What sport is like running a marathon, playing a game of chess, and trying to survive a mugging all in 10 feet of water?
In the face of continued adversity and disappointment, "maybe this year" becomes a perennial invocation for the members of the sprint football team while preparing for the fall season.Consistently outmatched by the five other schools that compete in the Collegiate Sprint Football League, the Tigers (0-6 in 2003) have the daunting task of rebuilding a program that has endured 31 straight losses over the past five years.
When a team consistently achieves tremendous success it is almost certain that their successes will be met with even loftier expectations for the upcoming season.
For the 2004 women's soccer team, expectations ? its own and those of outsiders and coaches ? are high.
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 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.
Although Soren Thompson '05 and the armada or Princeton rowers got the most attention, a handful of other Princeton athletes also competed in Athens. Fencing ? WomenThompson wasn't the only Princetonian ep
First-half deficits stalled the field hockey team's attempts to begin the season on a winning note last weekend.
Chris Ahrens '98 and his boatmates in the U.S. men's heavyweight eight crew team traveled to Athens with a simple, yet ambitious mission: return their country to glory in their sport's most prestigious race.Mission accomplished.After dominating Olympic rowing competitions throughout the first half of the century, the Americans had not taken gold in the men's eight since 1964.
Life is good for Chris Young these days.It's Saturday night and the 2002 graduate is hanging out like a normal 25-year-old.
After 15 months of intense training to prepare for the Summer Olympics in Athens, men's epée fencer Soren Thompson '05 had nine minutes to prove himself.Standing across the strip, readying himself for the Round of 16, was Alfredo Rota of Italy, the No.
Arguably the most dominant Princeton team in the spring, women's lacrosse (19-1 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) was showered with well-deserved honors throughout the season.
Men's basketball player Harrison Schaen, who was expected to begin his sophomore year this week, will be taking the academic year off from Princeton.Schaen, a top-200 national prospect as a high school senior, confirmed his plans by phone from his Huntington Beach, Calif., home last Wednesday night.Characterizing the decision as "voluntary," he cited family-related circumstances on which he declined to elaborate."I'm staying at home with my parents and working on my game.
Coming off a season that head coach Julie Shackford characterized as "underachieving," the 2004 women's soccer team made a statement in its opening game that this season will be different.
Check out tomorrow's sports section for stories on what some notable Princetonians did in the athletic world over the summer.
For men's lacrosse (11-4 overall, 5-1 Ivy League), 2004 was a rebuilding year. When the season started, only four players on the team had ever started a game, and the freshman class was the biggest in years.
On Nov. 6, 1869, the first intercollegiate football game took place between Princeton and Rutgers in New Brunswick, with the Scarlet Knights winning, 6-4.
The baseball team has owned the Ivy League the past five years and continued that trend last season, as they were crowned Ivy League Champions for the second year in a row and fourth time in the past five years.
Softball (Ivy League record) 1. Cornell (10-4) 1. Brown (10-4) 3.
While most of the Princeton community was busy moving in last Friday, the men's soccer team opened their season in auspicious fashion, beating Loyola 3-2 at Alumnae Field in Baltimore, Md.Junior forward Darren Spicer led the Tigers with two goals, including the game winner in the 81st minute. Princeton strikes earlySpicer started off the scoring in the fourth minute after a foul by Loyola defenseman Gabriel Ortega in the box gave the Tigers a penalty kick.
