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Men's Lacrosse: Ivy rival next for Tigers

Men's Lacrosse: Ivy rival next for Tigers

At the end of the regular season two weekends ago, the men’s lacrosse team won a share of the Ivy League title with a win over Brown. The Tigers (13-2 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) split the title with Cornell despite falling to the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., because Brown had previously beaten Cornell.

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Princeton takes on NCAA No. 1

The No. 7 women’s lacrosse team has had a taxing schedule so far this season, with games against No. 2 Maryland, then-No. 3 Penn and No. 4 Duke, but the stiffest, most daunting test of all comes tomorrow in the behemoth that is undefeated defending champion No. 1 Northwestern (20-0).

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Male Athlete of the Year: Doug Lennox '09

For most collegiate swimmers, five All-America honors in one season would be the ultimate dream. But for senior swimmer Doug Lennox, his NCAA accomplishments did not hold a flame (pun intended) to having the opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games.

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Both lacrosse teams fall in NCAA quarterfinals

The men’s lacrosse team fell 6-4 to Cornell on Saturday in the NCAA quarterfinals at Hofstra University.The women’s lacrosse team also lost its NCAA quarterfinal game on Saturday, falling 16-9 to undefeated Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Track & Field: Men and women get ready in final NCAA tuneup

The members of the men’s and women’s track and field teams each have one more opportunity to qualify for NCAA competition. The men will compete at this weekend’s Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) Championships, while the women will compete at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships. Princeton will host both meets at Weaver Stadium, with the IC4A decathlon slated to kick off competition at 1 p.m. on Friday.

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Female Athlete of the Year: Liz Costello '10

How much can the average Princeton student accomplish in 16 minutes, 59.9 seconds? For an editor at The Daily Princetonian, 17 minutes is a respectable time to be clocked on a Wa run. Junior Liz Costello, however, can traverse five kilometers in that time.

SPORTS | 05/14/2009

Manny is being Manny. Are you really surprised?

Manny took PEDs: What did you expect? Well, it’s official: Manny Ramirez has used performance-enhancing drugs. Human chorionic gonadotropin is the drug that Manny is confirmed to have taken, which was likely prescribed to him because he has low testosterone.

SPORTS | 05/12/2009

Track & Field: Dropping the hammer

Senior alex pessala wanted to throw the hammer farther than he actually did last weekend at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. But he still separated himself from the pack by a prodigious 5.5-meter margin.

SPORTS | 05/12/2009

On Tap with ... Justin Teti

Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: I had a guy that lived on my hall freshman year that was pretty ridiculous but will remain unnamed.

SPORTS | 05/12/2009

Cycling: Frey collects Division II USA Cycling title

Racing against Lance Armstrong would usually be the highlight of any college cyclist’s career. For senior Nick Frey, however, it was only one of several high points in the past two weeks, during which the mechanical engineering major also won the Division II road race at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships and helped Princeton to a second-place finish in the Division II men’s team time trial.

SPORTS | 05/12/2009

How the mighty have fallen

Last saturday afternoon, I was participating in my favorite procrastination activity: flipping through sports channels in search of a game to watch.

SPORTS | 05/12/2009

Track & Field: Cornell dethroned; women win Heps

The men?s and women?s track and field teams competed in the 2009 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Tennis: Gut-wrenching end to brilliant season

The women?s tennis team saw its season come to a heartbreaking conclusion Friday as the Tigers fell 4-3 to Florida International University in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Crew: Lightweight men claim Ivy League title, EARC championship

Correction appendedAll season, no one could catch the men?s lightweight crew team, which posted an unblemished 7-0 regular-season record.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Golf: Aboff finishes four shots shy in qualifier

In a weekend filled with championships, the NCAA East Regional Qualifier for women?s golf took place at the Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Midfielders lead charge en route to 10-7 victory

What started as a game with 20 players was essentially reduced to a game of four. It was Princeton?s midfielders? game, and it was freshman goalie Tyler Fiorito?s game.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Schwab, Tochihara pace commanding second half

Though the women?s lacrosse team ultimately crushed Georgetown 15-9, the Hoyas? dominating performance at the end of the first half had many fans wondering whether the Tigers would make it past the first round of the NCAA championship tournament.

SPORTS | 05/10/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Hopes high for Princeton’s opening-round matchup with Georgetown

Coming off a hard loss against Maryland, the women’s lacrosse team is ready to take on rival No. 8 Georgetown in its first-round game of the NCAA tournament this Sunday at Class of 1952 Stadium.

SPORTS | 05/07/2009

One man's journey to the Citi

Just before my alarm goes off, I get Dave’s cancellation text message: Apparently, pub night has claimed another spring-semester senior.

SPORTS | 05/07/2009

Women's Tennis: NCAA Tournament opens with Panthers

The women’s tennis team looks to capture its first NCAA tournament victory in a matchup against No. 29 Florida International in Miami on Friday morning. The No. 42 Tigers have had mixed success against ranked teams all season, posting a record of 4-7 against them while still not earning a victory over any top 30 teams.

SPORTS | 05/07/2009

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