Crimson rolls over against men's lax, Sowanick shines
The Harvard men's lacrosse team was left shaking its head on Saturday at the 13-4 parting gift given to it by the Tigers.
The Harvard men's lacrosse team was left shaking its head on Saturday at the 13-4 parting gift given to it by the Tigers.
With a victory over Harvard on Saturday, women's lacrosse is now just two games away from a perfect league season and sole possession of the Ivy League title.After dominating their contest against the Crimson (5-7 overall, 0-4 Ivy League) in Cambridge, Mass., the Tigers (13-0, 5-0) emerged with a 17-7 win.The victory essentially ensures that Princeton will remain the unanimous choice as the nation's No.
The globetrotting of the Montreal Expos may be over soon.The "major league" franchise has long been the breeding grounds for some the best talent in baseball but has never been able to capitalize on that.That's what happens when you don't have any money.
The men's and women's tennis teams split their matches this weekend, with both teams losing to Harvard, but coming back to defeat Dartmouth.
Women's water polo bulldozed its way through the Southern Championships at Villanova this weekend.
It's "go time" in the pool again.This weekend the women's water polo team travels to Villanova, Pa., where Princeton (19-8) will try to win the Southern Championships.
This weekend the softball team will cross the Rubicon, as they host Brown and Yale in two doubleheaders that could send the team to another glorious Ivy League title or see the team's title hopes dashed.With Harvard, who swept the Tigers in a doubleheader last Saturday, sitting atop the league standings with a perfect 4-0 record, the die most certainly has been cast.Princeton (16-13 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) currently finds itself in a disappointing fourth place in the league and in the midst of a four-game losing streak.
If spring ever decides to roll back the rain clouds and shed a little sunshine on New Jersey, this weekend the men's and women's golf teams will compete in the most important tournament of their season ? the Ivy League Championships.
My dog hates NBA playoff time. He always watches with me, and when the Minnesota Timberwolves make their annual first-round exit I enter into my postmortem crestfallen rage and throw things in his direction (not at him, PETA).But this year I'm downright giddy.
" . . . Cause it's one, two, three strikes you're out at the ol' ball game."For those of you living under a rock, or seniors who are still working on their theses, let me inform you that baseball season has officially begun.
The baseball team was soundly shellacked in an intrastate matchup with Rutgers yesterday afternoon, as the home-standing Scarlet Knights roughed up three Princeton hurlers en route to an easy 15-6 victory.Although the Tigers (14-13 overall, 3-5 Ivy League) managed to bang out 15 hits, it did them little good, as they stranded runners on base nearly every inning.
It was a night for the record books.With last night's 10-3 win over unranked Penn (7-6 overall, 3-2 Ivy League), No.
The men's and women's outdoor track and field teams look to take their early-season successes across the country this weekend to the Mt.
After two wins in their first three Ivy League matches, the men's tennis team will take its act on the road ? a long way on the road ? when it travels to Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend as Princeton (8-9 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) try to keep pace with the league leaders.Tomorrow the men will be in Cambridge to take on the first-place Crimson (12-6, 2-0). Harvard is coming off a rousing 6-1 win in Ithaca against Cornell, the only loss coming from Jonathan Chu at No.
With a forecast calling for sun and temperatures in the 60s this weekend there will be no excuse to not go out and enjoy one of the three crew races Princeton teams will be competing in here in New Jersey.Both the open women and lightweight men's teams will be at home Saturday while the women's lightweight team will be competing in Camden, N.J.
It's not often that a Princeton student complains about having too much free time. So when senior Thomas Pauly says he misses "staying busy with work," you assume he's joking.He's not.But Pauly isn't your average just-finished-with-his-thesis senior.
When Penn defenseman Joseph Shanagan scooped up a loose ball deep in his own territory, darted downfield and poked a shot past Princeton sophomore goalkeeper Dave Law early in the fourth quarter Tuesday at Class of 1952 Stadium, what had begun as a routine league matchup on a dismal weekday afternoon suddenly turned into the most important game of lacrosse the Tigers have played all season.No.
How does it feel to go up against an Olympian?Daunting, intimidating and scary would probably top most people's list.
For women's lacrosse fans, 21 is the number to keep in mind tonight as the Tigers (11-0 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) find themselves one victory away from setting a new program record for consecutive wins.
A few weeks back, I was scrambling for a column topic, so I turned on the TV to find the most sizzling sports news of the day.Trusty ESPN will help me out.