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

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

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

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

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

W. hockey names Bilodeau assistant

The women's hockey team named Danielle Bilodeau, a 2001 graduate of Cornell, assistant head coach over the weekend.Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal '92, who led his shorthanded team to the Eastern College Athletic Conference-North tournament last season, made the announcement.

SPORTS | 09/24/2002

News and Notes

Women's volleyballJunior Kellie Cramm was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the women's volleyball team.Cramm, an outside hitter from Laguna Beach, Calif., had 44 kills in the three matches Princeton played in the Rider Invitational last weekend in Lawrenceville.Cramm hit .286 for the weekend and hit .394, the match high, in the first game of the tournament.Cramm also had 49 digs over the weekend, including a career-high of 20 during the first match, which was against host and Mercer County rival Rider..The junior's efforts helped Princeton sweep all three of its matches over the weekend.

SPORTS | 09/24/2002

Goal in 82nd minute lifts w. soccer to win

For 82 minutes, they were patient. Despite being frustrated by shots of the post and crossbar, a Monmouth defense that appeared to have 15 players in its own penalty box at all times, and several spectacular saves by Hawks goalkeeper Abby Stiffler, the women's soccer team kept its composure and bided its time.Finally, with just over eight minutes left in the game, the Tigers pounced.

SPORTS | 09/24/2002

Men's soccer plays Rider in anticipation of Ivy weekend

Princeton's double overtime win against La Salle on Sunday was, without a doubt, exciting. It was intense.

SPORTS | 09/24/2002

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