All the kinks are worked out, the freshmen have learned by fire, and all the top-10 teams are gone from the schedule.
As we near the midpoint of the women's hockey season, it seems only natural to reflect on the first half highlights and look forward to what lies ahead.The year started off on a tough note for the Tigers (7-3-2, 3-2-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference ? North), as the team lost three of its first four games out of the blocks.
Remember the name Courtenay Green. Someday you might want her autograph.While the senior captain of the women's squash team might not continue playing the sport after she graduates from Princeton this fall, she could make it big as a musician.Courtenay has two loves here at Princeton, playing squash and playing the drums.
The men's basketball team controlled the tipoff against No. 4 Kansas last night.The Jayhawks controlled most of the rest of the game and cruised to a 78-62 victory at Jadwin Gym.Kansas shot a season best 52.5 percent from the field and dominated the boards to keep the Tigers from pulling off a major upset.
It was a sea of orange at Jadwin Gym last night as the fourth-ranked team in the nation, the Kansas Jayhawks, came in to play Princeton on national television.Over 6,800 Princeton faithful jammed into the gym, most clad in orange, and screamed, chanted, and prodded the Tigers on to a victory.On what was probably Princeton's only national television appearance of the season, the student body did not let the team down.
So far this year, the women's basketball team has been the surprise of Princeton sports. Coming off a 2-25 season, the Tigers have already compiled a 4-3 record.Many people have attributed this turnaround to new head coach Richard Barron, but he gives credit to the players."We are trying to empower the players, trying to get the players to believe in their abilities.
While inconsistency has plagued the men's hockey team throughout the first part of the season, it still remains near the top of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings.Princeton (4-9-0 overall, 4-6-0 ECAC) is tied with Clarkson at No.
Kansas? They don't know.Yeah, they've seen the film; they've seen the stats; they've probably even seen the press clippings, but they don't know.This has got to be said, because I have heard some of you tell me "Kansas?
Tonight Princeton will play its third top 10 team in eight games. Most people thought that in the first two of these games ? against St.
In an evening meet that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, the men's track and field team set the tone for the upcoming indoor season with some notable performances and their trademark depth.
Though last Friday night's New Year Invitational, at which Princeton faced a few local teams, counted very little for the women's track team, the Tigers discovered an important new addition to the team.Freshman Chelo Canino set a new meet and school record in the pole vault when she cleared 12 feet, one-and-a-half inches.
Finally escaping the ranked opponents on their schedule, the wrestling team found little solace in Evanston, Ill., as the Tigers dropped two of three matches at the Northwestern Duals on Saturday.The Tigers' 1-2 performance at the Duals dropped their record to a disappointing 2-6 for the season.
With one of the nation's top teams ? No. 5 New Hampshire ? coming to Baker Rink on Saturday, the women's hockey team was hoping to make the game competitive.
For the men's squash team, defeating Trinity is like climbing a mountain. Each time they face off, the Tigers inch closer to the top and a long-awaited victory.The latest chapter in the Princeton-Trinity rivalry was this past weekend's Five-Man Team Championships held at Trinity.
Among the big cats, the tiger is known to be a good swimmer with slight man-eating tendencies. The men's swimming and diving team generally lives up to its mascot in these respects.
The men's hockey team entered this weekend looking for a spark. The defense had been playing well, only to see games slip away because of a lack of scoring power.Against two Eastern College Athletic Conference opponents, Union (4-5-3 overall, 1-3-1 ECAC) Friday night, and Rensselaer (5-5-1, 2-2-1) on Saturday, the Tigers had an opportunity to improve on the inconsistency that has plauged them recently.With both the Skating Dutchmen and the Engineers running in the middle of the ECAC pack, this could have been the perfect weekend for Princeton to pad its road record.With no other ECAC games for more than a month, this was an important chance for Princeton to move up in the standings.It could have been a big weekend for the team.
Saturday night, Monmouth's Rahsaan Johnson exploded for 40 points against Princeton men's basketball, but his record performance was not enough as the Tigers beat the Hawks, 76-70, in inter-conference, intra-state play in Jadwin Gym.Johnson stole the show in the Tigers' second home game.
Since last year, when Army destroyed the women's basketball team, 64-46, in Jadwin Gym, the Black Knights lost most of their offensive threats, while the Tigers have found weapons they never expected to have.Yet Saturday afternoon in West Point, N.Y., Army (2-6) still had enough firepower to knock off Princeton (4-3), 69-65.
"Make Patty Proud."The brand-new banner that adorns the facade of the student section at Hobey Baker Rink, honoring former Princeton women's hockey great Patty Kazmaier, was certainly in sophomore forward Gretchen Anderson's peripheral view as she scored the lone goal in a 1-0 overtime upset of the No.
Indoor trackThe men's and women's indoor track teams saw their first action of the season at the New Year's Invitational at Jadwin Gym on Friday night.
