An old adage states that "every mile is two in winter." For the wrestling team, whose season started back in early December, this winter has been one long, extended road trip from the Berkshires to the Black Hills.
Mark Shapiro '89 has seen the best and worst of the Cleveland Indians in his 14 years with the club.But after several disappointing seasons, he is now happy to say that the team is on the upswing."Our expectations are to win the division," Shapiro said.Two decades ago, when he first arrived at Princeton in 1984 as a history major and an offensive lineman on the football team, a career in baseball didn't appear on the horizon for Shapiro.
With 15 minutes left to play at The Palestra on Feb. 9, 1999, things were looking ugly for the Orange and Black.
The chant reverberates across the deck, spreading from the 50-odd members of the men's swimming team to the DeNunzio crowd."Chiles . . . Chiles . . . Chiles . . . "The meet has come down to the final 4x100-yard freestyle relay.
The women's fencing team defeated four teams in one day, improving its record to 6-3 in the safe confines of Jadwin Gym.Princeton took wins off Haverford, James Madison, Farleigh Dickinson and Cornell.
PHILADELPHIA ? Around 9:30 p.m. last night, with the men's basketball team cruising towards victory, I started to write my column about how Princeton saved its season.Half an hour later, as overtime tipped off, I highlighted a few hundred words and hit delete.
PHILADELPHIA ? With seven minutes, 35 seconds remaining in regulation last night, the men's basketball team appeared well on its way to rebounding from its two disappointing defeats of last weekend.Senior center Judson Wallace stepped to the line and hit two free throws, giving Princeton (10-9 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) a 53-35 lead over host Penn (12-7, 5-0), equaling the Tigers' biggest advantage of the night.But Princeton would score just three more points in regulation, as the Quakers stormed back to tie the game at 56 and force overtime.
The men's volleyball team suffered a pair of tough losses in the first weekend of the new semester.
After kneeing herself in the face while high jumping in the first meet of the season in December, senior Brooke Minor found herself tentative when taking jumps.
As the women's swimming and diving meet against Columbia came to a close Saturday, there were just two swimmers in the pool.
In New Jersey, which advertises itself as the Garden State, one grows accustomed to seeing some of the finest homegrown products plucked by outsiders.Thus, when the men's basketball team (10-8 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) visits league-leading Penn (11-7, 4-0) tonight, Princeton fans should not be too shocked to see the Quakers led by a pair of Jerseyites ? guards Tim Begley and Ibrahim Jaaber.Eliciting greater concern throughout Tiger Nation, however, is Penn's potential theft of the Tigers' Ivy League title.
Admit it, Penn students: you wanted to go to Princeton. It's all right, I did too. In fact, I do.You, of course, don't go to Princeton, which really is too bad ? for you, at least.
Both the men's and women's squash teams dismantled Dartmouth in Jadwin Gym on Saturday, but neither team could repeat that success the following day against Harvard.Princeton's men's team fell behind, 3-1, against the Crimson (6-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League), last year's national finalists.
Allow me to start with this disclaimer:As a "dumb" Penn kid, I need to put in reminders throughout my writings so I don't forget about important points.So here's one.
This weekend, despite pounding out shot after shot and giving themselves plenty of opportunities to score, the women's hockey team only managed a split against two conference foes inside Baker Rink.The No.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ? Head coach Joe Scott '87 sounded a lot like he had the night before. Questions were many and answers were few after Harvard (8-11 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) topped Princeton (10-8, 1-3), 61-57, on Saturday ? the second consecutive night that the men's basketball team lost a late lead to a team it has traditionally dominated.This time, it was a four-point advantage for Princeton with five minutes, 40 seconds to play that drowned under a wave of turnovers, missed free throws and poor rebounding.
Despite an impressive defensive showing from the men's hockey team during their two-game road trip to northern New York, highlighted by 74 saves from junior goaltender Eric Leroux, the Princeton offense failed to present anything close to the same intensity.
Junior center Becky Brown summed up the women's basketball team's weekend with a bit of an understatement."Yeah, we're disappointed," Brown said after the Tigers' two weekend home losses, to Dartmouth (8-8 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) on Friday, 69-55, and to Harvard (12-6, 3-1) the next night, 67-51.Princeton (9-9, 1-4) failed to establish itself in either game.
HANOVER, N.H. ? The men's basketball team had won 18 of its last 19 contests against Dartmouth, had a better record both overall and in the conference and had better offensive and defensive numbers almost across the board.
Recovering from a close loss to Penn in double overtime on Tuesday, the women's basketball team is eager to take on conference powerhouses Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend in an attempt to regain their earlier momentum and success.
