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Men's swimming unable to compete in NCAA Championships

Men's swimming unable to compete in NCAA Championships

Miles Hinson

After a fantastic performance at the Ivy League Championships, the Princeton men’s swimming team will be unable to compete at NCAA Championships, men's swimming head coach Rob Orr said. "While the past 48 hourshave been extremely tough for our team and alumni, I am blown away by their maturity, positive attitude and camaraderie and support that they all have displayed in such difficult moments," Coach Orr stated when reached for comment.

SPORTS | 03/27/2015

Women’s water polo team completes trip out west

Miles Hinson

The women’s water polo team has kept up its successful season over the last two weekends, winning seven of their eight games over spring break.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Softball team gets ready for Ivy League play and home openers

Sydney Mandelbaum

This weekend, the women’s softball team will open up Ivy League play in a doubleheader against Brown on Saturday and will then take on Rider University on Sunday.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Young defense faces tough challenge against No. 15 Brown

Andrew Steele

Boasting four of the country’s top 20 teams, the Ivy League doubtlessly ranks among college lacrosse’s most challenging conferences.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Men’s and women’s golf look toward successful spring season

Tom Pham

In their first events of the spring season, both the men’s and women’s golf teams impressed.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Men’s volleyball fall against ranked opponents over spring break

Andrew Steele

Earlier this season, a home win over then-No. 13 Harvard marked just the third time in program history that the Princeton men’s volleyball team (8-7 overall, 4-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) had registered two wins over ranked opponents — its first had come against Cal State Northridge.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers see tough teams, signs of hope

Tom Pham

The Princeton men’s baseball team (3-13) will look to pick up its form in its first Ivy League matchups of the season this weekend when it faces Brown and Yale at Clarke Field in doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Entering their spring break trip with a 1-6 record, the Tigers hoped to add to their win total as they faced off against University of Maryland (17-4), East Carolina University (16-8) and Navy (16-8) in Maryland and North Carolina.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers prepare for Ivy League opponents with strong Spring Break showing

Grant Keating

The Princeton women’s softball team emerged from a hefty spring break schedule with a record of 7-12 after two tournaments and series against Georgetown University and George Mason University.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers head to Iowa for NCAA Championships

Gordon Moore

The Princeton Men’s swimming and diving team has six qualifiers for this year’s NCAA Championships in Iowa City.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Cameron Porter ’15 suffers season-ending injury in Major League Soccer game

Miles Hinson

Senior forward Cameron Porter, former captain of the Princeton men’s soccer team, has torn his ACL in his fifth game in Major League Soccer.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

Q&A: NBA commissioner Adam Silver

Ruby Shao

National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver addressed the role of sports in systematic social change during a panel onTuesday.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

Panelists Silver, Robinson ’83, Mills ’81 discuss political activism, race in NBA

Lorenzo Quiogue

National Basketball Association players have a unique opportunity to express their political views on the basketball court, said NBA commissionerAdam Silver at a panel discussion on Tuesday. Silver spoke as part of a panel entitled “Political Expression and Activism in Today's NBA,” as part of a forum on sports, race and society.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

Tigers meet their match, fall to No. 1 seeded Maryland Terrapins

Miles Hinson

The Tigers’ astonishing season came to a close on Monday night, as they fell to the No. 1 seeded Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Maryland.

SPORTS | 03/23/2015

Men's, women's tennis head out west

Chris Grubbs

The Princeton tennis teams travelled to San Diego for a final three matches before Ivy League play begins.

SPORTS | 03/23/2015

Fencing team earns 4th place at NCAA Championships

Miles Hinson

Traveling to Columbus, Ohio to conclude their season, the Princeton fencing team would place fourthin the NCAA championships.

SPORTS | 03/23/2015

Grapplers conclude strong season at NCAAs

Jack Rogers

Back in the fall, Chris Ayres and his coaching staff established the mantra of “In the Hunt” for the 2014-15 wrestling season.

SPORTS | 03/22/2015

Cagers continue pursuit of perfection in NCAA tournament

Sydney Mandelbaum

The Tigers continued their perfect seasonon Saturday, winning their first round matchup against the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay 80-70 in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship tournament. After picking the Tigers to be in the Final Four in his March Madness bracket, President Barack Obama was in attendance for the Tigers’ dominant victory. The stands were a sea of Orange and Black as Head Coach Courtney Banghart led the Tigers to today’s win, the first in an NCAA tournament in program history and the second in Ivy League history. Princeton received a No.

SPORTS | 03/21/2015

Curham represents Princeton at NCAA Championships

David Liu

?Battling illness and steep competition, sophomore MeganCurhamwon 10thplace in the 5K at the NCAA Indoor Championships this past weekend. Curham, a star yearlong runner, was the only Princeton Track and Field athlete—among both the men’s and women’s teams—to qualify for the championships, representing the Tigers at the sport’s top level.Bythe end of the day, shehadran with the top 16 athletes in the event and walked away withAll-American Honors. ?The annual NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships amass the top qualifying athletes from across the nationand mark running’s transition from indoor to outdoorevents.

SPORTS | 03/19/2015

Tiger seed sparks discussion on what it takes to be a 'top' team

Sydney Mandelbaum

On SelectionMonday, the Princeton Tigers were named the No. 8 seed in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship tournament.

SPORTS | 03/18/2015

Tigers prepare to face new challenges in NCAA Championship Tournament

Miles Hinson

After a regular season filled with success, the most intense part of the season begins now. The Princeton women’s basketball team, having gone 30-0 in the regular season, will commence the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship tournament as a #8 seed.

SPORTS | 03/16/2015

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