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Princeton Ivy League Champions — 1999-2000

Princeton Ivy League Champions — 1999-2000

Men's cross-countryHighlights: Breezed past Dartmouth and Penn to capture Heps title . . . Paul Morrison took first place overall at Heps and eighth at NCAAs. Field hockeyHighlights: Compiled 7-1 Ivy record to tie Brown for title . . . Melanie Meerschwam and Hilary Matson named first-team all-Ivy. Men's soccerHighlights: Tied Yale, 0-0, in regular-season finale to secure first outright crown since 1960 . . . battled into triple overtime before succumbing at Virginia in NCAA first round. Women's volleyballHighlights: Returned to NCAAs after one-year hiatus with Ivy tournament win over Harvard . . . Sabrina King named conference Player of the Year . . . Michelle Buffum named Ivy co-Rookie of the Year. Men's fencingHighlights: Finished 4-0 in Ivy competition, 12-3 overall . . . took fifth place overall at NCAAs . . . Jason Burrell ranked No.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Men's track wins triple Triple Crown

If the men's track team had simply ended its season in early May, few would have questioned that this had been one of the finest squads in Princeton history.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Princeton women finish as national runner-up to Terps

Hilary Maddox's face burned bright red, wet wisps of a blond ponytail clinging to her face as she spoke in a steady voice while water spilled out of her eyes."What was the greatest thing about our team, no one really had . . ." The senior midfielder bent her head.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Crews struggle to mixed results at Eastern Sprints

The women's lightweight crew came out on top again. With a narrow one-second victory over Wisconsin at the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing College Sprints in New Preston, Conn., on May 14, the Tigers successfully defended their 1999 EAWRC Sprints title.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Fourth time charm for seniors: Baseball wins first title since 1996

Senior second baseman Jay Mitchell had scored the game's first run. Senior catcher Buster Small had hit his first home run since 1998.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

News & Notes

For the first time since 1996, the men's golf team ? led by senior Judd Pritchard ? will participate in the NCAA West Regional at Riverbend Golf Course in Madera, Calif., May 18-20.The field of 27 teams playing at Riverbend, the home course of Fresno State, includes several Pac-10 teams, including champion Arizona State, Arizona, UCLA and Stanford.

SPORTS | 05/11/2000

Women's lacrosse avoids Dartmouth, will host Duke on Sunday

They had their heads turned, hanging down, so they may not have seen. But slinking off the field, they must have heard the screams.It was three weeks ago, and the No.

SPORTS | 05/11/2000

Men's track seeks unprecedented triple Triple Crown at Heps

Since 1970, when the sport of men's cross country held its first Heptagonal championships, the Ivy League schools and Navy have battled for a shot at a Triple Crown.

SPORTS | 05/11/2000

Men's lacrosse needs one win to reach Tierney's seventh Final Four

For the men's lacrosse team, the NCAA selection committee finally got it right. After infuriating the squad in 1999, the group that determines the tournament bracket placed the Tigers in a spot they felt they deserved."I think it's great," junior attackman Matt Striebel said.

SPORTS | 05/11/2000

Women's tennis to take on Vols in first round of NCAA tournament

The women's tennis team has made winning a habit. Now, for the first time since beginning its undefeated Ivy League season, the team will enter competition as an underdog.

SPORTS | 05/11/2000

Women's rugby finishes No. 2 in nation

After last year's overtime loss to Stanford, the women's rugby team was hoping it could turn its luck in the national championship game around.Upstart Penn State had other ideas.After the Tigers crushed Illinois, 36-7, to earn a spot in the finals, they found themselves up against a determined Nittany Lions squad.

SPORTS | 05/09/2000

Softball finishes strong with sweep of Maryland

It was a bittersweet ending for the entire softball team, but especially for Sarah Peterman.The lone Tiger senior had just pitched her last game in an orange and black uniform.

SPORTS | 05/09/2000

Sentimental seniors say goodbye to Carnegie as crews prepare for Easterns

Almost a month later, the lightweight men's crew was still up to the task.Poor weather conditions on Lake Carnegie forced the postponement of its original April 6 race against Georgetown.

SPORTS | 05/09/2000

No. 2-seeded women's lacrosse earns first-round bye in NCAAs

The women's lacrosse team was hoping for one of the top four seeds and an accompanying first-round bye in the upcoming NCAA tournament.Princeton was not disappointed.After every other team to make the tournament had been named, the Tigers leapt out of their seats, knowing that they had landed the No.

SPORTS | 05/07/2000

Coming off dominating win over Hobart, men's lacrosse claims No. 3 seed in NCAA tournament

It had done everything it was supposed to do this season, and yet a certain touch of tension permeated the press room where the men's lacrosse team awaited its seeding for the NCAA tournament last night.Relieving fears of a recurrence of the disappointing placement they received last year, the Tigers (10-2) were rewarded for their season's efforts with a No.

SPORTS | 05/07/2000

W. water polo completes 25-6 season with eighth-place finish at nationals

UMass was on a mission for revenge this weekend. And this time, Princeton failed to rise to the occasion.The women's water polo team (25-4 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) was unable to repeat history, losing 9-6 to Eastern rival UMass for the first time this year as it closed out its seaon at the NCAA tournament this weekend in Bloomington, Ind.Princeton kicked off the weekend with a 13-11 win over Hawaii early Friday morning.

SPORTS | 05/07/2000

After three years of Ivy title-game frustrations, baseball claims the crown

Senior Jay Mitchell had scored the game's first run. Senior Buster Small had hit his first home run since 1998.

SPORTS | 05/07/2000

News & Notes

The women's rugby team ? which was named Overall and Women's Club Sport of the Year at the club sports banquet Wednesday night ? will head to Tampa, Fla., this weekend for the USARugby Final Four.

SPORTS | 05/04/2000

Baseball seeks to stomp stat-strong Big Green for Ivy title

By sheer numbers, the baseball team should not win this weekend's Ivy League championship series.

SPORTS | 05/04/2000

Men's lacrosse travels to Hobart, then awaits its seeding fate

With the Ivy League season out of the way ? and struggles with national powerhouses forged through ? it's about time the men's lacrosse team shoved aside that famous sports cliche, "We'll just take it one game at a time." The Tigers are looking ahead to the NCAA tournament, and, if everything goes according to plan, this weekend's game against Hobart will count for two games at once.Although seeding in the NCAA tournament is not dictated by college lacrosse polls, it is likely that disposing of the Statesmen (7-4 overall, 5-1 Patriot League) will assure Princeton (9-2, 6-0 Ivy League) one of the top four seeds.

SPORTS | 05/04/2000

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