Is the glass half empty or half full?Is the men's lacrosse team the squad that has struggled through the first halves of its last three games?
When warm weather came upon us a few weeks ago, my first thought, like most golfers, was to head to the golf course.Unfortunately, Princeton doesn't have a golf club.
There was no "Sea of Orange." The court did not shake. George Will GS '68 probably never referred to the Princeton club basketball team as "a leading indicator of cultural growth."None of that matters to the players, however.
With only a 15-game regular season, there are few contests the women's lacrosse team can afford to lose.
For the women's tennis team, the main goal of the season is to win the Ivy League. With a 4-0 record, Princeton currently stands atop the conference standings.
When baseball opened its Ivy League slate this past weekend, it knew that pitching would be essential to its success.
Great golfers muster strong scores on tough courses.At this weekend's Navy Invitational, windy, rainy conditions forced the men's golf team to improvise, piecing together the best score possible with the given ingredients.Sunday, the first hole gave junior Rob Hays a major headache.
Six members of the equestrian team took part in the Regional Finals Saturday at Briarwood Farms in Readington, and three placed.
Count on the men's tennis team for some great performances this season, because it's on a roll.Off and running after a double-win weekend, Princeton swept George Washington at the Lenz Tennis Center yesterday afternoon."They're a good team," senior No.
Maybe the men's baseball team has been tired after a long days of classes. Or maybe it prefers seven-inning Ivy doubleheader games on weekends to the nine-inning non-league games played on weekday afternoons.
The softball team sauntered onto 1895 Field yesterday riding a five-game winning streak thanks to a rejuvenated offense that had produced 32 runs in the last four games.
Julia Allison has won three golf tournaments in her career. And she's played in only six tournaments.The freshman has quickly risen to the top of the predominantly young women's golf team, continuing her success with a second consecutive victory.
The women's tennis team entered the season with the goal of winning the Ivy League. But nonetheless, questions remained about whether Princeton would be a legitimate contender.
Traditionally dominating the ranks of eastern collegiate crew, the women's open and lightweight teams finally got the chance to conquer both Atlantic and Pacific waters on the same weekend.
After last season's 12-8 loss to Villanova, women's water polo head coach Paul Nelson said, "I think we're really on par with Villanova."Coming from someone else, the words might have been nothing more than confidence-building coach-speak, but Nelson's record of no-nonsense analysis and brutal honesty ? about both his team's shortcomings and its strengths ? makes his assessment one for Princeton's opponents to take seriously.Nelson had to wait a year to be vindicated, but the Tigers' 7-2 win over Villanova Friday showed the Wildcats that his words are worth believing, if they didn't believe them already. More winsAfter thrashing the Wildcats in Villanova, Pa., Princeton went on to beat West Chester, 16-2, James Madison, 16-0 and Penn, 12-3 Saturday and Sunday at George Washington.Princeton (18-6 overall, 7-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association) ended the weekend with a 4-0 record, earning the No.
There was little doubt that men's tennis loved its 4-3 victory over Brown Friday at Lenz Tennis Center.In fact, the Tigers (9-7 overall, 3-1 Ivy) enjoyed the win so much they had a repeat performance Saturday against visiting Ivy League rival Yale Saturday, beating the Elis 4-3 to sweep the weekend and add two wins to their total of seven already compiled this spring.Against Brown, three of Princeton's top four singles players posted wins: senior No.
The men's heavyweight rowing team was supposed to continue its season Saturday at Rutgers, until it received a pleasant surprise.Originally scheduled as an away race, the heavyweights found themselves on the friendly waters of Lake Carnegie for their unexpected home opener over the weekend.The race was forced to move to Princeton from Rutgers after the downpour late last week flooded the Raritan River.
The baseball team came out with its adrenaline pumping Saturday. After all, it was Princeton's Ivy League season opener against none other than Harvard, defending league champions.
Until Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Temple, the softball team was 5-7 when its opponent scored first.
Spectators at recent men's lacrosse games have gotten double their money's worth. For the price of one ticket, they have been able to watch two distinctly different Princeton squads.But if it were up to the Tigers and their fans, there would be no more "two for the price of one" deals.
