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Women's hockey hits road to tangle with Buckeyes

Women's hockey hits road to tangle with Buckeyes

Two steps forward. One step back. An age-old dilemma that frustrates coaches and players alike. And that backwards progression is head coach Jeff Kampersal's biggest concern as he and the women's ice hockey team (2-1-1 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) head for another long weekend against Ohio State (5-4-1) in Columbus.Though the Tigers have a winning record thus far, a loss to Harvard last Saturday set them back emotionally.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Women's hockey hits road to tangle with Buckeyes

Two steps forward. One step back. An age-old dilemma that frustrates coaches and players alike. And that backwards progression is head coach Jeff Kampersal's biggest concern as he and the women's ice hockey team (2-1-1 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) head for another long weekend against Ohio State (5-4-1) in Columbus.Though the Tigers have a winning record thus far, a loss to Harvard last Saturday set them back emotionally.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Bonfire, Ivy Title on the line

For the first time in more than a decade, the football team will get to see whether or not it can start a fire.Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) will look to both earn its first bonfire since 1994 by completing a Harvard-Yale sweep and remain atop the Ivy League when it faces Yale (3-5, 3-2) this Saturday at Princeton Stadium."This is a very unique rivalry ... that takes on special significance regardless of what the records are," head coach Roger Hughes said.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Women's volleyball hosts last two home matches

With revenge on their minds, the members of the women's volleyball team will play two grudge matches against teams who have already defeated them this season.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

If you don't go to the game, I'm never talking to you again

While a lead headline of "Princeton Pyromania" might be either a cause for alarm or an allusion to the gutted ruins of Ivy Club in "The Rule of Four," this weekend it could have more positive connotations as the rallying cry of the football team and faithful Tiger fans.A victory over Yale this weekend would green-light one of the more venerable Princeton traditions ? a bonfire on Cannon Green, signifying the Tigers' Big Three football supremacy.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Men's hockey goes north for first ECACHL road weekend

After splitting its games the past two weekends, the men's hockey team looks to push its record over .500 this Friday and Saturday on the road as when it faces Union and Rensselaer in upstate New York.The seventh-ranked Tigers (2-2 overall, 1-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) are looking to rebound from last Saturday's 2-1 loss to Harvard.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Men's hockey goes north for first ECACHL road weekend

After splitting its games the past two weekends, the men's hockey team looks to push its record over .500 this Friday and Saturday on the road as when it faces Union and Rensselaer in upstate New York.The seventh-ranked Tigers (2-2 overall, 1-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) are looking to rebound from last Saturday's 2-1 loss to Harvard.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Women's volleyball hosts last two home matches

With revenge on their minds, the members of the women's volleyball team will play two grudge matches against teams who have already defeated them this season.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Tigers will Duke it out

After a stellar undefeated season in the Ivy League, the field hockey team was rewarded with a chance to play in front of its home crowd in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Trip to Final Four on the line

Princeton-Yale football game? Forget it. Homecoming? Overrated.Such events, no matter how steeped in tradition they may be, aren't even on the radar for the men's water polo team.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

If you don't go to the game, I'm never talking to you again

While a lead headline of "Princeton Pyromania" might be either a cause for alarm or an allusion to the gutted ruins of Ivy Club in "The Rule of Four," this weekend it could have more positive connotations as the rallying cry of the football team and faithful Tiger fans.A victory over Yale this weekend would green-light one of the more venerable Princeton traditions ? a bonfire on Cannon Green, signifying the Tigers' Big Three football supremacy.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Bonfire, Ivy Title on the line

For the first time in more than a decade, the football team will get to see whether or not it can start a fire.Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) will look to both earn its first bonfire since 1994 by completing a Harvard-Yale sweep and remain atop the Ivy League when it faces Yale (3-5, 3-2) this Saturday at Princeton Stadium."This is a very unique rivalry ... that takes on special significance regardless of what the records are," head coach Roger Hughes said.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Trip to Final Four on the line

Princeton-Yale football game? Forget it. Homecoming? Overrated.Such events, no matter how steeped in tradition they may be, aren't even on the radar for the men's water polo team.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Harriers enter Regionals with high expectations

Both the men's and women's cross country teams have high expectations going into this weekend's NCAA Regional Championships.

SPORTS | 11/10/2005

Eight of nine starters return for women's squash

As the women's squash team approaches the upcoming season, the biggest challenge for the team will be injuries ? both healing old ones and avoiding new ones.

SPORTS | 11/09/2005

Plans in the works for bonfire

The last time Princeton saw a bonfire ? a tradition arguably associated with more pride and grandeur than any other Princeton tradition ? Will Smith was still the Fresh Prince, Darius Rucker wasn't yet Hootie and Kato Kaelin was a witness, not a C-list celebrity.But if the football team defeats Yale on Saturday in a homecoming day matchup at Princeton Stadium, Cannon Green will soon be ablaze for the first time since 1994.It would be the 25th time the Tigers have earned a bonfire by beating both Harvard and Yale in the same season.

SPORTS | 11/09/2005

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