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Tigers start season with tie, three losses

While most Princeton students spent fall break off campus serving their community, exploring the world or sitting at home watching reruns of "Cops", the men's hockey team plunged headfirst into its 104th season with four games over a nine-day stretch.

Harriers sweep Heps

For the men, it crowned a meteoric rise after a sixth-place finish two years ago. For the women, it was redemption after three straight years of runner-up finishes.

Anti-doping chief denounces use of steroids in athletics

World Anti-Doping Agency chair Richard Pound denounced the use of steroids in a lecture last night, arguing that the pervasiveness of the drug creates a dilemma for athletes who wish to stay clean but also hope to remain competitive."It's important for you to know that there are people that are trying to make sure that you don't have to get caught in that ethical dilemma," Pound told an audience in Dodds Auditorium.Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said he first witnessed steroid abuse as an Olympic swimmer in 1960.

Two Tigers compete at Big Green Invitational

If you glance at the men's tennis team's schedule, this past weekend seemed pretty busy ? the Big Green Invitational at Dartmouth and the ITA National Indoors in Columbus, Ohio ? were both scheduled for the same three days.

Princeton falls just short at Southerns

The Tigers made it to the finals of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Tournament last weekend only to get cut down again by an old rival.

Three close wins for Tigers

The women's hockey team has reason to feel pretty good. With six games under its belt and no losses and a win streak of two games, Princeton (4-0-2 overall, 4-0-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) has climbed above Dartmouth and St.

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Whitley, Thomas score in two Princeton wins

Going into the last four games of the season, the women's soccer team was on a four-game losing streak and had an overall losing record of 4-7-1.

Tigers close out season unbeaten in Ivy League

With just two minutes remaining in overtime and the score knotted at one apiece against Penn, junior midfielder Paige Schmidt ensured that the field hockey team ended its regular season with an exclamation point.

Princeton controls its own destiny after four Ivy wins

While many Princeton students boarded trains, took flights and drove home this past week to enjoy fall break, the women's volleyball team had other plans.

Sloppy game at Cornell results in first defeat

ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 28 ? Apparently, the Tigers' parents never told them to always finish what they start.Amid three turnovers and an offense that couldn't find a way to finish its drives, Princeton (7-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) fell to Cornell (4-4, 2-3) by a score of 14-7.Those measly seven points came out of a total of 328 yards of offense, significantly higher than Cornell's 274 yards."All week, we talked about focus and finish and we didn't finish drives," head coach Roger Hughes said.

Princeton can't find net in Ivy League losses, finishes seventh

A team can play defense mighty well, but if it does not score, it cannot expect to win. Such was the case for the men's soccer team, which lost both its games over fall break, scoring a combined zero goals in losses to Ivy rivals Cornell and Penn to end its season.Princeton (6-8-3 overall, 1-5-1 Ivy League) dropped a 2-0 contest to Cornell (4-8-3, 3-3-1) in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct.

Overtime win puts title in sight

When the Tigers are in need of a one-yard gain, head coach Roger Hughes calls upon junior running back Rob Toresco, who generally produces.

Quakers to follow Big Red

According to Cornell legend, Henry Schoellkopf, Class of 1901, once rescued a drowning dog by diving down 70 feet into one of Ithaca's gorges.

No. 9 Tigers to play four over fall break

Though the members of the women's hockey team will be taking a break from the classroom in the coming week, they'll still be putting in their time on the ice with a full schedule featuring games against No.

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Princeton pumped for Heps

While most students dropped everything to hit the books this past weekend, isolating themselves within Firestone's stacks or the Friend Center's glass shell, the Princeton cross country team continued its daily routine, practicing hard with an eye on one of the biggest meets of the year: the Heptagonal Championships.Though practices this week for both the men's and women's teams lightened up slightly, the athletes still divided their concentration between academics and the track."For any championship meet ? Heps, Nationals, Regionals ? we always taper, which just means that we reduce our mileage a little this week from what we've been doing so that we're fresh for the meet," senior Paul Rosa said.

A weekend away from perfection

Running the table in conference play is a feat that very few teams are able to accomplish in a season.

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