Football loses to Columbia on Hail Mary
Five seconds left on the clock. Princeton and Columbia knotted at 27. Columbia has the ball on the Princeton 49-yard line.
Five seconds left on the clock. Princeton and Columbia knotted at 27. Columbia has the ball on the Princeton 49-yard line.
Women's cross country finally did it.This weekend, the Tigers traveled to Cambridge, Mass., to participate in the 27th annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet.
Columbia won Saturday's football game, 33-27, on a miracle catch by Wade Fletcher. The last second Hail Mary gave the Lions their first victory against Princeton since 1997, and their first victory at Princeton since 1945.A clearly dejected Roger Hughes, head coach, downplayed the importance of the Hail Mary catch after Saturday's contest, saying "There were a number of plays during the course of the game that led to the outcome."The Hail Mary was simply the last huge momentum shift in a game that was marred with more ups and downs than a Red Sox playoff contest.In Saturday's game, the Tigers were unable to hold onto any momentum they were able to accumulate over the course of the game.Princeton opened with its best quarter of football in this young season.
With a win in last weekend's Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, men's water polo proved itself to be the East Coast's best team.But the Tigers (11-1) did not play several teams in that tournament, including the Terriers of St.
All of a sudden those symmetrical 28-13 losses seem far, far away. The football team has a chance to put its early woes behind and start the Ivy League season off right as the team takes on Columbia in its league opener Saturday at Princeton Stadium.The Lions (1-1), picked to finish last in the league before the season, will be riding high after a touchdown in the final minute against Bucknell last week lifted them to a surprising first win.
Disappointing.That's the only way to describe the women's cross country team's results in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet in recent years.
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.