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Tigers lose to Golden Bears 58-70

Tigers lose to Golden Bears 58-70

Despite 17 points by sophomore center Konrad Wysocki, the men's basketball team fell to Cal 70-58 in the first round of the BCA Classic Thursday night in Berkeley, Calif.Wysocki went 6-for-8 from the field on the evening including a pair of three-pointers, but Princeton fell behind by 16 at halftime and was unable to make up the difference in the second half.The Tigers shot a respectable 58 percent from the field as a team, but were hampered by 24 turnovers which eventually made the difference as the Golden Bears only handed the ball over 15 times.Junior guard Mike Bechtold was the only other Tiger in double figures, scoring 11 points one 4-for-8 shooting.

SPORTS | 11/15/2001

Men's water polo top seed in wide-open field at Easterns

This Saturday, the Princeton men's water polo team will attempt to start off the Eastern Championships with a bang when it plays Massachusetts at 10 a.m.

SPORTS | 11/15/2001

Football faces Dartmouth in final game

Two and six. Next to the bottom of a weak league going into the last game of the season. But for anyone who wants to be optimistic, the Tigers are playing the one team below them in the Ancient Eight - Dartmouth.It has been a rough, heart-wrenching year.

SPORTS | 11/15/2001

Women's soccer plays host to Loyola in first round of NCAA tournament

Heading into its first round game of the NCAA tournament against Loyola, the women's soccer team should feel pretty comfortable.The Tigers are 15-2-2 on the season, while the Greyhounds are barely above .500 with a 9-8-2 record.

SPORTS | 11/15/2001

With five returning starters, Brown leads list of teams chasing Princeton for Ivy championship

Men's basketball in the Ivy League is like the Cold War. Just as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in every way, from nuclear arsenals to ice hockey, Penn and Princeton battle on all possible fronts.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

El Nokali looks to take over as leader of young team both on the court and off

At 8:30 p.m. on Monday night, senior guard Ahmed El Nokali was on the phone in his room, which smelled like the dinner from Wendy's that he had not yet eaten.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Q & A With Women's Hoops Head Coach Richard Barron

'Prince' staff writers Chandra Russell and Blaire Russell recently sat down with women's basketball's head coach Richard Barron.'Prince': Where did you coach before you came to Princeton?Barron: I coached for nine years total at the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tenn.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Men's soccer's Ivy hopes rest on outcome of Harvard-Brown game

And it all comes down to Saturday. One game to decide the Ivy League Championship. Will it go to Harvard, Brown, or Princeton?

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Freshman class adds size, depth, talent to Tigers' undersized upperclass roster

Against North Carolina in the NCAA tournament last year, the Tiger starting lineup averaged six-feet, five-inches.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Deep men's team eyes Harvard with goal of Ivy League title

Men's swimming and diving is tired of second place.Actually, the Tigers been tired of second place for a while now ? about six years.Either Princeton or Harvard has won the Easterns title every year since 1973, but the Crimson have won the last six, and nine of the last 10.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Women head into season with high expectations, No. 25 rank

The dual meet against Boston College last weekend marked the beginning of a new season for the women's swimming team.The outcome, a tremendous Tiger victory, seemed to reflect the solidity of past years.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

With limitless depth, men's basketball is bent on a repeat title

True ? the men's basketball team will be without Nate Walton '01, last year's star player, and C.J.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

NEWS & NOTES

For their efforts in field hockey's wins in both the first round and the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament last weekend, sophomore Cory Picketts and freshman Ashley Sennett both received Ivy League honors.Picketts was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in her career after scoring the game-winner in Princeton's 2-1 win over Old Dominion on Sunday.Sennett earned Rookie of the Week honors for her two goals in the Tigers' first round win over Northeastern.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

No mileage too far for men's swimming's team captain Volz

As the Princeton Tigers dive into yet another swimming season, the men's team will look to senior Kevin Volz for strong performances in the pool, along with leadership for the team.Volz, who has been swimming for most of his life, is set to begin his final season at Princeton in the pool, and he is looking to make it "a very memorable one."There is no doubt that he is more than ready to take on the competition, having swam competitively since age eight.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Harvard looks to take crown away from Quakers

Last season, Penn, led by three-time Ivy Player of the Year Diana Caramanico, won the Ivy League title with a perfect 14-0 record.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Women's volleyball rallies to beat Quakers in fifth game

Down 14-11 in the fifth game of women's volleyball's match against Penn, the Tigers were in a familiar position.All year, Princeton (14-8 overall, 8-4 Ivy League) has been unable to close out matches and it seemed like Tuesday's battle would be no different.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

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