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Squash: Bulldogs dash hopes for undefeated season in 5-4 thriller

Squash: Bulldogs dash hopes for undefeated season in 5-4 thriller

For the second consecutive year, the match between the men’s squash team and No. 2 Yale came down to the final shift. While the locale had changed, the result stayed the same. No. 3 Princeton (6-1 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) fell to the Bulldogs, 5-4, in a pivotal match in New Haven, Conn.

SPORTS | 01/30/2011

Men's Basketball: Tigers open with sweep

By the end of January, most men’s basketball teams are already well into conference play. Due to the program-wide exam break, however, Princeton's team is different: as of Friday morning, it was one of only two schools that had not played a league game out of 339 conference-affiliated Division 1 teams. When the Brown Bears visited Jadwin Gymnasium that evening, sophomore center Brendan Connolly won the jump ball and senior guard Dan Mavraides walked it across midcourt, officially kicking off the Tigers’ 14-game Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 01/30/2011

Women's Hockey: Princeton settles for split despite career-high 41 saves from Weber

It had been three weeks since the women’s hockey team last competed when they stepped back onto the ice this weekend and hosted conference rivals St. Lawrence (12-13-2 overall, 7-8 ECAC Hockey) and Clarkson (11-13-3, 8-6-1). The Tigers (11-11-1, 8-7-1) entered the weekend on a seven game winning streak. They extended it to eight on Friday night when they defeated St. Lawrence 4-0. But on Saturday afternoon, Clarkson defeated the Orange and Black 3-2, ending the run at a crucial point in the season.

SPORTS | 01/30/2011

Men's Basketball: Ivy season kicks off against Bears

After winning nine of its last 10 games to earn the No. 21 ranking in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll, the men’s basketball team is set to begin its Ivy League campaign during Intersession, with back-to-back contests against Brown (6-7) and Yale (7-7) in Jadwin Gymnasium. Five days before it begins conference play, Princeton (11-4) will take on The College of New Jersey (3-11) in its last nonconference game of the season.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Track & Field: Season continues with Princeton Relays

For most students at Princeton, Intersession will be a vacation — a chance to cool down after the marathon of reading period and finals week. For the men’s and women’s track and field teams, however, the work is far from over. Before the next semester begins, Princeton’s track and field athletes will compete as close as Jadwin Gymnasium and as far as Seattle.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball vs. Brown

The men's basketball team defeated Brown, 78-60, in Friday's Ivy League opener. Replay the live blog for real-time analysis of how it transpired.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Men's Hockey: Tigers seek revenge against Clarkson

After a two-week exam break, the men’s hockey team will look to sustain its momentum with a home matchup against Sacred Heart on Jan. 25 before traveling to upstate New York to play league opponents St. Lawrence and Clarkson. The No. 19 Tigers (11-6-1 overall, 7-4-1 ECAC Hockey) are 6-1-1 in their last eight contests.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Squash: After long layoff, men, women return to courts for key matches against Bulldogs

After nearly a month-and-a-half hiatus from competitive matches, both men’s and women’s squash will resume play over Intersession and try to extend their undefeated seasons. The squads have handily dealt with each of their five opponents so far this season, and are hoping to extend the unbeaten streak to seven matches when they take on Penn on Jan. 26 at Jadwin Gymnasium and Yale on Jan. 29 in New Haven, Conn.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Women's Basketball: Brown, Yale next up on league slate

After topping Penn in its Ivy League opener, the women’s basketball team looks to build a strong start in league play and continue its defense of last year’s undefeated Ancient Eight title. Princeton (12-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will go on the road during Intersession to take on Brown (4-10) and Yale (4-10). After wrapping up a very successful nonconference schedule, the Tigers enter their Ivy League slate as the clear team to beat.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Column: As we leave, some parting shots

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at things), our reign as sports editors for the 134th managing board of The Daily Princetonian has finally come to its end. It was only a few years ago that we signed up as contributors, expecting to spend two hours a week at a soccer game and another hour writing up coverage. Before we knew it, we were spending 20 hours a week in the newsroom editing articles, yelling at staff writers and watching helplessly as our GPAs plummeted. Presumably, this was worth it.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Women's Hockey: Princeton takes 7-game win streak into games with St. Lawrence, Clarkson

Junior goalie Rachel Weber’s conference-record-breaking shutout streak may have come to an end, but the women’s hockey team is still surging. Princeton (10-10-1 overall, 7-6-1 ECAC Hockey) will enter Intersession on a seven-game winning streak. The Tigers will host conference opponents St. Lawrence (9-10-2, 4-5) and Clarkson (6-12-3, 3-5-1) over the break.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Men's Volleyball: Young squad looks to build on last year’s trip to EIVA championship

After completing its best season in over a decade and then graduating five seniors, it would be a tall task to ask any team to improve upon the results of the previous year. This is precisely the situation the men’s volleyball team faces as it enters its 2011 campaign. Instead of approaching the year as one to rebuild, however, the team is determined to surpass the results of last season.

SPORTS | 01/13/2011

Hit show ‘On The Prowl’ acquired by ESPN in blockbuster purchase

After a semester of astonishing viewership levels, The Daily Princetonian’s hit sports videocast “On The Prowl” has been acquired by ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. The show will move to Channel 54 on TigerTV effective February.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

Auburn, TCU, Artest vie for BCS title

College football was thrown into disarray yesterday when nine teams independently declared themselves the rightful champions of the Bowl Championship Series. In addition to Auburn, whose 22-19 victory over Oregon Monday night assured them the number one national ranking, claimants include TCU, Oregon, Stanford, Ohio St., Nevada, Akron, Williams, and Ron Artest.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

Sterling indicted for cloning Blake Griffin

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was indicted yesterday and charged with four violations of federal laws against human cloning after the Clippers’ 130-97 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Sterling is suspected of having created illegal replicas of star rookie power forward Blake Griffin in an effort to improve the Clippers, whose record currently stands at 12-24.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

Homeless Hughes selected as head coach of AFC in Pro Bowl

First it was a Super Bowl commercial. Now, the National Football League has gone one step further in its continuing effort to help the homeless.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

Lax bros crush Quidditch

In a major break with University athletic tradition, the men’s lacrosse team has announced it will forgo its 2011 season to participate in the National Intercollegiate Quidditch League.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

Sprint football reaches new low, losing 97-5 in scrimmage against Colonial Club

The sprint football team was defeated by six members of Colonial Club in a scrimmage held on Poe Field on Tuesday night. After a hard-fought 1 minute, 34 seconds to open the game, Colonial pulled away for a 97-5 victory.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

NCAA inquires about U.’s Cam Newton meddling

Athletic Director Gary Walters ’67 has been implicated in the ongoing NCAA investigation of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton. Newton, who led the Auburn Tigers to a 22-19 victory over Oregon in Monday night’s national championship game, was apparently offered $1,000,000 by Walters to enroll at Princeton prior to this school year.

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

On Tap with ... Craig Matthews

Daily Princetonian Staff

Q: What was your “welcome to college” moment?A: My freshman year, we were drinking soda in TI while playing a game called “catch the ball,” where if you catch the ball you drink (soda), and if you drop the ball you drink (soda). Well, one of the seniors in the room threw me the ball and said, “Drink (soda) McLovin!” Ever since, that nickname has stuck. That’s when I said to myself, “I’m not in Greenwich anymore!”

SPORTS | 01/11/2011

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