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Women's Soccer: Still perfect at Myslik

Women's Soccer: Still perfect at Myslik

It had all the makings of a classic trap game. Sandwiched between two weekend matchups with Ivy League contenders and played in front of a mostly empty Roberts Stadium, a midweek game against Lehigh would have been easy to overlook.Judging by the women?s soccer team?s at times lackluster play, the Tigers seem to have done just that, as Princeton (8-1-2 overall, 2-0-1 Ivy League) was unable to control possession against the Mountain Hawks (4-8-1). In the end, however, the Tigers defeated their non-conference foe, 1-0, to run their unbeaten streak to nine games and extend their astonishing scoreless streak to 690 minutes.?It was a midweek game,? head coach Julie Shackford said.

SPORTS | 10/15/2008

Men's Soccer: Crowd treated to second straight shutout

The men?s soccer team is sick and tired of coming up short in close games, and that frustration seemed to have a positive effect

SPORTS | 10/15/2008

Intramural Sports: Teams take a break before playoffs start

It?s fall at Princeton, and that means only one thing for hundreds of students around campus: participation in a wide variety of intramural sports.

SPORTS | 10/15/2008

On tap with ... senior middle blocker Lindsey Ensign

Q: What has been the greatest highlight in your sports career?A: Best moment would have to be last year at our last Ivy League game against Penn.

SPORTS | 10/14/2008

Women's Soccer: Flat-back four not caught on its heels

The numbers are gaudy ? three goals allowed in 10 games, seven clean sheets, a 600-minute goalless streak, a goalie with a .914 save percentage ? but perhaps more impressive than the women?s soccer team?s defensive statistics so far this season are its expectations for the rest of the year.?No goals against for the rest of the season,? senior defender Taylor Numann said.A lofty goal?

SPORTS | 10/14/2008

Alumni: Evans ’76 watched 25 years of change

Weller Evans ?76 never thought that his summer job as a locker-room attendant, which consisted of handing out cool drinks to tennis players and collecting dirty towels at a tennis club, would someday lead him to his dream job.

SPORTS | 10/14/2008

Field Hockey: Terps top Tigers 5-0

The field hockey team was in action last night in its toughest matchup of the season against No. 2 Maryland.

SPORTS | 10/14/2008

Club Sports: Women of West Windsor can tackle, too

Though rugby may not be the most popular or well-known sport on campus, the athletes on the women?s rugby team certainly regard it as fun and rewarding.Just ask junior co-captain Elaine Bigelow how she feels about rugby.?I had a best friend who played all through college and told me how much fun it was,? Bigelow said.

SPORTS | 10/14/2008

No. 11 Pacific upset in SoCal

The men?s water polo team faced off against five top-20 teams this past weekend, including three top-six programs, and finished 11th overall at the annual SoCal Tournament.

SPORTS | 10/13/2008

Princeton sets sights on No. 1 team in nation

Each season, every team has one regular-season game that gets circled on the calendar during preseason, one showdown that could instantly turn the year into a success.

SPORTS | 10/13/2008

Preyer, Shoji post wins in Big Apple

Five members of the men?s tennis team traveled to New York City last weekend for the Columbia Invitational, a 12-team tournament that included Harvard, Penn, Columbia and Cornell.The Tigers posted a mixed performance at the three-day event, with unexpectedly strong showings from two underclassmen, sophomore Parker Preyer and freshman Yohei Shoji, and disappointingly early exits for two of the squad?s top players, senior Alex Vuckovic and junior George Carpeni.

SPORTS | 10/13/2008

U.S. wins gold with Tigers on the field

The 2009 Women?s Junior World Cup in field hockey will be hosted at Harvard, where Constance Applebee introduced the game to the United States in 1901.

SPORTS | 10/13/2008

Dixon, Soroka score first touchdowns of the season

The sprint football team took on Cornell this past Friday at home on Powers Field. In one of the team?s best overall performances this season, the Tigers scored their first two touchdowns but came out on the losing end of a 40-14 battle.

SPORTS | 10/13/2008

Tigers continue Ivy run

It has been almost two years and exactly 18 league matches since the women?s volleyball team has lost in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 10/12/2008

Inability to stop the pass proves fatal

If head coach Roger Hughes had known before Saturday?s game that the Tigers would outrush Colgate, he would have felt good about the football team?s chances.

SPORTS | 10/12/2008

Men's soccer falls 3-2 in brutally physical game

A theme has become apparent for the men?s soccer team: close losses.The Tigers were tied or held the lead for nearly 42 minutes in Saturday's game, but a Brown goal with three minutes, 18 seconds left on the clock sealed Princeton?s eighth loss of the season, 3-2.Despite two goals by sophomore midfielder Brandon Busch, the Tigers (2-8-1 overall, 0-1-1 Ivy League) fell short, allowing two second-half goals by Bears midfielder Nick Elenz-Martin.Elenz-Martin?s first came at 60:13 when the midfielder pushed a long throw-in from the far touchline into the net.

SPORTS | 10/12/2008

Career days overshadowed by last-second Colgate FG

Two weeks ago, Princeton was ecstatic after a last-second Connor Louden field goal sealed a 10-7 victory over Lehigh.

SPORTS | 10/12/2008

Women's soccer draws 0-0 with Brown

The women?s soccer team, often blessed with lucky last-minute opportunities this season, was poised to pull off another heart-stopping win in the closing moments of Saturday afternoon?s game against Brown.

SPORTS | 10/10/2008

Men's Soccer: Panthers win on overtime penalty kick

The men?s soccer team came close enough to victory that it could almost taste it. After 90 hard-fought minutes and three more in overtime, the Tigers just couldn?t put the icing on the cake, losing to Adelphi 2-1 in yet another hotly contested loss.After rallying to score a goal in the second half, Princeton (2-7-1 overall, 0-0-1 Ivy League) was called for fouling an attacking Panther in the box.

SPORTS | 10/09/2008

Football: Scott will pose major challenge for front seven

Colgate?s Jordan Scott is unquestionably the best running back in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), so when the Princeton football team heads to Hamilton, N.Y., for its final non-league game of the season against Colgate (3-2 overall), the Tigers will have to be perfect on both sides of the ball to come away with a victory.The Tigers (2-1, 1-0 Ivy League) are coming off an exciting win in their Ivy opener at Columbia, in which senior quarterback and tri-captain Brian Anderson capped a sensational afternoon with a 52-yard bomb to up-and-coming sophomore wideout Trey Peacock for the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter.

SPORTS | 10/09/2008

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