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Column: Leveling the playing field: ‘Moneyball’ in the Ivy League

Column: Leveling the playing field: ‘Moneyball’ in the Ivy League

Alex Moss

Here’s a hypothetical exercise: Three Ivy League students — a math major, a computer science major and a politics major — are bored on a Friday night. “Moneyball” is playing at the local theater. Although the three have little interest in sports, they decide to check it out — it’s free for students, after all, and they have nothing better to do.

SPORTS | 10/04/2011

Rugby: Team thrashes Cornell, remains undefeated in fall play

Teddy Schleifer

The men’s club rugby team steamrolled over a weak Cornell squad Saturday afternoon as it continued its undefeated season with an impressive 60-12 victory over the Big Red. Princeton’s season-opening six-game winning streak is the strongest start the Tigers have had in many years.

SPORTS | 10/04/2011

Women's Volleyball: Tigers 3-0 after more thrillers

Eric Levenson

The women’s volleyball team does not like living life on the edge. But that’s where it stands after beating both Harvard and Dartmouth over the weekend in tight 3-2 matches, their third straight five-game victory at Dillon Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 10/03/2011

Field Hockey: Princeton keeps title hopes alive in double OT

Stephen Wood

“Such a relief, such a relief,” freshman midfielder Sydney Kirby said after the field hockey team’s 3-2 double-overtime win against Columbia on Saturday. The Tigers were tied with Columbia for 55 minutes before Kirby’s goal ended a long game and kept Princeton’s hopes of winning the Ivy League alive.

SPORTS | 10/03/2011

Guest Column: My roommate was 6’5” and two of me

When most freshmen are assigned roommates over the summer, I assume they were as excited as I was. We all immediately search their names on Facebook to try to judge the people we will be living with. I did not find my assigned roommate on Facebook at first — I found him on ESPN.com. He was a nationally ranked football prospect.

SPORTS | 10/03/2011

Men's Water Polo: Upset of No. 13 49ers highlights 1-5 weekend

Emi Alexander

Last week, the men’s water polo team trekked across the country to challenge some of the best teams in college water polo under the California sun. Landing first in Los Angeles, No. 14 Princeton took on No. 11 Loyola Marymount University and No. 1 University of Southern California. The Tigers then headed south to Long Beach for the annual SoCal Tournament. Only playing against higher-ranked teams, the Tigers went 1-5 for the weekend, beating Long Beach State 8-4 for their lone win of the weekend.

SPORTS | 10/03/2011

Men's Soccer: First-half barrage sinks Tigers on road

Jake Brown

Four first-half goals were more than enough for Dartmouth to topple the men’s soccer team on Saturday. One of the early favorites in the Ivy League, Princeton fell victim to a series of unfortunate soccer-related events at Dartmouth’s Burnham Field, losing 4-1. The Tigers once again dominated possession of the ball and outshot their opponents, but as in many previous games, they could not put the ball in the net.

SPORTS | 10/02/2011

Women's Soccer: Princeton shut out by Big Green

Randolph Brown

The women’s soccer team could not find its first Ivy League victory this weekend, as second-half woes and finishing issues again hampered the Tigers at Dartmouth. The visitors dropped a tough 1-0 decision in the final minutes, falling to 0-2 in conference play.

SPORTS | 10/02/2011

Cross Country: Men’s team places 3rd at Notre Dame

Adam Fisch

This past weekend saw the men’s and women’s cross country teams face their first true challenges of the season. With their past races only including an easy win at the Fordham Fiasco and a destruction at the women’s annual Harvard-Yale meet, both Tiger squads were looking forward to seeing how well they stacked up against other nationally ranked teams at this early point in the season at the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind.

SPORTS | 10/02/2011

Football: Defense avenges last year’s defeat

Kevin Whitaker

Fifty-two weeks ago, the football team could not stop Columbia. The Lions scored 42 points and amassed 528 yards of total offense, dominating and demoralizing the Tigers in Manhattan. Princeton — off to a reasonably promising start — took a turn for the worse, losing the rest of its games that season.

SPORTS | 10/02/2011

Football: Mills’ century mark ends 10-game skid

Shayan Rakhit

Ten straight games. It had been 10 straight games since the football team had tasted victory on the field. But on Saturday night, the Tigers fell no more, as Princeton took down Columbia 24-21 in the finale of a three-game homestand and its Ivy League opener.

SPORTS | 10/02/2011

Live Blog: Football vs. Columbia

The football team ended a 10-game losing streak on Saturday, opening Ivy League play with a 24-21 victory over Columbia. Go back through our live blog to relive the action!

SPORTS | 09/30/2011

Women's Volleyball: Big Green, Crimson next to visit Dillon

Matt Siow

The women’s volleyball team will try to remain undefeated in the Ivy League this weekend as it finishes a four-game homestand with matches against Harvard and Dartmouth. Harvard (7-4 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) and Dartmouth (9-3, 1-0) opened their Ivy League seasons with a head-to-head matchup last weekend, which the Big Green won in five close games

SPORTS | 09/29/2011

Football: Tigers host Lions, aim for revenge

Shayan Rakhit

As disappointing as the football team’s first two losses were, the Tigers truly have a fresh start on Saturday with the start of league play. Princeton will face Columbia in its third consecutive home night game, trying to avenge last year’s 42-14 defeat against the Lions in Manhattan.

SPORTS | 09/29/2011

Men's Soccer: Princeton starts quest for repeat championship

Ali Goedecke

As the men’s soccer team hits the road for its Ivy League opener against Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon, viewers will hardly be able to forget Princeton’s 7-0 record in conference play last season.

SPORTS | 09/29/2011

Women's Soccer: Slumping team looks to stop slide at Dartmouth

Eliza Kontulis

The women’s soccer team will continue Ivy League play this weekend, traveling to Dartmouth for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday. The Tigers, coming off a tough 2-0 conference loss to Yale last Saturday, will try to even their conference record on the road. The Big Green suffered an overtime defeat to Brown in its first Ivy League game last weekend.

SPORTS | 09/29/2011

Field Hockey: With no margin for error, squad resumes league play vs. Columbia

Stephanie Gati

The field hockey team will have a lot on the line on Saturday when it hosts the Columbia Lions — the Tigers almost certainly need a win to stay in the running for their seventh consecutive Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 09/29/2011

Column: Dominican 'Moneyball': Exploiting an unfair game

Alex Moss

The story of “Moneyball,” which opened in theaters this weekend, is, for the most part, the story of Billy Beane. Appointed as general manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1998, Beane inherited a 65-win team that, because of the limited market, had little payroll flexibility.

SPORTS | 09/28/2011

Club Soccer: Kickin' it in record numbers

Randolph Brown

As students started their fall semester classes, clubs and organizations took part in the annual rush to woo new students. One was pleasantly surprised by the response — the men’s club soccer team, which nearly doubled its usual turnout.

SPORTS | 09/28/2011

Around the Ivies: Dartmouth, Columbia remain unbeaten

Through two games of the Ivy League season, the field hockey team is in an unfamiliar position — chasing two other teams for first place. Princeton (3-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy League), which has won six consecutive conference titles and 16 of the last 17, currently stands in a four-way tie for third place after an early-season defeat. Here’s how the Tigers’ competition stacks up.

SPORTS | 09/28/2011

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