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Winless sprint football struggles with recruitment, small student population

Winless sprint football struggles with recruitment, small student population

People who are out to find fault seldom find constructive insight. Take, for example, the case of the sprint football team.It is far too simplistic and even inaccurate to claim that the players are inherently maladroit and uncommitted, that the coaching staff lacks leadership and the creativity to design plays that take advantage of the team's strengths, and that the team is off the athletic department's support radar.

SPORTS | 10/14/2003

Getting up is the hardest part — can it actually be done?

In the 1996 movie "The Ghost and the Darkness," starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas, Douglas' character remarks to Kilmer's after a failed hunt for two man-eating lions, "We have an expression in prize fighting.

SPORTS | 10/14/2003

Athlete of the Week: Women's soccer's Meghan Farrell

Freshman midfielder Meghan Farrell scored her third goal of the season in Sunday's win at Brown.It is one she'll never forget.

SPORTS | 10/14/2003

Clemens finally matures in last start at Fenway

Princetonian senior writer Anuj Basil comments on the biggest pitching matchup of the 2003 playoffs, Pedro Martinez against Roger Clemens in Game 3 of the ALCS ? Clemens' last game ever at Fenway Park in Boston."It's the toughest ticket in Boston sports history," Fox commentator Joe Buck said at the opening of the broadcast for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park.Scalped tickets outside the Fens (Boston slang for Fenway Park) were going for upwards of $700 per seat for the pitching matchup of the 2003 playoffs.

SPORTS | 10/14/2003

At 0-4, football faced with many questions, few answers

Head football coach Roger Hughes sat dejectedly as the press conference following his team's 30-3 loss to Colgate ended Saturday.

SPORTS | 10/13/2003

Two second half goals lift w. soccer over Boston Univ.

As the women's soccer season heads into the final straightaway, each game can mean the difference between a postseason berth and an early Thanksgiving vacation.

SPORTS | 10/13/2003

M. water polo goes 3-1 on California road trip

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't the only one causing a sensation in the state of California this past weekend as the men's water polo team rocked the West Coast, bringing home three victories.The Tigers (14-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) faced off against their toughest contender last Friday, taking on top-ranked University of California-Berkeley.

SPORTS | 10/13/2003

Women's tennis boasts 10-5 record at Ivy Invitational

With the fall season of play drawing to a close, the women's tennis team participated in the Ivy Invitational over this past weekend at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY.Sixteen teams took part in the tournament, including all the Ivies aside from Yale as well as such tough competitors as Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Washington.

SPORTS | 10/13/2003

After flawless start to season, w. golf stumbles at Penn State

"We finally met our match," junior Avery Kiser said of the women's golf team's fifth-place finish at the Penn State Invitational this weekend.

SPORTS | 10/13/2003

Offense struggles as field hockey splits weekend

Frustration seemed to be the main theme for field hockey this weekend.Princeton (7-3 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) had trouble turning scoring opportunities into goals, and wound up splitting its games this weekend.

SPORTS | 10/12/2003

Football 0-4 for first time ever after blowout loss to Colgate

"Well, what you witnessed there, fellas, was a good old-fashioned butt kicking," head football coach Roger Hughes said, summing up Saturday's loss to Colgate (6-0 overall, 2-0 Patriot League). He was right.The 30-3 loss marks the first time Princeton (0-4, 0-1 Ivy League) has lost its first four games ever.

SPORTS | 10/12/2003

Farrell's overtime goal vaults w. soccer past Brown

What's even more satisfying than a Wawa hoagie at 3 a.m. after a long night on the Street? For women's soccer, a golden goal ? especially one with so much riding on it.Maybe it is a little early in the season to be talking about the league championship, but it is already on the Tigers' minds.

SPORTS | 10/12/2003

Brown, Yale first Ivy victims for w. volleyball

The Yale Bulldogs, women's volleyball's second opponent in two days, were essentially helpless Saturday afternoon against Princeton's balanced hitting, solid passing and typically excellent digging.

SPORTS | 10/12/2003

Corner kicks doom men's soccer in first loss of Ivy League season

Men's soccer stumbled in its second Ivy League game of the season, falling 3-1 to No. 22 Brown over the weekend.The game got off to a less than auspicious start for Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) as Brown (6-3, 2-0) was able to net a goal early in the first half.

SPORTS | 10/12/2003

Weekend Previews

Women's golfThe women's golf team has won its first three tournaments this spring ? the Dartmouth Invitational, the Princeton Invitational, and the Yale Invitational.The Tigers play in their first fall tournament not hosted by an Ivy League school when they compete in the Penn State Invitational at State College, Pa., this weekend.Besides host Penn State, the Tigers can expect to compete against James Madison University, William & Mary, and Rollins, the Division II champion.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Football will have hands full with Colgate

For a team that just wants to win a game, Tiger football sure has its work cut out for it. Colgate (5-0 overall, 2-0 Patriot League) visits Princeton Stadium as the 17th-ranked team in Division I-AA football, riding an 11-game winning streak.Princeton (0-3 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) comes into the game just aching for a win after its heartbreaking 33-27 loss to Columbia in its Ivy League opener last weekend, a loss that came on a last-second Hail Mary play for the Lions.This week the Raiders will try to hand the Tigers their third-straight loss on home turf, and they have the offensive weapons to do it.Junior tailback Jamaal Branch leads the charge for the toothpaste team, averaging 157.4 yards per game on the ground.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Connecticut will clash with field hockey in battle of top 20 teams

The field hockey team spent the majority of last season ranked in the Top 10, bulldozing their opponents out of the way to the NCAA quarterfinals.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Men's soccer heads to Brown for its second Ivy game

The men's soccer team has been making its living lately on last-second thrills. Last weekend a pair of late goals from freshman Kyle McHugh, including the game-winner in overtime, gave the Tigers a win over Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Women's soccer to face Brown in must-win game

After Sunday's disappointing loss to Dartmouth, the women's soccer team needs this Saturday's game at Brown to boost morale and to give the team a shot at staying on top of the Ivy League.The Bears (7-2-2 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League), however, have different plans.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Wunsch's late goal leads men's soccer past Adelphi

One game after the men's soccer team snatched victory from Dartmouth on the strength of freshman forward Kyle McHugh's overtime goal, a rookie once again came up big for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

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