Some people say the third time's the charm. For men's soccer it's more like the 10th time. Princeton remained unbeaten in Ivy League play with an important 1-0 win against Columbia (2-8-2 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) on Saturday in New York City.
Finally, home sweet home.The women's volleyball team played its first conference games in Dillon Gym this weekend, after opening its Ivy League schedule with three straight matches on the road.
On a night in which everyone in attendance could feel a victory in the air, all that came down was rain.
The sounds of Tigers and Bears battling inside Princeton Stadium were a welcome October respite from the pervasive verbal slurs between the elephants and the donkeys.
Senior Spencer Gloger's college basketball career is officially over after the NCAA denied his request for a sixth year of eligibility this summer.The ruling did not come as much of a surprise to those familiar with the circumstances.
From the final stats, at least, it was hard to tell Princeton and Brown apart. After 60 minutes of fundamentally sound football on both sides of the ball, normally telling indicators such as yardage, turnovers, and penalties were equal between the two teams.
In the wild, tigers are members of an endangered species, and this past weekend one particular tiger, the undefeated Princeton Tiger, became extinct.
After a less-than-stellar run in California two weeks ago, the men's water polo team will try to continue its East Coast domination this weekend.
Though the season is still young, the women's volleyball team heads into action this weekend knowing that its Ivy League title hopes could be on the line.Princeton (11-4 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) will host two conference games in Dillon Gymnasium, taking on Dartmouth (4-10, 1-3) on Friday night before battling Harvard (9-5, 4-0) on Saturday.For Dartmouth, which sits seventh in the Ivy League standings, this game represents a chance to garner its second conference win.
Most Princeton students would tell you that being up in the middle of the night with work due the next day is one of the most stressful parts of college.
The story of Princeton University spans over two centuries, and while the swimming team has been in existence for less than half of that time, it too has quite a story to tell.This weekend will see the celebration of the team's centennial anniversary, as both current team members and alumni who swam for the Orange and Black will come together."It's a great chance for us to meet all those names that we just come across from stories and from the record board," senior swimmer Justin Chiles said.
A nationally ranked equestrian, a member of the varsity women's squash team, a representative on Butler College Council and the Committee on Discipline, a tour guide and looking into the marines and ROTC.Surprisingly, she is not Superwoman.
After spending three years as the ace of the baseball team, senior Ross Ohlendorf was picked in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player's Draft last June by the Arizona Diamondbacks.Ohlendorf decided to sign ? forfeiting his final year of Princeton eligibility ? and spent the rest of the summer pitching for the Yakima Bears, going 2-3 with a 2.79 ERA.Back on campus for the fall semester, Ohlendorf recently sat down with 'Prince' senior writer David Baumgarten.'Prince': Let's start off with a few warm-up tosses . . . favorite baseball movie?Ross Ohlendorf: "Bull Durham." When I was playing in high school I got compared to Nuke LaLoosh because I didn't have any control.P: DH or no DH?RO: DH ? I don't want to hit.P: Favorite team (before Arizona)?RO: Houston and Texas.P: Favorite player?RO: Nolan Ryan or Roger Clemens.P: Playoff prediction?RO: I think the Red Sox will get to the World Series, but I think the NL team will win.
The last time the sprint football team played Cornell (0-3), a year ago this Saturday, it was crushed, 47-8.
I'm sick of ESPN. For that matter, I'm sick of ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio, the ESPN Zone, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Original Entertainment, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Classic and ESPN Radio.I know this may be upsetting to those of you who go to sleep to "SportsCenter," keep it on all night and wake up to it in the morning, but one company has virtually complete control of the sports media market.
It's said that Einstein failed algebra, and that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school JV basketball team.
The Tigers were out in full swing at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows this weekend, flooding the women's "E" Bracket Championship with orange and black.Meanwhile, juniors Alison Hashmall and Jessica Siebel advanced to the third round of the ITA All-American Invitational in Los Angeles before falling to a team from Jacksonville.In the team's East Coast competition, freshman Christine Kansky defeated sophomore teammate Laura Trimble 5-7, 6-4, 10-6 in the "E" Bracket finals at the National Tennis Center Invitational on Monday.
After a spirited upset Saturday of then-No. 21 Brown, the Princeton men's soccer team (5-3-3 overall, 1-0-1 Ivy League) didn't have enough left in the tank to take down its second-consecutive ranked opponent.No.
After two consecutive scoreless ties, Princeton men's soccer had to worry about just scoring a goal before they concerned themselves with upsetting No.
Everyone who comes to Princeton expects to be surrounded by one of the brightest and most talented student bodies in the world.
