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Robins' alley-oop slam ignites new aggressive offense for m. basketball

Robins' alley-oop slam ignites new aggressive offense for m. basketball

Defense may win games, but poor offense can certainly lose them. In its first four games out of the blocks this year, the men's basketball team went a sloppy 2-2, and struggled on the offensive end.After shooting well in their two games at the Sooner Invitational, the Tigers went cold from the field, shooting just 40 percent over their next two games.

SPORTS | 12/10/2002

Dartmouth's women's hockey team has slim lead in ECAC

So far this season, Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey has shaped up into "probably one of the most competitive leagues of all time," according to Cornell (0-8-1 overall, 0-5-1 ECAC) head coach Melody Davidson.

SPORTS | 12/10/2002

Budget cuts force Dartmouth to axe swimming, diving programs

In the pool, Princeton swimming and diving is accustomed to pummeling Dartmouth without much effort.

SPORTS | 12/10/2002

A league of their own: Athletic teams shape some social lives

Just as other University students, varsity athletes at Princeton are above all else jugglers: of classes, practices and social lives.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Solomon and Thompson tie for third at North American Cup

This weekend may have been a break from NCAA competition for Princeton fencers, but for juniors Soren Thompson and Eric Stodola and freshman Ben Solomon, there was nothing restful about it.Thompson, Stodola and Solomon traveled to Columbus, Ohio for the first North American Cup ? an important national tournament ? of the season.The 173 competitors included top fencers from the United States as well as from Europe and Canada.Solomon and Thompson tied for third in a very strong men's epee field.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Men's squash beats Brown, 9-0, prepares to face Trinity in Five-Man Team Championship

The men's squash team traveled to Providence to take on the Bears (0-3 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) Saturday in a test of Princeton's depth.A sweep of No.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Men's swimming finishes distant first at Princeton Invitational

Men's swimming invited some friends over for a dip in DeNunzio Pool last weekend. Over three days of competition, the Tigers made sure everyone knew whose house it was.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Women's squash continues winning streak against Vassar and Franklin & Marshall

Continuing its unbeaten streak, women's squash swept both Vassar and Franklin & Marshall last Sunday.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Wrestling prepares for difficult dual meet at Missouri and Reno tourney

After almost three weeks without a major team competition, the wrestling team is preparing for what may be its most difficult dual match of the season, as the team will wrestle Missouri on Saturday.Over the past two weekends, a number of the Tigers' younger wrestlers have competed in various tournaments in the region.A few of the starters, including juniors Brian Kirschbaum and Matt Hawrilenko, competed in the Kutztown Open two weeks ago, and a number of the less experienced wrestlers split up to wrestle in State College, Pa.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

Venable's 23 points lift hot-shooting men's hoops over Lafayette

EASTON, Pa. ? In its first game since the Monmouth Miracle, men's hoops showed that when the Princeton offense is properly blended with a more up tempo style, the result is a thing of beauty.The basketball team beat Lafayette 89-75 Saturday night in Easton, Pa., to improve to 3-2 overall.Granted the win came against the hapless and winless Leopards, but it was still a sight to see the offense executing its sets with precision passing and sharp jumpshooting.Princeton finished 33-51 from the field, hitting 64.7 percent of its field goals.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

Dominant women's swimming cruises to win weekend Princeton Invitational

Highlighted by a record-setting performance by junior Sarah Frauman, the women's swimming team dominated all three days of competition to win the Princeton Invitational, scoring 1,127 points, 386 points better than second-place Rutgers.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

Sacred Heart pulls out close game against women's basketball

The women's basketball team lost 69-61 to Sacred Heart (3-1) Saturday at Jadwin Gym, but the game was much closer than the margin indicates.In a game that saw 14 lead changes, neither team built more than a four-point lead until seven minutes, 17 seconds remained.Princeton (3-4) led 29-27 going into the break.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

M. hockey whipped by Brown, Harvard

The big dogs came to Baker Rink this weekend, and it wasn't pretty.The struggling men's hockey team hosted Harvard and Brown this weekend in a showcase of the Eastern College Athletic Conference's elite ? the Crimson and Bears are ranked Nos.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

Old Nassau

Women's squashThe women's squash team shut out Brown Saturday in Providence, R.I.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

Women's hockey has bipolar weekend against St. Lawrence

With third place in the Eastern College Athletic Conference at stake, women's hockey had motivation aplenty headed into its weekend set at No.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

Men's basketball hopes Persia's 80-foot miracle will spark success

Coming off its miracle win over Monmouth on Tuesday night, men's basketball cannot bask in the glory of that win for too long.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

W. hockey heads north to face ECAC foe St. Lawrence

There's no place like home for women's hockey. With last weekend's tie with Maine and win over Northeastern, Princeton is 5-0-1 on home ice.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

Snow sports give us new reasons to procrastinate

It was late Wednesday night. As usual, I had way too much work to do, and on top of that, I had no desire to do it.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

M. track begins indoor Heps title defense at New Year's Invite

With barely enough time for the cross-country distance-runners to clean the grass and mud out of their spikes, the indoor track and field season is upon us.Despite being the defending indoor Heptagonal champions, the Princeton men's team narrowly lost the outdoor title to Penn.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

After easy win over Centenary, women's hoops hosts Sacred Heart

On Wednesday night, the women's basketball team showed that it was unshaken after a tough weekend in California that included a 95-39 loss to Stanford and a 70-40 loss to Temple.The offensive struggles in California were shrugged off as the Tigers, led by senior guard Allison Cahill's 28 points, soundly defeated Centenary, 97-69.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

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