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Softball: Senior Ontiveros leads team through rough 10-game trip

Finding the ideal leadoff hitter is no easy task for a softball team. This player must be fast and have the ability to get on base and score runs. When the team needs to start a rally, she is the player that the rest of the team counts on. For Princeton, this player is senior outfielder Nicole Ontiveros.

Crew: After winter, boats return to Carnegie

The crew season opened with a split finish this weekend for two of Princeton’s four teams. The women’s open crew’s first varsity eight opened its NCAA and Ivy League title defense with a loss to Michigan but a win over defending overall team NCAA titleholder Brown on Lake Carnegie on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the men’s lightweight team bested Navy for the fourth straight year, while the second and third boats lost to the Midshipmen.

Sports Shorts: Shon ties for 1st in S.C.

Sophomore Kelly Shon of the women’s golf team tied for first place at the Low Country Intercollegiate, a two-day tournament played on Sunday and Monday in Hilton Head, S.C. Senior teammate Wonji Choi finished in a tie for third as the team came in 11th of 15 competitors.

Men's Lacrosse: Capretta wins Princeton’s longest game

The men’s lacrosse team did not relax much on the final weekend of spring break — instead, it found itself battling through the longest game in school history. The contest lasted an unprecedented five overtime periods before senior attackman Alex Capretta broke the deadlock, leaving No. 12 Princeton (5-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) on top of Yale (2-4, 0-2) by a score of 10-9.

Women's Basketball: Challenges lie ahead after Tigers’ 3rd tourney defeat

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — In the end, a loss of momentum in the final minutes prevented the women’s basketball team from adding to the Ivy League history books by becoming only the second conference team to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. But the team’s loss to Kansas State on March 17 illuminated the future prospects of the team as an inflection point for coming years.

Men's Swimming: Christensen named All-America at nationals

This weekend, five Princeton swimmers traveled to Seattle to represent the men’s swimming and diving team at the NCAA Championships. The Tiger quintet left with multiple top-50 finishes, two All-America Honorable Mentions and one first-team All-America honor.

Men's Basketball: Cagers’ season of improvement ends in CBI quarters

While their peers were busy sleeping off midterm blues or scrambling to work on junior papers and senior theses, members of the men’s basketball team saw their season come to a sobering close at Pittsburgh in the quarterfinal of the College Basketball Invitational last Monday. Princeton (20-12) lost 82-61 to mark the end of the debut season for head coach Mitch Henderson ’98, which featured lots of encouraging play after a rough start.

Fencing: Yergler takes NCAA title as team finishes 2nd

The men’s and women’s fencing teams entered the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio, with very high expectations. The Tigers met those hopes with the best performance in program history, finishing second to host Ohio State in the team scoring, and on Sunday afternoon, junior epeeist Jonathan Yergler won the national title in men’s epee.

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: Women's Basketball vs. Kansas State

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The women's basketball team nearly earned its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history on Saturday, but the Tigers were not able to hold off Kansas State, which won 67-64. Relive the action with our live blog!

Women's Basketball: Tigers fall short in NCAA Tournament

The women’s basketball team lost to No. 8-seed Kansas State 67-64 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The loss led to Princeton’s third consecutive first-round exit in their third straight appearance at the Big Dance. 

Wrestling: Kolodzik reaches national quarterfinals

This year marked senior Daniel Kolodzik’s first and last appearance in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and he’s determined to make it a memorable one. The senior won his first match yesterday afternoon, a 9-0 major decision over Maryland’s No. 21 Kyle John, and beat Northern Iowa's No. 18 David Bonin to reach the quarterfinals.

Women's Lacrosse: Virginia continues rivalry at Class of 1952 Stadium

Last weekend the women’s lacrosse team routed Brown 18-8 to open up its conference season with a bang. On Saturday, the No. 14 Tigers (2-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will resume non-conference play in what could be a great showdown between two nationally ranked squads, hosting No. 8 Virginia at 5 p.m.

Women's Basketball: Tigers hope 3rd time is the NCAA charm

After sweeping the Ivy League season and winning its games by an average margin of 31 points, the women’s basketball team is headed for something it has not experienced in a while: a tough matchup. On Saturday, the Tigers (24-4 overall, 14-0 Ivy League) will head to Bridgeport, Conn., to face Kansas State (19-13, 9-9 Big 12) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will tip off at 11:20 a.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN3.

Sports Shorts: Boyce swims at NCAAs

Sophomore Lisa Boyce of the women’s swimming and diving team qualified for three events at the NCAA Championships this weekend at Auburn University. In Thursday’s 50-yard freestyle, Boyce finished in 46th place with a time of 22.77 seconds.

Men's Basketball: Rolling cagers visit Pittsburgh

If you had told a member of the men’s basketball team at this time last year that he would be facing Pitt in a postseason game in 2012, he would have assumed that meant the NCAA Tournament. After winning the Ivy League and taking Kentucky down to the wire in the NCAA Tournament last season, Princeton had high hopes heading into the year. Those hopes have not completely come to fruition, as the Tigers did not qualify for the Big Dance, but Princeton is getting set to face off against a traditional Big East powerhouse in the College Basketball Invitational.

Men's Lacrosse: Ivy League play begins as Princeton hosts Quakers

The men’s lacrosse team is ready to open Ivy League play. Princeton is in a drastically different position heading into its conference kickoff against Penn on Saturday. In the early season, Princeton has averaged 11.0 goals per game, while last year it only reached that total in one of its 12 games.

Around the Ivies: Men's Lacrosse

Updated: Princeton extends season, faces Pitt on Monday

Forty-eight hours after being snubbed for a spot in the National Invitation Tournament, Princeton beat Evansville 95-86 to keep its season alive in the College Basketball Invitational. Princeton will now travel to face Pittsburgh on Monday night in the second round of the 16-team tournament. The Panthers (18-16) advanced by throttling Wofford 81-63, as they used a 16-0 first-half run on the path to victory.

On Tap with ... Eunice Chan

Senior epeeist Eunice Chan is co-captain of the women’s fencing team, which swept its opponents in the Ivy League Championship earlier last month. The fencing team is gearing up for the NCAA Championship in Columbus, Ohio, but between preparation and her thesis, Chan took the time to sit down with the ‘Prince’ to talk about the different weapons in fencing compeition, the best team chants, her love for Greece and her favorite word.

Men's Lacrosse: Froccaro, Schreiber score 5 each in win

Behind several quick scoring runs, the men’s lacrosse team picked up its second win over a top-20 team this season, defeating No. 13 Villanova 14-8 on Tuesday evening. With a strong record and even stronger goal differential against a difficult slate of opponents, the No. 14 Tigers appear to be in good shape entering Ivy League play this weekend.