Before the men's track team's workout last Thursday, head coach Fred Samara told his team that this weekend's Dinski Memorial Evening Track Meet was only a warm-up.
Senior forward Lauren Rigney lay in bed, dreaming of jump shots that swished, drives to the hoop, thunderous dunks and an 8-7 record.She jerked awake with a cry of pain.
FootballThe athletic department announced today that it will drop the football program in order to allow Princeton stadium's grass to grow."We thought that might help attendance," director of athletics Gary Walters said.
Onlookers were flabbergasted Friday night at Dillon Gym when the trio of senior guard Ahmed El Nokali, sophomore center Konrad Wysocki and junior forward Ray Robins fell 62-41 in the finals of the Princeton intramural basketball three-on-three tournament.The other team, led by a tall guy named Chris, a sharpshooting blond guard who looked vaguely familiar to El Nokali and a chem graduate student whose name no one could pronounce, played an effective inside-outside game as Chris repeatedly was able to use his size to smack around the smaller German."I didn't really like playing those guys because they were tall," Wysocki said.
The men's lacrosse team dominated Yale late last night in a random scrimmage at 1952 Stadium. Pummeling the Elis without release for 60 minutes, the Tigers finally came out on top, 17-0.With the win, Princeton has now manhandled every Ivy League team that has dared to approach it.
After a long break, the men's indoor track season resumed last weekend, and the Tigers kicked off the new year with a great performance.
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After having pitted themselves early in the season against Penn State, one of the top fencing teams in the country, the women's fencing team has already met some of its toughest competitors.The Tigers went into their meet against City College of New York with high hopes and came out with much more, shutting out CCNY 27-0 Saturday in Jadwin Gym.The Beavers were lacking a complete squad, so they had to forfeit a good number of the matches.
The Princeton men's fencing team improved to a mark of 3-1 after defeating Stevens Institute of Technology.
The men's basketball team took a big loss this week, even though Princeton did not play any games.
Strictly speaking, the women's indoor track team lost this weekend. When all of the races were over and all of the points were counted, Rutgers had 53, Princeton had 66, and Connecticut had 70.And if this were an entry in a sports almanac or an Ivy League yearbook or merely a box score, where the only kind of speaking done is strict speaking, that would be pretty much all there is to say about what happened on Saturday at Jadwin.And that would be a shame.Because despite the somewhat disappointing end result of the meet, there were quite a few bright spots for the Tigers, quite a few individual performances suggestive of the many good things that appear to be coming in a season that has barely begun.Perhaps the brightest of the bright spots was senior captain Lauren Simmons' school record-setting race in the 500 meter event (1:13.93), but senior captain Catherine Casey's dominating victory in the 3000 meter event was not far behind.After Casey crossed the finish line, the next non-Princeton runner had a full 32 seconds to think about how badly she had been beaten.Other Tiger winners were sophomore Laura Shackelton in the 5000 meters (18:15.96), senior Natalie Deffenbaugh in the 800 meters (2:19.20), sophomore Susan Coltman in the long jump (5.45 m), and freshman Brooke Minor in the high jump (1.70 m).The Princeton relay teams also dominated, picking up wins in the 4X400m (3:55.20) and 4X800m (9:29.37) events.And of course the whole story is not told in the first-place finishes.
Men's basketball's weekend was almost completely positive. Not only did the Tigers defeat Harvard and Dartmouth to open the Ivy League season, but Princeton (6-7 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) also notched its first win on the road this season by defeating Harvard, and then repeated the accomplishment at Dartmouth.Princeton opened up at Harvard (10-6, 3-1) Friday by beating the Crimson, 50-48, and then followed the win up Saturday by handling Dartmouth, 57-46.In the league, Princeton, Yale and Brown are all 2-0.
Women's basketball played the preseason first and worst in the Ivy League this weekend. With a win over preseason favorite Harvard (9-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) and a loss to bottom-feeder Dart-mouth (5-8, 1-2), Princeton had an all around unexpected weekend."We were really energized and enthusiastic [for the Harvard game]," sophomore forward Kelly Schaeffer said.
Nine days. Four games. Three nationally ranked opponents. The last week and a half has been a tough and tiring stretch for the women's ice hockey team.After beating No.
Reading period is kind of an awkward, in-between time at Princeton. While the theory is sound ? a time after winter break to prepare for Dean's Date and exams ? the practice usually involves a lot of wasted time.
The Princeton offense is back. Well, sort of.After a season of 15-foot jumpers and missed lay-ups, the men's basketball team got back to what it does best Saturday night in Jadwin Gym against Holy Cross (6-9) in a 52-50 victory.
The Princeton offense is back. Well, sort of.After a season of 15-foot jumpers and missed lay-ups, the men's basketball team got back to what it does best Saturday night in Jadwin Gym against Holy Cross (6-9) in a 52-50 victory.
It was a holiday to forget about for the men's ice hockey team. After losing senior captain David Schneider to a broken foot and junior goalie Nate Nomeland to a fractured left hand, the team lost three of its four games during Winter Break.The Tigers dropped their last two games of 2001 and then lost one of two to begin 2002.
There are certain teams that seem to always have a bullseye on their back. Perennial powerhouses draw the best that every team has to offer: the Yankees in baseball, the Lakers in the NBA and Duke in men's college basketball.
The women's basketball team's win over Penn at the end of Winter Break had the Tigers looking ahead at the winning world before them.
