Women's soccer returns to Lourie Love
In three weeks of road games, women's soccer (3-6-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) has endured hostile opponents, hostile crowds and hostile weather.
In three weeks of road games, women's soccer (3-6-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) has endured hostile opponents, hostile crowds and hostile weather.
Men's water polo faces four familiar foes this weekend. The Tigers, currently ranked 12th in the nation, will travel south to take on Johns Hopkins, Salem International, Navy and George Washington.While these teams are not necessarily at the apex of the Eastern Conference, and while Princeton (13-6 overall, 5-1 College Water Polo Association) has already played each team at least once, the road trip serves as an all-important tuneup before the championship season."Our practices and games are all meant for fine-tuning right now," senior utility Jake Harter said.The Tigers' first test, Johns Hopkins, is scheduled for Friday.
To my mother's distress, I have not yet set foot in the University Chapel for any religious service.
To my mother's distress, I have not yet set foot in the University Chapel for any religious service.
After what feels like weeks of rain, the men's soccer team (0-2-0 Ivy League, 3-5-1 overall) hopes that Saturday will bring Princeton some relief ? both literally and figuratively.This weekend, the Tigers will take on Columbia (0-2-0, 3-8-0) under the lights at Lourie Love Field.
After what feels like weeks of rain, the men's soccer team (0-2-0 Ivy League, 3-5-1 overall) hopes that Saturday will bring Princeton some relief ? both literally and figuratively.This weekend, the Tigers will take on Columbia (0-2-0, 3-8-0) under the lights at Lourie Love Field.
After 89 minutes, the women's soccer team seemed headed for overtime against Rutgers on Tuesday night.
Over the summer, most sports teams condition their players, focusing on the physical fitness aspect of athletics.
Ask senior defensive back Jay McCareins who is among the top five or six fastest guys on the football team are, and he'll give you a definite response."Me," he says.But a few others might beg to differ.Senior wide receiver Greg Fields has recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time, while junior wide receiver Brian Shields and sophomore quarterback Bill Foran also can each claim a set of wheels.
Sophomore midfielder Paige Schmidt's first-half goal off a penalty corner was the only highlight for Princeton (5-7 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) in its 5-1 loss to No.
After graduating from Princeton, Jim Barlow '91 wasn't quite sure what to do. So he accepted a job as a high school history teacher ? at least, that's what he thought he would be teaching.
For junior Laura Trimble and the women's tennis team, this weekend's National Tennis Center Invitational in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Moments after the Yankees' season expired late Monday night, senior Christine O'Neill could barely speak."I don't know," she kept muttering, slowly gathering her belongings and turning away from the big-screen TV in Frist Campus Center where a few dozen diehard Yankees fans had watched their team's season come to a most inglorious end.
The men's water polo team dropped the hammer on their unsuspecting opponents from Bucknell last night.
The true American sports buff can easily identify the role of the designated hitter in baseball, explain the value of the option pass in football or describe the great basketball staples, the pick-and-roll and the pick-and-pop.
As sophomore Annika Welander stepped up to the tee on the 18th hole one stroke ahead of LPGA veteran Allison Finney on July 23, she could taste victory.
After a heartbreaking loss to Brown that dimmed its fading hopes of reclaiming the Ivy League title, the women's soccer team will try to bounce back in a midweek tuneup on the road against Rutgers.The Tigers (3-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) will be playing for pride against the instate rival Scarlet Knights (4-9-1, 1-6 Big East) to determine the hegemony of central New Jersey soccer.In the middle of their respective league seasons, the game has little longterm significance for either squad.
Over the course of his four years at Penn State and six seasons in the NFL, Stan Clayton grew accustomed to playing football at the biggest venues, in front of crowds loud enough to rupture eardrums.These days, as the offensive line coach for the Princeton football team, Clayton finds himself in considerably quainter surroundings.But pay attention to him on the sideline when the Tigers are in a crucial situation.
Late Sunday night, the men's varsity water polo team found itself on a red-eye, cross-country flight back to Princeton, only to arrive Monday morning in time for another week of classes.
Every corner is a goal, or so the saying goes. The women's field hockey team only wished that was true Friday night, when Princeton (5-6 overall) took on Hofstra (8-3) at Class of 1952 Stadium.Statistically, the Tigers should have had this game in the bag.