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Men's Volleyball: Crucial third-set rally propels Springfield past Princeton

Men's Volleyball: Crucial third-set rally propels Springfield past Princeton

If you looked at the fourth-set score from Saturday’s men’s volleyball game, you could be forgiven for thinking it was perennial power No. 3 Penn State visiting Dillon Gymnasium. It wasn’t. It was Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) rival Springfield College.

SPORTS | 03/02/2009

Women's Water Polo: East's best prove tough challenge

In its toughest weekend so far this season, the women’s water polo team posted only one win in three games, defeating Harvard 13-6 but falling to No. 15 Hartwick 8-6 and No. 14 Michigan 12-5 at the Elite Six Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa.

SPORTS | 03/02/2009

Men's Basketball: Ivy losses avenged at Jadwin

Nothing is quite as sweet as revenge, and the men’s basketball team knows it. Two weeks ago, Princeton (12-12 overall, 7-4 Ivy League) suffered devastating double-digit losses to both Brown (7-19, 1-11) and Yale (12-14, 7-5), so this weekend’s sweep of those same Ivy foes at Jadwin Gymnasium was all the more satisfying.

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers reverse roles vs. JHU

No. 9 Princeton (2-0 overall) returned to Baltimore for its third engagement with Hopkins in the Konica-Minolta Face-off Classic on Saturday and blasted the No. 6 Blue Jays 14-8 (1-1).

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Women's Ice Hockey: Season ends as Princeton drops two straight

Despite the best efforts of the Tigers (18-13-2 overall, 15-8-1 ECAC Hockey), Rensselaer (20-13-4, 13-8-3) posted a 1-0 victory as goalie Sonja van der Bliek stopped every shot the Tigers sent her way. Van der Bliek was aided by a little luck, as Princeton’s best chance in the third period, a slap shot from freshman forward Julie Johnson, rang the left post.

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Men's Hockey: Power-play goals are costly in pair of defeats

Power-play goals were the difference makers this weekend, as Princeton dropped both of its games on its final road trip this season. Dartmouth (14-12-3 overall, 11-9-2 ECAC Hockey) and Harvard (9-14-6, 9-7-6) both scored game-winning goals on the man-advantage.

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Women's Lacrosse: Late flurry of scoring seals win

Tied at nine, No. 8 Princeton (1-0 overall) responded with a vigorous intensity, tallying four straight unanswered goals in the last 11 minutes to secure a 13-9 victory in its season-opener against No. 13 Johns Hopkins (1-2) on Saturday afternoon at Class of 1952 Stadium.

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Women's Basketball: Team victorious in roadies over Brown, Yale

Coming off hard losses last week, the women’s basketball team proved its resiliency with victories over Brown and Yale on the road this past weekend.

SPORTS | 03/01/2009

Men's Hockey: Two points out of first with two left

With only one weekend left in the regular season, a chance to finish first in ECAC Hockey and a road trip against two Ivy League opponents, the men?s hockey team has one priority: playing solid hockey.

SPORTS | 02/26/2009

Women's Squash: Elusive singles title up for grabs this weekend

If anyone is capable of leading a Princeton player to the collegiate singles squash title, it?s women?s squash head coach Gail Ramsay.

SPORTS | 02/26/2009

Women's Basketball: Princeton travels to face cellar dwellers

A week after facing off against the cream of the Ivy League, the women?s basketball team will take on the dregs.Princeton (9-14 overall, 4-5 Ivy League) will travel to Providence, R.I., to tackle Brown (3-21, 1-9) on Friday night at 7 p.m.

SPORTS | 02/26/2009

Men's Basketball: Tigers to battle Ivy rivals at Jadwin

In a season filled with as many ups as downs, the men?s basketball team will try to even things out this weekend when it goes head-to-head against Ivy League rivals Brown and Yale at Jadwin Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 02/26/2009

Women's Ice Hockey: RPI comes to town for best-of-three playoff series

After posting a successful regular season capped by stellar play in 2009, the women?s hockey team will take on Rensselaer in its best-of-three quarterfinal series this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/26/2009

Like father, like son: the tale of two Knights

All too often, young boys grow up thinking they will be different from their fathers but end up just the same.

SPORTS | 02/25/2009

On Tap with ... Tyler Fiorito

Tyler Fiorito answers questions.

SPORTS | 02/25/2009

Swimming & Diving: Kilkuts leads both in and out of pool

A remarkably versatile swimmer, Kilkuts has enjoyed tremendous success in a variety of events throughout her collegiate career, especially in the 200-yard individual medley. She always appears poised to finish first, regardless of the event.

SPORTS | 02/25/2009

Men's Rugby: Ignored and left to bleed

Students and parents have expressed concerns about the University’s failure to provide adequate medical support for members of the men’s club rugby team.

SPORTS | 02/25/2009

Women's Tennis: Team tops Terrapins for third-straight win

After narrowly falling to Yale in the finals of the inaugural ECAC Championship, the women?s tennis team reveled in its home-court advantage this weekend as it hosted St.

SPORTS | 02/24/2009

Skiing: Princeton alpine racers hit the slopes in regional competition

Several members of the Princeton ski and snowboard team competed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) at the Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Va., last weekend.

SPORTS | 02/24/2009

Fencing: Scanlan shines with epee in hand

Speed, athleticism, determination, international success and patience are key characteristics that a world-class fencer often exhibits.

SPORTS | 02/24/2009

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