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Don't forget to tune in to this year's contest

Don't forget to tune in to this year's contest

This paper runs a lot of preview articles. And most kinda, sorta, suck. As a former editor, I know that better than most.There is an explanation for all this nonsense: it?s a daily sports section, and ? let?s be honest ? that?s a lot of sports.

SPORTS | 04/10/2008

Tigers not overlooking Harvard

After facing the No. 1 Syracuse Orange last weekend, the Princeton men?s lacrosse team will confront a much less daunting task this Saturday when it travels to Cambridge to battle the Harvard Crimson.

SPORTS | 04/10/2008

Web Update: Rain-soaked Tigers extinguish Crimson

While Princeton?s motto might read ?Dei sub numine viget? ? ?Under God?s light she flourishes? ? on Saturday, it was God?s rain that aided the men?s lacrosse team to a key Ivy League victory.

SPORTS | 04/10/2008

Season ends with shot at No. 2 seed

The men?s volleyball team closes out its regular season in a much-anticipated rematch with Tait division rival George Mason (17-7 overall, 7-3 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Division) tonight.

SPORTS | 04/10/2008

On Tap with Susannah Aboff

Q: Welcome-to-college moment?A: My parents dropped me off, and I immediately started to cry. My new teammate, [junior] Marlowe [Boukis], was there, and we just laughed at how pathetic we were.

SPORTS | 04/09/2008

Passion for hockey runs deep

Think you?re busy? Try juggling that growing pile of homework with a varsity sport, a senior thesis in the Psychology department and substantial community service, and you?ve got a schedule that would suffocate most Princetonians ? but not senior Lizzie Keady.

SPORTS | 04/09/2008

Moore signs up with the Sharks

Senior defenseman Mike Moore of the men?s hockey team became the latest product of the revitalized Tiger hockey program to have his services enlisted by a professional team, when he signed with the NHL?s San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.

SPORTS | 04/09/2008

Win streak snapped at eight

Coming into yesterday?s doubleheader against Rutgers, the softball team appeared to have found the fast track, sprinting out to an 8-0 start in Ivy League play.After the Scarlet Knights (16-21 overall) tagged Princeton (11-19, 8-0 Ivy League)for 16 runs in a pair of decisive wins, the only sprinting the Tigers were doing was the mandatory kind.The Tigers dropped the opener, 9-5, and followed it up with a 7-2 loss in the nightcap, leading head coach Trina Salcido to keep her players an extra 15 minutes after the final pitch to run post-game wind sprints.

SPORTS | 04/09/2008

Princeton falls after stranding 13 on base

For the last month, Princeton (12-15 overall, 4-4 Ivy League) has lost games thanks largely to missed opportunities.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Robinson '83 named head coach at Oregon State

The Princeton basketball coaching tree?s branches have now spread to the West Coast.Craig Robinson ?83 accepted the head coaching position at Oregon State on Monday.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Experienced but modest, Lujan heads to CMU

"Why me?? former assistant men?s soccer coach Arron Lujan modestly asked. It was as if he believed he did not deserve his new appointment as the head coach of Carnegie Mellon?s men?s soccer team.As a seven-year professional soccer player and three-year assistant coach at Princeton, he has meant a great deal to the Princeton program and certainly has the credentials and potential to succeed as a head coach.Lujan brings to Carnegie Mellon his experience both on the field and on the sideline, his vast understanding of the game and his ability to recruit the true student-athlete.?I have the ability to give knowledge in certain situations, what works and what doesn?t work, because I have been there,? Lujan said.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Eichler keys Senior Night dominance

Four years ago, senior outside hitter and captain Peter Eichler arrived at Princeton and immediately became a starter on the men?s volleyball team.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Bordley '70 leads prep powerhouse

When Rob Bordley ?70 first arrived at the Landon School, a prep school in Bethesda, Md., he was 8 years old.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Third-quarter run seals win

Penn?s men?s lacrosse goalie Chris Casey had nightmares last night. Unfortunately for the Quakers, they started while he was still awake.

SPORTS | 04/08/2008

Ivy title run begins with eight wins

Since spring break and the beginning of Ivy League play, the softball team has found a much-needed spark.

SPORTS | 04/07/2008

All foes held under 10 in three straight wins

The women?s water polo team earned three straight wins at DeNunzio Pool this weekend, defeating No.

SPORTS | 04/07/2008

Lightweights, open women still perfect

It?s not surprising that a Princeton team would aim for no less than perfection, though only the most dedicated squads of athletes can produce the results.

SPORTS | 04/07/2008

Lightweights defend Forsburgh Cup

East met West as the men?s heavyweight crew returned to the San Diego Crew Classic for the first time since 1989.

SPORTS | 04/07/2008

Pitchers' duels not favoring Princeton

Sitting in second place in the Ivy League?s Gehrig Division standings, the baseball team (12-14 overall, 4-4 Ivy League) travelled to Yale (11-16, 4-2) and Brown (11-12, 4-3) this weekend for two almost identical doubleheaders.

SPORTS | 04/07/2008

Win over Juniata emphatically ends losing streak

In a game that was expected to be close, the men?s volleyball team put away Juniata in dominant fashion Friday.

SPORTS | 04/06/2008

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