When I left my room in the illustrious 1940 Hall on a recent afternoon and headed down to Lenz Tennis Center, I did so armed only with my dignity and a Wilson HyperHammer 4.3 tennis racket.
This weekend, men's heavyweight crew showed why it is ranked No. 1 in the country. The Tigers topped their local rival Rutgers in a resounding victory, finishing with nearly a 12-second advantage at Lake Carnegie on Saturday.With the top ranking, Princeton goes into every race this season with the psychological edge.
There was no love lost between senior Josh Burman and his opponent, Mikhail Bekker, on Friday afternoon in the annual men's tennis grudge match between Princeton (11-5 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) and Penn (13-3, 1-0).Tempers flared as Bekker made some questionable line calls during the first set.
The last time men's lacrosse opened a season 0-5, most of the current players were in diapers, the Soviet Union was still going strong and the Tigers ended the season with a dismal 1-14 record.Fans of Princeton lacrosse thought those days were over, and, since that terrible season in 1986, they have been correct.
For the second game in a row and the third in the past 15 days, 60 minutes was not enough for the women's lacrosse team.
"I'm bewildered," men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney said after his team dropped its fifth straight game in a demoralizing loss to Yale in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday.The Bulldogs (5-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) upset the Tigers (0-5, 0-0), 9-8, pushing them into a hole the usually phenomenal team is unaccustomed to inhabiting.
When I was three years old, my mother bought me a tiny Chicago Cubs uniform. Though she's a Chicago native, she hates baseball and couldn't have cared less about turning me into a fan at an early age.
After being born in New York City and swaddled in pinstripes, perhaps it's ironic that one of my favorite musicals is "Damn Yankees," a phrase often muttered by long-suffering baseball fans originating east of Hartford.
As citizens across New Jersey were evacuated because of rising waters and flash flood warnings, the lives of Princeton athletes were likewise disrupted by the monsoon that hovered over the tristate area this weekend.
The Ivy League may be familiar territory for the Tigers, but there's something less familiar about this season: Princeton's men's lacrosse team isn't accustomed to starting league play winless.The Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) have not started a lacrosse season 0-4 since 1986.
No. 13 men's lacrosse has won the Ivy League title for 10 consecutive years. On Saturday, league play commences once again for the Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) when they travel to New Haven to play Yale.
Riding this week's success against Fairfield in its home opener, the softball team ends its home stand with a doubleheader against Penn on Saturday.
Although the regular season for Major League Baseball does not start until Sunday, the unofficial spring training for the Tigers ends Saturday as they host Yale for a doubleheader at Clarke Field to begin the defense of their Ivy League Championship.The Elis (9-7 overall) come into the game on fire, having won eight of their last nine games including a 1-0 thriller over Connecticut on Wednesday.Princeton (5-11) is coming off a close Wednesday game of its own, as the Tigers held off a ninth inning Rutgers rally to take the game, 3-2.Both Yale and Princeton started the season similarly, traveling to the South over spring break and facing tough competition with limited success.
The women's lacrosse team (5-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) has spent the month of March facing off against the nation's top teams, playing six foes ranked in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Top 20 poll.
Senior Spencer Gloger will play for Louisville in this weekend's Final Four, Rick Pitino confirmed in an exclusive interview with the 'Prince' last night."Illinois is going to be tough, so we thought Spencer's outside shooting skills would help us pull off the upset," Pitino said.
The women's lacrosse team entered the season ranked No. 2 in the nation, while perennial rival Virginia entered in first.
Selected to be the first speaker in Business Today's annual Princeton Seminar Series, Jonathan Mariner spent over two hours on Wednesday infecting his audience with baseball fever.Mariner, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Major League Baseball, produced this effect naturally while detailing the ins and outs of his profession.
Recently, "Daily Princetonian" senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with a pair of men's golfers, juniors Jason Gerken and Jesse Dixon, to chat about nicknames, "Caddyshack" and yoga.Daily Princetonian: How did you get into golf?Jason Gerken: My dad played golf, and when I was growing up he kind of dragged me along several times, and I got to like it, got to practicing and started playing when I was four or five and started playing in tournaments when I was 10.Jesse Dixon: My dad bought my sister and me a set of clubs when I was like seven, but I didn't really play with him that much until I was like 10.
It's a common sight in men's lacrosse: an overzealous defenseman checks an attackman in the head, a flag comes out of the referee's pocket and both coaches begin scheming about how to take advantage of the forthcoming situation.Well, not exactly both coaches.
A baseball game just seemed appropriate on a glorious spring Wednesday, and those who made it down to Clarke Field were rewarded with a great game.Princeton (5-11 overall) met with Route 1 rival Rutgers (12-9) for the Tigers' final non-conference tuneup before league play gets underway.The contest was tight throughout, but it was the Tigers who scored two in the eighth and survived a ninth-inning Scarlet Knight rally to secure a 3-2 victory. Freshman hurlersFreshman pitcher Christian Staehely got the start for Princeton, only the second of his career.
