While many Princetonians were gliding down the ski slopes or lounging on the beaches this past week, the women's lacrosse team was hard at work.
In boxing there is Ali and Frazier. In basketball, Bird and Magic. Baseball has the Red Sox and Yankees.
Since the sojourn of the Deltas in the classic "Animal House," the road trip has become a means for college students to "discover" themselves with their classmates.Over spring break, the baseball team took its own road trip down south to North Carolina and Virginia.
In what was more of an endurance test than spring training, the Princeton softball team substituted at-bats and game experience for wins.
Leaving the cold and wet weather of New Jersey for the week, the softball team is traveling to warm Atlanta for Spring Break, where it will compete in two tournaments and play in nine games.The Tigers (4-2) began the season strong with three straight wins, but they lost their undefeated record a week ago when Kansas defeated them at the Kansas Invitational.Pitching and defense are both strong suits for the team.
To say that the men's lacrosse team has dominated the Ivy League in recent years is an understatement.
The men's lacrosse team has been, is and probably always will be a defensive team. As head coach Bill Tierney says, "Only defense can win us a championship." That may be the case, but so far this season the Tiger attack is the talk of the borough.This spring Princeton returns its entire first attack line from last year's national championship team in the form of senior captain B.J.
Recently, 'Prince' staff writer Chandra Russell sat down with men's lacrosse senior attackman B.J.
With two Final Four appearances in the last two years and a share of the Ivy title in 2001, the Princeton Tigers are unquestionably one of the elite teams in NCAA women's lacrosse.Princeton battled its way to a 14-5 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Ivy League last season.
The men's lacrosse team is being watched.Not just by wild Tiger fans, but by Hopkins, Virginia, Hofstra and Duke.
A couple years ago, Andy Grove, former Intel Chairman, wrote a book called "Only the Paranoid Survive." His book discusses how large companies must constantly be paranoid of their surroundings and not take any rival, however seemingly small, lightly.For what it is worth, men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney could just as well have written that book about the men's lacrosse team.
Chris Sailer, head coach of the women's lacrosse team, does not like to do things just once.During her career as Princeton's coach, she was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year, not once, not twice, but five separate times, in 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000 and 2001.
Men's volleyball is scheduled to play three away games over the break, one of which is against division rival George Mason (10-3). The last time Princeton (8-9) faced the Patriots was at Dillon on Feb.
The women's lacrosse team, currently on a two-game winning streak, has had no trouble bouncing back after its overtime loss to Georgetown in the season opener Mar.
What kind of player would you get if, say, you spliced the power of a Barry Bonds with the hitting instinct of a Tony Gwynn and then added to that spectacular mix the command, control, and speed of a pitcher like Pedro Martinez?The results seem inconceivable, though Princeton's softball team might have such a player, someone who can hit a home run one inning then take the mound the next, only to strikeout the side on ten ? maybe even nine ? pitches.
June 4.Ask any Princeton senior what the significance of that day is and they will point to the culmination of their undergraduate life.Ask senior Pat Boran, however, and he'll tell you it is the start of his professional career.
Recently, junior track runner Michael Baird sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Penn Stabler.Prince: Hey, so what's up?Baird: Greetings, I'm great.
Practically undefeated.That is the best description for the women's water polo team's preseason.The Tigers, who finished their preparation toward the start of the College Water Polo Association League with an 8-1 record, mastered all top quality matches, including those at the Princeton and Brown Invitationals.The only team Princeton didn't defeat was 13th-ranked Michigan, who defeated the Tigers in a painful game at the Brown Invitational.
Until this weekend, the last time a Princeton athlete had won an indvidual title at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Assocation championships, junior Greg Parker was watching Thundercats and eating Frosted Flakes.Sunday, Parker became the first Tiger in 16 years to win an individual championship at the EIWA, taking the crown in the 174-pound weight class.The junior earned a trip to the NCAA tournament, which will be held March 22-23 at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y.Parker is a native of nearby Clifton Park, N.Y.Princeton placed ninth overall at the EIWA championships, which were held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.The Tigers best finisher besides Parker was senior Juan Venturi, who finished fourth at 141 lbs.
The men's basketball team couldn't miss a three-pointer late in the second half against Louisville ? except for its last shot.Senior guard Ahmed El Nokali missed a leaning three-pointer from 30 feet as time expired, dooming the Tigers to a heartbreaking 64-63 defeat at the hands of the Cardinals at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky.The Tigers had clawed their way back point-by-point from a double-digit deficit in the second half by hitting three-pointers.Senior forward Mike Bechtold, playing his final game in a Princeton uniform, led the charge with 24 points after he scored 19 in the Tigers' playoff loss to Yale Thursday night.
