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Cornell no obstacle for Tigers

There are many ways to mark one's territory. For the women's lacrosse team (4-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League), a dominating score was the pick of the day, as the Tigers romped to an 18-9 win against Cornell (2-6, 1-2) in their Ivy League opener Saturday.If the five-hour drive to Ithaca was frustrating, the Tigers certainly found an outlet for their stress in the game.

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Hewit saves 14 in win

NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? When asked about the men's lacrosse team's offensive performance Saturday, head coach Bill Tierney worried that his response might be too vulgar to print.

Defeats could hurt seeding in end of year tournament

The men's volleyball team took a punishing tour through Pennsylvania this weekend, as No. 6 Penn State (16-5 overall, 9-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Division) tripped up the Tigers (8-8, 6-5) with a sweep on Friday and East Stroudsburg (8-9, 3-5) kicked them while they were down the next day in a four-game triumph.The losses dropped Princeton from second to fourth in its division with only one conference game remaining and seeding for the EIVA tournament looming just two weeks away.Just as they did when the teams met in Dillon Gym in February, the Nittany Lions made quick work of the Tigers.

Two solid wins mark weekend road trip

If history is any indication, the No. 16 women's water polo team is in great position to win its fourth-consecutive Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Championship.

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Pitching depth is key in Ivy schedule

After spending nearly a month on the road, the baseball team has returned home to Clarke Field to defend its turf and its 2006 Ivy League title.

Sub-4 miler Masback '77 now CEO of USA Track & Field

College admissions offices, alarmed at the number of applications from students with bulging, possibly inflated resumes that list more activities than number of hours in a given week, have started to say they are not looking for well-rounded applicants so much as well-lopsided ones ? good students with a particular aptitude or musical interest or proven athletic ability.Back when Craig Masback '77, now CEO of USA Track & Field (USATF), applied to Princeton in 1973, he would have defied any such categorization.

Rutgers wins Jersey battle

When a team falls into a cold spell, it can often seem as if the opponents are hitting with bigger bats.

Offense to unload on Yale in Ivy opener

It's midway through the season and the men's lacrosse team has found its groove. Over spring break, No.

No. 10 Princeton starts Ivy season with the goal of a championship

Coming off a tough loss against No. 3 Virginia last Saturday, the women's lacrosse team (3-3 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) is looking to bounce back.

Struggling Brown is first Ivy foe

It's a good thing the spring season is a marathon and not a sprint, because in the short run, the Princeton softball team would be out of contention already.

NFL players too tangled with the law

Just over two weeks ago, rival players Joey Porter, a former Steeler, and Levi Jones, a current Bengal, were involved in an incident in a Las Vegas casino.

A 'goon squad' without 'chucks' or 'sizzlers'

Hot Hands. Sparkle. Zentar. Ranger Rick.Though these names may sound like characters from a failed Saturday morning cartoon, they are, in fact, a roster ? just a few of the many nicknames given to players on the men's volleyball team.

Senior proposes NGO for youth sports in Pakistan

Most young soccer players have coaches and parents who emphasize that at the end of the day, "it's just a game." For senior tennis player Darcy Robertson, however, the lessons she has learned from sports last long after the game is over.Robertson, a veteran member of the Princeton varsity squad who began her tournament tennis career at the tender age of nine, has had a racquet at her side "from the moment I can remember." The lessons which Robertson has taken from tennis extend far beyond the athletic arena and have helped her in her academic career as a Wilson School major."[Tennis has] taught me so many lessons; it's given me so much strength throughout my life.

Tigers fall to Rutgers

There is a type of weather that emerges every year sometime in late March. It's not always the warmest day of the year or the one with the most sunshine, but something in the air signifies the arrival of something great.

'Pills' still a force on the bench

Sometimes the greatest decisions in life are made unknowingly. When Elizabeth Pillion '05 decided to pick up lacrosse, she hadn't put too much thought into it.

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Men's lightweights top Midshipmen

After an intense week of practice over spring break, the men's lightweight crew and women's open crew launched their spring seasons over the weekend.Both teams hosted regattas at home on Lake Carnegie, with the men challenging Navy and the women facing both Brown and Ohio State.

Westgarth and Powe skate right into AHL

March Madness ? a time to agonize over filling out brackets, cheer on local underdogs in vain and inevitably lose a few (or more than a few) bucks to the lucky friend who entered the pool but doesn't know a thing about sports.