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Delaware ousts Tigers

QUEENS, N.Y. ? As the old saying goes, "All good things must come to an end."The women's volleyball team learned that lesson in painful fashion Friday night, as the Tigers (22-4 overall, 14-0 Ivy League) lost 3-1 to Delaware (31-4 overall) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at St.

Tigers fall to Cornell in road split

On a weekend when the women's hockey team needed to win two games to keep pace in the ECAC Hockey conference, the Tigers went 1-1, beating Colgate handily, 4-2, but dropping a frustrating 3-2 decision to Cornell.The Tigers (5-7-2 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) out-shot the Big Red (7-4-1, 4-1-1) 26-18 Saturday night, but were unable to convert when necessary in a scoreless third period.

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Union win is first home victory on the season

The men's hockey team may not have gotten the weekend sweep it hoped for, but the Tigers were able to get one major monkey off their backs, picking up their first home victory of the season Saturday night at Baker Rink.After falling to Rensselaer 4-3 on Friday night, Princeton (5-5-0 overall, 4-4-0 ECAC Hockey) came back to defeat Union 4-3 the next day, bringing the team back to .500 for the season.Eager to forget the tough loss to the Engineers the night before, the Tigers came prepared against the Dutchmen (3-6-2, 1-3-2) and were able to jump out to an early lead.Seven minutes, three seconds into the first period, junior forward Lee Jubinville made what appeared to be a perfect pass to junior forward Brett Wilson in the crease.

Strong rebounding yields second win versus St. Francis

The women's basketball team succeeds when it's free to run the floor, but over the past week, Princeton (2-6 overall) has seen that approach deliver mixed results.The Tigers out-rebounded St.

Tigers must adopt a New York state of mind

Beginning a crucial six-game road trip, the women's hockey team will seek to take advantage of this weekend's games to get back into contention in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League (ECACHL).Sitting in eighth place in the 12-team league, the Tigers (4-6-2 overall, 2-4-1 ECACHL) take on conference opponents Colgate (4-7-1, 3-1-0 ) and Cornell (5-4-1, 2-1-1) this weekend, traveling to Hamilton, N.Y., to face the Raiders tonight before moving on to Ithaca, N.Y., for tomorrow's contest against the Big Red.

Digging for history

There's nothing quite like watching Tigers fight Blue Hens in Queens for the potential chance to take on a Red Storm.Tonight at 6 p.m., that exact scenario will be played out with implications every bit as fantastic as the names involved.

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RPI and Union visit Baker Rink

Fresh off a season-revitalizing 4-2 victory over Quinnipiac (5-4-2 overall, 2-2-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League), the men's hockey team (4-4-0, 3-3-0) will welcome No.

Princeton takes on Rutgers

Last weekend, college football fans across the country witnessed one of the nation's oldest and fiercest rivalries when Kansas faced Missouri in a much-anticipated clash.

Former coaches make tough decision, move to Texas

When Maureen '97 and Richard Barron announced their departure from their respective positions as head softball and women's basketball coaches last spring, it came as quite a surprise.

New Tiger coach Milena Flores spent two years with the WNBA's Miami Sol

During assistant women's basketball coach Milena Flores' senior year at Stanford, she was offered the ultimate postgraduate opportunity.

Seton Hall too much for Tigers

The men's basketball team dropped its fourth straight game last night, 65-55, to Seton Hall at Jadwin Gym.

Princeton takes on St. Francis in Brooklyn, hosts Duquesne

The women's basketball team looks to add a few non-conference wins to its resume with two games this weekend.

Work, but still just a game

For most people, football is just a game ? a game that fills up languid weekend afternoons and gives Thanksgiving more meaning than mere turkeys and Pilgrims.

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Fencing is a family affair for Hohensee brothers

Collegiate athletes often say their teammates are like family. For most, the comparison is merely a simile, but for the Hohensee siblings, two members of the men's fencing team, teammates are not like family.

U. pairs profs with players

From working out in Dillon Gym to attending nearly every women's volleyball team home game, the Princeton faculty clearly share more than just an academic bond with the student-athletes they encounter in the classroom.With this in mind, Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 created the Academic-Athletic Fellows program in the mid-1990s, pairing faculty members with specific teams to encourage the expansion of student-teacher relationships outside the classroom."I created it to break down barriers between faculty and student-athletes," Walters said, "to facilitate communication between student-athletes and faculty and to complement the advising system already here at Princeton."Drawing inspiration from his own experiences as a member of the men's basketball team and his personal academic mentors, Walters created a program in which students could talk to faculty members about academic and personal issues in a confidential way.

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Seton Hall is next test for Tigers

Hawaii may be alluring with its beaches and beautiful weather, but for the men's basketball team, there is no place like home.