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Feature: Smyers ’83 discusses trials of a triathlete

Feature: Smyers ’83 discusses trials of a triathlete

Karen Smyers ’83, this year’s Jake McCandless ’51 Princeton Varsity Club speaker, is a world-class triathlete. Smyers won the national championships six consecutive years, the world championships three times and the Hawaii Ironman competition once. She also survived a bike crash with an 18-wheeler truck and thyroid cancer, and sportswriter Rick Reilly named her the “triathlete most likely to be eaten alive by a shark at the Sydney Olympics.”

SPORTS | 04/27/2010

Column: April’s top three sports stories: Full of sizzle

Last week we discussed the sizzle that Phil Jackson, Tiger Woods and Jerry Jones brought to the steak-filled month of April. This week we have a few more scandals to distract you from actual sporting events that are supposed to be “important” because it’s “playoff time.”

SPORTS | 04/27/2010

Crew: Heavyweights only crew to fall in strong weekend

All of Princeton’s four varsity crews competed against some of their closest rivals on Saturday. The women’s open crew took a victory over Penn, Dartmouth and Bucknell for the Class of 1984 Plaque at the Tigers’ own Lake Carnegie, while the women’s lightweights also raced at home, edging out Radcliffe and Bucknell for the Class of 1999 Cup.

SPORTS | 04/26/2010

Football: Princeton displays new look

The football team held its annual spring game on Saturday at Princeton Stadium. Traditionally the last major practice of the offseason, the spring game provides an opportunity for the team to gauge its progress and set new goals for the months ahead.

SPORTS | 04/26/2010

Softball: Quakers take 3 of 4 from reeling Tigers

As the softball team continued its struggles this weekend, managing just one win in a four-game home series against Penn, senior pitcher Jamie Lettire and senior outfielder Kelsey Quist continued their march through the program’s record books. The fourth-year players are both climbing toward career milestones in RBIs, extra-base hits and home runs.

SPORTS | 04/26/2010

Golf: Both teams compete in Ivies

The men’s and women’s golf teams competed in the Ivy League Championships this weekend, with the women finishing fourth and the men coming in seventh at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.

SPORTS | 04/26/2010

Women's Lacrosse: Rehfuss’s overtime goal gives Tigers playoff berth

Freshman midfielder Charlotte Davis got the ball from behind the goal with just five seconds left in overtime. The women’s lacrosse team needed every second.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Baseball: Tigers’ Ivy League chances fade as Penn bats prove too much

The baseball team got off to a promising start in its four-game series with Penn, coming through with big hits to win the first game in dramatic fashion. But it could not build on that momentum, as the Quakers continued to pound the ball while the host’s bats fell flat. The Tigers stumbled to their third consecutive 1-3 Ivy League weekend and were officially eliminated from postseason contention.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Men's Lacrosse: Laxers fall to Crimson

For the first time in 20 years, Harvard managed to get the better of the men’s lacrosse team, as the Crimson (6-5 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) defeated No. 6 Princeton (9-3, 4-1) 11-8 on Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, Mass.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Women's Water Polo: Bucknell proves too tough to stop in Southerns final

The women’s water polo team did not have enough in the end against Bucknell. After the Tigers defeated Maryland in the Collegiate Water Polo Association semifinals on Saturday, the Bison beat Princeton 11-9 in DeNunzio Pool on Sunday to claim the Southern CWPA Division Championship.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Men's Volleyball: Princeton cruises into EIVA semis

After every point earned this season, the men’s volleyball team has used a coordinated clap to rally for the next play. But that clap was nowhere in sight in Princeton’s (14-9 overall, 5-5 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) quarterfinal match of the EIVA playoffs against Sacred Heart on Saturday at Dillon Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Track & Field: Cabral wins 3,000m steeplechase, McCullough takes second in hammer throw at Penn Relays

The men’s and women’s track and field teams had strong showings this weekend at the Penn Relays, which hosts 17,000 athletes and more than 50,000 spectators annually and is the largest, oldest and most prestigious relay meet in the world. With events both on the track and in the field, the Penn Relays attracts the nation’s best runners and throwers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. This weekend, Princeton showed it fits in well at the top.

SPORTS | 04/25/2010

Men's Volleyball: Playoff run begins with high hopes

Just two weeks ago, the men’s volleyball team was on the verge of being eliminated from the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association playoffs. A hard-fought season was coming down to a race to the playoffs in the last two games, and Princeton’s future seemed uncertain.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Baseball: Quakers to visit for four-game series

After winning just two of its previous 11 contests, the baseball team will try to get back on track with four games this weekend against Penn. The Tigers (9-24 overall, 4-8 Ivy League) return to Clarke Field after spending two consecutive weekends on the road to play doubleheaders against the Quakers (16-16, 6-6) today and Saturday. The games were originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, but were pushed forward because of forecasted rain.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Track & Field: Squads ready for Penn Relays

Senior mid-distance runner Liz Costello calls the atmosphere at Penn Relays “electric,” and senior thrower George Abyad agrees. The Penn Relays are “like no other meet,” he said. This weekend the men’s and women’s track teams will compete in their sport’s oldest and most prestigious relay meet: the Penn Relays. Despite the name, the Penn Relays will play host to a whole spectrum of track and field events, and Princeton runners, jumpers and throwers alike are set to compete this weekend in Philadelphia.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Women's Lacrosse: Make or break game approaches for Tigers

Despite its recent three-game slide, the women’s lacrosse team still has a chance to secure a berth in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, the winner of which will secure the league’s bid to the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Golf: Teams to compete in Ivy Championships

The men’s and women’s golf teams will head to the Ivy League Championship this weekend at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. Both teams’ entire seasons have been preparation for this tournament, and the squads hope to win this weekend and qualify for the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Men's Lacrosse: Laxers take aim at Harvard

The men’s lacrosse team will head to Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday to try and preserve its undefeated Ivy League record as it takes on Harvard. No. 6 Princeton (9-2 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) has only two conference games left this year and is currently the only team to have already clinched a berth in the inaugural Ivy League lacrosse tournament.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Softball: Tigers to do battle for second place in Ivy South Division

Continuing its slate of Ivy League South Division play, the softball team will face Penn (13-20 overall, 7-5 Ivy League) this weekend in a four-game series at Class of 1895 Field. Currently three games behind in the standings, the Tigers (10-26, 4-8) need a clean sweep this weekend to knock off the Quakers for second place in the South Division.

SPORTS | 04/22/2010

Column: Tennis broken down by the numbers

After watching Kobe Bryant hit a ridiculous three-pointer in game two of the Lakers-Thunder series on Tuesday, my friend Breadbasket commented that it was shots like that which made him less interested in the NBA than he otherwise would be. The irony about NBA players, Breadbasket contended, was that they were actually so good that the game wasn’t as interesting. These days, open J’s are all supposed to fall in, and even contested shots are hit with surprising accuracy. Every team’s star takes over the game in the last few minutes, because that’s the optimal strategy when the offensive abilities are so good that players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant can barely be contained, let alone stopped.

SPORTS | 04/21/2010

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