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Column: Breaking down the Western cellar

Column: Breaking down the Western cellar

In my last column, I discussed the favorites in each NBA conference to win their respective championships and participate in the finals. Now I want to look at the opposite side of the spectrum for each conference: the least-favorites and the teams that have the best chance to make the playoffs in the near future.

SPORTS | 02/14/2011

Men's Volleyball: No. 11 Penn State cements status as EIVA frontrunner with 3-0 victory

In its nine winning matches this season, the Penn State men’s volleyball team has lost only five of 32 games. Despite a close third game decided by only two points, Princeton (1-6 overall, 0-3 EIVA) was unable to take a sixth on Saturday as No. 11 Penn State (9-3, 4-0) topped the Tigers in three sets, 25-17, 25-16, 25-23.

SPORTS | 02/14/2011

Track & Field: Tigers dominate HYP

This weekend, the men’s and women’s track teams proved their dominance over Harvard and Yale at the annual Harvard-Princeton-Yale meet. The competition, held this year in New Haven, Conn., is a chance for the Ivy League’s three oldest rivals to get up close and personal. The Tigers’ sweep provided the seventh straight title for the men’s team and the second consecutive win for the women.

SPORTS | 02/14/2011

Wrestling: Top-ranked Cornell continues stellar season with sweep of Princeton

If the men’s wrestling team had to suffer a sweep, it was fitting that it should come against the nation’s top team. The Tigers’ final Ivy League match saw them defeated by the Big Red 44-0. With five wrestlers ranked sixth or higher nationally in their respective classifications, Cornell undoubtedly had the advantage in Saturday’s contest, and it proved itself deserving of that top spot.

SPORTS | 02/14/2011

Men's Basketball: Princeton improves to 7-0 with N.Y. sweep

For each of the past three years, the seniors on the men’s basketball team have entered Cornell’s Newman Arena, and for each of the past three years, Princeton has left Ithaca in defeat. But senior guard and tri-captain Kareem Maddox was tired of losing at Cornell (6-16 overall, 2-6 Ivy League), and for the first time in the seniors’ careers, the Tigers beat the Big Red on the road, 57-55.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Men's Hockey: Tigers manage only one point from road trip

The men’s ice hockey team went on the road this weekend to play Harvard on Friday and No. 17 Dartmouth on Saturday. The Tigers (14-9-2 overall, 9-7-2 ECAC Hockey) played Harvard to a 4-4 tie in overtime but lost 4-1 to Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Women's Hockey: Sherry’s hat trick caps home slate

This weekend, the women’s hockey team fought for a pair of league wins to stay in the race for home-ice advantage in the upcoming ECAC Hockey Tournament. Princeton (14-12-1 overall, 11-8-1 ECAC Hockey) dismantled Union (2-27-3, 1-17-2) 3-1 on Friday night and took down Rensselaer (10-14-7, 8-10-2) 4-2 on Saturday, improving to fifth in the league.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Squash: Trinity extends streak to 240 wins at Jadwin

The signs that sprang up around campus advertising the men’s squash match against Trinity ranged from the direct — “We must stop them” — to the outrageous — “Justin Bieber ... will not be at the men’s squash match this weekend.” Whatever you think about the team’s marketing techniques, they proved effective. A standing-room-only crowd gathered in Jadwin Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon to watch Princeton take its shot at the nation’s top-ranked team and its record winning streak.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Women's Basketball: Tigers back on top of Ivy

The women’s basketball team regained first place in the Ivy League this weekend with 22-point victories over Columbia and Cornell at Jadwin Gymnasium. Harvard (13-8 overall, 5-2 Ivy League), which took first place after a 73-67 victory over the Tigers (17-4, 6-1) last weekend at Lavietes Pavilion, dropped to third place with losses to Yale and Brown this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Fencing: Women repeat as league champions on home turf

During what head coach Zoltan Dudas has called an “interesting” season, the Tigers had an exciting weekend of competition at the 2011 Ivy League Fencing Championships in Jadwin Gymnasium. After two days of fierce fencing, the women’s team swept its opponents, finishing with a 6-0 record and defending its Ivy League title. The men’s team fought through narrow losses to finish fourth behind Harvard, Yale and Penn.

SPORTS | 02/13/2011

Women's Basketball: Tigers take on surging Lions

One week ago, the women’s basketball team was about to face Harvard and Dartmouth. By the end of the weekend, the Crimson had emerged on top, leaving the Tigers in second place in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Fencing: Jadwin to host Ivy League Championships this weekend

The competition for the Ivy League crown will be fierce this weekend. Six men’s and seven women’s fencing teams, each of which has received votes in national polls, will descend upon Jadwin Gymnasium for the conference championships.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Women's Hockey: Final games at Baker for Sherry, Princeton

The women’s ice hockey team plays its final two home games of the regular season this weekend. The Tigers will face Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Men's Squash: Tigers to take on Trinity

The last time the Trinity College men’s squash team came to Jadwin Gymnasium, fans saw one of the most thrilling matches in collegiate squash history. In the 2009 Men's College Squash Association National Team Championships, Princeton and the Bantams — then riding an 11-year, 201-match win streak — traded early matches and were tied at 4. Mauricio Sanchez ’09 fought back from a 2-0 deficit against Baset Chaudhry to force a deciding fifth game, but the visitor recovered to win, clinching the national championship and Trinity’s second 5-4 victory at Jadwin in two weeks.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Women's Water Polo: New season brings conference shift

After finishing third at the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament last year, the women’s water polo team ended its season ranked No. 17 in the polls. Picking up where they left off, after graduating three seniors and adding three freshmen to the team, the Tigers are entering this season at No. 16.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Men's Basketball: Road trip to test undefeated league record

After grabbing two huge victories over fellow front-runners Harvard and Penn and commanding hold of first place in the Ivy League this past weekend, the men’s basketball team will leave the friendly confines of Jadwin Gymnasium for its first league road contests of the season.

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Men's Hockey: Rematches await against Big Green, Crimson

After only its second winless weekend of the season, the men’s hockey team (14-8-1 overall, 9-6-1 ECAC Hockey) looks to regain its stride on the road this weekend against Harvard (4-18, 3-13) and Dartmouth (13-7-3, 9-5-2).

SPORTS | 02/10/2011

Feature: Fact over fiction in pro sports

Should head football coach Bob Surace ’90 go for it on fourth-and-one in enemy territory with the game on the line? Should senior outfielder Brian Berkowitz swing at an 0-2 curveball that paints the outside of the plate? Former Princeton journalism professor and Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim has the answers, and he’s not just following his gut.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Around the Ivy League: Men's Basketball

After Tuesday night’s thrilling victory over archrival Penn, the men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) is the only undefeated team remaining in league. Who will the Tigers have to worry about over the final month of the season? Here’s a look at how the other seven teams have played so far.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Track & Field: Ja-maican’ Princeton crazy

Damon McLean, a freshman from Jamaica, is one of the newest members of the men’s track and field team. He is a powerhouse when it comes to jumping, with personal bests of 50 feet 8.75 inches and 23 feet 3.25 inches in the triple jump and long jump, respectively. With a long history of earning medals at track meets, McLean is a top contender in the Ivy League. A jumps veteran of eight years, McLean has his sights set on winning both the triple and long jump events at the Ivy Championships.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

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