In searching for a topic for the first "Sports Department" lecture, one sport quickly sprang to mind as the most commonly misunderstood.
Whenever senior point guard Jessica Munson is on the floor, people notice.Her team notices every time she controls the court by calling a play, or during one of the frequent occasions when she motivates her teammates by pushing herself even harder.The opposing team, because of Munson's stifling defense, is forced to pay even more attention to her.
You're at a banquet somewhere, hungry and ready to eat. When the hosts finally break out the food, everyone in the room rushes to get it, disregarding any pleas for order, and trampling any bystanders who happen to be in the way.To date, men's hockey in the Eastern College Athletic Conference has resembled such a confusing scene.
I think that if you look closely, you might see John Thompson '88 crying on senior night.Because if there's one thing you can say about Thompson, it's that he depends on his senior captain, Nate Walton.It's no accident that he put Walton on the cover of the media guide.
When your team loses a tight game in the last moments of play, it figuratively breaks your heart.
Think of something that weighs 35 pounds. Your backpack with your organic chemistry, multi-variable calculus and molecular biology textbooks for example.
Sometimes just stepping back into the heat of competition is a victory. Senior defenseman Peter Zavodny did that one better this weekend as he returned to the ice less than four months after suffering a grade-five shoulder separation ? the most serious type of separation ? and made an impact in his first two games.
As the Penn match finished, so did Princeton's chances for an Ivy League wrestling championship.Upset by the loss, the Tigers quickly realized that this is only the middle of their season, and with a chance at third place in the Ivy League, the team went back to business as usual.Unleashing their aggression from the Penn match, the Tigers (12-8 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) invaded the Columbia wrestling room and quickly demolished the Lions, 29-11.Once again, senior Ryan Bonfiglio and sophomores Greg Parker and Joe Clarke led the Tigers' victory, going undefeated on the day.
When the men's volleyball team stepped onto the court at Dillon Gym Saturday, it had one thing on its mind ? redemption.
After eight conference weekends, the story is still the same for the men's hockey team. In all but one weekend this season, Princeton has notched two points in the standings in two games against league rivals.Friday and Saturday were no different for the Tigers (8-14-3 overall, 7-9-2 East-ern College Athletic Conference). The Tigers were shut out by Rensselaer, 1-0, before rediscovering their offense to rout Union, 7-2, the next night.
NEW YORK ? Men's basketball head coach John Thompson '88 had seen this sort of movie before . . . and didn't like the ending.The sequel this weekend was even worse.
In Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey, only eight teams advance to the playoffs. Going into this weekend's two games against eighth-place Nia-gara, Princeton was in ninth place.Thus, by playing the Purple Eagles, Princeton had a chance to take matters into its own hands instead of relying on another team to beat Niagara.
One down, five to go.Last Sunday's 3-1 upset of No. 2 Harvard was just step one of Princeton's plan of assault.
In both 1998 and 1999, the Princeton women's squash team won the national championship by winning the Howe Cup.
Rensselaer came into Baker Rink to play the men's hockey team Dec. 9 and left as 6-2 victors over a slow-to-arrive Princeton team.
Friday, Feb. 16 Women's basketball vs. Columbia (7 p.m. at Jadwin Gym) Men's basketball at Columbia (7:30 p.m.
As the Ivy League season cruised past its midway point last week, the race for the men's basketball conference crown resembled a tightly-packed group of horses rounding the mile pole and heading for the backstretch.
Looking at their record, it would seem as if members of the women's basketball team don't have much to smile about.They have one win and 19 losses.
Stunned by its loss to Cornell, the Penn wrestling team decided to unleash its wrath on the Tigers last night.
Thrust. Parry. Watch for the big move. Move her into position. Block. Parry. Attack. Set her up. Here it comes . . . block the move.
