"Get him! Get hiiiiiiiiiim!"The game was out of reach with only about 50 seconds left in the game, but President Tilghman still wanted that sack.So I went to the football game with the Prez on Saturday night.
If the women's soccer team was going to lose a game, this weekend was the time to do it.After opening the season with three straight wins, including a 2-1 victory over then-No.
You win a few, and you lose a few. For Princeton football, Saturday night's season-opening victory in dominant fashion against Lafayette was marred by the loss of a key wide receiver.
The bumps continued for the women of the Princeton field hockey team this weekend, as the Tigers' record dropped to 1-5 with losses to No.
On the very first play of the game, only a few short feet separated senior quarterback Matt Verbit from the vicious leap of Leopards barreling towards him.But moments before the Leopards could grasp Verbit in their paws and pound him into the Princeton Stadium grass, Verbit calmly dumped the ball off to junior wide receiver Greg Fields, who scampered 16 yards for the first down behind a wall of screening offensive lineman.The play ? and the ensuing four quarters ? went exactly the way the head coach Roger Hughes had drawn up.
With three wins over rival Navy heading into last season's Eastern Championship finals, men's water polo looked poised to add the Easterns crown to its already impressive collection of 2003 titles.
While much of the East coast was dealing with Hurricane Ivan, women's volleyball ran into a storm of its own, as the Tigers finally dropped their first match to the Red Storm of St.
The field hockey team has faced some tough competition early on in the season. From No. 6 Connecticut, No.
In a game last night in Baltimore, men's water polo pulled out a 16-11 win over Johns Hopkins (5-5).Junior driver John Stover had two goals in the first quarter for the Tigers (6-0) on the way to a game-high six.Princeton led 3-1 after the first quarter and had pushed the lead to 9-4 by halftime thanks to two consecutive goals from junior utility Mike McKenna just before the period ended, his only scores of the game.The Blue Jays made a push in the third, outscoring the Tigers 5-3 to draw the score to 12-9 heading into the final period.
"It's great to be selected for this profile, but what I really want to know is ? who do I have to talk to to get nominated for the 'Princeton Hotties' feature article?" senior middle blocker Alex Brown asked with a grin.
While virtually every other college football team in the country has started its season, Princeton football has done nothing but work through 26 practices.
This weekend, the women's soccer team (3-0) will be traveling to North Carolina to try to build on its early-season success."We are going down there for two wins," freshman midfielder Diana Matheson said.
Every little boy dreams of playing pro sports. He imagines himself winning championships, becoming an All-American in college, and being a top draft pick.
For the first time in Princeton women's lightweight crew history, somebody other than Heather Smith will grace the decks of the boathouse this season.This July, former head coach Smith announced that she would not be returning for an eighth year.
If a philosophy major attends a football game at Princeton Stadium, he might find himself considering a challenging question: are the stands half-empty or half-full?In five home games last season, the Tigers drew an average of 13,270 fans, or less than one half of the stadium's 27,800 capacity.
Junior Emily Behncke has made a tough transition this year look easy. After two seasons playing in the Tiger midfield, Behncke moved to forward after the arrival of freshman midfielder Diana Matheson, a member of the Canadian national team.Behncke showed just how comfortable she is in her new position this weekend against Vanderbilt.
The football program spews a lot of propaganda about how any team can beat any other on its schedule and how the Ivy League is characterized by parity.
The men's water polo team could not have asked for a better start to its 2004 season. The Tigers' five-game winning streak this weekend, which included a huge victory over rival St.
Recently, senior writer Daniel Satterfield sat down with senior forward Ryan Rich of the men's soccer team.
An old sports adage opines that offense wins games while defense wins championships. For Princeton football, the need to win games is a more immediate goal than securing the Ivy League championship.
