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Women's Basketball: Squad clinches 2nd straight tourney trip

Women's Basketball: Squad clinches 2nd straight tourney trip

After a 68-59 victory over third-place Harvard on Saturday night, the women’s basketball team cut the net off the rim at Jadwin Gymnasium for the second year in a row. After clinching a share of the Ivy League title with an 81-42 blowout over Dartmouth on Friday, Princeton held off a resilient Crimson offense and went on some runs of its own to win the championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Men's Swimming & Diving: Princeton grabs close victory over Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Going into the last event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the men’s swimming and diving team was ahead of the Crimson by 7.5 points. Swimmers, coaches, staff members and spectators were on their feet with bated breath. The meet could end in two ways, and everything depended on the placement of Harvard (9-0 overall, 7-0 Ivy League), Princeton (5-2, 5-1) and Columbia (6-4, 4-3) in the relay.

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Squash: Harrity rolls to first national title of career

The outer squash courts at Jadwin Gymnasium are decorated with orange banners that provide a crash course in the sport’s history at Princeton. Next year, another name will grace the banner honoring the University’s men’s individual national champions, a list that stretches from William Foulke ’34 to Yasser El Halaby ’06. On Sunday afternoon, sophomore Todd Harrity defeated Cornell’s Nick Sachvie 3-0 in the finals of the College Squash Association individual tournament.

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Men's Basketball: Cagers fail to snag league title at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — As the final horn sounded at Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday night, hundreds of Crimson fans in white shirts stormed the court from the student section. The Harvard men’s basketball team had earned a share of the Ivy League title for the first time in program history with a 79-67 season-ending win. Across the court, the Princeton team sat on its bench, watching its opponents celebrate and focusing on the possibility of a rematch.

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Men's Hockey: Tigers fall to St. Lawrence to end season

The first three meetings between the men’s hockey team and St. Lawrence this season were not close. In scoreline after scoreline, the Tigers asserted their offensive dominance over the Saints with scores of 5-1, 5-3 and 4-1.

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball at Penn

The men's basketball team goes for a share of the Ivy League title against archrival Penn at The Palestra on Tuesday night. Follow the action with our live blog!

SPORTS | 03/06/2011

Men's Basketball: Princeton on doorstep of Big Dance

Following victories against Cornell and Columbia last weekend to finish off an undefeated 12-0 season at Jadwin Gymnasium, the men’s basketball team found itself in sole possession of first place honors atop the Ivy League. With a three-game road trip left to close out the season, Princeton (22-5 overall, 10-1 Ivy League) is firmly in control of its postseason destiny, looking for its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2004. It would also be the Tigers’ first appearance in the tournament during the tenure of head coach Sydney Johnson ’97.

SPORTS | 03/03/2011

Women's Basketball: Weekend holds promise of repeat championship

If all goes well for the women’s basketball team this weekend, the squad will cut the nets off the baskets at Jadwin Gymnasium for the second year in a row on Saturday night. The first-place Tigers (21-4 overall, 10-1 Ivy League) will have a chance to complete their campaign to defend their Ivy League title with home games against Dartmouth (7-18, 3-8) on Friday and Harvard (16-9, 8-3) on Saturday.

SPORTS | 03/03/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball at Harvard

Saturday night, the men's basketball team will take on Harvard in what many have dubbed the Ivy League's biggest game in nearly a decade. Princeton (23-5, 11-1) can clinch the Ivy League championship and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 with a victory, while Harvard (24-5, 11-2) would earn at least a share of first place with a win. Follow the action live from Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Mass., with our live blog!

SPORTS | 03/03/2011

Men's Hockey: Team to open ECAC playoff run against tough St. Lawrence side

Last weekend, fans at Baker Rink watched the women’s hockey team lose in a first-round playoff series. Tonight, the men’s hockey team will try to defend their home ice as they host a first-round ECAC Hockey playoff game against St. Lawrence in a best-of-three series.

SPORTS | 03/03/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Hopkins will be tough test for Tiger squad

The annual battle between men’s lacrosse powerhouses Princeton and Johns Hopkins has turned into one of the great collegiate rivalries — one that will be renewed on Saturday. The teams first battled in 1890, and even though the No. 8 Blue Jays (3-0) lead the series 54-26, two of the last four matches have ended in overtime. Princeton has won the series for the last two years.

SPORTS | 03/03/2011

Softball: Tigers hope to rebound

If the softball team’s weakness last season could be summarized in one word, it would likely be “injuries.” The Tigers failed to reach their full potential throughout most of the season at the plate, on the mound and in the field due to the sheer number of players out of commission.

SPORTS | 03/02/2011

Column: Supplements help athletes get bigger, stronger

Supplements come in all shapes and sizes. Some people need a little more oomph, like those guys at the gym who can bench more than the bar, and those girls who play in the WNBA. Their supplements come in gigantic containers and have names such as “No-Xplode” and “Jack3d.” The names and sheer size of these products practically radiate force.

SPORTS | 03/02/2011

Men's Swimming: Princeton looks for 3rd straight title

Four weeks after suffering tough losses to Navy and Harvard, the men’s swimming team is prepared to compete against its rivals at the 2011 Ivy League Championships. The Tigers will be swimming in Harvard’s Blodgett Pool from Thursday to Saturday, with preliminary sessions starting at 11 a.m. and final sessions starting at 6 p.m.

SPORTS | 03/02/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Gassaway nets game-winner in overtime

For the second consecutive game, the women’s lacrosse team held a multiple-goal lead late in the second half but watched their opponents strike quickly to pull even. And for the second consecutive game, sophomore attack Jaci Gassaway broke the tie with a game-winning goal for a 9-8 Princeton victory.

SPORTS | 03/02/2011

Column: Exploring a different kind of World Cup

The scene: a man lies in bed on a Tuesday morning at around 6:30. Is he asleep? No. Has he stayed up all night being unproductive? Not that either! That man is me, and he is enjoying the latest breakthrough in thesis productivity: the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which began on Feb. 19 and continues until the final on April 2.

SPORTS | 03/01/2011

Baseball: Tigers pin hopes on youth

In 2010, the baseball team won barely one-quarter of its games and finished last in the Ivy League at 6-14. With a lineup and pitching staff that will be dominated by underclassmen, few teams face more uncertainty than the Tigers do entering the new season. But senior left-handed pitcher David Palms likes what he has seen so far.

SPORTS | 03/01/2011

Crew: As ice melts, rowing heats up

The signs of spring are reassuring, but few students on campus are more excited about the warm weather than the athletes of the men’s and women’s crews.

SPORTS | 03/01/2011

On Tap with ... Nikki Chu and Maddie Cousens

Sophomore shortstop Nikki Chu and freshman catcher Maddie Cousens will begin their season this weekend when the softball team travels to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for a three-day tournament.

SPORTS | 03/01/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers drop opener at No. 5-ranked Hofstra

The No. 10 men’s lacrosse team had a tough start to its season on Saturday, falling to No. 5 Hofstra University in a sloppy, 11-9 loss. Though Princeton’s offense looked dynamic at times and its defense was solid, struggles at the faceoff and in the clearing game doomed the Tigers (0-1 overall).

SPORTS | 02/28/2011

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