The offense has sputtered recently like the engine of an aging car, stopping for stretches then speeding in spurts, causing consternation and several near-crashes.
The 'Street' isn't the only place to look for action this weekend. DeNunzio Pool will be in a water polo frenzy as the Tigers (20-3 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) host the Eastern Championships.
Men's tennis head coach David Benjamin ? who will coach his team for the final time tomorrow against Georgetown ? will be inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Hall of Fame on May 24 in Athens, Ga.After 26 seasons at the helm of the Princeton program, Benjamin has built up a 362-161 record with the Tigers.
In college sports, it doesn't get much bigger than the Penn Relays. On Saturday ? the most important day of the competition ? over 40,000 people regularly pack the stadium to witness one of the world's greatest track meets.
With one minute left in the first half it seemed as if an upset was brewing.The women's lacrosse team (12-3 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) had scored back-to-back goals in a 40 second span to bring the Tigers back within two goals at 6-4.Maryland (16-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) made sure that burst of hope was short lived, however, as Terrapin midfielder Quinn Carney calmly flipped the ball to cutting attack Allison Comito for a quick goal with 14 seconds left on the clock.Off the faceoff after Comito's goal, junior midfielder Julie Shaner took the ball downfield on a fast break and fired an open shot just over the top of the net as time expired.Princeton would not regain the momentum for the rest of the evening and Maryland cruised to a 14-6 win last night at Princeton Stadium."I think if we had answered there it would have been a big momentum builder," head coach Chris Sailer said.
When children start playing lacrosse, they flock to the glamour positions.All youngsters like scoring goals, so many try to play attack.
Although the baseball team used three equally dominating pitchers to power its way past visiting Temple yesterday, one in particular made his mark at Clarke Field ? and in the record books as well.Freshman reliever David Boehle broke the single season saves record in the Tigers' 4-1 victory over the Owls (14-24-3), as the hurler garnered his eighth of the season.
The year was 1994. The women's lacrosse team was going into the NCAA final against a Maryland squad that had given the Tigers its only loss of the season.
Nearing the end of their collegiate tennis careers, seniors Amanda Hastings-Phillips and Ahn Ahn Liu are in similar positions ? both are completing strong seasons at No.
There was a glimmer of hope at the end of football's disappointing 1999 campaign. Going into the fourth quarter, the team held an 18-point lead over Dartmouth in the final game of the season.Roger Hughes, then offensive coordinator for the Big Green, extinguished that light, erasing the deficit and sending the Tigers to the bottom of the Ivy League.Now, the same man will try to restore hope and the winning attitude of past Princeton teams.
Sophomore Brie Galicinao is a pitcher/first baseman for the softball team. She recently sat down with senior writer Paul Esposito.Prince: Why did you play softball, as opposed to any other sport?Galicinao: It wasn't actually my first sport.
The winningest football program in the Ivy League over the last 13 years, Princeton finished last season tied for last in the Ivies with Columbia, which had the least wins over that 13-year span by 20.
Normally, athlete of the week ? like the sport of tennis ? focuses on the individual.
When people say "that's just the way the ball bounces," they usually mean to trivialize something.
In a weekend that was determined by events that were out of the softball team's control, the Tigers lost just that ? control.Princeton let its Ivy League destiny slip out of its hands in a weekend of bad weather and worse results, as it lost two games to Dartmouth while both games against Harvard were postponed.In order for the Tigers (17-21 overall, 6-4 Ivy League) to remain in charge of their postseason path, they would have had to rip through the weekend without a loss.The Big Green (19-11, 4-2) quickly dashed Princeton's hopes.
Penn came to Clarke Field this weekend to question the strength of the baseball team's four-year hold on the Gehrig Division crown.
Judd Pritchard has been quietly leading the men's golf team all season. Overshadowed somewhat by the championship play of freshman Nat Hoopes in last week's Ivy League tournament, the senior captain was back in the spotlight this weekend.Pritchard led the Tigers to their third straight tournament win on Saturday, as the team defended its home course in the Princeton Invitational.
After losing a tough first race against No. 2 Brown to start the season, the women's open varsity eight boat has bounced back, dominating its competitors.
It might have been one day early, but it was a resurrection nonetheless.Down by three goals to No.
The men's lacrosse team begins every season with one goal in mind ? winning the Ivy League Championship.
