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Hsiao finishes career with third trip to NCAAs

Hsiao finishes career with third trip to NCAAs

Three weeks after utterly dominating her competition at the women's swimming team's season-ending Ivy Championships, senior co-captain Stephanie Hsiao closed out her Princeton swimming career as the Tigers' lone representative at the 2005 NCAA Championship meet.Hsiao finished 43rd in the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday morning, clocking a time of 23.33 seconds, followed by a 42nd place finish in the 100 free on Saturday morning, in a time of 50.62."I set a personal best in the 50," Hsiao said.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Men's lax still winless after three games

After starting the season with back-to-back losses to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation, the men's lacrosse team faced unranked Hofstra on Saturday afternoon with the hope of picking up its first win of the season.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Staying Afloat

Her back facing the goal, sophomore Elyse Colgan's arm sweeps under the water polo ball. She quickly twists her body and whips the ball around towards the net in one swift motion, releasing a beautiful shot ? full of technical precision, intense strength and power.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Tigers motivated by last season's disappointment

The quest of winning the Ivy League title starts now for the softball team. After a letdown last year, the team hopes that a fresh start can bring the title back to Princeton.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Tigers to face UVA on road

After finishing last weekend a bit blue, the men's lacrosse team will look to come up big in Saturday's clash of oranges.Coming off a loss to No.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Tigers go South for busy break

For all of the benefits of residing in beautiful New Jersey, the baseball team must annually cope with a significant drawback.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Tigers battle three top foes over break

Looking at the women's lacrosse team's early season schedule, one can't help but wonder if the Tigers are gluttons for punishment.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Philly pipeline: Murray follows in Pillion's footsteps

In her first game against Johns Hopkins, Alison Murray did nothing spectacular except play virtually mistake free defense.It turns out that that in itself is spectacular, which is why women's lacrosse head coach, Chris Sailer, has made her one of two freshman starters on the women's lacrosse team."Alison Murray [is] solid on defense [and] was one of our most consistent kids down in Australia" Sailer said.Murray realizes the importance of the trip to Australia in transitioning her game to the college level and its impact on the team in general."It was while we were there playing against the Australian National Team that I began to feel like I could handle this level of play," she said.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Letters to the editor

We all learn from Tigers' failuresRegarding 'Tigers go out with a whimper' (Wednesday, March 9, 2005):Like many fans of PU basketball, I looked forward to the Joe Scott era and still do.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

News & Notes

Men's, women's basketball players make All-Ivy teamSix Tigers were among the honorees when the All-Ivy teams were announced Thursday for both men's and women's basketball.The women led the way, with four players garnering honors.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

Young Tigers Roar

"Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, and age is tame." ? William ShakespeareThough the Bard had certainly never heard of the Native American game of lacrosse when he wrote these words, he could well have been describing this year's men's lacrosse team, which pins much of its hopes on a crop of freshmen heralded as the best recruiting class ever to come to Princeton.Saturday's game saw seven freshmen play in their first NCAA game in the then-No.

SPORTS | 03/09/2005

All-American Ferrell heads back to NCAA championship

Senior Carrie Strickland went into last Sunday's finals of the mile at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) meet hoping to break a trend.In meets in which athletes have to run trials of an event one day and finals the next day, Strickland has a history of running poorly in the finals.

SPORTS | 03/09/2005

Tigers outlast Wagner for title

For the men's club hockey team it all comes down to two things: having fun and playing hockey. They don't need fancy warm-ups, they don't want two-a-day practices or any other of the trappings that come with being a varsity athlete.Frustratingly enough for everyone else in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association League, despite the Tigers' (22-5-1 overall, 15-3-0 MACHA) laid-back attitude, they happen to be pretty good.

SPORTS | 03/09/2005

Butler heads to NCAA champs

After struggling his way to a disappointing fifth place finish at last weekend's Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championship meet in Annapolis, Md., all junior 197-pound wrestler Jake Butler could do was wait and hope.Butler had entered the weekend with high aspirations, seeded fourth but hoping to claim one of the top three places at the tournament and earn an automatic bid to NCAA championships, which begin on March 17 in St.

SPORTS | 03/09/2005

Tigers go out with a whimper

In front of a sparse and listless crowd at Jadwin Gym last night, the men's basketball team went out with a whimper.It wasn't the worst the Tigers have played this season, nor was it the best.

SPORTS | 03/08/2005

Tigers sweep Maryland, Bucknell, Salem Int'l

The women's water polo team showed no signs of fatigue as the Tigers continued their season-long road trip this past weekend at Salem International University in West Virginia.

SPORTS | 03/08/2005

Putting the 'power' in yoga

Graduate student Mike Austen knows the key to a lady's heart. Ask him why he's up at 8:30 a.m. for Michael Cremone's power yoga class, and he tosses a playful smile at the woman sitting on the yoga mat beside him."My wife," he says.Austen is one of six males in Cremone's 24-member class at Dillon Gym today.

SPORTS | 03/08/2005

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