When head coach Roger Hughes was brought to Princeton in 2000 to restore the program to prominence, he was expected to bring a high-powered West Coast offensive system with him that would modernize the Tiger attack.
As painful as last year's 2-8 debacle was for the football team, it may have been even more trying for three teammates who were unable to even suit up.After all, if those three players ? senior linebacker Zak Keasey, senior safety Brandon Mueller, and junior cornerback Jay McCareins ? had been in uniform instead of academically ineligible, things might have gone quite differently.
Men's soccer had its home opener against Drexel at Lourie-Love Field last night, revenging last week's loss to Akron with a 3-0 win over Drexel.Both teams entered the game off a loss.
For most college freshmen, the transition from high school to college can be daunting. Adding to the normal angst, Princeton freshmen emerge from accomplished secondary school careers in which their academic, athletic and extracurricular successes were unique among their peers.
LafayettePrinceton opens its season with a home night game against Lafayette (2-0 overall), a middle of the pack Patriot league team last year.
"On Saturday November 6th, Princeton sent twenty-five picked men to play our twenty-five a match game of football."So began the account of the first intercollegiate football game in the Rutgers Targum of November, 1869, and so began intercollegiate football as we know it.Not really as we know it, actually.
Former men's basketball coach John Thompson '88 often said that while his teams played many games from October to March, the real season took place within the walls of the Ancient Eight.
It's almost as if they were trying to get it wrong. And this one was so easy to get right.Late last month, the NCAA made its latest misstep when it denied Mike Williams athletic eligibility for the upcoming football season.
The women's golf team will kick off its 2004 campaign with not only a great deal of confidence, but also the weight of lofty expectations on its shoulders.
From the 1986-1987 season to the 2002-2003 season, a team from Princeton won a national championship.
Men's and women's cross country both started their seasons this weekend with a spring in their steps.
Men's golf opened its fall season this weekend at the Navy Fall Invitational. Junior Jason Gerken paced the Tigers, finishing tied for second overall as Princeton finished sixth as a team.The Tigers led the tournament after the first of two rounds at the U.S.
While the majority of Princeton's student population know that its school once again resides at the pinnacle of the U.S.
Winning games is not the only trend the men's water polo team (5-0) is starting this year; they are also adding mustaches to their "To Do" list with mixed reviews."We decided to go with team mustaches this year.
When Villanova and Vanderbilt showed up on the women's soccer's team's schedule, the only 'V' Princeton could think about was victory.After defeating Villanova on Friday in Philadelphia, 1-0, the Tigers set their claws on Vanderbilt in a 3-0 route starring junior forward Emily Behncke."They were coming into the game 0-3, so they had nothing to lose," head coach Julie Shackford said.
Losing is bad enough, but being blown out of the water by the opposition is even worse. Men's soccer learned that lesson the hard way on Friday night, suffering a humiliating 6-0 loss against No.
After a strong season last fall, women's volleyball returns to the court this year with high expectations and lofty goals.
For the fourth time in the last five years, members of the men's golf team will begin the season with an Ivy League bullseye affixed to their orange and black polo shirts.
It will be a hunt for blood this fall as Princeton women's volleyball looks to capture this season's Ivy League title after a frustrating finish last year that left them trailing Penn in the Ivy League rankings.Rebounding off a forfeit by Columbia, the Tigers had a chance to win a share of the Ivy League crown from the Quakers, a team that has dominated the sport for the past few years.Princeton had been the league's favourite throughout the Nineties, having won the Ivy title five times between 1994 and 2000, but has struggled through a recent rebuilding period, one in which at times the team possessed only one senior.In a devastating 3-1 loss, however, the Tigers were unable to capitalize on the fortunate hand dealt them, and ended the season in second place, allowing Penn to be crowned champions for the third consecutive year.The season definitely had its upsides, however, as Princeton ended the year with an 11-3 Ivy League record and an 18-7 all around record.In addition, both then-junior Alex Brown and then-sophomore Lauren Grumet were named to the All-Ivy conference team.
For the 2004 women's soccer team, expectations ? its own and those of outsiders and coaches ? are high.
