COLLEGE PARK, Md. ? Just 57 seconds into its NCAA national quarterfinal game against Maryland, the defending national champion, the field hockey team found itself down a goal.
Man-up and man-down situations are supposed to be important in hockey. But they're not supposed to be this important.In a wild opening weekend to its Eastern College Athletic Conference schedule, the men's hockey team tied both Clarkson (2-1-2 overall, 0-1-1 ECAC) and preseason favorite St.
Though the loud speaker blared the "Mission: Impossible" theme throughout the game, the women's hockey team found little difficulty overcoming Boston College as it glided to a 4-1 victory Sunday at Baker Rink.
After annihilating Penn 9-0 last weekend and topping off another undefeated Ivy season, the field hockey team (13-3 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) officially became conference champs for the seventh straight season.
Friday, Nov. 10 Men's hockey vs. Clarkson (7 p.m. at Baker Rink) Women's volleyball at Ivy League Tournament (through Sunday in Cambridge, Mass.) Sprint Football at Penn (7:30 p.m.
The football team has found a number of ways to motivate itself this year. With every painfully close loss, the team has redirected its goals, evolving from dreams of an undefeated year through hopes of winning the Ivy League.Now, out of contention in the Ivy League at 2-3 with two games to play, Princeton (2-6 overall) has seen most of its goals washed away, making the remainder of the season a salvage operation."We have two games left in this season," senior defensive lineman Nick Freitag said.
It seems everyone involved in athletics has an opinion about artificial turf. It gives the St. Louis Rams' offense an edge.
For the first time in three years, the men's cross country team enters District Regionals without a Heps victory behind it.After a seventh-place finish at Heps last weekend, the women's cross country team is also looking for redemption this weekend.Both Tiger cross country teams will head to NCAA District II competition in University Park, Pa., with participation in NCAA championships on the line.
There were times this season when Matt Behncke would listen to his older brother's phone messages and not want to call back."Sometimes you get a little tired of saying the same things," the junior men's soccer midfielder said.
Mark Messier is not someone often associated with collegiate women's hockey. This season, however, fans of Princeton's women's hockey team may see flashes of the New York Rangers' center in junior captain and center Andrea Kilbourne."She's definitely our Mark Messier," head coach Jeffrey Kampersal '92 said.
After missing the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament last season for the first time in seven years, the women's ice hockey team enters this season with confidence.
There are a number of similarities between senior forward Kirk Lamb ? this year's men's hockey captain ? and his predecessor, Darren Yopyk '00.They both grew up in Alberta, Canada, both played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Bonnyville Pontiacs and were best friends while at Princeton.
Here's a pop quiz about the new-look men's hockey team: What is the correct pronunciation of the surname of rookie head coach Len Quesnelle '88?
MADISON, Wis. ? The women's soccer team almost carried Wisconsin. On the chilly shores of Madison's Lake Mendota, the Tigers nearly pulled off a first-round NCAA tournament upset.
While both the men's and women's golf teams headed south over break hoping to conclude their fall campaigns with resounding victories, only the women's team returned with another championship.Ending its fall season, the men's team got stuck in competitive gridlock around the Washington Beltway, tying for sixth at the Georgetown Invitational.
The big grin on senior outside Sabrina King's face midway through the third game of women's volleyball's easy straight-sets win last night against SUNY-Stony Brook told the whole story.The Tigers, who are now 18-8 overall, 6-1 Ivy League, coasted through the match with confidence as King and senior middle Emily Brown got to close their last Princeton match at Dillon Gym with a decisive win."It's hard to get really excited when the team you're playing is not that good," Brown said.
A rivalry will be renewed when the women's soccer team travels to Wisconsin today to take on the Badgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.It's not the rivalry between Princeton and Wisconsin, however.
When junior midfielder Linley Gober put the women's soccer team ahead of Penn, 1-0, in the Tigers' final regular season game last Saturday, one couldn't help but feel that the rest of the contest was a mere formality.The reason: Senior goalkeeper Jordan Rettig, who would go on to post a shutout for the sixth time in seven Ivy games.Leaping in the air to intercept crosses and diving to block shots, Rettig dominated the Princeton penalty area as she has done all season.
Trailing 6-2 at halftime in the finals of the Southern Championships at Navy Sunday, the men's water polo team appeared to be on its way to a surprisingly lopsided loss against the always-tough Midshipmen.But this was a Princeton-Navy matchup, and if the Tigers have proven nothing else this year, they have shown that when they get together with their rivals from Annapolis, matters are never settled until the final buzzer.In that second half, Princeton (22-8) battled back with three consecutive goals, and though the Tigers fell short in the end, 6-5, they proved that their rivalry with Navy is as fierce as ever.Princeton has now played three one-goal games with the Midshipmen this year, losing Sept.
The field hockey team will take on Penn State in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday in College Park, Md.
