The last time I spoke with Jason Doneger '05 ? the former standout attackman and All-American for the Tigers ? he was on campus for a banking information session, talking with me and others about the life of a Wall Street equities trader.
This afternoon, the baseball team embarks on a season-opening stretch of 17 consecutive road games, traveling to Charleston, S.C.
In other sports, there are the playoffs. Nothing a team does during the season really matters once it gets there.
The women's lacrosse team motto is "It's the thrill of the fight," but the important part of that statement for this year's squad is not inside the quotation marks.
The last time I spoke with Jason Doneger '05 ? the former standout attackman and All-American for the Tigers ? he was on campus for a banking information session, talking with me and others about the life of a Wall Street equities trader.
After a strong 16-6 victory over Canisius last weekend, the Tigers are going into the upcoming season with high hopes and high expectations.
To say that the women's lacrosse team faces something of a gauntlet in its first six non-league games would be a gross understatement.
In other sports, there are the playoffs. Nothing a team does during the season really matters once it gets there.
Heading into the final Ivy League weekend of the year, the men's basketball team (8-3 Ivy League, 10-14 overall) is agonizingly close to capturing the league title, as the Tigers sit just two games behind Penn (10-1, 18-7). Princeton is the only team capable of stealing the title from the Quakers, but the outcome of the 14-game Ivy League tournament will be decided not only by whether the team wins this weekend, but also by the play of Penn.
When senior Jim O'Brien first picked up a lacrosse stick, he swore he'd never play again. Accustomed to being naturally gifted at sports, when he showed up to his first practice in fourth grade and was unable to cradle or catch, he went home discouraged."I was really upset, I didn't know how to do it all," O'Brien said.
To say that the women's lacrosse team faces something of a gauntlet in its first six non-league games would be a gross understatement.
The women's basketball team will take to the court tonight certain of one thing: the title is at stake.The Tigers' opponent, Brown, leads the Ivy League.
When senior Jim O'Brien first picked up a lacrosse stick, he swore he'd never play again. Accustomed to being naturally gifted at sports, when he showed up to his first practice in fourth grade and was unable to cradle or catch, he went home discouraged."I was really upset, I didn't know how to do it all," O'Brien said.
For the seventh time since the inception of both programs, No. 9 Princeton and No. 8 Clarkson will meet in the first round of the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Hockely League playoffs.
If men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney scores his years at Princeton like he does his games, he might have to call it soon.
After a strong 16-6 victory over Canisius last weekend, the Tigers are going into the upcoming season with high hopes and high expectations.
The women's basketball team will take to the court tonight certain of one thing: the title is at stake.The Tigers' opponent, Brown, leads the Ivy League.
