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Princeton sweeps Cornell, Columbia

Princeton sweeps Cornell, Columbia

Dillon Gym was in an uproar at 5:30 p.m. Saturday night after a controversial side-out call nearly jeopardized the women's volleyball team's chance of sweeping the weekend action.Princeton's senior outside hitter Lauren Grumet was furious over a miscall of her kill, which a Cornell player deflected out of bounds undetected.

SPORTS | 11/15/2005

Freshmen hit the water

For freshman men's heavyweight crew, the last two months can only be described as the survival of the fittest.

SPORTS | 11/15/2005

Butler, DeNichilo lead grapplers

In a sport in which the athletes spend most of their time rolling around the floor, struggling to overpower their opponents, bruises, bumps and strains are the norm rather than the exception.

SPORTS | 11/15/2005

News & Notes

Schmidt honoredAfter leading the field hockey team with 11 goals and 29 points, playing in each of the Tigers' 18 games and topping the Ivy League scoring chart this season, sophomore forward Paige Schmidt was recognized by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association for her efforts.

SPORTS | 11/15/2005

'Big Al' memorialized at weekend men's swimming scrimmage

Missing the fun-loving character who once charmed his peers, the men's swimming and diving team memorialized Alan Ebersole '07 this past weekend by hosting the first Big Al Invitational, a scrimmage dedicated to Ebersole.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Dragons outmuscle Tigers

If the men's basketball teams plans to live and die by the three point shot this winter, its season opener Monday night against Drexel didn't give a very promising outlook.The Tigers (0-1 overall) took 65 percent of their shots from behind the line, yet made only 10 of 30 attempts from that distance, accounting for 30 of Princeton's 41 points.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Women's hockey splits two-game series against Ohio State

The No. 9 women's hockey team took on No. 10 Ohio State this weekend in a two-game series. Only thing was, the team didn't quite show up for the second game.Princeton (3-2-1, 1-1-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League) made a split of the weekend, playing a superb first game but turning in a sloppy performance in its second contest.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Dragons outmuscle Tigers

If the men's basketball teams plans to live and die by the three point shot this winter, its season opener Monday night against Drexel didn't give a very promising outlook.The Tigers (0-1 overall) took 65 percent of their shots from behind the line, yet made only 10 of 30 attempts from that distance, accounting for 30 of Princeton's 41 points.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Big Al Invite shows promise for women's swimming

In the first annual Big Al Invitational Swim Meet, the women's swimming and diving team honored the memory of fallen comrade Alan Ebersole '07 with a number of strong performances.The meet, named after a late swimmer on the men's team, is essentially an exhibition match with no overall team scoring.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Tigers fall to St. Francis, third at Easterns

Coming off a second-place finish at Southerns two weekends ago, the No. 15 men's water polo team (21-10 overall) went into the Eastern Championships this past weekend, hosted by Harvard, hoping for a repeat performance of last year's first-place finish.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Passivity, not youth, dooms Princeton

Joe Scott '87 knew it might not be pretty. But he didn't imagine it would be this ugly.Speaking to the members of the Jadwin Jungle a few minutes before the men's basketball team tipped off its season against Drexel last night, Scott essentially told the white shirt-clad masses that they would have to be patient this winter."We're a young team," he said over and over, reminding them that the young Tigers would go through growing pains early on.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Tigers fall to St. Francis, third at Easterns

Coming off a second-place finish at Southerns two weekends ago, the No. 15 men's water polo team (21-10 overall) went into the Eastern Championships this past weekend, hosted by Harvard, hoping for a repeat performance of last year's first-place finish.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Men's hockey lackluster power plays result in two losses

The power play was not the only thing that gave the men's hockey team difficulty this weekend. Princeton contended with an uncharacteristic display of lethargy in upstate New York, as it was swept by Union and Rensselaer.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

'Big Al' memorialized at weekend men's swimming scrimmage

Missing the fun-loving character who once charmed his peers, the men's swimming and diving team memorialized Alan Ebersole '07 this past weekend by hosting the first Big Al Invitational, a scrimmage dedicated to Ebersole.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Men's hockey lackluster power plays result in two losses

The power play was not the only thing that gave the men's hockey team difficulty this weekend. Princeton contended with an uncharacteristic display of lethargy in upstate New York, as it was swept by Union and Rensselaer.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Women's hockey splits two-game series against Ohio State

The No. 9 women's hockey team took on No. 10 Ohio State this weekend in a two-game series. Only thing was, the team didn't quite show up for the second game.Princeton (3-2-1, 1-1-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League) made a split of the weekend, playing a superb first game but turning in a sloppy performance in its second contest.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Big Al Invite shows promise for women's swimming

In the first annual Big Al Invitational Swim Meet, the women's swimming and diving team honored the memory of fallen comrade Alan Ebersole '07 with a number of strong performances.The meet, named after a late swimmer on the men's team, is essentially an exhibition match with no overall team scoring.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

Passivity, not youth, dooms Princeton

Joe Scott '87 knew it might not be pretty. But he didn't imagine it would be this ugly.Speaking to the members of the Jadwin Jungle a few minutes before the men's basketball team tipped off its season against Drexel last night, Scott essentially told the white shirt-clad masses that they would have to be patient this winter."We're a young team," he said over and over, reminding them that the young Tigers would go through growing pains early on.

SPORTS | 11/14/2005

In year three, Jadwin Jungle keeps on growing

At the start of the men's basketball season two years ago, juniors Freddy Flaxman, Jonah Perlin and John Boscia ? then freshmen ? were surprised to find only about 20 students in attendance at a game in Jadwin Gym.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

Tigers tip off against Drexel

Eight months after its disappointing 2004-05 season came to end, the men's basketball team begins a new season tonight with a clean slate ? and plenty of unanswered questions ? hosting Drexel in the first round of the 2005 NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.With Will Venable, Judson Wallace and the rest of the Class of 2005 graduated, the Tigers' biggest challenge will be lighting up the scoreboard.

SPORTS | 11/13/2005

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