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Passivity, not youth, dooms Princeton

Passivity, not youth, dooms Princeton

Joe Scott '87 knew it might not be pretty. But he didn't imagine it would be this ugly.Speaking to the members of the Jadwin Jungle a few minutes before the men's basketball team tipped off its season against Drexel last night, Scott essentially told the white shirt-clad masses that they would have to be patient this winter."We're a young team," he said over and over, reminding them that the young Tigers would go through growing pains early on.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Big Al Invite shows promise for women's swimming

In the first annual Big Al Invitational Swim Meet, the women's swimming and diving team honored the memory of fallen comrade Alan Ebersole '07 with a number of strong performances.The meet, named after a late swimmer on the men's team, is essentially an exhibition match with no overall team scoring.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Women's hockey splits two-game series against Ohio State

The No. 9 women's hockey team took on No. 10 Ohio State this weekend in a two-game series. Only thing was, the team didn't quite show up for the second game.Princeton (3-2-1, 1-1-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League) made a split of the weekend, playing a superb first game but turning in a sloppy performance in its second contest.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

'Big Al' memorialized at weekend men's swimming scrimmage

Missing the fun-loving character who once charmed his peers, the men's swimming and diving team memorialized Alan Ebersole '07 this past weekend by hosting the first Big Al Invitational, a scrimmage dedicated to Ebersole.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Men's hockey lackluster power plays result in two losses

The power play was not the only thing that gave the men's hockey team difficulty this weekend. Princeton contended with an uncharacteristic display of lethargy in upstate New York, as it was swept by Union and Rensselaer.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Tigers fall to St. Francis, third at Easterns

Coming off a second-place finish at Southerns two weekends ago, the No. 15 men's water polo team (21-10 overall) went into the Eastern Championships this past weekend, hosted by Harvard, hoping for a repeat performance of last year's first-place finish.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Passivity, not youth, dooms Princeton

Joe Scott '87 knew it might not be pretty. But he didn't imagine it would be this ugly.Speaking to the members of the Jadwin Jungle a few minutes before the men's basketball team tipped off its season against Drexel last night, Scott essentially told the white shirt-clad masses that they would have to be patient this winter."We're a young team," he said over and over, reminding them that the young Tigers would go through growing pains early on.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Tigers fall to St. Francis, third at Easterns

Coming off a second-place finish at Southerns two weekends ago, the No. 15 men's water polo team (21-10 overall) went into the Eastern Championships this past weekend, hosted by Harvard, hoping for a repeat performance of last year's first-place finish.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Big Al Invite shows promise for women's swimming

In the first annual Big Al Invitational Swim Meet, the women's swimming and diving team honored the memory of fallen comrade Alan Ebersole '07 with a number of strong performances.The meet, named after a late swimmer on the men's team, is essentially an exhibition match with no overall team scoring.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Dragons outmuscle Tigers

If the men's basketball teams plans to live and die by the three point shot this winter, its season opener Monday night against Drexel didn't give a very promising outlook.The Tigers (0-1 overall) took 65 percent of their shots from behind the line, yet made only 10 of 30 attempts from that distance, accounting for 30 of Princeton's 41 points.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Women's hockey splits two-game series against Ohio State

The No. 9 women's hockey team took on No. 10 Ohio State this weekend in a two-game series. Only thing was, the team didn't quite show up for the second game.Princeton (3-2-1, 1-1-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League) made a split of the weekend, playing a superb first game but turning in a sloppy performance in its second contest.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Dragons outmuscle Tigers

If the men's basketball teams plans to live and die by the three point shot this winter, its season opener Monday night against Drexel didn't give a very promising outlook.The Tigers (0-1 overall) took 65 percent of their shots from behind the line, yet made only 10 of 30 attempts from that distance, accounting for 30 of Princeton's 41 points.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

'Big Al' memorialized at weekend men's swimming scrimmage

Missing the fun-loving character who once charmed his peers, the men's swimming and diving team memorialized Alan Ebersole '07 this past weekend by hosting the first Big Al Invitational, a scrimmage dedicated to Ebersole.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Tigers bedeviled by refs

The first time the field hockey squad stormed the field Saturday afternoon, it was in joy. The second time, the Tigers' sprint off the bench was motivated by frustration and anger.After 70 minutes of regulation play left the game knotted at one, Princeton (9-9 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) and Duke (16-4) went to sudden-death overtime to decide which team would advance past the first round of the NCAA tournament.With 12 minutes left in the first overtime period, the Tigers thought they had recorded the game-winning goal, but it was disallowed by the referees.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

In year three, Jadwin Jungle keeps on growing

At the start of the men's basketball season two years ago, juniors Freddy Flaxman, Jonah Perlin and John Boscia ? then freshmen ? were surprised to find only about 20 students in attendance at a game in Jadwin Gym.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Tigers tip off against Drexel

Eight months after its disappointing 2004-05 season came to end, the men's basketball team begins a new season tonight with a clean slate ? and plenty of unanswered questions ? hosting Drexel in the first round of the 2005 NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.With Will Venable, Judson Wallace and the rest of the Class of 2005 graduated, the Tigers' biggest challenge will be lighting up the scoreboard.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Women harriers romp at NCAA Regionals

With a spot in the NCAA Championships on the line, the women's cross country team easily outran its competition at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Saturday.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Loaded Quakers favored in Ivy League

The men's basketball team will open its out-of-conference schedule by hosting Drexel in the first round of the preseason National Invitational Tournament.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

All Bets Are Off

"I don't really know what these guys are going to do."If there has ever been a Princeton men's basketball team about which this could be said ? by its head coach, no less ? it is Joe Scott's 2005-06 squad."These guys," Scott '87 continued, "are going to show what they are going to do."After all, what good is speculation when, just last year, Scott watched his Tigers post their first losing Ivy League record in school history following a preseason laden with talk of a league title?What kind of forecast can be made about a team that features one lone senior and just four other players who spent more than 80 minutes on the court last season?One might quip, "Not a very good one," but then again, Princeton was picked to finish third in the standings in the Ivy League preseason media poll.So, while sharing his outlook for this season ? which starts tonight at Jadwin Gym against Drexel ? Scott dodged the hype and revealed that his only concern is internal improvement."I think the big mistake that I made last year was talking about all that B.S.," Scott said of last year's talk about an Ivy crown.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Tigers tip off against Drexel

Eight months after its disappointing 2004-05 season came to end, the men's basketball team begins a new season tonight with a clean slate ? and plenty of unanswered questions ? hosting Drexel in the first round of the 2005 NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.With Will Venable, Judson Wallace and the rest of the Class of 2005 graduated, the Tigers' biggest challenge will be lighting up the scoreboard.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

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