It Would Have Been Funny

Something happened to TigerBlog the other day that made him think "this would be a funny way to start a new entry this week."

And now he can't remember what it was. 

It did remind him of this old Pete Carril quote: 

“One of the signs of dementia is that you can remember things from a long time ago but you can't remember what you just did. I read an article about this. I can remember the starting lineup for the old Minneapolis Laker teams. I went to a reunion in Reading of the 1961 team. I think Gary [Walters] was a sub on that team as a sophomore. We made it to the Eastern finals that year. Anyway, I could remember where each of them sat in the classroom. I thought to myself 'dementia; that's what I have.' And then I couldn't remember I read the story, so I thought I was okay, right?” 

Ah yes. There's a Carril quote for everything. 

TB can remember exactly where he was when Carril said that to him, even though it was 18 years ago. He just can't remember what it was that was so funny the other day. 

That quote comes from THIS STORY that TB wrote about Carril in 2007.  

Anyway, whatever it was the other day, it was funny. 

You can laugh now. 

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If you're in the Eastern time zone, you'll have to stay up late to see Princeton alums in the pros on TV.

The Golden State Valkyries of the WNBA take on the Chicago Sky tonight at 10 Eastern in a game that can be seen on ION. The Valkyries are an expansion team, but they're off to a reasonable start, with a record of 7-7 to date. 

The Valkyries are in a three-way tie, along with Indiana and Las Vegas, for sixth place in the league. They're also one-half game ahead of Washington, who is coached by Princeton alum Sydney Johnson.

Speaking of Princeton alums, Kaitlyn Chen is a rookie on Golden State. Chen, a three-time Most Outstanding Player at the Ivy League tournament who then went on to win the NCAA title at UConn last year as a grad student, made her WNBA debut earlier this week with five points in 20 minutes of gametime. 

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This week's edition of the Premier Lacrosse League comes from San Diego, where there will be two games tonight and two more tomorrow. All four of those games feature at least one former Princeton Tiger.

Game 1 features the California Redwoods (with Princeton alum Sam English) against the Denver Outlaws at 9 Eastern, followed at 11:30 with the Utah Archers and the New York Atlas. That second game has all kinds of Princeton connections, with Jake Stevens on the Atlas and Beau Pederson, Tom Schreiber and Ryan Ambler all on the Archers, who are coached by former Tiger head coach Chris Bates. 

The other team in the league that's loaded with Princetonians is the Philadelphia Waterdogs, who have Michael Sowers and Zach Currier, not to mention head coach Bill Tierney. The Waterdogs will play California at 6 Eastern tomorrow, with the Boston Cannons (with Coulter Mackesy and Alexander Vardaro) and Carolina Chaos at 8:30.  

Sowers leads the league in assists with 15 and is second in points with 20. Mackesy did not have a goal in his first game but has back-to-back three-goal games since. 

In all, Princeton's alums have combined for 27 goals and 23 assists through the first four weeks of the season.  

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Princeton fencing was well represented at the Pan American Championships in Brazil. 

From the story on goprincetontigers.com:

The women's épée event saw Princeton fencers take home three medals, with incoming freshman Ruien (Angel) Xiao finishing second, rising junior Hadley Husisian taking third, and Kasia Nixon '21 also taking third as three of the four semifinalists were Princetonians. Argentine Isabel Di Tella defeated American Husisian 15-8 in one semi while Xiao, fencing for Canada, getting a touch past U.S. fencer Nixon 15-14. Di Tella was a touch in front of Xiao 13-12 in the final. Tristan Szapary '24 defeated Venezuelan fencer Ruben Limardo Gascon 15-7 to win the men's épée title, and Maia Chamberlain '22 defeated Mexico's Natalia Botello 15-12 to win the women's saber title. Rising junior Alexandra Lee finished 14th in the women's saber competition.  

The team competitions will be held today and tomorrow.