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Tigers go 1-3 against Brown and Yale

Tigers go 1-3 against Brown and Yale

Tom Pham

The men’s baseball team (4-17 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) began its Ivy League season by hosting Brown and Yale at Clarke Field in consecutive doubleheaders on Sunday and Monday as it hoped to get its Ivy League season off to a good start after some recent encouraging performances against the US Naval Academy during Spring Break. In its first series of the weekend, the baseball team split its doubleheader against Brown.

SPORTS | 03/31/2015

Dietrick prepares for WNBA

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Dietrick prepares for WNBA

Miles Hinson

After a magical season and an incredibly successful collegiate career, one might think Princeton senior Blake Dietrick would ease up on herself a little, focus on her thesis, and enjoy senior spring.

SPORTS | 03/30/2015

Cameron Porter '15 talks about road to recovery

Miles Hinson

Cameron Porter ’15, former Princeton men’s soccer star, had a collegiate career filled with triumph after triumph.

SPORTS | 03/30/2015

Men's volleyball win one, lose one during road trip to Pennsylvania

Miles Hinson

This past weekend, the Princeton men’s volleyball team travelled through the state of Pennsylvania, taking on some of the toughest teams NCAA Volleyball has to offer.

SPORTS | 03/30/2015

Men's, women's tennis thrash UPenn in Ivy League play

Chris Grubbs

The men and women’s tennis teams opened their Ivy League playthis past Saturday. Both teams played against the University of Pennsylvania and secured 6-1 victories.

SPORTS | 03/30/2015

Women's track and field throwers see small success at Monmouth Opener

Tom Pham

After a successful Spring Break that saw sophomore Megan Curham compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships, completing the cycle by earning All-America honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and the team winning nine events to place first at the Walt Disney World Open, the women’s track & field team sent its throwers to compete in the Monmouth Season Opener in West Long Branch, N.J.

SPORTS | 03/30/2015

Tigers sweep Brown in weekend doubleheader

Sydney Mandelbaum

The Princeton softball team swept a doubleheader against Brown on Saturday, finishing both games with a final score of 1-0.

SPORTS | 03/29/2015

Banghart named by Fortune Magazine one of world's top leaders

Tom Pham

An unprecedented 30-0 regular season for the women’s basketball team has not only led to plaudits from the sporting world, but has led to Fortune Magazine naming head coach Courtney Banghart as one of the world’s greatest leaders in the magazine’s second annual list. Coach Banghart was ranked 43rd onthe list by Fortune Magazine, making her the highest ranked leader in women’s sports, and the third ranked individual in the sports industry, behind only former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and four-time NBA MVP LeBron James. Coach Banghart was ranked ahead of well-known names such as Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, Jimmy Fallon, host of theTonightShow, and most notably, Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner. It was not enough to be brilliant, admirable, or even supremely powerful.” The magazine stated,"Coach Banghart was a perfect fit for the following description of “effectiveness and commitment and for the courage to pioneer.” Coach Banghart took over an unsuccessful program eight years ago, and in that time, she has earned a 169-67 record and a 92-17 record in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 03/28/2015

Men's swimming unable to compete in NCAA Championships

Miles Hinson

After a fantastic performance at the Ivy League Championships, the Princeton men’s swimming team will be unable to compete at NCAA Championships, men's swimming head coach Rob Orr said. "While the past 48 hourshave been extremely tough for our team and alumni, I am blown away by their maturity, positive attitude and camaraderie and support that they all have displayed in such difficult moments," Coach Orr stated when reached for comment.

SPORTS | 03/27/2015

Women’s water polo team completes trip out west

Miles Hinson

The women’s water polo team has kept up its successful season over the last two weekends, winning seven of their eight games over spring break.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Softball team gets ready for Ivy League play and home openers

Sydney Mandelbaum

This weekend, the women’s softball team will open up Ivy League play in a doubleheader against Brown on Saturday and will then take on Rider University on Sunday.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Young defense faces tough challenge against No. 15 Brown

Andrew Steele

Boasting four of the country’s top 20 teams, the Ivy League doubtlessly ranks among college lacrosse’s most challenging conferences.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Men’s and women’s golf look toward successful spring season

Tom Pham

In their first events of the spring season, both the men’s and women’s golf teams impressed.

SPORTS | 03/26/2015

Men’s volleyball fall against ranked opponents over spring break

Andrew Steele

Earlier this season, a home win over then-No. 13 Harvard marked just the third time in program history that the Princeton men’s volleyball team (8-7 overall, 4-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) had registered two wins over ranked opponents — its first had come against Cal State Northridge.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers see tough teams, signs of hope

Tom Pham

The Princeton men’s baseball team (3-13) will look to pick up its form in its first Ivy League matchups of the season this weekend when it faces Brown and Yale at Clarke Field in doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Entering their spring break trip with a 1-6 record, the Tigers hoped to add to their win total as they faced off against University of Maryland (17-4), East Carolina University (16-8) and Navy (16-8) in Maryland and North Carolina.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers prepare for Ivy League opponents with strong Spring Break showing

Grant Keating

The Princeton women’s softball team emerged from a hefty spring break schedule with a record of 7-12 after two tournaments and series against Georgetown University and George Mason University.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Tigers head to Iowa for NCAA Championships

Gordon Moore

The Princeton Men’s swimming and diving team has six qualifiers for this year’s NCAA Championships in Iowa City.

SPORTS | 03/25/2015

Cameron Porter ’15 suffers season-ending injury in Major League Soccer game

Miles Hinson

Senior forward Cameron Porter, former captain of the Princeton men’s soccer team, has torn his ACL in his fifth game in Major League Soccer.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

Q&A: NBA commissioner Adam Silver

Ruby Shao

National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver addressed the role of sports in systematic social change during a panel onTuesday.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

Panelists Silver, Robinson ’83, Mills ’81 discuss political activism, race in NBA

Lorenzo Quiogue

National Basketball Association players have a unique opportunity to express their political views on the basketball court, said NBA commissionerAdam Silver at a panel discussion on Tuesday. Silver spoke as part of a panel entitled “Political Expression and Activism in Today's NBA,” as part of a forum on sports, race and society.

SPORTS | 03/24/2015

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