"Defense wins ballgames."This old adage is one that football coaches have been using for years.
For the second straight week turnovers plagued the sprint football team. Princeton (0-2) fumbled seven times on Friday, en route to a 36-15 loss to Penn (2-0) in the Tigers' home opener.After being embarrassed by the Quakers 56-12 last season, the Tigers entered the contest with a lot to prove.Failing to score on its first drive of the game, Princeton was forced to punt.The potent Penn offense wasted no time finding the end zone, scoring shortly after receiving the Tiger punt.Quakers' sophomore wide receiver Patrick Monaghan drew first blood with a seven-yard touchdown run, capping a seven-play, 60-yard drive that took three minutes and 16 seconds.At this point it looked as though Princeton was in trouble.
The men's tennis team competed over the weekend in the men's tennis Eastern Colleges Athletic Conference championships.
The Ivy League opener could not have come at a better time for women's volleyball, as the team rode a six-match winning streak into Philadel-phia to take on Penn Friday night.
So many scoring opportunities but so few goals to show for them.This has become a theme at the midpoint of field hockey's season.
For only the second time in 12 years, the women's soccer team won at Columbia on Saturday afternoon.
NEW YORK ?"We found ways to lose games like this before, but today we found a way to win," head coach Roger Hughes said Saturday after football's 35-32 mistake-filled victory over Columbia (1-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy). Fortunately for the Tigers, the Lions had their share of mistakes to compensate for Princeton's sub-par play.Princeton (2-1, 1-0) led the Lions 21-14 late in the third quarter.
Tomorrow at 1:30 in New York City, the football team takes its first step towards what some say could be the most successful Ivy season in several years.
If riding a three game losing streak was not bad enough, the men's soccer team is now up against its best competition of the year.
The Columbia women's soccer team has been playing well so far this season. With nine returning starters from last year's 10-7-1 team, and one of the Ivy League's top rookies ? forward Courtney Nasshorn ? the Lions have, on average, outshot, out-assisted, and out-corner kicked their opponents.And yet, the Lions have not outscored their opponents.
The field hockey team stands poised to take home the Ivy League crown for the ninth straight year.
After a tough weekend against some stiff competition, the field hockey team found a welcome change when it faced off against the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers last night in Piscataway, NJ.
Needing to win out the rest of its schedule in order to compete for the NCAA tournament, the men's rugby team took a giant stride towards avenging its early season loss by beating Delaware on Saturday.Already with one loss in the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union, the Tigers (2-1) must win the rest of their games to defend their EPRU championship from 2001.
The football team's real season ? the Ivy season ? kicks off in two days. The Tigers travel to New York City for a 1:30 p.m.
Daily Princetonian staff writer Thad Hartmann recently sat down with senior running back Cameron Atkinson of the football team.
"All he does is catch touchdowns," ESPN analyst Tom Jackson once said of NFL wide receiver Chris Carter.All sophomore forward Esmeralda Negron does for the women's soccer team is score game-winning goals.In her freshman season, Negron tallied six total goals ? five of which were game winners.
In the coming two weekends, both the men's and women's tennis teams will hit the courts of the US Tennis Center where just under a month ago, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and the Williams sisters battled for top billing at the US Open.
After playing nine overtime periods in its first six games, the men's soccer team was looking to go to Georgetown on Tuesday and pick up a quick win to revive its season.Things did not go quite according to plan for Princeton (1-4-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy League). Instead of the Tigers jumping out in front, it was Georgetown (4-5 overall, 2-2 Big East) that withstood a late Princeton rally to emerge with the 3-2 win.The Hoyas started fast, jumping on Princeton from the get-go.
Recently, Prince writer Blaire Russell sat down with women's soccer defender Brea Griffiths. A transcript of their conversation follows."Prince": What city and high school are you from?Brea Griffiths: I'm from Burlington, Ontario, which is a city outside of Toronto.
The men's golf team apparently didn't get the storm warning. Despite causing panic on much of the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, tropical storm Isidore did wonders for the Tigers, who thrived in the windy and wet conditions to place second in the 20 team McLaughlin tournament over the weekend in Farmingdale, New York.In spite of the storm remnants, the Tigers played solid golf, finishing only two strokes behind host and tournament champion St.
