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Men's Water Polo: Defense will anchor team in quest to continue season’s hot start

Men's Water Polo: Defense will anchor team in quest to continue season’s hot start

Last year, the men’s water polo team defeated then-No. 12 Navy in Cambridge, Mass. to clinch the Eastern Championships title. It was one of the high points of a 16-12 season that, despite numerous injuries, saw the Tigers win their first Eastern title since 2004 and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament, where they finished third by toppling then-No. 6 Loyola Marymount.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Women's Volleyball: Young Tigers expect continued improvement on the court

Only one short year after the women’s volleyball team kicked off its schedule with three winless preseason tournaments, the Tigers are entering their final preseason tournament this year with a winning record and higher hopes for an Ivy League Championship season. The Tigers were already three weeks into Ivy League play last year when they got their fourth win, but this year’s squad already has four wins under its belt, including a win over George Mason last weekend that avenged a loss last fall.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Women's Soccer: Goal scoring to be key for defensively focused group

While other students were packing up and moving back to campus this fall, the women’s soccer team was already slaying its foes on the pitch. After a tough 2009 campaign, the Tigers look to improve this year both overall and in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Football: Harvard, Penn to provide serious challenges

With first-year head coach Bob Surace ’90 having just completed an intense, fitness-focused training camp for players both returning and new, many are waiting with anticipation to see the debut of what will surely be a markedly different football team from those of years past. Though Princeton was tagged to finish only sixth in the Ivy League in this year’s preseason media poll, there’s no telling what surprises and unexpected achievements Surace’s fresh approach might bring to the program. What is certain, however, is that if the Tigers hope to improve upon last season’s 4-6 record and have a shot at finishing in the top half of the Ivy League, they’ll have to do so by defeating a series of tough opponents — many of whom are looking sharper and more adept than ever.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Cross Country: Women’s team aims to remain competitive after top-5 finish

Although students are just now crawling wearily into lecture halls and seminar rooms, the men’s and women’s cross country teams have already gained momentum for their respective seasons. Stocked with both collegiate veterans and fresh talents, the two teams kicked off their seasons at last Saturday’s Spiked Shoe Invitational in University Park, Pa., where the men took first and the women came in second. Despite an intense schedule, both coaches and athletes are feeling optimistic, with strong starts to their seasons.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Men's Soccer: High hopes abound for seasoned Tiger squad

The men’s soccer team is coming into the new season full of expectation following last year’s successful campaign in which the squad grabbed third place in the Ivy League and reached the first round of the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Football: Cody vital for defense

What can help the newly minted 2010 football team turn over a new leaf? Turnovers.As senior tri-captain and inside linebacker Steven Cody pointed out, the new coaching staff has brought a fresh look to the defense, and one key aspect of this new system involves forcing more fumbles and making more interceptions than in recent years.

SPORTS | 09/15/2010

Women's Tennis: NCAA penalizes University with major violation

The University was pronounced guilty of a “major violation” of NCAA rules Wednesday, in a case in which an alumnus contributed roughly $33,000 for a women’s tennis player’s tuition, room and board during the 2007-08 academic year, and the fall of 2008.

SPORTS | 09/07/2010

Football: Star RB Culbreath returns to team

Roughly 11 months after he last donned the Tiger orange and black, senior co-captain and running back Jordan Culbreath is once again in action with the football team. Culbreath missed all but two games last season after a diagnosis of aplastic anemia, but his remarkable recovery led him back to a team that is thrilled to see its star rusher in good health.

SPORTS | 09/01/2010

Summer update: Back to school

While most students still have a few days before they return to campus for the new school year, fall varsity athletes have already found their way back to Princeton to start preseason training. With the beginning of the fall seasons just a few weeks away and some exciting stories on the horizon, we bring you the final installment of this summer’s athletics highlights.

SPORTS | 08/30/2010

A midsummer sports round-up

With just less than two months until classes start again, we bring you the first half of summer’s Princeton athletics highlights.

SPORTS | 07/18/2010

Baseball: Barnes and two incoming freshmen picked in MLB draft

This week, junior Dan Barnes became the latest in a long line of Princeton pitchers to garner interest from major-league teams in the amateur draft. The Toronto Blue Jays selected the righty with their 35th-round selection on Wednesday afternoon. Barnes could have returned to Princeton to play his senior season, but instead signed a professional contract and will begin his minor-league career this summer, he said in an e-mail.

SPORTS | 06/09/2010

Crew: Men's lightweights win second straight national title

For the 24th straight year, Princeton athletics can boast a national title. The men's lightweight crew made sure of that on Saturday in Cherry Hill, N.J., with its second straight victory in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships.

SPORTS | 06/07/2010

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers upset by Notre Dame

The sixth-seeded men’s lacrosse team was upset by unseeded Notre Dame (8-6 overall) in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon at Class of 1952 Stadium. The Tigers (11-5 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) were held to one second-half goal and lost the game 8-5.

SPORTS | 05/15/2010

Female Athlete of the Year: Aemisegger starred from day one

Nearly four years ago, Alicia Aemisegger arrived on campus as one of the most highly touted recruits in the history of the Princeton swimming and diving program. To say the least, she lived up to the billing.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers set for fight with Irish

This Sunday, two unfamiliar foes will square off under familiar circumstances. Despite their reputations as mainstays of the NCAA lacrosse tournament, the men’s lacrosse team will take on No. 20 Notre Dame for just the second time in program history.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

Male Athlete of the Year: Zalewski key to record season

In its final game of the year, the men’s water polo team faced Loyola Marymount University in the consolation game of the NCAA tournament. One day earlier, LMU had fallen to University of California, Los Angeles — the No. 2 team in the country — by one goal in overtime, and the Lions expected their game with Princeton to be a formality.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

Counting down the top 10 games of the year

For the final issue of the year, The Daily Princetonian counts down the top 10 Princeton sports games of the year. Selections and rankings were made based on the outcome, caliber, excitement and significance of the competition. There were far more excellent options to choose from than could be included, but these games helped make 2009–10 a memorable year for Princeton athletics.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

Crew: All four crews set for sprints

After a challenging weekend to finish the regular season for the women’s open, men’s heavyweight and men’s lightweight crews, all four crews are now looking forward to the start of the postseason on Saturday. The men’s crews will compete in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Sprints in Worcester, Mass., while the women’s crews will race in the Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges Sprints in Cherry Hill, N.J.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

Women's Tennis: Cavaliers up first for Princeton

The women’s tennis team heads to Charlottesville, Va., this weekend to play its first matches since April 18. No. 33 Princeton competes in the first round of the NCAA National Championship tournament against No. 27 University of Virginia today.

SPORTS | 05/13/2010

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