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Squash: No. 3 Tigers recover for weekend sweep

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

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

Men's Volleyball: Tigers win first set but drop EIVA opener

Things started well for the men’s volleyball team on Friday, which opened Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association play against Rutgers-Newark (7-0 overall, 1-0 EIVA Tait Division) with a win in the first set. However, despite the 25-21 start, the Tigers (1-3, 0-1) dropped the final three sets to the Scarlet Raiders, 25-19, 25-18 and 25-20.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Women's Hockey: No. 10 Harvard falls, but Big Green nets 7 goals

It was a bittersweet road trip for the women’s hockey team, as Princeton beat No. 10 Harvard in a close battle only to be shut out 7-0 by Dartmouth in its worst loss of the year.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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

On the Prowl: Season 3 Premiere

Executive Editors for Sports Kevin Whitaker '13 and Kiran Gollakota '13 discuss the weekend in sports during the Season Three premiere of On the Prowl.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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

Swimming and Diving: Midshipmen become first visitors to win at DeNunzio Pool

The men’s swimming and diving team won its first 92 meets at DeNunzio Pool, its record spanning for more than two decades. But the streak came to an end this weekend when Princeton (8-4, 4-1) fell to Navy (11-1) in a heartbreaking 167-133 defeat.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Women's Hockey: High-powered offenses to test Weber’s protective prowess

The women’s hockey team will face Harvard (12-7-3 overall, 11-3-2 ECAC Hockey) and Dartmouth (14-8, 10-6) on the road today in Cambridge, Mass., and Saturday in Hanover, N.H., respectively.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

Men's Basketball: Ivy favorites face off

With victories in its first two Ivy League games, the men’s basketball team enters this weekend anticipating a huge contest with NCAA tournament implications.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

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

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

Fencing: Men's and women's teams head to Evanston for Northwestern Duals

After a long break from competition, the men’s and women’s fencing teams are ready to take on 13 teams at the Northwestern Duals this weekend in Evanston, Ill.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball vs. Harvard

The men's basketball team defeated Harvard, 65-61, to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. Relive the game with our live blog transcript.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

Women's Basketball: Undefeated League record at stake

This weekend, the women’s basketball team will travel to Harvard and Dartmouth to take on the Crimson and Big Green on their courts. Princeton (14-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy League), riding momentum from last week’s victories over Penn and Brown, will be looking to continue a six-game winning streak.

SPORTS | 02/03/2011

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

Basketball: Entering the Tigers’ den

It lacks the enclosed, arena-like feel of Penn’s Palestra or Yale’s Amphitheater. Its large size precludes the kind of intimacy found at Dartmouth and Cornell. Even on the day of a big game, a packed row of side bleachers cannot conceal the indoor track in the background, a subtle reminder that basketball is only a small part of its function. But it is home, and the members of the men’s and women’s basketball teams would not prefer to play anywhere but Jadwin Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 02/02/2011

Column: Time for the NBA to oust Donald Sterling

Superman has been dethroned. For the past few years, Dwight Howard was the most spectacular dunker in the NBA, but anyone paying attention to the league this year realizes that his Lex Luthor is Blake Griffin. After being forced to sit out an entire season due to injury, Griffin came back better than ever and went to town on the league. His greatest dunk this year, literally right over the New York Knicks’ 7-foot-1-inch center, Timofey Mozgov, might be the most iconic moment of this season.

SPORTS | 02/02/2011

Women's Hockey: From Hudson to Hobey Baker, a presence between the pipes

Women’s ice hockey head coach Jeff Kampersal calls standout junior goalie Rachel Weber “a threat.” This description stems not only from Weber’s impressive run in the goal this season, but also from her demeanor and her talents.

SPORTS | 02/02/2011

Fencing: Scanlan prepares to enter national stage

Junior fencer Susie Scanlan loves to fight. In fact, the fencer is taking two years off so that she can do just that. Scanlan, an epeeist, will be competing around the world for the next two years, hoping to make the U.S. national team and compete in the 2012 Olympics in London.

SPORTS | 02/01/2011

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