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Men fall to Penn, women pull upset

Men fall to Penn, women pull upset

There was no love lost between senior Josh Burman and his opponent, Mikhail Bekker, on Friday afternoon in the annual men's tennis grudge match between Princeton (11-5 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) and Penn (13-3, 1-0).Tempers flared as Bekker made some questionable line calls during the first set.

SPORTS | 04/04/2005

Desperate Tigers visit Quakers

The last time men's lacrosse opened a season 0-5, most of the current players were in diapers, the Soviet Union was still going strong and the Tigers ended the season with a dismal 1-14 record.Fans of Princeton lacrosse thought those days were over, and, since that terrible season in 1986, they have been correct.

SPORTS | 04/04/2005

Another OT thriller

For the second game in a row and the third in the past 15 days, 60 minutes was not enough for the women's lacrosse team.

SPORTS | 04/03/2005

Tigers' swoon continues

"I'm bewildered," men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney said after his team dropped its fifth straight game in a demoralizing loss to Yale in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday.The Bulldogs (5-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) upset the Tigers (0-5, 0-0), 9-8, pushing them into a hole the usually phenomenal team is unaccustomed to inhabiting.

SPORTS | 04/03/2005

Loving the Cubs despite the pain

When I was three years old, my mother bought me a tiny Chicago Cubs uniform. Though she's a Chicago native, she hates baseball and couldn't have cared less about turning me into a fan at an early age.

SPORTS | 04/03/2005

An abundance of riches for Yanks

After being born in New York City and swaddled in pinstripes, perhaps it's ironic that one of my favorite musicals is "Damn Yankees," a phrase often muttered by long-suffering baseball fans originating east of Hartford.

SPORTS | 04/03/2005

Foul weather wreaks havoc on weekend schedules

As citizens across New Jersey were evacuated because of rising waters and flash flood warnings, the lives of Princeton athletes were likewise disrupted by the monsoon that hovered over the tristate area this weekend.

SPORTS | 04/03/2005

Winless Tigers open League slate

The Ivy League may be familiar territory for the Tigers, but there's something less familiar about this season: Princeton's men's lacrosse team isn't accustomed to starting league play winless.The Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) have not started a lacrosse season 0-4 since 1986.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale lead pack of emboldened Ivy challengers

No. 13 men's lacrosse has won the Ivy League title for 10 consecutive years. On Saturday, league play commences once again for the Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) when they travel to New Haven to play Yale.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Tigers host Penn, visit Rutgers this weekend

Riding this week's success against Fairfield in its home opener, the softball team ends its home stand with a doubleheader against Penn on Saturday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Tiger Nine hosts Bulldogs, Bears

Although the regular season for Major League Baseball does not start until Sunday, the unofficial spring training for the Tigers ends Saturday as they host Yale for a doubleheader at Clarke Field to begin the defense of their Ivy League Championship.The Elis (9-7 overall) come into the game on fire, having won eight of their last nine games including a 1-0 thriller over Connecticut on Wednesday.Princeton (5-11) is coming off a close Wednesday game of its own, as the Tigers held off a ninth inning Rutgers rally to take the game, 3-2.Both Yale and Princeton started the season similarly, traveling to the South over spring break and facing tough competition with limited success.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Princeton heads to Ithaca to face Big Red

The women's lacrosse team (5-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) has spent the month of March facing off against the nation's top teams, playing six foes ranked in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Top 20 poll.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Gloger to play for Louisville

Senior Spencer Gloger will play for Louisville in this weekend's Final Four, Rick Pitino confirmed in an exclusive interview with the 'Prince' last night."Illinois is going to be tough, so we thought Spencer's outside shooting skills would help us pull off the upset," Pitino said.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Dartmouth, Cornell top challengers for Princeton

The women's lacrosse team entered the season ranked No. 2 in the nation, while perennial rival Virginia entered in first.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Mariner talks MLB business

Selected to be the first speaker in Business Today's annual Princeton Seminar Series, Jonathan Mariner spent over two hours on Wednesday infecting his audience with baseball fever.Mariner, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Major League Baseball, produced this effect naturally while detailing the ins and outs of his profession.

SPORTS | 03/31/2005

Dixon and Gerken enjoy yoga, gophers

Recently, "Daily Princetonian" senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with a pair of men's golfers, juniors Jason Gerken and Jesse Dixon, to chat about nicknames, "Caddyshack" and yoga.Daily Princetonian: How did you get into golf?Jason Gerken: My dad played golf, and when I was growing up he kind of dragged me along several times, and I got to like it, got to practicing and started playing when I was four or five and started playing in tournaments when I was 10.Jesse Dixon: My dad bought my sister and me a set of clubs when I was like seven, but I didn't really play with him that much until I was like 10.

SPORTS | 03/30/2005

Facing man-down, 'D' must step up

It's a common sight in men's lacrosse: an overzealous defenseman checks an attackman in the head, a flag comes out of the referee's pocket and both coaches begin scheming about how to take advantage of the forthcoming situation.Well, not exactly both coaches.

SPORTS | 03/30/2005

Miller earns first career win

A baseball game just seemed appropriate on a glorious spring Wednesday, and those who made it down to Clarke Field were rewarded with a great game.Princeton (5-11 overall) met with Route 1 rival Rutgers (12-9) for the Tigers' final non-conference tuneup before league play gets underway.The contest was tight throughout, but it was the Tigers who scored two in the eighth and survived a ninth-inning Scarlet Knight rally to secure a 3-2 victory. Freshman hurlersFreshman pitcher Christian Staehely got the start for Princeton, only the second of his career.

SPORTS | 03/30/2005

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