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Princeton still jockeying for playoff position

Princeton still jockeying for playoff position

The men's hockey team has just two games left in its regular season and its opponents this weekend, Rensselaer and Union, are ranked one below and above Princeton in the league, respectively.Needless to say, these are big games for the Tigers.Relatively big, at least, considering that every team in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League will make the playoffs.

SPORTS | 02/24/2005

Tigers look to stretch streak

Since junior guard Katy O'Brien arrived at Princeton, the only team the women's basketball team has been unable to beat is Columbia.

SPORTS | 02/24/2005

Princeton playing for respect

The men's basketball team can keep alive the hope of finishing the Ivy League season with a winning record with a pair of wins this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/24/2005

Yes, I really do read the articles

My parents dropped in for a visit last weekend, which means two things. First, my laundry got done.

SPORTS | 02/23/2005

Hamming and Pasion discuss volleyball, nicknames

Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down for a chat with a pair of middle hitters from the men's volleyball team, sophomore Evan Pasion and junior Brian Hamming.Daily Princetonian: How is the season going so far?Evan Pasion: It's been a disappointing start.

SPORTS | 02/23/2005

Tigers set sights on Heptagonals

Junior Juliette Poussot has never felt like her collegiate performances during the indoor track season have met her high personal standards.

SPORTS | 02/23/2005

Seeking revenge, Tigers host Ivys

The women's swimming and diving team will have revenge on its mind as teams from across the Ivy League gather at DeNunzio Pool this weekend for the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.Before January, Princeton had not dropped a meet to any league competitor since the 1997-98 season.

SPORTS | 02/23/2005

Penn tops Princeton

Everything that went right against Yale last Friday went wrong Tuesday night against the Quakers, who handed the Tiger women's basketball team a 58-50 loss at the Palestra.Princeton (12-11 overall, 4-6 Ivy League) ultimately lost the game on poor free throw shooting and an inability to control Penn's offense in the last eight minutes of the second half.

SPORTS | 02/23/2005

Tigers go 3-1 on first road trip

After a brief cameo at DeNunzio Pool ? where, two weekends ago during the Princeton Invitational, the Tigers played their first and last home games of the season ? the No.

SPORTS | 02/22/2005

Grapplers finish Ivy League slate winless

The Princeton-Penn rivalry is intense no matter what sport is showcased, but so far this winter, the Tigers have come up short across the board.

SPORTS | 02/22/2005

Tiger men push win streak to four

Boston College's men's tennis team had some trouble finding its way into Jadwin Gym on Saturday, delaying their match against Princeton by five minutes.

SPORTS | 02/22/2005

Best seat in the house

When senior Catie Draper arrived at Princeton for her freshman year, fresh off an accomplished high school and club volleyball career, she expected to be a starter on the Princeton women's team.

SPORTS | 02/22/2005

Tigers suffer shocking loss to NJIT on road

Despite a start characterized by near-perfect play, the men's volleyball team could not sustain its initial intensity throughout the rest of its match.After capturing the first game easily, 30-18, the Tigers (2-6 overall, 1-4 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) were blindsided by New Jersey Institute of Technology (5-3, 2-0). The Highlanders came from behind to win the next three games, 30-27, 32-30 and 30-27, to steal a victory Saturday night in Dillon Gym.Princeton jumped to an early lead in the first game with an aggresive offensive attack.

SPORTS | 02/21/2005

Princeton finishes fourth at Howe Cup

Nothing changed atop the women's squash national standings this past weekend as a result of the Howe Cup, which determines the team national champion.

SPORTS | 02/21/2005

Just say "No" — your body will thank you

Believe what your sixth grade D.A.R.E. instructor told you: don't give in to peer pressure. I'm not talking about illegal drugs, because if major league baseball has shown us anything, it's that giving in to that kind of pressure could win you an MVP honor.

SPORTS | 02/21/2005

En Garde

She thrust a long thin weapon at me and lunged, aiming for my chest. I freaked, my instincts took over, and I attempted to protect myself: I turned my back and ran, covering my head.Then I heard laughs ? a lot of them ? coming from the sidelines."We're laughing with you," onlooking women fencers called out.Sure.I can't profess that I've ever had a hidden desire to fence; we don't live in a culture in which little kids grow up wanting to be fencing stars.

SPORTS | 02/21/2005

Princeton tops Vermont in duel of netminders

It has been a frustrating season for the women's hockey team, and Saturday night's game in Hanover, N.H., was no different.On Friday night, the Tigers defeated Vermont, 2-0.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Tigers find stride Saturday in romp over Brown

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? Fans stood and applauded, the players let a few smiles come out and head coach Joe Scott '87 looked relieved.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Two nights, two teams

NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? On Friday night, the men's basketball team found an answer to its inability to hold a second-half lead: don't have a lead.Yale led wire-to-wire Friday night, cruising to a 56-43 win over a lackluster Tiger team to keep Princeton rooted in the cellar of the conference standings.The Bulldogs (9-12 overall, 5-3 Ivy League) used a faux full-court press to take the Tigers (12-11, 3-6) out of their offensive rhythm, forcing Princeton to spend precious shot clock seconds just to set up a play.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Tigers shock Big Green

On Friday night against Dartmouth, freshman forward Keith Shattenkirk did what the men's hockey team desperately needed to do ? he scored the game's first goal.Princeton (7-18-2 overall, 5-14-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) entered the weekend 0-12-0 in games its opponents scored first.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

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