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Track & Field: Men’s 4x400 relay sets Ivy League record at Sykes and Sabock

The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their seasons with strong performances over the weekend. The women’s team finished fifth at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State while a portion of the men’s team finished third; the rest of the men, primarily distance runners, competed at the GaREAT College Invitational in Geneva, Ohio.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

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Wrestling: Fox takedown seals win

With the capacity crowd on its feet, sophomore Charles Fox stepped onto the mat for the final match of the wrestling team’s Alumni Day meet on Saturday. Princeton (4-9 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) led Brown (0-10, 0-2) 18-16, but the outcome of this final match would determine the winner of the meet. After seven minutes, Fox and his opponent had each managed an escape, forcing overtime. Unfazed, Fox pulled off the overtime takedown to grant the squad a thrilling 21-16 victory over the Bears.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

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Fencing: Fencers take 19

The men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to Evanston, Ill., this weekend to compete in the Northwestern Duals. Last year at this meet, the two squads combined for a 23-3 record. The Tigers had similar success this weekend, finishing with 19 wins and four losses. According to the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association poll in late January, the Princeton women (14-3) rank fourth and the men (14-2) are sixth.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

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Squash: No. 3 Tigers recover for weekend sweep

Entering the weekend, senior No. 2 and co-captain Dave Letourneau of the men’s squash team had never lost an individual Ivy League match. But after fighting a high fever all week, whether or not Letourneau would even take the court for the team’s final regular-season Ancient Eight contests remained unclear until Saturday. Though visibly weakened on the court, Letourneau capped his Ivy career with two more wins, and the rest of his teammates followed suit as No. 3 Princeton (8-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) topped No. 7 Dartmouth (8-6, 1-4) 9-0 on Saturday and No. 6 Harvard (7-3, 3-2) 7-2 on Sunday. 

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

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Women's Basketball: Crimson snaps 22-game conference streak

While the men’s basketball team celebrated with a packed student section after beating Harvard at Jadwin Gymnasium, the women’s team headed into the locker room 260 miles away in Cambridge, Mass., as the losing team. Despite the 73-67 loss, however, the Tigers (15-4 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) managed to rebound the next day in Hanover, N.H., defeating Dartmouth (5-14, 1-4) handily by a score of 75-50. Nevertheless, the loss to the Crimson (5-0, 13-6) means that the road to an Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance won’t be quite as simple for Princeton as it was last season.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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Men's Hockey: Ranked foes sweep Tigers at Baker Rink

The men’s hockey team yielded nine straight goals over a three-period span as they dropped both of their games over the weekend. On Friday night, No. 11 Union (20-7-3 overall, 12-3-1 ECAC Hockey) battled back from a deficit to win 7-4. In a tightly contested game on Friday night, No. 8 Rensselaer (18-6-4, 10-5-1) hung onto their own lead to win 5-2. No. 19 Princeton (14-8-1, 9-6-1) is now sixth in the conference, trailing first-place No. 2 Yale  (19-4, 13-3) by seven points.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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Men's Basketball: Princeton alone atop Ivy League

The last time the Harvard men’s basketball team won at Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 was a high school freshman in Towson, Md., seniors Dan Mavraides and Bobby Foley were two months old and no other player on either team’s current roster had been born. 21 times since then, the Crimson traveled south to New Jersey, and 21 times it left with a loss. Six minutes into Friday’s game, it seemed as if the streak would come to an end.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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Squash: Hoping to rebound from first losses of season, Tigers shift focus to immediate opponents in Jadwin

While Princetonians are slowly beginning to return to the routine of classes, the men’s and women’s squash teams are also be hard at work preparing for tough matches this weekend. Both teams will be competing at home; the men will be facing Dartmouth and Harvard while the women will be facing Stanford as well as the Crimson and the Big Green.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

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Men's Hockey: Chase for first-round bye heats up at Baker Rink

Baker Rink will see three of the top 20 teams in the nation in action over the weekend. The men’s hockey team, ranked 19th, will first face off against No. 11 Union (18-7-3 overall, 10-3-1 ECAC Hockey) on Friday at 7 p.m. before battling No. 9 Rensselaer (17-6-3, 9-5) on Saturday at 4 p.m. Princeton (14-6-1, 9-4-1) will later visit both teams on the very last weekend of the season.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

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Men's Soccer: Pair of seniors drafted in MLS Supplemental

While the rest of their senior soccer teammates have already called time on their competitive careers, forward Josh Walburn and defender Teddy Schneider are getting a chance to play after college. Walburn and Schneider were drafted in the second round of the MLS Supplemental Draft on Jan. 18 by the Philadelphia Union and New York Red Bulls, respectively. Walburn was taken as the 23rd pick while Schneider was selected 30th overall.

SPORTS | 02/02/2011