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For junior attack Peter Trombino, excelling in lacrosse has been a longstanding endeavor. Trombino's lacrosse career began over a dozen years ago when he chose lacrosse over baseball, following in the footsteps of his older brother, who went on to play for Hofstra.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Trombino a leader for Tigers

Trombino a leader for Tigers

For junior attack Peter Trombino, excelling in lacrosse has been a longstanding endeavor. Trombino's lacrosse career began over a dozen years ago when he chose lacrosse over baseball, following in the footsteps of his older brother, who went on to play for Hofstra.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Tigers' win streak ends with loss to Maryland

A long winning streak is the perfect way for any team to begin a season, and the women's water polo team started its season off with a bang, winning 10 straight games.But like most good things in this world, the streak came to an end as No.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Top fencers seek victory at NCAAs

This coming weekend, the gymnasium at Rice University will be overrun by men and women in white padded suits and face guards vying for a national title.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Top fencers seek victory at NCAAs

This coming weekend, the gymnasium at Rice University will be overrun by men and women in white padded suits and face guards vying for a national title.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Playoffs for Football?

The USG followed the Ivy Council and passed a resolution at its weekly meeting Sunday calling for the removal of the ban on postseason play for Ivy League football teams."What a resolution like this does is basically say that this is something that students support, this is something that the student government thinks is important," USG president Alex Lenahan '07 said.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Playoffs for Football?

The USG followed the Ivy Council and passed a resolution at its weekly meeting Sunday calling for the removal of the ban on postseason play for Ivy League football teams."What a resolution like this does is basically say that this is something that students support, this is something that the student government thinks is important," USG president Alex Lenahan '07 said.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Orr leads with novel approach to coaching

Every year the men and women's swimming and diving teams typically get together on New Year's Eve to ring in the new year with a light, fun, large group practice ? a break from the stress of the peak point in their training.To ring in the 100th anniversary of Princeton swimming and diving in 2004, men's head coach C.

SPORTS | 03/14/2006

Rise, curve and screw with pitchers

Princeton's softball team features many underutilized defenders. The typical inning of work for an infielder can seem like a relaxing rest and a good chance to work on one's skills at blowing bubbles while the Tigers' pitchers fan the opposing team's batters at unprecedented rates.The team's position players can send their thanks ? and Christmas gifts ? to one of Princeton's greatest pitching staffs of all time.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Rise, curve and screw with pitchers

Princeton's softball team features many underutilized defenders. The typical inning of work for an infielder can seem like a relaxing rest and a good chance to work on one's skills at blowing bubbles while the Tigers' pitchers fan the opposing team's batters at unprecedented rates.The team's position players can send their thanks ? and Christmas gifts ? to one of Princeton's greatest pitching staffs of all time.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

'Hammer'-less Princeton drops third straight

Playing tough as nails even without its "Hammer," the men's volleyball team put forth a valiant effort but fell short yet again on Friday, when it dropped a close match, 3-2, to St.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Four dingers for Salini in road series

Led by four home runs off the bat of senior rightfielder Andrew Salini, the baseball team took two of three from Richmond this weekend.The Tigers (3-4 overall) have made a smooth transition from practicing indoors to playing in a competitive outdoor atmosphere.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Princeton stays perfect at home

On its home turf, the men's tennis team seems unstoppable. After an opening four-match road trip in California over intersession in which the team went 0-4, the Tigers (4-4 overall) have turned their season's momentum around and have amassed a four-game win streak at Jadwin Gym's indoor courts.The latest of these wins came Friday against Army, a match in which Princeton clinched a 4-3 victory, winning the doubles point and three singles matches.The Tigers' double teams of No.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

No mulligans allowed: Tigers 13th

Spending the weekend in Gainesville, Fla., was not all fun in the sun for the women's golf team. The Tigers placed 13th out of 14 teams at the SunTrust Lady Gator's Invitational, the team's spring season opener.Princeton finished with a three-round score of 954 (+114), 70 strokes behind the tournament champion Lady Gators, who had home-green advantage."It's always disappointing not to play to the level that you know you're capable of, but we went into the tournament knowing that this was our first one back after being indoors all winter," junior captain Alexis Etow said.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Princeton stays perfect at home

On its home turf, the men's tennis team seems unstoppable. After an opening four-match road trip in California over intersession in which the team went 0-4, the Tigers (4-4 overall) have turned their season's momentum around and have amassed a four-game win streak at Jadwin Gym's indoor courts.The latest of these wins came Friday against Army, a match in which Princeton clinched a 4-3 victory, winning the doubles point and three singles matches.The Tigers' double teams of No.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

No mulligans allowed: Tigers 13th

Spending the weekend in Gainesville, Fla., was not all fun in the sun for the women's golf team. The Tigers placed 13th out of 14 teams at the SunTrust Lady Gator's Invitational, the team's spring season opener.Princeton finished with a three-round score of 954 (+114), 70 strokes behind the tournament champion Lady Gators, who had home-green advantage."It's always disappointing not to play to the level that you know you're capable of, but we went into the tournament knowing that this was our first one back after being indoors all winter," junior captain Alexis Etow said.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Four dingers for Salini in road series

Led by four home runs off the bat of senior rightfielder Andrew Salini, the baseball team took two of three from Richmond this weekend.The Tigers (3-4 overall) have made a smooth transition from practicing indoors to playing in a competitive outdoor atmosphere.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

'Hammer'-less Princeton drops third straight

Playing tough as nails even without its "Hammer," the men's volleyball team put forth a valiant effort but fell short yet again on Friday, when it dropped a close match, 3-2, to St.

SPORTS | 03/13/2006

Slipper doesn't fit for Tigers

Green was the only color that mattered in New Haven on Sunday afternoon. Outside the Yale gymnasium, it was revelers marking St.

SPORTS | 03/12/2006

Ferrell fourth in 3000m at NCAAs

While most Princeton students spent Saturday night putting off studying for the flurry of midterms this week, senior distance runner Cack Ferrell was preparing to test herself against the fastest collegiate athletes in the world.Ferrell, the lone Princeton representative at the 2006 NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships in Fayetteville, Ark., finished fourth in the 3,000 meters, ahead of all other Ivy League competitors.

SPORTS | 03/12/2006

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