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When men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 was asked late Saturday night if he was relieved to get a win after four consecutive losses, Scott cracked what must have been one of his few smiles in several weeks.At that point, you could hardly blame him.Scott's Tigers (11-10 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) held off Columbia (12-9, 3-5), 63-53, on Saturday at Jadwin Gym, snapping a four-game losing streak for Princeton and helping the Tigers avoid their worst Ivy League start in history.

SPORTS | 02/13/2005

Tigers swept by Cornell, Colgate

Tigers swept by Cornell, Colgate

The men's hockey team made no headway this weekend in its quest to gain home-ice advantage in the first round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League playoffs.

SPORTS | 02/13/2005

Cornell uses 20-0 run to knock off men's basketball

Three minutes, three seconds into the second half, with the men's basketball team leading Cornell 39-33, junior guard Scott Greenman caught an airball by sophomore forward Luke Owings and redirected it into the basket ? saving the ball from going out of bounds and his team, temporarily, from embarrassment.Greenman could not, however, prevent what transpired next.

SPORTS | 02/13/2005

Cowher out for weekend pair

After suffering through a rigorous stretch of six games in 11 days, the women's basketball team travels to Cornell and Columbia this weekend in hopes of snapping a three-game losing skid."Without the chance to really practice, it seemed like our confidence was really shaken," head coach Richard Barron said.

SPORTS | 02/10/2005

Tigers face long climb from cellar

Depending on how the men's basketball team chooses to look at it, a pair of home games this weekend is either a fantastic opportunity or too much, too soon.Just three days after Tuesday's heartbreaking loss at Penn, the Tigers (10-8 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) jump right back into the fray when they host Cornell (9-10, 4-2) and Columbia (12-7, 3-3) on Friday and Saturday night in Jadwin Gym.Having games so soon after what head coach Joe Scott '87 called a "traumatic loss" presents the Tigers with an opportunity to put their shocking three-game losing streak behind them.On Tuesday night, after the loss to Penn, a forlorn-looking Scott stressed the challenging nature of responding to adversity."When you have traumatic events you can either let it bring you down, or you can let it be the low point and do nothing but improve," he said.But for the Tigers to drag themselves out of the Ivy League cellar, they will first need to get past second-place Cornell tonight.

SPORTS | 02/10/2005

Princeton travels to upstate New York

While Princeton fans praise junior goaltender Roxanne Gaudiel as peerless at her position, this weekend's games against Cornell (3-16-3 overall, 3-12-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) and Colgate (12-13-2, 5-7-2) will put that claim to the test.Coming off a split at home this past weekend, the No.

SPORTS | 02/10/2005

Tigers host pair of ranked teams

After comparing records and statistics, only the most optimistic of analysts would predict a win for the men's hockey team this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/10/2005

Curling Rocks

Save your jokes ? chances are he's heard them all. Sophomore Matt Mielke is a curler from Bismarck, North Dakota, two characteristics that earn him quite a few raised eyebrows and the occasional jibe.Recently, Mielke represented Massachusetts in the U.S.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Grapplers drop pair

An old adage states that "every mile is two in winter." For the wrestling team, whose season started back in early December, this winter has been one long, extended road trip from the Berkshires to the Black Hills.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Major League

Mark Shapiro '89 has seen the best and worst of the Cleveland Indians in his 14 years with the club.But after several disappointing seasons, he is now happy to say that the team is on the upswing."Our expectations are to win the division," Shapiro said.Two decades ago, when he first arrived at Princeton in 1984 as a history major and an offensive lineman on the football team, a career in baseball didn't appear on the horizon for Shapiro.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Rocca still diving for loose balls

With 15 minutes left to play at The Palestra on Feb. 9, 1999, things were looking ugly for the Orange and Black.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Chiles leads m. swimming, in and out of pool

The chant reverberates across the deck, spreading from the 50-odd members of the men's swimming team to the DeNunzio crowd."Chiles . . . Chiles . . . Chiles . . . "The meet has come down to the final 4x100-yard freestyle relay.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

W. fencing sweeps field, men win over Haverford

The women's fencing team defeated four teams in one day, improving its record to 6-3 in the safe confines of Jadwin Gym.Princeton took wins off Haverford, James Madison, Farleigh Dickinson and Cornell.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

No explanation for Tigers' loss

PHILADELPHIA ? Around 9:30 p.m. last night, with the men's basketball team cruising towards victory, I started to write my column about how Princeton saved its season.Half an hour later, as overtime tipped off, I highlighted a few hundred words and hit delete.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Heartbreak at The Palestra

PHILADELPHIA ? With seven minutes, 35 seconds remaining in regulation last night, the men's basketball team appeared well on its way to rebounding from its two disappointing defeats of last weekend.Senior center Judson Wallace stepped to the line and hit two free throws, giving Princeton (10-9 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) a 53-35 lead over host Penn (12-7, 5-0), equaling the Tigers' biggest advantage of the night.But Princeton would score just three more points in regulation, as the Quakers stormed back to tie the game at 56 and force overtime.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Men's volleyball drops two league contests

The men's volleyball team suffered a pair of tough losses in the first weekend of the new semester.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Tigers top Penn

After kneeing herself in the face while high jumping in the first meet of the season in December, senior Brooke Minor found herself tentative when taking jumps.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Tigers send off seniors

As the women's swimming and diving meet against Columbia came to a close Saturday, there were just two swimmers in the pool.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

A season on the line

In New Jersey, which advertises itself as the Garden State, one grows accustomed to seeing some of the finest homegrown products plucked by outsiders.Thus, when the men's basketball team (10-8 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) visits league-leading Penn (11-7, 4-0) tonight, Princeton fans should not be too shocked to see the Quakers led by a pair of Jerseyites ? guards Tim Begley and Ibrahim Jaaber.Eliciting greater concern throughout Tiger Nation, however, is Penn's potential theft of the Tigers' Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Face it, Penn, we're better than you are

Admit it, Penn students: you wanted to go to Princeton. It's all right, I did too. In fact, I do.You, of course, don't go to Princeton, which really is too bad ? for you, at least.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

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