Entering this weekend, the women?s tennis team was sitting pretty. Princeton was coming off a big win over perennial power Harvard and was in prime position to take home the Ivy League title.
Coming off the men's golf team's victory in the Ivy League tournament, Princeton went into this weekend looking to defend its home course.The Tigers won the rain-shortened Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club behind the strength of a three-under par 68 by senior captain Judd Pritchard.Pritchard captured the individual title in the competition as the Tigers shot a four-over 288 as a team on the day to take the overall crown.Princeton has now won its past three team tournament championships.The tournament was shortened from two rounds to only the one Saturday due to heavy rainfall and winds Friday. SoftballNeeding a perfect weekend to clinch a share of the Ivy title, Princeton suffered a devastating two-game sweep at the hands of Dartmouth.
Yesterday the baseball team saw its pitching mimic the weekend?s weather: It was sloppy from the beginning, but good when it really mattered.After two full days of doubleheaders against Penn were washed out - a Friday-Saturday pairing quickly turned into Sunday-Monday - Princeton took two average performances from the mound and turned them into wins.
With Penn coming to town today and eight games left in the Ivy League season, it is do-or-die time for baseball."Neither one of us can afford to have a bad weekend," head coach Scott Bradley said.
This weekend marks the confluence of a lot of lacrosse history. The Princeton-Syracuse men's lacrosse rivalry scantly needs repeating.
An Ivy League title is the culmination of many months of sustained effort. Each athlete commits hundreds of hours to being in the gym, on the court and sometimes even with the trainer.
So maybe you think that games for the men's lacrosse team don't count unless it's Memorial Day, and there's a wooden national championship trophy to be won.You might have to think again, because while there is a different holiday approaching, this weekend is huge.The No.
Three-hundred and sixty-three days ago, the women's lacrosse team met up with Dartmouth in the game that in recent years has determined the Ivy League champion.There was no Hanover Miracle, however, as the Tigers fell in the yearly matchup that could be compared to the Princeton-Penn game in men's basketball.
Away games are a natural part of an athletic season. Other than the occasional case of bus legs and hostile fans, the risks to athletes traveling to events off campus have traditionally been limited.
This past weekend, Princeton was a site on the "road to the Final Four." It hosted part of a national Sweet 16 where teams such as Stanford, Illinois, Penn State and Princeton came together to vie for the rights to a national title.
Tonight is a big night for football head coach Roger Hughes. After several weeks of spring training, the new Tiger coach will take command of the orange and black from the sidelines for the first time in a game situation.Princeton will have an intrasquad game this evening at the Princeton University Stadium at 6:00 pm.
When the Penn women's lacrosse team scored two goals within a minute of each other with eight minutes, three seconds to play in the first half ? bringing the score within four at 7-3 ? it was not instigating a rally.
Coming into this weekend's Ivy League Championship at Metedeconk National Golf Course, the men's golf team had struggled to maintain a consistent level of play.
Two combatants, clad in their traditional armor, lie crouched in the middle of a field, with only a small rubber ball and a painted line between them.
When the smallest player on the court makes a block at the net, it can be the kind of play that sparks an underdog to an improbable upset.In the third game of the men's volleyball team's regular season finale against Penn State Saturday, the two teams were tied 1-1 in games.
The softball team's scheduled doubleheader against Hofstra at the Tigers' 1895 Field was cancelled yesterday due to inclement weather.
The 1975 Cup and the Childs Cup are in familiar hands. For the 11th and sixth times, respectively, the women's open and the men's heavyweight boats were able to coast to victory, capturing their respective trophies this weekend.
It seems that at nearly every meet the men's outdoor track team competes in, the Tigers get strong performances from complementary athletes, who manage to individually step up and support the cornerstones of the team.At the Hurricane Invitational, it was freshmen David Gary and Jon Bell.
Danielle Stramandi just smiles ? and with the slightest embarrassment ? explains some of the awards she has earned so far this year.There are a lot.
When senior captain Judd Pritchard of the men's golf team was a freshman, he found victory when he won the individual Ivy League title.
