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On Tap with ... Alexis Mikaelian

On Tap with ... Alexis Mikaelian

Sophomore mid-distance runner Alexis Mikaelian has become a sparkplug for the women’s track and field team. She recently helped establish a program record in the 4x1,500 at the Penn Relays this weekend, pacing the squad with a personal time of 4 minutes 18.7 seconds.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Tennis: The Maltese Mike Tyson

"His style is impetuous, his defense is impregnable, and he’s just ferocious," sophomore tennis player Matt Siow said of sophomore teammate Matija Pecotic, echoing the words of retired heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Siow is also a sports writer for The Daily Princetonian.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Crew: Women’s crews remain undefeated

The women’s lightweight and open crews raced to comfortable victories on Lake Carnegie on Saturday morning, completing perfect regular seasons and maintaining No. 1 national rankings.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Baseball: Tigers lose shootout in regular-season finale

The baseball team went into Tuesday’s game against Delaware with one objective: to get ready for this weekend’s Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth. The Tigers lost 11-9 in a back-and-forth game against the Blue Hens to close their regular season.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Column: Second-round NBA playoff predictions

Consider the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs a gift for finals week. The second round will feature two long, gritty series: the Chicago Bulls take on the Atlanta Hawks, and the Boston Celtics play the Miami Heat.

SPORTS | 05/03/2011

Baseball: Tigers will host league championship series

After clinching a share of the Gehrig Division title last weekend with three victories over Columbia, the baseball team clinched the outright championship for the first time since 2006 on Friday by splitting a doubleheader against Cornell at Clarke Field. The Tigers swept the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sunday, earning home field advantage in the Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Column: 2nd-round NBA playoff predictions

Playoff basketball never fails to excite me. A constant criticism of the NBA is that, in an 82-game season, players are prone to take games or quarters off and not play their hardest, which makes the games less interesting at times. Frankly, I’m fine with players or teams not playing at their peak capacity for 82 straight regular season games, and the San Antonio Spurs set a prime example of why it is important to peak at the end of the season instead of in the middle.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Track & Field: 4xMile team wins Penn Relays

Few meets in track and field are more prestigious than the Penn Relays, the longest-running and best-attended annual track and field competition in America. On Saturday, the men’s 4xMile relay team accomplished something no Princeton athlete had done since 1931 — it took home a championship.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Softball: Team splits season-ending games with Cornell

The softball team split four games against Cornell this weekend, winning the first of two games at home and its last game on Sunday to end its season on a high note.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Drumm scores 5 goals in final home game

Senior attacker Lizzy Drumm made her final appearance at Princeton Stadium a memorable one, scoring a game-high five goals in the women’s lacrosse team’s 19-10 victory over Penn State. Princeton came into the weekend unranked, while the Nittany Lions were No. 12 in the national rankings, but the hosts pulled off the upset in their final game of the regular season.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Fiorito makes 20 saves in defeat at Cornell

The men’s lacrosse team looked to continue a difficult season at No. 2 Cornell this weekend, and it battled the favored Big Red to a first-half lead. But despite a stellar performance from junior goalie Tyler Fiorito, the hosts came back to win 9-7, ending the Tigers’ disappointing 2011 campaign.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Women's Water Polo: Princeton earns 5th at Easterns

The women’s water polo team traveled 700 miles to Bloomington, Ind., for the Eastern Championships this weekend. The No. 20 Tigers fell to No. 19 Maryland in Friday’s quarterfinal match but recovered to defeat George Washington on Saturday and Harvard on Sunday, earning fifth place in the tournament.

SPORTS | 05/01/2011

Softball: Princeton looks to carry momentum into final games against Cornell

The softball team will attempt to ride the momentum of its victory on Tuesday over Columbia into the weekend when it plays two doubleheaders against a surging Cornell team (24-18-1 overall, 9-5 Ivy League) to close the Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 04/28/2011

Baseball: Tigers play for outright Gehrig title

The baseball team is just one win from clinching its first spot in the Ivy League Championship Series since 2006. The Tigers will have four opportunities for a win this weekend when they play Cornell twice at home on Friday before traveling to Ithaca, N.Y., for two games on Sunday.

SPORTS | 04/28/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Seniors to be honored vs. Nittany Lions

After finishing its regular season conference schedule on Wednesday, the women’s lacrosse team looks to end its season on a high note on Saturday. The Tigers (8–6 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) will play their final regular season game on Saturday against No. 12 Penn State. The last home game of the season will also honor the seniors, including attackers Maisie Devine, Lizzy Drumm and Kaitlyn Mauritz, defender Caroline Markowitz, and goalie Erin Tochihara. Additionally, the game will honor all women’s lacrosse alumni.

SPORTS | 04/28/2011

Column: Playoff expansion not a cure for MLB's problems

The NFL has provided many great news stories to write about in recent days. (Who doesn’t love contributing their own mock draft? And I am not sick of lockout talk by any stretch of the imagination.) The fact of the matter, though, is that the NFL’s 50-day lockout and labor insecurity have convinced Bud Selig that baseball, sagging in popularity relative to the NFL, must make dramatic changes in the game to attract fans. Specifically, Selig, who plans to retire at the end of the 2012 season, wishes to add another playoff team in each league, bringing the total to five.

SPORTS | 04/28/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Playoff hopes remain in final weekend

With its postseason hopes on the line, the men’s lacrosse team heads to Ithaca, N.Y., this weekend to fight its way into the Ivy League Tournament. Princeton will face off against No. 2 Cornell in its last regular season game; with a victory over the Big Red and a little bit of luck, the Tigers can sneak into the playoffs.

SPORTS | 04/28/2011

Column: Gamer training with ‘virtual athletes’

Last week, I swore that I would discover the motives of gamers, or virtual athletes, both on this campus and beyond. Using the game “Left 4 Dead” as my experimental playing field, I trained and competed with the best of them.

SPORTS | 04/27/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Pyle tallies 7 points in blowout home victory

Foul weather earlier in the season caused the first game between the women’s lacrosse team (8-6 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) and Columbia (4-10, 1-6) to be called off after 40 minutes of play with the Tigers holding a slim lead. Last night, however, the Tigers came out strong from the start and dominated the game to decisively defeat the Lions 18-10.

SPORTS | 04/27/2011

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

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