Sports

Football expects the unexpected in battle against Yale

Football expects the unexpected in battle against Yale

It's the Yale game.The Princeton Tigers (1-6 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) play host to the Yale Elis (3-4, 1-4) this Saturday at Princeton Stadium in what is one of the most historic rivalries in college football.And that is all that really matters.As for an example of how important a game this big is, cast your memory back to last season's matchup.

SPORTS | 11/08/2001

Women's soccer takes on Elis with league title on the line

It's pretty much a done deal for the women's soccer team. Atop the Ivy League with a 5-0-1 record, the team has already clinched at least a share of the Ivy championship and will receive, by virtue of a tiebreaker, the League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 11/08/2001

Women's volleyball hopes to continue hot streak against Harvard, Dartmouth

The women's volleyball team has spent most of its season digging its way out of a hole. Early season woes nearly put what was expected to be a top-notch Princeton team out of the Ivy title race.

SPORTS | 11/08/2001

Men's soccer faces Yale, needing help to win second Ivy title in three years

It's the last game of the year, under the big lights, before the home crowd. Princeton men's soccer wants this win.

SPORTS | 11/08/2001

Schneider captains men's squad with determination and effort

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.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

From Little Cap to Tiger captain, Deland pursues passion on ice

Christmas Day is a triply-special day for the Deland household in Washington, D.C. Besides the obvious, Dec.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

Women's soccer beats Fairfield for eighth-straight victory

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.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

Men look to experienced defense, young offense to propel them to victory

The men's hockey team has stumbled out of the gate with two losses to Niagara, falling to the Purple Eagles, 4-2 and 7-1.So what does a team that drops two games to open the season do to rebound before the year goes too far south?"We need to take care of business now," junior goaltender Nate Nomeland said.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

JON PHARRIS — Men's Water Polo

Going into last weekend's Southern championships, the men's water polo team had not been playing up to its abilities.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

Women hope to overcome small roster and loss of players to national team

A minute of straight ice time is considered a long shift in the NHL. Nearly twice a minute, pros come on and off the ice to catch a breather from the hectic pace of the game.The speed and physical nature of hockey make it one of the most grueling sports to play, and one where a team's depth can decide the outcome of a game.

SPORTS | 11/07/2001

Navy's second-quarter scoring spurt sinks sprint football in 34-6 loss

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.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Host crew teams excel against tough field at Princeton Chase

Princeton's crew teams had strong showings all across the board in last weekend's three-mile regatta, the Princeton Chase.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Men's tennis has tough outing at Omni Hotels Championships

The seedings meant precious little at the 2001 Omni Hotels Regional Championships, held October 26-30 at Jadwin Gym.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

W. golf falls in second round of Atlanta tourney

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.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Hoopes, Milam lead men's golf to third at Georgetown Invitational

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.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Men's soccer beats Lehigh, 2-1

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.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Men's hoops takes EA Sports out of the game, 72-59

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.

SPORTS | 11/06/2001

Women's cross country finishes a disappointing sixth at Heps

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.

SPORTS | 11/05/2001

Women's volleyball finds its stride, picks up four key league victories

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.

SPORTS | 11/05/2001

Men's water polo takes Southerns in battle over Navy

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.

SPORTS | 11/05/2001

Most Popular