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Women's Volleyball: Strong start breeds league title hopes

Women's Volleyball: Strong start breeds league title hopes

Matt Siow

The women’s volleyball team has gotten off to a strong start to open the 2011 season. Princeton (5-3) earned second place in the opening weekend Hofstra Invitational by going 3-1 and has since notched tough road wins over Rutgers and St. Johns.

SPORTS | 09/14/2011

Football: Third-year starter Wornham leads Tigers’ offense

Shayan Rakhit

It is the second year of a new system for offensive coordinator James Perry, senior quarterback Tommy Wornham and the rest of Princeton’s offense. Coming off a forgettable 1-9 season, with a new coaching staff that included two new coordinators and new systems on offense and defense, the Tigers look to put last year behind them and take advantage of a third-year quarterback and a fast-paced system that has now had a full year to take root.

SPORTS | 09/14/2011

Field Hockey: With stars playing for USA, new faces see opportunities

Stephanie Gati

From the beginning of preseason in August through the first four games of the season, the field hockey team has been working hard to transition to a new season and a new roster. Though the adjustment has been rough at times, the Tigers have shown promise that they may have another strong year.

SPORTS | 09/14/2011

Institutional Knowledge: An ode to normalcy

Gone are the F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17 days of caravans leading up to the stadium and national heroes being made at the Yale game. What will take the field against Lehigh on Saturday is a group of honest workers that is not expected to win but will make the most of its time on the field. All it asks of us is a little patience and a little pride.

SPORTS | 09/14/2011

Summer roundup: Bradley terminated; Flaherty, Maddox sign

School is out and collegiate sports are in hiatus, but all is not quiet on the Princeton sports scene. Here are some notable stories involving former and current Tigers this summer.

SPORTS | 08/02/2011

Golf: Shon finishes one shot shy of cut at U.S. Women's Open

Rising sophomore Kelly Shon competed at the U.S. Women’s Open this weekend at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. Shon made a late charge, birdieing two of her final seven holes, but she finished one shot above the cut line at plus-eight. Her two-round score of 150 placed her tied for 73rd in the 156-player field.

SPORTS | 07/08/2011

Baseball: Tigers fall to No. 7 Longhorns, Texas State

Despite a furious late rally in the final two innings, the baseball team lost its NCAA Tournament opener at No. 7 Texas on Friday evening, 5-3. Sam Stafford held the Tigers (23-23) to one run in seven innings, helping regional host Longhorns (44-15) advance to the winner’s bracket of the four-team double-elimination tournament.

SPORTS | 06/02/2011

Reunions: Walters '67 moderates panel of former University athletes

On Saturday morning of Reunions weekend, a group of Princeton athletes and fans past and present gathered to hear about the ideals of Princeton athletics, and about how student-athletes have learned to apply the lessons from the athletic fields to the business world.

SPORTS | 05/29/2011

Baseball: Tigers to face No. 7 Texas in NCAA Tournament

After winning the Ivy League championship and earning a place in the NCAA Tournament, the baseball team waited for more than three weeks to learn its postseason draw. That wait came to an end on Monday afternoon. Princeton drew the fourth seed in the University of Texas regional and will play the No. 7 Longhorns in Austin, Texas on Friday.

SPORTS | 05/29/2011

Crew: Women's 1V wins gold at NCAAs

The women’s open crew’s first varsity boat dominated its 2011 season from start to finish. It capped an undefeated season on Sunday by claiming the gold medal in the grand final at NCAA Championships on Sunday, beating the field by 1.5 seconds.

SPORTS | 05/28/2011

Men's Soccer: Princeton goes 7-0 in conference play

After spending nearly a decade away from Princeton, the men’s soccer Ivy League title finally returned to Roberts Stadium this season. The men’s soccer team, perhaps inspired by its late push in 2009, ran the league table this year, finishing 7-0 in a tough conference that sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Baseball: Youth movement fuels unlikely turnaround

Few teams in any sport would find encouragement in a 3-12 start to a season. But for the baseball team, the non-league games at the beginning of the season helped head coach Scott Bradley figure out how best to use his young roster and move the Tigers out of the Lou Gehrig Division cellar.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Women's Water Polo: Tigers take second in CWPA South

This season, the women’s water polo team finished second in the CWPA Southern Division and fifth at Eastern Championships. Though the team added only two freshmen, both made a major impact, setting the stage for a successful season.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Men's Basketball: Princeton reclaims past glory

14 games were not enough to determine the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament, as Princeton and Harvard met for a third time in the league’s first playoff since 2002. Weeks, months, years of practice came down to 2.8 seconds on a Saturday afternoon in March.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Cross Country: Runners sweep Heps, shine at NCAAs

Princeton has a strong history of successful distance runners, and 2010 became yet another remarkable season for the men’s and women’s cross country teams. The Tigers swept the Heptagonal Championships by wide margins and both teams posted top-20 finishes at NCAAs, kick-starting what would be triple crown seasons for both sets of runners.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers reach quarterfinals of NCAAs

In 2010, the women’s lacrosse team suffered its first losing season in more than two decades, struggling to a 6-10 overall record. With tough competition looming in the Ivy League, few expected much from the Tigers this season. But after a middling start to the season, they surged in the final month. Princeton snapped Penn’s 34-game conference winning streak on the road, defeated the Quakers again en route to an Ivy League Tournament championship and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Women's Basketball: Cagers repeat as conference champions

After winning the Ivy League championship and taking its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in the 2009-10 season, the women’s basketball team knew it would be starting this season with a big target on its back, according to head coach Courtney Banghart.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Women's Track & Field: Indoor, outdoor wins complete triple crown

From their first few days on campus, the members of the Class of 2011 on the women’s track and field team knew what their career goal was: the incredibly rare triple crown, comprised of championships in cross country indoor and outdoor track. After years of capturing only two of the three titles, this year they finally picked up all three. They graduate as part of the second team to achieve the feat in Ivy League history.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Squash: Harrity wins CSA national championship

From 2003 through 2006, Yasser El Halaby ’06 won four straight men’s squash individual national championships. Though sophomore Todd Harrity will never equal El Halaby’s extended run of dominance, Harrity’s second-year campaign exceeded even the lofty standards set by his predecessor.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

Wrestling: Frey excels on young team

Coach Chris Ayres, sitting in his office on the E-Floor of Jadwin Gymnasium, is struggling to find a one-word description for the wrestling team’s season. He defers to assistant coach Andy Lausier, who cheats by using four.

SPORTS | 05/25/2011

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