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Arner won't let injury hold her back

Injury 'Bug' Repellant doesn't really exist, but Candice Arner sure wouldn't refuse a spritz or two if it did.Not only did the junior midfielder for the field hockey team (6-4 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) miss the entire season last year after season-ending knee surgery, but she also missed almost two full years in high school when she tore each of her ACLs.

No team, no worries; indy athletes thrive

In the past decade, Princeton athletics have become associated with lacrosse dominance and overall excellence in interscholastic competition.

Princeton's Fab Five

Friday, April 6, 2007, marked a new experience for then-high school senior Ashley Higginson. She woke up, ran a race and placed second by a margin of more than 10 seconds, an unusual outcome for the standout in her senior season.But when you realize that the race was against collegiate and professional athletes from across the nation, then maybe you'll forgive her.

Tigers must work with what they've got from here on out

After last week's forfeit, the sprint football team (0-3) is looking to pull itself up by its bootstraps in time to play the second half of its season.

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We're not in P.E. anymore

Bump, set, spike, repeat. These four words sum up the essence of 99 percent of the world's understanding of volleyball.

'The Zach' fills void on offense

The men's water polo team (10-5 overall, 2-3 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) was left with big shoes to fill after losing last year's offensive cannons, Nick Seaver '07 and Eric Vreeland '07.

Princeton will take on Navy, Maryland

This weekend, the Tigers will take a trip down to Annapolis, Md., in hopes seeing more than just some nice foliage fall from the trees ? they'd love to see some of their shots fall into the cage as well.The men's lacrosse team will play its first fall ball games of the year against Navy and Maryland this Sunday, Oct.

Final farewell just mediocre for Clemens

Life is full of small, poignant moments, and every once in a while, we're lucky enough to actually notice them.

Optimism of Ohlendorf '05 goes far

Imagine this: It's one of your first days in the major leagues, and you are on the mound against your team's most storied rival.

Tigers are 17th at Yale course

For the first time in over 30 years, the men's golf team traveled to New Haven, Conn., to play on Yale's infamous golf course, which was designed by Charles Blair Macdonald.

Weakness in red zone proves fatal

Up 13 in the locker room at halftime, head coach Roger Hughes told the football team to put its foot on Hampton's throat and close the Pirates out.Instead, the Tigers ran back onto the field and rolled over, failing to convert on a pair of crucial red-zone chances as No.

Late goal upsets No. 3 UConn

After a hard-fought victory, it's usually the key attacks or tenacious midfielders who win recognition.

Stagnant second half sinks Tigers

In the football team's wildest game of the season, there were so many big plays that the entire affair seemed scripted for the sake of highlight reels.

Overtime loss resembles last year's contest

Despite a different field and a different year, the result was the same.The men's soccer team dropped a 2-1 overtime decision against No.

Streak hits five in league victory

It looks like the grueling matchups early in the season are beginning to pay off for the women's soccer team.

Midshipmen sail away with win

The Tigers took away two wins from this weekend, but they also learned never to ease up against Navy, a quick team with the power to sail away.The No.

Defending Ivy champion Cornell no match in rout

The Empire State's Ivy League schools brought their volleyball teams to Princeton this weekend.The result: 6-1 in the Tigers' favor and two more wins to push the Princeton hot streak to nine.The women's volleyball team (11-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) defeated both of New York's Ivy League squads over the weekend, prevailing against Columbia (3-10, 0-2) on Friday night, 3-1, before dominating defending-champion Cornell (4-8, 1-2) by a 3-0 score Saturday.The Lions, despite their 3-9 record coming into the match, fought with the zeal of a team with a winning record.After Princeton dominated the first game, 30-12, Columbia fought back, starting the second game with a 5-0 run.

Brown to pose first Ivy test

It's pretty easy to forget a slow start when you haven't lost a game in nearly two weeks. After beginning the season with six consecutive losses, the men's soccer team (2-6-1 overall) has had nothing but success since, and will look to keep that trend going when it opens its Ivy League schedule against Brown (6-1-1) in Providence, R.I., tomorrow.With their 4-3 overtime victory against Adelphi on Wednesday night, the Tigers stretched their unbeaten streak to three.

Yard can't hold Stems

Summers at the Stem household were nothing out of the ordinary for a family with three boys ? football all day, every day out on the backyard turf.