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Softball: Big Green, Big Red lead pack

Softball: Big Green, Big Red lead pack

The softball team starts off its 2010 season with a tournament this weekend at Maryland. It is looking forward to a campaign that will improve on last year’s season and add to its record of winning the Ivy League championship five times in the past eight years. Princeton’s last Ivy championship was in 2008 — two years ago — and this year’s team shows a lot of potential.

SPORTS | 03/03/2010

Men's Hockey: A leader on and off the ice

On sunday evening, Brad Schroeder — like most other Canadians — was on the edge of his seat. In a game where the stakes could not be higher, Canada and the United States were battling in overtime of the Olympic gold-medal matchup for men’s hockey. And like most other Canadians, Schroeder rejoiced when Sidney Crosby scored the game-winner for Canada.

SPORTS | 03/02/2010

Column: Americans ski past Winter Olympic sport

Last week, a 36-year-old man won his 10th and 11th career Winter Olympic medals, giving him the second-highest career medal count of all time. If he returns to the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 (and he says he wants to) he stands an excellent chance at breaking the record of 12, set by his countryman between 1992 and 1998 before said countryman’s career ended in a roller skiing accident at age 33. The aforementioned man is generally considered to be the greatest of all time in his sport. And sadly, most Americans do not know who he is.

SPORTS | 03/02/2010

Men's Swimming & Diving: Princeton prepares to defend Ivy crown at DeNunzio

The Ivy League championships start on Thursday, and for the men’s swimming and diving team, it almost looks too good to be true. The Tigers have not lost an Ivy League meet in two years. They have won Ivies three of the last four times. And to top it off, this year they have home-pool advantage.

SPORTS | 03/02/2010

Fencing: Tigers cap unbeaten run to league crown

For the first time in nine years, the fencing team brought home both the men’s and women’s Ivy League championship titles. Princeton wrapped up the twin titles on Sunday after a two-weekend-long Ivy League tournament.

SPORTS | 03/01/2010

Tennis: Squads achieve mixed results over weekend

If serving an ace feels good, winning a whole match on an ace must feel even better.

SPORTS | 03/01/2010

Women's Water Polo: Princeton falls to Brown in final

Just hours before the United States would have its heart ripped out by Sidney Crosby in the Olympic gold-medal hockey game, the women’s water polo team suffered a similar defeat. No. 17 Princeton (5-2) fell one goal shy of an ECAC Championship, losing to No. 20 Brown (8-1) 10-9 in the finals on Sunday at DeNunzio Pool.

SPORTS | 03/01/2010

Women's Squash: Princeton falls to Yale in quarters of Howe Cup

The women’s squash team was rested and ready for this past weekend’s national championship tournament. It had confidence that it could beat its first-round opponent, Yale, since it had already done so in the regular season. The seniors knew what it felt like to win it all, having done so the previous three seasons. This year, however, No. 4 Princeton (9-5 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) would not bring home the Howe Cup for a fourth straight year. The Tigers fell to No. 5 Yale (10-6, 3-3) in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Princeton followed the loss with wins over No. 8 Williams (15-9) and No. 7 Stanford (8-7) to take fifth in the consolation bracket.

SPORTS | 03/01/2010

Men's Volleyball: Princeton roars back in Tait win

The men’s volleyball team split two games at Dillon Gymnasium this weekend. Princeton (5-5 overall, 1-2 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Divison) completed a thrilling 3-2 comeback over St. Francis (8-7, 1-3) the day after its tough 3-0 loss to No. 7 Penn State (13-2, 5-0). Comebacks are always fantastic, and Princeton’s win over St. Francis was made a little more special by the fact that it gave the Tigers their first Tait Division victory of the season.

SPORTS | 03/01/2010

Men's Basketball: Tigers fall to Cornell

After a hard-fought loss at Cornell last Friday, the men’s basketball team rebounded with a victory over Columbia on Saturday night. It was the second time this season the Tigers (17-8 overall, 8-3 Ivy League) lost to Cornell (24-4, 10-1) by three points and posted a double-digit victory over Columbia (10-16, 4-8) in the same weekend.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Women's Hockey: Year ends as Harvard wins twice

With its season having ended earlier than it would have liked, the women’s hockey team came home after a disappointing weekend at No. 4 Harvard in the first weekend of the ECAC quarterfinals.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Women's Basketball: Cagers extend streak to 18, near clinching Ivy championship

It was the sort of play that has typified the women’s basketball team this season. Late in the first half, the Tigers forced Columbia star forward Judie Lomax to cough the ball up, and sophomore guard Lauren Edwards outhustled everybody else, diving to control the loose ball. Edwards tossed the ball to a teammate before rolling out of bounds, igniting a fast break that ended with the ball in the hands of freshman forward Niveen Rasheed, who streaked ahead of the pack.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Women's Swimming: Tigers cement Ivy League title

The women’s swimming and diving team emerged victorious from the three-day Ivy League Championship at Harvard to recapture the league title on Saturday. In the consistently close meet, Princeton, Harvard and Yale were all strong contenders entering the final night of competition. Nonetheless, a strong Tiger effort brought the title to Princeton, upholding the team’s solid reputation. Indeed, the women’s swimming and diving team has now won nine of the past 11 Ivy League titles.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Track & Field: Tigers sweep Heps

For the first time in over a decade, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams came home from the indoor Heptagonal Championships with first-place trophies. The teams, which last swept titles in 1998, did so in convincing fashion this year. The men earned 181 points, besting two-time defending champion Cornell, who came in second with 149 points. The women won 125 points to defeat second-place Columbia, who had 110 points.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Men's Hockey: Yale mounts devastating comeback, Brown destroyed at Baker Rink

The men’s hockey team is winning. Dominating, even. The Tigers were up 3-1 against one of the top teams in the nation. Junior forward Mike Kramer forced a turnover and raced down the ice, decking a diving Yale defender and sending a pass to freshman defenseman Michael Sdao. Sdao gathered the puck and chipped it into the Bulldogs’ net for a commanding 4-1 lead. Baker Rink exploded.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Women's Lacrosse: Morrison’s OT goal tops Johns Hopkins

With the abundance of youth on the women’s lacrosse team, the squad has placed significant emphasis on its experienced leaders. On Saturday, they did not disappoint.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Men's Lacrosse: Princeton impresses in Bates’ first game

The men’s lacrosse team’s highly anticipated game against Hofstra was far more than just a season opener. It was the first test of the Chris Bates era — one that the new head coach passed with flying colors. The Tigers won 17-14.

SPORTS | 02/28/2010

Women's Hockey: Orange and Black prepare for tough quarterfinal series at Harvard

The rivalry is already brewing for the women’s hockey team as it heads to Cambridge, Mass. — where it pulled off a 2-1 regular-season upset win over Harvard — to play the Crimson in the ECAC quarterfinals this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/25/2010

Track & Field: Men look to continue impressive season with win at indoor Heps

Though the NCAA championships are not until June, this weekend’s Heptagonal Championships in Hanover, N.H., are still a major occasion during the track and field season.

SPORTS | 02/25/2010

Men's Basketball: Rematch with Big Red a must win for Tigers

After its second conference loss last weekend, the men's basketball team (16-7 overall, 7-2 Ivy League) sits second in the Ivy League behind Cornell (23-4, 9-1). The Tigers will travel to play the Big Red today and will face Columbia (9-15, 3-7) on Saturday.

SPORTS | 02/25/2010

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