The weekend got off to a fast start for the Princeton harriers, as both the men's and women's cross country teams had impressive showings at the Paul Short Run, held last Friday at Lehigh University.
When sophomore defender Holly McGarvie's shot found the back of the net with just over 15 minutes left to play on Saturday at Cornell, the women's field hockey team finally broke the 0-0 stalemate that it had battled throughout the game.
When the temperature starts heating up in the middle of the summer, most people use it as an excuse to go inside, ramp up the air-conditioning, and make themselves a sundae.Princeton's cross country runners, on the other hand, spend their days outside on the pavement, doing their best to ignore the heat index and their cool, comfortable living rooms.Distance running requires a particular dedication to training in the off-season since the success in the sport depends almost entirely on conditioning.
"Ohh, sweet Caroline, good times never seem so good..."Arms in the air, dancing together in a circle to Neil Diamond, the women's volleyball team looked as confident and euphoric as could be.
On a day that saw Tiger Woods win his sixth tournament in a row, the increasingly dominant women's golf team continued a winning streak of its own.This weekend Princeton was in action at Yale's golf course for the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Conn.
"'Cause I struggle with forward motion, I struggle with forward motion ... 'Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds.
What could be better than playing tennis where the sport's greats such as Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova rally during the US Open?
The men's soccer team was dealing with a lot of history heading into Saturday's home contest against Dartmouth (2-4-3 overall, 0-1-1 Ivy League). There was the Tigers recent three-game winless skid that Princeton (5-3-2 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) had snapped earlier that week.
Penn blitzed its way past Princeton's sprint football team, defeating the Tigers, 50-15. Despite the lopsided score, there is a glimmer of hope in the outcome.
The men's water polo team, (11-4 overall,4-1 Eastern College Athletic Association) dominated their first two regular season games on Saturday, defeating both Bucknell (7-6) and Johns Hopkins (7-8).In the opening game, the No.
Sometimes the 12th man comes through for you, getting into your opponent's head, causing them to make mistakes and spurring you on to greater heights.
In sports, two points don't get you very far, except maybe in soccer or hockey. But two points could take you a long way toward understanding the football team's win this weekend.Thanks to high-quality defensive play that buttressed a sometimes shaky but effective enough offense, Princeton defeated Columbia, 19-6.Ironically, though the Tigers held a 14-6 halftime lead after finding the end zone twice in the second quarter, only the stalwart Tiger defense was able to find those last ten yards in the second half.Senior punter Colin McDonough helped set the Tigers up for one of the most exciting plays in football with a good punt that another player on special teams downed at Columbia's own three-yard line with about four minutes left in the third.Thanks to a false start that pushed the line back to the one, Princeton couldn't have had the Lions in better position by the time Columbia had a chance to attempt a drive.
If you spotted eight girls walking out to the Street together, what would you think? Obviously, freshmen.
For all the newbies out there who might not know how sports handicapping works, I'll give a quick rundown of the basic facts.
When men's soccer squares off this Saturday against Dartmouth, there will be many more than the usual 11 Tigers on Lourie-Love Field."I think there's already been several hundred alums who have signed up to come back [to Saturday's game], so it should be a pretty good crowd and exciting atmosphere," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy League) will match up against the Big Green (2-3-3, 0-0-1) at 4 p.m.
Sometimes change can be just the spark a team needs to succeed. This was the case for the men's soccer team, as it defeated Bucknell, 1-0, on Wednesday to snap a two-game losing streak.Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) had lost its two previous games by only a single goal, and its game against Bucknell (7-2-2) was the last of six straight road games.The Tiger lineup featured many young or new faces, including freshman striker Ben Harms ? whose game-winning goal against the Bison was the first of his college career ? and sophomore goalkeeper Joe Walter, who pitched a clean sheet in his first career collegiate start.
You can get as fired up about the 2006 football team as you want, but the bottom line is, even after dethroning two perennial Patriot League powers, the real season is only beginning.
