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Diverse team aims to restore '02 glory

Game planning. Ultimately, that's what you try to do to your opponents. Whether it's shutting down a key spot-up shooter in a basketball game or stifling the big, bruising running back in football, there's always a gameplan ? a way to play to one's strengths while shutting down the other team's fortes.The challenge for the women's lacrosse team's opponents this year will be to decide which strength to cover.Last year, Princeton was a defensive stalwart that relied upon timely scoring from a couple of key sources.

Tigers look to finish as a team at IFAs

The men's and women's fencing teams will both look to wrap up solid seasons this weekend at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships in nearby Lawrenceville, N.J.It will be the last tournament for Princeton as a team, before qualified individual fencers continue on to the NCAA Regionals and Championships later this month.Starting Saturday at the IFAs, the Tigers will go up against Ivy League opponents such as Cornell and Brown, as well as Eastern College Athletic Conference foes Vassar, NYU, Boston College and Brandeis.The men's team (9-5 overall) has had a successful year up to this point, beginning the season with a few disappointing losses but quickly rallying to finish with a winning record.In early February, the Tigers managed a couple of exciting wins over Brandeis and Harvard, the defending NCAA champion.

Pitching remains a question, but Schaus to anchor starting rotation

Even though there's more snow on the ground this week than last week and winter coats still pile up in eating-club coatrooms, it's time for spring.As winter teams transition into their postseasons and off-seasons, their endings mark other Tigers' beginnings.

Barron adds three to roster

According to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, good recruiting is the key to success for any program.If that is the case, then women's basketball head coach Richard Barron should be very excited about the future of Tiger basketball.Barron took advantage of Old Nassau's final year of Early Decision by signing guard Krystal Hill of Houston, Tex., guard Shelbie Pool of Hoschton, Georgia and guard/forward Addie Micir of Newtown, Penn."I think that they are talented players, and they're excited about coming to Princeton," Barron said.Hill is a prolific scorer at North Shore High School, accumulating over 1,400 points in her four years there.She was recently recognized as the best female free-throw shooter in the Houston area, and she is an explosive player on both ends of the court, averaging 4.1 steals and 4.9 assists.At five-foot, seven inches, Hill will be one of the smallest players on the team.

Shackford and U-20 team take on Mexico

Truly acting "in the nation's service," women's soccer head coach Julie Shackford traveled to Mexico last week to help coach the U.S.

Staehely on Roger Clemens award watch list; looks to lead team

Last year, the men's baseball team upset heavily favored Harvard in the Ivy League Championship Series, earned a spot in the NCAA tournament and ran with some of the best teams in the nation.In the Fayetteville Regionals of the NCAAs, the Tigers came a few key hits away from upsetting No.

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Serving up the 'sauce' before the 'top-cheese'

Of all the major sports, hockey's terminology is probably the most nuanced and foreign to mainstream observers, in large part due to the preponderance of Canadian-born skaters.To help bridge the gap, The Daily Princetonian sat down with some of the members of the men's hockey team to put together a two-part compendium of terms every fan should know.

Skating with the Squirts

Most college students do not spend what precious little free time they have playing laser tag and pond hockey with fourth and fifth graders, but Ian McNally and Colin Koch are not most college students.

Tigers top Terps in thriller

This weekend was all tennis all the time for the Tigers, as the men's and women's teams took on two opponents each.

On tap with ... Greg Seaman

Sophomore Greg Seaman, a midfielder on the men's lacrosse team, sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his life beyond the playing field.

4x400 finish secures Heps win for men

The men's and women's track and field teams ran out of their shoes this weekend ? literally, in one case.

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Depth key as Princeton wins EISL

There's nothing like the emotional high of defeating a close rival. Mimicking the women's win over Harvard for the Ivy League title one week prior, the men's swimming and diving team continued its league dominance by capturing its second consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) title over Harvard, 1405 to 1220.5, a feat that hadn't been repeated since the 1990-1992 seasons.Entering the meet, the Tigers understood the challenge they faced.

Men finish third in Ivy League after split at Ivy North tourney

This past weekend, crowds of people in Boston, Mass., were entertained for a couple of hours by weapons and bodies flying through the air.

No. 5 Nittany Lions roar past Tigers

Third time's the charm? Not so for the men's volleyball team. While the Tigers kept up with No. 5 Penn State much better in the third game than in the first, the learning curve was too high Friday as the Tigers fell in straight games on their home court.The Nittany Lions (8-2 overall, 4-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) demonstrated why they are heavily favored to take the EIVA's Tait Division championship this season, coming into the match with all the momentum of a seven-match winning streak behind them.

Trinity too much for Tigers

A trinity usually means a group of three ? but that understates how many times the Bantams have had the Tigers' number in recent history.The Ivy League champion men's squash team (10-2 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) defeated Williams and archrival Harvard in the first two rounds of the Potter Cup this weekend to advance to Sunday's national championship match.The Tigers' run ended there, however, as top-ranked Trinity College (21-0 overall) once again proved its supremacy by shutting out Princeton to capture its ninth-straight national title.

Princeton starts year with rout

In a young season where many of lacrosse's big guns have already fallen ? then-No.1 Virginia to Drexel, No.

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