Two minutes, 15 seconds into Saturday's game with Dartmouth, the men's basketball team looked up to see the Big Green's Shaun Gee hanging from the rim.
When the women's basketball team knocked off Harvard two weeks ago, Princeton asserted itself as a contender for the Ivy League title.
Call them the dynamic duo.Women's tennis' doubles team of junior captain Kerry Patterson and sophomore Blair Farr stunned the top three seeds to win the Princeton Indoor Tennis Invitational in Jadwin Gym this weekend.The doubles victory highlighted an all-around solid showing for the Tigers in both singles and doubles action.Princeton's home tournament was an early-season meeting of 13 top eastern schools that the Tigers used as a tuneup for their Ivy League season.In addition to the weekend's individual competition, the Tigers (1-0) played well as a team Feb.
Men's squash knew that if it was to be stopped this weekend in its quest for an Intercollegiate Squash Association team title, its downfall would come in a rematch.Yet the Tigers could never have anticipated that their title run would end so soon, almost before it even started, in their "other" rematch.While many looked ahead to a semifinal meeting with second-seeded Harvard Saturday that would have pitted the Tigers against the only team to beat them this season, few thought that Princeton would have too much trouble getting by sixth-seeded Amherst, a team the Tigers had defeated, 7-2, just nine days ago.The Lord Jeffs, however, stunned the Tigers in the first round, 5-4, ending the Tigers' title hopes and sending Princeton into the consolation draw.Although Princeton (13-2 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) rebounded to take fifth place at ISAs with impressive wins over Denison (9-0) and Western Ontario (8-1), it was little consolation to a team that looked to challenge for a title."We came in high, playing so well," sophomore No.
Less than a week after winning the Howe Cup, the women's squash team (12-0 overall, 8-0 Ivy League) was back in action yesterday, definitively defeating Trinity College, 9-0, and proving it deserved its newly acquired title of national champions.In the match, the team only dropped two of 32 games, and the top seven players won their respective matches three games to none.The most lopsided match of the day featured sophomore No.
When the final weeks of a season roll around, every team hopes to be firing on all cylinders going into the postseason.With just six games left before the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs begin, the men's hockey team is missing a few cylinders.Princeton (12-7-4 overall, 6-7-3 ECAC) will limp ? both literally and figuratively ? to upstate New York this weekend.
Almost every week an abundance of questions are directed towards head coach Bill Carmody and the members of the men's basketball team about Princeton's national ranking, Ratings Percentage Index and possible tournament seed.
If momentum counts for anything in sports, men's squash may have a good chance to come away with a national title this weekend.The Tigers, who host the 37-team Intercollegiate Squash Association team tournament today through Sunday at Jadwin and Dillon Gyms, will seek to translate the momentum they have gained over the last three weeks into a storybook ending to what once seemed like a lost season.Princeton (11-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy) comes off its biggest win of the season to date, a close 5-4 contest over previously unbeaten Trinity Tuesday that propelled the Tigers to a three-way tie in the regular season standings.Ultimately, a tiebreaker based on the number of individual match wins each school had against the other two awarded the regular season crown to Trinity, placing Princeton third behind Harvard.
The last time the women's basketball team played Harvard and Dartmouth, first place in the Ivy League was on the line.This weekend, as Princeton (12-9 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) travels north to face the Crimson and the Big Green for the final time this season, the Tigers are still in the hunt for the Ivy crown.
The men are confident, the women are optimistic.The men's and women's fencing teams enter the last weekend of the regular season with clearcut goals in mind.
Way to go, fans. I'm proud of you.Filling Jadwin more than an hour in advance of men's basketball's slaughter of Penn Tuesday night.
There's a lot of confusion among Americans about our northerly neighbors. Yes, Can-adians may sound a bit funny to American ears and say "eh" too much for our tastes, but one thing most Americans are sure of is that Canadians love hockey.With a dizzying array of leagues and massive participation at all levels, Canada's most popular sport has a following that astonishes most American observers.
When a team that entered a season with high expectations struggles, a match with a weaker team is a godsend.
Two weekends ago, amidst the hype surrounding the men's basketball team's success, the women's club figure skating team made their presence known as well.The team won a competition which featured six other teams, hosted by M.I.T.
To double down or not to double down?That was the question Penn faced last night in its attempt to shut down senior center Steve Goodrich.
It was a bittersweet moment.A resounding cheer of "Princeton seniors!" echoed throughout DeNunzio Pool, and a certain five swimmers couldn't help but revel in the glory.
In the aftermath of the men's basketball team's 71-52 blowout victory over Penn last night, the word kept coming up.Unbelievable.Not the score.
National champions ? or not? Unfortunately, that's one question that's now out of the men's squash team's control.Last night the Tigers (11-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy) defeated top-ranked Trinity, 5-4, at Jadwin Gym.
Experience plus youthful energy was the key last weekend at the Olympics ? at least at fencing's Junior Olympics.Underclassman talent continued to shine for both the men's and women's fencing team as six freshman and sophomore members fenced at the Junior Olympics this past weekend.
The men's basketball team is in the midst of a dream season. Princeton is currently in the top 10 and has yet to be threatened in the Ivy League.But tonight, the Tigers host arch-rival Penn, which can, by beating Princeton, destroy the dream, strip the Tigers of their national ranking and grab a piece of the Ivy League lead.And if there's one Quaker player the Tigers fear, it's sophomore point guard Michael Jordan, the league's leading scorer."He's fast, he's strong, he can make his shot, he can go either way," Princeton assistant coach John Thompson '88 said. Better with ageLast year, Jordan was named Ivy Rookie of the Year after averaging 12.1 points per game.
