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Deja vu to start season

If early similarities in the women's hockey team's opening weekend can provide an omen that this season will resemble the last, then the Tigers can look forward to an impressive year.The Tigers began their season on Friday just like they did last year ? in a stalemate with No.

Execution fine, goals not in loss

A soccer team can dominate possession and can keep the ball in its opponent's end, but, when the final whistle blows, it is who puts the ball in the other team's most net that counts.Unfortunately for the men's soccer team (6-6-3 overall, 1-3-1 Ivy League), two goals off of broken plays guided rival Harvard to a 2-1 victory Saturday at Lourie-Love Field.In the 54th minute, Freshman forward Devin Muntz scored the Tigers' lone goal, his fourth of the season.

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Tigers battle past Crimson

Some like to paint history in broad, melodramatic terms, replete with momentous events and great men.

After loss, W. volleyball responds with upset win

Going into its Saturday match against the Bulldogs, the women's volleyball team knew it was now or never.

Football wills its way to win

For three hours Saturday, Harvard did everything it could to coerce the football team into forgetting about an unbeaten season and an Ivy League title.

Lightweights, opens dominate at the Charles

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? In a setting that was more reminiscent of the Olympics than a crew race, 300,000 spectators watched more than 7,500 athletes compete in 26 events over two days.

Undefeated Showdown

Jeff Terrell and Clifton Dawson should know better.As seniors with three-and-a-half years of Ivy football under their belts, they should know that when it comes to Princeton-Harvard, the individual stars of the moment always get trumped by the history of one of college football's greatest rivalries.Especially this year, when for the first time since 1922, the Crimson and the Tigers are both undefeated five games into the season ? ranked as the No.

Head of the Charles opens crew season

Another season of rowing is finally upon us. The men's and women's crews have been practicing six days a week since the beginning of classes and the annual Head of the Charles will take place this weekend.

Tough schedule awaits struggling Tiger squad

Though devastating early season losses dashed the men's soccer team's Ivy League title hopes, Princeton (1-2-1 Ivy League, 6-5-3 overall) is looking to the final three games of the schedule to improve upon last year's six-win season.

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Still winless in Ivy, W. soccer welcomes Crimson

The women's soccer team doesn't have much left to fight for. Once dreaming of an NCAA bid, the Tigers are now simply aiming to claw their way to a winning record, but they intend to go to the max in order to do so.Princeton (0-4 Ivy League, 5-7-1 overall), which has three games remaining on the schedule ? only enough to surpass the .500 mark ? will be the final matchup of an unofficial Princeton-Harvard Day this Saturday.With Tuesday's 3-0 win over American that snapped a four-game slide, Princeton's confidence level was boosted just in time for the important match against its rival.

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Who's the best player in college football? Is it Adrian Peterson? Nope. Is it Garrett Wolfe? Still wrong.

Princeton looks to continue its upward trend with strong new frosh

When the men's hockey team takes to the ice for the first time this season on Oct. 27, Princeton fans may find themselves scrambling to get acquainted with a revamped Tigers roster.

Offense comes out of hibernation in win

The cold, wet weather didn't faze the women's soccer team Tuesday afternoon as the Tigers ended their four-game losing streak with a convincing 3-0 victory over American.With raindrops falling, Princeton's recent offensive drought ended just one minute, 15 seconds after the first whistle sounded when junior captain and leading scorer Diana Matheson found the left corner of the goal on a shot fired from outside the 18-yard box.Matheson's score gave Princeton (5-7-1 overall, 0-4 Ivy League) its first lead since its Sept.

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A Harvard vs. Princeton 84 years in the making

For quite a long time, Harvard has had the football team seeing nothing but red. In fact, last year's win in Cambridge, Mass., was the first time that Princeton had defeated Harvard in nine years.Heading into a game that's been such a huge obstacle for so many years.

Thawing off another season

Entering this season, the women's hockey team boasts a list of recent accomplishments so extensive it seems almost unbelievable ? one that should cause each of its opponents to cringe before hitting the ice against Princeton this season.Exhibit A: The Tigers made it all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals last year after garnering an at-large bid to the tournament.Exhibit B: This summer, two of that team's returning players ? sophomore forward Annie Greenwood and sophomore defender Katherine Dineen ? played with an elite group of 38 other under-22 American players selected to participate in the U.S.

Seesaw battle goes Princeton's way

The first, second and third times are the charm for the men's water polo team, which defeated Bucknell, 12-10, on Tuesday at DeNunzio Pool for the third time in three weeks.This victory, however, was slightly more difficult for Princeton (14-6 overall, 6-2 College Water Polo Association Southern Division) than its last win.

Staying out of the limelight

Duke, Northwestern, Harvard and now Yale. Besides having stellar academic reputations, these schools have another thing in common: The names of their athletic teams have been plastered across national headlines, but not because of standout performances.These teams have instead garnered attention for serious off-field disciplinary issues.