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M. tennis tries to maintain momentum in weekend play

M. tennis tries to maintain momentum in weekend play

Coming off two great weekend wins over St. Joseph's and Boston College, the men's tennis team is geared up for a double header this Saturday against George Washington and Stony Brook."Like last weekend, these teams won't be our strongest competition," sophomore Darius Craton said.

SPORTS | 02/24/2004

Freshmen runners lead men's track at Princeton Invite

With the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships looming next weekend, the men's and women's track teams had one final meet to prepare for the zenith of their seasons.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

M. tennis defeats St. Joseph's, BC

"Our goal is to win the Ivies, and, so help me God, we will," senior Tim Kofol said after the men's tennis team swept both its matches this weekend at Jadwin against St.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

El Halaby plays world's best

This weekend, men's squash saw history in the making when sophomore Yasser El Halaby became the first amateur ever to qualify for the Tournament of Champions, an annual professional squash tournament.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

Men's volleyball sweeps George Mason

It is a well-known fact that college students like to sleep late, but Princeton students showed this weekend that their devotion to the men's volleyball team is greater than their need for a little extra shut-eye.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

Tiger fencers dominate weekend

This weekend, in addition to a string of Ivy League victories, a Princeton team swept the Blue Devils of Duke at Jadwin.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

W. squash finishes third at Howe Cup

Once again the Howe Cup, the tournament which crowns the national champion of women's squash, was packed with excitement and fierce competition.

SPORTS | 02/23/2004

Comeback kids: Men's hoops wins twice

Yale's biggest lead? 14. Princeton's biggest lead? 14.The difference in the game? The Tigers took their lead in the second half and didn't let it slip away, dominating the latter half of the game for a 70-58 victory.Princeton men's basketball (15-7 overall, 8-1 Ivy League) hosted the Elis (9-14, 4-6) on Friday in a key contest for the Tigers as they tried to maintain their league lead.It was yet another schizophrenic game for the Tigers, who had experienced periods of sloppy play against Harvard and, of course, Penn over the course of their season.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

Freshmen play important role as women's hockey beats ranked rival

Exactly three months ago today, the women's hockey team fell to a then undefeated Dartmouth team by a score of 4?2.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

Men's hoops overcomes Brown at home

Max Schafer was not in the game to shoot.Sure, the freshman guard spent most of the second half on the court filling in for injured senior guard Ed Persia.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

Men's hockey ties touted Dartmouth, loses to lowly Vermont

Anyone who suspected Dartmouth students of being slow learners saw their doubts validated during Friday night's contest against Princeton.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

MLBPA drops ball with steroids and blockbuster deal

The Major League Baseball Players Association has let its players down.Two of the biggest issues in professional sports right now would be resolved if the MLBPA stepped up and did what was best for the majority of its players.First, Alex Rodriguez.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

Women's hoops suffers disappointing losses to Brown, Yale

Offense and defense. Inside and outside. Starters and reserves. First half and second half. These are the key factors which the women's basketball team is still struggling to balance so late in the season and with so little success.This weekend, Princeton (6-16 overall, 3-6 Ivy League) lost, 59-56, in overtime to Yale (5-18, 2-8) and fell, 59-39, to Brown (13-10, 6-4) despite having beaten both of those teams earlier in the season. Lockwood outGranted, Princeton was functioning without the help of freshman wing Casey Lockwood, the Tigers' third highest scorer at 10.8 points per game.

SPORTS | 02/22/2004

W. tennis travels to Penn St.; m. tennis hosts BC, St. Joseph's

The women's tennis team, coming off last weekend's split against Virginia and Seton Hall, is hoping to improve its record this weekend as it takes on two tough teams in Penn State (2-4) and Marshall (2-2).Penn St., who also split last weekend's matches, will have the home court advantage as the Tigers (1-1) travel to State College, Pa.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Women's hockey faces tough test at home against Dartmouth

The season is coming to an end soon and the women's hockey team may be playing better than ever.Coming off of two consecutive weekend sweeps, the Tigers will look to continue the streak with games this weekend against Vermont (6-20-2 overall, 2-10-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) and Dartmouth (17-4-2, 9-2-1). Both games are at Baker Rink, marking the third and fourth games of a seven-game home stretch.Princeton (16-6-0, 9-4-0) has taken advantage of the comforts of home ice so far, as they took two games last weekend, against Cornell and Colgate, in impressive fashion, winning 4-1 and 3-1, respectively.This Friday's game against Vermont (6-20-2, 2-10-0) is a must-win for the Tigers as they continue their quest for a high finish in the ECAC.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Yale, Brown look to take revenge on men's hoops

As important as this weekend's games against Yale and Brown are for the men's basketball team, in neither contest will Princeton be the more desperate team.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Burns' return, Liljestrom keys to m. volleyball downing NYU at Dillon

At the end of a successful season, every good team can look back on one or two moments where it gelled and showed a flash of greatness.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Men's hockey needs wins to avoid cellar-dwelling

As Melville writes in Moby Dick, "Shipmates, on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep." For the men's hockey team, the woe they desperately want to avoid is the specter of the cellar of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

W. basketball travels to Yale, Brown

When it rains, it pours. At least that's been the case for the women's basketball team lately. As the team takes to a stormy road this weekend to play Yale (4-17 overall, 1-7 Ivy League) and Brown (11-10, 4-4), a string of losses and a season-ending injury are leaving many Princeton fans wondering if the Tigers will yet again be caught without an umbrella.Princeton (6-14, 3-4) is coming off a weekend that, on paper, looks a bit overcast, but in reality was nothing less than a monsoon of disappointments.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

Track hosts final pre-Heps meet at Lawrenceville Prep

Both the men's and women's track teams will reach the season's competitive peak in two weeks when they compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

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