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Men's club basketball team wins Hamilton Township League title

Men's club basketball team wins Hamilton Township League title

There was no "Sea of Orange." The court did not shake. George Will GS '68 probably never referred to the Princeton club basketball team as "a leading indicator of cultural growth."None of that matters to the players, however.

SPORTS | 04/08/1998

Temple trounces women's lacrosse

With only a 15-game regular season, there are few contests the women's lacrosse team can afford to lose.

SPORTS | 04/08/1998

Women's tennis crushes Rutgers, forced inside to complete match

For the women's tennis team, the main goal of the season is to win the Ivy League. With a 4-0 record, Princeton currently stands atop the conference standings.

SPORTS | 04/08/1998

Pitching staff catalyst for baseball's success

When baseball opened its Ivy League slate this past weekend, it knew that pitching would be essential to its success.

SPORTS | 04/08/1998

Women's golf earns fourth place at frigid Boston College invite

Julia Allison has won three golf tournaments in her career. And she's played in only six tournaments.The freshman has quickly risen to the top of the predominantly young women's golf team, continuing her success with a second consecutive victory.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

Softball extends winning streak to seven with sweep of Blue Hens

The softball team sauntered onto 1895 Field yesterday riding a five-game winning streak thanks to a rejuvenated offense that had produced 32 runs in the last four games.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

Baseball wastes Evans' pair of homers in loss to Rider

Maybe the men's baseball team has been tired after a long days of classes. Or maybe it prefers seven-inning Ivy doubleheader games on weekends to the nine-inning non-league games played on weekday afternoons.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

News and Notes

Six members of the equestrian team took part in the Regional Finals Saturday at Briarwood Farms in Readington, and three placed.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

Men's golf finishes seventh in strong field at Navy invite

Great golfers muster strong scores on tough courses.At this weekend's Navy Invitational, windy, rainy conditions forced the men's golf team to improvise, piecing together the best score possible with the given ingredients.Sunday, the first hole gave junior Rob Hays a major headache.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

Men's tennis drops only one set in 7-0 whitewashing of Colonials

Count on the men's tennis team for some great performances this season, because it's on a roll.Off and running after a double-win weekend, Princeton swept George Washington at the Lenz Tennis Center yesterday afternoon."They're a good team," senior No.

SPORTS | 04/07/1998

Women's tennis adds pair of wins to spotless Ivy record

The women's tennis team entered the season with the goal of winning the Ivy League. But nonetheless, questions remained about whether Princeton would be a legitimate contender.

SPORTS | 04/06/1998

Women's crew clinches first win of season over Rutgers

Traditionally dominating the ranks of eastern collegiate crew, the women's open and lightweight teams finally got the chance to conquer both Atlantic and Pacific waters on the same weekend.

SPORTS | 04/06/1998

Women's water polo finishes up regular season with four victories

After last season's 12-8 loss to Villanova, women's water polo head coach Paul Nelson said, "I think we're really on par with Villanova."Coming from someone else, the words might have been nothing more than confidence-building coach-speak, but Nelson's record of no-nonsense analysis and brutal honesty ? about both his team's shortcomings and its strengths ? makes his assessment one for Princeton's opponents to take seriously.Nelson had to wait a year to be vindicated, but the Tigers' 7-2 win over Villanova Friday showed the Wildcats that his words are worth believing, if they didn't believe them already. More winsAfter thrashing the Wildcats in Villanova, Pa., Princeton went on to beat West Chester, 16-2, James Madison, 16-0 and Penn, 12-3 Saturday and Sunday at George Washington.Princeton (18-6 overall, 7-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association) ended the weekend with a 4-0 record, earning the No.

SPORTS | 04/06/1998

Men's tennis downs Yale, Brown for three-game league win streak

There was little doubt that men's tennis loved its 4-3 victory over Brown Friday at Lenz Tennis Center.In fact, the Tigers (9-7 overall, 3-1 Ivy) enjoyed the win so much they had a repeat performance Saturday against visiting Ivy League rival Yale Saturday, beating the Elis 4-3 to sweep the weekend and add two wins to their total of seven already compiled this spring.Against Brown, three of Princeton's top four singles players posted wins: senior No.

SPORTS | 04/06/1998

Men's crew excels with wins over Rutgers, Hoyas

The men's heavyweight rowing team was supposed to continue its season Saturday at Rutgers, until it received a pleasant surprise.Originally scheduled as an away race, the heavyweights found themselves on the friendly waters of Lake Carnegie for their unexpected home opener over the weekend.The race was forced to move to Princeton from Rutgers after the downpour late last week flooded the Raritan River.

SPORTS | 04/06/1998

Baseball opens Ivy schedule by taking three of four from Harvard, Dartmouth

The baseball team came out with its adrenaline pumping Saturday. After all, it was Princeton's Ivy League season opener against none other than Harvard, defending league champions.

SPORTS | 04/05/1998

Women's lax dominates Cornell, no match for Virginia

Through the first five games of the season, the women's lacrosse team had averaged over 13 goals per game.

SPORTS | 04/05/1998

New facility opens as track teams host Sam Howell Memorial invite

New hopes, new season, new track.Saturday's Sam Howell Memorial Invitational represented two firsts: the first outdoor meet of the season, and more importantly, the first-ever competition held at Princeton's new William W.

SPORTS | 04/05/1998

Massey, Hubbard lead men's lacrosse to win over Brown

Spectators at recent men's lacrosse games have gotten double their money's worth. For the price of one ticket, they have been able to watch two distinctly different Princeton squads.But if it were up to the Tigers and their fans, there would be no more "two for the price of one" deals.

SPORTS | 04/05/1998

Miller retires 19 of last 21 as softball sweeps

Until Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Temple, the softball team was 5-7 when its opponent scored first.

SPORTS | 04/05/1998

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