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Men and women open Ivy play with wins over Penn

The men’s and women’s tennis teams played Penn on Saturday to open their Ivy League season. Both teams got off to a good start against the Quakers as the men’s team won 4-3, and the women’s team 6-1. The men’s team, ranked 52nd in the nation, came out with the lead early on as the third doubles combination of junior Augie Bloom and senior Matt Siow defeated Penn’s Jeremy Court and Kyle Roth.

Quadruple victory for Princeton crew

All four of Princeton?s men?s and women?s crews competed at home over the weekend ? the only time they will all be on Carnegie Lake at the same time this season, and all four varsity boats came away with first-place finishes. The men?s heavyweights opened up the weekend with a scrimmage sweep of Syracuse and Georgetown on Saturday morning.

SPORTS: Men's lacrosse: Offense shines in win over Brown

BY ALI GOEDECKE Senior Writer The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday.

SPORTS: Baseball: Tigers go 3-1 in Ivy play

BY HILARY DODYK Staff Writer The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday’s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.

Men's Swimming: Young team gains experience at NCAA championships, places 6 in top 30

The men?s swimming team left the three-day NCAA Championship Saturday without scoring any points but ready to get to work to make it back next year. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) sent a young squad to Indianapolis that included sophomores Connor Maher, Michael Strand and Harrison Wagner and freshmen Byron Sanborn, Sandy Bole and Teo D?Alessandro. Assistant coach Mitch Dalton noted that the young NCAA team is a result of very strong recruiting classes ? the class of 2015 was the 13th best recruiting class in the country, and the class of 2016 was the fifth best. ?Our freshman and sophomores kind of carried the team for us at Ivies, too.

Men's Lacrosse: Offense shines in win over Brown

The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) had a comfortable 15-8 lead by the end of the game, but not without unfavorable numbers on the scoreboard in the first frame and a scare in the final quarter. Freshman attack Ryan Ambler kicked off a streak of nine unanswered goals against Brown (5-3, 1-1) in the middle 38 minutes.

Men's Volleyball: Princeton falls short against No. 13 Penn State in Dillon

After taking the first set 25-20, the men?s volleyball team kept the pressure on Penn State in the second as they pulled ahead to a 16-11 lead.

Baseball: Tigers go 3-1 to start Ivy play

The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday?s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers upset No. 11 Big Red in Ithaca

The women?s lacrosse team stunned No. 11 Cornell on Saturday, winning its first road game of the year and staying perfect in the Ivy League as it defeated a top-20 opponent for the second time this season.

Women's Basketball: No. 1 Cagers look to extend Ivy League record winning streak

The women’s basketball team brings an Ivy League record 33 consecutive game winning streak to their last road trip of the season this weekend.

Men's Hockey: Princeton hits road for final regular season games

This weekend, the Princeton men’s hockey team (9-14-4 overall, 7-10-3 ECAC) closes out its regular season with two crucial conference games.

Men's Lacrosse: Hopkins to test Tigers

The No. 12 men’s lacrosse team handled Hofstra with relative ease last week and the Tigers (1-0) refuse to be intimidated as they head south to Baltimore to play No.

Squash: Stars head to individual championships

This weekend, Princeton’s men’s and women’s squash teams will play in the final competition of the 2012-13 collegiate squash season, as the CSA Individual Championships commence Friday at Trinity College. A tough 5-4 loss in the semifinals of last Saturday’s CSA Team Championships crushed the hopes of Bob Callahan’s men’s team of winning a repeat national championship.

Men's basketball: Tigers set to battle Crimson for No. 1

With the chance to hand Harvard its second loss in the Ivy League, this weekend could not be more crucial for the men’s basketball team.

Column: Drawing battle lines on the court

Two important lines are painted on each half of Carril Court, just like every other basketball court in the world.

Women's water polo: Freshman goalie Ashleigh Johnson makes a splash

W hen a team loses a four-year starter to graduation, like the women’s water polo team did with goalie Kristen Ward ’12 last year, a period of transition in the following season is expected.

Around the Ivies: Wednesday, Feb. 27

Changes to NCAA regulations to provide coaches leeway in recruiting

In January, the NCAA Board of Directors approved a set of rule changes that will have ramifications across all NCAA sports and universities.

On Tap with Anna van Brummen

With the Ivy League championships for fencing coming up this weekend, the ‘Prince’ sat down with freshman Anna Van Brummen, who fences epee, to learn a little bit about life as a fencer and ask the age-old burning question of whether she’s ever met her long-lost twin in the process. Q: Where are you from and what is it like there?A: I’m from Houston, Texas.

Women's Water Polo: Weekend wins marked by formidable defense

After a disappointing loss to then-No. 12 Indiana, the women’s water polo team, currently ranked 12th in the nation, returned to the pool this weekend and proved that it had learned from its mistakes.