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Track & Field: Dinkins’ painful lap wins Heptagonals

Track & Field: Dinkins’ painful lap wins Heptagonals

The men’s track and field team led Cornell by 10 points in the Ivy League championships as the meet arrived to the final event, the 4x400m. For the Tigers to win, all they needed was a single point in the 4x400m — an event in which they had the league’s second best time. Everything was going fine until the second leg. Running fast and in great position, all of a sudden junior Russell Dinkins pulled up lame, his hamstring torn. Cornell was in first, on its way to 10 more points, and Princeton was on the verge of not finishing.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Men's Basketball: Dropped by the Crimson, cagers left on outside looking in

The men’s basketball game began its weekend with a crucial rematch against the Ivy League’s first place Harvard Crimson (24-4 overall, 10-2 Ivy League). Despite impressive shooting from senior forward Pat Saunders and a lead that lasted over 18 minutes, Princeton (16-11, 7-4) fell three points shy of victory in a heartbreaking 67-64 loss.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Basketball: 3 up, 3 down: Tigers earn 3rd straight Ivy championship

The women’s basketball team clinched its third consecutive Ivy League championship with a 94-57 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium. The victory guaranteed the Tigers (21-4 overall, 11-0 Ivy League) another trip to the NCAA Tournament and another chance to advance past the opening round for the first time in program history.“I told our kids in there that it looks like you’re used to winning, but, to us in this locker room we know what it is, that you’re used to earning wins,” head coach Courtney Banghart said.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Squash: Howe Cup semifinals mark end of the road

The women’s squash team’s season culminated this weekend with the Howe Cup. The Tigers finished fourth in the annual national tournament after competing against the top eight teams.After having lost to No. 2 Yale 7-2 in the semifinals the day before, the Tigers faced No. 5 Trinity for third place. Although No. 3 Princeton pushed its opponent, the Tigers were unable to come out on top, ultimately falling 7-2 in the season’s final team match.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Basketball: 3 up, 3 down: Tigers earn 3rd straight Ivy championship

The women’s basketball team clinched its third consecutive Ivy League championship with a 94-57 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium. The victory guaranteed the Tigers (21-4 overall, 11-0 Ivy League) another trip to the NCAA Tournament and another chance to advance past the opening round for the first time in program history.“I told our kids in there that it looks like you’re used to winning, but, to us in this locker room we know what it is, that you’re used to earning wins,” head coach Courtney Banghart said.

SPORTS | 02/24/2012

Women's Basketball: Princeton 2 victories from Ivy League title

This weekend, the women’s basketball team needs to complete one more sweep of Ivy League opponents to clinch a share of the conference title. Princeton hosts Harvard on Friday night and will then face Dartmouth on Saturday.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Women's Hockey: Postseason opens with series at Harvard

The women’s ice hockey team skates into Cambridge this weekend to open up the ECAC tournament against second-seeded No. 8 Harvard. The Tigers (12-13-4 overall, 10-10-2 ECAC Hockey) enter with a bit of momentum — a two-game winning streak, albeit against ECAC cellar dwellers Rensselaer and Union.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers look for sweep of 1st-place Crimson

The men’s basketball team will ship up to Boston this Friday to take on a Harvard squad that currently sits atop the Ivy League with a glimmering 9-1 conference record. The Tigers are the only Ivy League team to have defeated the Crimson this season, and they could slow down Harvard’s runaway quest for a league title with its second conference loss of the year.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Men's Hockey: Final home weekend for seniors at Baker Rink

Returning from a crucial road win against Rensselaer this past weekend, the men’s hockey team skates onto Baker Rink for its final pair of games in the 2011-12 regular season. Princeton (8-13-6 overall, 6-11-3 ECAC Hockey) will host league opponents Yale and Brown on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The Tigers last faced this rival pair on the road in early January, when they edged the Bears in a 3-2 overtime win in Providence but fell to the Bulldogs 6-2 the next night.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Live Blog: Women's Basketball vs. Harvard

The women's basketball team is two victories away from clinching a share of its third straight Ivy League title. Follow the action live as Princeton hosts Harvard at 7 p.m. on Friday night!

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Women's Squash: Possible rematches loom at Howe Cup

Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the Big Three of the Ivy League, enter this weekend as the first, second and third seeds at the College Squash Association Team Championships. The women’s squash team travels to Cambridge, Mass., for the Howe Cup to determine the national champion.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Alumni: Bradley ’80 serves a nation in turmoil

Five months after Bob Bradley ’80 was appointed head coach of the Egyptian men’s soccer team in September, tensions between the United States and Egypt are running high, and revolutionary violence and turmoil continue to plague the latter country.“We all felt it was important to be in Sphinx Square with the people and make sure that in a simple way we were showing our respect,” Bradley said in a telephone interview from his home in Cairo, referring to the location of the march.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Around the Ivies: Men's Basketball

As the Ivy League men’s basketball season nears its conclusion, the conference champion has yet to be decided, and the battle for second place is even more fierce. With two full weekends remaining before the classic Princeton-Penn finale, here’s how the standings shape up.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Around the Ivies: Men's Basketball

As the Ivy League men’s basketball season nears its conclusion, the conference champion has yet to be decided, and the battle for second place is even more fierce. With two full weekends remaining before the classic Princeton-Penn finale, here’s how the standings shape up.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Track & Field: Princeton preps for Heptagonals

The countdown to the Ivy League Championships is coming to an end. With just a couple of days before the meet, both the men’s and women’s track teams are preparing themselves for the big conference clash. Always a tight team battle, this year’s Heps competition in Ithaca, N.Y., is shaping up to be fought to the bitter end.“It’s an interesting meet from the point of view that there are four, maybe five, teams that will score a decent amount of points,” head women’s coach Peter Farrell said.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Q&A with Bob Bradley '80

Bob Bradley ’80, the current head coach of the Egyptian national soccer team, recently entered the international spotlight after attending a march in Cairo commemorating the victims of a riot at a soccer match in Port Said on Feb. 1. The former head coach of both the Princeton men’s soccer team and the U.S. national team, Bradley has been outspoken in his commitment to remaining with the Egyptian team despite the conflict. At 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday — 7:30 a.m. in Cairo — The Daily Princetonian interviewed Bradley over the phone.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Column: Squash stands among the elite sports

If the men’s squash team’s victory over Trinity on Sunday had been in any one of a handful of sports other than squash, it would have likely been the biggest college sports story of the year. It’s not every day you see a team competing for its 14th consecutive national championship, and it’s almost excessively dramatic for them to be denied it as they were, by a late flurry of comebacks. Collegiate squash may not exactly be a bastion of parity, but 13 national championships are 13 national championships, and it’s pretty evident that this past weekend did a great deal to alter the landscape of the sport.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Spring Preview: Players to watch; must-see games

Five players to watch and five must-see games for the spring 2012 sports season.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Baseball: Tigers return to defend Ivy League title

The baseball team doesn’t look much different going into the 2012 season than it did at the beginning of 2011. The Tigers return 21 players from last year’s Ivy League champion squad, including the league’s Rookie of the Year. Other than two pitchers and a position player, the Tigers return every player who saw time on the field during the three-game Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth last May.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Men's Volleyball: 5-set road victory highlights strong early play

The men’s volleyball team had an impressive five-set victory over Rutgers-Newark this past Friday. The Tigers (3-3 overall, 2-1 EIVA) faced a 2-1 deficit, but they were able to come back to earn their third win of the season. Not only is the team’s record back at .500, but Princeton has already matched the total number of wins it had last season.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

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