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.
Freshman guard Marcus Schroeder stood alone at the foul line. There were no players waiting for the rebound, not a single one even on his half of the court.
In 2004, it was the fourth most-watched sporting event in the world, after FIFA's Euro 2004, the Super Bowl and the Olympic 100m dash.
On Oct. 7, San Diego Padres' pitcher Chris Young '02 played in Game Three of the National League Divisional Series.
When you think about the heart of college hockey in America, the states in the Old Northwest, such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, come immediately to mind.
Having started all seven games, junior forward Kyle Koncz leads the men's basketball team in scoring with 12.4 points per game.What was your 'welcome to college' moment?When I drove up to campus as a freshman with my parents, there was a sign that said "WELCOME."What has been your greatest highlight in sports?Wrestlemania 22 when John Cena made Triple H tap out to the STFU to win the WWE Championship.Funniest story about your coach?One time, to mess with us, he actually parted his hair the other way.If you were a coach for a day, you would...?Nothing ... Rome wasn't built in a day.Who is your quirkiest teammate?
There are few things more therapeutic than whining. I'm a huge fan of it and generally do it whenever possible.
Year one brought a coaching change. Year two, the loss of two members of the 1,000-point club. With four starters back from last season and only one senior gone, year three of the Joe Scott era was supposed to be the predictable one.Seven games into the schedule, it has been anything but.When the men's basketball team (5-2) plays its home opener against Lehigh this evening at 7:30 p.m., head coach Scott '87 will introduce Princeton fans to a player rotation sure to surprise many.
Though Lynn Jennings '83 would go on to capture three cross country world championships and nine national titles and set 10 American records after graduating from Princeton, her success didn't come without a fight.
The men's fencing team boasts a wealth of young talent, as five of the nine starting bouters at the NYU meet this past weekend were freshmen.
Close to two months after students first voiced concerns about the University's club sports program, singling out issues with funding, poor facilities and personnel, administrators say they are responding to student criticism and taking steps to fix the problem."The University is addressing the allocation of more financial resources toward sport clubs including a sport club endowment component in the upcoming campaign," said David Leach, associate director of athletics for campus recreation, referring to Nassau Hall's forthcoming multi-billion dollar capital campaign.President Tilghman agreed that help is on the way, but cautioned that the situation will not be remedied overnight."It would be highly unusual for something to have been resolved in this length of time, as it would take the Priorities Committee to designate this as a high priority for the next budget year," Tilghman said in an email, referring to the University committee that allocates funding for programs.Students' concerns were first highlighted in an Oct.
Generally, the Princeton table tennis club plays their matches with the ultimate goal of beating the other team.
Penn's women's squash team (2-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) defeated both Yale (0-1, 0-1) and Brown (0-3, 0-3) this weekend, securing an undefeated start to its season.
Two members of the men's lacrosse team, junior defender Dan Cocoziello and junior goalkeeper Alex Hewit, were honored earlier this week by Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook as preseason First-Team All-America selections.
For most students, playing one varsity sport is already an impressive achievement. For Emily Goodfellow '76, one sport was just not enough ? and neither were two, for that matter.During her four-year tenure at Princeton, Goodfellow earned an astonishing 12 varsity letters by participating in three varsity sports, the greatest number of letters accrued by an athlete in University history.For her pioneering role in women's athletics at Princeton, she earned the C.
Facing off against some of the nation's top competition, the men's and women's swimming and diving team's finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Big Al Invitational, held over the weekend at DeNunzio Pool.The Invitational does not count towards any team's season record but was an opportunity for teams to showcase and hone their talents as they approach the heart of their regular seasons.
