For a tenth straight season, the field hockey team is steamrolling its way towards the Ivy League title.As usual, the Tigers (5-2 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) will be heavy favorites when they host Cornell (2-6, 1-2) on Saturday.
The men's soccer team has been battling it out with other squads for three weeks, but those six games in the bag have been a mere warm-up for what many consider the heart of the season.Princeton (2-2-2) kicks off its 2003 Ivy League season Sunday at Dartmouth (4-0-2). Winning the Ivy League title not only guarantees the victor bragging rights among the Ancient Eight, but serves as a free ticket to the NCAA tournament.Both the Tigers and the Big Green know what it feels like to wear the Ivy crown.
This Sunday at high noon, the women's soccer team plays Dartmouth in Hanover, N. H. Both teams enter the match with a 1-0 record in the Ivy League, thus both teams have the same goal: stay on their perch atop the league standings.This goal, however, is where most of the similarity ends.
I have a confession to make. Or rather, confessions.I have yet to attend a public lecture this year.
The day of judgment is upon us. After three weeks of play, the preseason is over and the women's volleyball team is preparing to enter Ivy League competition.
Soccer is often described as a beautiful, free-flowing game, with great players who are more artists than athletes.
So let me set the scene for you.It's a warm Saturday morning, and I'm heading out to the stadium for the tailgates prior to the football game.
For both the men's and women's tennis teams, the real season starts in the spring, when Ivy League competition heats up and matches become intense battles of team versus team.
Nate Walton '01, former first-team All-Ivy basketball star at Princeton, has caught the media's eye recently ? but not for his jump shots or passing ability.
Because football seasons are comprised of so few games its very difficult to determine exactly when to start looking forward to next year.
For the last two seasons, Avery Kiser has consistently been the top finisher for the women's golf team.
Women's volleyball played four matches over the weekend, each with a final score of 3-0. In an improvement over the last two tournaments, three of those four sweeps were in the Tigers' favor.Princeton (6-4) traveled to Huntington, Pa., to take on four East Coast teams for the Juniata Tournament.This weekend, the Tigers faced their biggest challenge of the season against the hosting Eagles.
Hartwick College is a small institution of higher learning nestled in bucolic Oneonta, N.Y. With an enrollment of only 1400 students, Hartwick's diminutive size keeps it off the radar screens of most Princeton students.In the world of men's soccer, however, Hartwick is a giant.The Hawks, ranked No.
Princeton football had a chance on Lafayette's first possession Saturday to put all the struggles from last week's Lehigh game behind them.
So fresh and so clean. Just as skillfully as Outkast can lay down a beat, so can the Princeton men's water polo team lay down a beating, which it proved during last weekend's play.
Junior captain Avery Kiser is facing some tough competition this year. While no school in the Ivy League has previously been able to produce a player to challenge Kiser's dominance on the links, it seems that this year she may have met her match.Which school has provided such a dominating player?
The football team lost, 28-13, on Saturday. A late-game comeback from the Tigers fell short, and a missed extra point accounted for the strange score.
For a moment, there was hope. The sprint football team was again on the move, as the offense charged forcefully across midfield into Cornell territory.
On Friday night, the field hockey team showed that it can hang with the best.The Tigers (5-2 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) lost a heartbreaking 3-2 game in overtime to No.
Princeton's men's and women's cross country teams took to the road this weekend in their first away meets of the season.
