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Men's Soccer: Big Green triumphs, 4-2, in sloppy conditions

Men's Soccer: Big Green triumphs, 4-2, in sloppy conditions

With passes skidding short on the wet grass, shots stopping in puddles on the field and goals slipping through the goalies’ gloves, the men’s soccer team (4-4 overall) played a different kind of game at Dartmouth (6-2-1) on Saturday evening.

SPORTS | 10/04/2009

Field Hockey: Princeton takes pair from Columbia, Connecticut

The No. 7 field hockey team trampled Columbia, 4-0, on Friday at Class of 1952 Stadium before trouncing No. 5 Connecticut, 3-1, on Sunday.

SPORTS | 10/04/2009

Football: Culbreath likely done for season, Hughes says

In the bowels of Princeton Stadium after the football team’s pummeling on Saturday at the hands of Columbia, head coach Roger Hughes was appropriately subdued.

SPORTS | 10/04/2009

Men's Water Polo: Two big victories provide optimism for postseason

If this past weekend was indicative of anything, it’s that the men’s water polo team can reach the NCAA Final Four this year, but only if it wants it. In the seniors’ last regular-season games in DeNunzio Pool, No. 19 Princeton (7-5 overall, 4-1 Collegiate Water Polo Aassociation Southern Division) controlled No. 10 Navy (9-6 overall, 1-2 CWPA Southern Division) on Saturday evening in a 7-3 upset, and then defeated No. 18 Bucknell (10-6 overall, 4-1 CWPA Southern Division), 12-5, on Sunday afternoon.

SPORTS | 10/04/2009

Football: Perennial pushover tops Tigers

The stats tell the story of the game: 66 penalty yards, four turnovers on downs, two fumbles lost inside the 20-yard line, one interception. But the most painful numbers were those on the scoreboard: Columbia 38, Princeton 0.

SPORTS | 10/04/2009

Men's Soccer: Princeton looks to halt skid

It’s been eight years since the men’s soccer team won the Ivy League Championship, and senior midfielder and captain Devin Muntz said the Tigers are ready to reclaim their former glory. It starts this Saturday, as Princeton (4-3) travels to Dartmouth (5-2-1) for the Ivy League season opener.

SPORTS | 10/01/2009

Football: Culbreath to sit out against Columbia

Princeton opens its Ivy League season this Saturday at home against Columbia. The Tigers (1-1) opened the season with a 38-7 loss at home to The Citadel and picked up their first win last weekend at Lehigh, when they beat the Mountain Hawks, 17-14.

SPORTS | 10/01/2009

Women's Soccer: Team shoots for first Ivy victory

Let’s try this again.The women’s soccer team will attempt to claim its first Ivy League victory this Saturday when it travels to Hanover, N.H., to take on Dartmouth (4-4 overall, 1-0 Ivy League).

SPORTS | 10/01/2009

Field Hockey: Tigers face stern test in unbeaten UConn

In posting a convincing 5-2 victory over Yale last Saturday, the field hockey team sent a clear message to the rest of the Ivy League: The road to the Ancient Eight title runs through Princeton, N.J.

SPORTS | 10/01/2009

Cross Country: Tigers gear up for crucial invitational at Notre Dame

The men’s and women’s cross-country teams will each send their top nine runners to South Bend, Ind., for the 54th running of the Notre Dame Invitational this Friday.

SPORTS | 09/30/2009

Dear Daily Princetonian: Fourth of July in hot dog heaven

Sixty-eight hot dogs in 10 minutes.

SPORTS | 09/30/2009

Football: He just keeps going...

Scott Britton generally isn’t the biggest player on the field. He’s rarely the fastest. But if it’s a question about energy, you’d be hard-pressed to find a linebacker in the Ivy League who plays at a more frenetic and relentless pace than Britton, Princeton’s senior co-captain and returning all-Ivy League performer.

SPORTS | 09/30/2009

Column: Favre's lust for the limelight continues

Do you think Mary from ?There?s Something About Mary? has ever regretted her decision to be with Ted over Brett Favre?

SPORTS | 09/30/2009

Dear Daily Princetonian: Newsflash: The U.S. cares about soccer

Wearing the white jersey of the American national soccer team while surrounded by a crush of green, the color of the Mexican squad ? I felt particularly alone.

SPORTS | 09/29/2009

Women's Soccer: Early goal lifts team to victory

After a tough loss to Yale in its Ivy League opener, the women’s soccer team got back on track Tuesday night against Fairfield (6-5) winning its first road game of the season, 1-0, off a goal from senior defender and tri-captain Melissa Seitz.

SPORTS | 09/29/2009

Women's Soccer: For Seitz, old habits die hard

Most athletes have superstitious habits, and women’s soccer senior defender Melissa Seitz is no exception.

SPORTS | 09/29/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Bates, Tigers look to future

The 2009 princeton men?s lacrosse season seemed so promising for so long. But it ended in a pile of a dust with a 6-4 loss to Cornell in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. Then, coming off a 13-3 season that marked something of a renaissance for Princeton lacrosse, head coach Bill Tierney departed for the University of Denver.

SPORTS | 09/29/2009

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