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Ivy League footballers have reason to be glad that this year's season is over, because only now can they avoid one particularly dangerous Tiger.With the help of a 100-plus yard field goal return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Jay McCareins ? yet another game-changing play in a season where McCareins could fill a highlight reel with his own spectacular performances ? Princeton's football team (7-3 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) capped off an unexpectedly successful season with a 30-0 shutout of Dartmouth (2-8, 1-6) in Hanover, N.H.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Tigers lose pair by one goal

Tigers lose pair by one goal

Playing two of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League's top five teams this weekend, the men's hockey team displayed a flair for the dramatic, but it still came home from upstate New York with two losses.Princeton (2-6 overall, 1-5-0 ECACHL) forced Friday night's game against Clarkson into overtime and on Saturday night stayed with St.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Tigers lose pair by one goal

Playing two of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League's top five teams this weekend, the men's hockey team displayed a flair for the dramatic, but it still came home from upstate New York with two losses.Princeton (2-6 overall, 1-5-0 ECACHL) forced Friday night's game against Clarkson into overtime and on Saturday night stayed with St.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Brown clinches Ivy title, Harvard wins thriller

Brown-Columbia: The Crowning MomentThe Ivy League football championship trophy was at Wien Stadium in New York City this Saturday, waiting on the result of the game between Brown (9-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) and Columbia (2-8, 0-7). Needing only one more victory to claim the coveted prize, the Bears controlled their own destiny and delivered easily by beating the Lions, 52-21.Senior running back Nick Hartigan, the Ivy League's leading rusher and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, had an outstanding game.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Tigers demolish Big Green

Ivy League footballers have reason to be glad that this year's season is over, because only now can they avoid one particularly dangerous Tiger.With the help of a 100-plus yard field goal return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Jay McCareins ? yet another game-changing play in a season where McCareins could fill a highlight reel with his own spectacular performances ? Princeton's football team (7-3 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) capped off an unexpectedly successful season with a 30-0 shutout of Dartmouth (2-8, 1-6) in Hanover, N.H.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Tigers drop season opener to Hawks

After a dismal shooting performance in the first half of the women's basketball team's game against St.

SPORTS | 11/20/2005

Tigers close season with win over Penn on the road

Anyone in attendance at the women's volleyball team's last match of 2005 at Penn on Wednesday must have felt like they were watching an instructional video on setting the ball.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Young Tiger team tips off against St. Joe's tonight

If the result of past meetings are the basis for predicting the outcome of the women's basketball game against St.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Blind climber tells his story

"Being a blind climber is kind of like being a Jamaican bobsledder," Erik Weihenmayer joked.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Tigers close season with win over Penn on the road

Anyone in attendance at the women's volleyball team's last match of 2005 at Penn on Wednesday must have felt like they were watching an instructional video on setting the ball.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Tigers look to rebound in second game

After being knocked out in the first round of the Preseason NIT, the men's basketball team will have almost a full week of practice before returning to the court to work on the many mistakes the team made in Monday's loss to Drexel.On Sunday, the Tigers (0-1) will see if the long practice time paid off, as they travel to Bethlehem, Pa., to take on Lehigh (1-2).Princeton certainly has plenty to improve upon.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Ferrell leads women at NCAAs

With a season resume that boasts an early-season win at the Fordham Invitational, finishes of fifth and seventh at the Griak and Pre-National Invitationals, decisive victories over Harvard and Yale, a runner-up finish at Ivy League Heptagonals and a convincing victory last week at NCAA Regional Championships, women's cross country has already achieved most of its ambitious preseason goals.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Football seeks strong finish

"The neat thing about football," Princeton head coach Roger Hughes said Wednesday, "is that you get to wipe the ugly taste out of your mouth from last week and get to put a better taste in your mouth."It's hard to imagine that only seven days could rid Princeton (6-3 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) of the bitter taste left by last weekend's punch-in-the-stomach defeat ? tragic not only in the way the team lost but also in the magnitude of the defeat.But with a matchup against Dartmouth (2-7, 1-5) looming Saturday, and with second place in the Ivy League still up for grabs, the Tigers have no choice but to move on.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Blind climber tells his story

"Being a blind climber is kind of like being a Jamaican bobsledder," Erik Weihenmayer joked.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Club field hockey finds best man for the job

In America, field hockey is undoubtedly a women's game, but last weekend, the Princeton club field hockey team was forced to turn to a man to save its season.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Ferrell leads women at NCAAs

With a season resume that boasts an early-season win at the Fordham Invitational, finishes of fifth and seventh at the Griak and Pre-National Invitationals, decisive victories over Harvard and Yale, a runner-up finish at Ivy League Heptagonals and a convincing victory last week at NCAA Regional Championships, women's cross country has already achieved most of its ambitious preseason goals.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Football seeks strong finish

"The neat thing about football," Princeton head coach Roger Hughes said Wednesday, "is that you get to wipe the ugly taste out of your mouth from last week and get to put a better taste in your mouth."It's hard to imagine that only seven days could rid Princeton (6-3 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) of the bitter taste left by last weekend's punch-in-the-stomach defeat ? tragic not only in the way the team lost but also in the magnitude of the defeat.But with a matchup against Dartmouth (2-7, 1-5) looming Saturday, and with second place in the Ivy League still up for grabs, the Tigers have no choice but to move on.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Club field hockey finds best man for the job

In America, field hockey is undoubtedly a women's game, but last weekend, the Princeton club field hockey team was forced to turn to a man to save its season.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Tigers look to rebound in second game

After being knocked out in the first round of the Preseason NIT, the men's basketball team will have almost a full week of practice before returning to the court to work on the many mistakes the team made in Monday's loss to Drexel.On Sunday, the Tigers (0-1) will see if the long practice time paid off, as they travel to Bethlehem, Pa., to take on Lehigh (1-2).Princeton certainly has plenty to improve upon.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

Young Tiger team tips off against St. Joe's tonight

If the result of past meetings are the basis for predicting the outcome of the women's basketball game against St.

SPORTS | 11/17/2005

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