
Though at Princeton it often seems as if only the very best are rewarded, losing sight of the Ivy League title has not stripped the women's basketball team of its drive heading into the last weekend of conference play.The Tigers (11-14 overall, 5-6 Ivy League) head out on the road to face Brown (5-21, 3-9) tonight at 7 p.m.
Game planning. Ultimately, that's what you try to do to your opponents. Whether it's shutting down a key spot-up shooter in a basketball game or stifling the big, bruising running back in football, there's always a gameplan ? a way to play to one's strengths while shutting down the other team's fortes.The challenge for the women's lacrosse team's opponents this year will be to decide which strength to cover.Last year, Princeton was a defensive stalwart that relied upon timely scoring from a couple of key sources.
The men's and women's fencing teams will both look to wrap up solid seasons this weekend at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships in nearby Lawrenceville, N.J.It will be the last tournament for Princeton as a team, before qualified individual fencers continue on to the NCAA Regionals and Championships later this month.Starting Saturday at the IFAs, the Tigers will go up against Ivy League opponents such as Cornell and Brown, as well as Eastern College Athletic Conference foes Vassar, NYU, Boston College and Brandeis.The men's team (9-5 overall) has had a successful year up to this point, beginning the season with a few disappointing losses but quickly rallying to finish with a winning record.In early February, the Tigers managed a couple of exciting wins over Brandeis and Harvard, the defending NCAA champion.
Even though there's more snow on the ground this week than last week and winter coats still pile up in eating-club coatrooms, it's time for spring.As winter teams transition into their postseasons and off-seasons, their endings mark other Tigers' beginnings.
