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Softball tops Penn to stay atop Ivy League South

Softball tops Penn to stay atop Ivy League South

Nolan Liu

The Princeton softball team (14-22 overall, 7-5 Ivy) split their first doubleheader against Penn before defeating the Quakers (15-19 overall, 3-9 Ivy) in two matches during their second meeting this past weekend, remaining atop the Ivy League South division.The Tigers found themselves matched against a strong opponent in the Quakers, with Princeton’s two runs in the first being easily matched by a pair of Penn runs in the top of the second.

SPORTS | 04/19/2016

Women's Tennis makes history with Ivy League three-peat

Helen Zhang

With two impressive victories over Columbia and Cornell this past weekend, Princeton Women’s Tennis claimed the Ivy League Title and won a bid to the NCAA Championships.

SPORTS | 04/19/2016

Women's golf defeats Brown, Penn to win third tournament of the year

Hamza Chaudhry

The Princeton women’s golf team captured its third tournament of the 2015-2016 campaign at the Brown Bear Match Play Tournament.

SPORTS | 04/19/2016

Men's tennis drops matches against Ivy League foes

Berthy Feng

The men’s tennis team had a tough Ivy weekend, losing to Columbia 0-4 and Cornell 3-4.On Friday, Princeton challenged 25th-ranked Columbia in New York.

SPORTS | 04/19/2016

Men’s and women’s track and field claim top titles at Princeton Outdoor Invitational

Miranda Hasty

Tigers across all boards dominated at the Princeton Outdoor Invitational this weekend.One of the highlights was sophomore Maia Craver’s first place finish in the heptathlon, but the women won six other events and the team title with an overall total of 195 points on the second day of competition.13 points came from sophomore Ashley Forte’s second place finish and freshman Anna Jurew’s third place finish in the 800m.

SPORTS | 04/18/2016

Women's lacrosse climbs atop Ivy League with clutch 8-7 win over Cornell

Claire Coughlin

After dragging behind the Big Red for the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s game at Sherrerd Field in the Class of 1952 Stadium, the Princeton women’s lacrosse team (9-3 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) bounced back to claim the title for first in the Ivy League and to beat No.

SPORTS | 04/18/2016

Baseball’s defense holds strong as Princeton wins three of four against Penn

David Liu

Senior co-captain infielder Billy Arendt explained that every week, Princeton baseball aims to win at least three of the weekend’s four games.

SPORTS | 04/18/2016

On Tap with Dodgeball Tournament directors James Poindexter and Louis Tambellini

Nolan Liu and David Liu

One of the largest campus-wide sporting events, the annual Princeton Dodgeball tournament pitted University clubs and organizations against each other last Thursday night.

SPORTS | 04/17/2016

Men's Volleyball splits weekend at Harvard and Sacred Heart

David Xin

After a difficult season, the men’s volleyball team wrapped up the year with away games at Harvard and Sacred Heart this Friday and Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/17/2016

Women's Water Polo see success in DeNunzio during Senior Night

Michael Gao

Coming off of a tough three-game series at the University of Michigan, the No. 15Princeton women’s water polo team continued its successful CWPA play Saturday and Sunday at DeNunzio pool, where they played four games against four different teams over the course of the weekend.

SPORTS | 04/17/2016

Men’s Golf competes well at Princeton Invitational

Hamza Chaudhry

The Princeton Men’s Golf team completed a strong performance over the weekend at the 30th annual Princeton Invitational this past weekend, tying for the third place position with 42nd-ranked Georgia Tech and Yale.

SPORTS | 04/12/2016

Men's Lacrosse falls to Stony Brook in close loss

Chris Grubbs

In their first lacrosse game under new head coach, Matt Madalon, following the dismissal of former head coach Chris Bates, the Princeton men’s lacrosse team (0-3, 2-7), faced off against eighth ranked Stony Brook (2,1, 9-2) at home in the first of two consecutive non-Ivy League games.

SPORTS | 04/12/2016

Women's rowing looks to future challenges after strong start to season

Nolan Liu

After successful weekends of competition, the lightweight and open women’s crew teams now look to further challenges as they prepare to compete in the Class of 2006 Cup against Georgetown and the Eisenberg Cup against Yale and University of Southern California.The lightweight crew team spent the past weekend at West Windsor, where they competed against a broad range of teams in at the Knecht Cup Regatta.

SPORTS | 04/12/2016

Softball steals two victories from Yale, splits games against Brown

Nolan Liu

The Princeton softball team (11-21 overall, 4-4 Ivy League) enjoyed a successful weekend, sweeping two contests against Yale before splitting its doubleheader against Brown.

SPORTS | 04/11/2016

Princeton women's water polo drops two, wins one to open up conference play

Michael Gao

The Princeton women’s water polo squad (14-5 overall, 1-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association) traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich.

SPORTS | 04/11/2016

Baseball loses close games to Yale, shatters records against Brown

David Liu

Riding a successful streak of Ivy League wins, Princeton baseball traveled to New Haven and Providence this weekend with high hopes.

SPORTS | 04/11/2016

Men's Volleyball falls to George Mason

David Xin

This Saturday, the men’s volleyball team traveled to Fairfax, Va., to face EIVA conference rivals George Mason.

SPORTS | 04/10/2016

Track enjoys stellar first day at Sam Howell Invitational

Miranda Hasty

Both the men’s and women’s track teams performed impressively on day one of the Sam Howell Invitational held in Weaver Stadium this past Saturday and Sunday.Senior Kathryn Fluehr finished in first place in the 10k with a personal record of 34:29.59.

SPORTS | 04/10/2016

Men's crew enjoys successful weekend against Ivy League teams

Alan Balson

All four Princeton crew teams had successful outings this weekend, with both men’s squads and women’s openweight scoring dual meet victories while women’s lightweight competed at the Knecht Cup Regatta in a series of over four races.

SPORTS | 04/10/2016

Former head coach Chris Bates ‘No Longer Employed' following elbowing incident

David Liu

Former men’s lacrosse head coach Chris Bates has been fired by the Universityfor elbowing a Brown University player when the Tigers visited the Bears last Saturday.Bates declined to comment.APrinceton Athletic Communications statementissued on Wednesday noted that following a University review of the incident, Bates is no longer employed by the University.In his place, men’s lacrosse offensive coordinator Matt Madalon will assume the head coach position.The incident occurred during the first possession of the second half against the Bears.

SPORTS | 04/06/2016

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