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On Tap with ... Clay Blackiston

On Tap with ... Clay Blackiston

Junior Clay Blackiston has established himself as a key member of the No. 3 men’s squash team. Last year Blackiston went 4-1 in the Ivy League, which included a 3-0 win at Harvard. He only had three losses, two of which were against No. 1 Trinity. This season he has won both his matches against Cornell and Franklin & Marshall in three games.

SPORTS | 11/29/2010

Women's Hockey: Skaters fall twice to No. 5 Boston University

The women’s ice hockey team’s winless streak stretched to six games with two losses to No. 5 Boston University over the Thanksgiving break. While most Princeton students left campus to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, the hockey team (3-9-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) traveled to Boston to take on the Terriers (11-2-3) in back-to-back games.

SPORTS | 11/28/2010

Women's Basketball: Tigers knock off USC, fall to Vanderbilt

With five seconds remaining in the game and senior guard and co-captain Addie Micir standing at the free-throw line, the women’s basketball team was in a familiar situation. Just over a week ago, Princeton (3-2) had rallied back from a 13-point second-half deficit to take a lead with 1 minute, 13 seconds remaining against Rutgers, only to lose in a buzzer-beater. On Friday, down 59-58 to University of Southern California (5-2) in the opening game of the Vanderbilt Tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Micir found herself with the opportunity to cap off another late Princeton run and put the Tigers in position for a victory.

SPORTS | 11/28/2010

Men's Hockey: Around the ECAC

The men’s hockey team is off to a strong start this season and is currently ranked second in the ECAC Hockey due to senior leadership from forwards Matt Arhontas and Mike Kramer and defender Cam Ritchie. Princeton (5-4 overall, 5-2 ECAC Hockey) will face league opponents Clarkson and St. Lawrence at home at Baker Rink this weekend. Here is a look around the league to see how the other competitors rank up this season.

SPORTS | 11/28/2010

Men's Basketball: Mavraides, Maddox spark major win

Junior guard Doug Davis, as he is known to do, hit a three-pointer, but Siena guard Clarence Jackson took care of business, making both his free throws, and the visitors still had the lead.So the Tigers were down five, with 20 seconds to play, and a loss seemed only a matter of time. Head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 drew up a nifty play to get Davis another open look, but he missed long, and Siena was just seconds away from celebrating.

SPORTS | 11/28/2010

Men's Basketball: Tigers top Bucknell on road

It looked like Monday’s horror show all over again. Less than 24 hours after surrendering a 13-point halftime advantage to James Madison University and losing in the final minute, the men’s basketball team watched as Bucknell cut another 13-point lead to one possession on the very same court. But sophomore forward Mack Darrow scored five points down the stretch, including a game-icing three-pointer, as Princeton (2-2) pulled away from the Bison (2-4) for a 66-55 victory.

SPORTS | 11/23/2010

Women's Hockey: Squad ready for road trip vs. No. 5 Boston University

After failing to find the back of the net in its last two games, the women’s hockey team hopes to be thankful for goals over the Thanksgiving weekend. Continuing the tradition that started one year ago, Princeton (3-7-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) and No. 5 Boston University (9-2-3) will play twice during the holiday weekend. Both games will be played in Walter Brown Arena, home of the Terriers.

SPORTS | 11/23/2010

Women's Basketball: Fearsome Trojans next challenge for confident Princeton

After a dominant 69-52 victory over Lehigh on Sunday, the women’s basketball team will head to Nashville, Tenn., to play University of Southern California, perhaps their toughest opponent so far this season, in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday. The Trojans (2-1), currently in sixth place in the strong Pacific-10 conference, will provide the Tigers (2-1) a big test early in the non-league season.

SPORTS | 11/23/2010

Men's Hockey: Men skate to 3-0 win over Quinnipiac

The men’s hockey team faced off against Quinnipiac in Hamden, Conn., on Tuesday night. Despite a stalemate in the first period, the Tigers broke through Bobcat goalie Eric Hartzell’s defense to shut out Quinnipiac 3-0.

SPORTS | 11/23/2010

Column: NBA has bright future in youngsters

In the Los Angeles Clippers’ game against the New York Knicks on Saturday, Blake Griffin hammered home two incredible dunks. His first dunk involved Griffin posterizing Timofey Mozgov by throwing the ball into the hoop with Mozgov still standing in front of the rim; the second was a fast-break slam off a spin over the Knicks’ Danilo Gallinari.

