While most Princeton students get a vacation, the women's lacrosse team embarks on one of its toughest weeks of the year.
After beating two of the nation's top teams ? Johns Hopkins and Virginia ? by identical scores of 8-4, you might expect a lighter workload for the men's lacrosse team over Spring Break.Instead, the Tigers play Syracuse in arguably the most anticipated regular season game of the year.Princeton (2-0), ranked second in the nation, heads to Hempstead, N.Y., to take on No.
Some people may recognize him as that bizarre guy in the bright sweatsuit and gold aviator glasses who spends his lunch hour doing Tai-chi on the lawn of Ivy.
I never thought Greg Gumbel could break my heart.But last Sunday it happened. As basketball teams across the nation anxiously waited to learn their postseason fate, Gumbel was announcing the NCAA tournament brackets on CBS.When the final bracket came up on the screen, I lost my mind.
The softball team has won the Ivy Championship a total of 12 times. The last time the team wore the crown, however, was in 1996.Though this season brings a few changes to the program, the Tigers are determined to make it 13.While the softball team (2-0-0) does not have to face numerous gaps in its roster from last year's graduation, it must adapt to an entirely new coaching staff.Fortunately for the Tigers, a familiar face will be heading the program.
The women's water polo team defeated UMass, 8-5, Sunday in its first game at DeNunzio Pool since the Princeton Invitational in early February.
Freshman forward Konrad Wysocki was honored by the Ivy League coaches this week by being named Rookie of the Year.The freshman, originally from Lollar, Germany, averaged 5.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and was a key inside presence for the Tigers who travel to New Orleans to take on North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday.The fiery freshman was the fifth Princeton player to be named rookie of the year and the first since junior Chris Young was in 1999.Also picking up All-Ivy honors were senior center Nate Walton who was a unanimous selection to the first team, junior guard Ahmed El Nokali ? a second-team selection ? and sophomore forward Kyle Wente who earned honorable mention status in his first season as a major contributor for the Tigers. In other All-Ivy news, junior forward Andrea Kilbourne and junior defender Aviva Grumet-Morris were named to the second-team All-Ivy in women's hockey.Kilbourne was Princeton's leading scorer for the third-straight season after amassing 49 points in this year's campaign.
While the men's basketball team has been receiving all of the attention regarding the upcoming NCAA tournament, there are a number of other teams and individuals who either have already competed or will compete in the top collegiate tournament in the country. Track & FieldFreshman phenom Josh McCaughey represented Princeton at the NCAA Track and Field Championships last weekend at the University of Arkansas.
There is no way he could have expected it to be like this. Freshman righthander Brian Biegen stared down off the mound, wondering what to throw next at Oklahoma State's third baseman Zach Cates.With the count knotted at 1-1, Biegen had a little room to play, but his main goal was to escape the inning.
What does it say about a team when its own fans turn against it? Well, it could mean that you have some of the most disloyal fans in sports.
Down 2-1 in the second game of the league quarterfinals with just 15 seconds to play Saturday night, senior center Kirk Lamb attempted to hit senior forward Ethan Doyle with a centering pass in front of the Cornell net.
Princeton had five goals, Virginia had four. It was the beginning of the fourth quarter. Virginia had both the momentum and possession of the ball.The Cavaliers' sizeable contingent among the 4,315 fans at 1952 Stadium at Saturday's men's lacrosse game was on its feet as Virginia mounted an attack.
Coming off a stomping of Rutgers last Wednesday, the women's lacrosse team struggled against No. 6 Loyola yesterday at 1952 Stadium.
Twenty minutes after six last night, there was an air of merriment in the Chancellor Green Rotunda.
Friday, March 9 Baseball at Southeast Missouri State (11:30 a.m. CT in Stillwater, Okla.) Baseball at Oklahoma State (3 p.m.
Even after the dominating 16-3 win over Rutgers, the women's lacrosse team is all business with Loyola coming to 1952 Stadium Sunday.This attitude is not only because Princeton is interested in picking up another important early-season victory at the expense of a strong opponent.The Tigers also want revenge.While Princeton is ranked second in the nation and Loyola is sixth, the Tigers remember last year all too well when the Greyhounds beat Princeton, 6-5.
The first two weeks of March last year went as follows for the Princeton and Virginia men's lacrosse teams ? the Tigers started off with a win over Johns Hopkins, and the Cavaliers began by falling to Syracuse.
After dealing with adversity all year, the men's hockey team has finally righted the ship in time for the conference tournament.
The fans, for better or for worse, asked for it.In the closing minutes of the men's basketball game against Penn Tuesday night, the Tiger faithful chanted, "We want Stanford!"Depending upon where you look and whom you ask, Princeton (16-10 overall, 11-3 Ivy League) just might be headed to San Diego to play the Cardinal.
This past weekend was a very successful one for Princeton athletics, and several individuals reaped rewards for their efforts during it.The women's hockey team led the way, as junior forward Andrea Kilbourne received ECAC Player of the Week honors, and freshman forward Gretchen Anderson was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week.In the Tigers' 5-2 win Saturday over Cornell, Kil-bourne scored two goals, including the game winner, and had an assist.
