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She thrust a long thin weapon at me and lunged, aiming for my chest. I freaked, my instincts took over, and I attempted to protect myself: I turned my back and ran, covering my head.Then I heard laughs ? a lot of them ? coming from the sidelines."We're laughing with you," onlooking women fencers called out.Sure.I can't profess that I've ever had a hidden desire to fence; we don't live in a culture in which little kids grow up wanting to be fencing stars.

SPORTS | 02/21/2005

Princeton tops Vermont in duel of netminders

Princeton tops Vermont in duel of netminders

It has been a frustrating season for the women's hockey team, and Saturday night's game in Hanover, N.H., was no different.On Friday night, the Tigers defeated Vermont, 2-0.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Tigers find stride Saturday in romp over Brown

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? Fans stood and applauded, the players let a few smiles come out and head coach Joe Scott '87 looked relieved.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Two nights, two teams

NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? On Friday night, the men's basketball team found an answer to its inability to hold a second-half lead: don't have a lead.Yale led wire-to-wire Friday night, cruising to a 56-43 win over a lackluster Tiger team to keep Princeton rooted in the cellar of the conference standings.The Bulldogs (9-12 overall, 5-3 Ivy League) used a faux full-court press to take the Tigers (12-11, 3-6) out of their offensive rhythm, forcing Princeton to spend precious shot clock seconds just to set up a play.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Tigers shock Big Green

On Friday night against Dartmouth, freshman forward Keith Shattenkirk did what the men's hockey team desperately needed to do ? he scored the game's first goal.Princeton (7-18-2 overall, 5-14-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) entered the weekend 0-12-0 in games its opponents scored first.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Princeton sweeps home pair

On Friday night, after the women's basketball team thoroughly defeated Yale, 75-49, to start the weekend, junior center Becky Brown was optimistic about Saturday night's game against Brown."I think that we can take what we did tonight ? the effort and the intensity and the energy," she said.

SPORTS | 02/20/2005

Tigers host Dartmouth, Vermont

Playing its last two home games of the regular season this weekend, the men's hockey team will look to send off four stars in winning fashion.

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

Tigers hope to climb in league

You would be hard pressed to find two more different teams for the women's hockey team to face on back-to-back nights.With its regular season winding down and playoffs looming in the distance, Princeton (13-6-5 overall, 7-5-3 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League) heads to New England this weekend for a pair of critical games against Vermont and Dartmouth.On Friday night, the Tigers face off against the Catamounts (5-22-3, 3-13-0), who are last in the nation in offense, averaging only 1.2 goals per game.

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

Five burning questions for Stu Orefice

Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Rachel Cecil sat down with Stu Orefice for a quick chat.Daily Princetonian: Can you explain your job on campus?Stu Orefice: I'm the Director of Dining Services at Princeton, which oversees Frist Campus Center, the Residential Colleges and the concession stands at games, which is actually convenient because I can help with that, too, at the games if they need it.DP: What do you do with the basketball program?

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

Give squash a chance

Many of the people on campus who I've talked to don't know much about the sport of squash. Do a quick straw poll of all your friends, asking which of them can honestly say that they know how squash is played.

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

Princeton looks for road wins

The second half of the Ivy League season will open for the men's basketball team (11-10 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) in the same fashion as did the first half ? with a pair of weekend games against Yale (7-12, 3-3) and Brown (9-11, 2-4).Yet just as the order of the opponents and the location of the games have been flipped ? the Tigers visit the Bulldogs on Friday night and the Bears on Saturday night ? Princeton's season has likewise been turned on its head over the past three weeks.When Brown and Yale came to Jadwin Gym in the last weekend of January, the Tigers had just wrapped up a tough non-conference schedule with a 9-5 record.

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

W. hoops looks to sweep Brown, Yale

The women's basketball team (10-10 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) will look to sweep the season series from Yale (4-17, 1-7) tonight, then avenge the loss it suffered to Brown (14-7, 6-2) in its Ivy League opener.

SPORTS | 02/17/2005

Henderson at home on sidelines

When Mitch Henderson '98 walked off the court in Hartford, Conn., after a 63-56 loss to Michigan State in the second round of the 1998 NCAA tournament, the playing career of a great Princeton guard came to a close.The Tiger star refused to fade away, however, and his life in the basketball world was nowhere close to being over.Henderson has taken a career path increasingly common for former Orange and Black players ? he joined the fraternity of Princeton coaches.

SPORTS | 02/16/2005

Tigers split matches at H-Y-Ps

In light of their high expectations heading into last weekend's H-Y-P meet in Cambridge, Mass., the mixed emotions the fencing team felt at the end of the matches against Yale and Harvard were understandable.

SPORTS | 02/16/2005

Tigers end three-game losing skid

Having home-court advantage for the first time this season proved to be the perfect remedy for the men's volleyball team's recent slump.

SPORTS | 02/16/2005

Pride of Buffalo

Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with junior rowers Steve Coppola and Pat Cotter.

SPORTS | 02/16/2005

Who knew? yOOnew

You knew the Red Sox were going all the way this past year. You knew the Yankees had nothing on your favorite unshaven players.

SPORTS | 02/15/2005

Tiger men, women sweep at Jadwin

Get out the broomsticks. The men's and women's tennis teams swept their opposition this weekend in their first home stand of the season at Jadwin Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 02/15/2005

Taking on the Roman bus system

After surviving four months of the Roman bus system, I have a new appreciation for the simplicity of New Jersey traffic and mass transit.What is this article doing on the sports page?

SPORTS | 02/15/2005

Tigers coast past Columbia in final dual meet

The men's swimming and diving team (9-1 overall, 6-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League) conquered Columbia (6-5, 4-4), 140-98, in its final dual meet of the season Friday, dominating the Lions as expected."They were third at Easterns last year," junior Will Reinhardt said, "but we weren't that worried."Reinhardt anchored the 200 medley relay, the first event of the meet, for Princeton's victory.

SPORTS | 02/15/2005

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