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Tigers unable to defend tourney title in Philadelphia

Tigers unable to defend tourney title in Philadelphia

With leaves and shrubbery blowing onto the greens this Sunday at the Big Five Classic, one of the few saving graces for the golfers was a Penn State golf coach with a backpack leaf blower clearing the way for putts.Looking to defend its title at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, men's golf was once again plagued by its inability to post a decisive and strong finish as the Tigers finished sixth at the end of the weekend.

SPORTS | 10/18/2005

Princeton clobbers Seton Hill

In the end, the most remarkable thing about the match between the volleyball team and Seton Hill College was the fact that there was no remarkable, defining play that turned the game.

SPORTS | 10/18/2005

Ehrlichman propels 'Team USA' to No. 7 finish

Lauren Ehrlichman got some culture shock a month ago in South America. Not from the Chileans, of course, but from the field hockey."The difference in the size of the athletes, the speed, the skill was so incredibly different," the senior attack said.Ehrlichman was part of the 18-member U.S.

SPORTS | 10/18/2005

Tigers win pair but fall to Johns Hopkins, Navy

Despite winning two games over the weekend, the men's water polo team came home disappointed because it also notched two losses.Losses to Johns Hopkins and Navy contrasted with wins against Salem International and George Washington and resulted in the fact that Princeton will not enter the Southern Championships with a top ranking.The Tigers (15-8 overall, 7-3 College Water Polo Association) started the weekend with an upset loss to Johns Hopkins (17-6), 15-14.Though Princeton enjoyed a five-goal lead at the start of the fourth quarter, the Blue Jays were able to record six tallies to send the match into overtime.Tied at 12, Johns Hopkins posted three goals, two by driver Win Bates and one by utility James Singleton.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Riled up by road trip rankings

According to "Sports Illustrated On Campus," I'm a tool, and Princeton is less fun than Brown.While I'm entirely willing to grant the former point, I must strongly object to the latter.Confused?

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Ferrell third, Tigers seventh at Pre-Nats

Running in a large race can draw many a good runner out of her own pace and into a stampede of runners jetting along at a high-tempo clip.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Ferrell third, Tigers seventh at Pre-Nats

Running in a large race can draw many a good runner out of her own pace and into a stampede of runners jetting along at a high-tempo clip.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Tigers swept by Columbia, Cornell on road

The women's volleyball team switched streaks this weekend. After shutting out Dartmouth and Harvard the previous weekend, Princeton fell Friday and Saturday in consecutive sweeps.In hopes of coming home victorious, everything seemed to go wrong for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Tigers swept by Columbia, Cornell on road

The women's volleyball team switched streaks this weekend. After shutting out Dartmouth and Harvard the previous weekend, Princeton fell Friday and Saturday in consecutive sweeps.In hopes of coming home victorious, everything seemed to go wrong for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Harriers 11th at Pre-Nats

On Saturday morning, the men's cross country team stepped up to the line alongside more runners than it had all season long.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Tigers stay perfect in Ivy play

The endeavors of the field hockey team over the weekend can be best encapsulated by looking at the efforts of just one player: Paige Schmidt.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Riled up by road trip rankings

According to "Sports Illustrated On Campus," I'm a tool, and Princeton is less fun than Brown.While I'm entirely willing to grant the former point, I must strongly object to the latter.Confused?

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Harriers 11th at Pre-Nats

On Saturday morning, the men's cross country team stepped up to the line alongside more runners than it had all season long.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Tigers win pair but fall to Johns Hopkins, Navy

Despite winning two games over the weekend, the men's water polo team came home disappointed because it also notched two losses.Losses to Johns Hopkins and Navy contrasted with wins against Salem International and George Washington and resulted in the fact that Princeton will not enter the Southern Championships with a top ranking.The Tigers (15-8 overall, 7-3 College Water Polo Association) started the weekend with an upset loss to Johns Hopkins (17-6), 15-14.Though Princeton enjoyed a five-goal lead at the start of the fourth quarter, the Blue Jays were able to record six tallies to send the match into overtime.Tied at 12, Johns Hopkins posted three goals, two by driver Win Bates and one by utility James Singleton.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Tigers stay perfect in Ivy play

The endeavors of the field hockey team over the weekend can be best encapsulated by looking at the efforts of just one player: Paige Schmidt.

SPORTS | 10/17/2005

Princeton's offense shows sparks but no consistency

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? Both teams showcased in Saturday's football game were Brown, and not just because of the colors of their jerseys.Sure, Brown wore their home browns and Princeton's road whites were brown with mud before the end of the first quarter, but the comparison between the two teams did not end there.

SPORTS | 10/16/2005

Hartigan carries Bears to victory

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? On the final, clock-killing drive of its 31-28 win over the Princeton football team (3-2 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) Saturday, Brown (4-1, 1-1) found its offensive philosophy in the surname of its star tailback, Nick Hartigan.The Bears let their school's all-time leading rusher run hard up the middle.

SPORTS | 10/16/2005

Sprint football finally scores, but still loses

Midway through the third quarter of the sprint football team's game against Cornell on Friday night in Ithaca, N.Y., Princeton had already scored its first points of the season and seemed poised to claim its first lead.After scoring a touchdown on their first possession of the second half to cut the deficit to three points, the Tigers gained possession at the Cornell 14-yard line.But the Big Red defense stood tall and prevented Princeton from capitalizing on the excellent position, and senior kicker Neil Swami missed a field goal from the 16-yard line that would have tied the game.It would prove to be the Tigers' best ? and last ? opportunity of the night, as Cornell (2-3 overall, 1-1 College Sprint Football League) pulled away for a 31-13 victory.

SPORTS | 10/16/2005

For m. soccer bench jockeys, plenty of action on sidelines

For the men's soccer team, the distribution of playing time is less flexible than on other teams.

SPORTS | 10/16/2005

Sprint football finally scores, but still loses

Midway through the third quarter of the sprint football team's game against Cornell on Friday night in Ithaca, N.Y., Princeton had already scored its first points of the season and seemed poised to claim its first lead.After scoring a touchdown on their first possession of the second half to cut the deficit to three points, the Tigers gained possession at the Cornell 14-yard line.But the Big Red defense stood tall and prevented Princeton from capitalizing on the excellent position, and senior kicker Neil Swami missed a field goal from the 16-yard line that would have tied the game.It would prove to be the Tigers' best ? and last ? opportunity of the night, as Cornell (2-3 overall, 1-1 College Sprint Football League) pulled away for a 31-13 victory.

SPORTS | 10/16/2005

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