Maybe the men's baseball team has been tired after a long days of classes. Or maybe it prefers seven-inning Ivy doubleheader games on weekends to the nine-inning non-league games played on weekday afternoons.
Six members of the equestrian team took part in the Regional Finals Saturday at Briarwood Farms in Readington, and three placed.
Great golfers muster strong scores on tough courses.At this weekend's Navy Invitational, windy, rainy conditions forced the men's golf team to improvise, piecing together the best score possible with the given ingredients.Sunday, the first hole gave junior Rob Hays a major headache.
Count on the men's tennis team for some great performances this season, because it's on a roll.Off and running after a double-win weekend, Princeton swept George Washington at the Lenz Tennis Center yesterday afternoon."They're a good team," senior No.
The women's tennis team entered the season with the goal of winning the Ivy League. But nonetheless, questions remained about whether Princeton would be a legitimate contender.
Traditionally dominating the ranks of eastern collegiate crew, the women's open and lightweight teams finally got the chance to conquer both Atlantic and Pacific waters on the same weekend.
After last season's 12-8 loss to Villanova, women's water polo head coach Paul Nelson said, "I think we're really on par with Villanova."Coming from someone else, the words might have been nothing more than confidence-building coach-speak, but Nelson's record of no-nonsense analysis and brutal honesty ? about both his team's shortcomings and its strengths ? makes his assessment one for Princeton's opponents to take seriously.Nelson had to wait a year to be vindicated, but the Tigers' 7-2 win over Villanova Friday showed the Wildcats that his words are worth believing, if they didn't believe them already. More winsAfter thrashing the Wildcats in Villanova, Pa., Princeton went on to beat West Chester, 16-2, James Madison, 16-0 and Penn, 12-3 Saturday and Sunday at George Washington.Princeton (18-6 overall, 7-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association) ended the weekend with a 4-0 record, earning the No.
There was little doubt that men's tennis loved its 4-3 victory over Brown Friday at Lenz Tennis Center.In fact, the Tigers (9-7 overall, 3-1 Ivy) enjoyed the win so much they had a repeat performance Saturday against visiting Ivy League rival Yale Saturday, beating the Elis 4-3 to sweep the weekend and add two wins to their total of seven already compiled this spring.Against Brown, three of Princeton's top four singles players posted wins: senior No.
The men's heavyweight rowing team was supposed to continue its season Saturday at Rutgers, until it received a pleasant surprise.Originally scheduled as an away race, the heavyweights found themselves on the friendly waters of Lake Carnegie for their unexpected home opener over the weekend.The race was forced to move to Princeton from Rutgers after the downpour late last week flooded the Raritan River.
The baseball team came out with its adrenaline pumping Saturday. After all, it was Princeton's Ivy League season opener against none other than Harvard, defending league champions.
Through the first five games of the season, the women's lacrosse team had averaged over 13 goals per game.
New hopes, new season, new track.Saturday's Sam Howell Memorial Invitational represented two firsts: the first outdoor meet of the season, and more importantly, the first-ever competition held at Princeton's new William W.
Spectators at recent men's lacrosse games have gotten double their money's worth. For the price of one ticket, they have been able to watch two distinctly different Princeton squads.But if it were up to the Tigers and their fans, there would be no more "two for the price of one" deals.
Until Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Temple, the softball team was 5-7 when its opponent scored first.
An implicit understanding of each other. An innate ability to know what your teammates are thinking.Call it chemistry.
Good hitting breeds good hitting. If softball's last few games are any indication, the Tigers' hitting should continue to improve.Tuesday the Tigers (6-6) slaughtered Drexel at 1895 Field, 9-1 and 10-4, with a display of the hitting power that Princeton hopes to exhibit again this weekend when it faces head coach Cindy Cohen's alma mater, Temple, in Philadelphia.Freshman catcher Devon Keefe will be looked upon to repeat her impressive performance against Drexel, when she went 5for 6 with six RBI and three runs scored in the first game and launched herself into the team lead in hitting with a .368 average.
Just one little blip in an otherwise smooth program of excellence, that's all. Nothing to worry about.For the women's lacrosse team, the start of the 1997 season was a disappointment for the traditionally powerful Tigers.
The baseball team is not one for pacing itself. Instead of easing into their Ivy League schedule, the Tigers kick it off with a bang with back-to-back doubleheaders this weekend against the league's two best teams.Saturday, the team faces Harvard, which has won the Ivy League the past two seasons and beat Princeton in last meeting of the two teams ? the Ivy Championship last spring.
A star is lost, but a team is found.Last year the story of the women's golf team was the story of Mary Moan '97.
In men's golf's fall season, the five-member starting squad produced the best scoring averages Princeton golfers have enjoyed in about a decade.
