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Rutgers snaps 15-year losing streak to Tigers

Rutgers snaps 15-year losing streak to Tigers

PISCATAWAY ? It's hard to be perfect for 16 years ? just too hard, it seems, for the Tigers.The men's lacrosse team (1-6 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) lost to Rutgers on Saturday for the first time since 1989, 8-5, amid the same face-off and shooting problems that have plagued the Tigers throughout the 2005 season.

SPORTS | 04/10/2005

More than fancy shoes

With each passing day of warm weather, more and more boat shoes are popping up around campus. But speak to any member of the Princeton sailing team, a proud group of about 30 students, and they will tell you that the majority of those who adorn their feet with these shoes are just wannabes.

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Rowing alums keep giving, coming back

When the newest Princeton shell is christened in a few weeks, both the current Tigers who will enjoy the boat and the former Tigers who funded its purchase

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Tigers win two versus Lehigh

Even the wind's hard blowing from rightfield was not enough to knock down Princeton's home run power as the softball team (21-8 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) swept Lehigh (22-6) twice on Thursday afternoon.

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Tigers to face Ivy's best on road

Tomorrow, senior Will Venable and the baseball team (9-12 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) will return to Hanover, N.H., where, in the Ivy League championship last May, the Tigers were powered by their star outfielder's six hits to a sweep of Dartmouth.If Princeton's perfect Ivy League record survives its bout with the Big Green (5-9, 2-2), fans in attendance for Sunday's matchup at Harvard (11-7, 4-0) could be treated to a battle of conference undefeateds.As the Tigers fight through this season's first pair of true Ivy challenges, they will be led by some holdovers who came up big as last year's squad secured the league title.

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Tigers hope to build on victory

This Saturday the men's lacrosse team travels just a few miles north to New Brunswick to face Rutgers in the team's final non-Ivy League game of the season.

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Elis' stingy 'D' looks to stop Princeton

When the women's lacrosse team meets Yale in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, something will have to give.The matchup promises to pose a classic sports conundrum: what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

SPORTS | 04/07/2005

Biles leads Princeton past Owls

Some say that a win is a win, but with the high expectations that the women's lacrosse team imposes upon itself, it's not always enough.

SPORTS | 04/06/2005

Doneger nets game-winner in OT

Their first win came by the narrowest of margins, in double overtime and only after several close saves, but the Tigers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.Princeton's men's lacrosse team (1-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) defeated Penn (1-8, 0-4), 6-5, ending the Tigers' five-game slide to start the season and keeping hopes alive for an 11th consecutive Ivy League title."It's great to get that first win ? we really feel a little bit relieved, and I feel like this team deserves that win," head coach Bill Tierney said.While a win is a win ? and this is Princeton's 16th straight against the Quakers ? the Tigers experienced some of the same problems they've faced this season, particularly with shooting.It didn't look that way in the beginning of play, though.

SPORTS | 04/06/2005

Searching for explanation of Tigers' woes

On the walls of men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney's office sit Ivy League championship plaques, pictures of his national championship teams and numerous other reminders of Princeton lacrosse's glorious tradition.But no matter how hard you look, you won't find any remembrances of an 0-5 team ? not just because such a feat wouldn't warrant attention, but because there has never been a team off to such a poor start during Tierney's tenure at Princeton.With an 0-5 start comes the usual barrage of questions.

SPORTS | 04/06/2005

Tigers take pair from Elis, Bears

Last Friday night, the baseball team went to sleep anxiously awaiting the start of its Ivy League season, expecting to play home doubleheaders against Yale and Brown scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

SPORTS | 04/06/2005

Tigers claim title at ECACs

Revenge is sweet ? especially when the result is an Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship title.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Midseason awards: Honoring the best of the best

With the women's lacrosse team's season just over halfway done, the Tigers (6-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) have had time to establish their game and character.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Advice to kids: Learn to use your left hand — it's worth it

With baseball season in full swing, young children and their parents are looking at major leaguers in admiration and thinking how great it would be to be a baseball star.While I do not pretend to be a superb baseball player, I have played a great deal and am an avid fan.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Hit 'em where it's legal

The first thing almost anyone playing men's lacrosse for the first time asks is, "When do we get to hit them?" Lacrosse is a contact sport, and hitting is a big part of the game, but the rules are well-defined and take skill and training to manipulate to your advantage.There are three legal means of contact, as broken down by the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Rulebook: body checking, stick checking and offensive screening.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Princeton sweeps Quakers

Opening its Ivy League season yesterday afternoon with a doubleheader against Penn (9-13 overall, 0-2 Ivy League), the softball team (19-7, 2-0) earned a pair of convincing wins, fueled by complete-game shutouts from junior pitcher Erin Snyder and freshman pitcher Kristen Schaus.After Snyder (10-2) pitched the Tigers to a 4-0 win in the opener, Schaus took the mound and looked equally impressive in a 3-0 win to secure the sweep.Snyder's team-leading fifth shutout of the season came on the heels of the perfect game she pitched last week in the team's home-opener against Fairfield.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Chasing the Dream

Three Princeton football players took a step toward extending their playing careers on March 31. The University hosted a "Pro Day" for seniors Brandon Mueller, Zak Keasey and Branden Benson, as well as one player from Fordham University.Pro Day is the name given to what is essentially the NFL's version of an interview.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Night Owls

When No. 16 Temple comes to face the women's lacrosse team tonight at 7:30 p.m., it'll be bringing its "A" game to Class of 1952 Stadium.

SPORTS | 04/05/2005

Tigers overcome weather

This past weekend, the men's and women's golf teams faced not only tough opponents, but also 40 mile-per-hour winds and 30-degree temperatures.Nonetheless, the women's team took second at the Hoya Women's Invitational at the Raspberry Falls Golf Course, only 13 strokes behind first-place Yale.

SPORTS | 04/04/2005

Tigers win second straight at home

Late Friday night at Dillon Gym, with an emphatic kill on match point by freshman outside hitter Peter Eichler, the men's volleyball team achieved something it had not yet experienced this season ? a winning streak.Princeton (5-11 overall) built upon a dominant 3-0 victory over Stevens Tech (20-7) to claim its second win in a row by defeating St.

SPORTS | 04/04/2005

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