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Krongard ’61 seeks pro lax career at 67

Each year, a handful of Princeton graduates pursue the dream of becoming a professional athlete. Though not all succeed, most of them have at least two traits in common: youth and inexperience.Major League Lacrosse (MLL) rookie Howard Krongard ?61 has neither.At 67 years old, Krongard, a former bureaucrat, has dreams of playing in the MLL, the nation?s premier lacrosse league.

Senior spring, take the road less traveled

The school year is quickly winding down. For some of us, like yours truly, the same can be said about the entire college experience.

Home run queen also a triple threat

In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the softball team trailing Cornell, sophomore first baseman and pitcher Jamie Lettire steps to the plate.The Ivy South title is hanging in the balance, and a loss might force the Tigers into an all-or-nothing tiebreaker game.Lettire clears the dirt, wiggles her bat and calmly knocks a home run out of Class of 1985 Field to secure a Princeton victory.This scenario occurred not once, but twice, this past weekend against Cornell, earning Lettire Ivy League co-Player of the Week honors.Lettire?s versatility and calmness under pressure has sparked the Tigers? success this season.She is the only player on the team who has started all 45 games, and she holds the Tigers? second-highest batting average.

Princeton cruises past Rider

There was no Peter Fonda ? and a lot fewer motorcycles ? but if the baseball team?s season finale had been a movie, the title unquestionably would have been ?Easy Rider.?Playing only 10 minutes away from campus in nearby Lawrenceville, the Tigers exploded for eight runs in the second inning yesterday en route to an effortless 14-3 victory over a talented Rider team.

Terrapins trounce Tigers

That classic song ?Anything you can do I can do better? pretty much captured the dynamic in the women?s lacrosse game last night.

From HIS department to an MLB front office

Having written his thesis about segregation and discrimination in Baltimore, Mark Shapiro ?89 hardly seemed destined for a career as a sports executive.

Talented recruits lack size

Despite a 6-23 record in head coach Sydney Johnson ?97?s first season, the men?s basketball team has many positives to look forward to in the offseason.

On Tap with Michelle Tolfa

Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: My ?welcome to college sports? moment was probably when I started pitching a game over spring break against Stanford, one of the top college softball teams in the U.S.

Let’s all stroke together like the Princeton crew

In certain sports, trash talking is a way to get inside of an opponent?s head, often providing a mental edge that can be the key to victory.

Opening round pace not sustained

After coming out Saturday firing on all cylinders in round one of the Cavalier Classic in Virginia, the men?s golf team seemed to run out of gas for round two.

Win over Maryland clinches third spot

The No. 20 women?s water polo team finished its season on a high note, clinching a third-place finish at the 2008 Eastern Championships hosted by the University of Michigan this past weekend.

Lightweights keep Class of 1999 Cup

The No. 1 women?s lightweight crew seems completely undaunted by top-ranked teams, breaking out its best races when they are most needed.Just one week after pulling past No.

Heavyweights retake Carnegie Cup from Yale

After failing to take the Compton Cup from Harvard one week earlier, the No. 5 men?s heavyweight crew returned home to reclaim the Carnegie Cup in a heated race with Yale and Cornell.In 2007, Yale hosted and won the Carnegie Cup regatta.

Tigers win with ‘ugly’ no-hitter

In the last start of his career for the baseball team, senior righthander Steven Miller brought meaning to a game that was supposed to be irrelevant, overcoming six walks, two unearned runs and a reversed home run call to register the first complete-game no-hitter by a Tiger since 1973.?That was probably the ugliest no-hitter that?s ever been thrown,? Miller said with a grin after his historic 3-2 win over Cornell on Sunday.

Miller no-hits Cornell in final start

In the last start of his career for the baseball team, senior righthander Steven Miller brought meaning to a game that was supposed to be irrelevant, overcoming six walks, two unearned runs and a reversed home run call to register the first complete-game no-hitter by a Tiger since 1973.

Runners peaking with Heps approaching

For one weekend a year, Penn?s Franklin Field becomes the epicenter of American track and field.

Offense fails to live up to 'Clockwork' moniker

Clockwork Orange, also known as Princeton?s men?s ultimate frisbee team, was in action this weekend in the most important tournament of its season.

Slow start opens door for big upset

The men?s lacrosse team found itself in familiar territory Saturday afternoon during the opening minutes of the first quarter as it trailed Dartmouth, 3-0.

Tigers in hunt for Ivy title

Some of the most common features of championship teams are a will to win and the knack for making it happen.

Photos from ultimate frisbee's Regional tournament