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Tigers look for a return to glory

Tigers look for a return to glory

Last year's 5-7 season was highly uncharacteristic of the perennially great men's lacrosse team. This year's squad, too, strives to be different from previous Princeton teams, save one particularly important quality: the Tigers remain fired up about shooting for a national championship in May.The Tigers (0-0) will field a slightly young but highly talented team against Canisius (0-0) in the first regular-season display of a revamped offense that discards some of the hallmarks of Princeton lacrosse strategy in favor of a more aggressive approach.For years, the Tigers have slain opponents with a controlled, methodical offense that kept the ball in Princeton sticks until a prime opportunity presented itself.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Tigers hope for upset in Howe Cup

Women's squash (5-3) will travel to Harvard this weekend with hopes of returning with the Howe Cup, the team national championship of women's collegiate squash.Every year, the top eight teams in the country battle for the Cup.This year's participants, in order of their current standing, are Yale, Trinity, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Dartmouth, Brown and Williams.Despite ranking in the middle of the pack, the Tigers remain confident about their chances for victory."They haven't seen what we can do yet, we haven't put it all out there," sophomore No.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Title hopes rest on big weekend

The fate of the women's basketball team lies in its own hands. After a strong sweep through Cornell and Columbia last weekend, and with the help of Brown's win over Dartmouth in Providence, R.I., the Tigers are facing the two biggest games of their season this weekend against the Big Green and Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Regular season to end at home

With only two games left in the regular season, the future is looking pretty bright for the women's hockey team.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Title hopes rest on big weekend

The fate of the women's basketball team lies in its own hands. After a strong sweep through Cornell and Columbia last weekend, and with the help of Brown's win over Dartmouth in Providence, R.I., the Tigers are facing the two biggest games of their season this weekend against the Big Green and Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Heps last stop for Princeton runners

The men's and women's track teams will be making the long drive up to Hanover, N.H., this weekend to compete in the Indoor Track Heptagonals, otherwise known as the Ivy League Indoor Track Championships.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

M. hoops saved again

If one were to pick a Tiger to come through with a dazzling three-point play in the paint to give his team the lead with under 34 seconds remaining, only to turn around and make a huge block on the other side of the floor to help secure the win, the obvious choice would not be Edwin Buffmire.However, a look at the stat sheet reveals that ? when exactly those events transpired last night ? chance was decidedly in Buffmire's favor.The junior reserve guard, who not only leads the team in shooting at 50 percent, but also in blocks, with 10, came through for Princeton (9-14 overall, 7-3 Ivy League) offensively and defensively when it mattered most, helping to secure a 63-60 comeback victory over Dartmouth (5-19, 3-8).With his team trailing 57-56, less than a minute on the clock, and the Tigers out of timeouts, Buffmire muscled his way up for a picture-perfect left-handed hook off the glass.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Regular season to end at home

With only two games left in the regular season, the future is looking pretty bright for the women's hockey team.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

M. hoops looks to sweep Harvard, Dartmouth

The two weeks spent away from home by the men's basketball team, which returns to Jadwin Gym tonight after a five-game tour of the Ivy League, did little to clarify just how fully the once miserable Tigers are ready to turn around their season.Princeton (8-14 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) finished with a 3-2 record over the road stretch, but was outscored by an eight-point margin.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Tigers look for a return to glory

Last year's 5-7 season was highly uncharacteristic of the perennially great men's lacrosse team. This year's squad, too, strives to be different from previous Princeton teams, save one particularly important quality: the Tigers remain fired up about shooting for a national championship in May.The Tigers (0-0) will field a slightly young but highly talented team against Canisius (0-0) in the first regular-season display of a revamped offense that discards some of the hallmarks of Princeton lacrosse strategy in favor of a more aggressive approach.For years, the Tigers have slain opponents with a controlled, methodical offense that kept the ball in Princeton sticks until a prime opportunity presented itself.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Tigers hope for upset in Howe Cup