SPORTS | 11/23/2010

Wrestling: Frey takes 2nd, Kolodzik and Callahan 4th at Keystone Classic

Given that the wrestling team throws its underclassmen directly into tournaments instead of easing them into the season with dual meets, performances like this weekend's are impressive. The Tigers placed four wrestlers — including one freshman — at the Keystone Classic, alongside a number of top-ranked teams.

SPORTS | 11/22/2010

Swimming & Diving: Tigers sweep Cornell, Penn in Ivy Opener

As the first step in defending last year’s Ivy League championships, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams had a successful opening weekend for their league seasons. Both the men and women took first place against Cornell and Penn when they traveled to Ithaca, N.Y., this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/22/2010

Men's Basketball: Cagers squander 13-point lead after first half in loss to JMU

It looks like the men's basketball team is not ready to dominate the Ivy League yet. The Tigers (1-2 overall) continued play in the College Basketball Experience Classic on Monday night, losing a heartbreaker to James Madison University (2-1) 65-64 in Harrisonburg, Va. It seemed as if Princeton would cruise to a blowout victory after jumping out to a 15-4 lead five minutes into the game. The Tigers were hitting shot after shot, and James Madison had no answer to their high-paced offense. Princeton led by as much as 20 in the first half and went into halftime leading 47-34 on 18-29 shooting from the field.

SPORTS | 11/22/2010

Cross Country: Men finish 12th at NCAAs

As collegiate competition goes, cross country has a long tradition at Princeton. The Tigers held their first meet on Nov. 16, 1906, more than a century ago. Entering 2010, Princeton had already seen some impressive runners, including six All-American men and four All-American women. So when the men’s cross-country team has its best season in history, it means something. And after the Tigers’ performance Monday at the NCAA championship in Terre Haute, Ind., nobody can doubt that 2010 has been that season.

SPORTS | 11/22/2010

Women's Basketball: Balanced attack ends Lehigh's streak

After a heartbreaking 54-53 buzzer-beater loss to Rutgers last Thursday, the women’s basketball team’s 69-52 victory over Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., could be summed up in one word: rebound. Princeton (2-1) became the first team to beat the Mountain Hawks (1-2) at home since the 2007-08 season, ending Lehigh’s home winning streak at 33 games.

SPORTS | 11/22/2010

On the Prowl: November 21, 2010

Executive Editor for Sports Vikram Rao '11 and Associate Editor for Sports Gabe Debenedetti '12 discuss the men's water polo team's performance in the Eastern Championships, the play of women's basketball, and the disappointing conclusions to the men's soccer and football seasons.

SPORTS | 11/21/2010

Football Analysis: 142-year-old team has first 1-9 campaign

The football team’s difficult season came to a historic, grinding halt Saturday as Dartmouth (6-4 overall, 3-4 Ivy League) blanked Princeton (1-9, 0-7) 31-0 at Princeton Stadium. The lopsided game, which was the Tigers’ worst loss to the Big Green since 1970, marked the first time since 1973 that Princeton failed to win any conference games in a single season — a remarkable happening that has now occurred only twice in the program’s 141-year history. With the weekend’s shutout, Dartmouth, long the punching bag of the Ivy League, completed its first winning season in 13 years and captured a fifth-place finish in the conference standings.

SPORTS | 11/21/2010

Women's Hockey: Tigers fail to score in weekend trip to New York vs. No. 2 Cornell, Colgate

It was a tough trip to New York for the women’s hockey team this weekend, as the Tigers were shut out in consecutive games for the first time in almost five years. Princeton (3-7-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) fell 1-0 to No. 2 Cornell (8-1, 6-0) on Friday and was shut out again on Saturday 2-0 by Colgate (5-9, 2-4).

SPORTS | 11/21/2010

Squash: Both teams sweep opening weekend matches to kick off respective championship quests

The men’s and women’s squash teams opened their seasons with a couple of home victories this weekend. The No. 3 men (2-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) defeated Franklin & Marshall 8-1 on Saturday and followed that dominating win with a hard-fought 6-3 victory over Cornell on Sunday.

SPORTS | 11/21/2010

Football: Dartmouth ends 7-game skid vs. Old Nassau

The football team’s Saturday afternoon ended the same way most have this fall: with Princeton watching its opponent run out the clock. The Tigers (1-9 overall, 0-7 Ivy League) trudged off the field as Dartmouth (6-4, 3-4) celebrated a 31-0 victory on the opposite sideline. There would be no next week, no other opponent to prepare for, no more chances to turn it around. The final chapter had been written about 2010: the worst season in the history of Princeton football.

SPORTS | 11/21/2010

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