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Tigers fall to Brown, beat Yale

Shortly after nine o'clock on Saturday night, as the men's basketball team dribbled the final 16 seconds off the game clock, the sports information staff on hand at Yale's Lee Amphitheater phoned in a hard-fought, 56-45 Princeton victory over the host Bulldogs.Among the Ivy League locales to which the news was immediately sent was the Pizzitola Center 100 miles away in Providence, R.I., where Brown was in the midst of an overtime battle with visiting Penn.

Tigers fall to Brown, beat Yale

Shortly after nine o'clock on Saturday night, as the men's basketball team dribbled the final 16 seconds off the game clock, the sports information staff on hand at Yale's Lee Amphitheater phoned in a hard-fought, 56-45 Princeton victory over the host Bulldogs.Among the Ivy League locales to which the news was immediately sent was the Pizzitola Center 100 miles away in Providence, R.I., where Brown was in the midst of an overtime battle with visiting Penn.

With win over Brown, title in sight

It all came down to threes. Three-pointers and three-point plays off fouls propelled women's basketball over its most formidable hurdle standing in the way of an Ivy League championship.Princeton (20-6 overall, 11-2 Ivy League) rolled past Brown (18-9, 12-2) with a stunning 72-55 victory at Jadwin Gym Friday night.

Tigers upset fourth ranked Hopkins

It looked, for a time, as though Princeton's men's lacrosse team might not be able to get by the No.

No. 3 Tigers fall to No. 6 Blue Jays

Saturday afternoon's women's lacrosse game at John's Hopkins made history. For Princeton, however, it was the wrong kind of history.

El Halaby notches a four-peat

No longer does senior squash player Yasser El Halaby sit among exclusive company in the annals of collegiate squash.

No. 3 Tigers fall to No. 6 Blue Jays

Saturday afternoon's women's lacrosse game at John's Hopkins made history. For Princeton, however, it was the wrong kind of history.

With win over Brown, title in sight

It all came down to threes. Three-pointers and three-point plays off fouls propelled women's basketball over its most formidable hurdle standing in the way of an Ivy League championship.Princeton (20-6 overall, 11-2 Ivy League) rolled past Brown (18-9, 12-2) with a stunning 72-55 victory at Jadwin Gym Friday night.

El Halaby notches a four-peat

No longer does senior squash player Yasser El Halaby sit among exclusive company in the annals of collegiate squash.

Time to speed things up

The slow offensive style of Princeton lacrosse is almost as canonized as that of its basketball counterpart.

On the verge of a new era for Princeton lax

The last time I spoke with Jason Doneger '05 ? the former standout attackman and All-American for the Tigers ? he was on campus for a banking information session, talking with me and others about the life of a Wall Street equities trader.

Tigers try to start season hot at Citadel

This afternoon, the baseball team embarks on a season-opening stretch of 17 consecutive road games, traveling to Charleston, S.C.

Depleted squad heads to EIWAs

In other sports, there are the playoffs. Nothing a team does during the season really matters once it gets there.

W. lax ready to rumble

The women's lacrosse team motto is "It's the thrill of the fight," but the important part of that statement for this year's squad is not inside the quotation marks.

On the verge of a new era for Princeton lax

The last time I spoke with Jason Doneger '05 ? the former standout attackman and All-American for the Tigers ? he was on campus for a banking information session, talking with me and others about the life of a Wall Street equities trader.

After down season, Tigers look ahead

After a strong 16-6 victory over Canisius last weekend, the Tigers are going into the upcoming season with high hopes and high expectations.

Tigers waste no time diving into tough schedule

To say that the women's lacrosse team faces something of a gauntlet in its first six non-league games would be a gross understatement.

Depleted squad heads to EIWAs

In other sports, there are the playoffs. Nothing a team does during the season really matters once it gets there.

Freshmen poised to make immediate impact

Tigers need help to get title

Heading into the final Ivy League weekend of the year, the men's basketball team (8-3 Ivy League, 10-14 overall) is agonizingly close to capturing the league title, as the Tigers sit just two games behind Penn (10-1, 18-7). Princeton is the only team capable of stealing the title from the Quakers, but the outcome of the 14-game Ivy League tournament will be decided not only by whether the team wins this weekend, but also by the play of Penn.