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The Daily Princetonian

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

The Daily Princetonian

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

The Daily Princetonian

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

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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

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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

The Daily Princetonian

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

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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

The Daily Princetonian

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

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton splits pair

Both the men's and women's squash teams dismantled Dartmouth in Jadwin Gym on Saturday, but neither team could repeat that success the following day against Harvard.Princeton's men's team fell behind, 3-1, against the Crimson (6-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League), last year's national finalists.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

The Daily Princetonian

Harvard hands m. hoops second loss in two nights

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ? Head coach Joe Scott '87 sounded a lot like he had the night before. Questions were many and answers were few after Harvard (8-11 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) topped Princeton (10-8, 1-3), 61-57, on Saturday ? the second consecutive night that the men's basketball team lost a late lead to a team it has traditionally dominated.This time, it was a four-point advantage for Princeton with five minutes, 40 seconds to play that drowned under a wave of turnovers, missed free throws and poor rebounding.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005