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Men's Basketball: Henderson ’98 era begins on Saturday

Men's Basketball: Henderson ’98 era begins on Saturday

Shayan Rakhit

The last time the men’s basketball team was in game action, it was under the bright lights of the St. Pete Times Forum against an eventual Final Four team in the NCAA Tournament. That was a different team, a different season, with a different head coach. On Saturday, the Tigers will take the floor again, as the tenure of head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 begins back home at Jadwin Gymnasium against Wagner.

SPORTS | 11/10/2011

Women's Basketball: Tigers look for revenge in opener

Tobias Citron

The women’s basketball team had a successful season in 2010-11, posting a 13-1 conference record to win the Ivy League and reach the NCAA Tournament. When the Tigers open their season on Friday, they will look to repeat some of that success and get revenge against one of the few teams that beat them last season, St. Joseph’s.

SPORTS | 11/10/2011

Live Blog: Women's Basketball vs. St. Joe's

The women's basketball team kicks off its bid for a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday, looking to avenge last season's double-overtime loss to St. Joseph's. Join us as we live-blog the opener from Jadwin Gymnasium!

SPORTS | 11/10/2011

Wrestling: Grapplers enter season with dedicated squad

Jake Brown

In a 2010-11 school year that featured a record-setting 15 Ivy League championships awarded to the Princeton Tigers, one would think it difficult to find room for improvement. However, the wrestling team thinks differently.

SPORTS | 11/09/2011

Column: Princeton athletes enjoy warm training climates over break

Andrew Finkelstein

Fall Break was not particularly eventful in Chevy Chase, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Born and raised in the area, I will gladly praise the nation’s capital as one of the best cities in America. But, thanks to Princeton’s Office of Poor Vacation Scheduling, I now know that ridin’ solo in any city is not nearly as fun as Jason Derulo makes it out to be. Without my party-rocking high school crew, all of whom attend universities with reasonable Fall Break schedules, the energetic city I have grown to love was as entertaining as deriving the Slutsky equation.

SPORTS | 11/09/2011

Sprint Football: Questions surround program’s future

Teddy Schleifer

In the first game of the 1999 season, the sprint football team did something that it hasn’t done in an official game since: win. Following their 12-7 victory over Cornell at home, the Tigers dropped the next five games of the 1999 campaign. The next season, they went winless again. And then again. And then again. Since that fall day, the Tigers have dropped 80 straight official games.

SPORTS | 11/09/2011

Swimming & Diving: Last year’s Ivy champs start afresh

Stephanie Gati

The men’s and women’s teams are looking forward to building on their successes from last season, as the women also won their 10th league title in the past 12 years. However, both teams have some hard work ahead to continue their tradition. The Tigers lost many strong swimmers to graduation and are looking to their freshman class to step up to the challenge.

SPORTS | 11/09/2011

Men's Basketball: No looking back as Henderson ’98 takes charge

Kevin Whitaker

How do you follow a historic season?Coming off a 25-7 campaign that included the program’s first Ivy League title in seven years, two comeback victories in the final week of the season, a buzzer-beating playoff victory and a last-second loss in the NCAA Tournament, it seems almost impossible for the men's basketball team to match last year's excitement. The 2011-12 Tigers, led by new head coach Mitch Henderson ’98, will instead form their own identity in an increasingly competitive conference.

SPORTS | 11/08/2011

Women's Basketball: Ivy favorites to benefit from Rasheed’s return

Luc Cohen

When a team goes 24-5 overall and 13-1 in its league for a full season, it might seem that the most logical strategy would be to continue doing the same things. But the women’s basketball team acknowledges that its composition has changed significantly over the offseason, and the Tigers have spent the first few weeks of practice adjusting their style of play accordingly.

SPORTS | 11/08/2011

On Tap with ... Colin Cordes

Kevin Henneck

Senior tri-captain Colin Cordes of the men’s swimming team is a school record- holder and two-time Ivy League conference champion in the 200-meter backstroke. Cordes, an economics major, calls a spot 36 miles north of Chicago home. The ‘Prince’ recently sat down with Colin to learn more about the swimmer’s “Orange Team,” a hypothetical Cloister Inn gang battle and the fallout from the team’s hit video, “Get Better, Hasler.”

