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Women's Soccer: Shutout loss to Yale marks unremarkable start for Ivy title defense

Women's Soccer: Shutout loss to Yale marks unremarkable start for Ivy title defense

The women’s soccer team appeared to be the more poised, determined and talented team at Roberts Stadium on Saturday. But Yale (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League), unlike Princeton (2-5-1, 0-1), made the most of its limited opportunities on the way to dealing the Tigers a deflating 2-0 loss.

SPORTS | 09/27/2009

Women's Soccer: Title defense starts with Yale at home

The women?s soccer team just put together its most complete performance of the season. A good thing, too, because Princeton (2-4-1 overall) will formally begin its title defense this Saturday when a talented Yale (4-3) team visits Roberts Stadium. The Tigers soundly drubbed Hartford (3-5-1) in just about every way Wednesday night.

SPORTS | 09/24/2009

Football: Lehigh next test for Tigers

Despite a 38-7 loss to The Citadel in the team’s season-opener, Princeton (0-1 overall) remains optimistic about the season heading into its first road game of the year against Lehigh (0-2) on Saturday.

SPORTS | 09/24/2009

Men's Soccer: Princeton California dreamin'

In the mid-19th century, thousands of Americans traveled westward in search of greater fortune. This weekend, the men?s soccer team (4-1-0) will travel to California on a similar quest.

SPORTS | 09/24/2009

Field Hockey: Sharkey to lead squad in Saturday showdown

The four-time defending champions kick off their league schedule Saturday against a Yale team that will be aiming for a considerable upset.

SPORTS | 09/24/2009

Men's Water Polo: Bucknell, George Washington set to invade DeNunzio Pool

The No. 17 men?s water polo team will take on its second and third regular season games this weekend with a match against Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa., on Saturday afternoon and a home game against George Washington on Sunday morning at DeNunzio Pool.

SPORTS | 09/24/2009

Column: Swine flu: A disease of upsets

As I am sure you all know, the H1N1 virus is just like another flu bug that goes away in a week or so. So why does it matter? As some have feared, it appears as if swine flu might have a serious impact on the NCAA.

SPORTS | 09/23/2009

Women's Soccer: Princeton dominates Hartford

After a disappointing start to the season and only one win in the first five games, the women’s soccer team (2-4-1) earned a 3-0 shutout victory and a boost in confidence playing Hartford (3-5-1) in Roberts Stadium last night.

SPORTS | 09/23/2009

Dear Daily Princetonian: A summer of softball

Toward the end of last school year, I decided to spend my summer on campus, and by mid-May, I had settled on a research group based in the computer science department to work with.

SPORTS | 09/23/2009

Field Hockey: Tiger defense shines in shutout

It is often said that tough losses build a team’s character. When a team suffers the agony of defeat, the pain creates moral fiber. On Wednesday night, the field hockey team proved its character.

SPORTS | 09/23/2009

California cool and collected

Last Saturday, sophomore quarterback Tommy Wornham, a native of San Diego, Calif., made his first career start for the Tigers. Wornham completed 24 of 41 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown against The Citadel.

SPORTS | 09/22/2009

Men's Soccer: Tigers sit third in Ivy League

In keeping with form from Ivy League competition last season, No. 15 Dartmouth and Penn currently have the fourth and fifth best overall records in the league, respectively, and they trail No. 8 Harvard, No. 25 Brown and Princeton. Yale and Cornell lag behind the reigning champions, while Columbia has struggled through the early part of the season, remaining in last place.

SPORTS | 09/22/2009

Men's Soccer: Man of many names, talents

They call him Doug. They call him Burnstick. They call him J-Burn. They also call him Dougie Fresh, Burnwall and Bernard, but that’s not his name. He is a junior defender who has quickly transitioned to help out on the offensive end of the pitch as the leading scorer this season for the men’s soccer team. His name is Joshua Doug Walburn.

SPORTS | 09/22/2009

Dear Daily Princetonian: Hello, Mr. Ortiz, nice to meet you

My summer as a sports writing intern for The Washington Times was full of memorable moments. But nothing can top what happened to me at a Washington Nationals game one Wednesday evening in June.

SPORTS | 09/22/2009

Cross Country: Runners light up leaderboard in Maryland

It is often said that success breeds more success. That adage certainly applies to the women’s cross country team as of late.

SPORTS | 09/21/2009

Women's Soccer: Hoy scores first career goal in tie with Towson

Once again, the women’s soccer team edged its opponent in almost every statistical category — except the one that matters most.

SPORTS | 09/21/2009

Golf/Tennis: Underclassmen star for Princeton men

The men’s tennis team hosted nine schools this weekend at the Lenz Tennis Center during the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational. And though the Tigers lost a significant part of last year’s roster to graduation, Princeton finished the three days of competition with a few solid performances.

SPORTS | 09/21/2009

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