It was a gruesome day for golf and a beautiful day for a golf team.Members of the women's golf team looked out their windows in Gadsden, Ala., March 20 and saw water everywhere.
The men's and women's track teams finished their Spring Break trip to Florida by competing in the Florida Invitational in Miami, Fla.Junior Catherine Casey won the 1500 meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 40.03 seconds, beating out Kim Grabarz of Connecticut by .2 seconds.
Despite a rain-plagued Spring Break that caused the cancellation of five games last week, the softball team (4-6 overall) gained valuable outdoor playing time on its trip down south.
One of the greatest experiences for an athlete is to stand atop the blocks and lean forward to receive a medal for performance at a tournament.Standing there amidst wild applause and cheers this weekend, two Princeton fencers received these great accolades at the final tournament of the year and knew that they were among the best fencers in the United States.In an exciting finish to a successful season, men's and women's fencing teams together finished fifth overall this weekend at the NCAA championships in Kenosha, Wisc., with sophomore Mindy Rostal winning the bronze medal in the foil and freshman Soren Thompson winning the gold medal in the epee.The Tigers finished behind four major scholarship schools ? St.
Over Spring Break, junior Danielle Stramandi and senior Erin Lutz attained All-America status at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
The impressive performances of the fencing and diving teams over Spring Break certainly overshadowed those of Tigers who were not competing at NCAA championships.
With the men's tennis team's victory against Loyola Marymount hanging in the balance, the men's No.
Two weeks ago the women's lacrosse team was supposed to have received its wake-up call.The No.
Heading into Spring Break, the baseball team needed to gather experience before the beginning of the Ivy season.
Is the Syracuse men's lacrosse team unbeatable? Obviously not, since it managed to lose at home to Johns Hopkins March 17.But when Princeton (3-1) traveled to Syra-cuse, N.Y., Saturday to take on the Orangemen (4-1) in a rematch of last year's title game, the Tigers encountered a team on a mission.
Women's DivingThe Princeton women's diving team turned in a stunning performance at the NCAA championships March 16 and 17.
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 16 ? 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.
Princeton can no longer use the element of surprise.Not after the Tigers' 50-49 loss to Georgetown in 1989.
Want to watch tonight's game? Make sure your television is tuned to the CBS-Philadelphia affiliate.
6-7, 231 lbs. ? The average size of North Carolina's five starters.6-4.6, 192 lbs. ? The average size of Princeton's five starters.590 ? Princeton's three point attempts this season.560 ? Princeton's two point attempts this season.361 ? Free throw attempts by Princeton this season, the fewest in Division I.414 ? The next lowest total, by Missouri-Kansas City.315 ? Rank of Princeton's scoring offense, out of 318 Division I teams.3 ? Rank of Princeton's scoring defense.387 ? Offensive rebounds for North Carolina.171 ? Offensive rebounds for Princeton.8 ? Players who have led Princeton in scoring this year.114 ? Blocks by UNC center Brendan Haywood.59 ? Blocks by Princeton.2.3 ? Average number of points the Ivy League champion has been outscored by in the last 12 first-round games.118 ? Three pointers attempted by C.J.
1. Be confidentNorth Carolina is bigger, faster and generally more talented than anyone Princeton has faced since the middle of November.
This article originally ran on March 15, 1996, after men's basketball defeated defending national champion UCLA 43-41 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.INDIANAPOLIS ? You could sense it spreading throughout the arena last night in Indianapolis.
New Orleans ? On a night when the execution needed to be perfect to escape with a victory, the Tigers came up short.
1. Do not underestimateSo they say they know Princeton always gives people problems.
People across the country are being very realistic when it comes to the men's basketball team's trip to the NCAA tournament.The national media essentially agrees that Princeton has the pedigree in Walton and Thompson, but not the talent.The general public concurs ? in most online polls around 99 percent of the respondents are picking UNC.And maybe the harsh reality of midterms has made people pessimistic, but I've heard the word 'realistically' an awful lot lately, especially around here.
