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Princeton gives strong showing in rare Jadwin Gym appearance

Most teams have home-court advantage every few games, but for the men's and women's fencing teams, that edge only comes once every several years.This past Saturday, the Tigers competed in their first dual meet of the season, hosting six other schools at Jadwin Gym.

Tigers nearly nip Penn St.

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams did more than just swim with Penn State this weekend ? they raced them until the very end.

Pair of sweeps preserves perfection

After this weekend's effort on Jadwin Gym's squash courts, the No. 1 women's squash team moved one step closer to achieving its dream of repeating as national champions.Head coach Gail Ramsay's squad defeated both the Brown Bears and the Williams Ephs, keeping the Tigers' (3-0 overall) record perfect.

Comunale, Ritter post two wins each

When the Princeton wrestling team traveled to State College, Pa., this weekend to take part in the challenging Nittany Lion Open, it knew the competition would be stiffer than it had been at the first two tournaments of the season.

With Sanchez out, Princeton keeps rolling

When a team's top player is sidelined, it's not uncommon for the rest of the squad to feel the effects of his loss.

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Bragging rights go to Rutgers

Unfortunately for the men's basketball team, lady luck showed up on time but left early in its interstate rivalry game against Rutgers this Saturday.

Delaware ousts Tigers

QUEENS, N.Y. ? As the old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end."The women's volleyball team learned that lesson in painful fashion Friday night, as the Tigers (22-4 overall, 14-0 Ivy League) lost 3-1 to Delaware (31-4 overall) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at St.

Tigers fall to Cornell in road split

On a weekend when the women's hockey team needed to win two games to keep pace in the ECAC Hockey conference, the Tigers went 1-1, beating Colgate handily, 4-2, but dropping a frustrating 3-2 decision to Cornell.The Tigers (5-7-2 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) out-shot the Big Red (7-4-1, 4-1-1) 26-18 Saturday night, but were unable to convert when necessary in a scoreless third period.

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Union win is first home victory on the season

The men's hockey team may not have gotten the weekend sweep it hoped for, but the Tigers were able to get one major monkey off their backs, picking up their first home victory of the season Saturday night at Baker Rink.After falling to Rensselaer 4-3 on Friday night, Princeton (5-5-0 overall, 4-4-0 ECAC Hockey) came back to defeat Union 4-3 the next day, bringing the team back to .500 for the season.Eager to forget the tough loss to the Engineers the night before, the Tigers came prepared against the Dutchmen (3-6-2, 1-3-2) and were able to jump out to an early lead.Seven minutes, three seconds into the first period, junior forward Lee Jubinville made what appeared to be a perfect pass to junior forward Brett Wilson in the crease.

Strong rebounding yields second win versus St. Francis

The women's basketball team succeeds when it's free to run the floor, but over the past week, Princeton (2-6 overall) has seen that approach deliver mixed results.The Tigers out-rebounded St.

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.