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Four wins would give Tigers title

Four wins would give Tigers title

As the softball team's opponents this weekend focus on avoiding a last-place Ivy League finish, the league-leading Tigers, too, will have their eyes cast downward in the standings.With second-place Harvard (13-15 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) breathing down its neck, Princeton (29-14, 8-2) visits Yale (13-23, 2-6) and Brown (10-14-1, 2-6) on this, its final Ivy League weekend, looking to distance itself from the Crimson.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Tigers enter Southerns as top seed

Nothing is ever certain in sports, but the women's water polo team's chances of victory this weekend at the Southern Division Championships are as close to certain as they get.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Lucky Seven?

With a win against Dartmouth this Saturday in Hanover, N.H., the women's lacrosse team would earn the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.Both teams will, in all likelihood, earn a spot in the tournament either way, but this will not diminish the lure of the Ivy League crown.The Tigers (10-2 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) are currently ranked No.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Former ice skater Goldberg hits stride as senior

As a high school junior, Ingrid Goldberg was already considering playing Princeton lacrosse. Head coach Chris Sailer was not immediately convinced, however.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Track & Field 101: Demystifing the field events

While sprinters racing around the track or leaping across a sea of hurdles may be the images that Princeton's track and field team brings to mind, the "field" aspects are often overlooked.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Princeton looks to cushion Gehrig lead

This weekend will be an important one for the baseball team, as the Tigers (13-18 overall, 7-5 Ivy League) look to take advantage of a four-game homestand against Ivy opponent Columbia (4-29, 2-14) and cushion their lead in the Lou Gehrig division.Penn (11-22, 7-9) will be the main competition for Princeton, as the Quakers currently sit in second place.

SPORTS | 04/21/2005

Classes of '07, '08 carry on tradition

Everyone was exhausted. Even Tuesday evening's emcee could do little to fuel the crowd for cane wrestling ? the marquee event at Cane Spree, a century and a half-old-annual tradition.After the freshmen and sophomores went head-to-head in tennis, field hockey, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball and several other sports, the competitors were completely worn out.But a few had saved themselves for the main event.

SPORTS | 04/20/2005

Snap Decision: Shoot or Pass?

Every time a man in front of the crease catches a quick feed and redirects it into the back of the net, the sport of lacrosse reaffirms its claim to be the fastest sport on two feet.

SPORTS | 04/20/2005

Coxswains critical for crew success

Sophomore Jason Tipold's high school dream was to be a basketball star. But at five foot, one inch ? an entire foot shorter than most of the players at his high school ? he never realized his aspirations.

SPORTS | 04/20/2005

Freshman focuses on details

She would never admit it, but freshman midfielder Katie Lewis-Lamonica is a star in the making.Her quiet confidence has enabled her to dominate opponents thus far this season ? to the tune of 15 goals and four assists.

SPORTS | 04/20/2005

Monmouth tops Tigers

In the middle of an intense conference schedule, it can be hard to find sufficient motivation for non-league games.

SPORTS | 04/19/2005

Doing the Dirty Work

Matt Behncke '02 describes his job as "dirty work," but he has no complaints. He doesn't view it as hard work because he enjoys it and always has.

SPORTS | 04/19/2005

Gotta Be the Spin

Pitching is, by definition, throwing the ball toward the plate in hopes that the batter will miss.

SPORTS | 04/19/2005

Cherackal '05 wins $700,000 in tourney

Like mushrooms, poker games have been multiplying on campus over the past couple of years. And like any predominantly masculine endeavor, poker games tend to breed poker stories.

SPORTS | 04/19/2005

Harvard hands men's heavyweight first loss

In one of the most storied and competitive matchups the crew world features, the men's heavyweight crew lost its first race of the season against Ivy League rivals Harvard.Though the Tigers were the higher seed, ranked No.

SPORTS | 04/18/2005

Men, women win Ivy crown

For Princeton's golf teams, good things came in pairs this past weekend. Both the men's and women's teams dominated the Ivy League Championships, placing first in their respective divisions.

SPORTS | 04/18/2005

Author finds Lombardi, Clemente intriguing beyond playing field

Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down to chat with Pulitzer Prizewinning writer David Maraniss, a visiting Council for the Humanities Robbins Professor who is teaching HUM 440: 'The Literature of Fact' this spring.In 2002, Sports Illustrated named his biography of famed Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, "When Pride Still Mattered," to its list of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time.

SPORTS | 04/18/2005

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