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No more excuses: Tigers' time is now

No more excuses: Tigers' time is now

This year, the women's basketball program is completely unified in both its composition and its focus for the first time in over three years.With the preseason poll ranking Princeton third in the Ivy League, behind first-place Dartmouth and second-place Harvard, the players have but one aspiration ? a league title."From the first person to the trainers to the managers, I feel like we all have one goal, which is to win Ivies," sophomore center Ariel Rogers said.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

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

Kestler, Okafor headline Class of 2009

When an Ivy League team loses five seniors, including two three-time all-Ivy selections and four of its top seven scorers, and is still picked to finish third in the Ancient Eight, either the other Ivies have decided to field squads of individuals with mascot aspirations or that team must be pretty confident that its underclassmen can pick up the slack.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Dartmouth, Harvard again Ivy League favorites

The pundits have spoken, and the Ivy League announced last Thursday that the women's basketball team is expected to end the season in third place.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Little Big Man

When senior point guard Scott Greenman talks about basketball, his eyes light up and a smile crosses his face.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

In eyes of the Tigers, nothing but agony

One by one, the members of the football team emerged from the Tigers' locker room and trudged out of Princeton Stadium late Saturday afternoon.Most didn't say a word.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Kestler, Okafor headline Class of 2009

When an Ivy League team loses five seniors, including two three-time all-Ivy selections and four of its top seven scorers, and is still picked to finish third in the Ancient Eight, either the other Ivies have decided to field squads of individuals with mascot aspirations or that team must be pretty confident that its underclassmen can pick up the slack.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Dartmouth, Harvard again Ivy League favorites

The pundits have spoken, and the Ivy League announced last Thursday that the women's basketball team is expected to end the season in third place.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Scott has a soft spot — for kids and winning

Want to make Joe Scott '87 smile?Don't ask him about backdoor cuts and defensive shifts. Don't ask him about Quakers and Elis.Ask him about his kids.He'll talk about his four-year-old son Ben, beaming as he recalls how Ben managed to stand up on his waterskis this summer at the Jersey Shore.He'll talk about his two-year-old son Jack, even grinning as he explains that he does diaper duty in the mornings.Yes, Scott smiles plenty ? just rarely on the basketball court."This persona everyone sees and thinks I have, it's really just the opposite," he says.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Defense 101: Matchup-zone stymies Tiger foes

For all the attention given to the world-famous "Princeton Offense," the Tigers' unique defensive system will play just as big of a role in determining the fate of the men's basketball team this season.Once again, Princeton will employ a matchup-zone defense this year.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Little Big Man

When senior point guard Scott Greenman talks about basketball, his eyes light up and a smile crosses his face.

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

Back and ready for action

The last time sophomore center Harrison Schaen put on a jersey emblazoned with the Princeton Tiger, he was a precocious freshman playing off the bench in the men's basketball team's 66-49 loss to Texas in the first round of the 2004 NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

In eyes of the Tigers, nothing but agony

One by one, the members of the football team emerged from the Tigers' locker room and trudged out of Princeton Stadium late Saturday afternoon.Most didn't say a word.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Tigers' dreams go up in smoke

There is something comforting about the sight of a few players flanking their coach as he arrives at the postgame press conference after a loss.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Defense staunch, but seven turnovers doom Princeton

The football team's dreams of an Ivy League title and a bonfire went up in smoke Saturday afternoon, leaving the Tigers shaking their heads and wondering what might have been."We had our chances to get the 'W,' and we didn't pull it out," senior cornerback Jay McCareins said as he slowly trudged away from the locker room, eyes bleary.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Tigers will Duke it out

After a stellar undefeated season in the Ivy League, the field hockey team was rewarded with a chance to play in front of its home crowd in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Harriers enter Regionals with high expectations

Both the men's and women's cross country teams have high expectations going into this weekend's NCAA Regional Championships.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Women's hockey hits road to tangle with Buckeyes

Two steps forward. One step back. An age-old dilemma that frustrates coaches and players alike. And that backwards progression is head coach Jeff Kampersal's biggest concern as he and the women's ice hockey team (2-1-1 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) head for another long weekend against Ohio State (5-4-1) in Columbus.Though the Tigers have a winning record thus far, a loss to Harvard last Saturday set them back emotionally.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Women's hockey hits road to tangle with Buckeyes

Two steps forward. One step back. An age-old dilemma that frustrates coaches and players alike. And that backwards progression is head coach Jeff Kampersal's biggest concern as he and the women's ice hockey team (2-1-1 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) head for another long weekend against Ohio State (5-4-1) in Columbus.Though the Tigers have a winning record thus far, a loss to Harvard last Saturday set them back emotionally.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

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