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A new frontier for sports analytics: Tempo-free lacrosse

A new frontier for sports analytics: Tempo-free lacrosse

In recent years, sports analysis has been increasingly dominated by new statistics. The movement?s roots come from baseball, in which advanced analytics were being used long before they were popularized by "Moneyball." Quantitative tools have since become widespread at all levels of basketball, and new statistical concepts have even penetrated the notoriously conservative sport of football.

SPORTS | 04/23/2013

Around the Ivies: Softball

With just one weekend left in the regular season, the Ivy League championship series is still attainable for more than half of the league.

SPORTS | 04/23/2013

On Tap with ... Kimi Klein

A former member of the USA Water Polo Junior National Development Team and gold-medal winner at the U.S.

SPORTS | 04/23/2013

Princeton fails to take back Compton Cup

Though the fifth-ranked men?s heavyweight crew?s first varsity boat could not take back the Compton Cup on Lake Carnegie Sunday, losing by less than four seconds to No.

SPORTS | 04/22/2013

Tigers finish fourth after being swept by Patriots

In the final match of the regular season, the men?s volleyball team was swept by EIVA opponent George Mason at Dillon Gymnasium on Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/22/2013

Ratcliffe breaks own record again

Just two weeks after breaking the Ivy League hammer throw record for the second time, freshman Julia Ratcliffe refused to be stopped at the Larry Ellis Invitational at home on Friday night.

SPORTS | 04/22/2013

Pecotic earns 22nd straight Ivy victory

The men?s tennis team ended its regular season with two matches over the weekend. The No. 48 Tigers (16-6 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) faced No.

SPORTS | 04/22/2013

Softball: Princeton takes series, long shot to win division

The softball team won three of four games in a pair of doubleheaders against Columbia at home this weekend to take the second-place standing in the Ivy League South Division.

SPORTS | 04/20/2013

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers edge out Big Green for No. 2 seed

The women?s lacrosse team came up with a victory in Hanover, N.H., on Saturday, beating Dartmouth 15-13. This victory gives Princeton the second seed in the Ivy League tournament.

SPORTS | 04/20/2013

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers clinch Ivy League tournament berth

The men's lacrosse team finished its senior night with a powerful attack from the offense to overwhelm the Harvard defense for a 14-6 win.

SPORTS | 04/20/2013

Baseball: Offense struggles as Columbia takes three of four at Clarke

It was the first inning in game one of Saturday?s doubleheader that set the tone for an entire weekend of baseball at Clarke Field: Columbia first baseman Alex Black launched a solo shot to left field off senior starting pitcher Zak Hermans with two outs in the inning, catapulting the Lions to an early 1-0 lead.

SPORTS | 04/20/2013

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers look to rebound from tough loss

The women?s lacrosse team will travel to Hanover, N.H., Saturday to face Dartmouth College for its last game of Ivy League play for the regular season.

SPORTS | 04/18/2013

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton must beat Harvard for Ivy tournament berth

Everything hangs in the balance for the No. 12 men?s lacrosse team as it heads into its matchup against Harvard Friday night.

SPORTS | 04/18/2013

On Tap with ? Maddy Lynch

Proudly representing Pennsylvania?s Delco (Delaware County) district, freshman midfielder Maddy Lynch entered Princeton this fall as ESPN?s No.

SPORTS | 04/17/2013

Tigers fail to build upon momentum

After a crucial weekend in which the baseball team won three of four games on the road against Penn, the Tigers suffered an overwhelming 17-2 road loss against St.

SPORTS | 04/17/2013

Princeton falls in double overtime

Players, coaches and fans alike knew that Wednesday night?s matchup between Princeton and Penn was going to be a close one.

SPORTS | 04/17/2013

Pecotic explains path to tennis dominance

?If you think I was motivated to do this once, I?m about 10 times as motivated to do it again,? senior tennis player Matija Pecotic said at the end of the season in 2011, his first undefeated season of Ivy League play.True to his word, Pecotic doubled down in 2012, going undefeated again on his way to the semifinals of the International Tennis Association All-America tournament.

SPORTS | 04/17/2013

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