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M. basketball has 'Bear' of a weekend

M. basketball has 'Bear' of a weekend

Men's basketball came out of its toughest home weekend of the year bleeding. Princeton (11-9 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) lost Friday night to then undefeated Brown (12-10, 7-1) by seven points 80-73 but followed it up with a win over Yale by the same margin, 56-49.The biggest loss for the Tigers this weekend was not recorded in the record book, however.

SPORTS | 02/16/2003

Home-and-home split for women's hockey vs. Yale

Women's hockey had a mixed Valentine's Day weekend in its home-and-home against Yale.On Friday, the Tigers sent a sweet little valentine to Yale, beating the Elis, 6-2.

SPORTS | 02/16/2003

W. basketball beats Yale in triple-overtime, 94-92

The women's basketball team must really enjoy roller coasters, because this season has been a swift sequence of ups and downs.After losing to Brown (12-9 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) on Friday by 13 points, the Tigers (8-13, 3-4) battled back and beat Yale (4-17, 1-7) in a triple overtime thriller on Saturday.

SPORTS | 02/16/2003

Men's squash beaten by nation's best, Trinity

If this weekend's match against Trinity was a preview of next weekend's national championship match, the Tigers are in trouble.Princeton (7-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League), undefeated going into their match against the Bantams, found themselves in a completely unfamiliar situation this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/16/2003

M. squash battles Trinity for the national title

A common adage in sports is that one must beat the best to be the best. Looking to prove this rule true, the men's squash team sets out to be the best when it takes on No.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

M. fencing falls to Quakers, loses sight of Ivy League title

"In short, it did not go well," sophomore foil Scott Sherman said. "I'd suggest focusing on the women and not mentioning us at all ? there wasn't much newsworthy about it.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

W. hockey takes on Yale both home and away

This year's Eastern College Athletic Conference standings divide pretty clearly into two layers.There are those teams ? Harvard, Dartmouth, St.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

Men's basketball 'retools' to challenge for Ivy title

Men's basketball got a monkey wrench thrown into its gears Tuesday night at the Palestra, and it will get almost no time to send in the technicians before this weekend's vital Ivy League battles.This weekend in Jadwin Gym, men's basketball will try to bounce back from their loss to Penn in an electric game at the Palestra.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

Women's basketball needs wins to stay in Ivy race

What is orange and black and all over Brown?What the women's basketball team (7-12 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) must be tonight in Providence when it plays the Bears (10-9, 4-2) in its sixth Ivy League match of the season.Right now, Princeton is hovering in sixth place with three early losses against Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

M. hockey looks to RPI to regain confidence

With a record of 3-20-0 overall and 2-14-0 within the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the men's hockey team must look for silver linings wherever it can find them in an increasingly darkened sky.One such place may be in the team's games this weekend at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College.Much of Princeton's limited success this season has come against RPI (9-19-2, 3-11-2). Two-thirds of the Tigers' wins have been at the expense of the Engineers, and they hope that the goodwill of the gods will once again be with them as they visit Achilles Rink tonight.Princeton recorded its first win of the season at home against RPI on Nov.

SPORTS | 02/13/2003

Seniors to lead men's swimming one last time

No Kleenex will be needed.This Friday, the men's swimming class of 2003 will face Columbia and compete at DeNunzio pool one last time.

SPORTS | 02/12/2003

Van Beusekom emerges as savior for women's hockey

Loretto, Minnesota is a small farm town about 1,231 miles from the Princeton campus. A road trip between the two takes you across eight states, past two great lakes, and over nine interstate freeways.The connection: Princeton junior Megan Van Beusekom, a Loretto native and starting goaltender for women's hockey, the leader of a team that has gone from .500 to a national power in three seasons."Being from Minnesota, it's hard not to get into hockey," Van Beusekom said.She is right.

SPORTS | 02/12/2003

M. volleyball runs through soft NJIT

Technological advancements have clearly benefited everyone's life. Hence, technology students, the brain behind these improvements, make all of our lives easier ? in more ways than one.On Sunday night against the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the men's volleybal team proved this fact, making easy work of NJIT (0-4 overall), 3-0. Slow out of the gatesPlaying a team that finished with an overall record of 1-22 last season and that competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in a lower division, the Tigers seemed certain to win.

SPORTS | 02/12/2003

M. tennis readies for season with young lineup

Men's tennis (1-2 overall) is ready to roar, but can its bite match its bark? Coming off of a semifinal loss in the fall's Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament, the Tigers look toward an Ivy season of tough competition, primarily from its biggest rival, Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/12/2003

Despite second half rally, Tigers fall to Penn, 65-55

Philadelphia ? The hearts of two universities beat with each bounce of the ball last night as the men's basketball team fell to Penn (13-5 overall, 5-0 Ivy League), 65-55, in Philadelphia.The PA announcer at the Palestra began the game: "The entire University of Pennsylvania Athletic Staff welcome the Princeton U . . .""BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."Not many words were heard the rest of the way that were not in chant form from the ocean of fans.Penn forward Ugonna Onyekwe dominated Princeton (10-8, 4-1) in all facets of the game, scoring 22 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.

SPORTS | 02/11/2003

O-N-Y-E-K-W-E spells doom for men's basketball

Most so called experts were giving the Tigers no shot at beating Penn at the Palestra. Not in front of more than 8,000 screaming fans and certainly not against a team with the most powerful frontcourt in the league along with deadly assassins from beyond the arc.The Tigers were able to handle the crowd and they did a reasonable job of covering Penn's outside shooters.

SPORTS | 02/11/2003

W. fencing beats Temple in final foil matches

Jabs, thrusts, tight outfits and great performances could be found in more places than just Cottage this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/11/2003

W. squash's Comey hero in victory over Dartmouth

Twice this weekend, sophomore No. 5 Frances Comey pulled out tough comeback wins for women's squash.

SPORTS | 02/11/2003

Baird, Bell lead the way for men's track at Penn State

The men's track and field team returned to Penn State for the second time in two weeks for a scored triangular meet against host Nittany Lions and the University of Connecticut.

SPORTS | 02/11/2003

M. squash eases through Crimson, Big Green

They didn't travel to Princeton from all over the East Coast, Canada and New Zealand to be disappointed.Many parents of men's squash players trekked across great distances to witness a pair of exciting matches this past weekend and watched as their sons clinched the Ivy League Championship for the third time in four years.An undefeated men's squash team (7-0 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) knew it had to be in top form as it faced Dartmouth (10-4, 2-3) and Harvard (6-2, 4-1).The first test was the Big Green on Saturday afternoon.

SPORTS | 02/10/2003

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