The story of women's golf here at Princeton this season has been the story of sophomore Avery Kiser.
Yesterday afternoon, the baseball team took advantage of the balmy 75-degree weather to spend a couple of leisurely hours at the ballpark ?and to sink Seton Hall (12-16 overall, 5-7 Big East) before the Pirates could swashbuckle a victory away from the Tigers (15-15, 7-1 Ivy League).With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, no outs, and the game tied at three apiece, junior designated hitter Ryan Reich came up to bat.
There are a number of strange rules in sports. For instance, there was the unique interpretation of the fumble rule which allowed Tom Brady to be awarded an incomplete pass in the 2001 AFC Championship game as well as the much-reviled designated hitter.
Like a train making its way out of the station, the women's outdoor track season continues to pick up steam as the Tigers came in second behind Yale this weekend at an Ivy Meet in icy, gray New Haven, Conn.Princeton raced against both Penn and Yale, and though Yale won the meet by a considerable margin, Princeton's final score of 57.50 points was enough for second.
Ted Williams often said that hitting a quickly moving round ball with a round bat is the most difficult task in any sport.
A wise man once said that when it rains, it pours. But what happens when one is inside? Does it rain at all?The women's tennis team was moved inside to the dry confines of Jadwin Gymnasium this weekend, and though freed from the miserable weather outdoors still battled a storm ? an indoor one ? against Yale and Brown on Friday and Saturday, respectively.The team was in for an unpleasant surprise as they walked into Jadwin expecting two wins, but left with two losses.
The weekend belonged to Princeton crew.Combined, the four Princeton crew teams faced a total of 12 squads from across the country this past weekend.
In what hopefully is a prelude to the Heptagonal Championships, men's track and field bested defending league champion Penn at a quad meet Saturday also featuring host Penn State and distance powerhouse Villanova.Despite trepidation about a snow covered track, perfect conditions were marred only by a slight wind.Most notable results were NCAA regional qualifying marks posted by junior Tristan Colangelo in the steeplechase and junior Tim Releford in the javelin.
In a weekend somewhat postponed by inclement weather and spring evenings, the softball team finished with a sweep of Yale (5-1, 2-0) while managing a win and a tie (2-0, 5-5) against Brown.The Tigers suffocated the Bulldogs from the first inning and barely let their opponents come up for air.
Princeton had a wacky "weekend" of baseball that started on Sunday against Dartmouth at Cornell and ended against Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.
The men's tennis team's high hopes for the Ivy League title were smothered this weekend as they fell to Yale and Brown.
The past, present and future of men's volleyball were all on display this weekend, and if the match was any indication, the team's opponents this week and for the next three years should be wetting their collective pants right now.Saturday's match brought New Jersey Institute of Technology (5-19) to Dillon Gym for Princeton's (15-10) final home game of the year.
Coming into Saturday's game against Harvard (4-6 overall, 1-3 Ivy League), the men's lacrosse team emphasized opening strong and jumping on the Crimson early.
Entering the Collegiate Water Polo Association's Southern Division Championships as the second seed, women's water polo hoped at the very least to have a shot to pull an upset in the final.To the Tigers' great disapointment, they wouldn't even make it that far.
Yale lacrosse is like a really faint but persistent beeping noise ? no one ever really expects it to cause any harm but it never really goes away either, eventually developing into an underrated annoyance for historically stronger programs like Princeton.Last year, for instance, the Elis delivered men's lacrosse its first league defeat since 1995, with Eli goaltender Eric Wenzel registering 14 saves toward the 15-13 result.
Jesse GageSenior Jesse Gage, below, swimming with classmates Jamie Leahy, Garth Fealey, and Pat Donahue, finished 12th in the 200-yard Medley Relay at NCAA Championships, March 27-29 in Austin, TX.
In 1969, "Broadway" Joe Namath led his underdog Jets to a most improbable Super Bowl victory over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts.
Coming off its victory at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships last weekend, the women's water polo team hits the road this weekend to compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Championships.The tournament will commence Friday at Bucknell Universiy in Lewisburg, Pa.
Although league play for softball is just starting to kick into high gear, it is already clear what has dominated season play thus far.
Until the last word, it looks like a typical Ivy League road trip for Princeton baseball this weekend: after a doubleheader at Harvard on Saturday, the Tigers will head to Ithaca, N.Y.
