Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Boyle, Streibel repeat as MLL champs

    PU graduates part of Barrage attack By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The first back-to-back championship in Major League Lacrosse history came with a pair of players who know plenty about winning – Ryan Boyle and Matt Streibel.    The Princeton University graduates were instrumental in helping the Philadelphia Barrage take a 16-13 title win over the…

  • Column: New PU field is a year away

    Tigers doing it right By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Princeton University men’s soccer team will open its season tonight against Loyola (Md.), which is nothing new since they’ve started the season against the Greyhounds nine years in a row.    What will be different for the Tigers will be the venue, as they will play…

  • PU basketball recalls van Breda Kolff

    Former Tiger coach left mark By: Justin Feil   Forty years after Butch van Breda Kolff left Princeton University to be head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, his influence remains strong among the Tigers men’s basketball family.    The family lost one of its patriarchs when van Breda Kolff died Wednesday at the age of 84…

  • Disaster behind PU women’s soccer

    Tigers start season as fitter group By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University women’s soccer team fully expects to bounce back from what they label a disaster.    It took a four-game winning streak at the end of last year just to finish with an 8-7-1 record, its 10th straight winning season. The four-game streak in which…

  • Foran ready for fun at QB

    PU senior has chance to take over for Terrell By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    In past seasons, the Princeton University football team and head coach Roger Hughes tried to figure ways to get Bill Foran’s athleticism on the field.    Last fall, Foran spent time on the Tigers’ punt coverage, kickoff, kick return and punt…

  • Captain Jack seventh at Worlds

    Hun sophomore is top sailor By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Jack McCarthy’s Hun School classmates know that he is a sailor, and they know that is fairly accomplished. Just how accomplished they will find out soon.    ”They don’t know yet I sailed in a world-wide event,” said the Princeton Junction resident. “It’ll be a…

  • Swimmers have balanced approach to college

    Peddie grads look for academic and athletic success By: Bob Nuse   While at the Peddie School, West Windsor residents Josh Charnin-Aker and Peter Park enjoyed the balance between academics and athletics.    Now, as the pair conclude a successful summer of swimming and prepare to move on to college, they’ve each found what they hope to…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Plea for a Carril Classic By: Bob Nuse    There are some things you just know won’t happen.    This week there has been a steady stream of emails coming into the office with matchups for college basketball tournaments.    The O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic. The 2K Sports College Hoops Classic. The Blue Ribbon Challenge.    These events…

  • Bradley brings winning to US soccer

    Bradley brings winning to US soccer

    Since leaving Princeton University, Bob Bradley has climbed the soccer coaching ladder of success and is now the head coach of th U.S. National Team.