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Birdies lead golf to victory

Fore! Watch out! The Princeton women?s golf team was taking everyone out at the Hoya Women?s Invitational tournament as it secured its first tournament win of the spring season Tuesday in Beallsville, Md.Not only did the Tigers win the team title, but junior Susannah Aboff beat out Rollins College?s Joanna Coe by two strokes, winning her second-straight individual title.

One of Princeton's oldest clubs flourishes

In 1869, Princeton invented America?s most popular sport, football, when it allowed ?blocking? in a match against Rutgers.

Princeton drops two straight

Having a nearly month-long break in the middle of the season makes it easy for a team to lose focus and lose sight of its goal.

Tar Heels win dirty en route to Final Four

It?s been three long years, but my Tar Heels are finally going back to the Final Four!It?s not that I?m giddy just because my roommate now owes me a whole sandwich from Hoagie Haven (we bet half a hoagie on whether the Heels would make the Final Four, plus the half he already owes me after I picked Tailor Made to win ?I Love New York? season two). But when you grow up in North Carolina, you learn to pick a shade of blue (or red if you?re a loser and like NC State) ? and bleed that color for life.

From Babe to Bonds, class takes on game's history

In the classic baseball movie ?Bull Durham,? Crash Davis, an impetuous veteran of the minor leagues, tells Ebby Calvin LaLoosh, a promising rookie who Davis takes under his wing, that America?s favorite pastime is ?a very simple game.

Injuries, rust hit Tigers in defeat

Three weeks came and went between the men?s volleyball team?s tough loss to Penn State and its contest last night against New York University.

Freshman Ezzy windsurfs the world’s waves

If you ask freshman Graham Ezzy how he spends his summers, you will likely receive an unassuming response about windsurfing or traveling.

High-octane offense looks for eight

Fresh off a tight 8-7 victory over Virginia and a 19-10 thrashing of Cornell last weekend, the women?s lacrosse team (7-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) is currently on a roll.

On tap with ... Christine Casaceli

Q: What was your welcome to college moment?A: Every year all of the incoming freshmen on the lacrosse team go to Princeton?s summer lacrosse camp, which is partially staffed by many of the current players.

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.