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Over the course of his four years at Penn State and six seasons in the NFL, Stan Clayton grew accustomed to playing football at the biggest venues, in front of crowds loud enough to rupture eardrums.These days, as the offensive line coach for the Princeton football team, Clayton finds himself in considerably quainter surroundings.But pay attention to him on the sideline when the Tigers are in a crucial situation.

SPORTS | 10/10/2005

Tigers upset No. 9 LMU

Tigers upset No. 9 LMU

Late Sunday night, the men's varsity water polo team found itself on a red-eye, cross-country flight back to Princeton, only to arrive Monday morning in time for another week of classes.

SPORTS | 10/10/2005

Princeton pounds Pride goal but still falls, 3-0

Every corner is a goal, or so the saying goes. The women's field hockey team only wished that was true Friday night, when Princeton (5-6 overall) took on Hofstra (8-3) at Class of 1952 Stadium.Statistically, the Tigers should have had this game in the bag.

SPORTS | 10/10/2005

Despite rain and mud, harriers take first at Rider Invitational

When the pistol fired to begin the Rider Invitational, over three inches of rain had already fallen and there was no end in sight.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Bears drop men's soccer to 0-2 in Ivy

Just a week and a half ago, the men's soccer team looked poised to charge into the Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Raiders rain on Tigers' parade

Defense wins championships. Offense puts fans in the seats. But what does special teams do?The least-appreciated of football's three dimensions proved its importance Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, as a pair of special teams miscues in the game's first three minutes doomed the football team to a 16-10 defeat at the hands of Colgate.The Tigers (3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) let Geoff Bean return the opening kickoff 60 yards for the Raiders (3-2), then fell victim to a 1-yard Jordan Scott touchdown run three plays later.Colgate missed the extra point, but senior kick-returner Jay McCareins gave the ball right back when he was stripped on the ensuing kickoff.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Brown stuns women's soccer in Providence

Sometimes, the odds just don't go your way. That's what women's soccer (3-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) must be telling itself after Saturday's 2-1 loss to Brown (5-7-0, 1-2-0) that landed it in the cellar of the Ivy League.Despite the fact that the Tigers outshot the Bears, 22-7, the loss marked the first time Princeton has lost to Brown since the 1997 season.Despite peppering Bears goalkeeper Hilary Wilson with shots all day long, the only ball that slipped through was from freshman forward Aarti Jain.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Sloppy weather contributes to Tigers' sloppy execution

As the rain came down Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, the field wasn't the only thing turning to muck.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Army blanks sprint football again

It was an ugly game in many respects when the sprint football team hosted Army on a rainy, muddy Friday night at Frelinghuysen Field.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Women's volleyball sweeps Crimson, Big Green

When junior defensive specialist Joanna Mandecki's ace hit the ground, the women's volleyball team recorded its first Ivy League victory of the season against Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 10/09/2005

Annual California trip this weekend for men's water polo

After a heartbreaking overtime loss to Bucknell on the road Sunday in Lewisburg, Pa., head coach Luis Nicolao and the men's water polo team know that they can't afford to make the same mistakes twice.

SPORTS | 10/06/2005

Surging Tigers visit slumping Bears

For the women's soccer team, every Ivy League game now potentially determines the fate of the Tigers' entire season.

SPORTS | 10/06/2005

Sprint football looks to avenge 77-0 loss to Army

The sprint football team (0-2 overall, 0-2 CSFL) is hoping that home field advantage will help it end a pair of losing streaks when it faces Army (1-2, 1-0) at Frelinghuysen Field tonight.The Tigers have lost 37 consecutive games, as well as their last 16 straight contests against the Black Knights.

SPORTS | 10/06/2005

Colgate next test for football

After swamping Columbia with a wave of Orange and Black last weekend, the football team (3-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will surge toward its next two Ivy League games with an attempt to sink non-conference foe Colgate (2-2).The Tigers' 3-0 start has far exceeded expectations ? beyond simply being undefeated, Princeton has knocked off three previously undefeated squads without trailing even once.But though the Tigers' confidence has grown as a result of their strong start, the team's attitude remains restrained."We just keep harping on the fact that if you remain humble and don't get too full of yourselves, good things are going to happen," head coach Roger Hughes said.Colgate will bring Princeton a few specific challenges that have the potential to shake the Tigers.

SPORTS | 10/06/2005

Princeton visits Brown for must-win matchup

It's just the men's soccer team's second Ivy League game of the fall, but while it might not make its season, it can certainly break it.The Tigers, exhausted by their 11th-straight winless match against Rutgers, traveled to Dartmouth last Sunday for their league opener.

SPORTS | 10/06/2005

After three weeks, Harvard, Penn look like class of Ivy

Tailgating a Princeton game, it is common to hear questions about how fellow Ivy League schools have started the season.

SPORTS | 10/05/2005

Men's golf fifth at Ball State tourney

Despite shooting its best round of the season Monday afternoon, men's golf suffered a disappointing defeat, finishing fifth overall Tuesday at Ball State.As has been the case in many of their previous tournaments, the Tigers started strong but were unable to maintain the advantage.

SPORTS | 10/05/2005

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