"Here is the score from the Palestra," the Jadwin gym announcer began, when the band suddenly started blaring music from the stands.
For the second weekend in a row, it was Princeton versus Trinity for the men's squash national championship.Once again, Trinity defeated the Tigers, 8-1, to claim the title.Last weekend at Jadwin, Trinity was able to claim the regular season championship, and on Sunday won the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association (NISRA) title at Harvard - adding another title to a growing list of national championships.While Princeton solidified its claim of being the second best team in the nation, Trinity once again made an emphatic declaration that it is the best team in college squash, and the rest will have to keep trying.On Sunday, it was junior No.
There's nothing like tradition to inspire motivation.Princeton has a long tradition of excellence in both academia and athletics, and the men's indoor track and field team did its part to uphold those traditions, winning the 2002 Heptagonal Indoor Championships yesterday.The Tigers came into Heps as four-time defending champions, and exited with a fifth year added on to that streak.The field, consisting of all eight Ivy League universities and the Naval Academy, competed over the weekend in Ithaca, NY.Many athletes earned points, contributing to Princeton's final tally of 127.The closest competitors, Harvard and Dartmouth, both had 81 after the 19 events of the competition.Cornell, with home field advantage, led after the first day of the meet, but finished fifth overall.Sophomore Jon Kieliszak won the mile with a time of 4:09:14, and was also part of the winning 4x800 team, joining senior Seamus Whelton, senior Ryan Smith, and junior David Dean.
The best and worst of women's college hockey stopped by Hobey Baker Rink this weekend, both leaving with their respective titles safe and secure.
Women's swimming and diving splashed its way into an elite group this weekend, joining the ranks of the 1991-93 and '96-98 Chicago Bulls, the '98-2000 New York Yankees, and Tour de France star Lance Armstrong.In a feat that few athletes in any sport have ever achieved ? indeed, that no NFL team has ever accomplished ? the Tigers took their third straight league championship by coming out on top at the Feb.
The Princeton women's indoor track team finished third this weekend at the Heptagonal Championships in Ithaca, NY, scoring 69 points in the meet's 17 events.
Offense wins games. Defense wins championships.Cliches can be annoying, but every now and then they illustrate a very important point.This last weekend, the Tigers held two of the strongest offenses in the Ivy League to 93 points in two games.On Saturday, Princeton dominated Brown (15-10 overall, 6-6 Ivy League) en route to a 73-47 victory.On Friday night against then-league leading Yale (17-8, 9-2), Princeton (13-9, 8-2) put forth possibly the best defensive performance of the season on the way to a 59-46 victory.
With the largest meet of the year starting tomorrow, someone might think that the men's and women's indoor track and field teams are getting nervous about their chances against the rest of the Ivy League and Navy at the Heptagonal Championships.
Ahmed El Nokali walked off the court at Lee Ampitheater in New Haven Feb. 9 while one pained thought raced through his mind, repeating itself again and again.
As the end of the men's hockey season approaches, Princeton's fate will very likely be controlled by two teams heading in opposite directions.Second-ranked Dartmouth and last place Vermont will take on Princeton, Yale and St.
In the world of sports, dynasties are not uncommon. The New York Islanders of the early 1980s, the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s and the New York Yankees from the beginning of time are all examples of teams that seemed to have one-way tickets to success and prosperity.
This season, Princeton and Penn have not been the end-all of men's Ivy League basketball. An old program with a familiar name has shown up and taken the reins from the dominant "P's." That program, surprisingly, is Yale ? 9-1 in the Ivy League.Despite their two losses to Division III teams, the Elis are on top of the league and looking for the kill this evening against the Tigers.
The last time the women's basketball team faced Brown and Yale in one weekend was a test of resilience.After succumbing to Brown on Feb.
Contentment.About 350 years ago a few men settled a town in Massachusetts along the Charles River and gave it that comforting moniker.
February 22, 1980.In the annals of U.S. Olympic performances, there is probably no more important date.
Even the best athletes understand that you can't win all the time. Sports wisdom is full of affirmations of the inherent value of the game, the joy of competition, and the irrelevance of the final score: "It's not whether you win or lose; it's how you play the game."But for women's swimming and diving, Vince Lombardi's maxim that "winning isn't everything ? it's the only thing," probably rings more true.
"Kelly Schaeffer has given us more leadership than anybody on the team as a sophomore," head coach Richard Barron said after Schaeffer's 15-point performance in 31 minutes in women's basketball's game against Dartmouth this weekend.Schaeffer, a 5 foot 11 inch center from Walt Whitman High School in Long Island, New York, has indeed developed into a vital leader of the Tiger squad after less than two years of experience.
Back-to-back matches are always a difficult war to wage, and when the levels of the teams involved differ greatly, it can be even tougher to predict the outcome.The men's tennis team recently encountered both ups and downs early in their spring season as they took an easy victory over Old Dominion only to have it followed by some tough obstacles in a match against Virginia Common-wealth.The Tigers won against Old Dominion 5-2 early in this month when they traveled to Virginia during Intersession.
If Central Michigan and Rutgers were not enough of a challenge for the Princeton wrestling team, the vicious stomach flu became the team's biggest challenge last weekend, with three of the Tigers' top wrestlers feeling the effects of the painful virus.Already disappointed with their dual meet record, the team hoped to get some momentum last weekend leading into their upcoming final Ivy League match against Penn.
After struggling to win the first game, the Princeton men's volleyball team caught fire and went on to beat the New Jersey Institute of Technology with solid second and third sets, 30-23, 30-18, 30-15.The victory moves Princeton (5-6 overall, 4-3 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Associa-tion) to above .500 in the EIVA.The Tigers came out sluggish in the opening game.
