With three players making the All-Ivy First Team and at least one being scouted for the National Football League at various games, one would think the football team must have had a successful season.
In terms of their men's basketball teams, Princeton and its New Jersey neighbor Rider don't appear to have much in common.In fact, apart from their proximity, the two teams are decidedly different, both in terms of their team dynamics and their outlook.
Holding the Ivy League Title for the past three years in a row and placing fifth overall when combined with the men's team at NCAAs, the women's fencing team has quite a reputation to uphold.The team lost four talented fencers this year, and many members of this year's team are not competing due to study abroad or to taking time off.
Last year's Ivy League title in men's fencing was shared by Princeton, Columbia, and Pennsylvania.This season the Tigers are reloaded with fresh talent and hope to repeat as Ivy League champions."We did get some good recruits and have some excellent sophomores and juniors returning from last season so we will certainly compete for the Ivy title once again," sophomore epee Soren Thompson said.Princeton returns all but two starters from last year's team.
An hour's worth of ice time was not enough to settle either of the women's hockey games this weekend.
As of Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving, the women's basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the country in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). All by themselves - no ties, no blemishes, just first place.
Everything about yesterday's game was exactly what Princeton expected ? everything except the final score.
The women's basketball team came into last weekend undefeated, 2-0, and travelled 3000 miles to defend its perfection at the Seattle Times Husky Classic on the University of Washington campus.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Going into Saturday night's game at Ingalls Rink, Yale's fourth line of sophomore Mike Klema, senior Jason Noe and junior Denis Nam had combined for 10 career goals and 20 career points.After the Elis' 6-1 domination of the men's hockey team, that line had added four goals and eight points to those career totals as Princeton (2-6-0 overall, 2-4-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) once again showed the lack of consistency that has plagued the young club so far this season.
On Saturday, Princeton men's basketball traveled to Miami in search of its first win of the season against less-than-highly touted Florida International (FIU). In the first ever matchup between the two teams, the Tigers led for much of the game but slowed down in the last ten minutes to fall, 49-44.Although the two had never played before, FIU (3-1) was not supposed to pose as much of a threat as it did.
On Sunday, the women's squash team showed the depth that is expected to carry it through the year as Princeton defeated Cornell, 6-3.The Tigers lost their first three matches but swept the bottom six in their first official outing without three-time national champion Julia Beaver '01 and four-time All-American Meredith Quick '01.Freshman Francie Comey, senior captain Courtenay Green, freshman Frances McKay, junior Jen Shingleton, junior Helen Smith and freshman Casey Degen all swept their matches, 3-0, losing not a game on the way to victory.Although the match was relatively "uneventful" according to senior captain Anna Minkowski, it was notable for "the concentration and determination seen on court.
The women's basketball team leaped to victory again last night, clinching an 89-80 victory over St.
With less than two minutes left in overtime, sophomore defenseman Matt Maglione received a pass on the right wing from senior left wing Josh Roberts.
Kroshus competes at 2001 NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsSophomore Emily Kroshus finished her 2001 season alone at the 2001 NCAA Cross Country Championships at Furman University.
Facing teams that were No. 5 and No. 6 in the nation last year, most teams would be fazed and nervous.
Preparing for arguably its hardest schedule in recent memory, the wrestling team opened against one of the best teams in the nation.Competing Saturday in the Edinboro Duals in Edinboro, Penn., the Tigers (1-2 overall) had three dual meets in the span of a day.Princeton began the day with Findlay, then took on Eastern Michigan, and finally ended its day against No.
Things just keep rolling in the right direction for men's soccer. Saturday, Brown defeated Harvard, 3-0, to lift Princeton (10-2-5 overall, 5-1-1 Ivy League) to share the Ivy title with Brown.A 3-0 win over the Bears early in the season broke the tie to give the Tigers the automatic NCAA tournament berth.
The women's basketball team headed down a bumpy road last season to a 2-25 dead end. In this year's opener against Lehigh on Friday night, however, they defeated the Mountain Hawks, 76-61, and showed that they've got a whole new ride.New head coach Richard Barron's run-and-gun offense put the Tigers in high gear, as they accelerated back and forth down the court on one fast break after another."Our offensive style this year is much more up-tempo than last year's style.
A double dual meet against Pennsylvania and Cornell proved not to be a problem for the women's swimming team.
On the last weekend of the season the women's volleyball team sought a miracle to keep in the running for the Ivy League title.The Tigers went 1-1 over the weekend, finishing at 15-9, 9-5 in the Ivy League, and enjoyed no miracles.