Women's squash (5-3) will travel to Harvard this weekend with hopes of returning with the Howe Cup, the team national championship of women's collegiate squash.Every year, the top eight teams in the country battle for the Cup.This year's participants, in order of their current standing, are Yale, Trinity, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Dartmouth, Brown and Williams.Despite ranking in the middle of the pack, the Tigers remain confident about their chances for victory."They haven't seen what we can do yet, we haven't put it all out there," sophomore No.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

M. hoops saved again

If one were to pick a Tiger to come through with a dazzling three-point play in the paint to give his team the lead with under 34 seconds remaining, only to turn around and make a huge block on the other side of the floor to help secure the win, the obvious choice would not be Edwin Buffmire.However, a look at the stat sheet reveals that ? when exactly those events transpired last night ? chance was decidedly in Buffmire's favor.The junior reserve guard, who not only leads the team in shooting at 50 percent, but also in blocks, with 10, came through for Princeton (9-14 overall, 7-3 Ivy League) offensively and defensively when it mattered most, helping to secure a 63-60 comeback victory over Dartmouth (5-19, 3-8).With his team trailing 57-56, less than a minute on the clock, and the Tigers out of timeouts, Buffmire muscled his way up for a picture-perfect left-handed hook off the glass.

SPORTS | 02/23/2006

Goliath almost felled

Sometimes true wins aren't reflected in the numbers on the scoreboard at the end of a game. Sometimes wins are measured by the number of fans a team attracts to a game rather than the total number of points it scores.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Goliath almost felled

Sometimes true wins aren't reflected in the numbers on the scoreboard at the end of a game. Sometimes wins are measured by the number of fans a team attracts to a game rather than the total number of points it scores.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Princeton splits pair with Chargers

The men's hockey team took advantage of a plethora of penalties to down Alabama-Huntsville 4-0 on Saturday night, redeeming a 4-2 loss recorded the previous night.Either the athletes were working out some pent-up aggression from the previous night, or the refs were clamping down on the aggression in Saturday's penalty-ridden contest.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

News & Notes

McCareins All-AmericanSenior defensive back Jay McCareins was honored Friday as a member of the 2005 Walter Camp Foundation Division I-AA first team All-American.A unanimous first team All-Ivy honoree, McCareins' defensive and special teams playmaking ability catalyzed the football team's 7-3 season.He finished the season with nine interceptions, returning them for a total of 236 yards.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Koncz, Tigers buck Cowboys, snap skid

There was chemistry. There was irony. But Saturday night's game wasn't just another day in class for the men's basketball team.Princeton (2-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) bucked the Wyoming Cowboys (4-4), 59-50, in a display of offensive power and team cohesion that surpassed any performance the team has displayed to date.Sophomore forward Kyle Koncz, who finished the game with a team-high 18 points, started the game in place of junior Luke Owings, who had struggled in the Tigers' losses.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Princeton splits pair with Chargers

The men's hockey team took advantage of a plethora of penalties to down Alabama-Huntsville 4-0 on Saturday night, redeeming a 4-2 loss recorded the previous night.Either the athletes were working out some pent-up aggression from the previous night, or the refs were clamping down on the aggression in Saturday's penalty-ridden contest.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Koncz, Tigers buck Cowboys, snap skid

There was chemistry. There was irony. But Saturday night's game wasn't just another day in class for the men's basketball team.Princeton (2-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) bucked the Wyoming Cowboys (4-4), 59-50, in a display of offensive power and team cohesion that surpassed any performance the team has displayed to date.Sophomore forward Kyle Koncz, who finished the game with a team-high 18 points, started the game in place of junior Luke Owings, who had struggled in the Tigers' losses.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

Tigers push unbeaten streak to six

While most other Princeton winter sports continue to play well into the holiday break period, the women's hockey team knew that any momentum it might carry over into the new year would have to be acquired this past weekend in its final action of 2005.The No.

SPORTS | 12/11/2005

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