Sports

Football opens season at Lafayette

As if starting a quarterback taking his first varsity snap wasn't enough of a challenge, the Princeton football team will begin its 2005 campaign on the road Saturday in Easton, Pa., against an experienced Lafayette team with two games already under its belt this season.It's enough to make a coach cringe."This is going to be a severe test," head coach Roger Hughes said.

Mix of seniors and frosh lead women's volleyball

Though sports fans may normally focus on six-packs, fans of the women's volleyball team (2-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) should be excited about a pack of seven ? seven freshmen, that is.

Golf uses fall to warm up for spring

Though continuing its domination over Ivy League opponents motivates men's golf, the Tigers have the additional impetus of striving to gain a national ranking.

Sprint football's goal is simple: a victory

With each fall comes a renewed hope for the sprint football team ? the hope for a win. Over the past six seasons, the team has amassed an improbable 35-game losing streak.

Melville, Spicer lead men's soccer attack

For the Princeton men's soccer team, the number three is ubiquitous. Three is the number of goals scored by senior forward Adrian Melville, accounting for all of the Tigers' scores thus far.

Field Hockey loses two All-Americans, gains 10 freshmen

The field hockey team is starting nearly from scratch this year. Its eight seniors from last year, including two All-Americans, are gone.

Making Music

Walking through the A level of Frist, it's not uncommon to hear the sound of piano music coming from the grand piano that sits in the far corner of the building.

Dear Daily Princetonian

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.

Princeton's Depth Chart

First day on the job

LANDOVER, Md. ? When it was over, when the deafening roars of 90,000 fans had been replaced by the gleeful hoots and hollers of a winning locker room, Zak Keasey '05 stood quietly in front of his locker and slowly pulled on khaki cargo shorts and a gray polo shirt.Two feet to his left, standing in the very next locker, LaVar Arrington jabbered away to the horde of writers surrounding him.

Harvard, Penn still best in Ivy League

The football team will face the same 10 teams in 2005 as it did in 2004. Here's a rundown of what the Tigers can expect from each foe, along with the score of last season's contest. Lafayette2004: Princeton 35, Lafayette 18In the first two contests of their 2005 campaign, the Leopards demonstrated their ability to dominate on both offense and defense, emerging with a 2-0 record after facing Marist and Richmond.Against the Red Foxes on Sept.

Execution, not talent, is the Tigers' problem

A few days ago, while bemoaning the now 10-year long bonfire drought, a friend asked me why the football team couldn't recruit better players.

Quite frankly, that's all I need

It is the sports photographer's dream, the equivalent of making it to the "show," the "league," the "big time." Working the sidelines of an NFL game this past Sunday was, and always will be, the highlight of my Princeton photography career.From hearing the roar of the 90,000 fans at kickoff to the privilege and honor of roaming the same battleground as these tremendous athletes, it was an experience that simply cannot be captured by words or photographs ? and one that I will treasure for the rest of my life.

Stull, McCareins lead veteran Tiger 'D'

For the past two seasons, the New England Patriots have won the NFL title without a single star holding the limelight, instead relying on a team of workmanlike football players.

Young offense must learn on the job

Freshmen aren't the only ones on campus who might have been feeling a bit confused this week ? the football team has been trying to figure a few things out as well.With the graduation of quarterback Matt Verbit '05 and the running back duo of Branden Benson '05 and Jon Veach '05, Princeton's offense has found itself without any clear answers so far."We've got a more experienced offensive line, but we really don't have any established skill players," head coach Roger Hughes said.But, as he also noted, inexperience brings forth opportunity, and with several players competing for each of the vacant starting spots, the Tigers certainly have plenty of viable options.The questions surrounding who will attempt to fill the gaping hole at running back was settled only in the past few days.

The Air Apparent

No matter what happened over the last two seasons, varsity football head coach Roger Hughes knew he could count on one thing: Matt Verbit '05 was his starting quarterback ? and a good one at that.But with Verbit's Princeton days now just a memory, Hughes was forced to spend the off-season trying to figure out who his starting quarterback would be when the 2005 season opened.He had plenty of time to make his decision ? nearly 10 months ? but he needed it all.Four candidates for the job took snaps last spring: juniors Jeff Terrell and Chris Lee and sophomores Bill Foran and Greg Mroz.

Princeton Pigskin Picks

Tigers open season with two victories, one loss

Princeton's freshman class seemed to dominate the offense as the women's volleyball team kicked off its season with two wins and a loss last weekend.

Faceless No Longer

Football fans, as normally-proportioned people following the exploits of giants, have traditionally cheered the loudest for the Doug Fluties of the world ? those average-sized players they might most easily imagine as stunt doubles for themselves.In the future, though, as the obesity rate rises past the 50-percent mark and the everyman becomes a heavy man, a heretofore unheralded sect of the football community may emerge as heroes.

Tigers win four, lose to No. 7 UCSD

After reaching the NCAA Final Four last fall, the members of the men's water polo team began their 2005 season last weekend with giant bullseyes on their backs.But despite the pressure, the Tigers (4-1 overall, 0-0 College Water Polo Association) emerged from the Princeton Invitational ? and its rigorous schedule of three games in five days schedule ? mostly unscathed, winning four games before dropping the tournament finale to No.