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Column: Athletes should be cautious with injuries

Column: Athletes should be cautious with injuries

A friend of mine recently commented that, if he had the immense athletic talent required to enter any professional sport, he would choose to be a basketball player. The mean salary in the NBA is the highest among American professional sporting leagues, the sport is not as physically taxing as football and the career life of players tends to be long: Usually basketball players work in the NBA for about five years, thanks to how hard it is to be struck with a career-ending injury. Note that many players continue their play abroad after they leave the NBA; former players have found consistent play in Turkey, Israel, Italy and Spain after their American careers have ended.

SPORTS | 05/08/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Tournament victory solidifies NCAA bid

A win in Friday night’s semifinal round of the Ivy League Tournament for the Princeton women’s lacrosse team gave it a spot in Sunday afternoon’s championship game against the Harvard Crimson. The No. 14 Tigers, ranked fourth in the tournament, defeated No. 8 University of Pennsylvania, the host and top seed, 10-8 in overtime after a very close, back-and-forth game with six lead changes and seven ties. Sophomore attacker Jaci Gassaway and junior midfielder Cassie Pyle, who each earned five points, led the Tigers in this game. Senior co-captain and goalkeeper Erin Tochihara was a strong last line of defense for the Tigers on Friday, stopping a total of 10 shots.Then on Sunday, the Tigers earned the Ivy League Tournament title with a 12-10 victory over No. 3-seed Harvard, gaining an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament next weekend against No. 8 James Madison University.

SPORTS | 05/08/2011

Baseball: Hosts win Ivy League Championship Series

With a strong offensive performance and a tandem of pitchers who kept their opponents’ bats at bay, the baseball team beat Dartmouth (30-12 overall, 14-6 Ivy League) 8-5 at Clarke Field on Sunday afternoon to clinch the Ivy League Championship. After heading into the Ivy League season with a 5-13 record, the Tigers (23-22, 15-5) have now guaranteed themselves a spot in the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 05/08/2011

Track and Field: Men’s, women’s teams complete triple crowns

The men’s and women’s track and field teams had banner days Saturday and Sunday, competing in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in New Haven, Conn. Both teams clinched titles late on Sunday afternoon, as the men edged out Cornell by nine points, while the women defeated the Big Red by 19 points.

SPORTS | 05/08/2011

Best of On Tap: Spring 2011

Every week, The Daily Princetonian sports section puts an athlete “on tap” and asks personal questions to learn more about their lives. Here are some of the best responses we have received this semester.

SPORTS | 05/05/2011

Baseball: Series to decide league title

On May 1, the baseball team played its last regular season Ivy League game against Cornell. At about the same time, Dartmouth was playing its last game against Harvard. The Big Green, trailing the Tigers by one game in the overall league standings, had won its last 9, and Princeton expected that it would have to win to preserve its lead.

SPORTS | 05/05/2011

Baseball: Freshman dominating with arm and bat

Beyond providing fodder for international press and Michael Cera vehicles, youth movements have many impacts on today’s world. Princeton has a youth movement of its own: the baseball team. One of the youngest teams in the Ivy League, this inexperienced squad has had an outstanding season, going 15-5 in the Ivy League and earning home-field advantage in the championship series this weekend.

SPORTS | 05/05/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers travel to Penn for Ivy playoffs

This Friday, the fourth-seeded women’s lacrosse team hopes to defeat Penn (11-4 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) for a second time this season in the first game of the postseason Ivy League tournament. The Tigers (9-6, 5-2) finished the season tied for third place in the league with Harvard (9-5, 5-2), while the Quakers are tied for first place with Dartmouth (11-3, 6-1).

SPORTS | 05/05/2011

On Tap with ... Alexis Mikaelian

Sophomore mid-distance runner Alexis Mikaelian has become a sparkplug for the women’s track and field team. She recently helped establish a program record in the 4x1,500 at the Penn Relays this weekend, pacing the squad with a personal time of 4 minutes 18.7 seconds.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Tennis: The Maltese Mike Tyson

"His style is impetuous, his defense is impregnable, and he’s just ferocious," sophomore tennis player Matt Siow said of sophomore teammate Matija Pecotic, echoing the words of retired heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Siow is also a sports writer for The Daily Princetonian.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Crew: Women’s crews remain undefeated

The women’s lightweight and open crews raced to comfortable victories on Lake Carnegie on Saturday morning, completing perfect regular seasons and maintaining No. 1 national rankings.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Baseball: Tigers lose shootout in regular-season finale

The baseball team went into Tuesday’s game against Delaware with one objective: to get ready for this weekend’s Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth. The Tigers lost 11-9 in a back-and-forth game against the Blue Hens to close their regular season.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Column: Second-round NBA playoff predictions

Consider the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs a gift for finals week. The second round will feature two long, gritty series: the Chicago Bulls take on the Atlanta Hawks, and the Boston Celtics play the Miami Heat.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Baseball: Tigers will host league championship series

After clinching a share of the Gehrig Division title last weekend with three victories over Columbia, the baseball team clinched the outright championship for the first time since 2006 on Friday by splitting a doubleheader against Cornell at Clarke Field. The Tigers swept the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sunday, earning home field advantage in the Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Column: 2nd-round NBA playoff predictions

Playoff basketball never fails to excite me. A constant criticism of the NBA is that, in an 82-game season, players are prone to take games or quarters off and not play their hardest, which makes the games less interesting at times. Frankly, I’m fine with players or teams not playing at their peak capacity for 82 straight regular season games, and the San Antonio Spurs set a prime example of why it is important to peak at the end of the season instead of in the middle.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Track & Field: 4xMile team wins Penn Relays

Few meets in track and field are more prestigious than the Penn Relays, the longest-running and best-attended annual track and field competition in America. On Saturday, the men’s 4xMile relay team accomplished something no Princeton athlete had done since 1931 — it took home a championship.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Softball: Team splits season-ending games with Cornell

The softball team split four games against Cornell this weekend, winning the first of two games at home and its last game on Sunday to end its season on a high note.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Drumm scores 5 goals in final home game

Senior attacker Lizzy Drumm made her final appearance at Princeton Stadium a memorable one, scoring a game-high five goals in the women’s lacrosse team’s 19-10 victory over Penn State. Princeton came into the weekend unranked, while the Nittany Lions were No. 12 in the national rankings, but the hosts pulled off the upset in their final game of the regular season.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Fiorito makes 20 saves in defeat at Cornell

The men’s lacrosse team looked to continue a difficult season at No. 2 Cornell this weekend, and it battled the favored Big Red to a first-half lead. But despite a stellar performance from junior goalie Tyler Fiorito, the hosts came back to win 9-7, ending the Tigers’ disappointing 2011 campaign.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Women's Water Polo: Princeton earns 5th at Easterns

The women’s water polo team traveled 700 miles to Bloomington, Ind., for the Eastern Championships this weekend. The No. 20 Tigers fell to No. 19 Maryland in Friday’s quarterfinal match but recovered to defeat George Washington on Saturday and Harvard on Sunday, earning fifth place in the tournament.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

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