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The Daily Princetonian

Offense sharp despite poor red-zone attack

If the bane of every football team's existence is to finish drives for points in the red zone, the Tigers found a unique way around it: avoid the red zone almost entirely.Thanks to the poise and quality of an offense that spread the ball around, Princeton earned the team's second win of the season in as many games.In the end, it was solid, fluid, connected play by virtually every part of the team's maturing offense that gave the Tigers a devastating possession advantage and with it, a well-played victory."Obviously it's nice when we control the ball because it keeps our defense off the field," head coach Roger Hughes said.

SPORTS | 09/24/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Tigers fire blanks in season opener

Sprint football's wideouts were shut out by Cornell (2-0 overall) Friday night, as the Tigers lost, 29-0.With Princeton's pass-oriented offense, one stat is the most telling: The team completed just 16 of 54 passes for 128 yards and three interceptions."The [passing] percentage was so low because the quarterback and receivers were not on the same page," head coach Thomas Cocuzza said.

SPORTS | 09/24/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Second-half effort stalls in final minutes

After an impressive start to the season, the men's soccer team opened the Ivy League portion of its schedule with a disappointing loss to Yale (4-3-1 overall, 1-0-0 Ivy League). Despite brilliant play by senior goaltender Justin Oppenheimer, Princeton (3-3-2, 0-1-0) fell to the Bulldogs by a score of 3-2 in Saturday afternoon's match in New Haven, Ct.

SPORTS | 09/24/2006

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The Daily Princetonian

No. 3 ODU enters Tigers' lair

For the field hockey team, this weekend could be the most important one of the season. On Saturday, the team will go head-to-head with nationally-ranked powerhouse Old Dominion University, and on Sunday its undefeated Ivy League record will be put to the test against Columbia.On Saturday, Princeton (3-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) faces the Lady Monarchs (7-1), ranked No.

SPORTS | 09/21/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton takes on Lafayette

Against Lehigh (1-2 overall) last weekend, the football team fought off an opponent that came out strong to earn a season-opening win.But if this weekend's opponent, Lafayette (2-1), comes out with barrels blazing, it remains to be seen whether Princeton (1-0) can hold up to what might be withering fire when the teams clash at Princeton Stadium tomorrow at 6 p.m."If they're coming in with a sixshooter they've got eight bullets in the chamber," head coach Roger Hughes said of Lafayette's capable football team.Though the Tigers managed to recover from a 10-0 first-half deficit last weekend, the Leopards might not give Princeton that chance.

SPORTS | 09/21/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Shooting for title at ECAC tournament

Armed with a solid start to its season, the men's water polo team (7-3 overall, 1-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) dives into this weekend's ECAC Tournament hoping to emerge victorious.Though it is still early in the Tigers' season, the ECAC tournament is important for Princeton, because it is their first opportunity to play multiple conference opponents, whom they will likely confront later in the season.

SPORTS | 09/21/2006

The Daily Princetonian

The Princetonians of summer

This ragtag lot may seem like they stepped straight out of a failed script for a conventionally inspiring sports movie, but rest assured that no one made this team up.The semiprofessional league in which sophomore pitcher Brad Gemberling played this summer featured graduated high-schoolers with fresh memories of senior prom, two grizzled veterans in their 40s ? one of whom has played for six different major league teams in his career ? and college kids from places as varied as Princeton, Villanova and Clemson.

SPORTS | 09/20/2006

The Daily Princetonian

Inside the Mets and Yanks beat

NEW YORK, N.Y. - By the third or fourth time I had walked into the Yankee Stadium clubhouse this summer, I figured I had a comfort zone pretty much carved out.It's not like I was talking nightlife with Derek Jeter, helping Mike Mussina with his crossword puzzle or quizzing Hideki Matsui's translator about his preferences in Japanese rap music, but I knew what my job was and I was starting to get a sense of how best to get it done.As the first-ever sports intern at "Metro" newspaper ? a free New York City commuter daily ? I was essentially employee No.

SPORTS | 09/19/2006