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Softball: Playing with a Giant passion

Softball: Playing with a Giant passion

"It was orange and black. All day, every day.” Sophomore outfielder Lizzy Pierce of the softball team thus described her attire, showing her loyalty to her colors in the fierce manner of a true diehard. Already a lively person, she becomes even more animated when she talks about her team, and the obvious reverence she has is an inspiration to any Princetonian.

SPORTS | 04/27/2011

Baseball: Late-inning miscues doom host Princeton

The baseball team suffered a tough, error-filled 6-3 loss to Rider in a non-league game on Wednesday afternoon. Despite striking first and receiving stellar starting pitching from freshman Michael Fagan, the defense fell apart in the latter four innings, committing several errors and other mental lapses that allowed six unanswered runs.

SPORTS | 04/27/2011

On Tap with ... Tyler Moni

Senior midfielder Tyler Moni is a captain for the men’s lacrosse team. A Princeton native, Moni is a graduate of Princeton High School where, in addition to playing lacrosse, he was a standout wide receiver for the football team. Moni has been a contributor on both the offensive and defensive midfields during his time here, and has scored four goals this season despite missing time with a broken arm.

SPORTS | 04/26/2011

Softball: 5-2 victory ends 7-game skid

After Saturday’s doubleheader against Columbia was rescheduled for Tuesday afternoon, the women’s softball team’s losing streak of seven games finally came to an end. Princeton (14-24 overall, 5-11 Ivy South) lost the first three games to division rival Columbia (16-25, 6-10) before a sixth-inning rally gave the Tigers their first win since April 9.

SPORTS | 04/26/2011

Column: A mockery of mock drafts

This Thursday, the NFL will gather in New York City to draft for the 2011 season that may or may not happen. The players may or may not show up. Every analyst worth his or her salt has come out with a mock draft, but since my salt is so ridiculously expensive I’m going to have to settle for mocking mock drafts. The following is my best estimate of how the draft will go later this week.

SPORTS | 04/26/2011

Feature: Ussery '81 leading Mavs

Ussery had to interact with and accommodate many different parties while putting together 2010’s All Star Weekend. It was held at the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium to make room for as many Mavericks fans as possible. He had to negotiate not only with other members of the Mavericks organization, but also with NBA Commissioner David Stern and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to make the event successful.

SPORTS | 04/26/2011

Crew: Top-ranked lightweights, women’s open crew join men’s heavyweights as victors

Even with the recent downpour, Princeton crew has had no trouble demonstrating its impressiveness across the board. All four teams, women’s lightweight and open, and men’s lightweight and heavyweight, raced against tough competitors, with the men’s heavyweights at home at Lake Carnegie. With the exception of the women’s lightweight, who raced against its biggest rival, Radcliffe, the three other teams competed against Ivy opponents.

SPORTS | 04/25/2011

Baseball: Tigers clinch share of division

With four games still left to play in the Ivy League regular season, the baseball team has already clinched at least a share of the Lou Gehrig Division title for the first time since 2006. Princeton (18-18 overall, 12-4 Ivy League) eliminated third-place Columbia (17-21, 7-9) by winning three out of four games on Sunday and Monday. Second-place Penn — which is currently four games behind with four to play after dropping three of four to Cornell — is hanging on by a thread.

SPORTS | 04/25/2011

Column: X factors for the remaining 1st-round playoff games

A term that sports writers and analysts love throwing around during the playoffs is “X factor.” An X factor is a player whose performance directly correlates to his team’s success. Usually the X factor is not the star player of a team, because the star player will always be expected to produce for his team. Instead, the X factor shows flashes of good or great play that coincide with the team’s playing well, but when the X factor does not execute for his team, it severely hurts the team’s chances of winning.

SPORTS | 04/25/2011

Football: Team prepares to rebuild in spring game

The football team concluded its spring practices last Saturday with its annual spring game. With its disappointing 2010 campaign, in which the Tigers went 1-9 overall and winless in the Ivy League, behind them, Princeton now looks ahead to build a successful 2011 season.

SPORTS | 04/25/2011

Track & Field: Tigers host Larry Ellis Invite

The men’s and women’s track teams posted impressive results throughout the weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitational. The meet, which spanned Friday and Saturday, featured 35 teams from across the northeast.

SPORTS | 04/25/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton defeated at home

Despite the adversity it has faced this season, the men’s lacrosse team is still in the running for the postseason after a disappointing 9-8 loss to Harvard this weekend.

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Column: Dominate your fantasy league with 4 trade tips

One of the keys to succeeding in fantasy sports is making unfair trades. A good exchange is often thought to be one that is mutually beneficial. This concept is a dangerously politically correct idea that you can use to your advantage but should never accept at face value. The trade you really want to pull off, in the words of well-respected Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, is a “fucking-A trade.”

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Men's Rugby: Yale claims Koranda Cup in hard-fought match

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — In 2002, the Yale and Princeton men’s rugby teams established a yearly game between the two schools, renewing a storied rivalry that had petered out during the 1990s. Flanker Rob Koranda ’02 was on the field for that first contest, which ended in a Princeton victory.

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Men's Hockey: Gadowsky to coach at Penn State

Men’s hockey head coach Guy Gadowsky has been hired as the head coach at Penn State, the athletics department announced in a release on Sunday.

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Golf: Women’s team places 3rd, men’s team takes 5th at Ivy League Championship

The men’s and women’s golf teams concluded their seasons at the Ivy League Championship this weekend. Though the men lost steam after a strong start to finish fifth, the women’s team recovered from a rough first day to place third.

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Poor 1st half dooms Tigers at Dartmouth

The women’s lacrosse team suffered a disappointing loss at No. 14 Dartmouth (9-3 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) on Saturday. The No. 15 Tigers (7-6, 4-2) fell to an early deficit and never recovered as the Big Green cruised to a 15-10 victory.

SPORTS | 04/24/2011

Baseball: Tigers drop nonleague road game

This weekend, the baseball team will finally return to Princeton after an 10-game road trip during which it went 6-4. The Tigers will kick off their seven-game homestand with doubleheaders against Columbia on both Saturday and Sunday. The Lions (16-18 overall, 6-6 Ivy League) are third in the Ivy League’s Lou Gehrig Division, just three games behind the division-leading Tigers (15-17, 9-3).

SPORTS | 04/21/2011

Web Update: Football wins 2011 Dodgeball Tournament

The annual campus-wide dodgeball tournament is always to be filled with surprising upsets in the middle rounds, and Thursday’s event was no exception. But the team left standing in the end was one many could have predicted: the football team. Football dominated Cap & Gown Club in the championship match, storming to an early advantage and closing out the 20-man match with seven players still on the court to claim the title.

SPORTS | 04/21/2011

Column: A melancholy blue: Fall of the Dodgers

Rarely, at the start of baseball season, does any event of particular intrigue come to light. Typically the commencement of every team’s 162-game march begins with some disappointing performances, other surprising ones and the realization that current standings likely have no bearing on the playoff outcomes in September.

SPORTS | 04/21/2011

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