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Vol. LXI, No. 47
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Vol. LXI, No. 47
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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(Photo by Bill Allen/NJ SportAction)
YOUNG AT HEART: Princeton University women’s hockey goalie Kristen Young saves a shot by Colgate’s Sam Hunt in Princeton’s 3-0 win over the Raiders last Saturday. Young made 27 saves as she recorded her first shutout of the season. |
Coming into last Friday night’s game against visiting Cornell, goalie Kristen Young had gotten off to a sizzling start this season for the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team.
The junior from Calgary, Alberta had posted a 2.16 goals against average in Princeton’s previous nine games and had already been named the ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL) Goalie of the Week twice.
After getting a brief audition earlier this season due to injury, junior quarterback Brian Anderson got the chance to play a leading role for the Princeton University football team in its season finale last Saturday at Dartmouth.
It was a defeat that could have dampened the spirit of the Princeton High girls’ tennis team.
Losing 3-2 to its nemesis Wall Township in the Central Jersey Group III sectional final in early November to suffer its first loss of the season, PHS could’ve gone through the motions in its remaining regular season matches.
The Hun School boys’ soccer team’s season finale against St. Benedict’s in the state Prep A final was a microcosm of an uneven fall.
Battling the 18-time Prep champion Gray Bees, Hun showed flashes of brilliance and never stopped fighting. Yet in the end, Hun came up just short, losing 2-0.
The loss left the Raiders with a 14-6 final record and ruing what might’ve been in a fall of near misses.
Over the last few years, the Princeton Day School girls’ tennis team has been building something special.
After posting a 2-11 record in 2005 which saw PDS lose several close matches, the Panthers started winning the tight matches a year later as they improved to 8-7.