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Sports Shorts: Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Water Polo in early-season action

Sports Shorts: Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Water Polo in early-season action

Andrew Steele

Tigers drop two and win one at Temple Invitational While most of their fellow students reacquainted themselves with campus, the women’s volleyball team resumed action at nearby Temple University.

SPORTS | 09/09/2014

Tigers will take on Red Storm in season opener

Tigers will take on Red Storm in season opener

Jack Rogers

After suffering a heartbreaking double-overtime loss against Fairleigh Dickinson University in its first match of the regular season, the men’s soccer team (0-1-0) will look to rebound on Wednesday night as it takes on St.

SPORTS | 09/09/2014

Alter fills in the gaps in Princeton football lore

Alter fills in the gaps in Princeton football lore

Guest Contributor

By David Alter '73 There is a lot that Stephen Wood did not tell us in his article about Princeton football. He did mention Snake Ames, Class of 1889, as a prolific scorer.

SPORTS | 09/09/2014

'Team of Destiny': the history of Princeton football

'Team of Destiny': the history of Princeton football

Stephen Wood

Maybe you think of the renowned collegiate Gothic architecture when you think of Princeton, or maybe you think of Einstein or Jack Donaghy.

SPORTS | 08/01/2014

Top 10 Tiger tilts of fall 2014

Andrew Steele

Five Orange and Black sides topped the Ivy League last year. Julia Ratcliffe, a hammer thrower entering her junior year, topped all national competition en route to an NCAA Championship.

SPORTS | 07/31/2014

Ratcliffe caps perfect season with national championship

Jack Rogers

Is there such a thing as athletic perfection? After every performance, even the best athlete, looking back, will see a point along the road of training and competition where she could have moved a little faster, pushed a little harder or even been a little smarter.

SPORTS | 07/17/2014

Column: Michael Sam deserves to be considered among pioneering athletes

Stephen Wood

Let’s clear something up. After Michael Sam became the first openly gay player in the NFL earlier this month, and a video of him getting the news and kissing his boyfriend went viral, there was backlash against what was perceived as a double standard.

SPORTS | 05/30/2014

Female Athlete of the Year: Julia Ratcliffe

Female Athlete of the Year: Julia Ratcliffe

Jack Rogers

The Princeton track and field team knew it had recruited a special talent even before sophomore Julia Ratcliffe stepped onto its campus in September 2012.

SPORTS | 05/16/2014

Male Athlete of the Year: Quinn Epperly

Male Athlete of the Year: Quinn Epperly

Stephen Wood

After earning Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year honors and breaking the NCAA record for most consecutive completions, junior quarterback Quinn Epperly can add another title to his ever-growing list: the Daily Princetonian’s Male Athlete of the Year. “For it to turn out the way it did was very special and definitely something that I didn’t see coming,” Epperly said of his miraculous 2013 season, which was marked by some of the most exciting Princeton football games in recent history and culminated in a share of the Ivy League championship. He was not the only one — Epperly split time with fellow then-sophomore Connor Michelsen in 2012 but was seen as a clear choice for the backup role going into 2013.

SPORTS | 05/16/2014

Breaking: Men's hockey coach Bob Prier resigns after three seasons

Daily Princetonian Staff

According to a Princeton Athletics Communications announcement, men’s ice hockey head coach Bob Prier has resigned following a 2013-14 campaign that saw his team go 6-26 overall.

SPORTS | 05/12/2014

Women's tennis unable to mount second-round upset over Alabama

Eddie Owens

The Tigers made history this weekend, earning the program’s first ever NCAA tournament win.

SPORTS | 05/11/2014

Men's outdoor title streak ends, women finish fifth

Jack Rogers

Men's edged by Cornell; streak of outdoor Heps title ends at three The men's track and field team came up just short of a fourth consecutive outdoor Heptagonals title this weekend in New Haven, as the Tigers fell to Cornell by less than seven points. The Tigers climbed to third place during the first day of competition at Cuyler Field and Dwyer Track, as 15 of their 24.33 points came in the long jump.

SPORTS | 05/11/2014

Second-round loss to Virginia ends Princeton postseason run

Andrew Steele

No. 18/17 women’s lacrosse (12-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) finished its NCAA Tournament run where it began: at Virginia’s Klockner Stadium.

SPORTS | 05/11/2014

Detroit selects Caraun Reid in fifth round of NFL draft

Detroit selects Caraun Reid in fifth round of NFL draft

John Wolfe

Senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid was the fifth round's 18th pick in the National Football League draft on Saturday.

SPORTS | 05/11/2014

Caraun Reid, top Ivy League prospect, looks toward NFL draft

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Caraun Reid, top Ivy League prospect, looks toward NFL draft

John Wolfe

During his fifth and final year at Princeton, senior captain and defensive lineman Caraun Reid didn’t have too much time to watch television – he was busy winning an Ivy League championship, training for his NFL Pro Day, completing his sociology degree, leading Bible study discussions, singing a cappella with Old Nassoul and playing guitar and drums for his jazz band.

SPORTS | 05/08/2014

Princeton rides ten match win streak into NCAA tournament matchup with Arizona State

Eddie Owens

On April 29, the Tigers packed the Lenz tennis center lounge to learn the draw they would face for the NCAA tournament.Sixteen minutes of the live selection show passed, until they saw Princeton on the screen as the third to last team to appear in the field of 64.

SPORTS | 05/08/2014

Men aim for four-peat at Heps; women look for first championship in three years

Jack Rogers

Women look for first outdoor Heps title since 2011 The women’s track and field team will look to claim the top spot at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships for the first time in three years, as the Tigers travel to Yale for the two-day meet.

SPORTS | 05/08/2014

Tigers travel to Charlottesville, will face Penn State in NCAA Tournament First Round

Tigers travel to Charlottesville, will face Penn State in NCAA Tournament First Round

Andrew Steele

The road forward in the NCAA Tournament will not be unfamiliar for No.

SPORTS | 05/08/2014

On Tap with Jill Barton and Martin Barakso

On Tap with Jill Barton and Martin Barakso

Andrew Steele and John Bogle

There’s a certain sacred relationship between a crew and its coxswain. To get some insight into this dynamic, we sat down with heavyweight sophomores Martin Barakso and Jill Barton.

SPORTS | 05/08/2014

"A point in the horizon"

"A point in the horizon"

Andrew Steele

On Thursday, May 22, Princeton field hockey assistant coach David Williamson will participate in the fourth annual Unogwaja Challenge.

SPORTS | 05/06/2014

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