Six of the nation's elite field hockey squads, including Princeton, made their way to 1952 Stadium yesterday for the 7-Aside tournament.The visiting teams were Old Dominion, Maryland, Penn State, Boston University and Syracuse.
Call it a statement. No, call it a warning. Behind a career-high nine points from sophomore attackman Ryan Boyle, the men's lacrosse team dismantled Harvard, 18-4, last Saturday, serving notice that the defending national champions have plenty of fight left in them.The victory puts the Tigers' record at 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
The good news: the baseball team's freshman southpaw Jason Vaughan threw a four-hit shutout against Brown in Providence, R.I.; the Princeton defense committed no errors in Sunday's loss at Yale; sophomore Thomas Pauly continued his excellence by pitching 6.2 innings of four-hit ball in the Tigers' 6-3, 13-inning defeat of Yale.The bad news: junior Ryan Quillian surrendered seven earned runs to the Elis in just two innings pitched; the defense committed four errors in Princeton's weekend-opening loss to the Bears.The thrilling extra-innings game capped off an up and down weekend for the Tigers.
The Princeton women's lacrosse team is currently No. 1 in the nation. However, in the words of senior attack Mimi Hammerberg, "ranking doesn't mean jack squat if you don't play your best every game."With this in mind, the Tigers (9-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) head to Cambridge tomorrow for a game against unranked Harvard.
This weekend, the men's and women's track and field teams start a month long build-up to the heptagonal championships with full-strength quad and tri meets, respectively.
The Princeton softball team wants to win every time they take the field. Sometimes, it just does not happen.The Tigers split a double-header against Towson yesterday afternoon in what was essentially a tune-up for this weekend's Ivy matchups with Harvard and Dartmouth.
Ever wonder how David felt right before he faced Goliath? This Saturday, the men's volleyball team will know just how he felt when it takes on fifth-ranked Penn State at Dillon.The Nittany Lions are a juggernaut when it comes to men's volleyball.
The men's lacrosse team will travel to Mass. to play Harvard this Saturday, Apr. 13.How will the Tigers perform against the Crimson?
When it comes to Ivy League baseball, home has indeed been sweet this season for Princeton. After four doubleheaders at Clarke Field in two weekends, the Tigers are in command of the Gehrig Division with a 6-2 record as they merge onto Interstate 95 for weekend double-dips at Brown and Yale.Saturday, Princeton (10-14 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) takes on the Bears (11-13, 2-2) in Providence.
If the women's lacrosse team stopped scoring after eight goals in yesterday's contest against Temple in Philadelphia, the game would have ended in a rather disappointing 8-8 tie for the Tigers.The team did stop scoring at eight goals, but just for five minutes ? that is, for halftime.
After eight games and a gutsy 7-6 triple overtime victory over Duke last Friday, it seems that Princeton's unselfish and unheralded midfield may finally be making a name for itself.Four midfielders combined for all of the Tiger scoring during regulation before senior attackman B.J.
Thursday afternoon's softball game on the Class of 1895 Field will feature a match up between two Tigers.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
