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Rowers prevail over wind, cold, and foes

It was a successful Saturday for the three Princeton crews in action. The men's heavyweight crew defeated Rutgers in the Raritan River in New Brunswick, the women's open crew placed second in a tri-meet against Cornell and Harvard in Ithaca and the women's lightweight crew hosted and beat MIT and the University of Central Florida.The Tiger women's lightweight team rowed well over a windy, choppy and cold Lake Carnegie.The first varsity eight boat won the 2,000-meter race in seven minutes, thirty-seven seconds, nearly 20 seconds ahead of second-place UCF and 25 seconds ahead of MIT.

Fong takes aim with world's best

In certain "realistic" video games, characters' breathing patterns alter their aim; to compensate for this perturbation, there is usually a control to hold one's breath before firing.

David trumps Goliath at the Masters

This past week's Masters Tournament ? the first major championship of the year ? marked the golf season's unofficial start.

Princeton dismantles NJIT at home

It's always good to be home. After facing some tough opponents on the road in recent weeks and walking away both victorious and not, the men's volleyball team was ready to light it up at Dillon Gym.

Tigers hit regional qualifiers

Despite the chilly weather, the men's and women's track and field teams put on their light running clothing this weekend to host their first invitational of the outdoor track season.

Kovler, Trombino lead breakout on offense

After last weekend's 5-3 victory over Yale, head coach Bill Tierney wanted one thing from his offense: more goals.

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Tigers fail to finish Yale

It's not over until it's over. On Saturday, the women's lacrosse team faced this bitter lesson as the Tigers (4-4 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-5 scoreline after conceding the winning goal to Yale (10-3, 3-1) with 10 seconds left.Lauren Taylor scored the vital goal for the Bulldogs, giving her 49 goals on the season to lead all of Division I.

Two more doubleheaders halved versus league foes

On a weekend that saw unusually brutal April weather knock out major league and college baseball games alike, the Tigers managed to evade the worst of the inclement weather and come away with a pair of wins for the second consecutive weekend."It's worked out well for us so far," junior pitcher Steven Miller said.

Princeton swept, then sweeps in homestand

The softball team bounced back from two Saturday losses to Harvard by sweeping Dartmouth yesterday in its second doubleheader of the weekend.

Men beat Ivy rivals on road

The men's tennis team (9-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) broke its three-match losing streak this weekend with two big road wins over Ivy League foes Brown and Yale.

Princeton jumps out to 4-0 lead and holds off late Syracuse surge

With a little less than nine minutes remaining in the men's lacrosse team's game against Syracuse on Saturday, Princeton fans and players were starting to get edgy.

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Tigers look to overcome losses from last season

Early spring weather in this and other Ivy League locales may be welcomed by jacket retailers, hot chocolate profiteers and snowman building enthusiasts, but it sure isn't winning any friends among Ivy League baseball players.Because of the long winter, Princeton and other Ivy schools are forced to squeeze an entire season's worth of games into just two months, usually playing back-to-back doubleheaders on weekends.The Tigers (6-13 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) will play their second of five consecutive four-game weekends beginning Saturday at Harvard (6-10, 2-2) and continuing Sunday home versus Dartmouth (4-13, 1-3). The weather in Hanover will prevent the Big Green from hosting the Tigers.For those keeping score at home, that is 36 innings in scarcely more than 24 hours.

Schaus may sit out as Tigers take on Ivy rivals

When it rains, it pours. This adage doesn't just describe Princeton's schizophrenic weather ? it can also be applied to the softball team, whose streakiness this season has been well-documented.Princeton (13-18 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) comes into this weekend on a four-game win streak ? an impressive run that began with two wins against Brown (7-15, 1-3) last Saturday.

Walters '67 will miss 'love letters' from Syracuse fans

Little work is accomplished the Monday after Selection Sunday, when American workers pick upsets instead of stocks and substitute brackets for spreadsheets.

Yale a new league force

The women's lacrosse matchup this weekend could be like a scene from Star Wars, with upcoming Yale playing the part of Luke Skywalker and veteran Princeton taking the role of Darth Vader.The No.

Traditional powers to duke it out

It isn't the oldest, most famous or most important rivalry in college sports, it is the most thrilling one in modern collegiate lacrosse.When No.

Brett Westgarth goes to AHL

Though not a single Tiger scored three goals in a game this season, the men's hockey team completed a collective hat trick when the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch signed senior defenseman Brett Westgarth.Westgarth was the third Princeton player to sign with an AHL club in the three weeks since Princeton was eliminated from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League playoffs.The Crunch, the top minor-league affiliate of the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Tuesday that Westgarth signed an amateur tryout deal with the club.

Five-game win reverses losing streak

Coming off their first back-to-back losses in division play of the season, the Tigers hit the court looking for a rebound.Five games later, they got it.The men's volleyball team showed its strengths, outhitting the competition .218 to .156 and coming through at the end of games three and five to secure the victory on the road against New York University.After putting up an impressive home stand record of 5-2, Princeton (9-8 overall, 6-5 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Division) was still looking to find its groove on the road.