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Saiontz wins in Flushing

Freshman tennis player Melissa Saiontz doesn't have many collegiate matches under her belt, but that didn't stop her from winning the "A" singles championship in her third tournament since matriculating at Princeton.At the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Invitational this past weekend, Saiontz proved that she has been able to adjust to the intensity of college play and will be a force to contend with over the next four years.Match play began on Saturday at the Flushing, N.Y., tennis center.

Mad at Owens? It's the agents, stupid

For the past three years, ever since he left the San Francisco 49ers, Terrell Owens had convinced me that he was singlehandedly destroying professional sports.

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2-1 overtime loss puts Tigers' back against wall

This weekend's home match against perennial rival Brown was a must-win for the men's soccer team.

Being proved wrong in grand fashion

Napoleon invaded Russia, the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth and I picked the football team to finish 3-7.

Tigers roar to fourth straight win

HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 7 ? Just when everyone else at Andy Kerr Stadium was gearing up for a second exhilarating period of college-format overtime, the Colgate Raiders decided they had seen enough of the Princeton football team.They got their wish, trudging off their home field Saturday with an abrupt 27-26 loss.After the Tigers (4-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) found the end zone on the opening overtime possession and kicked the extra point for a 27-20 lead, Colgate (2-3) responded with a touchdown to draw within a point of extending the game.

Punter out with broken elbow

Senior and three-time all-Ivy punter Colin McDonough broke his elbow in an unspecified incident during practice this week and is listed as day-today.

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Patriot sweep in sights

Last year, when the football team had every reason to smile, Colgate took the polish off the Tigers' pearly whites, leaving anything but a minty taste in their mouths.Princeton posted its worst performance of 2005 against the Raiders, a 16-10 loss that ruined what had been a cavity-free record through three games.

Late goals end winning streak

Most of the fans for the men's soccer game on Wednesday left after the 24th minute, but not because the game was out of reach for either team.

Yale starting QB arrested in fight

Five of Yale's varsity athletes were arrested in New Haven early Sunday morning after allegedly breaking a window at the Gourmet Heaven convenience store during a fight.

Pwang's Picks

Last week wasn't a terrible one for Pwang, but it wasn't perfect either. My boys from Rutgers were up by eight on South Florida with 15 seconds to play before impressive freshman Matt Grothe tossed his first touchdown of the game to pull the Bulls within two.USF failed on the two point conversion and Rutgers won the game 22-20, but they failed to cover the four point spread.

Offense can't match defense in loss

Unfortunately for the women's soccer team, intrastate bragging rights won't belong to Princeton (4-5-1 overall, 0-2 Ivy League) this year.

Will they still be Tigers?

Princeton's recent decision to abandon early admissions has raised many questions, ranging from the socioeconomic and moral ramifications of the sudden change to the move's national effect on college admissions.

On Tap with ... Nicholas Seaver

Senior center Nicholas Seaver is the men's water polo team's leading returning scorer from last season.

Harvard men's golf coach faced off against Woods, lost

Ever wanted a chance to try your game against Tiger Woods? Playing with the best of the best is the stuff of dreams for anyone who has ever picked up a golf club.

Anything you can do ...

The 2005-06 school year marked the 20th consecutive year that Princeton finished first in the Ivy League's all-sport standings.

Rowers spend summer on the water

Princeton rowers know no off-season. Tigers spent the summer grabbing Henley, Under-23 World Championship and World Championship titles, not to mention a world record.The university rowers did not have a monopoly on the awards this summer ? open coach Lori Dauphiny took one home as well.

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Program turns 100, celebrates

As anyone who has spent a weekend at Reunions can attest, Princeton proudly celebrates the identification of its students and alumni as family ? and the men's soccer team over its 100-year history is no exception to this rule.From the Kavanaghs to the Whites to the Joneses to the Piersons to the many other familiar names in the program, Princeton has often welcomed multiple representatives of the same family to be part of the Tiger soccer program.Three players on the men's squad this season hail from such dynastic families ? freshman Max Hare and sophomore Jason Adams both had two older brothers in the program and sophomore Pat Farrell joins his sister, senior Meghan Farrell, in donning an Orange and Black jersey this season."There's been a great tradition of families coming through Princeton soccer, which is something that we think is special," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.