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Sports Shorts: Women's Volleyball, Men's Water Polo

Women’s volleyball: Tigers return to Dillon in hopes of rebound After two hard-fought matches that did not go the way of the women’s volleyball team, the Tigers will look to regroup from a rough road trip with matches against Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.

Undefeated Ivy record at stake for Princeton

With only one non-conference game remaining in the regular season, the men’s soccer team descends into the heart of Ivy League competition this Saturday, when the Tigers will host Columbia in their Ivy home opener.

Tigers head to Brown for first Ivy road game

The Tigers (3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will play their final six games of the season against Ivy League opponents, starting with a trip to Providence to face Brown (3-1, 0-1) this weekend.

Tigers go for 17th straight Ivy League win against Brown

Looking to maintain its undefeated conference record this weekend, the field hockey team will travel to Providence, R.I., to take on Ivy League rival Brown (5-6 overall, 1-2 Ivy League). Saturday afternoon, the No.

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No. 22 St. John’s Red Storm defeats Princeton on road

The men’s soccer team traveled to St. John’s Belson Field in Queens, N.Y. on Tuesday to take on the No.

How a four-star recruit became a Tiger

At 6 feet 4 inches and 205 pounds, with a rocket arm and laser-like accuracy between the numbers, freshman quarterback Chad Kanoff looks the part of a prototypical pocket passer. In fact, his scouting report is eerily similar to that of current Indianapolis Colts starter Andrew Luck, who was a highly anticipated quarterback prospect when he entered Stanford in 2008 and was drafted first overall during the 2012 NFL draft after a stellar college career. Like Luck, Kanoff is an “excellent athlete for the position” and has “consistent mechanics and production” with “good size and the frame to really bulk up to become a real presence,” according to ESPN.com. The similarities between the two quarterbacks coming out of high school are undeniable.

8-goal game highlights Jeremic’s young career

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Open athletic director search forum held Monday

Students said they want an athletic director committed to bettering the athletic department at the first open forum in the search for the next athletic director on Monday. The committee was formed in order to replace Gary Walters ’67, who announced in early September that he would step down as Princeton’s Ford Family Director of Athletics at the end of June.

Around the Ivies: Football

Almost halfway through the season, six of the eight Ivy League teams are at or above .500, and at least half the league still has legitimate championship hopes.

Education vs. Athletics: Princeton and the NCAA in 1967

Princeton’s dual history as an athletic as well as academic powerhouse is well-documented. Like its fellow Ivy League schools, Princeton promotes the coupling of these two fields, aiming to foster great minds and physical fitness among its students.

Tigers battle hard in tough road losses

Despite strong performances by many individual players, the women’s volleyball team suffered a major setback in its hunt for the Ivy League championship this weekend, dropping both of this weekend’s away matchups. The Tigers (6-9 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) went to Brown on Friday, where they managed to come back after dropping the first game to win the next two, but eventually lost 3-2.

Princeton powers past Lafayette, improves to 3-1

The football team continued its best season in recent memory Saturday, pulling through in the second half to overcome Lafayette by a score of 42-26.

Jeremic's 8-goal game highlights 2-1 weekend

The No. 12 men's water polo team opened its weekend of three conference games with two wins but dropped the final game to Bucknell on Sunday.

Tigers stay undefeated in Ivy League with draw

Despite outshooting Brown by more than double and tallying several more shots on goal than the Bears (3-5-3 overall, 0-0-2 Ivy League), the men’s soccer team could not find the net even once during the matchup in Providence on Saturday afternoon.

Tigers fall to No. 1 Maryland, bounce back against Delaware

After a tough loss to the best team in the nation on Friday, the No. 9 field hockey team ended its weekend on a high note Sunday afternoon.

Brown hands Princeton 3rd straight Ivy loss

The women’s soccer team suffered a third straight tough Ivy loss in a shootout of a game against Brown this weekend.

Liveblog: Lafayette vs. Princeton

Off to one of its best starts in recent memory, the football team is back in Princeton Stadium this afternoon to take on Lafayette in its last non-Ivy contest of the year and its last home game before heading to Providence and Cambridge in the coming weeks.

No. 12 Tigers look to keep momentum going in conference games

This weekend, the No. 12 men’s water polo team will take on three conference opponents: Johns Hopkins (12-4, 2-2), Navy and Bucknell . The first two matches— Saturday at 2 p.m.

Princeton heads to Providence in need of first Ivy win

On Saturday afternoon, the women’s soccer team will visit Brown in desperate need of a win, having lost its first two Ivy League games to Yale and Dartmouth.