The women's hockey team travels to Hanover, N.H., this Friday to compete against a Dartmouth squad that it knows too well.The Tigers have lost six out of the last eight to the Big Green.
Underdog status has its ups and downs. It means the win/loss column isn't always going to be pretty, but it also means a team gets a chance to upset some unsuspecting competition.A preseason media poll referred to on ivyleaguesports.com ranks the Tigers last in the Ivy League, so Princeton can only move up from that projected position.The Tigers tackle an ambitious non-league schedule, facing strong national competitors from the start ? Princeton opens with Nebraska this Sunday, Nov.
"You can't miss me in a crowd."Meet Becky Brown. Too shy? Let her introduce herself.
With the start of the men's basketball season just two days away, it is still anyone's guess how the Tigers will fare in and out of the Ivy League.
As women's volleyball heads to Penn tonight for the final game of the regular season, more is riding on the player's shoulders than ever before.
The bad news? The women's basketball team is young this season. The good news? The women's basketball team is young this season.Featuring two seniors, one junior and 10 underclassmen, Princeton has little experience.
Pete Carril. Palestra Miracle. David 43, Goliath 41.Over the last 10 years the men's basketball fans have accrued some great memories.
Head Coach Gail Ramsay has every reason to be happy with her team this season, as women's squash adds five new freshmen to its top nine players.Freshmen Claire Rein-Weston, Ali Pearson, Marilla Hiltz, Genevieve Lessard and Anina Nolan all join one of the most successful squash teams in the country.Last year, six sophomores and one freshman made up seven of the team's top nine.
"Everything I do has a kind of spin, a thought toward preparing us to win the league," men's basketball head coach John Thompson '88 said yesterday, remarking on his team's difficult pre-Ivy League schedule.The first half of Princeton's schedule, which Thompson likes to refer to as the pre-season, is 13 games long, with four of them televised.
The Princeton University Table Tennis Club is reestablishing the name of table tennis here at the University as well as in the wider community.Several years ago, the participation in the club was limited, but under the current leadership of Ivan B
Senior co-captain and midfielder Claire Miller and freshman goalkeeper Allison Nemeth received two of the top Ivy League honors for the 2003 season.After leading the team to its tenth consecutive Ivy League title this year, Miller was named the 2003 Ivy League Player of the Year.
One of the best fencers in the world goes to Princeton. Unfortunately for the fencing team, he ? Soren Thompson ? has decided to take the year off in hopes of qualifying for a spot in next year's Summer Olympics.
The women's cross country team achieved a season-long goal this past Saturday, as its second place finish in the Mid-Atlantic NCAA Regional meet in Lock Haven, Pa., qualified the entire team for the NCAA Championship.
For seniors Jeff Hare, Gianfranco Tripicchio, Marty Shaw, Jason Bell and Vincent Vitale, the past four seasons of playing Ivy League soccer for Princeton have created lasting memories of triumphs, teamwork and tough wins.Unfortunately, this Saturday's season finale against Yale was not a game any Tiger, senior or underclassman, will want to remember.Princeton entered the weekend contest on Lourie-Love Field firmly entrenched in the spoiler's role, trying to upset Yale's chances for a tie for first in the Ivy League.
The Boston area received a royal beating when the women's swimming and diving team rolled into town this weekend.
Speaking of the women's hockey team's 3-0 loss to No. 9 New Hampshire last Saturday, head coach Jeff Kampersal '92 sounded like the Tigers had been involved in an ultimate fighting match rather than a hockey game."The first goal was like a surprising left jab to the face, the second was a hard right uppercut in the stomach, and the third was a kick to the butt," Kampersal said.
If you didn't already know, now you know ? men's water polo ends the season proving yet again that it is a force to be reckoned with.
So much for home ice advantage. The men's hockey team (1-5-1 overall, 1-3-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) seriously should consider forsaking Baker Rink and moving all its games to Bright Hockey Arena.
Four wins for an Ivy League title. That's easy. Four wins in four games for an Ivy League title. That's pressure.This is what the women's volleyball team was up against entering the final stretch of its season.
Last week the football team considered itself two plays from being 4-1 in the Ivy League. Now the Tigers (2-7 overall, 2-4 Ivy League) are three plays away from being 5-1 after losing Saturday to Yale, 27-24, in double overtime."Take one play away," junior running back Jon Veach said.
