Princeton University Athletics
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August 01, 2000 | General
The softball team was off to a strong 14-6 start when promising sophomore pitcher Maureen Davies tossed her first complete-game no-hitter in an 11-0 victory over Seton Hall. Davies, the 1994 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, struck out 10 and walked none for the 25th-ranked Tigers, who had just broken into the national rankings. The no-hitter was the highlight of Davies' dominating week, which included a 6-0 record and a 0.23 ERA.
It was a magical season for Davies (27-7) and the Tigers as they earned their first trip to the Women's College World Series, where eight teams battled for the national championship. All-Americas Jen Babik and Mandy Pfeiffer helped lead Princeton to a school-record 49 wins--49-11 overall, 12-0 Ivy League. [Davies currently is a volunteer assistant coach with the softball team.]
10 years ago March 25, 1990
The 200-yard medley relay foursome, consisting of seniors Mike Ross, Ty Nelson, Erik Osborn and freshman Leroy Kim, shattered the Princeton, NCAA, U.S. Open and American records with a time of 1:27.31 at the NCAA swimming championships. The race was later highlighted by ESPN in its coverage of the event.
Princeton, which also had won the same relay the year before with Rich Korhammer and Rob Musslewhite joining Ross and Nelson, placed 13th as a team at the NCAA meet. Earlier in the year the Tigers had claimed their seventh in a string of nine Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championships.
35 years ago March 20, 1965
Bill Bradley played the last basketball game in jersey No. 42. The Tigers met Wichita State in the consolation game of the NCAA Final Four, having lost to Michigan in the semifinals. Bradley closed his career with a shocking 58-point effort in a 118-82 victory. At that time it was not only the most points scored in an NCAA tournament game, but it also was the most points scored in any college game.
Today Bradley's 58 points are second all-time in NCAA tournament play behind Notre Dame's Austin Carr's 61 in 1970, and the team's 118 points are the most ever scored by a Princeton team. Bradley also established the mark for points in an NCAA tournament through five games with 177, topping Jerry West and Hal Lear, who had shared the mark at 160. As a team, the Tigers also claimed the NCAA tournament mark for points in a game with 118, Princeton had set the record two games earlier with a 109-69 victory over Providence at the NCAA regionals.
The tournament's outstanding player, Bradley left the court to a thunderous four-minute ovation and would be later named a unanimous All-America. He is Princeton's career scoring leader and averaged 30.5 points per game in 1964-65.
by Josh Fien-Helfman '02