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Law, Larkin battle for playing time

Law, Larkin battle for playing time

Despite having replaced junior goalie Dave Law with senior goalie Matt Larkin in two of the men's lacrosse team's first three games, head coach Bill Tierney is far from declaring an early season goalie controversy.A year ago, the idea of a goalie controversy would have seemed ridiculous.

SPORTS | 03/22/2005

Top Tigers shouldn't be anonymous

Considering that I spent my spring break shuttling between the less-than-exotic locales of Firestone and Frist in a futile attempt to get my JP under control, it didn't surprise me that I heard a lot of complaining from the fellow upperclassmen who'd stuck around to slave away.But the moaning and groaning wasn't limited to the usual thesis miseries.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Springfield too much for Tigers

After shocking No. 13 George Mason just a few days earlier, the men's volleyball team entered its match against Springfield College on Mar.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Snyder shuts out No. 3 Stanford

With a 2-0 win over No. 3 Stanford on Sunday afternoon, the women's softball team (14-6 overall) improved to 10-5 over its break-long California road trip and capped off a stretch of 15 games in 10 days with its most impressive victory of the season.The trip began on March 11 with the National Invitational Softball Tournament in San Jose, Calif., where the Tigers went 3-2 over three days.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Princeton wins five in Calif.

A 17-5 loss might seem like a demoralizing start to the women's water polo team's eight-game spring break road trip, but given the opponent ? No.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Fabian, Stiller beat ODU

In the world of baseball, spring means one thing: spring training. Just as every major league baseball team has headed to warmer weather to prepare for the coming season, so too did the Princeton team head south over spring break.The Tigers provided plenty of early-season action for their fans, playing nine games in eight days.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Men, women both finish 1-2 on West Coast

Heading into its match against No. 53 Purdue last Monday, the unranked men's tennis team logically expected a tough fight.

SPORTS | 03/21/2005

Women's lacrosse shocked in double-OT

For the second time in eight days, the Penn State women's lacrosse team downed the No. 1 team in the nation on its home turf.This time, it was Princeton who fell victim to the underdogs.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Fencing eighth at NCAAs

Princeton's fencing team finished eighth at the NCAA fencing championships this weekend in Houston to finish out its 2004-05 season.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

No. 3 Cavaliers pull away after halftime

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA ? The outcome of the men's lacrosse team's contest against Virginia (4-0 overall) on Mar.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Ferrell 3rd in 3,000m at indoor nationals

When junior Cack Ferrell arrived at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships at the University of Arkansas to race the 3,000 meter run, she and head coach Peter Farrell had no expectations."I didn't have a time goal, I didn't have a place goal," Ferrell said.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Butler felled by eventual national champ at NCAAs

Junior wrestler Jake Butler traveled to St. Louis, Mo. last weekend to compete for the first time in the NCAA championships.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Princeton began break with wins over Loyola, Duke

During the women's lacrosse team's streak of dominance over the past few years, no opponent has consistently beaten the Tigers more frequently than Loyola.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Kentucky basketball is way of life

HOPKINSVILLE, KY ? Spring is here. Somewhere a bird is singing. Somewhere a dog is barking.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Hsiao finishes career with third trip to NCAAs

Three weeks after utterly dominating her competition at the women's swimming team's season-ending Ivy Championships, senior co-captain Stephanie Hsiao closed out her Princeton swimming career as the Tigers' lone representative at the 2005 NCAA Championship meet.Hsiao finished 43rd in the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday morning, clocking a time of 23.33 seconds, followed by a 42nd place finish in the 100 free on Saturday morning, in a time of 50.62."I set a personal best in the 50," Hsiao said.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Men's lax still winless after three games

After starting the season with back-to-back losses to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation, the men's lacrosse team faced unranked Hofstra on Saturday afternoon with the hope of picking up its first win of the season.

SPORTS | 03/20/2005

Staying Afloat

Her back facing the goal, sophomore Elyse Colgan's arm sweeps under the water polo ball. She quickly twists her body and whips the ball around towards the net in one swift motion, releasing a beautiful shot ? full of technical precision, intense strength and power.

SPORTS | 03/10/2005

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