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Tigers must adopt a New York state of mind

Beginning a crucial six-game road trip, the women's hockey team will seek to take advantage of this weekend's games to get back into contention in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League (ECACHL).Sitting in eighth place in the 12-team league, the Tigers (4-6-2 overall, 2-4-1 ECACHL) take on conference opponents Colgate (4-7-1, 3-1-0 ) and Cornell (5-4-1, 2-1-1) this weekend, traveling to Hamilton, N.Y., to face the Raiders tonight before moving on to Ithaca, N.Y., for tomorrow's contest against the Big Red.

Digging for history

There's nothing quite like watching Tigers fight Blue Hens in Queens for the potential chance to take on a Red Storm.Tonight at 6 p.m., that exact scenario will be played out with implications every bit as fantastic as the names involved.

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RPI and Union visit Baker Rink

Fresh off a season-revitalizing 4-2 victory over Quinnipiac (5-4-2 overall, 2-2-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), the men's hockey team (4-4-0, 3-3-0) will welcome No.

Princeton takes on Rutgers

Last weekend, college football fans across the country witnessed one of the nation's oldest and fiercest rivalries when Kansas faced Missouri in a much-anticipated clash.

Former coaches make tough decision, move to Texas

When Maureen '97 and Richard Barron announced their departure from their respective positions as head softball and women's basketball coaches last spring, it came as quite a surprise.

New Tiger coach Milena Flores spent two years with the WNBA's Miami Sol

During assistant women's basketball coach Milena Flores' senior year at Stanford, she was offered the ultimate postgraduate opportunity.

Seton Hall too much for Tigers

The men's basketball team dropped its fourth straight game last night, 65-55, to Seton Hall at Jadwin Gym.

Princeton takes on St. Francis in Brooklyn, hosts Duquesne

The women's basketball team looks to add a few non-conference wins to its resume with two games this weekend.

Work, but still just a game

For most people, football is just a game ? a game that fills up languid weekend afternoons and gives Thanksgiving more meaning than mere turkeys and Pilgrims.

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Fencing is a family affair for Hohensee brothers

Collegiate athletes often say their teammates are like family. For most, the comparison is merely a simile, but for the Hohensee siblings, two members of the men's fencing team, teammates are not like family.

U. pairs profs with players

From working out in Dillon Gym to attending nearly every women's volleyball team home game, the Princeton faculty clearly share more than just an academic bond with the student-athletes they encounter in the classroom.With this in mind, Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 created the Academic-Athletic Fellows program in the mid-1990s, pairing faculty members with specific teams to encourage the expansion of student-teacher relationships outside the classroom."I created it to break down barriers between faculty and student-athletes," Walters said, "to facilitate communication between student-athletes and faculty and to complement the advising system already here at Princeton."Drawing inspiration from his own experiences as a member of the men's basketball team and his personal academic mentors, Walters created a program in which students could talk to faculty members about academic and personal issues in a confidential way.

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Seton Hall is next test for Tigers

Hawaii may be alluring with its beaches and beautiful weather, but for the men's basketball team, there is no place like home.

Icemen pick up juggling expertise

You're men's hockey head coach Guy Gadowsky, and you've just finished running another long, exhausting practice.

Keeping the Tigers striped

Princeton students have come to expect the best in all aspects of their college experience, and the University does everything in its power to make these expectations a reality ? down to the uniforms that students-athletes wear on the field.Since the University and Nike agreed to a comprehensive apparel and equipment partnership two years ago, student-athletes across Princeton's 38 varsity programs have seen improvements in their equipment and outfitting.

Matheson, Schmidt, Henritze named Ivy Players of the Year

After helping fellow Tigers achieve Ivy League Player of the Year status with her adept passing during her freshman and sophomore years, senior midfielder Diana Matheson of the women's soccer team finally received the league's highest honor herself.Matheson is the fifth Tiger to win the award in the last seven years and only the third ever to be named to four All-Ivy teams.Matheson's strong finish to the season is especially impressive given her absence in the first seven games of the season while playing for Team Canada in the Women's World Cup.

The perils of fandom: A cautionary tale

I have two rules for picking the right university.High-definition television is a must. Sophomore year, my roommate bought a humongous LCD TV that was starving for an ABC channel that didn't look like scrambled porn.

Princeton draws Delaware

There was nothing but excitement in the air as 8:00 p.m. came and went this past Sunday evening. After clinching the first perfect 14-0 Ivy League season in conference history, the women's volleyball team (22-3 overall) took the announcement of its NCAA Tournament draw ? which opens with a first-round match against Delaware (30-4) on Friday night ? with hope and readiness.It was a long two weeks of waiting since the Tigers finished their championship season, but the team stayed positive and focused, patiently waiting for its Sunday night tournament announcement."It's a little bit frustrating not knowing [the NCAA announcement], but it also builds up the excitement," junior outside hitter Parker Henritze said.