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Men's basketball takes what Rider gives them in home opener

Men's basketball takes what Rider gives them in home opener

Basketball is dynamic. Strategies change quickly and the coaches are paid to make adjustments throughout the game.Such was the case last night, as Princeton went into the game planning on dominating Rider with its forte -the back-door pass.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Fall Club Sports Wrap-up

As the fall season comes to a close and the winter starts up, we at the 'Prince' wanted to give a chance to all of the club sports teams to give a brief roundup of what's happening. Women's soccerThe women's club soccer team reached the semifinals in its first appearance in the open national tournament in Tuscaloosa, Ala., before losing to Ohio State, 1-0, in a close game.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Ivy men's hoops awash in parity

A rising tide lifts all ships, so the saying goes.This season, men's basketball better hope it's true.Last year, the Tigers were not a great team.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

NEWS AND NOTES

Three members of the football team were honored as first team All-Ivy players this week. Senior linebacker Chris Roser-Jones, senior kicker Taylor Northrop and junior safety Kevin Kongslie were each named to the team.Northrop was also named to the second team as a punter. *Steve Goodrich '98 was signed to a contract by the New Jersey Nets Tuesday after being cut by the team coming out of training camp.The six-foot, 11-inch center will join one of the NBA's biggest surprises this year and will hope to make a contribution off the bench for the Nets.Goodrich played for the Chicago Bulls briefly at the end of last season before not being re-signed.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Men's hoops triumphs in home opener

Warm climates are supposed to help sick patients return to health.For the malaise-ridden men's basketball team, however, a return to New Jersey was just what the doctor ordered.Princeton beat intrastate rival Rider, 69-57, last night at Jadwin Gym for its first victory of the season.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Slumping men's hockey lacking offensive spark

In men's ice hockey's 3-1 loss to Northeastern Tuesday night, backup junior goalie Nate Nomeland played a perfect first period in goal.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

LAUREN RIGNEY Women's basketball

In her four years on the women's basketball team, senior forward Lauren Rigney has been through a lot.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Two straight losses leave Brown seeking revenge on w. swimming

Every year for the last few years, the Ivy League women's swimming year-end championship meet has boiled down to a contest between Princeton and Brown, and in each of the last two years, the Tigers have come out on top.Neither team lost more than a handful of athletes to graduation last spring, so the league powers should be the same once again.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Men's hockey surrenders lead in third, falls to Northeastern

For two periods and 13 seconds, the men's hockey team matched Northeastern play for play.Unfortunately for the Tigers, hockey games last a full three periods.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Deerin, Nugent take Ivy Player of Year honors

Princeton's dominance in Ivy League soccer was readily apparent this season, as both the men and the women won at least a share of the Ivy League title.The postseason awards drove the point home, as both the men and the women received more postseason awards than any of their counterparts.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Youth to take up mantle after football season of near misses

With three players making the All-Ivy First Team and at least one being scouted for the National Football League at various games, one would think the football team must have had a successful season.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Porter to carry Rider into Jadwin for matchup with winless men's basketball

In terms of their men's basketball teams, Princeton and its New Jersey neighbor Rider don't appear to have much in common.In fact, apart from their proximity, the two teams are decidedly different, both in terms of their team dynamics and their outlook.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Young women's squad looks to rebuild after loss of much of last season's roster

Holding the Ivy League Title for the past three years in a row and placing fifth overall when combined with the men's team at NCAAs, the women's fencing team has quite a reputation to uphold.The team lost four talented fencers this year, and many members of this year's team are not competing due to study abroad or to taking time off.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

Led by Thompson, deep men's team hopes to repeat as Ivy champions

Last year's Ivy League title in men's fencing was shared by Princeton, Columbia, and Pennsylvania.This season the Tigers are reloaded with fresh talent and hope to repeat as Ivy League champions."We did get some good recruits and have some excellent sophomores and juniors returning from last season so we will certainly compete for the Ivy title once again," sophomore epee Soren Thompson said.Princeton returns all but two starters from last year's team.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

Women's hockey ties B.C. then rallies to beat UConn

An hour's worth of ice time was not enough to settle either of the women's hockey games this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

We're number one?

As of Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving, the women's basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the country in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). All by themselves - no ties, no blemishes, just first place.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Missed penalty shot, FDU goalie end men's soccer's season in NCAA second round

Everything about yesterday's game was exactly what Princeton expected ? everything except the final score.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Women's basketball gets third win, first loss at Husky Classic in Seattle

The women's basketball team came into last weekend undefeated, 2-0, and travelled 3000 miles to defend its perfection at the Seattle Times Husky Classic on the University of Washington campus.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Four goals from fourth line help Elis slaughter inconsistent men's hockey

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Going into Saturday night's game at Ingalls Rink, Yale's fourth line of sophomore Mike Klema, senior Jason Noe and junior Denis Nam had combined for 10 career goals and 20 career points.After the Elis' 6-1 domination of the men's hockey team, that line had added four goals and eight points to those career totals as Princeton (2-6-0 overall, 2-4-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) once again showed the lack of consistency that has plagued the young club so far this season.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

M. hoops keeps up winless ways against Florida International

On Saturday, Princeton men's basketball traveled to Miami in search of its first win of the season against less-than-highly touted Florida International (FIU). In the first ever matchup between the two teams, the Tigers led for much of the game but slowed down in the last ten minutes to fall, 49-44.Although the two had never played before, FIU (3-1) was not supposed to pose as much of a threat as it did.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

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