In the women's basketball team's two home games so far this season, Princeton has attracted an average of fewer than 300 fans.
Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with a pair of wrestlers, junior Eric Marcotulli and sophomore Logan Lowe, to discuss singlets, superheroes and Ryan Foss.Daily Princetonian: How is the wrestling team looking this season?Eric Marcotulli: I think we're looking pretty good.
Need proof that penalty killing is critical to a good hockey team?Look no further than the standings in the men's Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League this season: the four teams atop the league standings all rank in the top five in penalty killing.Princeton has successfully killed 74 of 85 power plays this season, or just over 87 percent ? ranking the Tigers ninth nationally and second in the ECACHL.The Tigers' penalty-kill unit is forced into action any time the team picks up a penalty, which gives their opponents a one-man advantage on the power play.Penalty killers use two main tactics to overcome this disadvantage: positioning themselves in such a way as to limit the opposition's good shots and pressuring the other team to force the opposing players to turn the puck over.Princeton's penalty-kill system employs two forwards and two defensemen on the ice at a time.
Even as the numbers on the Jadwin Gym scoreboard increased at a snail's pace last night, there were plenty of fireworks to be enjoyed ? thanks to the two men holding court on the sidelines.For much of the night, in fact, watching men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 and Temple head coach John Chaney may have been more interesting than watching the game.One is a spry 40-year-old, the other a creaky 73-year-old.
The wrestling team opened its season by dominating the competition at the New York University Duals on Saturday, downing Roger Williams, 41-4, Williams, 29-2, Maritime, 53-0, and Western New England College, 43-6, for a perfect 4-0 finish.Though Princeton has competed in a number of unofficial tournaments this season, this weekend was the team's first opportunity to wrestle in dual meets.
Men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 knew Princeton would be forced to shoot a large number of three-pointers in the Tigers' matchup against Temple last night at Jadwin Gym.
Sophomore Ariel Rogers is finding her groove ? on and off the court. Known as both a serious offensive threat in the post and the girl who spices up road trips and brings laughter to the locker room, the sophomore forward is settling into the women's basketball program and keeping everyone laughing along the way."Ariel definitely can carry the team's energy sometimes," senior center and co-captain Becky Brown said.
Men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 knew Princeton would be forced to shoot a large number of three-pointers in the Tigers' matchup against Temple last night at Jadwin Gym.
The wrestling team opened its season by dominating the competition at the New York University Duals on Saturday, downing Roger Williams, 41-4, Williams, 29-2, Maritime, 53-0, and Western New England College, 43-6, for a perfect 4-0 finish.Though Princeton has competed in a number of unofficial tournaments this season, this weekend was the team's first opportunity to wrestle in dual meets.
Sophomore Ariel Rogers is finding her groove ? on and off the court. Known as both a serious offensive threat in the post and the girl who spices up road trips and brings laughter to the locker room, the sophomore forward is settling into the women's basketball program and keeping everyone laughing along the way."Ariel definitely can carry the team's energy sometimes," senior center and co-captain Becky Brown said.
Even as the numbers on the Jadwin Gym scoreboard increased at a snail's pace last night, there were plenty of fireworks to be enjoyed ? thanks to the two men holding court on the sidelines.For much of the night, in fact, watching men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 and Temple head coach John Chaney may have been more interesting than watching the game.One is a spry 40-year-old, the other a creaky 73-year-old.
Special teams proved to be extremely special for the women's hockey team during its 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac last night.
Special teams proved to be extremely special for the women's hockey team during its 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac last night.
The men's basketball team will not face Ivy League rival Penn until February, but tonight's game against Temple (3-2 overall) could give Princeton a flavor of where it will stack up against the Quakers.
The men's swimming and diving team survived many new tests this past weekend, including swimming at its first away conference meet and enduring its first three-day preliminaries-and-finals format swim meet.
The men's swimming and diving team survived many new tests this past weekend, including swimming at its first away conference meet and enduring its first three-day preliminaries-and-finals format swim meet.
In another disappointing trip to upstate New York, the men's hockey team suffered two losses to Cornell, 4-1, and Colgate, 3-2.
Neither an over-chlorinated pool nor a strong Brown team could stop the women's swimming and diving team from acting like sharks among guppies, crushing all competition en route to a first-place finish at the Brown Invitational last weekend.
Junior point guard Max Schafer will not dress for tonight's men's basketball game against Temple after missing practice Sunday and Monday, Schafer told the Daily Princetonian last night.Schafer said he is taking a "few days" off from the team "to sort out personal issues," declining to elaborate on his reasons for his decision."I don't understand where I stand with the basketball program right now," he said.
The men's basketball team will not face Ivy League rival Penn until February, but tonight's game against Temple (3-2 overall) could give Princeton a flavor of where it will stack up against the Quakers.
