As the women's lacrosse team walked off the field last season after losing the National Championship game to No.
Yale only tallied 31 points. That's it. The number put them in dead last, just behind Brown.But the Elis have surprised everyone in and out of the league ever since they received those 31 votes to finish in eighth place by the pre-season Ivy League Media Poll.
Swimming upsets are not very common. The underdog never overcomes the Goliath by some divinely-inspired Herculean effort; the favorite team never has an 'off' day.
After its loss to Concordia Feb. 13, the men's volleyball team was certain that it would right itself to reel off a string of league victories over the next few weeks.After winning their next two games, the Tigers seemed headed in that direction just a week ago.
It's not exactly what head coach Mike New and the rest of the wrestling team had in mind at the beginning of the season ? 12-9 overall, 2-3 in the Ivies, and a fourth place finish in the league.
Hillary Reser is a junior guard for the women's basketball team. She recently sat down with 'Prince' staff writer Shani Moore.Prince: What do you like most about playing basketball at Princeton?Hillary Reser: Definitely the team.
This column is about the late Dale Earnhardt.Most people in this country, NASCAR fans or not, sports fans or not, saw replays of the man's death two weekends ago.
Currently, there is a lack of certainty within the Ivy League. There is not one overall leader in the men's basketball race ? but two.
The old Pennsylvania license plate boasts the motto, "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania." Apparently "you" does not include the men's volleyball team, which received anything but a friendly welcome as it traveled to the Quaker State and lost back-to-back matches this past weekend.The Tigers' first opponent was league rival Juniata.
Fighting for a tie, Cornell was more interested in a tie for first place than for third.The Princeton wrestling team (12-9, 2-3) drove up to Ithaca, NY, on Friday hoping to finish its Ivy League schedule with a strong win.
Of the women's water polo team's four games this weekend at the UC-Santa Barbara Gaucho Tournament, not one was decided by more than a goal.
The Tigers were tied 9-9 after two rounds of fencing with Yale. The next four bouts went by quickly ? Princeton lost all of them.The Tigers were down 13-9 with Yale threatening to destroy all the women's fencing team's dreams of Ivy glory.One bout from defeat, the Tigers rallied.
Defensemen aren't supposed to be the leading offensive weapons on an ice hockey team.Neither are freshmen.But when freshman defenseman Matthew Maglione drove to the net two minutes, 54 seconds into overtime and scored on the rebound of senior forward Chris Corrinet's shot, the freshman had taken the spotlight on senior night.But merely scoring the game-winning goal that gave the Tigers their first three-point weekend of the season was not enough.
Two weeks ago, the men's squash match against Harvard came down to the final match.Sophomore No.
U2. Steeley Dan. The women's hockey team.Last week was certainly a week of comebacks. The Tigers may not have won a Grammy, but they turned in their own comeback performance this weekend.The Tigers had a solid effort, going 1-1 on the weekend.
It was the calm before the storm. While the women's basketball team had compiled a not-so-impressive 1-21 overall and 1-8 Ivy League record, Princeton was encouraged.
FencingIt was a tremendous Saturday for both the men's and women's fencing teams at Jadwin Gym.
Considering who was sitting in the stands Saturday night, all the backdoor cuts, the fluid passes and the three-point baskets were especially appropriate in the men's basketball team's home victory over Dartmouth.In front of 74 former Princeton basketball players and coaches, the Tigers (13-10 overall, 8-3 Ivy League) completed a weekend sweep, finishing off the Big Green (7-18, 2-10), 68-52, Saturday and putting away Harvard (12-12, 5-7), 62-48, Friday.
Schools have track teams. They don't have track and field teams, or even field teams. If you put the shot, you're on the track team.
After the obligatory celebrating steps, the Princeton women's swimming and diving squad felt unsatisfied.
