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After a season marked by tight losses to top competition and an early exit from the NCAA Tournament, the 2008 Princeton men?s lacrosse team is hungrier than ever.While the team did lose some key players to graduation, the Tigers kept their fair share of firepower and have reloaded with a solid batch of recruits.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Nation's best 'D' led by Hewit, Cocoziello

Nation's best 'D' led by Hewit, Cocoziello

Nine years ago on the lacrosse field of the Delbarton School on the outskirts of Morristown, N.J., Dan Cocoziello and Alex Hewit locked gaze.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Schaus seeks winning finish to stellar career

Senior spring is a busy time for any Princeton student. Between wrapping up the all-consuming thesis and deciding on post-graduation plans, there isn?t much time for anything else.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Veteran offense looks for vengeance

Last season the baseball team came within one hit of a playoff for the Ivy League?s Lou Gehrig Division title.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Tigers seek revenge on '07 champs for 2OT loss

The target at which the men?s lacrosse team will take aim tomorrow afternoon could not be any bigger, but it won?t be an easy one to hit.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Veterans to lead return to national prominence

With age comes maturity, knowledge and experience ? or at least that?s what the women?s lacrosse team is banking on.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Salciado takes the reins

The softball team will travel to Fairfax, Va., to kick off its 2008 season this weekend. The Tigers are starting their season with a newly promoted head coach, Trina Salciado, and two new assistant coaches, Cristina Cobb-Adams ?06 and Alexis Alcantara.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

Gemberling leads new and old on pitching staff

Despite the loss of star catcher Sal Iacono ?07 to graduation, one half of the baseball team?s battery will remain more or less intact this season, as three of Princeton?s four top starters return, along with the majority of the key relievers.

SPORTS | 02/28/2008

‘Grassroot’ begins to grow at Princeton

If the world had a universal language, it would be soccer. In most regions of the globe, soccer is a common denominator, almost a religion.

SPORTS | 02/27/2008

Wow: They really are good at basketball

Let me start by saying that I?ve had a less-than-illustrious basketball career. I reached my peak in the sport at the ripe age of 7, when I was arguably the best player in a Jewish Community Center basketball camp.

SPORTS | 02/27/2008

New recruits bring energy to team

One Sunday afternoon in October 2005, Caitlin Seery ?09 showed up at DeNunzio Pool for the first practice in the history of Princeton club swimming with no expectations.

SPORTS | 02/27/2008

Maag takes on history

The list of Princeton?s all-time greats just got a little bit longer.Junior Michael Maag broke the 17-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter run two weeks ago with a time of seven minutes, 56.40 seconds, surpassing some of the greatest runners in Princeton history in the process.

SPORTS | 02/27/2008

Giving up meat doesn't hurt Tiger athletes

According to conventional wisdom, athletes need high-meat, protein-rich diets to fuel their active lifestyles and maintain muscle mass.Not so fast, sophomore vegetarian lightweight rower Stephanie Hill says.

SPORTS | 02/26/2008

The NBA is way more exciting than you think

In 2002, I witnessed an aging Michael Jordan score 37 points as his Wizards fell on a buzzer-beater to the Miami Heat.

SPORTS | 02/26/2008

Loch '06 to row in Olympics

Right underneath the Phat Lady and the Heart Stop on the menu at Hoagie Haven, there?s the Bloch.

SPORTS | 02/26/2008

On tap with ... Brandon Denham

Every week, the ?Prince? sits down with a different athlete to find out more about their life on and off the field.

SPORTS | 02/26/2008

Capkovic’s win takes Princeton past St. John’s

Watching the men?s tennis team take on St. John?s and St. Joseph?s universities on Sunday, it was difficult to believe that this was its first pair of matches in nearly a month, as the men looked as strong as ever in defeating St.

SPORTS | 02/25/2008

Weekend split kills chance of home ice

Ending the season with more of a whimper than a bang, the women?s hockey team split its final two matches to provide a bittersweet ending to the year.The Tigers (13-10-6 overall, 11-8-3 ECAC Hockey) experienced a seeming disintegration of their game during Friday?s demolition at the hands of No.

SPORTS | 02/25/2008

Winless season ends with huge loss to Quakers

After a while, defeat after defeat can cause a team to lose its grip. This Sunday, the men?s wrestling team appeared to do just that, as Princeton (0-18 overall, 0-8 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) was overwhelmed 44-6 by Penn (13-5, 4-1). No Tiger came within fewer than five points of winning his match.Freshman 125-pounder Tony Comunale was faced with the tall task of wrestling No.

SPORTS | 02/25/2008

Two gold medals top weekend haul

A young team generally suffers through rebuilding years before it can capitalize on its talent. The men?s and women?s fencing teams, however, are breaking this mold and demonstrating their rapidly increasing maturity out on the strip.Princeton?s growth was evident this past weekend as both teams competed in the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championship tournament hosted by Columbia.

SPORTS | 02/25/2008

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