Christmas Day is a triply-special day for the Deland household in Washington, D.C. Besides the obvious, Dec.
For senior David Schneider, captain of the men's ice hockey team, it seems like only yesterday he traveled with his Tiger teammates to Lake Placid, N.Y., to play in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.The memories of the trip remain fresh ? the unthinkable comeback from four goals down against Clarkson in the ECAC semifinals to force overtime; the heartbreak of the eventual loss in the overtime period to the Golden Knights; and the ultimate feeling of emptiness after the team's final loss to Rensselaer in the ECAC consolation game.The trip to Lake Placid wasn't yesterday though, but three years ago when Schneider was a freshman just learning the ropes on defense as a Tiger.
The Princeton women's soccer team re-established its habit of dominance last night as it beat Fairfield (13-5, 7-2 MAAC) 4-0 and extended its streak of games without a loss to eight.The Tiger scoring came early and furiously, as Princeton built its 4-0 lead before the end of the half against its much-weaker opponent.With consistently strong build-up in the back and good movement in the front, freshman midfielder Esmeralda Negron netted the first two and sophomore forward Theresa Sherry found the back of the goal for the team's third."We played so well in the back that we were able to get the ball wide and to our forwards," senior defender Jess Collins said.The fourth goal of the evening, scored by freshman forward Kristina Fontanez, exemplified the type of build-up and domination Princeton maintained the entire evening.The play leading up to the goal started with the Tigers passing the ball around the perimeter of the Stag midfield.
The men's golf team has been the Ivy League champion for the last two years, but as far as national rankings are concerned, the Tigers have made major strides as of late, learning their full potential at the Georgetown Hoya Invitational Oct.
In its first action this year, the men's basketball team looked as though it might be on its way to being better than last year's Ivy League champion squad.The Tigers defeated EA Sports East, a group of recent college graduates, 72-59, in an exhibition game last night at Jadwin Gym.
The men's soccer team continued its run of success last night, beating No. 18 Lehigh, 2-1, in Lehigh, Pa.Lehigh (11-5 overall, 4-2 Patriot League) jumped out to a 1-0 lead 22 minutes, 30 seconds into the game, when sophomore Steve Fisher pushed a header past Princeton goalie Jason White.From then on out, Princeton (9-2-5, 4-1-1 Ivy League) locked down on the Lehigh offense, which was without two of its leading scorers.The Tigers tied the game 11 minutes into the second half when senior midfielder Benjy Diggs scored his first career goal off an assist from senior forward Lucas Moskowitz.Senior forward Mike Nugent then drilled the game winner in the 79th minute, taking a feed from senior midfielder Matt Behncke and beating the Mountain Hawk keeper with a shot to the right corner of the goal.
It's going to be a long winter.When snow covers the Springdale Golf Course, it will give the members of the women's golf team plenty of time to replay a fall season that ended in a most unsatisfactory manner.The Tigers closed their fall season on Oct.
The seedings meant precious little at the 2001 Omni Hotels Regional Championships, held October 26-30 at Jadwin Gym.
Princeton's crew teams had strong showings all across the board in last weekend's three-mile regatta, the Princeton Chase.
In 45 minutes of play on Oct. 25, sprint football played even with the Navy Midshipmen. The first quarter was scoreless, as was the third quarter.
Finishing in the top 10 of a field of 103 runners is pretty good. So when a team has two runners do so well, that's even better, right?It may be pretty good, but great individual performances do not always enough to secure a high team placing, as women's cross country learned Oct.
While most of the students at Princeton went home for Fall Break and stopped learning for a week, the women's volleyball team (12-7 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) stayed on campus and won four 3-0 matches, learning how to finish off its opponents.The first weekend of fall break, the Tigers came out swinging with 3-0 defeats of Dartmouth (7-13, 2-8 Ivy) and Harvard (9-11, 2-8 Ivy) on the road.Contrary to what Dartmouth's record may show, the Big Green provided a challenge for the Tigers, scoring 28, 27, and 24 points in their three defeats.The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week that weekend, freshman middle blocker Alex Brown, had a strong performance again with 11 kills and a team-high 18 digs.
In the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships Oct. 28 the men's water polo team came out flat and despite 11 saves by senior goalie Jon Pharris the Tigers fell 8-4 to UMass.The loss lit a spark under Princeton, however.
The men's basketball team, the defending Ivy League champion, will play EA Sports in an exhibition game tonight at Jadwin Gym.
From the moment the men's cross-country team lost to rival Dartmouth last year at the Heptagonal championships, its primary goal was to be first place in this year's race.It is no wonder, therefore, that, in the words of the team's second runner, junior Jon Bell, "Finishing third as a team in the Heptagonal Championships (Oct.
Men's water poloThe men's water polo team turned in its best performance yet this year, beating Navy, 6-5, to win the Southern Championships.
A whole week to think about nothing but soccer.That was what the women's soccer team had been hoping for this past week, as it faced three different opponents while the rest of the school was trying hard to think about nothing at all following midterms.
It's a cliche, but for the football team over Fall Break, it was true: Good teams make the plays they need to win games.Princeton had heart, Princeton had effort, Princeton had guts, but Princeton didn't make the plays when it had to.
As the old saying goes, nothing in life is certain except death and taxes. However, with the capture of its eighth consecutive Ivy League championship this weekend, the Princeton field hockey team is making a bid to be included as one of life's sure bets.The Tigers entered the break knowing the title was theirs to lose with games against Yale, Cornell and Penn.
Two years ago, the men's soccer team had possibly the best season in Princeton history. The Tigers won the Ivy League title, but lost to Virginia in double overtime in he first round of the NCAA tournament.
