Through the first half of the season, Princeton's No. 2 men's squash team (4-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) has found little difficulty in dispatching its intercollegiate foes.
Good athletes are perfectionists who work tirelessly on the details until they become second nature.
When a team has been unable to clinch a victory on the road, one might hope that a return to home turf with scores of excited alumni celebrating the homecoming match would make a difference.Unfortunately for the wrestling team, that did not happen.
The men's swimming team knew Sunday's meet with Navy would be a challenge. Even after Princeton's laudable performance at the Big Al Invite the weekend before, where the Tigers faced No.
Of the 31 automatic bids given to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, 30 are determined by postseason conference tournaments.
While the Princeton vs. Rutgers football contest evokes history and incites vandalism, the two New Jersey schools still actually play each other in basketball.
Last Wednesday evening, the women's basketball team dominated in a 75-51 win over NJIT. On Saturday afternoon, its luck against Garden State teams ran out, as it lost to No.
On Friday night, the men's hockey team exorcized some old demons, but on Saturday night the Tigers established themselves as contenders in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League.The 4-3 victory over Union on Friday ended the team's 27-game winless streak in overtime, with the last overtime win coming on Nov.
Almost 10 months after the men's and women's indoor track teams were narrowly defeated at the Ivy League championships, Princeton finally has reason to celebrate again.
When you're talking about the greatest athletes of all time at Princeton, it's often someone from way back.
Princeton has always produced national leaders in Congress and in the business world, but now it has one on the soccer pitch.Bob Bradley '80 was named interim coach for the U.S.
In some sports, they say that defense wins championships. If that's even close to the truth, then the men's basketball team (6-2 overall) has something to feel good about heading into tomorrow's 4 p.m.
If ever there were a legendary Princeton athlete, that athlete was Hobey Baker '14. With his dazzling good looks, unmatched athletic skill and impeccable gentlemanly conduct both on and off the playing field, Baker, a two-sport star in hockey and football, truly was the stuff of legends and is one of the most revered athletes in the history of American sports.In trying to account for Baker's greatness, Princeton's current Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 said, "Hobey Baker, for me, it's a century ago.
The wheel of fortune. What goes up must come down. Concepts you never consider when you're on top, believe unquestionably when you're in a rut and despise when you've moved from the top to the bottom.Don't mention karma to the women's hockey team.
After taking advantage of a rare opportunity to play at home and ending a three-game losing streak last Wednesday, the women's basketball team is heading back on the road.
This is always a sad week for Pwang. The college football season is all but over. Sure, we've got one last bowl game to latch onto before real depression sets in, but outside of Gainesville and Columbus most fans' teams really aren't playing for much.
Who said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend?For the men's hockey team (3-7-2 overall, 2-5-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), this adage does not appear to hold as it faces off against Union (5-5-2, 1-3-0) and RPI (4-4-5, 1-1-2) this weekend at Baker Rink.
It is certainly a truism that size matters in basketball, perhaps more than in any other game. Size, after all, is the reason Shaquille O'Neal is one of the richest athletes in the world.
