It's really quite simple.Pier DeRoo and Ana DeRoo grew up as particularly close siblings. Both began rowing as freshmen in high school and developed into elite rowers.
The thought of his Junior Project loomed large in the back of junior Mike Jorgensen's head this summer as he took classes in Los Angeles.
One clean touch of the ball was all Rutgers (2-6-1) needed to take away the trophy the men's soccer team (3-3-1) so longed for ? an overdue victory over the Scarlet Knights.Trailing by a goal for much of the second half last night at Lourie-Love Field, Rutgers was thirsty for a score as the game ticked toward its conclusion.
Six-iron in hand, junior Sharla Cloutier stood at the 13th hole Saturday, ready to drive her ball toward the uphill green 156 yards away.
Over the past decade, the men's soccer team has had its share of successes. Princeton has won two Ivy League titles, received three bids to the NCAA tournament and seen several players advance into the professional and national team ranks.
For senior Cack Ferrell, this weekend's meet was just like old times ? competing in her hometown in front of family, friends and old coaches.
Showing the patience and confidence it had been lacking, and led by the young offensive players who had lain dormant so far this season, women's soccer (2-4-2 overall) defeated La Salle (3-6-1), 4-0, last night at Lourie-Love Field.After more than 70 minutes of scoreless play, the Tigers exploded with four goals ? while their leading scorer sat on the bench ? to earn the blowout win they had been searching for all season.The odds finally caught up with La Salle with just over 18 minutes to play.
Though the Farnsworth Invitational at the Lenz Tennis Center this past weekend showcased the men's tennis team's individual talent, the Tigers' focus as they commenced the season was on preparing for the matches that will be decided as a team."Although tennis may seem like an individual sport, the team most certainly plays best when it functions as a unit," senior Andrew Lieu said.
One year later, and still the same story for the men's water polo team. For the second consecutive year, No.
It was a familiar situation for the women's volleyball team (8-1 overall) this weekend at the Marist Invitational in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: three games, three wins, one title.On Friday night, the Tigers dropped host Marist (4-10) in four games.
With the men's soccer game score in a goose-egg tie and with regulation time winding down, Princeton senior forward and captain Darren Spicer rattled off a shot toward the opposing goal.
Playing its last home game until mid-October, women's soccer (1-4-2 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy League) takes a breather from Ivy League play tonight, hosting La Salle University (3-5-1 overall), at 7 p.m.
The Princeton football team picked up just nine first downs Saturday, compared with the University of San Diego's 22.
As the clock wound down Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium and the football team clung to a tenuous three-point lead, it looked as if the game between Princeton (2-0 overall) and the University of San Diego (3-1) would come down to the little things: a missed extra point 10 seconds into the second quarter, pass interference calls which led to a Torero field goal or two fourth-down conversions by San Diego on a long fourth quarter drive.But all those little mistakes were overshadowed by one big play.
The sprint football team's showing in the inaugural Adirondack Trust Allegiance Bowl in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
On Saturday night, the women's soccer team learned the hard way that few offensive threats lead to little offensive production.
It might have been just a matter of experience. Get a few games under its belt. Find a groove.Whatever it was, the field hockey team has found it.With 3-0 wins over both Columbia and Albany, Princeton has maintained its undefeated 3-0 Ivy record and brought its overall record up to 4-4.With Saturday's game against Columbia still scoreless entering the second half, the Tigers appeared to let up for just an instant.
Beginning Saturday, the women's soccer team's mediocre non-conference record will no longer matter.
After dropping heartbreaking one-goal losses to nationally ranked Farleigh Dickinson and Akron at Lourie-Love Field over the weekend, the men's soccer team could have been excused if it had entered Wednesday's non-conference matchup against Drexel (1-4-1 overall) in a bit of a funk.
One team has lost 35 straight games. The other is a perennial College Sprint Football League powerhouse.
