Thursday afternoon's softball game on the Class of 1895 Field will feature a match up between two Tigers.
With the women's lacrosse team just over halfway through its season, it is a good time to stop and reflect on how things are going.But there's really no need for nuanced analysis.
The softball team is not just good at home, it is perfect. Now 6-0 at Princeton, the Tigers have outscored their opponents 39-5, and continued their dominance yesterday by defeating Rider twice in a doubleheader, 9-1 and 5-2.With Princeton's (19-13 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) two aces pitching in the doubleheader, the Tigers knew that they would control the afternoon.Sophomore Wendy Bingham started the first game.
With experienced players like junior pitchers Ryan Quillian and David Boehle, and steady senior shortstop Pat Boran, the face of the baseball team has been mostly characterized by the athletes who have been tried in the fire of several college baseball seasons.
"That's ok, they'll win the rest.""They'll be back, we're not worried.""They're still the best, just haven't found their groove."Such statements have been surprisingly common in the press box after the men's lacrosse games this season.
The baseball team accomplished something on Tuesday afternoon that it hadn't done in 11 years ? beat Rutgers.By dominating the Scarlet Knights, 8-1, for the first time since May 15, 1991, the Tigers sent Rutgers to their first non-conference home defeat since 1997.Senior Chris Higgins pitched six innings of three-hit ball for Princeton, surrendering just one run.
There is not a single player on the women's water polo team who has suffered defeat at the hands of a league opponent.
If head track and field coach Fred Samara thought it was necessary to travel to warmer climates ? Myrtle Beach, S.C., Raleigh, N.C.
Cold temperatures in the East made golf conditions unfavorable in Annapolis, Md. at the Navy Spring Invitational this past weekend.
Despite the dreary unseasonable weather, tennis season is well underway. After a weekend of back-to-back matches, the men's and women's teams finished with 2-1 records in the Ivies.
Princeton hosted the Sam Howell Invitational last weekend and sent a contingent of athletes to Duke for the Duke Invitational.
Sometimes all it takes is a little inexperience. Two freshmen pitched masterful games to lead the baseball team to 11-2 and 1-0 wins over Dartmouth Sunday to rebound from 4-2 and 5-2 losses to Harvard the day before in two weekend doubleheaders at Clarke Field.Scouts came out in droves to see the Saturday pitching matchups, with Harvard's game-two starter Ben Crockett taking center stage.The first game pitted Justin Nywiede for the Crimson (5-11 overall, 2-0 Ivy check?) and junior Ryan Quillian for Princeton (10-15, 6-2). Quillian pitched a complete game but received no help from theoffense.Nywiede matched Quillian's complete game effort and held his 4-2 lead after four innings, thanks in part to retiring 10 out of the last 11 Princeton batters.Crockett took the mound in Harvard's 5-2 game two win against Princeton junior David Boehle.
A commonly accepted adage in baseball is that good pitching beats good hitting. Princeton's softball team could not agree more.The Tigers won four big games this weekend to move to 6-0 in the Ivy League and in sole possession of first place.
This weekend was a sweep on the water at Lake Carnegie. All three Princeton crew teams racing won all of their races.No opposing team came within six seconds of a Tiger boat on Saturday, both in Princeton and at the San Diego Crew Classic, in which the lightweight women raced."It was a good start to the season," senior heavyweight Sean McCormick said.
On a cold, blustery night not befitting of April, senior attackman B.J. Prager tipped in a centering feed from sophomore linemate Ryan Boyle 38 seconds into the third overtime as No.
Not even the unanticipated gust of snow flurries on the mid-April day could blow the women's lacrosse team off its course.Soaring to their ninth-straight victory, the Tigers trounced Yale, 11-5, at the Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon, extending their winning streak over the Elis to 11.Four minutes into the second half, one minute after sophomore midfielder Theresa Sherry slung Princeton's eight-goal off an assist from senior attack Lauren Simone, the Elis won the ensuing draw and thought they had a chance to retaliate.But junior defender Rachael Becker intersected the oncoming attacker who, helplessly, dropped the ball and then, even more helplessly, watched as Becker scooped it up and connected with senior attack captain Charlotte Kenworthy for the team's ninth goal.This was just one play among many that seared any hope that No.
Only the immortal exclamation of Homer Simpson can describe how men's volleyball felt after its loss to Concordia Wednesday night ?"Doh!"After taking the first two games from the Clippers, the Tigers proceeded to lose the final three, falling 15-11 in the the deciding tiebreaker and dropping to 12-11 on the year.Princeton found itself on the brink of victory during the third game, but was unable to seal the deal against a determined Concordia team.
This Saturday, the women's lacrosse team will host Yale in its third Ivy League game of the season.Yale has a long history of losses against Princeton to overcome going into this match.
The objective in softball is simple: score more runs than the other team.Princeton softball understands this point well.
The sights are set.After a sweep of Gehrig Division rival Penn, the Tigers' baseball team is 4-0 in the Ivy League and is poised to take a commanding lead in the race for the Ivy crown.Princeton (8-12 overall) ? which has won six of its last seven games ? looks to build on the success of last weekend and take out Ivy foes Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend.
