Sports

Princeton outdone in rainy game

One might have looked at the weather for the baseball team?s game against Monmouth yesterday and thought, ?When it rains, it pours.?You could almost say the same thing about the scoreline.Monmouth (8-8 overall) boasts a relentless lineup that produced 44 runs in its three most recent games ? all victories ? before facing the Tigers (10-12, 2-2 Ivy League). Princeton gave the Hawks a run for their money, piling up eight runs in the first four innings before the bats went cold, allowing Monmouth to come back for an 11-8 victory.?They kind of got runs throughout the whole game,? head coach Scott Bradley said.

Brown upset by women's varsity

Both Princeton women?s crews turned heads at their opening races this weekend, defeating key opponents at home and on the West Coast.

Latest craze tinged by Americans' envy of Brits

Certain things are revered as part of the American culture ? baseball, apple pie, hot dogs and F-22s ? but then there are things so foreign that Americans neither understand nor care about them.?That?s why we decided to make a cricket team,? Paul O?Malley ?09 said.

Middle of order keys Ivy weekend sweep

After one of the toughest spring break road trips in recent memory, the softball team (7-17 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) began its Ivy League schedule on a high note with sweeps of Dartmouth (4-15, 0-2) and Harvard (7-14, 0-2). The Saturday doubleheader with the Big Green showcased the Tigers? offensive potential as Princeton notched 4-3 and 8-2 victories.

Tigers sweep visiting Crimson

New season, different teams, same results. After starting the 2007 season with two losses, followed by two wins, the Princeton baseball team has repeated the process to begin the 2008 campaign.

Field athletes tops at Quadrangular meet

On Saturday, the Princeton men?s track and field team traveled to Annapolis, Md., to compete against Colgate, Navy and Penn in the Quadrangular meet.

Slideshow: Baseball (April 1, 2008)

Slideshow: Softball (April 1, 2008)

Varsity crew bears down, beats Hoyas

In its first dual meet in recent history, Princeton?s varsity men?s heavyweight crew used its home-lake advantage to defeat the Georgetown Hoyas in the first race of the sprint season.

Drumm’s five leads home rout

Kicking off its Ivy League schedule with a bang, the women?s lacrosse team proved its flawless season is based on far more than just luck.

N.D. ends tourney dreams

MADISON, Wis. ? Yesterday morning, college hockey fans across the nation picked up the newspaper and were severely misled.

Despite leading late, Princeton falls to Bucknell

Though the No. 16 women?s water polo team dominated three quarters of play, it dropped a tight 6-5 decision to Bucknell at Kinney Natatorium in Pennsylvania last Friday.

Lennox All-America in 200 butterfly

Placing fourth in the NCAA 200 butterfly final, in addition to earning his first career All-America honor, junior swimmer Doug Lennox can add last weekend?s success to his already lengthy list of accomplishments.

Men win, women lose against Ivy foe Penn

Before the men?s and women?s tennis teams faced off against Penn this weekend to open their Ivy seasons, both teams were confident in their chances.?We all have our sights on being the best program in the league,? women?s head coach Kathy Sell said.Unfortunately for the Tigers, they stumbled out of the gate, as the women fell at home to the Quakers, 5-2.

Tigers beat Yale for second-straight win

It was a brisk and chilly day in Princeton, but that did not stop the men?s lacrosse team from putting up red-hot numbers in front of a capacity crowd at the Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday.Princeton (4-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) won its second consecutive game and posted its first Ivy League victory of the season, beating Yale (2-5, 0-3) 11-8 in the 89th meeting between the two schools.

Champion stars for school, country

Take a look at the rosters of the women?s water polo teams at Stanford, USC and UCLA, and you will find what almost amounts to a complete checklist of players on the U.S.

The shin bone’s connected to the thigh bone

When asked what the connections between Princeton and the National Football League are, most people would respond, ?What connections??

Hill ’85 coaches for NBA-leading Boston Celtics

The quiet galleries of the Lawrenceville Art Museum, on the campus of The Lawrenceville School in central New Jersey, are a long way away from the pulsating arenas of the NBA.

Davis, ‘D’ crucial in comeback

Less than three minutes remained in the first half of the men?s lacrosse game last night when Rutgers? Justin Pennington thought he had tallied his third goal of the game to give the Scarlet Knights a 6-3 lead.

Tigers don pads for spring practice

The football team has taken the field again for its spring season, but unlike previous years when a starting quarterback has yet to emerge, this year?s squad has a relative dearth at the position.