Throughout the third quarter of men's water polo's Sunday match against UMass, the usually animated bench of the Princeton squad was in complete silence.
As sophomore defender Heather Deerin stepped up to the ball 74 minutes into the women's soccer team's game Saturday at Columbia, the Tigers were getting frustrated.After dominating the second half of Tuesday's game against Rutgers without scoring, the Tigers (6-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) were being stifled by a Lion team that seemed content to pack its players back in their own defensive half."They packed the defensive zone early," senior forward Tanya Kalivas said.
Like pigs, all Ivy League games are created equal, but some are more equal than others.Tomorrow the women's soccer team travels to New York to take on Columbia, and while the Tigers do not wish to overlook the Lions, this should be one of their least taxing league games.The Lions were 0-6-1 last year in the Ivy League, and, while many of their starters graduated, the players that filled in the ranks have not caused a dramatic turnaround in the team's fortunes.This season, Columbia is 2-4-2 overall, having lost its sole Ivy contest to Cornell ? the lowest-scoring team in the league.Princeton is coming off its first loss of the season, a 1-0 heartbreaker against Rutgers on Tuesday."[The loss] was a wakeup call," senior forward Amee Reyes said.
Friday, Sept. 29 Women's volleyball at Juniata (11 a.m. in Huntington, Pa.) Field hockey vs.
One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand why field hockey wants to take down Maryland tonight.
It has been two weeks since the women's golf team's blistering performance in the Dartmouth Invitational, but the Tigers hope that the momentum built in that stellar performance can be sustained for at least one more weekend.Tomorrow, Princeton will begin the only home tournament on its schedule, when it hosts the Princeton Invitiational.
When trying out a new car, you submit it to a series of tests. You see how quickly it can go from zero to 60.
The Princeton sports headlines have been dominated by change recently. New coaches in football, softball and on both the men's and women's basketball teams have changed the face of Tiger sports in ways yet unseen.
Strategically, football is far from a simple game. Coaches spend their lives figuring out ways to pick apart defenses or shut down offenses.
When junior Emily Eynon learned her freshman year that her twin sister Chrissy walked onto the Penn's cross country team, she had only one thought: "If she can do it, I can do it."But it almost didn't come to be.
The prospects looked bright indeed for the women's volleyball team last night as it headed to Jersey City to face Saint Peter's.
Like nine-year olds hiding dirty laundry under the bed and then forgetting all about it, the Princeton players shoved images of their soiled play into the back of their minds.It was early in the season and the men's soccer team saw a spotless 4-0 record.
In my ongoing attempt to avoid doing work during the first few weeks of school, I have found myself, more often than not, flipping from NBC to MSNBC to CNBC trying to catch bits and pieces of the Sydney Olympics.
Down 1-0 in the second half, you had the feeling that the women's soccer team was destined to score a goal.It just never happened.Against Rutgers last night at Princeton Stadium, the Tigers (5-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) seemed on the verge of finally putting a shot past Scarlet Knight goalkeeper Christine Caldwell.
At the end of one half in field hockey's matchup with upstart Darmouth on Saturday, the Tigers already held a 2-0 advantage.In the second half, however, that advantage became a full-fledged rout as Princeton punished the Big Green with three more goals.
"It's all in the Carbo-Force," sophomore defender Emily Townsend said as she crossed a rainy path after her interview with the 'Prince.'Her endorsement of the vitamin supplement seemed either to be a piece of esoteric field hockey wisdom, the secret to field hockey's hitherto undefeated season, or perhaps a chance to have a little fun with a credulous sports reporter.The laughter that followed her quote, however, revealed that Townsend had the latter in mind.
We all know the scene. Your lab screams down the road after your neighbor's Grand Cherokee, bites down on the spinning tire.
Tensai Asfaw is one of the only runners on the men's cross country and track teams to have seen the Tigers lose a Heptagonals championship.It was four years ago.
In the world of water polo, games are usually scrappy affairs where teams fight and claw for every little position in the pool.
A member of Spencer Gloger's family confirmed that the former men's basketball standout had been admitted to UCLA and was on that school's campus yesterday to sign scholarship papers and join the Bruins men's basketball team.Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 had earlier confirmed that Gloger had been released by Princeton to discuss athletic arrangements with UCLA.
