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Dominant women's swimming cruises to win weekend Princeton Invitational

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

W. indoor track hopes to improve from third last year at Heps

As the first real snowfall of the year was revealed this morning, track cognoscenti across the nation knowingly nodded their heads, recognizing the seemingly innocuous precipitation for the omen it was.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

Men's hockey hopes to break out of funk against Harvard, Brown

Currently riding a five-game slump and sitting in last place in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association, the men's hockey team is hard pressed these days to remember a time when it had reason to celebrate its play.Surely, the Tigers (1-10-0 overall, 1-7-0 ECAC) have played moments of competitive hockey this season, though good play has been hard to come by and all too transient.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

Athlete of the Week

Men used to wear hats.That's why we have this thing called the hat trick in hockey. Almost every hockey fan knows that the term hat trick comes from stories of old-time fans being so impressed with the performances of men on the ice scoring three goals in one game that they threw their hats on the ice.Now men don't wear hats, and, if they did, they would have to throw them on the ice at women's hockey games.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Brown intends to be offensive threat for women's basketball

"Prince" senior writer Blaire Russell recently sat down with women's basketball freshman forward Rebecca Brown. Prince: Where did you grow up? Rebecca Brown: I am from Nashville, TN.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Men's fencing has positive start to season, looks to reclaim league title

The 2002-2003 season stands to be a dramatic turnaround for the Princeton fencers. After last season's disappointing 5-5 finish (1-3 Ivy League), including losses to Penn, Columbia, and Harvard, the team stands to regain its Ivy Crown.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Macaulay and w. swimming look to extend winning streak

Though hailing from a country known more for success on ice, Canadian sophomore Chrissy Macaulay has quickly established herself as one of the top swimmers in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Women's basketball relies on consistency to defeat Centenary

The women's basketball team came within one basket of scoring 100 points last night in its 97-69 triumph over Centenary, bringing its record to an even fifty-fifty with three wins and three losses.The Tigers made almost 50 percent of their three-point attempts, belittling their opponent's measly 22 percent.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Women's fencing believes Ivy title within reach this season

Women's fencing stands poised to make a significant stab at this year's Ivy championship. Looking to build on last year's winning season (8-6 overall, 3-2 Ivy League), the team feels confident that an Ivy League championship is not far off."As long as we pull together as a team, I know we are better than those other teams." senior and captain Mindy Rostal said.Despite having a strong recruiting class, the loss of all three of last year's starters, who comprised the No.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002

Lethargy, tough opponents have men's hockey in winter slump

Seasonal affective disorder. It is more commonly called winter depression, and most likely it is making you stay in bed a bit longer these days wishing it were summer once again.Recently, it seems as if the men's hockey team has a more than mild case of this more than common affliction.

SPORTS | 12/03/2002

Men's basketball's offense still lives and dies by the three-pointer

Former head coach Pete Carril's offense of screens and backdoor cuts has been the staple of men's basketball since he arrived at campus in 1967.The offense has been wildly successful for the Tigers and has now spread far beyond the confines of Jadwin Gym.

SPORTS | 12/03/2002

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