Water polo. Although most people have heard of the sport, many have little concept of what it looks like, or how it is played.
Seven minutes into women's lacrosse's game against Delaware last night, Princeton found itself in an unusual position, down 3-0 to a fiesty Blue Hen squad.That was when junior attack Kim Smith stepped up her game.Smith would score two goals in a three-minute stretch to tie the score at three, and would add two more later on in the game to lead the Tigers to a 9-6 victory over Delaware in Newark, Del.After Smith tied the score, 3-3, the two teams would trade goals until halftime when both teams went to the locker rooms with five goals.Delaware was the squad to come out of the half hot, however, as the Blue Hens took a 6-5 lead on Ashley Moderacki's second goal of the game one minute, 12 seconds into the second half.Junior attack Lauren Simone would even up the score four minutes later and the Tigers would never look back en route to their seventh win of the season.
It was the perfect day for a baseball game. The sun was shining, the skies were blue, spring peaked out from winter's shroud.
The softball team was getting anxious. Eight games had already been canceled due to rain this season.
The women's rugby team was certain that Penn State, the defending national champions, had not spent the morning practicing in a parking lot.The morning before they took on the Nittany Lions, the Tigers found the practice field in terrible shape, so they ran their practice in the parking lot outside Pier 1 Imports in Roanoke, Va.Apparently, asphalt was good to Princeton, as the Tigers took home the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union regional championship, defeating Penn State and Navy in two gritty, hard-fought games in the rain and mud.Though all three teams had already qualified for the round of 16 in the national championship tournament, this was a battle for seeding, and the Tigers came out on top, earning the top seed in the East Region for the national championship tournament.In the first game of the weekend, Princeton took on Penn State, the defending national champion, in a grudge match.
'Prince' staff writer Austin Starkweather recently sat down with defenseman Damien Davis and midfielder Owen Daly of the men's lacrosse team.'Prince': When did you start playing lacrosse?Damien Davis: I was in first grade.
PHILADELPHIA ? After Yale held the men's lacrosse team scoreless in the first quarter of their game Saturday, No.
With the first weekend of Ivy League baseball and the NCAA basketball Final Four taking place, it would have been easy for the men's track team to get lost in the shuffle.
SquashSenior Julia Beaver was named the Ivy League Player of the Year for the fourth year in a row.
It was another rough night for the men's volleyball team. After coming off two disappointing losses this past weekend, Princeton struggled again, falling in four games to league rival Rutgers-Newark (7-18 overall, 6-6 EIVA Tait Division).Having beaten the Scarlet Raiders 3-1 earlier in the season, it seemed that the Tigers would have little difficulty pulling out the win again last night.
The women's golf team came into the William & Mary Invitational this weekend looking for another good finish leading up to the end-of-season tournaments and especially the Ivy Championships.After winning the Jacksonville Invitational over Spring Break after the second round was rained out, the Tigers once again faced wet conditions, this weekend at the Ford's Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, Va.The Tigers rallied for a team score of 646 which was good for a seventh-place finish in the tough conditions.Once again leading Princeton was freshman Esty Dwek who fired a closing-round 73 to jump from 12th place into a tie for second in the tournament.
Tom Hanks said it: There's no crying in baseball. The baseball team is taking a lesson from this A League of Their Own-issued decree after splitting doubleheaders this weekend with both Yale and Brown.
It was a game surrounded by hopes for revenge, feelings of sorrow, and desire for victory.Princeton was facing Brown ? a team that had upset the Tigers 8-5 at home on Feb.
Determination. It is what makes a team great ? its ability to overcome difficulties and still come up with victories.
Saturday's Princeton-Yale men's lacrosse game remained scoreless after the first quarter and saw the Tigers carrying only a 4-2 lead going into the locker room at half time.
Friday, March 30 Men's tennis vs. Temple (2 p.m. at Lenz Tennis Center) Women's track at Sam Howell Invitational (7 p.m.
The open and lightweight women's crew teams begin their season tomorrow morning. The open crew team faces Brown on Lake Carnegie while the lightweight women will participate in the Camden Invitational.Coming off big victories from last spring and this fall, the teams begin the season optimistic and prepared.Both teams began practicing on the first day of classes in September.
With six Ivy League games in four weeks, the women's lacrosse team has its hands full. After an easy 18-3 win over Columbia Tuesday night, the No.
Domination.It is the first word which comes to mind when describing Princeton's Ivy League record over the last nine years.Domination.Over this time frame, the Tigers have lost a total of two games.
After a long and exhaustive training season extending back to the first day of classes in September, Saturday finally marks the beginning of the 2001 rowing season for the men's heavyweight and lightweight crew teams.
