"It's not how you start ? it's how you finish."The old sports adage neatly sums up this year's men's hockey squad, which wrapped up its regular season this weekend in fine fashion.
Unlike with the "chicken or the egg" dilemma, there does actually exist an answer for senior Brian Shields' dichotomy of sports: football or track and field?
Losing streaks happen to every team, at all levels of play. The need to avoid them is a given, but it is the manner in which a team breaks such a streak that shows its true colors.This weekend the women's basketball team (10-13 overall, 4-5 Ivy League) faces a challenge in its quest to break a four-game losing streak.
The men's lacrosse team has won 13 of the last 15 Ivy League Championships. It has won six of the last 15 national championships.
In deciding who gets the home-ice advantage for the women's ECACHL quarterfinals, fifth place is the first loser.The women's hockey team (16-10-3 overall, 14-6-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) defeated both Colgate (15-14-2, 14-7-1) and Cornell (4-23-2, 4-17-1) last weekend, securing the coveted fourth-place spot in the ECACHL rankings and home ice for this weekend's ECACHL quarterfinals.Going into their weekend games, the Tigers, who were in fifth place, knew that they had to take both games to move up in the rankings.
Exactly two weeks ago, the men's basketball team grabbed its first Ivy League win of the season in a 74-68 double-overtime thriller against Harvard.
"All's well that ends well" ? or so William Shakespeare said. But, while it may seem blasphemous to any lit major to say so, that's just not always true.In the case of the men's hockey team (11-13-3 overall, 8-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), a successful end to the regular season, with wins in Friday's game against Clarkson (20-7-5, 12-4-4) and Saturday's game against St.
The Ivy League champion men's squash team (8-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) has the opportunity to complete a rare feat in collegiate athletics this weekend in New Haven, Conn.
Rankings don't matter. The records might as well be 0-0. And the energy is electric.The Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, one of the most celebrated athletic traditions among the Ancient Eight, commonly referred to as "Heps," opens the opportunity for any competitor and any team to become champions."I'm not the best in the league when it comes to times, but I seem to have beaten all comers in the league so far that have better times than I do.
The Scarlet Raiders may have wanted to steal from the Tigers' den, but the mens' volleyball team rose up and foiled their plans on the road Tuesday night at The Golden Dome.
In December, freshman Ed Hurme became the third of his siblings to win an epee match for the Princeton fencing program.
"This gong-show just laid a bawango on our cheddar, knocked his birdcage right off."Unless you're a true hockey aficionado, this particular comment probably sounds like a bunch of gibberish.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.No one epitomized this mantra better than Mercer Beasley, Princeton's tennis coach from 1933-37 and 1939-42.
From now on, the NBA All-Star Game should always be played in Las Vegas. The ostentation, leisure and wantonness of the event are in sync with the very foundations of the city itself.
Anyone who has ever rooted for a sports team has probably believed, at one time or another, that they have somehow influenced the outcome of a game with their thoughts alone.
This past weekend in Denver, Colo., the country's elite under-20 fencers gathered to compete in the prestigious Junior Olympic tournament.
Imagine if this year's French Open were won not by Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, the No. 1 and 2 tennis players in the world, but by Werner Eschauer.
