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Sprint football finds offensive drive, but drops home opener

Sprint football finds offensive drive, but drops home opener

With less than a minute to go before halftime and down 12-0, Princeton's sprint football team knifed through Cornell's defense to score its first touchdown of the season.Fittingly, senior running back Rikki Racela, in his fourth and final season, put the Tigers on the board with a two-yard scamper.

SPORTS | 09/30/2002

Men's water polo goes 3-0 in North/South Invitational

In water polo, the word punishing is rarely used to describe a team's defensive effort.But on Saturday night, after the Tiger defense held Harvard to a meager two points in an 8-2 victory, "a punishing defensive effort" is the first phrase that comes to mind.The Tigers pulled off two other big victories this weekend, beating Iona, 11-10, and Brown, 10-8, in the North/South Invitational held at De-Nunzio Pool.On Saturday night, after having narrowly defeated Iona in the first round of competition, the Tigers put their morning difficulties behind them and played their best game of the year so far against No.

SPORTS | 09/30/2002

'Steady progress' earns third place for w. cross country

Steady progress may not make for highlight reel-worthy footage, but it makes for winning seasons.This fundamental of sports certainly applie to the women's cross country team this season.

SPORTS | 09/30/2002

W. soccer pulls out overtime win against Boston U.

Women's soccer traveled to Boston this weekend aiming to prove its mettle in two challenging non-conference matchups, and did just that.

SPORTS | 09/30/2002

Lafayette's 'fire' cooled by Tigers to earn first victory

What a difference a week makes.The football team came out of the gates with the same kind of enthusiasm on defense and execution on offense as last week against Lehigh.Except for its last defensive series, the Tigers dominated Lafayette in the first half.That last defensive series is when it started to appear that Lafayette could come back.The ineffective play of the Princeton defense on Lafayette's quick second quarter scoring drive highlighted a weakness that Lafayette would exploit in the second half.

SPORTS | 09/29/2002

Dartmouth surprises men's soccer at home; Tigers suffer second overtime loss in six games

Dartmouth's men's soccer team came into Saturday's match up against Princeton with zero goals scored on the season.

SPORTS | 09/29/2002

W. volleyball pushes win streak to six straight games

Nothing like six straight wins to make you forget an opening day loss.After losing to St. John's in the first match of the season, women's volleyball has rebounded to post a 6-0 record against non-conference opponents, capped this weekend by victories over Long Island and Juniata at Dillon Gym.Friday against LIU, Princeton (6-1 overall) had an obstacle to hurdle before the game even started.

SPORTS | 09/29/2002

Field hockey drops two key home matchups to two high-caliber teams

This weekend was supposed to be a chance for the field hockey team to send a statement to the rest of the country saying that the road to a national championship goes through them.At the end of the weekend, Princeton found itself on the losing end of two very tight games, but two games that the Tigers very easily could have won.Princeton (3-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) fell 2-1 on Friday night against No.

SPORTS | 09/29/2002

Tigers survive uncertain start to second half, hold lead to beat Leopards in home opener

The football team leapt out to a 24-6 lead by the time the first half was over on Saturday night in Princeton Stadium against Lafayette.

SPORTS | 09/29/2002

Big Green arrive to take on struggling men's soccer

Five games into a 17-game season would seem a little early for the men's soccer team to be in do-or-die mode when it takes on Dartmouth this Saturday.According to senior captain Bob Nye, however, "with the disappointing start we've had to our season, we've put ourselves in a must-win situation."Saturday's game against the Big Green kicks off Princeton's 2002 Ivy League season, the most important part of any year.Winning the Ivy League title not only guarantees the victor bragging rights among the Ancient Eight, but serves as a ticket to the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 09/26/2002

Field hockey to face hardest test of season with Maryland, Michigan St.

After a tough, season-opening loss to Ohio, Princeton was able to reestablish its dominance with three easy games against weak Ivy League opponents.

SPORTS | 09/26/2002

Litmus test for w. soccer against two Boston teams

Tuesday's last minute heroics must have given the women's soccer team a confidence boost. With two goals in the final ten minutes of the game, the Tigers pulled out a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Monmouth, pushing the team's record to a perfect 5-0 on the young season.The squad will try to keep the momentum going as it travels to Boston this weekend for a pair of games.

SPORTS | 09/26/2002

After good showing against Lehigh, football faces Lafayette

After an outstanding first half, the football team lost in a heartbreaking loss to Lehigh last weekend.

SPORTS | 09/26/2002

Princeton sprint football travels to Cornell for season opener

Whenever a team endures a bit of a slump, one of two things generally tends to happen in the world of sports.The first scenario is that the sinking team folds completely and prays that the end of the season comes quickly.The second is that the players come together and decide they are going to do whatever it takes to get the team back in the win column.As Princeton's sprint football team travels to Ithaca Friday evening, it will be looking to do the latter against Cornell.Last season the Tigers could not buy a victory during league play, suffering through another 0-6 season.

SPORTS | 09/26/2002

Freshman Behncke joins women's soccer team, extends family dynasty

Among her teammates on the women's soccer team, freshman Emily Behncke is known as Martha, as in Martha Stewart ? not because she has been accused of insider trading, but because she acts like a mom, always offering cookies to her teammates when they enter her room.

SPORTS | 09/25/2002

Women's volleyball weighs in against Ivy League opponents

After veering off course to start the season, the women's volleyball team has righted the ship with four straight 3-0 non-conference wins.With the season opener against defending-champion Penn looming October 4, here is a capsule look at the competition in the Ancient Eight. Princeton Tigers Last year: 15-9 overall, 9-5 conference; tied for third place in Ivy League Head coach: Glenn Nelson, 21st year Key players: Kellie Cramm (jr., outside hitter), Michelle Buffum (sr., OH), Kerry Song (jr., setter) Outlook: Princeton, the league champions in 2000, are counting on the experience of Cramm, Buffum, Song, and senior middle blocker Abby Studer to lead them back to the top of the league.

SPORTS | 09/25/2002

Football looks past Lehigh collapse to game with Lafayette

I'll start with a confession. I wrote the back page headlines for Monday's 'Prince' after Lehigh beat the football team, 31-24."Collapse in Bethlehem," "Football blows 24 point lead," "Fifteen minutes of shame." I was particularly proud of the Andy Warhol reference.The Tigers played poorly in the second half, but fans ? including me ? need to put the loss in perspective.

SPORTS | 09/25/2002

Rider squeaks past men's soccer for overtime win

Soccer games last 90 minutes, though you wouldn't know it after watching the men's soccer team. After only five games this season, the team has played just one 90-minute match.

SPORTS | 09/25/2002

National champion women's lacrosse visits President Bush at White House

There are several ways to earn the priviledge of meeting with the President of the United States of America.The most obvious, of course, is to work for him.

SPORTS | 09/25/2002

Darren Spicer

Season Highlights - Scored game-winning goal in double overtime against La Salle, giving men's soccer first win of 2002 - Tied for first on team in points as a freshman - Second on team in shot attempts - With two ties and a loss behind them, the men's soccer team needed a serious boost.

SPORTS | 09/24/2002

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