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Pair of undefeated records on the line

Pair of undefeated records on the line

The undefeated men's and women's squash teams are going into this weekend's home matches against Williams and Brown hoping to keep their perfect records intact.The women's team (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will receive an unprecedented boon this weekend.

SPORTS | 12/01/2005

Princeton's depth dominates Diplomats

Before the men's squash team played Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday night, senior co-captain Nate Beck asserted that every Princeton player would win his match by a dominating 3-0 score.

SPORTS | 12/01/2005

Tigers go north for the weekend

This weekend, the men's hockey team is looking to "make a brand new start of it" in New York, a place that has not been a kind host to Princeton in the past.

SPORTS | 12/01/2005

Pair of undefeated records on the line

The undefeated men's and women's squash teams are going into this weekend's home matches against Williams and Brown hoping to keep their perfect records intact.The women's team (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will receive an unprecedented boon this weekend.

SPORTS | 12/01/2005

Offensive success depends on patience, pounding the paint

Everyone talks about the so-called "Princeton Offense." It's this. It's that. But for this year's men's basketball team, what's most important is what the offense isn't."Our offense isn't three-point shooting," head coach Joe Scott '87 said.But you could be forgiven for making that mistake after watching this season's first three games.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Tigers visit Monmouth, host Colgate

It has been 27 years since the women's basketball team has faced instate rival Monmouth in hostile territory.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Jones finds freedom at three meters

What does one of Princeton's best divers say to herself as she stands three meters above the water, about to perform a series of airborne somersaults and twists which she hopes will culminate in a plank-straight body, a little splash and a dive that prompts all the onlookers to say "wow"?"It's a little clichéd, but I usually take a deep breath and say, 'You only live once,' " diver Charlotte Jones said.It is a motto the sophomore from Bedford, Texas, learned from her old coach, but for a sport that is so dependent on one crucial moment, it is very pertinent.Jones is one of the best in Princeton's talented group of women divers.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Attack or defend? Depends on the Tiger

When people think of wrestling, most of the time they think of two people trying to trap one another on the ground while twisting them into uncomfortable pretzel-like shapes.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Offensive success depends on patience, pounding the paint

Everyone talks about the so-called "Princeton Offense." It's this. It's that. But for this year's men's basketball team, what's most important is what the offense isn't."Our offense isn't three-point shooting," head coach Joe Scott '87 said.But you could be forgiven for making that mistake after watching this season's first three games.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Tigers visit Monmouth, host Colgate

It has been 27 years since the women's basketball team has faced instate rival Monmouth in hostile territory.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Attack or defend? Depends on the Tiger

When people think of wrestling, most of the time they think of two people trying to trap one another on the ground while twisting them into uncomfortable pretzel-like shapes.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Jones finds freedom at three meters

What does one of Princeton's best divers say to herself as she stands three meters above the water, about to perform a series of airborne somersaults and twists which she hopes will culminate in a plank-straight body, a little splash and a dive that prompts all the onlookers to say "wow"?"It's a little clichéd, but I usually take a deep breath and say, 'You only live once,' " diver Charlotte Jones said.It is a motto the sophomore from Bedford, Texas, learned from her old coach, but for a sport that is so dependent on one crucial moment, it is very pertinent.Jones is one of the best in Princeton's talented group of women divers.

SPORTS | 11/30/2005

Harvard, Penn start season hot

Two weeks into the 2005-06 men's basketball season, the Tigers (1-2 overall) have shown flashes of brilliance in beating Lehigh on the road, but they have also struggled in home losses to Drexel and Lafayette.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Senior captain Fishman leads men's swimming with quiet confidence

At six feet, 10 inches tall, Alan Fishman cuts an imposing figure. But ask men's swimming head coach C.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Harvard, Penn start season hot

Two weeks into the 2005-06 men's basketball season, the Tigers (1-2 overall) have shown flashes of brilliance in beating Lehigh on the road, but they have also struggled in home losses to Drexel and Lafayette.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

With career coming to a close, Smith guides young Tigers

As senior co-captain Ali Smith approaches her last season on the women's basketball team, her goal is simple: "To leave knowing I gave it my all; to leave with no regrets."The concept of hard work is not new for Smith.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

Senior captain Fishman leads men's swimming with quiet confidence

At six feet, 10 inches tall, Alan Fishman cuts an imposing figure. But ask men's swimming head coach C.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

More than just simple swordplay

Children do it with wrapping paper tubes during the holidays. A dreadlocked Johnny Depp did it in "Pirates of the Caribbean." Romantic nobleman once did it to defend their honor.And then there's the Princeton fencing team, which brings a modern version of it ? swordplay, if you haven't yet guessed ? to the 'C' Floor of Jadwin Gym each winter.A descendant of the gory warfare of medieval knights, modern fencing is an artful sport, requiring a combination of both physical and mental quickness.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

More than just simple swordplay

Children do it with wrapping paper tubes during the holidays. A dreadlocked Johnny Depp did it in "Pirates of the Caribbean." Romantic nobleman once did it to defend their honor.And then there's the Princeton fencing team, which brings a modern version of it ? swordplay, if you haven't yet guessed ? to the 'C' Floor of Jadwin Gym each winter.A descendant of the gory warfare of medieval knights, modern fencing is an artful sport, requiring a combination of both physical and mental quickness.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

With career coming to a close, Smith guides young Tigers

As senior co-captain Ali Smith approaches her last season on the women's basketball team, her goal is simple: "To leave knowing I gave it my all; to leave with no regrets."The concept of hard work is not new for Smith.

SPORTS | 11/29/2005

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