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Field hockey aims for 10th consecutive Ivy title

Field hockey aims for 10th consecutive Ivy title

After winning nine straight Ivy League titles, it's hard not to have high expectations for this year's field hockey team.The experts at STX/NFHCA (National Field Hockey Coaches Association) seem to share this view, ranking the Tigers at No.

SPORTS | 09/18/2003

Lehigh's balanced offense will give fits to football's secondary

"Finally we play."So said head football coach Roger Hughes in eager anticipation of this Saturday's match-up with Lehigh (2-0), broadcast on WPRB 103.3 FM.All of Princeton's game experience so far this year has been in two scrimmages ? against Yale and against itself.On the other hand, the Mountain Hawks will be playing their third game of the year.There are two schools of thought about the advantage in such a situation.

SPORTS | 09/18/2003

M. soccer to play Loyola and Towson on home turf

Having traveled to Philadelphia to open its season with the Penn/Kappa Classic, the men's soccer team will take its turn to roll out the red carpet this weekend in the Princeton Invitational at Lourie-Love Field.The Tigers will first play Loyola (3-2), hosting the Greyhounds at 7:00 pm on Friday.

SPORTS | 09/17/2003

News & Notes

Basketball star Nate Walton '01 for GovernorWith the race for the California gubernatorial seat heating up in one of the biggest political dramas in recent years, one former Princeton athlete hopes to bring some solutions to the problems that Californians face.

SPORTS | 09/17/2003

W. volleyball to compete in Colgate Invitational

Ah, the joys of growing pains. Every sports team gets them at the beginning of every season. With most sports this isn't a problem, since all the teams start at the same time and work out their issues together like a large, dysfunctional family.

SPORTS | 09/17/2003

After blazing start, m. water polo to find first true test in Navy

Black and Orange or Blue and Yellow?The question as to whose colors will rule the pool this weekend is what will keep men's water polo fans guessing as Princeton (4-0) and Navy face off in what will promise to be the highlight game of this weekend's set of Southern Division games.The Tigers begin their busy league weekend by travelling to the nation's capital on Friday to take on George Washington.

SPORTS | 09/17/2003

Athlete of the Week

If the men's water polo team was worried about offensive production this season after saying goodbye to Kevin Foster '03 and Robert Urquhart '03, they certainly don't have to worry any longer.As the Tigers kicked off their season last weekend hosting the North/South Invitational, sophomore driver John Stover tallied 14 goals in the four wins for Princeton.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

Bonfire possible for football in '03

With the football team now bearing down on its season-opener Saturday night against Lehigh, and Hurricane Isabel bearing down on the East Coast, I sit to write my second installment of the armchair quarterback column.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

Young offense the only question mark as m. soccer begins season

Many Americans claim a dislike to soccer in part because of its low-scoring nature.The men's soccer team is a case in point of this characteristic.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

After disappointing spring, m. golf optimistic about fall

The men's golf team has lost something. For the first time in three years, the Tigers start their season without the Ivy League trophy.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

W. soccer, as strong as ever, poised to defend Ivy title

At the end of every practice the women's soccer team huddles together to complete the session in a word.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

Sacramento St., Berkeley to host women's soccer

In the latest women's soccer poll, released yesterday, Princeton made its first appearance of the season, at No.

SPORTS | 09/16/2003

Disk golf's ingenious solution to campus construction

I have put off this column for many months, purposefully. However, after a long, dull summer I've been back on campus for a little over a week, and in my brief moments of sobriety I've observed that this campus might be doomed.In the waning weeks of summer there is only darkness ? do not be fooled by the heat nor by the light.

SPORTS | 09/15/2003

W. volleyball hurt by absence of Cramm at St. John's Classic

Relatively speaking, Princeton women's volleyball fared pretty well at the St. John's Classic this past weekend.Relatively speaking, because a 1-2 record does not reveal the Tigers' disadvantages.Princeton saw non-Ivy League action in Jamaica, N.Y., against Wagner, Long Island University and St.

SPORTS | 09/15/2003

W. golf sets team scoring record in win as Kiser takes first fall tourney

While Princeton may have looked like a country club this weekend thanks to lawnparties, it was the women's golf team that actually found itself on the links.Spending the weekend at the Hanover Country Club for the Dartmouth Invitational, the women returned to Princeton with a first place win and team-record low of 299 and 300 for two rounds.

SPORTS | 09/15/2003

W. cross country kicks off season with bang; men's team struggles

Before Saturday's meet at the Princeton Battlefield, head coach Pete Farrell told the women's cross country team to run as a pack.Coach Farrell got just what he wanted and then some.

SPORTS | 09/15/2003

Men's water polo dominates DeNunzio, as sophomore Stover nets 14 goals

"Just Sink 'em" reads the large orange sign that hangs in DeNunzio Pool. This past weekend, the Princeton men's water polo team did just that.

SPORTS | 09/15/2003

Weekend Wrap-up

Women's golfLed by junior Avery Kiser's two-under 71, Princeton won the team title at the Dartmouth Invitational at Hanover Country Club this weekend.Kiser's 71 was good enough to claim tournament medalist honors and helped the Tigers set a team record for a two-round tournament.Seventeen other teams competed in the event, but none challenged Princeton for the lead.

SPORTS | 09/14/2003

M. soccer splits weekend games, but scoring remains an issue

The men's soccer team really needs to score.Coming off a season in which the Tigers netted only 19 goals in 17 games, offense is at the top of the list of needed improvements for head coach Jim Barlow '91."[Offense] is obviously our biggest concern," Barlow said.

SPORTS | 09/14/2003

Kiser makes a name for herself playing in W. Amateur

Junior Avery Kiser, a member of the women's golf team, has hardly felt the pangs of defeat in her time at Princeton.

SPORTS | 09/14/2003

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