Sports

Non-Ivy problems continue

Tuesday wasn?t a good day to be a hitter. In a matchup with Patriot League power Lehigh, the softball team found itself on the wrong side of a 3-1 pitchers? duel between two dominant starters.Princeton (20-21 overall, 15-1 Ivy League) sent senior righthander Kristen Schaus to the circle.

Wilf '84 moves from Tigers' broadcast booth to owner's booth

At first glance, Mark Wilf ?84 seems like just another alum who made good and is now sharing the wealth with his alma mater.

Weekend nets fourth straight split

Another weekend passes by, marked by another Saturday filled with wins and another Sunday filled with losses.

Women end season on four-game win streak

The men?s and women?s tennis teams closed out their regular seasons this weekend with their final two Ivy League matches against Columbia and Cornell.

Aboff wins Ivy title, but team finishes third

Despite a dominant individual performance by junior Susannah Aboff, the women?s golf team came up just short in the Ivy League championship, finishing in third behind Harvard and Columbia.

Buzzer-beater seals crown

With two seconds left in overtime and the women?s water polo team still tied with Bucknell, sophomore utility Helen Meigs launched a perfect lob shot from five meters that sailed over the opposing goalie and hit the back of the net at the buzzer.

Lightweight women leave Hoyas in wake

After racing in Orlando last weekend, the No. 1 women?s lightweight crew brought the Sunshine State?s pleasantly warm weather home for Saturday?s Class of 2006 Cup.

Princeton undone in EIVA quarterfinals

It was not supposed to end this way.The men?s volleyball team was supposed to go to the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Championship game and maybe even to the NCAA tournament.

Equipment violation dooms women's lacrosse

The women?s lacrosse coaches? display of electric intensity as they hollered at one another over the lacrosse stick being examined by the referees was only a fraction of the intensity shown on the field.

Hat trick kicks off barrage

Tinney notches personal best in 5,000m

Hundreds of track athletes from around the Northeast arrived at Princeton?s Larry Ellis Invitational on Friday and Saturday, with many hoping to turn in a new personal record or qualify for the NCAA regionals.

No sweep for Tigers this time

Undefeated in Ivy League play heading into consecutive weekend series with Penn and Cornell, the softball team seemed primed to run away with the Ivy League title.

Last shot at NCAA berth lies in defeating No. 3-ranked Cornell

As its season winds down, the men?s lacrosse team faces new adversity on a daily basis. The Tigers have found themselves in a must-win situation going into tomorrow?s game against No.

Big Green visits Class of 1952

Shaken from its first defeat of the season at the hands of No. 6 Penn on Wednesday, the women?s lacrosse team will return to Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday to face the only other Ivy League team that has beaten them at home since the 1991 season: Dartmouth.

Both fresh off sweeps of Villanova, the Tigers and Quakers square off

As the New England Patriots learned this past February, perfection is not an easy standard to maintain.

Princeton takes doubleheader over Wildcats

Princeton (17-19 overall, 12-0 Ivy League) took a break from the pressure of maintaining a perfect Ivy League record yesterday as it traveled to Villanova (15-21-1) for its annual doubleheader against the Wildcats.

Love baseball? Sabermetrics may be for you

To misquote Yogi Berra, 90 percent of the game is physical. The other half is math.In 2002, the Red Sox management, including Larry Lucchino ?67, the team?s president and CEO, hired sabermetrician Bill James as a senior baseball operations advisor.

Live updates for today's men's and women's lacrosse games

Tune into the Daily Princetonian's sports blog for live updates on today's men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse and men's volleyball contests.

EIVA playoffs kicking off after inconsistent season

If the men?s volleyball team (11-9 overall, 6-6 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Division) has a favorite book, it must be Robert Louis Stevenson?s ?The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.? At the very least, this oft-read classic is rather symbolic of Princeton?s rollercoaster season.

Rookie comes with hype and delivers in full

When you come from the Delbarton School ? which has produced dozens of great lacrosse players, most recently Princeton senior All-Americans Alex Hewit and Dan Cocoziello ? are named the lacrosse state player of the year in a high school lacrosse hotbed and are ranked the No.