On the final Saturday of October, the football team made its way to Cambridge, Mass., for Game 1 of the 2003 Harvard-Yale-Princeton football championship.
In two battles that pitted the men's and women's golf teams against some of the top golfers in the nation, the difficult level of competition and sub-par weather conditions combined for an exciting conclusion to the fall season for the Tigers.The women ended the Pat Bradley Invitational in second place, while the men tied for fourth in the rain-shortened Hoya Invitational.The men finished with a combined score of 295 and tied with James Madison at seven-over par in Leesburg, Va.
In case you have been waiting for some sort of sign that the men's hockey team is headed in the right direction, look no further than the Tigers' recent effort against No.
Recently, 'Prince' contributor Anne-Marie McGintee sat down with the field hockey team's two senior captains, Claire Miller and Cory Picketts.'Prince': How long have you been playing field hockey?Both: Since the seventh grade.P: What do you love about the sport?Claire Miller: Spandex and mouth guards.
For most Princeton students, Fall Break is a time to relax and enjoy a few stress-free days after the hard work that accompanies midterm week.
So much for the dirty South.This past weekend the men's Water polo team swept clean the Southern Division Championships at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn.
The women's volleyball team had its most important victory of the season on the first Friday of Fall Break and followed that performance up a week later with a convincing win against Brown.But in between these two impressive wins the Tigers (13-6 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) faced Yale, this time with a result less positive than their other two.
Despite tremendous individual performances, Princeton's men's and women's cross country teams were apparently beset by a Halloween curse on Friday and failed to perform as they had hoped at the Heptagonal Championships in New York City.Senior Emily Kroshus and sophomore Cack Ferrell were the top two overall finishers in the women's race, though Columbia edged the Tigers out by five points.On the men's side, a third-place finish from senior Tristan Colangelo couldn't save the team from a disappointing fifth-place result.The women's team came into Friday's race with high hopes after what had proven to be a remarkable fall season to that point.
With the women's soccer season winding down, a 2-0-1 Fall Break is something to be proud of.True, but Princeton's target of the Ivy League title remains elusive.At the beginning of the break, Harvard, Syracuse and Cornell each looked to spoil a successful Tiger season.Princeton first faced the Crimson (5-5-5 overall, 1-2-3 Ivy League) in a tough league match in Cambridge, Mass.
For the field hockey team, Fall Break was a tale of two weekends.Ranked eighth in the country heading into the break, the Tigers (11-5 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) would embark on two road trips.
Five years of frustration could have come to an end, but on a play that lasted only four seconds, Harvard's Garrett Schires hit Rodney Byrnes in the back of the endzone and propelled the Crimson (6-1 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) to a 43-40 overtime victory over Princeton at Harvard Stadium on Oct.
The football team (2-5 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) nearly shut out Cornell (1-6, 0-4) on Saturday at Princeton Stadium, 28-6.
Five consecutive graduating classes have left Princeton without having experienced a bonfire on Cannon Green, which signifies football victories over both Harvard and Yale in one season.This year's senior class is hoping to avoid avoid another bad streak ? becoming the fifth straight graduating class to have never beaten Harvard.The first step towards ending both of those streaks will be getting a win tomorrow afternoon at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass.Two years ago, Princeton (1-4 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) was within a 48-yard field goal attempt by Taylor Northrop '02 of beating Harvard, the eventual Ivy League champions.
Last year the women's soccer team won the Ivy League title outright for the first time since 1982.
It is tournament time for the men's water polo team. Finishing off its regular season with an impressive 16-3 record, Princeton has performed well all year.Most recently, the squad finished 2-1 in last weekend's Inter-Regional Competition.
The men's golf team heads to Virginia this weekend for the Georgetown Hoya Invitational, coming off its best showing of the year at last weekend's Penn/Big Five Invitational.The Tigers, who had led the tournament after Saturday, fell to second on Sunday after a final round rally by Georgetown.
Four tournaments played, one cancelled due to a hurricane, the fall season coming to a close - but there is no rest for the weary on the women's tennis team.This weekend four players will represent the Tigers at the ITA Regionals Tournament, the biggest and most competitive event of fall play.
Pinned in its own endzone, the football team found a hero in an unlikely place: the unsure hands of junior wide receiver Clint Wu.Wu took a pass from junior quarterback Matt Verbit on a slant pattern and found a seam in the defense.
Even when a Princeton team has surpassed most of its competition in the Ivy League and is a national contender, it still provides a sense of excitement to meet the challenge of conference foes.
Field hockey's Nemeth racks up awards for weekend performaceThe freshman phenom goalie Allison Nemeth was named both Ivy League Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week for her outstanding play in the field hockey team's upset win over Old Dominion on Sunday and shutout of Brown on Saturday.Nemeth posted 12 saves, allowing only one goal, against the Lady Monarchs, while chipping in four saves against the Bears.
