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Circle & Co. catching on fast

If everything were as reliable as the hands of senior wide receiver and co-captain Brendan Circle, back-to-back blazes on Cannon Green and a repeat Ivy League Championship would be distinct possibilities for the football team in 2007.Princeton's lone returning first-team All-Ivy player proved himself last year by amassing a monster 835 yards, the fifth-highest single-season receiving total in Princeton history.

Lehigh's Threatt runs into Princeton

All those Under Armour commercials have clearly made an impression. In 2006, the football team had a perfect 5-0 record when protecting its house at Princeton Stadium ? including a crucial 31-28 victory against perennial rival Harvard and a 27-17 win over Dartmouth that guaranteed the team a share of the Ivy League title.In the first game of its new season, however, the 2007 incarnation of the Tigers will face a serious threat to its domestic dominance.

First goal proves elusive on pitch

The women's soccer team finished last season on a high note, keeping opponents scoreless in the final 393 minutes, 13 seconds it played.

Men's polo rolls to 5-0 start

New team, same story. For the men's water polo team (5-0 overall), an undefeated start to the year has allayed some of the concerns about the team heading into the season.

American blanks Princeton on road

The American Eagles held off the men's soccer team's 10-man second-half charge last Friday, going on to win 2-0 on their home field in Washington, D.C.The loss was the second for the Tigers (0-2) following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Loyola (Md.).American (4-2) struck first, scoring in the 33rd minute after Princeton's offense struggled throughout the first half.

Princeton rallies after losing two at tourney

Kill, dig, ace. To the women's volleyball team (1-2), these are not just words but crucial statistics.

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Women defeat 22 teams in Bronx showdown

With the summer winding down and the fall athletic season beginning, the men's and women's cross country teams already appear to be in mid-season form.

Tigers drop two before defeating Yale

The field hockey team (1-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) began its 2007 season in the same fashion as it did last year, opening its schedule with two losses to ranked, non-conference teams before coming up with a victory over Yale.The regular season got underway Sept.

Tigers prep for National championships

Success in the Ivy League is exciting, but a victory on the national level is something else entirely.

Nostalgia grips former 'Prince' editor

Two days ago, I finished college. It ended, much like it began, in a whirlwind. The pressures of freshman week almost four years ago gave way to the pressures of writing two papers for Dean's Date followed by Classics comprehensive exams the next day at 9 a.m.As Princeton has a dire shortage of 24-hour study spaces, a student is forced to try to find his own private area where he can study past the library's 2 a.m.

Walker will represent Team USA in Japan

While thousands of Princeton students will be spending their summers at internships, beaches and other universities, senior linebacker Brig Walker will be doing something a little different.

NCAAs motivate Tigers

Princeton's men's and women's track and field teams are preparing for their biggest meet so far this season, the NCAA Division I Regional Championships, to be held next weekend, May 25-26, at the University of Florida's Stadium at Percy Beard Track, in Gainesville, Fla.

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God on the gridiron

When head coach Roger Hughes is asked how the football team improved from 2-8 in 2003 to 9-1 and an Ivy League championship in 2006, he invariably discusses the Tigers' hard work, discipline and chemistry.

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Silver and bronze for Princeton

It appears that there is such a thing as home-water advantage. A year after Princeton's men's heavyweight crew seized the Eastern Sprints title from long-reigning Harvard, the Crimson reassumed its throne in Worcester, Mass., last Sunday.

Bradley '80 given top job

Bob Bradley '80 will be named head coach of the United States men's soccer team at a press conference today in New York, ESPN.com reported yesterday.

Searching for answers among the pinstriped

A friend of mine really hates the Yankees. Every time I'm at his apartment in the evening, I find him yelling at the television, shooting spittle all over the screen.

Frick high jumps his way to IC4A title

This past weekend was especially tough for the men's and women's track and field teams. On top of papers and problem sets, and only a week after the exhausting Heptagonal Championships, the two squads had to gear up to compete against some of the best teams in the region at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes in America Outdoor Championships."I think that it's difficult for us when we have the league meet the week before," men's head coach Fred Samara said.