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Timely hitting keys softball to two one-run wins at Mayland tourney

Timely hitting keys softball to two one-run wins at Mayland tourney

When the softball team traveled to College Park, Md., last weekend to play both Maryland and Mary-land-Baltimore County, it didn't expect to have much of a home-field advantage.But after coin tosses determined that Princeton would play as the home team in both games, the Tigers capitalized on the technical home-field advantage by using their final at-bats to defeat both Maryland squads.The Terrapins (9-4 overall) and Princeton (2-0) battled for eight innings, before back-to-back run-scoring doubles by sophomore second baseman Kamilah Briscoe and senior center fielder Bevin Keenen gave the Tigers an encouraging 3-2 come-from-behind win.Princeton was forced into a must-score situation after Maryland scored a two-out run in the top of the eighth.

SPORTS | 03/10/1998

Mistake-plagued men's volleyball fades in defeat to George Mason

In the first game of Friday's men's volleyball match in Fairfax, Va., George Mason reeled off the first five points of the game and fired a sharp blow to the head that sent the men's volleyball team reeling.Princeton staggered through the remainder of the match, eventually succumbing in three straight games, 15-13, 15-11, 15-7.

SPORTS | 03/10/1998

Men's hoops finds higher stakes, more pressure in NCAA tourney this year

Two years ago, Everyone's Favorite Underdog traveled to Indianapolis for a first-round game in the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 03/10/1998

Men's hoops relies on unsung assistants

Sunday night was miserable.Maybe you remember looking out your window at the cold, hard rain as you watched the NCAA Tournament selection show.

SPORTS | 03/10/1998

Women's water polo dominates Ivy rivals, falls to top-10 UMass

When Harvard and Princeton entered the water for their final game in this weekend's Ivy Invitational, the Crimson seemed ready to avenge its loss to the Tigers the weekend before.Earlier this season the two teams met at the Princeton Invitational where Princeton's powerful offense led the Tigers to a 7-5 victory.

SPORTS | 03/10/1998

Individuals shine for track teams at ECAC, IC4A meets

Riding high from their respective Heptagonal victories, the women's and men's track teams competed for individual glory at the Eastern College Athletic Conference and IC4A Championships, respectively.As two-time defending champion, Nicole Harrison had little to prove about her dominance in the east of the 55-meter hurdles.

SPORTS | 03/09/1998

Riflery team makes Mid-Atlantic tourney, surpasses expectations

You would expect students at our nation's military academies to be well-trained in shooting guns.

SPORTS | 03/09/1998

UNLV poses stiff test for men's basketball at NCAAs

During the NCAA tournament back in 1991, UNLV poured in 99 points in its first-round victory over Montana in Tucson, Ariz.

SPORTS | 03/09/1998

Schacter, Woo win as men's tennis falls, 5-2

After taking two contests last week in Jadwin Gym, the men's tennis team (2-1 overall) was on a roll, looking ready to defeat Penn State Saturday.Crushing both Rutgers one week ago and St.

SPORTS | 03/09/1998

Orlow shines as women's hockey shocks Northeastern in playoffs

Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.The women's hockey team learned the truth to that sports adage when the underdog Tigers (12-15-2 overall, 9-13-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) upset defending ECAC champion Northeastern (25-5-4, 17-3-3) Saturday in Boston in the first round of the ECAC tournament."We knew that it was the most important game of the season and that it was going to be rough," sophomore forward Danya Marshman said.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Men's lax upset by Virginia

The dream of an undefeated season died Saturday afternoon. It was officially laid to rest in Charlottesville, Va.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Tie, loss puts men's hockey in seventh place

Entering this weekend's matches against Rensselaer and Union, the men's hockey team had already clinched a spot in the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoff tournament.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Men's basketball fifth seed in East, to open with Runnin' Rebels

Just after 6:30 p.m. yesterday, the men's basketball team got the news it had been waiting for. Princeton will take on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Thursday in Hartford, Conn., in the first round of the NCAA tournament.The Tigers (26-1 overall, 14-0 Ivy League) were rewarded for their dominating season with the fifth seed in the East regional.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Wrestling ends season with last-place finish at EIWAs

Had the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament taken place a weekend later, the wrestling team would have had a reasonable explanation for its terrible luck.Unfortunately for the Tigers, however, not even a Friday the 13th curse could have positioned them in a more dubious situation at Lehigh University Friday.Perhaps emulating the NCAA basketball selection committee, officials at the tournament paired half of Princeton's team members with the No.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Harvard defeats men's swimming for third straight year at Easterns

Harvard turned the tables. Again.For the second time in as many years, the Crimson captured the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships after being upset in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Invitational.

SPORTS | 03/08/1998

Women's hockey looks for upset of Northeastern in ECAC playoffs

The Northeastern women's hockey team enters tomorrow's Eastern College Athletic Conference quarterfinal game having finished the regular season 25-5-5.

SPORTS | 03/05/1998

Wrestling looks to upset favorites at weekend EIWA championships

As the wrestling team heads into the final competition of its season, it faces perhaps its most daunting challenge.

SPORTS | 03/05/1998

Tough battle awaits men's lax at UVa

Perhaps the most exciting event in all of college lacrosse is sudden death overtime. Every play can lead to instant victory or defeat.

SPORTS | 03/05/1998

Men's track to compete at IC4As, use meet to prepare for nationals

They already played and won for their team. Now members of the men's track and field team will get to compete for themselves.Princeton proved that it was the Ivy League's elite team by winning the Heptagonal title last weekend in the final event of the team's indoor season.

SPORTS | 03/05/1998

Harrison, women's track to race at ECAC Championships in Boston

With a Heptagonal team victory solidified and still fresh in their minds, some members of the women's track team must shift focus and concentrate on individual glory at this weekend's Eastern College Athletic Association championships in Boston.For some, the weekend is the last opportunity to qualify for nationals March 13-14.

SPORTS | 03/05/1998

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