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Men's Lacrosse: Fiorito puts Tigers in national spotlight

Men's Lacrosse: Fiorito puts Tigers in national spotlight

EAST RUTHERFORD — The first quarter of the men’s lacrosse team’s monumental 12-8 win over No. 2 Syracuse at Giants Stadium on Saturday was relatively uneventful. But in the first five minutes of the second quarter, while holding a fragile 3-2 lead, the No. 5 Tigers set the tone for the rest of the game.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Lowly Bulldogs no match for Drumm & Co.

Sophomore attack Lizzy Drumm was held scoreless for the first time this season last Wednesday night. Four days later, she bounced back in a big way, scoring five goals to lead the No. 7 women’s lacrosse team to a 15-6 rout over hapless Yale (3-8 overall, 0-4 Ivy League).

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Water Polo: Terps topple Tigers in overtime

Despite finally showing a resolve that has been lacking for much of the season, the women?s water polo team fell 11-9 in overtime against No.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Crew: Winds wreak havoc for men and women

The conditions were windy and blustery on Lake Carnegie this Saturday, but that didn’t prevent the men’s and women’s lightweight crews from succeeding on the water. The No. 1 lightweight men performed especially well in their race against No. 3 Navy.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton topples Syracuse at Giants Stadium

EAST RUTHERFORD — Coming into the men’s lacrosse team’s showdown against Syracuse last Saturday, the biggest question was who would triumph in the battle between the Tigers’ young but talented defense and the Orange’s dynamic offense. The answer was clear.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Tennis: Capkovic strong against Yale, Brown, but Tigers winless on weekend

One week after pulling out a close victory over Penn to open its Ivy League season, the men’s tennis team suffered disappointing back-to-back losses, falling 4-3 to Yale on Friday and 5-2 to Brown the next day. Princeton (9-8 overall) appeared to be evenly matched against both teams, and key moments in either match could have easily shifted the momentum the Tigers’ way.

SPORTS | 04/05/2009

Women's Water Polo: Win vs. Wagner sets stage for weekend

On Friday evening, Princeton (13-9 overall, 2-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association [CWPA] Southern Division) travels to Lewisburg, Pa., to face Bucknell (15-11, 2-1) for the second time in one week.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Baseball: For Princeton, the time is now

The baseball team enters play this weekend in a precarious position. There are only five weeks of Ivy League games each season, and the Tigers have already dug themselves a hole.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

On the Prowl #3

Sports writers discuss the men's hockey team's gut-wrenching 5-4 overtime loss to UMD at the NCAA tournament last weekend, the baseball team's recent struggles and the much-anticipated men's lacrosse matchup between No. 5 Princeton and No. 2 Syracuse at Giants Stadium on Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Web Update: Men's lacrosse beats Syracuse 12-8

EAST RUTHERFORD — In a game that featured stellar play on both sides of the restraining line, the No. 5 men's lacrosse team defeated No. 2 Syracuse 12-8 in a game at Giants Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Softball: Ivy title defense resumes on road

The softball team’s Ivy League title defense is hitting the road for the first time this weekend. Its show opened to mixed reviews last weekend, as the Tigers split doubleheaders with both Yale and Brown. A week of solid practice has the star-studded cast aiming for a clean sweep against Ivy North co-leaders Harvard and Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Women's Lacrosse: No. 7 Tigers face league foe Bulldogs

Coming off strong wins against Cornell and Columbia, the women’s lacrosse team will head to New Haven, Conn., this weekend to play rival Yale in Princeton’s third Ivy League game of the season.

SPORTS | 04/02/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers to face toughest test yet

The men?s lacrosse team?s year so far has gone almost as well as anyone could have imagined.

SPORTS | 04/01/2009

Women's Lacrosse: High octane offense nets win

The No. 7 women?s lacrosse team overcame sloppy weather and sloppy play to outdo a feisty Columbia (5-4 overall, 0-3 Ivy League), 15-5, on Wednesday evening at Class of 1952 Stadium.Though Princeton (8-1, 2-0) won by 10 goals, the game was closer than that for most of the night.The score was knotted at one more than eight minutes into the matchup when senior attack Christine Casaceli forced a turnover.

SPORTS | 04/01/2009

Around the Ivy League: Baseball

After the first weekend of Ivy League play in baseball, Princeton has the best overall record of the Ancient Eight at 8-10.

SPORTS | 04/01/2009

Why Calipari should have stayed

From a professional standpoint, there are two advantages for John Calipari ? the former men?s basketball head coach at the University of Memphis ? taking the head coaching job at the University of Kentucky: more money and more tradition.

SPORTS | 04/01/2009

Women's Golf: Golfers capture second place

Princeton’s golfers seem to be shaking the rust off quickly, however, as they finished second overall at the Hoya Invitational.

SPORTS | 03/31/2009

Men's Volleyball: Tigers defeat NYU in the Big Apple

When the men’s volleyball team faced NYU nearly two months ago, it struggled to an ugly 3-1 win at Dillon Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 03/31/2009

Baseball: Bats stay cold in road loss

Last night, Princeton (8-10 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) fell to Monmouth (11-10) by a 12-3 margin. The Tigers have scored three or fewer runs in four of the last five games, and they are currently on a three-game skid.

SPORTS | 03/31/2009

Women's Swimming & Diving: Making a splash

Before the volunteer could finish his sentence — “If your favorite color is green…” — half a dozen 3- to 7-year-olds in brightly colored swimming gear were propelling themselves across the water of the Dillon Gymnasium Pool. Such was the scene during the last day of the women’s swimming and diving team’s “SPLASH: Swim Safe Week” last Thursday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2009

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