Though you won't find it in any textbook, the second law of intercollegiate athletics clearly states that a school's biggest rival is always the conference opponent of closest geographic proximity.
After four hours of rallying back and forth against Harvard, the men's squash team was unable to defend its Ivy League title Sunday at Jadwin Gym.In the final match of the day, Harvard's Shondip Ghosh defeated sophomore No.
?Jason Bodner is the Senior Sports Editor at The Daily PennsylvanianOh Princeton basketball, I feel sorry for you.
One day after sweeping through their competition at home both the men's and women's fencing teams saw their Ivy League title hopes dashed Sunday as Penn cruised past both teams by the identical score of 15-12.The Tiger women suffered their first Ivy League loss of the season as Penn pulled away in the sabre competition by winning 8-1.
Just days after the women's basketball team hit the highlight of its year thus far, Princeton had another season turnaround ? this time in the wrong direction.
At Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday, sophomore forward Kyle Wente was 9-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 for three pointers and, most importantly, one-for-one on miracle last-second shots.Wente saved the men's basketball team from being swept on the road this weekend with a career-high 22 points and an end-game heave from 25 feet out.
It has happened so often this season that, even the night before, the men's hockey team seemed to see it coming.
After victories in three out of its last four games coming into this weekend, many hockey pundits would have predicted that Princeton would be able to come out and take it to Brown for a substantial victory.The Tigers (11-10-2 overall, 6-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Confer-ence) did come to play, but a Bear scoring streak midway through the third helped Brown (13-3-3, 10-3-3) pull away for a 6-2 victory.Would-be ice hockey Nostradamuses out there would then take a look at that loss and forecast that Princeton would get destroyed by Harvard on Sunday.
Last weekend, the women's basketball team finally found what it had been looking for ? a way to win.
In all of athletics, perhaps the most important physical concept is that of momentum. While certainly the applications of force and the need for acceleration are vital to success in any sport ? as well as a touch of chaos theory in the guise of luck ? gaining momentum at the right time can bolster a team's confidence and increase its quality of play.Coming off a series of home victories, including a vital Ivy sweep last weekend, the men's basketball team travels to the northern reaches of the Ancient Eight to battle Dartmouth tomorrow, and Harvard on Saturday.Princeton (9-7 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) currently shares the Ivy lead with Penn (7-12, 4-0) heading into their Nordic excursions.
After knocking off the Eastern College Athletic Conference leader last Friday, the men's hockey team has a chance to repeat the feat tonight at Baker Rink.The Tigers beat St.
The countdown has officially begun for the women's hockey team. With only eight games remaining in the regular season Princeton needs to turn in key wins this weekend as they shoot for the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs.The road to the playoffs, however, is getting slippery for the squad as it makes its final attempts toward making the tournament.Princeton (10-9-2 overall, 2-5-0 Ivy League), however, looks to this weekend's games against No.
Friday, Feb. 9 Men's basketball at Dartmouth (7:30 p.m. in Hanover, N.H.) Men's ice hockey vs.
It is the most stressful shot that anyone can take in a basketball game: the buzzer-beater. It becomes even more stressful when the game is on the line, and one shot is the only difference between winning and losing.This is the situation that sophomore forward Lee Culp found herself in last Saturday against Yale.
When the women's water polo team kicks off its season tonight at DeNunzio Pool against Hawaii, 14 of the 15 Princeton athletes who brought home a victory at the Eastern Championships last spring and reached the second round of the national championships will be available to play.
In her time at Princeton, Katherine Kixmiller has witnessed and participated in the remarkable growth of a young athletic program.Four years ago, Kixmiller joined women's water polo, in its second season as a varsity sport, as part of an initial class of recruits.An instant contributor, the senior driver quickly established herself as one of the team's primary offensive weapons, tallying 60 goals in her freshman campaign for a young team that earned a berth in the national tournament.Since then the Tigers have improved rapidly, adding talented players and climbing the national rankings ? reaching heights almost unheard of for an east coast school ? with Kixmiller as an important part of that success.Having nearly spanned the inception of women's water polo as a varsity sport to the present, Kixmiller has a unique perspective on the rise of the program."Every game was really rough [freshman year], because the players didn't have the background and the team didn't have the talent level it has now, we really had to fight every game.
It has been a while since the two have tangled, but they'll get plenty of chances starting Friday.
On Jan. 26th, as most Princeton students were boarding planes, trains, and automobiles, the men's and women's track teams had just their feet to carry them through the National Open at Penn State.This Saturday, as most Princeton students straggled lazily back to campus after a week of vegging in front of the television, lying on the beach, or meandering down ski slopes, the men's and women's track teams were both still cruising in high gear heading into important tri-meets.The men were headed back to Happy Valley where they took on their host and the University of Connecticut.
When a team manages to lose nine out of ten games, including eight in a row, you would think shoddy play is the main culprit.
So Keith "Wolf" Elias '94 finally got a chance to shine on national television in his home state of New Jersey.It wasn't for the NFL's Jets or Giants.It was for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL.
