After a relatively relaxed week, the open and lightweight women's crew teams are faced with some formidable competition this weekend.The lightweight team travels to Camden, N.J.
Ahh, March Madness.'Tis the greatest time of year, especially when you have the underdog team facing off against arguably the best team in NCAA basketball, with no more at stake than the national championship.And so my proclamation goes out, ALL HAIL SYRACUSE!The Orangemen, under the strength of freshman phenoms Carmelo Anthony and Gerry McNamara, have triumphed, winning their first national championship and sending Roy Williams and his Jayhawks home with nothing but second thoughts of things that they wish they would have done before leaving the City of Sin.On a side note, I am in fact a Duke fan, and yes, I had picked Duke to get to the Final Four, but thanks to Kansas, that was not the case.
It was a cold and windy afternoon. While most rational Princetonians were safely inside, protected from the weather by layers of glass and concrete, the Princeton outdoor track team was out competing in the icy April tundra of Weaver Stadium.Despite less than ideal conditions ? with near freezing weather and weak competition ? the men's track and field team recorded some impressive performances at the Sam Howell Invitational hosted at Weaver Stadium on Friday and Saturday.The longer distances were contested on Friday night in strong winds.
Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Thad Hartmann sat down with sophomore center fielder B.J. Szymanski for some questions and answers.'Prince': I guess you're a two-sport star now, right?Szymanski: Yeah.P: So how long have you been playing both of them?S: In college or overall?P: Both.S: Well, I've played both of them my whole life ? baseball since I was three, tackle football since fourth grade.P: So which is your favorite?S: Uh ... I can't decide, pretty much whatever one I'm in at the time.
Going into overtime with the national championship on the line would be a pressure situation for almost any athlete.
Defeating last year's No. 2 crew in the nation is a hard act to follow. But women's open weight crew made it look easy.After beginning its season with a bang, open crew kept up the momentum for its second dual victory.
The weather might have been cold and wet this past weekend, but nonetheless it was nearly a perfect April Saturday for the Princeton men's crew teams.Both the heavyweight and lightweight teams had very successful weekends, with every boat but one coming up victorious against Rutgers and Georgetown.
Now past the halfway point in its season, the baseball team's record stands at 10-15, which includes a 3-1 Ivy League performance.While the season started off rocky against tough competition on the road, the Tigers have settled down and performed well as of late.The 'Prince' has made it a tradition to honor those players who have stood out at the halfway point of the baseball season.
Navy sunk the men's golf team this weekend at the Navy Spring Invitational. While Princeton had hoped to capitalize on the momentum of its resounding first-place finish at last week's George Washington Invitational, it was unable to adjust to course conditions and placed a disappointing 12th.The spring has been something of a seesaw for the Tigers.
Every league has its New York Yankees, its L.A. Lakers, its Brazilian national soccer team ? one annoyingly dominant squad.
The women's lacrosse team (6-3 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) displaced Cornell from its first place position in the league standings Friday night with a 9-2 victory.This was the Tigers' second straight Ivy win this season and the twelfth straight since they lost to Dartmouth way back in 2001.From Cornell's standpoint, the outcome snapped its undefeated 6-0 record, its 14-game home winning streak, and any hopes for the Ivy crown that had until Friday still been up for grabs.The Tigers did more than just beat the Big Red, they humbled a team that had entered Friday's game having defeated everyone else in their schedule by an average margin of 11 goals.Against an impregnable Princeton defense headed by senior Rachael Becker and anchored by sophomore goaltender Sarah Kolodner, Cornell could only squeeze out two goals for the duration of the game, the first of which did not arrive until more than eighteen minutes and four Princeton goals had passed.Junior midfield Theresa Sherry headed the charge with three goals, followed by senior attack Whitney Miller and sophomore midfield Elizabeth Pillion who both added two.
This weekend, baseball played its first two Ivy League doubleheaders of the season in the friendly confines of Clarke Field ? against Brown on Saturday and Yale on Sunday.Princeton (10-15 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) split its games with Brown (7-17-1, 2-2), losing the first, 7-3, and winning the second, 8-6.
Sunday afternoon, 22 games into the season, softball finally completed its climb towards .500, surpassing the critical mark for the first time all season.
It was not Syracuse. It was not Virginia or Johns Hopkins or even Yale. But when the men's lacrosse team took the field Friday night to battle Quinnipiac (2-7 overall), a win and the accompanying boost in the standings were on the line, and the team knew it."Whether we are playing Quinnipiac or Syracuse, there is never an excuse for not getting up for a game, since we only have 13 chances in the regular season to prove ourselves," sophomore attack Jason Doneger said.The No.
The men's and women's tennis teams made their mark in Ivy League standings this weekend. The men's team surpassed expectations with two resounding wins over Penn and Columbia, while the women maintained middle-ground with an exciting win over the Lions and a tough loss to the Quakers.Penn's men's team (8-7 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) came to Princeton on Friday eager to avenge last year's 4-3 sudden-death loss to the Tigers.
Women's water polo is on the road to the NCAA Final Four. This weekend, Princeton began the first leg of its journey by defeating Iona (12-3), Brown (11-6), Harvard (8-12) and Hartwick (16-9) to become the Eastern College Athletic Conference champions for the third time in four years.After two wins Saturday and one win Sunday morning, the Tigers found themselves in the finals of the tournament, set to face Hartwick.It was more than a battle for the ECAC championship, a title which is certainly important in its own right.
The women's lacrosse team (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) heads to Cornell (6-0, 2-0) tonight for its second and probably its most challenging league game of the season.It has been two years and 12 Ivy contests since the No.
Never underestimate an opponent. Every coach of a dominant team in every sport has said this for years.
This weekend, the baseball team will open its Ivy League season by taking on Brown in a doubleheader Saturday and Yale in a doubleheader Sunday.
Like it or not, revenge is an integral part of sports. There are few things more satisfying than payback; it is the salt on the meat of victory.
