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Lax falls to Cavaliers in nailbiter

The sound of rubber meeting metal is a goalie's saving grace and a shooter's worst nightmare. In Saturday afternoon's 7-6 loss to Virginia, senior attack Peter Trombino and senior midfielder Scott Sowanick of the men's lacrosse team shared the same bad dream.With Princeton (1-2 overall) and Virginia (4-1) deadlocked at six goals apiece in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, both Tigers watched shots ricochet off the goal frame.With the Tigers unable to break the stalemate, Virginia took advantage of Princeton's missed opportunities.

Princeton bedeviled by Duke on the road

The big W was hanging there, ripe for the plucking. Every single member of the women's lacrosse team knew it, but before the Tigers could reach out and pluck it, No.

Princeton to play four in Maryland

There is no sound as beautiful as the crack of a bat connecting solidly with a ball. Luckily for Princeton, the softball team is back in action and has been letting the beautiful sound ring all over the Class of 1895 Field.

Early scoring secures rout of Rutgers

The helpless victim of a midweek massacre, Rutgers (3-1) never knew what hit it. The Scarlet Knights gave up six goals to the No.

Saiontz completes 7-0 shutout of Scarlet Knights with tiebreak win

Above the No. 1 singles court during the women's tennis match against Rutgers on Wednesday night, a colorful poster board read, "So tough, Saiontz." Freshman Melissa Saiontz glanced up at that sign throughout her match against the Scarlet Knights' Katrina Elder-Bush and took the message to heart, successfully fighting off multiple comeback attempts to complete the Tigers' 7-0 dismantling of their New Jersey rival.Under head coach Kathy Sell, Princeton (6-2 overall) has shown its toughness as a team and steadily built momentum in recent weeks.

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Princeton visits defending champs

Sitting among a record-breaking crowd that topped 20,000, the men's lacrosse team watched last Saturday as two national powerhouses ? No.

Houston homecoming for six Tigers

Yesterday, Princeton students awoke to find the campus blanketed in a fresh new coating of snow. For many, the white powder signifies the innocence and beauty of winter, but for the baseball team (1-2 overall, 0-0 Ivy League), the snow is a constant reminder of the geographic elements that hinder Northeast teams."It's tough playing up here," head coach Scott Bradley said.

Tigers skate into quarters

Ivy League schools may be known for the privileges they offer students, but the men's hockey team is determined to make sure that a certain New Hampshire college doesn't take an unfair portion of the championship spoils.Last weekend in Hanover, N.H., the Dartmouth women captured the 2006-07 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League championship, challenging the Tigers to prevent the men's Big Green squad from moving one step closer to doing the same in this weekend's best-of-three ECACHL quarterfinal series.Incredibly, Princeton (15-14-3 overall, 10-10-2 ECACHL) and Dartmouth (16-10-6, 12-7-3) have never met in the playoffs despite having played each other 179 times in 100 years.

Two to compete for national accolades

A dynamic duo will travel to Minnesota this week to represent Princeton at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

Push for NCAAs pays off

Last weekend, the Tigers had just one athlete with a ticket to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

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In first spring tournament, Princeton shines

While Princetonians were suffering through the recent cold temperatures and bad weather, the Princeton women's golf team was in the process of playing some stellar golf at the Pinehurst Challenge in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The Tigers finished a successful fall season several months ago after winning the Princeton Invitational and Yale Fall Intercollegiate; the team also finished second at the Ross Resorts Invitational.

W. hoops downs Quakers

Sports teams often have unique languages and unique compliments. Head coach Richard Barron of the women's basketball team (13-15 overall, 7-7 Ivy League) delivered an excellent example of such obscure praise when speaking about his departing seniors."They're not afraid to sweat," Barron said.

Hot hitting gets Tigers sixth win

A lot of elements go into making a kill. The pass, the set, the jump, the timing, the swing, the angle ? they all have to be just right.

Twelfth (losing) Night

"That's too easy!" and "Someone needs to be there to get that rebound!" were frequent offerings from the Jadwin Gym peanut gallery last night during the men's basketball team's season-ending loss to Penn.It may have been Senior Night, but as Princeton (11-17 overall, 2-12 Ivy League) succumbed to the Ivy League champion Quakers (22-8, 13-1) in a sloppy, 64-48 loss, the crowd had reason to feel that their Tigers still had a lot to learn.Time and again, Penn abused the porous Princeton defense with high-percentage shots.

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Tigers take fourth place at IFAs

With one eye on the Regionals next weekend, the men's and women's fencing teams spent the weekend in a lower pressure environment in nearby Lawrenceville, N.J., competing against 11 schools at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships at the Lawrenceville School.The IFA meet is run by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and brings teams together from all over the Northeast.

Pippen brings some hope to March Badness

Until March Madness starts in earnest, this time of year is truly the Black Hole in the sports calendar.

GianFrancisco documents League lore

Every time a Princeton athlete suits up and steps out onto the field, court, mat or rink, a moment of Ivy League history is created.