Sports

Woods brings big time athletics experience

Tiger athletes all welcome the idea of fresh legs coming into the game. Recently, the Princeton Athletics Department affirmed its belief in this strategy by hiring a new assistant athletics director.Athletics Director Gary Walters '67 announced on Jan.

Beckham not the answer for U.S. soccer

David Beckham was in Sunday's Super Bowl ? as the punch line for one of the ads, suggesting that advertisers believe the soccer player is a viable and recognizable commodity to American viewers.

Tiger distance stars shine

You wouldn't know it from the subzero weather around Princeton, but things are heating up ? at least for the purposes of the men's and women's track and field teams.Between the upcoming HYP meet this weekend and the ever-closer spring track season, the Tigers are headed toward some serious competition.

A season above the net

Bump, set, spike ? simple, right? For the men's volleyball team, the game is a little more complicated.

Rodriguez '99 to bring MLS team to Bay Area

For Ann Rodriguez '99, commitment to sports did not end when she hung up her Princeton lacrosse jersey eight years ago.

Princeton tops among Big Three

It's time to bust out the champagne and celebrate what has already been dubbed the "Super Sunday Sweep."The men's and women's swimming and diving teams hosted the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet at DeNunzio Pool this weekend, and each walked away with the title that has eluded both teams for the past several years.

Tigers topple nation's best

Having just emerged from the rigors of final exam week, the women's squash team faced three more tests over Intersession break.

Eichler injury cramps Princeton

Junior captain Peter Eichler and the rest of the men's volleyball squad (1-3 overall) expected fierce play when they headed out to California for a four-game stretch to begin the season.

Men notch season-opening win while women struggle in Florida

Despite the recent freezing cold temperatures in the Northeast, the men's tennis team was in action over Intersession, both at home and at the Harvard and Columbia Invitational tournaments.

Dekker '06 catching on in Steel City

According to Jon Dekker '06, Old Nassau gives its students lessons in life skills useful in all walks of life.

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Tigers escape league games with tie, loss

The men's hockey team continues to tread water in the tight ECAC Hockey League, where it has managed to stay afloat amid a sea of teams with middling records.

Grapplers find no relief in Ivy League schedule

For a team that has been waiting all season for its first dual-meet win, it looks like Ivy competition won't be any easier.The Princeton wrestling team's return to Dillon Gym ended in disappointment as the Tigers were swept in their weekend matches against Harvard (2-6 overall, 1-1 Ivy League), Brown (2-9, 1-0) and Franklin & Marshall (7-4).The losses dropped the Tigers to 0-12 on the season, 0-2 in the Ivy League and 0-5 in Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association conference action.On Friday, the Tigers faced an energized Harvard team coming off its first win of the season against Army.Though the match would begin and end well, the Crimson's four ranked grapplers, including sixth-ranked J.P.

Princeton stumbles to first ever 0-4 Ivy start

After another winless Ivy League weekend, the men's basketball team can no longer point fingers at anyone else for its last-place league standing.Princeton (9-9 overall, 0-4 Ivy League) first hit the road on the Monday of Intersession to take on non-conference opponent Seton Hall (12-9) at Continental Airlines Arena.

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Weekend split at Baker Rink

Three months ago, as Fall Break was coming to an end, the women's hockey team took a road trip and came home with a pair of wins over Brown and Yale.This past weekend, the Bears and the Bulldogs made a trip of their own to Hobey Baker Rink.

Cowher tops 1,000 points in sweep

As any scientist worth his Ph.D. would tell you, there's something special about powers of 10. On the day when junior forward Meagan Cowher reached 1,000 points, her outstanding effort also vaulted the women's basketball team into the top spot in the Ivy League standings.At the end of the season, this past weekend may be considered the team's high-water mark.

A new set of eyes for sports

As aimless freshmen, we were lured onto The Daily Princetonian's sports staff by the possibility of traveling with the men's basketball team to the NCAA tournament.

Turnovers, defense are issues

Intersession is a time for students to breathe a sigh of relief that another semester's worth of exams has come and gone.

Icemen seeking to continue hot streak

After a solid start to the new year, the men's hockey team finds itself in the midst of a two-week hiatus as it prepares for the final push in its ECAC Hockey schedule.