Twice, 28 minutes wasn't enough. Twice, men's water polo left the pool disappointed.Last weekend, the Tigers traveled to Providence, RI, for the Eastern Championships.
On a cold, rainy Saturday morning in the mountains of West Virginia, the cross country season ended for all but one individual.
With an early goal, men's soccer sat back and let the defense hold on to the game. Going 2-1-1 in the second half of the Ivy League season, Princeton finally found its playing style and finished its season with an exciting win.After losing overtime games and making too many mistakes in their last two weekends of the season the Tigers (4-8-5, 2-3-2 Ivy) finally played with consistency, tying Penn and then beating Yale, 1-0, on Saturday.Playing in a cold and steady rain, the conditions were not favorable for the speed and attacking style of Princeton.
Sophomore goalie Trevor Clay showed the poise of a veteran in the goal crease Saturday night.With his team up, 4-2, late in the third period against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clay made the save of the night to cement the Tigers' first Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory of the season and the first victory of his young career.The Engineers' Kevin Croxton stood unguarded on the doorstep of Clay's crease, with his team up a man on the power play.
What began as the perfect season came to a disappointing end on Friday afternoon when the women's soccer team was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
As its season winds down, the women's volleyball team keeps finding ways to improve.The Tigers were in top form this weekend as they took on two tough Ivy League competitors.Plagued by illness and injury, Princeton refused to give up, beating both Yale and Brown ? 3-1 and 3-0, respectively.The victories, however, were bittersweet.
After posting a disappointing 4-6 non-Ivy record during the regular season, the field hockey team traveled to the NCAA tournament looking to prove itself against the best.The team accomplished that goal in the first round, surprising defending-champion Michigan with a 4-3 win at Penn State on Saturday.During second round play, however, the Tigers' season-long troubles with capitalizing on scoring opportunities resurfaced in their 3-2 loss to Penn State.They say that revenge is a dish best served cold.
New Haven, Conn. ? It was cold. It was rainy. It was miserable.It was Yale.On Saturday, football fell to the Elis, 7-3, dropping to 5-4 on the year, 3-3 in the Ivy League, and 0-2 in the H-Y-P series."We didn't win the statistic that matters the most," head coach Roger Hughes said.
There will be no heartbreaking losses for the men's soccer team this postseason. There will be no comebacks, no upsets, no squeakers.
The football team has not gotten the attention around campus it deserves. The perception is that the team just is not that good.That perception is wrong.After falling to the two No.
The Princeton volleyball team showed the rest of the Ivy League they are ready to fight for the conference title.Emotions ran high this past weekend on the last road matches for the team's seniors.
Strap it on Toto. This isn't Kansas anymore.For the first time all year, the women's soccer team will enter a game as the pronounced underdog.
After slipping in their non-conference schedule, field hockey knew they would have to win the Ivy League title to ensure they would qualify for the NCAA Tournament.It's hard to lose a title with a 7-0 conference record.Princeton (11-6 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) swept through their conference foes and now looks ahead to their NCAA first round match, Saturday, against Michigan (18-3) at Penn State.
Amidst the heralded success of the women's soccer team this fall, a far less publicized but perhaps similarly dominant women's soccer squad has been plugging away on campus.
After a hot start and tough stretch, the football team seems to be where you might have expected before the season started.
Question: what annual event features 64 of the top teams in college athletics, eliminated one-by-one as they compete for a national championship?Okay, so it's not March Madness.
Since she started coaching in 1979, the NCAA has limited recruiting, the students have become more diverse, and the green balls they use may not be the same brand or bounce the same way, but women's tennis head coach Louise Gengler's '75 goal for each season has not changed a bit:"Every year, we have wanted to win the Ivy League title."But she went on to add that winning the Ivy League does not mean the same thing it used to."It's a little tricky what they call an Ivy Title," Gengler said.
All of the thousands of miles that have been logged by the men's cross country team come down to one thing: The Mid-Atlantic regional NCAA championship qualifying race Saturday morning in Davis, W.
Notice a change?This year the Princeton women's cross country team took a giant step closer to its long term goal of winning the Heps crown.
You have not lived until you have been called for obstruction-hooking.Yes, it is hockey season again, and hat tricks and one-timers are afoot in Baker Rink as women's hockey has turned Princeton's cozy little ice rink into its personal slaughterhouse, outscoring their first four opponents of the season 17-1 en route to a 4-0 start in the friendly confines.Already riding high after a pair of non-conference shutout wins a week ago, the Tigers (4-0-0 overall, 2-0-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) greeted their first two ECAC opponents rudely this weekend, topping Colgate (4-4-0, 1-1-0) 4-1 on Friday and ripping Cornell (0-2-0, 0-2-0) 6-0 Saturday.A pair of new faces sparked the attack on Colgate.
