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Men's Tennis: New coach has sights set beyond Ancient Eight

Men's Tennis: New coach has sights set beyond Ancient Eight

Under former head coach Glenn Michibata’s 12-year tenure, the men’s tennis team never won the Ivy League championship. The team came close — in 2011, the Tigers went 6-0 in the Ivy League before losing to Cornell by one tight match in the deciding meeting — but still has not won the title in the 21st century.

SPORTS | 09/25/2012

Women's Volleyball: Visitors regain 5th-set magic at Penn

Despite falling behind after the first and third sets, the women’s volleyball team rallied to win its first Ivy League contest, beating Penn 26-28, 25-22, 14-25, 25-23, 15-13 at The Palestra on Saturday evening. Princeton (4-7 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) righted a three-game losing streak behind a match-high 25 kills from senior outside hitter Lydia Rudnick.

SPORTS | 09/24/2012

Men's Water Polo: Team visits California after Southern road trip

The men’s water polo team is now 7-4 after picking up a 7-5 win against George Washington and a 9-6 victory over Johns Hopkins while suffering a 13-10 loss to Navy.

SPORTS | 09/24/2012

Women's Soccer: Tigers win Ivy opener on own goal

Coming off a 5-2 pounding of Lafayette, the women’s soccer team continued its road trip with a visit to New Haven for a crucial game against Yale. With each team hungry to open up Ivy League play with a win, the Saturday matchup had nail-biter written all over it. The game proved to be just that as it took nearly 97 minutes of near goals and fantastic saves to determine a victor.

SPORTS | 09/24/2012

Men's Soccer: Hosts sweep Princeton Invitational

The men’s soccer team (4-3 overall) hosted the 2012 Princeton Invitational this weekend on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium. The four game event brought Rider, Fairleigh Dickinson and Penn to the Orange Bubble. The Tigers faced off against Rider on Friday evening before playing Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday afternoon.

SPORTS | 09/24/2012

Field Hockey: No. 2 ’Cuse hands No. 3 Princeton 1st defeat

The field hockey team’s undefeated record was snapped Sunday when No. 2 Syracuse beat No. 3 Princeton 2-0 on Bedford Field. The Tigers (7-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) had extended their win streak to seven on Saturday afternoon when they shut out Ivy League rival Yale 8-0, remaining perfect in conference play.

SPORTS | 09/23/2012

Sprint Football: Midshipmen roll to 62-13 victory

This past Saturday, the sprint football team faced Navy at Princeton Stadium. While the game ended in a 62-13 loss, the Tigers continued to show improvement as a group.

SPORTS | 09/23/2012

Column: Even in loss, hosts put on fun show

If you did not come to the football game on Friday night, shame on you. Not just because you should support Princeton athletics. Not just because it was the home opener for the Tigers. Not just because it was a marquee opponent Princeton had not played since 1923. Not just because it was a game on Friday night, early in the school year.

SPORTS | 09/23/2012

Football: Despite strong first quarter, Tigers fall in heartbreaker to Georgetown

The football team suffered an agonizing 21-20 defeat to Georgetown (3-1) Friday night, dropping its record to 0-2. The game was closer than expected, with Princeton leading for a majority of the game, but three missed field goals and penalties proved to be too much for the Tigers to overcome.

SPORTS | 09/21/2012

Women's Soccer: After 5-goal outburst, Princeton heads to Yale for Ivy debut

Mere days after a grueling weekend that included a seven-goal hammering by UCLA and a heartbreaking loss against University of California, Irvine, the women’s soccer team set itself up for a strong run in the Ivy League with a 5-2 pasting of Lafayette on Wednesday evening. The Tigers (3-3-1) will kick off conference games with a trip to Yale (5-3) on Saturday afternoon.

SPORTS | 09/20/2012

Football: From shy youngster to bold leader

You would never know it from looking at him now, but before he was 6-foot, 4-inches and 270 pounds, senior defensive end Mike Catapano was just a shy kid who was bullied for loving school. Now in his second year as captain of the football team, the Long Island native has shown that he has the talent, and the work ethic, to potentially bring change to a Tigers team that has struggled in recent years.

SPORTS | 09/20/2012

Football: Tigers open home slate under Friday night lights

The football team is looking to rebound from a season-opening loss to Lehigh by taking on Georgetown in a rare Friday night game, the first for Princeton since a 14-9 loss to Penn in 2008.

SPORTS | 09/20/2012

Georgetown v. Princeton - Live Update

Despite a strong effort from Princeton (0-2), the football team fell 21-20 in a heartbreaking loss to Georgetown (3-1) as the Hoyas came back from a 14-3 first quarter deficit and escape a hungry group of Tigers on the road.

SPORTS | 09/20/2012

On Tap with ... Sarah Porter

Four years ago, Sarah Porter had never run competitively. Today, the freshman is ready to make her mark on the women’s cross country team after arriving on Princeton’s campus from sunny Southern California only weeks ago. The ‘Prince’ talked to Sarah about the transition to life at college, her favorite prerace pump-up music and some aspects of competitive running that may come as a surprise.

SPORTS | 09/20/2012

Sports Shorts: Hoy’s hat trick sparks 5-2 win

The women’s soccer team throttled Lafayette on the road Wednesday night, winning 5-2 to bring its record back to .500. The Tigers (3-3-1) were led once again by senior forward Jen Hoy, who netted her second hat trick of the season, scoring three times in the first half.

SPORTS | 09/19/2012

Men's Cross Country: Jersey native returns home with fatter resume

When head cross country coach Steve Dolan left Princeton in the summer to become the new track and field director at Penn, many worried about the future of the program. With little over a month from the announcement of Dolan’s departure to the start of preseason, the search was on in earnest to find a suitable replacement to guide the two-time Ivy League Triple Crown squad. Just a few weeks later, however, initial anxiety turned into excitement and relief when acclaimed distance coach Jason Vigilante joined the staff.

SPORTS | 09/19/2012

Column: Scandal shows tensions in Harvard athletics

Tommy Amaker didn’t need Harvard. As John Thompson ’88 and Sydney Johnson ’97 had so recently demonstrated for frustrated Princeton fans, young, ambitious head coaches were supposed to leave the Ivy League, not come to it. Amaker was a strong candidate: a Mike Krzyzewski disciple, a winning, if not a beloved, coach at Seton Hall and Michigan (from which he was fired), still in his early 40s — why would a guy like that accept a job at Harvard, a school with zero basketball tradition? And just as curious: Why would a school like Harvard want a hired gun like Amaker?

SPORTS | 09/19/2012

Around the Ivies: Tigers shoot for 8-peat

Through three weeks of the 2012 season, Princeton is a clear favorite to take home its eighth consecutive Ivy League field hockey title. Can anyone push the Tigers, as several teams did last year? We rank the league’s top contenders here.

SPORTS | 09/19/2012

Men's Basketball: ‘Los Tigres’ take 10-day trip to Spain

Sporting jerseys that read “Los Tigres,” members of the men’s basketball team spent their final week of summer traveling in Spain and playing exhibition games against professional teams.

SPORTS | 09/18/2012

Men's Soccer: Top forwards bound by brotherly love

Even as the Sanner brothers speak earnestly about their yearly Thanksgiving break wrestling matches in their hometown of Indianapolis, they make their brotherly love and deep-rooted chemistry apparent to anyone around them. Reunited once again at Princeton as members of the men’s soccer team, pepper-haired freshman forward Thomas and salt-haired senior forward Matt now share a slightly different dynamic than they once did.

SPORTS | 09/18/2012

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