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Sub-4 miler Masback '77 now CEO of USA Track & Field

College admissions offices, alarmed at the number of applications from students with bulging, possibly inflated resumes that list more activities than number of hours in a given week, have started to say they are not looking for well-rounded applicants so much as well-lopsided ones ? good students with a particular aptitude or musical interest or proven athletic ability.Back when Craig Masback '77, now CEO of USA Track & Field (USATF), applied to Princeton in 1973, he would have defied any such categorization.

Rutgers wins Jersey battle

When a team falls into a cold spell, it can often seem as if the opponents are hitting with bigger bats.

Offense to unload on Yale in Ivy opener

It's midway through the season and the men's lacrosse team has found its groove. Over spring break, No.

No. 10 Princeton starts Ivy season with the goal of a championship

Coming off a tough loss against No. 3 Virginia last Saturday, the women's lacrosse team (3-3 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) is looking to bounce back.

Struggling Brown is first Ivy foe

It's a good thing the spring season is a marathon and not a sprint, because in the short run, the Princeton softball team would be out of contention already.

NFL players too tangled with the law

Just over two weeks ago, rival players Joey Porter, a former Steeler, and Levi Jones, a current Bengal, were involved in an incident in a Las Vegas casino.

A 'goon squad' without 'chucks' or 'sizzlers'

Hot Hands. Sparkle. Zentar. Ranger Rick.Though these names may sound like characters from a failed Saturday morning cartoon, they are, in fact, a roster ? just a few of the many nicknames given to players on the men's volleyball team.

Senior proposes NGO for youth sports in Pakistan

Most young soccer players have coaches and parents who emphasize that at the end of the day, "it's just a game." For senior tennis player Darcy Robertson, however, the lessons she has learned from sports last long after the game is over.Robertson, a veteran member of the Princeton varsity squad who began her tournament tennis career at the tender age of nine, has had a racquet at her side "from the moment I can remember." The lessons which Robertson has taken from tennis extend far beyond the athletic arena and have helped her in her academic career as a Wilson School major."[Tennis has] taught me so many lessons; it's given me so much strength throughout my life.

Tigers fall to Rutgers

There is a type of weather that emerges every year sometime in late March. It's not always the warmest day of the year or the one with the most sunshine, but something in the air signifies the arrival of something great.

'Pills' still a force on the bench

Sometimes the greatest decisions in life are made unknowingly. When Elizabeth Pillion '05 decided to pick up lacrosse, she hadn't put too much thought into it.

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Men's lightweights top Midshipmen

After an intense week of practice over spring break, the men's lightweight crew and women's open crew launched their spring seasons over the weekend.Both teams hosted regattas at home on Lake Carnegie, with the men challenging Navy and the women facing both Brown and Ohio State.

Westgarth and Powe skate right into AHL

March Madness ? a time to agonize over filling out brackets, cheer on local underdogs in vain and inevitably lose a few (or more than a few) bucks to the lucky friend who entered the pool but doesn't know a thing about sports.

Princeton ends its season at NCAAs

Seven, they say, is a lucky number. This past weekend, the fencing team certainly hoped this old saying would hold true as it sent seven members to compete in the NCAA National Championship finals.The men started the national competition Thursday afternoon, with each Tiger representative fencing a 14-bout round robin.

Tigers battle West's best

The No. 18 women's water polo team spent its spring break in sunny California. But far from a vacation, the squad's eight-day trip was a tuneup for the rapidly approaching postseason.

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Tigers go to Disney World after Park and Pessala qualify for Regionals

Fresh off crowning three All-Americans in the indoor season, the men's and women's track and field teams went to Florida during spring break to open the outside season.On March 21, at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla., senior pole vaulter Andrew Park and sophomore hammer thrower Alex Pessala both qualified for NCAA Regionals while the team claimed five first-place individual finishes in the next two days at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.Not only did Park qualify for May's NCAA Regional competition in Gainesville, Fla., but he also vaulted his way to second place in program history with a jump of 17 feet, two-and-a-quarter inches.

Potential coaches line up

Wanted: Princeton men's basketball head coach.You might not think that a job that has been so closely guarded within the Princeton family would be so widely advertised.But if you check out part of the NCAA website, you will see what essentially amounts to a want ad for the Princeton coach. Anyone who submits a resume and a cover letter has a shot, now that Joe Scott '87 has picked up and moved camp."Obviously, based on my background both as a former player and a former coach ? somebody who's been active in college basketball all my life, I clearly am wired into the world of college basketball," Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 said.

Men's, women's teams see win streaks broken

After winning six matches in a row, the No. 64 women's tennis team (7-5) faced a rude awakening on the West Coast against some of the best teams in the nation.

Last at-bat fatal three times over

The problem with being on the wrong side of a walk-off home run isn't the walking off; it's that it leaves you standing there.The Princeton baseball team (4-10 overall) found itself standing shocked over spring break, as it lost three heartbreakers on the final batter of each game ? including two walk-off home runs ? in the midst of an intense spring break schedule that saw the Tigers play eight road games in nine days and return to campus with three wins and five losses.The first of Princeton's three series took place at Greensboro, N.C., where the Tigers could not match the Spartans (12-11) ? who perhaps took inspiration from a recent blockbuster movie release ? in the series' first matchup, losing 10-12.The Orange and Black put in a strong offensive effort, scoring eight runs through the first four innings and ultimately finishing with 10, but Princeton's pitchers couldn't keep Greensboro from scoring 10 runs of its own.With the game tied at 10 and entering the bottom of the ninth, senior pitcher Gavin Fabian walked the lead-off man, and then centerfielder Scott Schneider immediately made Fabian pay by slamming a walk-off home run to win the game for the Spartans.The second contest was a much quieter affair.Princeton starter Steven Miller pitched a solid game, surrendering only five hits and two earned runs in five innings, but Greensboro's Alex Shelton pitched even better, allowing only one run to hand the Tigers their second defeat, with a final score of 1-2.Princeton seized its first victory of the break in its Monday game against the Spartans.