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Belief propels Phillies to repeat pennant

Belief propels Phillies to repeat pennant

Last wednesday evening, driving down Interstate 95 to Citizens Bank Park, I was filled with a sense of indescribable excitement. For a diehard Philadelphia Phillies fan and a huge fan of baseball in general, the circumstances couldn’t have been more perfect: It was Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, and the Phillies were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Up 3-1 in the series, the Phillies would be headed to their second straight World Series if they won Game 5.

SPORTS | 10/27/2009

Seven subplots to the Amtrak Series

Dear Hank Steinbrenner, I’m sorry. Sometime in mid-May, I wrote a column lambasting your mismanagement of the New York Yankees. To be fair, at the time I voiced my complaints, your team was stuck in fourth place in the AL East, and catching up to the first-place Red Sox seemed more a pipe dream than a possibility.

SPORTS | 10/27/2009

Crew conquers Carnegie

To say that the crews had a good weekend would be an understatement. No, none of the rowers were at the Street on Saturday night, but their performance on Lake Carnegie on Sunday at the Princeton Chase regatta was nothing short of dominant.

SPORTS | 10/26/2009

Women's Ice Hockey: First weekend ends in split up north

The women’s ice hockey team avenged its 4-3 loss to Vermont on Friday with a commanding 7-2 victory over the Catamounts on Saturday afternoon. After falling behind early in the first period, the Tigers (1-1 overall) pulled even on a goal from sophomore forward Danielle DiCesare, and, in a one-sided second period, took a 4-1 lead that they never relinquished.

SPORTS | 10/26/2009

Men's Ice Hockey: Exhibitions a mixed bag for Princeton

The men’s hockey team played a pair of exhibition games this past weekend, facing Morrisville State on Friday and the University of Windsor on Sunday. Princeton dominated Morrisville, 7-0, with seven different Tigers scoring, but the team came up short against Windsor, falling 5-3.

SPORTS | 10/26/2009

Sprint Football: Late comeback spoils chance for first victory

Fifteen minutes, 31 seconds. That’s how close the sprint football team came to recording its first home win in 11 years. Instead, heavy rain and a systematic Mansfield offense washed away the Tigers’ chance at victory, sending the team to a 26-14 loss at the hands of the visiting Mounties.

SPORTS | 10/26/2009

Women's Volleyball: Pair of wins gives reason for Ivy hopes

The women?s volleyball team has just three returning starters ? two of whom are sophomores ? and a new head coach, so some people might have written off this season as a rebuilding year.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

Field Hockey: Tigers dominate Crimson

Nine-goal field hockey games are hard to come by, yet the No. 4 Tigers played together well in trouncing league rival Harvard, 9-0, last Saturday. The win keeps the Tigers undefeated in Ivy League competition and atop the Ivy standings.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

Men's Soccer: Hoppenot nets two in thrilling double-overtime win

The men?s soccer team faced an intimidating task last Saturday. With the fate of their season on the line, the Tigers traveled to Ohiri Field to take on No.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

Football: Overmatched Princeton falls at Harvard

The 37-3 loss for the Tigers was their second worst of the season so far, and their worst loss ever to Harvard, a team they have played against since 1877. Harvard has now won 12 of the last 14 matchups.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

Women's Soccer: Hoy scores late to defeat Harvard

Harvard?s game against Brown last weekend ended dramatically, with the Crimson scoring two goals in the last 20 minutes for a come-from-behind victory.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

On the Prowl ... Oct. 26, 2009

Associate sports editor Eben Novy-Williams and senior sports writer Vikram Rao discuss the big Princeton-Harvard weekend. The two touch on football, men's soccer, women's soccer and field hockey.

SPORTS | 10/25/2009

Field Hockey: League leaders look for victory

Fresh off two big wins against Brown and American, the field hockey team is ready to take on its next big Ivy League opponent, Harvard. The No.

SPORTS | 10/22/2009

Women's Soccer: Princeton shoots to rediscover offense

The women?s soccer team?s season has been a tale of two storylines. On one hand, the defense has played excellently and coalesced over the course of the season.

SPORTS | 10/22/2009

Men's Soccer: Postseason hopes rest on make-or-break matchup

The resurgent men?s soccer team meets its toughest test of the season this weekend as it travels to Ohiri Field in Cambridge, Mass., to face Harvard. Princeton (6-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) has convincingly won its last two games with scores of 3-0 on both occasions, but on Saturday it faces the No.

SPORTS | 10/22/2009

Football: Tigers battle defending champs

Halfway through its 2009 campaign, the football team hasn?t gotten the results it hoped for at the beginning of the year.

SPORTS | 10/22/2009

Women's Tennis: Princeton travels to New Haven for ITA Regionals

While students linger in the Orange Bubble with unavoidable, pessimistic thoughts about midterms week, the women?s tennis team has bright expectations for the weekend.

SPORTS | 10/22/2009

Men's Water Polo: Zalewski takes charge

No matter the venue, Mark Zalewski leaves an impact. Since he arrived on campus in fall 2006, the senior left attack for the men’s water polo team has made a name for himself through hard shots, big laughs and legendary snores.

SPORTS | 10/21/2009

On Tap with ... Christina Bortz

In a fall season of Princeton athletics choc full of ups and downs, the field hockey team has provided some stellar consistency. The No. 4 Tigers are currently 11-2 and undefeated in the Ivy League. A large part of the team’s success can be attributed to its core nucleaus of seniors, including striker and co-captain Christina Bortz.

SPORTS | 10/21/2009

Rugby: Signes key for rugby in ’16 Olympics

Imagine playing full-court basketball with two players per team, or full-field soccer with five players per team, and you may begin to appreciate rugby sevens, a much faster, more open variation of rugby played with seven players per side for seven-minute halves — instead of the standard 15 players and 40-minute halves — on a full-size pitch.

SPORTS | 10/21/2009

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