There is an unwritten rule in the world of sports, and it goes like this: a goofy mascot does not make a powerhouse team.
"This is the best Harvard men's team that I've seen in 25 years ? maybe longer," Harvard assistant fencing coach Elliott Lillian said.These words, which are not surprising with Harvard's superiority complex, actually ring true this year.
Familiarity breeds contempt.The men's hockey team understands the meaning of this old adage quite well.
Just two seasons ago, the women's basketball team's averaged 50 points a game and never managed to score over 70 points in any of its contests.A lot has changed since then ? a new head coach, two new classes of players ? and with these changes, the Tigers (8-13 overall, 3-4 Ivy League) have been trying to reverse their past habits.
Ivy League scrimmage victory. Five-Man Team Championship. Ivy League title.Members of the 2002-2003 men's squash team have seen their fair share of triumphs this year.
The youngest Tigers may be the source of strength for women's tennis this spring. However, injuries left four of the five freshmen on the sidelines to cheer on a starting lineup that closely resembled last year's squad.Senior co-captain Kavitha Krishnamurthy will lead the team at No.
Senior Day at DeNunzio Pool was just another day at the office for the swim team.On Friday, as the men's swimming team celebrated the ample accomplishments of the senior class, Princeton put the icing an immaculate regular season.
With the first Princeton?Penn basketball game already lost and then the team's surprising loss to Brown on Friday night, the dream of Princeton qualifying for the NCAA tournament has become somewhat hazy.
In more of a pride match than a pure rivalry, this weekend the Tigers faced one of the most difficult opponent to lose to ? Rutgers.
A somewhat humdrum season became even more so last weekend as the Princeton women's indoor track team suffered a discouraging loss to both Harvard and Yale at the annual H-Y-P meet.Harvard won the competition, held at Cambridge, with 61 points.
A sad silence hovered over the deserted basketball stadium early Saturday afternoon following the men's decisive loss to Brown the night before.
Final exams came early for the women's squash team as it traveled to New Haven this weekend to determine the national champion at the Howe Cup and to show whether it had learned enough this season to pass the test as a team.Princeton was pitted against Yale in the first round on Friday, losing 9-0.
The 300th episode of "The Simpsons", a snow day, the finale of "Joe Millionaire" and four games of Princeton men's volleyball.
The way the men's hockey team has dominated Rensselaer this season, it probably wishes it could play the Engineers (9-19-2 overall, 3-11-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference) more often.
ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons has created the Ewing Theory from years of observation.
Men's basketball came out of its toughest home weekend of the year bleeding. Princeton (11-9 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) lost Friday night to then undefeated Brown (12-10, 7-1) by seven points 80-73 but followed it up with a win over Yale by the same margin, 56-49.The biggest loss for the Tigers this weekend was not recorded in the record book, however.
Women's hockey had a mixed Valentine's Day weekend in its home-and-home against Yale.On Friday, the Tigers sent a sweet little valentine to Yale, beating the Elis, 6-2.
The women's basketball team must really enjoy roller coasters, because this season has been a swift sequence of ups and downs.After losing to Brown (12-9 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) on Friday by 13 points, the Tigers (8-13, 3-4) battled back and beat Yale (4-17, 1-7) in a triple overtime thriller on Saturday.
If this weekend's match against Trinity was a preview of next weekend's national championship match, the Tigers are in trouble.Princeton (7-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League), undefeated going into their match against the Bantams, found themselves in a completely unfamiliar situation this weekend.
A common adage in sports is that one must beat the best to be the best. Looking to prove this rule true, the men's squash team sets out to be the best when it takes on No.
