Flipping the calendar from February to March, one is naturally overcome by a feeling of excitement.
Call it, "The Will Venable Effect, Part II."The script for part one is still in the final stages of being written by the men's basketball team, which is only now recovering from the major loss of star power that accompanied the graduation of Venable '05.
Every Olympic Games, both of the summer and winter flavor, grab our minds and hearts. The great western athletic tradition going back to ancient Greece, the reigniting and continuation of national rivalries, the best of the best competing for the ultimate medal, and mettle ? the Olympics has it all.The 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino ended Sunday.
With a loaded roster featuring a number of talented players at virtually every position, the running theme for this year's softball team may be depth.The Tigers have a deep pitching staff headlined by two aces and all-Ivy performers.
While most of us are familiar with volleyball and some of us may even have dabbled in the game during middle school gym class, while hanging out at the beach, or impressing freshman girls in Mathey courtyard, few seem to understand the nuts and bolts of the sport in its collegiate context.
In the realm of athletics, as with everything else, things aren't always what they seem. People tend to evaluate at a superficial level rather than going deeper and seeking out the cause for a certain situation.
In the realm of athletics, as with everything else, things aren't always what they seem. People tend to evaluate at a superficial level rather than going deeper and seeking out the cause for a certain situation.
While most of us are familiar with volleyball and some of us may even have dabbled in the game during middle school gym class, while hanging out at the beach, or impressing freshman girls in Mathey courtyard, few seem to understand the nuts and bolts of the sport in its collegiate context.
Cowher claims league honorFor the third time this season, sophomore forward Meagan Cowher was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for women's basketball.
For the second consecutive year, the men's club ice hockey team found itself playing on the final day of the league championships.
For the second consecutive year, the men's club ice hockey team found itself playing on the final day of the league championships.
Every Olympic Games, both of the summer and winter flavor, grab our minds and hearts. The great western athletic tradition going back to ancient Greece, the reigniting and continuation of national rivalries, the best of the best competing for the ultimate medal, and mettle ? the Olympics has it all.The 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino ended Sunday.
Cowher claims league honorFor the third time this season, sophomore forward Meagan Cowher was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for women's basketball.
With a loaded roster featuring a number of talented players at virtually every position, the running theme for this year's softball team may be depth.The Tigers have a deep pitching staff headlined by two aces and all-Ivy performers.
With its No. 1 player, junior Claire Rein-Weston, on the bench due to illness, and facing a team ranked No.
The men's and women's indoor track and field teams both fell short of a title at the 2006 Indoor Heptagonals, the Ivy League track championships, but they did not leave Hanover, N.H., entirely disappointed.
After losing its first five games of the season, it looked as though the men's volleyball team was in for another rough year ? they finished last season with an overall record of 7-13.
With its No. 1 player, junior Claire Rein-Weston, on the bench due to illness, and facing a team ranked No.
Three weeks ago, the women's swimming and diving team traveled to Cambridge, Mass., for the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet with high hopes, only to be crushed by a strong Crimson team for a second-place finish.But we're not here to talk about the past.Princeton returned to Cambridge last weekend to avenge its earlier loss and came away with its 16th Ivy League championship, routing Harvard and the rest of the Ancient Eight in the process.The Tigers won a stunning four of the five relay events to go along with five individual wins, six second-place finishes and eight third-place finishes to easily outdistance Harvard 1,580-1,445, with third place Columbia scoring a distant 968.5.Sophomore Ellen Gray led the charge for Princeton with two individual wins and one second-place finish.
The men's tennis team pulled off a previously elusive feat not once, but twice, this weekend that it had not managed up to that point in the season ? to earn a notch in the win column.Princeton (2-4 overall) earned two commanding home victories, one on Friday over St.
