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Men win, women lose against Ivy foe Penn

Men win, women lose against Ivy foe Penn

Before the men?s and women?s tennis teams faced off against Penn this weekend to open their Ivy seasons, both teams were confident in their chances.?We all have our sights on being the best program in the league,? women?s head coach Kathy Sell said.Unfortunately for the Tigers, they stumbled out of the gate, as the women fell at home to the Quakers, 5-2.

SPORTS | 03/30/2008

Tigers beat Yale for second-straight win

It was a brisk and chilly day in Princeton, but that did not stop the men?s lacrosse team from putting up red-hot numbers in front of a capacity crowd at the Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday.Princeton (4-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) won its second consecutive game and posted its first Ivy League victory of the season, beating Yale (2-5, 0-3) 11-8 in the 89th meeting between the two schools.

SPORTS | 03/30/2008

Champion stars for school, country

Take a look at the rosters of the women?s water polo teams at Stanford, USC and UCLA, and you will find what almost amounts to a complete checklist of players on the U.S.

SPORTS | 03/25/2008

The shin bone’s connected to the thigh bone

When asked what the connections between Princeton and the National Football League are, most people would respond, ?What connections??

SPORTS | 03/25/2008

Hill ’85 coaches for NBA-leading Boston Celtics

The quiet galleries of the Lawrenceville Art Museum, on the campus of The Lawrenceville School in central New Jersey, are a long way away from the pulsating arenas of the NBA.

SPORTS | 03/25/2008

Davis, ‘D’ crucial in comeback

Less than three minutes remained in the first half of the men?s lacrosse game last night when Rutgers? Justin Pennington thought he had tallied his third goal of the game to give the Scarlet Knights a 6-3 lead.

SPORTS | 03/25/2008

Tigers don pads for spring practice

The football team has taken the field again for its spring season, but unlike previous years when a starting quarterback has yet to emerge, this year?s squad has a relative dearth at the position.

SPORTS | 03/25/2008

With runners in scoring position, Tigers strike out

It was feast or famine for the baseball team?s spring break road trip. After a fast start to the season, the Tigers (7-9) were reeled back in, going 1-8 over the midterm break.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

Tigers drop 12 games on West Coast trip

The softball team traveled west for a grueling 13 games in 10 days over spring break. The Tigers (3-17) fell victim to many a late-game rally as they went a meager 1-12 on the road trip.Princeton?s marathon began with the daunting task of taking on the No.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

Top 20 opponents dominate all courts

Playing collegiate tennis certainly has its perks. Last week, the men?s and women?s tennis teams competed in several road matches in southern California and Puerto Rico, respectively.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

Quidditch sweeps into Princeton

After reading J.K. Rowling?s acclaimed ?Harry Potter? series, countless children dreamed of playing every wizard?s favorite game, Quidditch.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

Aboff places first at Shamrock

The women?s golf team showed vast improvement in its scores this weekend at the Shamrock Intercollegiate compared to the team?s last outing, the Mo Morial Invitational.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

National honors awarded to Tigers

The No.18 women?s swimming and diving team reached a historic milestone this past weekend, sending a record seven swimmers to the NCAA championship meet and ending the season with four Honorable Mention All-America swimmers.

SPORTS | 03/24/2008

Wicas, Hurme thrust Tigers to 10th place

The six Tiger fencers who qualified for last week?s NCAA Championship tournament competed well enough to catapult Princeton to a 10th place finish out of 24 teams.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Casaceli winner downs Cavaliers

After three impressive wins during spring break, the women?s lacrosse team has a 6-0 record heading into its Ivy League season.The Tigers? biggest challenge came this past Saturday, when they hosted No.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Three shutouts in four games too strong for Yale, Colgate

Every once in a while you see an individual performance in hockey that overshadows the two teams on the ice.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Princeton goes 5-3 during tough, sunny road trip

While the women?s water polo team usually labors in DeNunzio Pool, every one of its spring break opponents plays outside in California.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Inconsistent Tigers beat Hofstra, get routed by Albany

Heading into the season, the men?s lacrosse team knew that it had a mix of veterans and fresh faces, and fans expected different faces to step up each week.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Men's hockey team wins ECAC tournament

When the final buzzer sounded Saturday night at the ECAC Championship game, the Princeton men?s hockey team had done something it hadn?t done since 1998: win the ECAC tournament.

SPORTS | 03/23/2008

Web Update: Tigers crowned ECAC Champions

Updated 1:25 p.m.: The No. 4-seeded men's hockey team will face the top-seeded University of North Dakota in the first round of the NCAA championships in Madison, Wisc., next Saturday at 2 p.m.

SPORTS | 03/22/2008

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