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Field Hockey: Tigers aim for Ivy title

Field Hockey: Tigers aim for Ivy title

Last weekend, league-leading Princeton obliterated Harvard, 9-0. Cornell, which is tied with Dartmouth for third place in the standings, lost at home to Harvard, 1-0, two weeks ago. The Tigers face off with the Big Red tonight in their home finale.

SPORTS | 10/29/2009

Football: Wornham & Co. battle vs. Big Red

For the Tigers, the Ivy League title is out of the question. Now they need to win for their pride. Princeton hosts Cornell in what might be the most winnable game remaining on its schedule.

SPORTS | 10/29/2009

Women's Hockey: League opener gives shot at revenge

?Team cohesiveness? is the women?s hockey team?s mantra going into the regular season this weekend.

SPORTS | 10/28/2009

Men's Hockey: Tigers set for Bears, Bulldogs

This season, the Tigers hope to contend for the ECAC Hockey championship again and play deep into March for a third consecutive year.

SPORTS | 10/28/2009

Cross Country: Road to four-peat begins in New York

As the Tigers look to win the Ivy League title for the fourth consecutive year, they can’t rely on the work they’ve already done.

SPORTS | 10/28/2009

On Tap with ... Sean Lynch

Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment? A: My ?welcome to college? moment had to be my first career start as a freshman at Stanford, in front of fairly large home crowd.

SPORTS | 10/28/2009

Women's Tennis: Saiontz, Bartlett excel at Regionals

After a brutal four-day stretch, the semifinal round was where the show stopped for the members of the women’s tennis team on Tuesday morning. The Tigers traveled to New Haven, Conn., to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regional and, despite not returning with a first-place finish, had incredibly strong showings on the weekend.

SPORTS | 10/27/2009

On Tap with ... Taylor Carroll

The women’s volleyball team is currently riding a three-game wining streak, with decisive victories over Ivy League foes Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell. A large part of its success can be attributed to senior rightside hitter Taylor Carroll. Carroll is currently fifth on the team in kills, with 25, and third with a .144 hitting percentage. Contributor Abby Levene caught up with the ultra-versatile Carroll to discuss quirky teammates, pre-game rituals and everything in between.

SPORTS | 10/27/2009

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

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