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With just two weekends left, Ivy race going down to wire

With just two weekends left, Ivy race going down to wire

"Who would have thought..." seems to be a constant refrain in football. It is a phrase that encompasses the true beauty of the sport in which upsets happen on any given Saturday, unexpected stars rise and surprise finishes seem like the rule rather than the exception.That phrase is also the perfect description of the Ivy League football season to date, with Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) ? picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason ? controlling its own destiny while perennial powers Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Penn (5-3, 3-2) trail behind.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

With just two weekends left, Ivy race going down to wire

"Who would have thought..." seems to be a constant refrain in football. It is a phrase that encompasses the true beauty of the sport in which upsets happen on any given Saturday, unexpected stars rise and surprise finishes seem like the rule rather than the exception.That phrase is also the perfect description of the Ivy League football season to date, with Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) ? picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason ? controlling its own destiny while perennial powers Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Penn (5-3, 3-2) trail behind.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

Guelich, Tigers blank Lions

The weather may be cooling down, but the men's soccer team is just starting to heat up. In a chilly contest last night under the lights at Lourie-Love Field, the Tigers (6-7-3 overall, 3-2-1 Ivy League) defeated Columbia, 1-0, in a contest that was decided primarily by defense.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

Tigers ruled Ivy League in 1995

Before the first snap of the football team's 2005 campaign, plans had already been made to introduce the current Tigers to the members of Princeton's 1995 Ivy League champion squad.With their 30-13 victory over Penn on Saturday ? which kept them in contention for the Ivy League crown ? this year's Tigers ensured that they and their celebrated forerunners would have something very exciting to chat about.After all, no Princeton team has fresher memories of what it feels like to win a league title than the 1995 squad, which finished with an Ivy record of 5-1-1 and was the last Tiger team to win the league.For those accomplishments, the 1995 team will be honored at a Princeton Football Association banquet this Friday and with an on-field halftime ceremony during the Tigers' homecoming game against Yale the next day.But it might be more appropriate, historically speaking, for the festivities to be rescheduled for Princeton's season-ending contest against Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H.It was in those exact same circumstances, after all, that the Tigers of 10 years ago found themselves on the last weekend of the 1995 season, needing a tie against the Big Green to secure the Ivy League championship."It was cold," Steve Tosches, the Princeton head coach at the time, said, "and there was a point where it was snowing so hard in that football game that it was a whiteout.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

Tigers "get tough" in hunt to reclaim Ivy League title

The women's swimming and diving team has a history of excellence. Last year was the first in the past five that the Tigers failed to claim the Ivy League title, narrowly losing to Harvard.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

Tigers "get tough" in hunt to reclaim Ivy League title

The women's swimming and diving team has a history of excellence. Last year was the first in the past five that the Tigers failed to claim the Ivy League title, narrowly losing to Harvard.

SPORTS | 11/08/2005

Cheering a marathon isn't easy either

Pre-race necessities ? super-sleek sunglasses, water bottle, layers of clothes, new sneakers, timing watch, course map and granola bar ? check.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Princeton knocks off Big Green

Trailing Harvard by two goals with one minute, 14 seconds remaining to play on Nov. 5, the women's hockey team pulled its goalie for a sixth skater ? and the risky tactic yielded results.Senior forward Sarah Butsch punched the puck into the back of the net, with the handy assist going to junior defender Dina McCumber.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Tigers finish perfect in Ivy

After senior midfielder Hillary Schmidt scored the go-ahead goal against Penn with 10 minutes left in the game, the Tiger bench exploded.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Tigers shut out Dartmouth

With an impressive effort from junior goalie B.J. Sklapsky, the men's hockey team won its first league game of the season against Dartmouth on Friday night at Baker Rink.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Cheering a marathon isn't easy either

Pre-race necessities ? super-sleek sunglasses, water bottle, layers of clothes, new sneakers, timing watch, course map and granola bar ? check.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

With victory over Lions, men's soccer could place third

The league title may be out of reach, but third place is nothing to sneeze at ? even though the men's soccer team managed to come in second last season.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Princeton knocks off Big Green

Trailing Harvard by two goals with one minute, 14 seconds remaining to play on Nov. 5, the women's hockey team pulled its goalie for a sixth skater ? and the risky tactic yielded results.Senior forward Sarah Butsch punched the puck into the back of the net, with the handy assist going to junior defender Dina McCumber.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Tigers shut out Dartmouth

With an impressive effort from junior goalie B.J. Sklapsky, the men's hockey team won its first league game of the season against Dartmouth on Friday night at Baker Rink.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Running the NYC Marathon worth the pain

My foray into marathon running began over winter break during my sophomore year. A friend, whose free-spirited spontaneity was endlessly surprising and inspiring me, emailed me to tell me that she had registered for the New Jersey Shore Marathon.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

With victory over Lions, men's soccer could place third

The league title may be out of reach, but third place is nothing to sneeze at ? even though the men's soccer team managed to come in second last season.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Tigers finish perfect in Ivy

After senior midfielder Hillary Schmidt scored the go-ahead goal against Penn with 10 minutes left in the game, the Tiger bench exploded.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Running the NYC Marathon worth the pain

My foray into marathon running began over winter break during my sophomore year. A friend, whose free-spirited spontaneity was endlessly surprising and inspiring me, emailed me to tell me that she had registered for the New Jersey Shore Marathon.

SPORTS | 11/07/2005

Women's soccer wins three but falls short of Ivy title

Women's soccer did everything it needed to do over Fall Break, but its efforts just weren't enough.

SPORTS | 11/06/2005

Javarone boots Princeton into overtime, first place

It's the time of year for trick-or-treating, but on Oct. 29 at Princeton Stadium, the football team wasn't tricked.The Tigers (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) overcame Cornell's devious special teams to earn a critical Ivy League win off the right foot of senior kicker Derek Javarone.

SPORTS | 11/06/2005

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