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Spicer voted m. soccer's model student athlete

Spicer voted m. soccer's model student athlete

Coming off a shellacking at Akron, the men's soccer team came into its home opener against Drexel on September 14 needing someone to step up.Junior forward Darren Spicer, as he has done so many times in his Princeton career, answered that call and put away two goals in the second half to the adoring cheers of the home fans.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Bonds versus McGwire: The bigger moment

September 8, 1998. Busch Stadium. St. Louis, Mo. There is one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Trip to Cali more than just football

After waiting 135 years to make its first trip to California, the Princeton football program has done everything possible to make this weekend's visit to San Diego a memorable one.For a program that last played an opponent outside the Ivy League or Patriot League in 1989, any journey outside the Northeast constitutes a rather novel event.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Motlagh, Stover discuss savagery, sport

Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with men's water polo juniors John Stover and Jamal Motlagh.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa

I was wrong. The football team was not nearly as bad as I prophesied in my preseason predictions.Against Lafayette, the wide receivers were surprisingly sure-handed.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

White stands tall in m. soccer's goal, continues family tradition

At first glance, senior Erik White may seem like your ordinary engineering student. He treks to the E-Quad.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

Lafayette falls to w. volleyball

After peering into the jaws of the Leopards, the Tigers roared back to victory. Showing the strength, skill and aggression of its namesake mascot, the women's volleyball team defeated Lafayette 3-1 in a hard-fought contest.Princeton extended its record to 7-1 ? but not without a scare.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

Lengthy baseball regular season not worth the trouble

If it was 1954, and I was watching Mantle instead of Manny and Berra instead of Bernie, last weekend's Red Sox/Yankees series might have meant something.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

Using their heads: Story of the Tiger helmet

This is the second in a series of articles on the history of Princeton football in commemoration of its 135th anniversary.Great athletes always have to be careful not to let success go to their heads, but in the case of the Princeton football program, being the winner of 28 national championships has done exactly that, quite literally, for almost 70 years.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

FHO 101: The history, rules, and logistics of field hockey

It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon. You decide to head down to Class of 1952 Field to watch the Princeton field hockey team take on Columbia.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

Athlete of the Week -- Matt Verbit

Before Saturday's game, few media outlets (including this illustrious publication) gave the football team much of a chance against Lafayette.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

She's got next: Watts brings game, style to Dillon Gym floor

The greeting is always the same. "WE GOT NEXT," she hollers, announcing her arrival to everyone and no one in particular.It's familiar scene for those who come to play pickup basketball at Dillon Gym.

SPORTS | 09/20/2004

Men's soccer 'kisses sister' against No. 18 South Carolina

After shutting out Drexel last Tuesday, the men's soccer team seemed to have gotten its season back on the right track.

SPORTS | 09/20/2004

Women's golf places sixth in 15-team Mary Fossum Invite

For three years women's golf at Princeton has been dominated by one player. That player is senior Avery Kiser.

SPORTS | 09/20/2004

Saturday night football with Madame President

"Get him! Get hiiiiiiiiiim!"The game was out of reach with only about 50 seconds left in the game, but President Tilghman still wanted that sack.So I went to the football game with the Prez on Saturday night.

SPORTS | 09/20/2004

Wake Forest hands w. soccer first loss of young season

If the women's soccer team was going to lose a game, this weekend was the time to do it.After opening the season with three straight wins, including a 2-1 victory over then-No.

SPORTS | 09/20/2004

Tigers win first season opener since '98

You win a few, and you lose a few. For Princeton football, Saturday night's season-opening victory in dominant fashion against Lafayette was marred by the loss of a key wide receiver.

SPORTS | 09/19/2004

Field hockey drops first conference game since '99 season

The bumps continued for the women of the Princeton field hockey team this weekend, as the Tigers' record dropped to 1-5 with losses to No.

SPORTS | 09/19/2004

Fields, Verbit lead sharp offense as Tigers win season opener for first time since 1998

On the very first play of the game, only a few short feet separated senior quarterback Matt Verbit from the vicious leap of Leopards barreling towards him.But moments before the Leopards could grasp Verbit in their paws and pound him into the Princeton Stadium grass, Verbit calmly dumped the ball off to junior wide receiver Greg Fields, who scampered 16 yards for the first down behind a wall of screening offensive lineman.The play ? and the ensuing four quarters ? went exactly the way the head coach Roger Hughes had drawn up.

SPORTS | 09/19/2004

Men's water polo goes to 8-0 to start the season

With three wins over rival Navy heading into last season's Eastern Championship finals, men's water polo looked poised to add the Easterns crown to its already impressive collection of 2003 titles.

SPORTS | 09/19/2004

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