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Men's Hockey: Climbing the coaching ladder

Men's Hockey: Climbing the coaching ladder

Both competing on the ice and coaching from the sidelines, Bob Prier is very familiar with the world of ECAC hockey. Currently in his first year as head coach of the men’s hockey team, he joined the Tigers staff with the mission of helping Princeton remain among the elite teams in the ECAC. Former head coach Guy Gadowsky, who retired last year to lead the charge at Penn State, developed and improved the Princeton hockey program that entered this season with the best five-year run in team history.

SPORTS | 02/15/2012

On Tap with ... Blake Dietrick

Freshman guard Blake Dietrick of the women’s basketball team is known by her teammates for her energy, contagious enthusiasm and kindheartedness. A native of Wellesley, Mass., she went to all of Wellesley College’s basketball games and quickly fell in love with the sport.

SPORTS | 02/14/2012

Column: ‘Linsanity’ goes mainstream

Jeremy Lin was discussed on CNN last Saturday morning. As an analyst in a blazer and jeans gave a 45-second reprise of the Jeremy Lin story, the network rolled Lin highlights from Friday night’s game against the Lakers in Madison Square Garden. As Lin put a devastating spin move on Derek Fisher and finished at the rim, the text below him read A NEW STAR IN SPORTS. A few moments later, as Lin drove past a backpedaling Matt Barnes and went reverse off glass around the outstretched hand of Pau Gasol, the headline had switched to LIN-SANITY IN NEW YORK.

SPORTS | 02/14/2012

Tennis: Women defeat No. 41 Maryland; teams prepare for ECACs

The women’s tennis team posted big results this weekend at home, taking down No. 41 Maryland 5-2 on Saturday and sweeping Rutgers 7-0 on Sunday. Meanwhile, the men’s team traveled to North Carolina, falling to No. 46 UNC Wilmington on Saturday but taking down Elon on Sunday. Both teams have a big weekend ahead, as they are playing in the ECAC Indoor Tennis Championship.

SPORTS | 02/14/2012

Feature: Turning down spotlight to rebuild a program

During senior guard and co-captain Lauren Edwards’ junior year of high school, the Princeton women’s basketball team tied for fourth in the Ivy League, amassing a mediocre 7-7 League record and going 13-15 overall.Now, in the midst of the Tigers’ second-leading scorer’s final year on the court, the team is the two-time defending Ivy League champion and appears poised for a three-peat.

SPORTS | 02/14/2012

Women's Hockey: Momentum, offense stall as hosts fall twice at Baker Rink

The women’s hockey team came out on the losing side of two defensive duels this weekend. Despite strong play by senior goalie Rachel Weber and the rest of the defensive squad, the Tigers fell to Clarkson 2-1 and St. Lawrence 1-0.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Men's Hockey: Tigers swept in New York road series

The men’s hockey team hit a roadblock this weekend in its games at Clarkson and St. Lawrence as it fell to the conference opponents 3-2 and 4-1, respectively. Going into the matchups, the Tigers had gone undefeated over the span of their last four games, all of which they played at Baker Rink. Sophomore netminder Sean Bonar made more saves than his counterparts on Friday and Saturday night, but Princeton’s offense failed to deliver on several of its shooting opportunities.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Swimming & Diving: Men’s team completes perfect Ivy schedule

The No. 24-ranked men’s swimming and diving team defeated Columbia on Friday at DeNunzio Pool to complete an undefeated Ivy League season, while the women’s team fell short against the Lions to finish the season with a 5-2 record.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Sports Shorts: Spikers earn EIVA split

The men’s volleyball team split a pair of games on the road to open conference play in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, winning the league opener at Sacred Heart before falling in three sets at Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Women's Water Polo: No. 20 Princeton opens season 4-0

The women’s water polo team invaded DeNunzio Pool this past weekend as it opened its season with four consecutive wins. The No. 20 Tigers topped Harvard 9-6 and Mercyhurst 10-2 on Saturday, and followed those with a comeback 6-5 win over Colorado State and a demolition of Villanova 11-2 on Sunday.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Wrestling: Lions dominate decimated grapplers

Plagued by illness and injuries, the wrestling team stumbled through yet another weekend filled with ups and downs. After stirring up hope and enthusiasm last weekend with a 25-14 victory over a nationally-ranked Harvard squad, the Tigers dropped a disappointing match to Columbia on Friday night, largely due to the absence of four key starters, including team captains senior Daniel Kolodzik and junior Garrett Frey. With a day of rest and a bit of experience under their belts, the youthful Tigers bounced back on Sunday, making up for a 36-9 loss to the Clarion Golden Eagles by winning handily over Franklin & Marshall by a score of 24-12.

SPORTS | 02/13/2012

Track & Field: Athletes shatter trio of conference records

Something is going right in Princeton. If the rest of the Ivy League had forgotten about the men’s and women’s track teams’ triple crowns from 2011, the Tigers clearly made their power known this weekend. Competing on both sides of the country over the course of two days, Princeton athletes set three school records, three Ivy League records and several conference-leading marks.

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Fencing: Men, women sweep Ivy championships

Just a day after students stormed the court at Jadwin Gymnasium after men’s basketball’s upset against Harvard, Princeton’s fencing teams were storming the strip at Coxe Cage in New Haven, Conn., in celebration of their new titles: undefeated Ivy League champions.

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Women's Basketball: Rasheed reaches 1,000 in road victories

This weekend, the women’s basketball team spent its time picking up a pair of Ivy League wins on the road. The Tigers started with a strong 72-41 defensive destruction of Dartmouth on Friday and trounced Harvard 84-56 the following night. The wins extended the Tigers’ win streak to 10 games, with a spotless record in league play, and gave them a two-game cushion on the rest of the conference with half the season remaining.

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers topple Harvard, complete perfect weekend

The men’s basketball team delivered exceptional play on Saturday, defeating the No. 25 Crimson 70-62, a day after a 59-47 victory over Dartmouth. Princeton (13-10 overall, 4-3 Ivy League) in beating Harvard (21-3, 7-1) toppled a ranked team for the first time since 1997 and did so at home for the first time since 1977. As students stormed the court following the win, the Tigers extended their streak of 23 straight years of beating the Crimson at home, in a nationally televised game on ESPNU.

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Column: In defense of court-storming

Princeton students swarmed the court after the Tigers beat No. 25 Harvard on Saturday. Because it was their 23rd straight victory over Hravard at home, some criticized the student section for rushing the court, saying they should "act like they've been there before." But on a college campus that has experienced at most three years as Princeton fans, who exactly had been there before?

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Squash: Princeton claims conference crown

After a few odd bumps here and there, the men’s and women’s squash teams concluded successful seasons over the weekend with decisive wins against Cornell and Columbia.

SPORTS | 02/12/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers drop No. 25 Harvard, 70-62

Throughout the second half of Saturday’s game, the men’s basketball team and No. 25 Harvard exchanged baskets, with neither team leading by more than two possessions. With the score tied at 46 and less than six minutes remaining, the first team to reel off a run would win the game.That team was Princeton, which outscored Harvard 13-3 over the following three minutes to send the visitors to the ropes. With strong free throw shooting at the end of the game, the Tigers earned their first victory over a nationally ranked opponent since 1997, 70-62.

SPORTS | 02/10/2012

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