The women's hockey team completed its second straight weekend sweep on Saturday at home against Colgate (15-12-2 overall, 6-8-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) after defeating Cornell (4-17-0, 1-13-0) the night before.
I was recently asked to be the godfather to my new niece Aliza. I didn't know how to respond, except with the requisite Marlon Brando impersonation.You've made me an offer I can't refuse!Any sorts of nasty words like "responsibility" floated through my head, but of course I said yes and held the little red wrinkle in my arms for a photo shoot.Even at times like these, I think about sports.
Women's basketball hosted two Ivy League opponents in Jadwin Gym this past weekend posting a win over Cornell (8-13 overall, 3-5 Ivy League) but losing to Columbia (10-10, 4-4).With their return to Jadwin Gymnasium, the Tigers (6-14 , 3-4) were hoping to put the wind back into their sails after suffering losses to Dartmouth and Harvard on the road the weekend before.
The uniform script that has governed men's hockey recently has become a little tedious: each weekend they face difficult competition and have the opportunity to reassert themselves in league play.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were at it again.The men's basketball team's schizophrenic season continued as Princeton (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) swept its New York road weekend to claim sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.After using a sterling second half to overwhelm then league-leading Cornell (10-11, 5-3) on Friday night, 69-64, the Tigers barely scraped by sixth-place Columbia (6-15, 2-6) on Saturday, needing overtime to win 78-71.If there was one constant for Princeton, it was the phenomenal play of junior guard Will Venable, who has emerged in the past three weeks as a viable candidate for Ivy Player of the Year.Against Cornell, Venable scored a career-high 28 points and harassed Cody Toppert, the league's second leading scorer, into a horrendous game.
You can't blame Harvard for not recognizing Princeton women's water polo goalkeeper Lauren Lister.
When your team features two All-Americans, ends the league season undefeated for the fourth consecutive year and goes on to win the conference tournament with dramatic victories over three of your biggest rivals, what do you do for an encore?For women's water polo the answer is simple: Do it all over again.The team's goals for this season are as high as ever, a sentiment emphasized by head coach Luis Nicolao: remain spotless in league play, finish first in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament and make a strong run towards a title at the Southern Championships.That run begins this weekend at Denunzio Pool, where the Tigers play host for the season-opening Princeton Invitational.
The men's swimming team closes its regular season today when they swim their final dual meet against Army.
Both men's and women's tennis are in for some worthy opponents this weekend, facing Clemson and Virginia, respectively.The men's team will travel to West Point for their matches this weekend, taking on Army as well as the Clemson Tigers."We are favored to beat Army, but Clemson is nationally ranked in the top 30," head coach Glen Michibata said about this weekend's competition.Princeton, who did not qualify for last weekend's Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor tournament in Seattle, has been home gearing up for the weekend.
With one of the highest student-athlete percentages in the nation, Princeton is no stranger to athletic success.
"Disappointed"With one word, men's basketball head coach John Thompson '88 summed up the mood of coaches, players and fans alike in the wake of Penn's thrashing of Princeton (11-7 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) at Jadwin Gym on Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd of tournament-hungry fans.It is similarly clear to all that there is one, and only one, cure to the Tigers' discontent: back-to-back road wins in New York this weekend.Friday night, Princeton travels to Ithaca to take on first-place Cornell (10-9, 5-1). The last time the Big Red began the league season 5-1 ? 1988 ? it went on to capture the Ivy crown, the last school not named Princeton or Penn to do so.The following night, the Tigers face Columbia (6-13, 2-4). Although less daunting than Cornell, thanks to new head coach Joe Jones the Lions are far more dangerous than they were during last season's dreadful 0-14 performance. Big Red powerAgainst the Big Red, shutting down the host's explosive offensive will be critical for Princeton.
Princeton (7-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) sits No. 3 in the nation and No. 2 in the Ivy League.The Tigers experienced great success last weekend with an 8-1 squashing of Dartmouth and an amazing 5-4 upset over a daunting Harvard squad."It was such a big win," freshman No.
Basketball isn't the only sport in which Penn competes with Princeton. Both the men's and women's fencing teams had their hands full Wednesday night with the visiting Quakers.
The men's volleyball team traveled to Newark tuesday night looking to open the league play portion of their schedule with a bang.
This weekend the men's track team prepares to take on some of the toughest competition in the country as it participates in the National Open meet at Penn State.The Tigers are coming off a third-place finish in a tri-meet against Penn State and Connecticut despite some impressive individual performances.
Heading into the final third of its season, women's basketball hosts Columbia (9-9 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) and Cornell (8-11, 3-3) this weekend.
I don't know how else to describe it. And to be honest, I don't think my time would be well spent looking for a cushier way to say this: Tuesday night's men's basketball game against Penn was a debacle.
The No. 8 women's hockey team hosts a pair of games this weekend, as they face Cornell on Friday and Colgate on Saturday.Princeton is coming off a spectacular weekend of hockey, in which they defeated Union twice by a combined score of 15-1, raising their record to 14-6-0, with an Easterm College Athletic Conference record of 7-4-0.Cornell (4-15-1 overall, 1-11-0 ECAC) and Colgate (15-10-2, 6-6-0) both promise to pose stiff challenges for the Tigers.
The men's hockey team can empathize with the labors of Sisyphus. One weekend after facing the top team in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, Princeton has the unenviable task of traveling to hostile rinks and challenging second-place Cornell (10-7-6 overall, 8-5-3 ECAC) and third-place Colgate (15-8-5, 10-4-2).Although the Tigers (5-17-1, 5-10-1) are languishing in 11th place in a 12-team conference, only three points divide the team from an opportunity to garner the final home-ice playoff seed in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.
"He's not scared of any of his opponents," sophomore Tim Prugar said of wrestling's senior co-captain Brian Kirschbaum.
