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Sophomore Sam Butler is an attacker on the No. 16 men’s water polo team. After scoring only four goals in the 2011 season, Butler already has 17 this year, as well as 25 assists entering the team’s games against Navy, Johns Hopkins and Bucknell this weekend. The ‘Prince’ sat down with Butler to discuss the Presidential Fitness Award, Forbes chicks and sustainable energy.

SPORTS | 10/11/2012

Sprint Football: Hosts get another chance at 1st win

Sprint Football: Hosts get another chance at 1st win

The end of a 12-year losing streak was in their hands — but what had all the appearance of a game-winning fumble recovery for the sprint football team was overturned in last Friday’s overtime loss against Post. While devastating for the entire team, the loss struck the seniors the hardest.

SPORTS | 10/11/2012

Sports Shorts: Callahan inducted into U.S. Squash Hall of Fame

Men’s squash head coach Bob Callahan ’77 was inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame on Wednesday. The ceremony took place in his hometown of Philadelphia during the U.S. Open Squash Championships.

SPORTS | 10/11/2012

Women's Volleyball: League leaders battle in New Haven

The women’s volleyball team enters a pivotal weekend in Ivy League play, as it goes on the road to face Yale (9-5 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) on Friday and Brown (5-10, 1-4) on Saturday.

SPORTS | 10/11/2012

Football: Princeton returns home to face Bears

The football team is looking for its third win of the season this Saturday, when it hosts Brown at noon in a game televised on NBC Sports Network. If Princeton beats the Bears, it would mark the Tigers’ (2-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) longest win streak since the 2006 season.

SPORTS | 10/11/2012

Column: With poor refs, nature of sport suffers

A game is only as good as its rules, which, in turn, are only as good as those who enforce them. It’s been well understood for some time that they are just as essential to professional sports as the athletes themselves. What the recently-solved labor dispute between the NFL and its referees has demonstrated, however, is that they may in fact be more important.

SPORTS | 10/10/2012

Women's Soccer: Hoy nets 3rd hat trick in 6-1 win

Senior forward Jen Hoy notched her third hat trick of the 2012 season, lifting the women’s soccer team to a 6-1 victory over Lehigh at Roberts Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers (8-3-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) extended their win streak to six games and now have the best overall record in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 10/10/2012

Field Hockey: Trading stars and stripes for Tiger stripes

Following in her older sisters’ footsteps, junior midfielder Julia Reinprecht became the third daughter to proudly wear the uniform of Orange and Black back in 2009. The Tigers have been led for most of the last eight seasons by a combination of Sarah Reinprecht ’09, senior midfielder Katie Reinprecht and Julia, a family legacy of Princeton field hockey greats.

SPORTS | 10/10/2012

Around the Ivies: Tigers, Bulldogs stand atop league

Friday evening, Princeton and Yale will square off in the biggest game of the Ivy League women’s volleyball season. Who has the upper hand, and can anyone challenge the Tigers and Bulldogs for conference supremacy? We break down those questions and more.

SPORTS | 10/10/2012

Men's Soccer: Princeton falls in tough OT loss

With the game on the line in the fifth minute of sudden-death overtime, Creighton defender Benito Amaral received a smooth through-ball eight yards out from goal from midfielder Jose Gomez on the right side. Despite Princeton junior goalkeeper Seth MacMillan’s sliding attempt, Amaral’s composed near-post strike found the net, vaulting the Bluejays to a 3-2 victory over the men’s soccer team on Tuesday night at Roberts Stadium.

SPORTS | 10/09/2012

On Tap with ... Garrett Rowe

Junior Garrett Rowe runs for the men’s cross country team, which will compete at the Wisconsin Invitational on Friday. Rowe recently spent some time with the ‘Prince’ to chat about freak blizzards, pre-race rituals and “Barbie Girl.”

SPORTS | 10/09/2012

Men's Tennis: Pecotic gets to semifinal round of ITA tourney

Behind a strong serve and a powerful forehand, senior Matija Pecotic reached the semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., last weekend. The two-time Ivy League Player of the Year defeated his first four opponents before losing a third-set tiebreaker in his fifth match.

SPORTS | 10/09/2012

Football: Sophomore duo rotates under center

What do the 2006 Florida Gators have to do with the 2012 Princeton Tigers? Princeton also has two quarterbacks sharing snaps — sophomores Connor Michelsen and Quinn Epperly — and while the Tigers may not have a season like Florida’s six years ago, their two quarterbacks may bring a type of success not seen by the Orange and Black in some time.

SPORTS | 10/09/2012

Tigers showcase teams, facilities on ESPNU

Tonight, Princeton’s game against No. 24 Creighton will be broadcast live on the network. When the Department of Athletics’ relationship with ESPN began in 2005, the network mainly carried football, men’s basketball and men’s lacrosse games. But in recent years, the men’s soccer and men’s water polo teams have had their games broadcast nationally as well. While the Department of Athletics would like to see ESPN carry a more diverse array of sports, it has benefited in terms of recruiting and connecting with its fan base nationwide.

SPORTS | 10/08/2012

Women's Volleyball: Princeton remains perfect in Ivy play

The women's volleyball team beat Columbia and Cornell by 3-1 scores this weekend, improving to 5-0 in Ivy League play heading into next weekend's match at Yale, which is also unbeaten.

SPORTS | 10/08/2012

Men's Water Polo: After several weeks away from home, squad drops Bucknell 10-7

The men’s water polo team (9-8 overall, 3-1 CWPA Southern) returned to DeNunzio Pool on Saturday to pick up a 10-7 win against Bucknell, ending a road trip that spanned 11 games in three states and Washington D.C.

SPORTS | 10/08/2012

Field Hockey: Hosts secure 10th victory with shutout

When sophomore striker Allison Evans found herself alone with the ball behind the opposing defense five minutes into the second half, the field hockey team was in a scoreless tie with American University. After Eagles goalkeeper Ashley Dalisera saved a shot from freshman midfielder Teresa Benvenuti, Evans tapped in the easy chance to break the tie and give Princeton a lead it would keep for the rest of the game.

SPORTS | 10/08/2012

Football: Tigers blow out Lafayette 35-14 for 2nd straight win

After an impressive 33-6 victory over Columbia last week, the football team built on that momentum during its final non-league matchup against Lafayette on Saturday. Princeton's 35-14 win marked the first time the Tigers have strung together back-to-back wins since 2009.

SPORTS | 10/07/2012

Men's Soccer: Porter scores off long throw to draw with No. 19 Brown

In the men's soccer team's double-overtime match against No. 19 Brown on Saturday night, the Tigers (5-3-1 overall, 1-0-1 Ivy League) allowed just one goal — a rocket shot off of a redirected corner kick in the 38th minute — but exploited the massive Brown defenders on a chance of their own, pulling out a 1-1 draw against the Bears (8-1-2, 1-0-1).

SPORTS | 10/07/2012

Women's Soccer: Late goals keep hosts unbeaten in Ivy play

With less than 15 minutes to play in the second half and still no score, the women’s soccer team was in need of some late heroics against Brown to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. The Bears (6-4-0 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) had done well at keeping the Ivy League’s top scorer, senior forward Jen Hoy, at bay, so the Tigers (7-3-1, 3-0) needed someone else to provide a spark to their offense. Surprisingly, that playmaker was a defender: senior Alison Nabatoff.

SPORTS | 10/07/2012

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