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Men's volleyball avenges '97 loss to No. 13 Nittany Lions

Men's volleyball avenges '97 loss to No. 13 Nittany Lions

Oh, how sweet it is. Redemption at last."The difference was all around the world," senior opposite Scott Birdwell said.Indeed, the team that showed up at Dillon Gym Friday night to take on 13th-ranked Penn State (14-14 overall, 4-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association-Tait Division) was markedly different from the one that faced Penn State Feb.

SPORTS | 03/30/1998

Harrison, Burton, Jordan shine for women's track at Rutgers Invite

With the start of the Ivy League season less than two weeks away, the women's track and field team continued its transition from indoors to outdoors Saturday at the Rutgers Invitational.

SPORTS | 03/30/1998

Baseball sweeps Wagner, Monmouth doubleheaders

The real season has yet to begin for Princeton baseball, but if this weekend was any indication, the team has fully shaken off any early season rustiness and looks primed to start Ivy League play.The Tigers (7-3) swept two doubleheaders ? their home opener against Wagner Saturday and at Monmouth Sunday ? to snap a three-game losing streak and earn their first victories against a school not named Elon.Sunday, Princeton never trailed Monmouth (9-11) as the Tigers' offense exploded in the early innings of both games, defeating the Hawks, 7-2 and 11-4.

SPORTS | 03/30/1998

W. tennis opens up Ivy slate with pair of wins

The women's tennis team held a slim 4-3 overall lead over Penn at Lenz Tennis Center Friday, and was on the verge of dropping the final two doubles matches.The No.

SPORTS | 03/30/1998

Men's lacrosse crushes Yale to earn Ivy win

The vaunted attack trio of seniors Jon Hess, Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey generated goals early and late in the men's lacrosse team's game against Yale Saturday.

SPORTS | 03/29/1998

Softball defeats Hofstra in finals, takes Princeton Invitational title

If close games are believed to age a person rapidly, this weekend's Princeton Invitational should get the softball team's players thinking about pension plans.After three extra-inning games in round-robin play, Princeton finally managed to avoid another such nail-biter when it defeated Hofstra yesterday, 1-0, in the championship game of the tourney played at 1895 Field.

SPORTS | 03/29/1998

Physical play keeps men's hockey close to upset win over Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? It was the best chance the men's hockey team had against Michigan.Hit the faster, more skilled Wolverines.

SPORTS | 03/29/1998

Women's lacrosse downs regional rival Penn St.

With 22 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in women's lacrosse's critical non-conference showdown with Penn State Saturday, Princeton led, 10-9.

SPORTS | 03/29/1998

Valiant effort comes up short for men's hockey; bad bounce of puck dooms team in NCAA loss

ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? In the week leading up to the men's hockey team's contest against No. 3 Michigan Friday night, numerous factors why Princeton (18-11-7) could not win were raised: the amazing play of Wolverine goalie Marty Turco, the high-powered Michigan offense, the rabid Michigan fans at Yost Ice Arena.But in the end none of this mattered and the only thing that would defeat the sixth-seeded Tigers was themselves.In many ways the loss was a fitting finish to the season that wouldn't end.

SPORTS | 03/29/1998

Offensive star Halpern big surprise for Tigers

The men's hockey team's season this year has been a story of adversity and, finally, astonishing success.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Women's lacrosse faces key regional game at Penn St.

Fresh off one of its most dominant performances in years, the women's lacrosse team enters tomorrow's key regional matchup at Penn State with considerable momentum.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Men's hockey goes to Wolverine den for NCAAs

Marty Turco has come a long way since he played his first game as a Wolverine.In his Michigan debut in the 1994 Blue-White game, Turco gave up eight goals,and many fans left wondering whether Turco could fill the shoes of his predecessor, Steve Shields, who had recorded more victories than any other goaltender in NCAA history.Michigan coach Red Berenson didn't like what he saw from his freshman goaltender that night either, and in the Wolverines' first game he started senior netminder Al Loges."Marty did not look good in the Blue-White game," Berenson said.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Loss to Virginia still haunts Ivy-bound men's lacrosse

The No. 3 men's lacrosse team enters tomorrow's game against Yale (1-3) with a record of 3-1. But when Princeton walks onto the turf at 1952 Stadium tomorrow, its record might as well be 0-0.The Tigers view the lacrosse season in three parts: the early season schedule against traditional non-conference powers, the Ivy League slate and, most importantly, the postseason.Last Saturday Princeton finished the first part of its season with a 13-5 drubbing of Penn State.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Softball looks to move over .500, hosts four teams in home opener

This weekend it all has to come together for the softball team.After notching a .500 record in its first three tournaments of the season, Princeton (7-7) hosts the Princeton Invitational, the Tigers home opener, this weekend.. Robert Morris, Boston College and Hofstra ? the No.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Tigers' physical play key to upset chances

A way games in stadiums teeming with screaming, hostile fans. Most coaches expect to prepare their teams for such an unfriendly environment at least a few times during the regular season.

SPORTS | 03/26/1998

Deep heavyweight men hope for repeat of '96

In 1997, men's heavyweight crew went undefeated in the regular season for the first time since 1881 and won Eastern Sprints by an open water margin.

SPORTS | 03/25/1998

Strong season expected of lightweight women

Repeated success is often difficult to live up to, but for women's crew, it has become a permanent part of the program.

SPORTS | 03/25/1998

Women's lacrosse thrashes Columbia

The women's lacrosse team's early-season schedule has been full of tough opponents. During the first week of the regular season, Princeton defeated three teams of national prominence, the margins of victory becoming increasingly narrow with each game.One can only imagine, then, the relief the Tigers felt as they cruised through the second half of their 17-1 demolition of Columbia yesterday in New York, the game's final minutes proving to be nothing more than a formality.Unlike the game against Georgetown, Princeton (4-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) needed no help from the posts as its trio of goaltenders ? sophomore Laura Field, junior Amber Mettler and sophomore Michelle Leong ? had little trouble shutting down the Lions' attack. EverestThe Tigers could also have survived without a huge game from junior midfielder Cristi Samaras, but Princeton was more than happy to have its top scorer in peak form.

SPORTS | 03/25/1998

Men's hockey takes campus spotlight

When the sports editor from The Michigan Daily called the 'Prince' sports office the other day, it didn't surprise me.

SPORTS | 03/25/1998

Track competes at outdoor competitions over vacation

After a successful indoor season in which both the men's and women's track and field teams won the Heptagonal Championships ? a feat last accomplished in 1981 ? the Tigers hope to produce similar results this spring.In order to prepare for the Ivy League outdoor season, Princeton traveled down to Florida International University in Miami this past weekend for the Adidas Invitational.The trip was the Tigers' first outdoor track and field competition of the season, and individuals fared well.The women took four first places and eight second places, while the men also had four top finishes and two seconds.In the 1,500 meters, junior Betsy Packard and sophomore Sarah Hendricks finished first and second, respectively, and sophomore Karen O'Neil ran the 3,000 in 10 minutes, 49.52 seconds, good for second place. In the airIn the field events, sophomore Shawneequa Callier topped her competition with a leap of 1.78 meters in the high jump, while junior Cecily Wilson triumphed in the long jump with classmate Aiyanna Burton right behind.On the men's side, several All-Ivy selections from the indoor season surfaced in the Florida sun looking up to form.Junior Justin Niedzialek finished second in the 5,000 with a time of 15:08.90, while sophomore Mich-ael Spence managed a fourth-place finish in the same event.Junior Dan Shimooka captured the top spot in the pole vault and junior Royce Reed was the top finisher in the javelin throw.

SPORTS | 03/24/1998

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