Ask, and you shall receive. Head coach Jeff Kampersal '91 and the women's ice hockey team (4-2-2 overall, 2-1-1 Ivy League) wanted to show their abilities against two of the top teams in the country last weekend ? and they did.
The men's basketball team (1-1 overall) will welcome Lafayette (1-2) to Jadwin Gym on Sunday afternoon, though Princeton plans to show as little gratitude as possible to the alma mater of Tiger coaching legend Pete Carril.Carril graduated from Lafayette in 1952 before coming to Princeton, where he spent 29 years teaching the Princeton offense to an array of star pupils, including current Tiger head coach Joe Scott '87.But Scott is thinking of anything but history this weekend as he guides his young Princeton squad down the path to improvement."The thing I like about our team right now," he said, "is that I really think we are going to spend our time [leading up to this game] concentrating on us and on the things we're doing."A victory over the Leopards would guarantee the Tigers a winning record this season against the Patriot League.
Behind 19 points and 11 rebounds from senior center Becky Brown, the women's basketball team held off a persistent attack from visiting Lehigh to secure its first win of the season, 68-57, on Tuesday night at Jadwin Gym.In addition to turning in her first double-double of the season, Brown's perfect nine-for-nine night from the field moved her into sixth on Princeton's all-time points scoring list."My parents told me about it after the game.
After having been feasted upon by its league opponents in its last three games, the men's hockey team looks to get back to its winning ways as it faces off against ninth-ranked Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon in Connecticut in the back-end of a home-and-home.
During crucial moments in sports, there are those who perform and those who choke. In the most important race of the season, the women's cross country team proved to be the former, exceeding the expectations of many in the running community by finishing a higher-than-predicted 11th.Led by three-time All-American senior Cack Ferrell, Princeton took 11th after being ranked 13th at the NCAA Championships on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.Ferrell finished the six-kilometer course in 20 minutes and four seconds, good for 10th place overall.
Behind 19 points and 11 rebounds from senior center Becky Brown, the women's basketball team held off a persistent attack from visiting Lehigh to secure its first win of the season, 68-57, on Tuesday night at Jadwin Gym.In addition to turning in her first double-double of the season, Brown's perfect nine-for-nine night from the field moved her into sixth on Princeton's all-time points scoring list."My parents told me about it after the game.
After having been feasted upon by its league opponents in its last three games, the men's hockey team looks to get back to its winning ways as it faces off against ninth-ranked Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon in Connecticut in the back-end of a home-and-home.
Last weekend at Princeton Stadium, we all experienced the agony of defeat when the thrill of victory seemed within reach.
Generally, when a team enters a competition without its top 10 athletes, it will be lucky to merely escape being on the wrong end of a rout.
If causal observers had stopped by DeNunzio Pool for only one or two events this past weekend, they probably would still have been able to tell the winner of the dual meet they were watching.
In its opening match of the season this weekend, the women's squash team swept Cornell, 9-0. Each of the nine players in the Princeton lineup won her match handily, and seven of the nine Tigers swept their opponents, 3-0 ? including the No.1 ranked junior Claire Rein-Weston.The toughest matches this weekend for Princeton (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) were at the No.
For the wrestling team, this weekend's individual East Strousburg Open in Pennsylvania went as well as a season-opening tournament can be expected to go.
If there were any concerns that the freshmen on the men's squash team would not be able to handle the pressures of college play or that the veterans had lost their touch, this weekend's tournament proved those doubters wrong.
If there were any concerns that the freshmen on the men's squash team would not be able to handle the pressures of college play or that the veterans had lost their touch, this weekend's tournament proved those doubters wrong.
For the wrestling team, this weekend's individual East Strousburg Open in Pennsylvania went as well as a season-opening tournament can be expected to go.
If causal observers had stopped by DeNunzio Pool for only one or two events this past weekend, they probably would still have been able to tell the winner of the dual meet they were watching.
Last weekend at Princeton Stadium, we all experienced the agony of defeat when the thrill of victory seemed within reach.
Generally, when a team enters a competition without its top 10 athletes, it will be lucky to merely escape being on the wrong end of a rout.
In its opening match of the season this weekend, the women's squash team swept Cornell, 9-0. Each of the nine players in the Princeton lineup won her match handily, and seven of the nine Tigers swept their opponents, 3-0 ? including the No.1 ranked junior Claire Rein-Weston.The toughest matches this weekend for Princeton (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) were at the No.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. ? After almost a week of being bashed as "only a bunch of three-point shooters," the men's basketball team defended its honor yesterday afternoon, proving that its perimeter-oriented style can win games ? as long as the Tigers don't only shoot three-pointers.In a decisive 64-54 win over Lehigh (1-3 overall), Princeton (1-1) made its fair share of long-range buckets, shooting eight-of-15 from beyond the arc.