SPORTS | 11/08/2011

Tennis: Spindler, Siow win consolation title at USTA/ITA nationals

Daily Princetonian Staff

For the first time in 10 years, the men’s tennis team sent representatives to the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. Determined to hold their own against the top players in the nation, juniors Matt Siow and Matt Spindler battled back from an early defeat to beat numerous top-ranked doubles pairings to win the Consolation Doubles title.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Men's Soccer: Draw dashes hopes of Princeton repeat

Luc Cohen

On each of the past two weekends, the men’s soccer team took a very early lead against a league opponent, reviving their hopes of finishing the season on a positive note and possibly even finishing the league season with a winning record.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Field Hockey: Tigers win in double OT, draw UConn in NCAA Tournament

Stephen Wood and Beth Garcia

Seventy minutes of regulation and 15 minutes of overtime were not enough to decide the NCAA Play-In Game on Tuesday afternoon, as the field hockey team and Rider remained in a scoreless tie. Four minutes into the second overtime period, however, senior midfielder Alyssa Pyros sent a penalty corner in toward the top of the circle, where freshman midfielder Sydney Kirby was waiting. Kirby sent a hard shot into the cage, clinching an NCAA Tournament bid for the Tigers with a 1-0 sudden-death victory at Class of 1952 Stadium.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Women's Volleyball: Bulldogs drop Tigers in Ivy League showdown

Every athlete knows the distinct advantage of playing at home. The familiarity of the atmosphere and even the support of cheering fans both contribute to the success of the home team. Being on the road therefore proved to be quite the challenge for the women’s volleyball team this fall break.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Men's Water Polo: Navy gets revenge in Southern final

Emi Alexander

The best way to describe East Coast water polo is inconsistent, and this year has been no exception. Despite ending the regular season atop the league standings, the men’s water polo team finished the season in second place after losing 16-5 to Brown at the Ivy League Championships. The Tigers then went 2-1 this weekend at Southern Championships, No. 15 Princeton will enter Eastern Championships as the Southern Division’s No. 2 seed.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Women's Soccer: 3-1 defeat at Penn brings season’s end

Randolph Brown

Last week, the women’s soccer team finished the season with split games between Ivy League leaders Cornell and Penn. The Tigers hosted Cornell for a 1-0 shutout victory in their final home game of the season. Princeton then traveled to Penn, where they fell to the Quakers 3-1 to cap a tough Ivy League campaign.

SPORTS | 11/07/2011

Field Hockey: Princeton beats Penn, wins 7th Ivy League title

Stephen Wood

For a seventh consecutive season, the field hockey team is atop the Ivy League. The offense, which has been streaky this year, came alive at the right time, giving Princeton an impressive 3-0 win and a berth in the NCAA Play-In Game.

SPORTS | 11/06/2011

Cross Country: Men beat weather, repeat at Heps

Adam Fisch

Competing in one of the most intense Heptagonal Championships in history, the men’s cross-country team ran away with the Ivy League title on Oct. 29 at the West Windsor fields. Powering through some of the worst weather conditions imaginable, the Tigers displayed their toughness, persevering over the 8K distance to repeat as team champions.

SPORTS | 11/06/2011

Men's Hockey: Prier nets 1st win amid opening-week struggles

Jeff Epstein

After a tough weekend at the Ivy Shootout, the men’s hockey team opened up ECAC Hockey conference play last week with middling results. The Tigers lost their conference opener to No. 19 Quinnipiac before bouncing back and securing their first win of the season at Harvard. On Saturday, the Tigers finished a busy week with a 5-3 loss to conference-leading Dartmouth. Despite a sub-.500 record, Princeton has seen its underclassmen contributing in droves and its special teams play heating up.

SPORTS | 11/06/2011

Women's Hockey: Sophomores lead team to undefeated ECAC start

Tory Roberts

The sophomore trio is at it again. Led by sophomore forwards Olivia Mucha, Sally Butler and Denna Laing, the women’s hockey team swept two Ivy League opponents last weekend at Baker Rink to remain undefeated in ECAC Hockey play.

SPORTS | 11/06/2011

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