In the animal kingdom, all animals are guided by a carnivorous territorial nature, attacking with haste those who spoil or dare enter their territory.
The football team's offense executed with near-perfection on two drives against Colgate. The first resulted in no points.
It was a feeling the men's soccer team hadn't experienced in a long time: an early lead.The pressure off the offense to produce goals.
The sprint football team had been waiting for the chance to play a Penn squad without Tim Ortman.
All season, the women's soccer team has relied on its defense. With six shutouts and only one goal allowed in seven games, Princeton's defenders have looked as though no one could get past them.
As the women's soccer team takes the trip south to Richmond, Va., this weekend to compete in the Richmond Spider Classic, it comes upon the midpoint of its season.The Tigers will take on the home team, the Richmond Spiders, in their first game tonight at 8 p.m.
The dizzying descent stopped with the dull thud of Mike Nugent's cleats colliding with the ball.The junior forward slipped a shot passed Vytas Lenkutis 56 minutes into men's soccer's game against Farleigh Dickinson, 60 seconds after the Knights had tied the score at one.It was not a minute too soon.The 2-1 victory may be what the Tigers needed to stop their spinning season from spiraling out of control.After starting the year with four straight victories, Princeton bungled its way through three losses.Problems that had been hinted at in their early wins roared to the surface.
If history repeats itself this weekend, the field hockey team (5-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) which travels to Norfolk, Va., to take on North Carolina and Old Dominion , is in for a challenge.
226 yards and four touchdowns.Last year, Penn running back Tim Ortman torched the sprint football team with those numbers, leading the Quakers to a 49-12 rout in Weaver Stadium to close out the season.Ortman's gone ? lost to graduation ? but Penn still poses several problems for the Tigers going into tonight's home opener."They have a real tough defensive line," head coach Keith Wadsworth said.
Following a dramatic comeback against Columbia last week, the football team must not rest on its laurels.
This weekend when the football team travels to scenic central New York to take on Colgate, Princeton's offense should differ very little from previous weeks.The Tiger attack will again feature a blend of powerful running by senior tailback Kyle Brandt, the speedy sweeps of sophomore halfback Ismael El-Amin, long passes to sophomore wide receiver Chisom Opara and flares to senior fullback Marty Cheatham out of the backfield.The only difference will be the player who gets the ball to each of the aforementioned players ? the quarterback.Senior Jon Blevins will start under center for Princeton on Saturday for the first time in the 2000 season, because of a broken right wrist suffered by junior Tommy Crenshaw against Columbia last Saturday.
I really am an eternal optimist. The glass is always half-full. I can see the silver lining in any cloud.
Former Princeton star center Steve Goodrich '98 has signed a contract with the Chicago Bulls to compete for a spot on the team's final roster.The terms of the deal, which was made Tuesday, were not disclosed.Goodrich spent last season playing for the Baltimore BayRunners of the International Basketball League, averaging 10.8 points and 4.4 assists per game.The former Tiger also spent last preseason competing for a spot with the Philadelphia 76ers, before being cut just before the season started.Goodrich has turned into more of an inside threat since leaving Princeton in 11th place on the all-time Tiger scoring list.
With the start of the Ivy League season just around the corner, the Princeton women's volleyball team played its final non-conference tune-up last night in Riverdale, N.Y., falling to Manhattan, 3-1.The Tigers were able to eke out a 15-13 win in the match's opening game.
The field hockey team, currently 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League, has definitely been the class of the conference to date this season.
This year's women's tennis team may be expected to repeat the successes of last year up and down the ladder.
Recently senior offensive lineman Ike Himowitz of the sprint football team sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Sophia Hollander.'Prince': Sprint football is a lesser known sport.
After toppling Ivy archrival Yale and the rest of the competition at the Dartmouth Invitational Sept.
The men's soccer team had had enough.Yesterday afternoon in Teaneck, N.J., the Tigers put an end to their three-game losing streak and offensive frustrations by winning 2-1 over host Farleigh Dickinson.After the Knights (6-5-1 overall, 3-1 NEC) tied the game at one apiece in the 55th minute, junior forward Mike Nugent came storming back less than a minute later, scoring the game winner off an assist from sophomore Bob Nye.
The women's volleyball team is hot.After finishing a strong second in the Juniata ASICS Collegiate Invitational last weekend, Princeton will take the heat on the road, as the Tigers travel to face a familiar foe, Manhattan College, tonight.Princeton? now 9-4 on the season ? has already played the Jaspers once this year at the St.
