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Townsend brings energy, leadership to undefeated field hockey

Townsend brings energy, leadership to undefeated field hockey

"It's all in the Carbo-Force," sophomore defender Emily Townsend said as she crossed a rainy path after her interview with the 'Prince.'Her endorsement of the vitamin supplement seemed either to be a piece of esoteric field hockey wisdom, the secret to field hockey's hitherto undefeated season, or perhaps a chance to have a little fun with a credulous sports reporter.The laughter that followed her quote, however, revealed that Townsend had the latter in mind.

SPORTS | 09/26/2000

New controlled enthusiasm helps football's offense prosper

We all know the scene. Your lab screams down the road after your neighbor's Grand Cherokee, bites down on the spinning tire.

SPORTS | 09/26/2000

Asfaw emerges to lead cross country's dynasty

Tensai Asfaw is one of the only runners on the men's cross country and track teams to have seen the Tigers lose a Heptagonals championship.It was four years ago.

SPORTS | 09/26/2000

Navy nips men's water polo at Bucknell tourney

In the world of water polo, games are usually scrappy affairs where teams fight and claw for every little position in the pool.

SPORTS | 09/25/2000

Release in hand, Gloger makes it official with UCLA hoops

A member of Spencer Gloger's family confirmed that the former men's basketball standout had been admitted to UCLA and was on that school's campus yesterday to sign scholarship papers and join the Bruins men's basketball team.Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 had earlier confirmed that Gloger had been released by Princeton to discuss athletic arrangements with UCLA.

SPORTS | 09/25/2000

Women's volleyball struggles against taller foes

Sometimes size does matter, as the women's volleyball team learned this past weekend in a tough tournament at Rutgers on Friday and Saturday.

SPORTS | 09/25/2000

M. tennis' Williams reaches finals of Princeton Invitational

With strong finishes from a number of underclassmen at this weekend's Princeton Invitational, both the men's and women's tennis teams expect promising seasons.Competing against Penn, Columbia and Temple, the men's team hit the courts Friday morning for the first round of the tournament.Two wins Friday advanced junior Judson Williams to the singles final Sunday, where he fell, 6-2, 6-4, to Oscar Chow of Columbia.

SPORTS | 09/25/2000

On strength of its stingy defense, women's soccer continues streak with 5th straight shutout

On a sloppy Lourie-Love Field Saturday afternoon, in a battle of Ivy League titans, only one team could stay on its feet.In the end, the women's soccer team walked away with the win, leaving Dartmouth sprawled in the mud, having lost the battle for balance ? and league dominance.Princeton (5-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) defeated the Big Green, 1-0, keeping its perfect record intact.

SPORTS | 09/24/2000

Matson's hat trick leads field hockey to 5-0 win over Dartmouth

For the first 33 minutes, 47 seconds of field hockey's game against Dartmouth, Princeton and the Big Green were locked in a scoreless tie.

SPORTS | 09/24/2000

Football's comeback effort falls short in final moments against No. 19 Lehigh

After six minutes, it looked like another blowout. Only 10 percent of the game had been played, and already the visitors had 10 points.

SPORTS | 09/24/2000

Sloppy play dooms men's soccer to loss in Ivy opener with Dartmouth

Jason White watched as the shot floated toward him like a beach ball, sliding slowly through the air from nearly 40 yards away.

SPORTS | 09/24/2000

Dartmouth looks to avenge last year's loss to women's soccer

Last year some considered it a fluke.The women's soccer team made the road trip to Hanover, N.H., last season having not beaten Dartmouth since 1990 and without a win in Hanover since 1983.But when then-freshman midfielder Alex Fiore connected on a cross from then-junior midfielder Julie Shaner four minutes, 52 seconds into overtime, the Tigers pulled out a 2-1 victory and broke the losing streak.Now Dartmouth makes the trip south to Princeton to try to return the favor."Last year some people said we sort of snuck by them," junior defender and captain Kelly Sosa said.

SPORTS | 09/21/2000

Experienced Dartmouth side poses challenge for m. soccer

The men's soccer team must proceed with caution this weekend. All is not what it appears to be.The Tigers (4-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) begin their quest to repeat as Ivy League champions tomorrow when they host Dartmouth (2-2, 0-0), a team whose record from last year belies its capabilities.The Big Green finished a disappointing second to last in the Ivy League last season with a record of 2-9-4 ? that's after posting back-to-back 10-win seasons in 1997 and 1998.

SPORTS | 09/21/2000

Football set for twilight matchup with Lehigh

The Roger Hughes era started not with a bang, but a whimper last Saturday. Princeton looked disjointed against a Lafayette team that is quite possibly the weakest on the 2000 football schedule.

SPORTS | 09/21/2000

Undefeated field hockey battles Big Green for Ivy supremacy

Recently, it's been a tradition.Dartmouth brings a women's team to Princeton for a big matchup each season, and the game ends up being an instant classic.On Feb.

SPORTS | 09/21/2000

Nugent sparks men's soccer win over Rider

LAWRENCEVILLE ? In yesterday's battle for Rt. 206 men's soccer supremacy, it was only fitting that a New Jersey native figured heavily in the outcome.Junior forward Mike Nugent, who grew up in nearby Cranbury, scored a pair of goals in the first half to lead the Tigers (4-0) to an easy 3-0 win over Rider.

SPORTS | 09/20/2000

Field hockey scores road win at Columbia

Though the outcome of the game was decisive, field hockey's battle with Columbia may have given Princeton just the test it needed.The Tigers (4-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) turned their second Ivy League game into a victory yesterday when they brought down the Lions (3-1, 0-2), 3-1.

SPORTS | 09/20/2000

Four games played, still no goals against for women's soccer

The defense should be the story of the women's soccer team's season so far.Four games have passed and the team has yet to give up a goal.A newly re-juvenated offensive unit, however, has been the key to the Tigers' (4-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) success so far and played an important role in Wednesday afternoon's 2-0 victory over Lehigh (3-4) in Bethlehem, Pa."Our goal was not to let Lehigh get into the game and I think we did that," senior captain and midfielder Julie Shaner said.

SPORTS | 09/20/2000

Feel-good football likes family culture despite opening loss

When a friend of mine read about the football team's newly-installed Unity Council, he turned to me and asked, "Is Coach Hughes running a football team or an episode of 'Survivor?' "After thinking about who I would vote off the starting lineup, I began to think about what the council and the other feel-good innovations brought to the Tigers by head coach Roger Hughes mean to members of the team when they step on the field.

SPORTS | 09/20/2000

News and Notes

The Department of Athletics recently announced that Erin McDermott has been named to the newly created three-year position of Assistant Director of Athletics at Princeton.

SPORTS | 09/20/2000

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