Last weekend, the women's basketball team finally found what it had been looking for ? a way to win.
Friday, Feb. 9 Men's basketball at Dartmouth (7:30 p.m. in Hanover, N.H.) Men's ice hockey vs.
The countdown has officially begun for the women's hockey team. With only eight games remaining in the regular season Princeton needs to turn in key wins this weekend as they shoot for the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs.The road to the playoffs, however, is getting slippery for the squad as it makes its final attempts toward making the tournament.Princeton (10-9-2 overall, 2-5-0 Ivy League), however, looks to this weekend's games against No.
After knocking off the Eastern College Athletic Conference leader last Friday, the men's hockey team has a chance to repeat the feat tonight at Baker Rink.The Tigers beat St.
In all of athletics, perhaps the most important physical concept is that of momentum. While certainly the applications of force and the need for acceleration are vital to success in any sport ? as well as a touch of chaos theory in the guise of luck ? gaining momentum at the right time can bolster a team's confidence and increase its quality of play.Coming off a series of home victories, including a vital Ivy sweep last weekend, the men's basketball team travels to the northern reaches of the Ancient Eight to battle Dartmouth tomorrow, and Harvard on Saturday.Princeton (9-7 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) currently shares the Ivy lead with Penn (7-12, 4-0) heading into their Nordic excursions.
It is the most stressful shot that anyone can take in a basketball game: the buzzer-beater. It becomes even more stressful when the game is on the line, and one shot is the only difference between winning and losing.This is the situation that sophomore forward Lee Culp found herself in last Saturday against Yale.
When the women's water polo team kicks off its season tonight at DeNunzio Pool against Hawaii, 14 of the 15 Princeton athletes who brought home a victory at the Eastern Championships last spring and reached the second round of the national championships will be available to play.
In her time at Princeton, Katherine Kixmiller has witnessed and participated in the remarkable growth of a young athletic program.Four years ago, Kixmiller joined women's water polo, in its second season as a varsity sport, as part of an initial class of recruits.An instant contributor, the senior driver quickly established herself as one of the team's primary offensive weapons, tallying 60 goals in her freshman campaign for a young team that earned a berth in the national tournament.Since then the Tigers have improved rapidly, adding talented players and climbing the national rankings ? reaching heights almost unheard of for an east coast school ? with Kixmiller as an important part of that success.Having nearly spanned the inception of women's water polo as a varsity sport to the present, Kixmiller has a unique perspective on the rise of the program."Every game was really rough [freshman year], because the players didn't have the background and the team didn't have the talent level it has now, we really had to fight every game.
It has been a while since the two have tangled, but they'll get plenty of chances starting Friday.
On Jan. 26th, as most Princeton students were boarding planes, trains, and automobiles, the men's and women's track teams had just their feet to carry them through the National Open at Penn State.This Saturday, as most Princeton students straggled lazily back to campus after a week of vegging in front of the television, lying on the beach, or meandering down ski slopes, the men's and women's track teams were both still cruising in high gear heading into important tri-meets.The men were headed back to Happy Valley where they took on their host and the University of Connecticut.
When a team manages to lose nine out of ten games, including eight in a row, you would think shoddy play is the main culprit.
So Keith "Wolf" Elias '94 finally got a chance to shine on national television in his home state of New Jersey.It wasn't for the NFL's Jets or Giants.It was for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL.
Though their seasons do not begin in earnest until the spring, members of both the men's and women's tennis teams were hard at work over the Intersession break.The men's team started the break by hosting the Farnsworth Invitational at Jadwin Gym, Jan.
All the leaves are brown. And the sky has been gray. Now that Intersession is over, we're back in the snow to stay.
A number of Princeton athletes were honored over the last week for on and off the field accomplishments.Junior forward Andrea Kilbourne of the women's ice hockey team was recognized for her performance throughout the year, while freshman goalie Megan Van Beusekom, also of women's ice hockey, and freshman forward Andre Logan of the men's basketball team gained weekly awards.
It is difficult to choose only one performance from the many tremendous showings at this weekend's Harvard-Yale-Princeton swim meet and call it the best.
One good thing about history is that one can make countless comparisons between it and sports.One recent comparison is between Napoleon's conquest of Europe and the women's ice hockey team's games last week.
One word that describe Princeton fencing in the Ivy League: tradition. For years Princeton fencing has always been a major force in the league.
The men's and women's squash teams were nearly perfect over intersession. The men walked away with a blowout and a narrow victory while the women suffered a close loss before blowing away their next three opponents.Traveling to Yale Saturday, the men's team came away with a 5-4 victory over the Elis (9-2 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) to remain perfect on the season.
Stunning even his teammates, sophomore Greg Parker added to the list of top wrestlers he has beaten by defeating 10th-ranked Francis Volpe of Harvard.Winning both of his matches over the weekend, Parker wrestled at both 174 and 184 lb.
