Syracuse was going to win.With the score tied at nine at the men's lacrosse NCAA Championship game in Piscataway, the Orangemen had momentum and recent history on their side.
Playing an opponent with superior size and speed, Princeton's execution needed to be perfect to escape with a victory, but the Tigers came up short.Some missed shots, a slow start, and a severe height disadvantage doomed No.
Two dramatically different events ? and the athletes that won them ? captured the attention of Princeton and the track and field community at the Golden Spike Tour Open at the Princeton Invitational May 13.The meet was a rare spectacle, especially for Princeton track.
Everyone loves a quarterback controversy.Fans, journalists, talk-radio hosts ? everyone, that is, except for the affected football team and its coaches.After a wild 3-7 season that saw no fewer than five quarterbacks score touchdowns, it looked like Princeton was heading into a situation to rival the famous spat played out on the Buffalo Bills over the last few years.Instead of Doug Flutie or Rob Johnson, however, the controversy would have involved David Splithoff '04, Tommy Crenshaw '02, and Brian Danielewicz '02.But head coach Roger Hughes wants nothing of the sort.
Slow and steady may win the race, but slow then sprint won the championship.Baseball, after a less-than-stellar preseason, kicked into high gear for Ivy League play ? just in time to capture the Gehrig division title for the sixth straight year and earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship series.At the start of the season, things did not look quite so promising.
With Harvard, Brown and Princeton trading places at the top of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges rankings throughout this year, the men's heavyweight Grand Final was almost certain to be among the most exciting races of Sprints.Princeton wanted no part of excitement, however.The Tigers broke away from the Bears and Crimson 500 meters into the final and never looked back, taking the Sprints title by three seconds over second place Harvard.
Julia Beaver Women's Squash and Lacrosse ? SeniorJulia Beaver definitely had a bad year this year.
Three weeks ago, the women's lacrosse team fell into a downward spiral, losing three of its last four games.
Men's and Women's TrackThe men's team hosts the IC4A championships and the women's team hosts the ECAC championships at Weaver Stadium this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Tora Harris (sr., men's track) ? Set school record in high jump, clearing 7 feet, 5.25 inches to win outdoor Heps.Adele McCarthy-Beauvais (so., women's water polo) ? Team's leading scorer; finalist for nat'l player of the year.Lauren Simmons (jr., women's track) ? Team's only winner at indoor and outdoor Heps; school record in 800.Danielle Stramandi (jr., women's diving) ? Finished third at NCAAs; qualified for U.S.
This year has seen the rapid assent of junior diver Danielle Stramandi.First came the third-place finish at NCAAs and the accompanying All-America honors.
Ryan Bonfiglio ? senior, wrestling and sprint football (D.End)Kate Conroy ? junior, women's swimming (backstroke)Scott Denbo ? senior, men's track (shot put)Carl Hessler ? sophomore, men's swimming (butterfly)Jenny Lankford ? junior, women's soccer (defense)Ryan Quillian ? sophomore, baseball (pitcher)
At first glance, this is not an out-of-the-ordinary situation for the No. 2 seed Princeton lacrosse team.
As the academic year comes to a close, the 'Prince' gave Princeton club sports a chance to recap their seasons.
Heading into last weekend's NCAA Regionals, the women's golf team knew that all five members would have to play their best golf of the season if the team was to advance to the NCAA Finals.Those necessary performances never came to fruition, however, and Princeton finished a disappointing 20th out of 21 teams competing after compiling a three-day team score of 995.Despite the poor finish, just making it to NCAAs was a feat for the Tigers.
The men's and women's club Athletes of the Year were named at the Club Sports Banquet last week. For the men, Tyler Wren of the cycling team was honored, and for the women, Sarah Apgar of the skiing and rugby teams was given the distinction.
Butler College became the first residential college to in recent memory to win the intramural title after edging out Cap & Gown this year by approximately 400 points.
Over the course of my time at Princeton, certain images have become permanently emblazoned on my mind ? snapshots from four of the best years of my life.There was the 4:58 p.m.
The second-seeded men's lacrosse team discovered its quarterfinal opponent Saturday when Loyola topped Georgetown, 11-9, in Baltimore, Md.The Hoyas and Greyhounds traded goals for more than half of the game, but a third quarter burst put Loyola up 9-5, and another gave them an 11-7 lead with only a few minutes remaining.Georgetown quickly to pull within two, but the Greyhounds' goalie, Jason Born, clamped down for the remaining minutes to keep the Hoyas at bay.
A few rowers on the boat had lost to Brown seven straight times.They didn't want to make this the eighth.When the women's openweight varsity eight took the water in Camden, N.J.
