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Women's Water Polo: In the water, junior utility a true Champion

Women's Water Polo: In the water, junior utility a true Champion

Apparently, bagels ? not Wheaties ? are the true breakfast of Champions. Before joining the women?s water polo team, junior utility Phoebe Champion was a high school standout who ate a bagel or two after each morning practice.The regimen must have been effective, as Champion earned three Junior Olympian All-American honors and played for the U.S.

SPORTS | 02/04/2009

Scottie doesn’t know (sports)

I don?t have an ex-girlfriend named Fiona, and I don?t think Matt Damon had sex with one of my previous girlfriends on my birthday, but I guess I don?t know.

SPORTS | 02/04/2009

Women's Water Polo: Hopes high for No. 16 Tigers

The women?s water polo team kicks off its 2009 campaign Saturday morning at DeNunzio Pool, hoping to pick up where it left off last year.

SPORTS | 02/04/2009

Super Bull XLIII

The game I watched — riddled with quizzical play-calling, bonehead penalties, questionable officiating and a highly-controversial ending — was far from the best Super Bowl ever. Was it exciting? The fourth quarter was, yes. And was it close? For sure, but no closer than the three other Super Bowls in my lifetime alone that have come down to the final play.

SPORTS | 02/04/2009

Women's Tennis: Confident young squad expected to shine

Kathy Sell?s optimism is remarkable even for a head coach: She noted that, for the upcoming season, ?everyone should fear us.?The women's tennis team was ranked 61st in the national preseason poll, higher than any of its Ivy League opponents.

SPORTS | 02/03/2009

Men's Tennis: Convincing victory caps off weekend

Like the fuzzy yellow ball in a tennis match, the men?s tennis team endured ups and downs in its season-opening competitions this past week in Virginia.Princeton (1-2) began the year by hitting the road for three matches.

SPORTS | 02/03/2009

Men's Swimming & Diving: Men dominate foes at HYP

Correction appendedThe No. 21 men?s swimming and diving team staged a comeback at Harvard?s Blodgett Pool on Sunday evening, overcoming a six-point deficit to defeat Harvard (6-1 Ivy League) 193-160 and Yale (3-3) 253-100.

SPORTS | 02/03/2009

Women's Swimming & Diving: Ivy rivals no match for Tigers

The No. 25-ranked women?s swimming and diving team embodied the phrase ?team effort? this past weekend, pushing through several illnesses and injuries to win this year?s renewal of the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) competition.Princeton (6-0 Ivy League) defeated Harvard (6-1) 170-148.5 and Yale (3-3) 209-110 at the tournament, hosted at Harvard?s Blodgett Pool.

SPORTS | 02/03/2009

Squash: Women gain revenge over Quakers

A convincing 6-3 victory over No. 2 Penn last Wednesday has put the No. 1-ranked women?s squash team in prime position to regain the Ivy League title it relinquished to the Quakers last season.

SPORTS | 02/02/2009

Wrestling: Forfeits plague Tigers out West

Though the wrestling team?s season has been a dramatic improvement from last year?s, a sobering trip to the West Coast over Intersession showed just how far the team has to go.

SPORTS | 02/02/2009

Fencing: Key fencers guide Princeton to victory

The end of exams signaled the start of a busy weekend for Princeton fencing. Both the men and the women kicked off Intersession by hosting the first home meet of the season in Jadwin Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 02/02/2009

Track & Field: Princeton fares well at Penn St.

Both the men?s and women?s track and field teams had successful outings at the Penn State National Open on Jan.

SPORTS | 02/02/2009

Men's Basketball: Tigers flawless in five

Fasten your seatbelts: It looks like the seemingly unstoppable men’s basketball team, whose performance over Intersession gave the Tigers their first five-game win streak since 2004, is just getting started.

SPORTS | 02/01/2009

Men's Volleyball: Princeton notches one win during difficult road trip

The men’s volleyball team’s annual Intersession road trip to California is a bit of a homecoming for much of the team. Though eight of the squad’s 15 members hail from the Golden State, it took all four games for the Tigers to settle in: They lost their first three games of the new season before recording a convincing win for the ride back to New Jersey.

SPORTS | 02/01/2009

Men's Hockey: Win over Brown ends four-game league skid

With less than one minute left to play in the men’s hockey team’s 5-1 victory over Brown, freshman forward Brodie Zuk stuck his skate out to block a shot. The play had little effect on the outcome of the game.

SPORTS | 02/01/2009

Women's Basketball: Ivy’s best provide tough test

Usually when a team loses back-to-back games, its coach is more upset than Courtney Banghart was Saturday night. The women’s basketball head coach only expressed affection for her players, an affection she had seen reflected in the large crowds at both games.

SPORTS | 02/01/2009

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