Coming off an incredible season that ended in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament last year, senior goalkeeper Kelly Baril will look to lead the Tigers to a national championship this year.
Although the football team went 3-6 last season, several games were lost in the fourth quarter. Those losses can be attributed to several factors, but one of the key elements was the breakdown of defensive play.
"I'm not going to lose this race!" These words came from the lips of the women's lightweight crew coxswain Jennifer Carter with only a few hundred meters remaining in the season, and they rang true as the boat was able to pull out the national championship.This summer, while most of Princeton was taking a well-deserved break after spring finals, the rowers were still stroking towards their championship goals.
Basketball saw two different dream teams taking on international competition this summer. One team did dreadfully poor.
Once upon a time, the seventh-inning stretch meant something different. With two outs in the top of the inning, a strange energy would take over the crowd.Children began squirming in their seats, itching for the home team to retire that last batter and give way to one of baseball's most hallowed traditions.As the trademark lyrics of Take Me Out to the Ballgame blared over the stadium P.A.
While the world stopped and stared in horror at the events of Sept. 11, the student-athletes at Princeton were not given all the time to grieve and reflect that most found so important.They took President Shirley Tilghman's words to heart, returning to their normal daily practice schedule within days of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 11, 2001 began as any other day would during freshman week. I was in bed recovering from yet another . . . interesting . . . night.But it was when my girlfriend Jessica came in early from tennis practice yelling, "We're being bombed!
PISCATAWAY ? All good things eventually come to an end.This year, the men's lacrosse team lost its first Ivy game since 1995.
Two years ago, to say that the women's basketball team had a rough season would have been an understatement.Left to dangle vulnerably under interim head coach Kevin Morris, the Tigers lost 25 games ? and won two.This year was rebuilding time.With a vibrant new head coach, promising freshmen, and some determined returning players, the Tigers achieved their highest win total since the 1998-1999 season.
While on May 19 most Princeton students were finishing up their final exams or wondering what to take back home with them for the summer, the women's lacrosse team was finishing off Georgetown, taking home the coveted title of NCAA champion.The 2002 season could be seen as a palindrome in two ways.
There is no swagger in Greg Parker's voice as he tells the story of his triumph in the semifinals of this year's NCAA tournament.
The softball team completed its most successful season since 1996 as it won its 13th Ivy League title in the 22 years Princeton has competed in the sport.The Tigers finished with a 13-1 record in league play, one game better than second place Harvard.
A Gehrig Division championship. Two members of the All-Ivy first team. The league's Rookie of the Year.
Both the men's and women's track teams recently completed their seasons. The Tiger men came in first in the indoor season at the season-ending Heptagonal Championships and second in the outdoor, while the women placed third in both meets.The men were six-time defending champions in outdoor Heps, and the women, despite a recent slump, have come back into prominence after the last year.The men's team was actually disappointed with its second place result in outdoor Heps.
The football team ended the season on a high note, winning its last two games in the Ivy League. However, the season-ending streak did not characterize the Tigers' season, as they went 3-6 on the year.The season was filled with frustration after frustration as the Tigers lost four of their six games by less than two touchdowns.
The 2002 season. Most remember what was supposed to happen this year. A few names to consider ? Chris Young '02, Spencer Gloger (now) '04, Andre Logan '04, coach Bill Carmody.
In her first three seasons, Brie Galicinao '02 earned almost every individual award the Ivy League offered without accomplishing her initial, and ultimate, goal ? an Ivy League championship for the softball team.This season, however, Galicinao made the Ivy title her personal mission, earning a 7-0 record on the mound in league play while the team finished 13-1 in the conference en route to Princeton's first Ivy crown since 1996.Now Galicinao can add one more trophy to her personal case as she was named the 2001-2002 Daily Princetonian Women's Athlete of the Year May 8."This season has been a great way to end my career here," Galicinao said.
After a six year hiatus from the NCAA Regionals, Princeton was hoping to carry the magic it had in the regular season to the postseason.However, Princeton fell 2-1 in the opening game of the tornament to host Minnesota (36-19).Princeton (34-17) entered the 48-team tournament ranked No.
This evening, the second-seeded women's lacrosse team will play third-seeded North Carolina in a game that will decide who will play in the National Championship Sunday afternoon.Unsurprisingly, both Princeton and North Carolina will enter tomorrow's game as champions in their respective leagues.
Princeton and Georgetown have met four times in men's lacrosse, with the most recent of those games in 1996.
