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Subway Series a few short stops ahead

The Major League Baseball Playoffs are here, and while this column will not be printed until after the first day of action, I will still humbly submit my predictions.First, to the American League: the first division series sees the Oakland A's open at Minnesota.

Princeton seventh at W&M

After an up and down performance over the past two days, the men's golf team finished in the middle of the pack at the Jon Agee Invitational yesterday, but topped Ivy rival Columbia by over 20 strokes for a welcome confidence boost.

Men, women excel at Paul Short Run

The weekend got off to a fast start for the Princeton harriers, as both the men's and women's cross country teams had impressive showings at the Paul Short Run, held last Friday at Lehigh University.

Flurry of goals in two wins

When sophomore defender Holly McGarvie's shot found the back of the net with just over 15 minutes left to play on Saturday at Cornell, the women's field hockey team finally broke the 0-0 stalemate that it had battled throughout the game.

No summer vacation for training harriers

When the temperature starts heating up in the middle of the summer, most people use it as an excuse to go inside, ramp up the air-conditioning, and make themselves a sundae.Princeton's cross country runners, on the other hand, spend their days outside on the pavement, doing their best to ignore the heat index and their cool, comfortable living rooms.Distance running requires a particular dedication to training in the off-season since the success in the sport depends almost entirely on conditioning.

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Streaking Tigers win 10th, 11th straight

"Ohh, sweet Caroline, good times never seem so good..."Arms in the air, dancing together in a circle to Neil Diamond, the women's volleyball team looked as confident and euphoric as could be.

Welander tops all at Yale

On a day that saw Tiger Woods win his sixth tournament in a row, the increasingly dominant women's golf team continued a winning streak of its own.This weekend Princeton was in action at Yale's golf course for the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Conn.

Stifling defensive play responsible for solid win

"'Cause I struggle with forward motion, I struggle with forward motion ... 'Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds.

Big venue, big wins in weekend tourney

What could be better than playing tennis where the sport's greats such as Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova rally during the US Open?

McHugh leads Princeton to first league win

The men's soccer team was dealing with a lot of history heading into Saturday's home contest against Dartmouth (2-4-3 overall, 0-1-1 Ivy League). There was the Tigers recent three-game winless skid that Princeton (5-3-2 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) had snapped earlier that week.

Tigers cannot pick up blitz, victory

Penn blitzed its way past Princeton's sprint football team, defeating the Tigers, 50-15. Despite the lopsided score, there is a glimmer of hope in the outcome.

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Princeton sweeps Bucknell, Hopkins

The men's water polo team, (11-4 overall,4-1 Eastern College Athletic Association) dominated their first two regular season games on Saturday, defeating both Bucknell (7-6) and Johns Hopkins (7-8).In the opening game, the No.

Tigers' Ivy dreams vanishing

Sometimes the 12th man comes through for you, getting into your opponent's head, causing them to make mistakes and spurring you on to greater heights.

Football downs Lions

In sports, two points don't get you very far, except maybe in soccer or hockey. But two points could take you a long way toward understanding the football team's win this weekend.Thanks to high-quality defensive play that buttressed a sometimes shaky but effective enough offense, Princeton defeated Columbia, 19-6.Ironically, though the Tigers held a 14-6 halftime lead after finding the end zone twice in the second quarter, only the stalwart Tiger defense was able to find those last ten yards in the second half.Senior punter Colin McDonough helped set the Tigers up for one of the most exciting plays in football with a good punt that another player on special teams downed at Columbia's own three-yard line with about four minutes left in the third.Thanks to a false start that pushed the line back to the one, Princeton couldn't have had the Lions in better position by the time Columbia had a chance to attempt a drive.

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Freshman harriers quickly garner attention on, off the race course

If you spotted eight girls walking out to the Street together, what would you think? Obviously, freshmen.

Pwang's Picks

For all the newbies out there who might not know how sports handicapping works, I'll give a quick rundown of the basic facts.

Ivy win in sight for Princeton

When men's soccer squares off this Saturday against Dartmouth, there will be many more than the usual 11 Tigers on Lourie-Love Field."I think there's already been several hundred alums who have signed up to come back [to Saturday's game], so it should be a pretty good crowd and exciting atmosphere," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy League) will match up against the Big Green (2-3-3, 0-0-1) at 4 p.m.