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Columbia's 'O' overwhelms ailing Tigers

Entering Saturday, the football team had played Columbia 79 times and had never lost consecutive games. But the Lions (2-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) ended that streak in emphatic fashion, cruising to a 42-14 victory at Robert K. Kraft Field. Princeton (1-2, 0-1) again came out flat in an Ivy League opener and has been outscored 80-14 in the last two meetings with its northern neighbor.

Mauled in Manhattan

For the second consecutive year, the football team made history in its Ivy League opener against Columbia — the kind of history that most on the squad would rather forget. Princeton’s (1-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) 42-14 loss to the Lions (2-1, 2-0) marked the Tigers’ first back-to-back losses to their Manhattan rivals in the history of the series, and Columbia’s 42 points were the most that the New York school has ever managed against Princeton since the two teams began playing in 1874.

Blosser scores 2 again as squad beats Dartmouth

In its second Ivy League game of the young season, the women’s soccer team avenged last year's double-overtime loss to Dartmouth with a 2-1 win on Saturday.

Penn tops Dartmouth, Harvard rolls

Along with Princeton and Columbia, two other teams opened their Ivy League slate last weekend, while the rest split four non-league games. Here’s how they fared:

Mounties top Princeton by just 4 points

The sprint football team continued its steady improvement despite a loss to previously winless rival Mansfield on Friday night, coming as close to victory as it has in years. The Tigers ultimately fell to the Mountaineers 10-6. 

Live Blog: Football vs. Columbia

Women's Volleyball: Women face off against Quakers in Ivy opener

The women’s volleyball team will travel to face Penn tonight to open its Ivy League season. The Tigers (5-6) had a strong start to their season at the Lafayette Tournament, where they came away with three straight wins, but have struggled in their past two tournaments.

Men's Water Polo: Tigers travel to west coast for battle against nation’s best

Last weekend, the men’s water polo team conquered the East Coast, winning all three of its games against league opponents Johns Hopkins, No. 18 Navy and George Washington. This weekend, the No. 16 Tigers (8-2 overall, 3-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) will travel to the West Coast in an attempt to repeat their victorious weekend.

Football: Collision at Columbia

At 3:07 p.m. on Oct. 3, 2009, the football team took the field at Princeton Stadium in its Ivy League opener against Columbia with every expectation of extending Princeton’s dominant head-to-head record against its New York City rival. The final whistle blew at 6 p.m., and the Tigers were bounced from their home field in a 38-0 shutout —Princeton’s worst loss against Columbia in school history.

Live Blog: Sprint Football vs. Mansfield

Cross Country: Runners head to Midwest for invitationals as final preparation before Pre-Nationals

Princeton will send both its cross country teams out of state this weekend to prepare for the important Pre-Nationals meet later this month. The men will send their top runners to Madison, Wis., to compete in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. The women will field a squad at the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. Both teams will also send runners to the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa.

Women's Soccer: Women seek to avenge last year’s loss

The women’s soccer team is looking to continue its unbeaten Ivy League record this weekend with its second Ancient Eight match of the year. The Tigers (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) host Dartmouth (3-4-1, 1-0) on Saturday at Roberts Stadium.

On the Prowl: October 3, 2010

Vikram Rao and Gabriel Debenedetti discuss this week in sports.

Field Hockey: Decade-long win streak at stake in New York

This weekend, the field hockey team (7-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) hopes to put two more teams away and continue its seven-game winning streak. At 6 p.m. tonight, the No. 4 Tigers travel to the Big Apple to play their third Ivy League game against Columbia (4-3, 1-1). Then on Sunday at 1 p.m., the Tigers return home to play No. 16 American (7-2) in the annual Play 4 the Cure game, the proceeds from which help support breast cancer awareness and research.

Men's Soccer: Princeton kicks off against Big Green

As the men’s soccer team kicks off its Ivy League campaign Saturday afternoon against Dartmouth at Roberts Stadium, it’s safe to say the team is back on track following a jittery start.

Men's Soccer: 'Daddy' a patriarch in net

If the men’s soccer team were “mic’ed up” during an average practice session, you might hear this line from senior goalkeeper and team captain Sean Lynch: “Daddy wants some pancakes.”Say what?

Column: Bad News Spiders

What is the most unbreakable record in baseball history? Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak? Not quite. Cy Young’s incredible 511 career wins? Probably unbreakable, but theoretically assailable. How about 101 losses — on the road? No, nobody will ever pass the tremendous futility of my all-time favorite baseball team, the immortal 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

Women's Soccer: Blossoming Blosser boosts Tigers

Sophomore midfielder Caitlin Blosser just wanted to pick flowers and stare at the sky when she was playing for her first soccer team at the age of 4. Her parents were worried she was not the athletic daughter they wanted her to be. But to their relief, Blosser soon found her athleticism in more ways than one, in tennis, football, baseball, basketball and — of course — soccer.

Postcard: International flavor imbues tennis

Tennis — unlike football, baseball or any other American pastime — has become a truly international sport. When one examines the draw for any Grand Slam tournament, abbreviations for obscure countries like Uzbekistan, Croatia, Chinese Taipei and Cyprus often litter the pages, next to the names of various players. The sports that generate the most fanfare in the United States, however, are largely Americentric.

Blosser's 2 goals pace Princeton at Myslik

In the women’s soccer team’s fourth match ever against Fairfield University, it continued the tradition of shutting out the Stags. The Tigers (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) won the game 2-0, with sophomore midfielder Caitlin Blosser scoring both goals of the game.