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No. 5 Nittany Lions roar past Tigers

Third time's the charm? Not so for the men's volleyball team. While the Tigers kept up with No. 5 Penn State much better in the third game than in the first, the learning curve was too high Friday as the Tigers fell in straight games on their home court.The Nittany Lions (8-2 overall, 4-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) demonstrated why they are heavily favored to take the EIVA's Tait Division championship this season, coming into the match with all the momentum of a seven-match winning streak behind them.

Trinity too much for Tigers

A trinity usually means a group of three ? but that understates how many times the Bantams have had the Tigers' number in recent history.The Ivy League champion men's squash team (10-2 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) defeated Williams and archrival Harvard in the first two rounds of the Potter Cup this weekend to advance to Sunday's national championship match.The Tigers' run ended there, however, as top-ranked Trinity College (21-0 overall) once again proved its supremacy by shutting out Princeton to capture its ninth-straight national title.

Princeton starts year with rout

In a young season where many of lacrosse's big guns have already fallen ? then-No.1 Virginia to Drexel, No.

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Tigers fall from ECACHL quarters

In the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League (ECACHL) quarterfinals this past weekend, the Colgate women's hockey team traveled to Princeton and enacted sweet revenge over the Tigers.A week ago, the Tigers (16-11-3 overall, 14-6-2 ECACHL) successfully defeated both Colgate (16-14-2, 14-6-2) and Cornell (4-23-2, 4-17-1), securing fourth place in the league and the home-ice advantage for the quarterfinals, outranking fifth-place Colgate by one point.But the Raiders had the last laugh, as they took the first two games of the series, 1-0 and 3-2, at Baker rink on Friday and Saturday.Both of the games were hotly contested, as the teams battled back and forth, attempting to find the back of the net.

M. hoops drops two more road Ivy contests

Throughout the Ivy League season, the men's basketball team (11-4 overall, 2-9 Ivy League) has shown it can compete with anyone in the league ? for part of the game.

Ballers avenge Dartmouth loss

Revenge is sweet. Such a sentiment, surely repugnant to moralists, nonetheless rings true in the world of sports.

Team sweeps league's top two

"It's not how you start ? it's how you finish."The old sports adage neatly sums up this year's men's hockey squad, which wrapped up its regular season this weekend in fine fashion.

Speed makes Shields a danger in two sports

Unlike with the "chicken or the egg" dilemma, there does actually exist an answer for senior Brian Shields' dichotomy of sports: football or track and field?

Princeton aims to snap losing streak

Losing streaks happen to every team, at all levels of play. The need to avoid them is a given, but it is the manner in which a team breaks such a streak that shows its true colors.This weekend the women's basketball team (10-13 overall, 4-5 Ivy League) faces a challenge in its quest to break a four-game losing streak.

No. 4 Tigers welcome Canisius

The men's lacrosse team has won 13 of the last 15 Ivy League Championships. It has won six of the last 15 national championships.

Colgate visits for quarterfinals

In deciding who gets the home-ice advantage for the women's ECACHL quarterfinals, fifth place is the first loser.The women's hockey team (16-10-3 overall, 14-6-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) defeated both Colgate (15-14-2, 14-7-1) and Cornell (4-23-2, 4-17-1) last weekend, securing the coveted fourth-place spot in the ECACHL rankings and home ice for this weekend's ECACHL quarterfinals.Going into their weekend games, the Tigers, who were in fifth place, knew that they had to take both games to move up in the rankings.

Hoopsters seek to win up North

Exactly two weeks ago, the men's basketball team grabbed its first Ivy League win of the season in a 74-68 double-overtime thriller against Harvard.

Princeton faces top two ranked foes in ECACHL

"All's well that ends well" ? or so William Shakespeare said. But, while it may seem blasphemous to any lit major to say so, that's just not always true.In the case of the men's hockey team (11-13-3 overall, 8-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), a successful end to the regular season, with wins in Friday's game against Clarkson (20-7-5, 12-4-4) and Saturday's game against St.

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National title on the line for Tigers

The Ivy League champion men's squash team (8-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) has the opportunity to complete a rare feat in collegiate athletics this weekend in New Haven, Conn.

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Heps to end Princeton's season

Rankings don't matter. The records might as well be 0-0. And the energy is electric.The Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, one of the most celebrated athletic traditions among the Ancient Eight, commonly referred to as "Heps," opens the opportunity for any competitor and any team to become champions."I'm not the best in the league when it comes to times, but I seem to have beaten all comers in the league so far that have better times than I do.

Strong middle offense leads to win

The Scarlet Raiders may have wanted to steal from the Tigers' den, but the mens' volleyball team rose up and foiled their plans on the road Tuesday night at The Golden Dome.

Fencing a family affair for Hurme brothers

In December, freshman Ed Hurme became the third of his siblings to win an epee match for the Princeton fencing program.