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The Daily Princetonian: The Penn is not mightier than... well, anything

It is a time-honored tradition that, before the first men's basketball game of the season between Princeton and Penn, the Sports Editors of theDaily PrincetonianandDaily Pennsylvanianexchange columns in which they trash-talk the other school's team.

Tigers look to stay composed in mental race

Senior track and field athlete Michael Williams is a national class runner. As a key leg of Princeton’s distance medley relay, Williams has won both the prestigious Penn Relays and National Championships.

Women's hockey falls to Bobcats

The women's ice hockey team took on No. 10 Quinnipiac (15-2-5 overall, 6-2-4 ECAC) last night, the first game of three on a road trip that also takes the team to Union and Rensselaer.

Princeton sweeps doubleheader against UConn

The women’s hockey team returned to Baker Rink for the first time in a month with back-to-back wins against Connecticut. In Thursday’s game, the Tigers (9-6-2 overall, 6-4-1 ECAC) dusted themselves off after a shaky first period to beat the Huskies (4-12-2, 1-4-1 Hockey East) 4-1.

With victory over Liberty, Tigers are 11-2 entering Ivy play

The men’s basketball team faced their final opponent before beginning Ivy League play on Saturday, traveling to Lynchburg, Va., to defeat Liberty 80-74. It was the last of the Tigers’ (11-2) five games over winter break in preparation for the start of Ivy competition.

Tigers triumph in final non-conference game

In its first game of the new year and its final non-conference matchup of the regular season, the women’s basketball team took down Drexel on Saturday afternoon with a 66-59 win in Philadelphia. After scoring fewer than 60 points for the first time this season in a 69-57 loss to Virginia on Dec.

Tigers look to extend winning streak to 3

The women’s basketball team will start its winter break off by hosting Delaware on Sunday afternoon.

Rival Rutgers to visit Princeton at Jadwin

A 3-0 start to the wrestling team’s dual schedule this season bodes well for a team that only won two matches last year.

Tigers head to Florida

Winter recess will not stop the men’s hockey team from looking to find its form heading into the second half of the season.

Tigers, Nittany Lions set for throwback matchup

The men’s basketball team squares off against Penn State Saturday in what should be one of the toughest games of the season for the Tigers.

Basketball Recap

Big-league Tigers talk pro ball

Four Princeton graduates who are currently playing Major League Baseball answered questions regarding their careers and their times at the University in an open forum on campusTuesday night. The panelists included Chris Young ’02, Will Venable ’05, Ross Ohlendorf ’05 and David Hale ’11.

Life after Hummer

The men’s basketball team is doing better now that Ian Hummer ’13 is gone. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear something like that is probably “correlation does not imply causation,” a favorite axiom of anyone who’s studied (or heard of) economics.

On Tap with ... Cole Lampman

Cole Lampman is a sophomore on the wrestling team. The New York native is starting for the second consecutive year at heavyweight for the Tigers and has already gotten off to a hot start this season, which has included wins in both of Princeton’s matches at Madison Square Garden on Dec.

Bushnell Cup for offense goes to Epperly

During a ceremony held in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City Monday afternoon, the Ivy League named junior quarterback Quinn Epperly the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and awarded him the Asa S.

Around the Ivies: Women's basketball

The Ivy season starts at the beginning of reading period, but Ancient Eight teams still have plenty of games left before they begin to play each other.

Remembering greatness

Feb. 3, 2008: Eli Manning and the New York Giants go on one of the most thrilling game-winning drives in one of the most heart-pounding games in football history, defeating the then-Goliaths of the National Football League, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

On Tap with ... Isabella Bersani

Sophomore Isabella Bersani has a win under her belt already this season as she and the women’s squash team have jumped out to a perfect start.

Sports Shorts: Fencing, swimming & diving

Fencing: Tigers win 7 of 8 at Sacred Heart Duals The day started off well, with both teams dominating Sacred Heart — the men won 21-6, while the women’s score was an even more lopsided 24-3.

Tigers drop to bottom of ECAC

The men’s hockey team suffered two tough losses over the weekend, falling to No. 11 Union 3-0 in Schenectady on Friday night and 5-2 to Rensselaer in Troy on Saturday afternoon.