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Men's Rugby: Ruggers finish in third at Ivies

Men's Rugby: Ruggers finish in third at Ivies

After reclaiming the state championship to break a two-year drought, the men’s rugby team closed out its season at the Ivy League Championship. Unfortunately for the Tigers, they were put on the same side of the draw as heavily favored Dartmouth, the No. 5 team in the country.

SPORTS | 04/28/2009

Baseball: Tigers travel north

The Tigers will get one last shot at Cornell this afternoon in a one-game playoff that will decide the champion of the Gehrig Division. The winner will face Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship Series (ILCS) this weekend. Faced with a do-or-die situation, the Tigers look to senior righthander Brad Gemberling to pitch them into the ILCS.

SPORTS | 04/28/2009

What if ... we let the players decide?

What if the players were instead able to choose what teams they would play? While it’s an unlikely scenario, take a look at how how the players and teams who picked first would be better off if the roles were reversed.

SPORTS | 04/28/2009

Softball: Tigers swept by Big Red to finish season

The softball team has faced Cornell, one of its division rivals, many times before. Despite that familiarity, it would be understandable if the Tigers (14-22 overall, 8-12 Ivy League) had failed to recognize the Big Red (40-10, 17-3) team that showed up in this weekend’s two doubleheaders.

SPORTS | 04/27/2009

Golf: Aboff wins title for second year in a row

The men’s golf team was mired in the middle of the pack throughout last weekend’s Ivy League Championship, but sophomore Eric Salazar narrowly lost an intense battle for the individual title to Dartmouth’s Pete Williamson. The team finished fifth overall, while Salazar took second in the individual competition.

SPORTS | 04/27/2009

Track & Field: Costello third in 3,000m run at Relays

At the three-day-long Penn Relays, the men’s and women’s track and field teams turned in several top performances, led by a fourth-place finish from senior Alex Pessala in the hammer throw and a pair of third-place finishes from junior Liz Costello and freshman Alex Banfinch in the 3,000m and 5,000m runs, respectively.

SPORTS | 04/27/2009

Crew: Lightweight men stay perfect

With their schedules intensifying in the final weeks of the season, all the Princeton crews were away this weekend, but that did not stop them from achieving victory in their respective races last Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/27/2009

Women's Water Polo: Princeton takes one of three at Easterns

After fighting its way to an overtime victory over Bucknell in the Southern Championship semifinals on April 18 to qualify for the Eastern Championships, the women?s water polo team bowed out of Easterns in the first round with a 12-7 loss to No.

SPORTS | 04/26/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Win over Brown secures second place in Ivy League

Saturday was Senior Day at Class of 1952 Stadium, and it certainly lived up to its billing. In the 8-7 defeat of Brown (6-8 overall, 2-4 Ivy League), Princeton?s senior class was responsible for seven of the team?s eight goals.Senior attack Christine Casaceli scored four goals while senior midfielder and tri-captain Holly McGarvie earned two points for the Tigers (12-2, 6-1). McGarvie noted that Casaceli had a great game on Saturday in front of the home crowd.?Christine had a tremendous game for sure,? McGarvie said.

SPORTS | 04/26/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Dominant win over Big Green rights ship

Fresh off its first loss since spring break, the men?s lacrosse team sent a message to the rest of the Ivy League on Saturday: The Orange and Black is far from finished.

SPORTS | 04/26/2009

Men's Volleyball: Loss in five-set thriller caps Nelson’s career

There?s a saying in volleyball that the fifth game is a ?race to eight?: If a team falters early, there isn?t much time for it to get back in the game.

SPORTS | 04/26/2009

Baseball: Series split forces Gehrig playoff

Baseball, if nothing else, is a game of inches. Whether it?s a ball rolling just under the shortstop?s glove or a called third strike on the outside corner, a baseball game often boils down to a few chance occurrences that defy explanation.Princeton (18-18 overall, 10-10 Ivy League Gehrig Division) found this out the hard way Sunday afternoon against Cornell (15-21, 10-10). The Tigers were only two innings away from clinching a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series when a home run from Cornell infielder Frank Hager gave the Big Red a 4-3 lead it would not relinquish.

SPORTS | 04/26/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton shoots to rebound

What a difference a week can make. Seven days ago, Princeton (10-2 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) stood atop the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association rankings, looking to go to Ithaca, N.Y., to extend its six-game winning streak and seize the Ivy League crown.

SPORTS | 04/23/2009

Women's Water Polo: Michigan to be tough foe at Easterns

Since the 2005 season, the women’s water polo team has had its Eastern Championship hopes dashed by the Michigan Wolverines three times. Only once during that span, in 2007, did the Tigers eliminate the Wolverines. Heading into Friday’s Easterns quarterfinal against Michigan in Cambridge, Mass., Princeton looks to duplicate its 2007 result.

SPORTS | 04/23/2009

Golf: Both squads set their sights on league championships

It’s all on the line for the men’s and women’s golf teams this weekend.The Tigers will head to the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, N.J., and take on the rest of the Ancient Eight’s golf teams in the Ivy League Championship.

SPORTS | 04/23/2009

Baseball: Destiny is in Tigers' own paws

Whether it’s foregoing a conference tournament in basketball or passing on the NCAA tournament in football, the Ivy League seems to have a strange aversion to playoffs.

SPORTS | 04/23/2009

Women's Lacrosse: On Saturday, seniors look to shine vs. Brown

The women’s lacrosse team will honor its seniors Saturday afternoon, when the Tigers host Brown at Class of 1952 Stadium.

SPORTS | 04/23/2009

Men's Volleyball: Raiders routed in 3-0 sweep

In head coach Glenn Nelson's final game at Dillon Gymnasium, the men's volleyball team defeated Rutgers-Newark 3-0 in the first round of the EIVA playoffs. With the win, the Tigers advance to the quarterfinal round to face Saint Francis.

SPORTS | 04/22/2009

A defense of America's other pastime

Columnist Barry Caro discusses the merits of fantasy baseball.

SPORTS | 04/22/2009

Trainers for the cure

Tough economic times have led many members of the Princeton community to consider the sacrifices they can make to help others. That’s precisely why a group of Princeton athletic trainers have continued to put together the Annual Women in Athletic Training Tennis Tournament, a charity event that benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

SPORTS | 04/22/2009

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