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PHILADELPHIA ? With seven minutes, 35 seconds remaining in regulation last night, the men's basketball team appeared well on its way to rebounding from its two disappointing defeats of last weekend.Senior center Judson Wallace stepped to the line and hit two free throws, giving Princeton (10-9 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) a 53-35 lead over host Penn (12-7, 5-0), equaling the Tigers' biggest advantage of the night.But Princeton would score just three more points in regulation, as the Quakers stormed back to tie the game at 56 and force overtime.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Men's volleyball drops two league contests

Men's volleyball drops two league contests

The men's volleyball team suffered a pair of tough losses in the first weekend of the new semester.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Tigers top Penn

After kneeing herself in the face while high jumping in the first meet of the season in December, senior Brooke Minor found herself tentative when taking jumps.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Tigers send off seniors

As the women's swimming and diving meet against Columbia came to a close Saturday, there were just two swimmers in the pool.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

A season on the line

In New Jersey, which advertises itself as the Garden State, one grows accustomed to seeing some of the finest homegrown products plucked by outsiders.Thus, when the men's basketball team (10-8 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) visits league-leading Penn (11-7, 4-0) tonight, Princeton fans should not be too shocked to see the Quakers led by a pair of Jerseyites ? guards Tim Begley and Ibrahim Jaaber.Eliciting greater concern throughout Tiger Nation, however, is Penn's potential theft of the Tigers' Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Face it, Penn, we're better than you are

Admit it, Penn students: you wanted to go to Princeton. It's all right, I did too. In fact, I do.You, of course, don't go to Princeton, which really is too bad ? for you, at least.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Princeton splits pair

Both the men's and women's squash teams dismantled Dartmouth in Jadwin Gym on Saturday, but neither team could repeat that success the following day against Harvard.Princeton's men's team fell behind, 3-1, against the Crimson (6-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League), last year's national finalists.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

How's life at the bottom treating you?

Allow me to start with this disclaimer:As a "dumb" Penn kid, I need to put in reminders throughout my writings so I don't forget about important points.So here's one.

SPORTS | 02/07/2005

Tigers split weekend pair at Baker Rink

This weekend, despite pounding out shot after shot and giving themselves plenty of opportunities to score, the women's hockey team only managed a split against two conference foes inside Baker Rink.The No.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005

Harvard hands m. hoops second loss in two nights

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ? Head coach Joe Scott '87 sounded a lot like he had the night before. Questions were many and answers were few after Harvard (8-11 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) topped Princeton (10-8, 1-3), 61-57, on Saturday ? the second consecutive night that the men's basketball team lost a late lead to a team it has traditionally dominated.This time, it was a four-point advantage for Princeton with five minutes, 40 seconds to play that drowned under a wave of turnovers, missed free throws and poor rebounding.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005

Princeton ties, loses in upstate NY

Despite an impressive defensive showing from the men's hockey team during their two-game road trip to northern New York, highlighted by 74 saves from junior goaltender Eric Leroux, the Princeton offense failed to present anything close to the same intensity.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005

Princeton drops two at home

Junior center Becky Brown summed up the women's basketball team's weekend with a bit of an understatement."Yeah, we're disappointed," Brown said after the Tigers' two weekend home losses, to Dartmouth (8-8 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) on Friday, 69-55, and to Harvard (12-6, 3-1) the next night, 67-51.Princeton (9-9, 1-4) failed to establish itself in either game.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005

Late 18-1 run gives Dartmouth upset win over men's basketball

HANOVER, N.H. ? The men's basketball team had won 18 of its last 19 contests against Dartmouth, had a better record both overall and in the conference and had better offensive and defensive numbers almost across the board.

SPORTS | 02/06/2005

Crimson, Big Green visit Jadwin

Recovering from a close loss to Penn in double overtime on Tuesday, the women's basketball team is eager to take on conference powerhouses Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend in an attempt to regain their earlier momentum and success.

SPORTS | 02/03/2005

Eagles will defy Philly history

Let me be the only person this week writing about the Eagles who spares you the history lesson.Yes, the history of Philadelphia sports is long and painful.

SPORTS | 02/03/2005

Super Bowl Sunday

Come Super Bowl Sunday, David Maass '08 will be a man on a mission."Since the object of the Super Bowl party is to recreate the experience of actually being at the big game, I plan to conclude the night fleeing naked from my friends at Public Safety with a bottle of malt liquor in one hand and a Patriot fan's wallet in the other," says Maass, who describes himself as "not a Patriots fan."He is a weekend warrior, determined, along with hundreds of fellow Princetonians, to enjoy Super Bowl XXXIX to the fullest.And the mechanism of fun this Sunday?

SPORTS | 02/03/2005

Pats will win third title in four years

I know, I know, I'm not supposed to be doing this anymore. You weren't supposed to still have to read my mindless Boston sports fan drivel.

SPORTS | 02/03/2005

Tigers head North for pair

For guard Will Venable, center Judson Wallace and the three other seniors on the men's basketball team (10-6 overall, 1-1 Ivy League), victory is the only outcome associated with the Tigers' annual road trip to Dartmouth and Harvard.Although Princeton has swept its away games against the Big Green and the Crimson each of the past three seasons, the senior leaders cannot allow the team to become complacent.

SPORTS | 02/03/2005

Levy teaches Tigers tricks of the trade

Chances are, you've seen Howard Levy.Maybe the six-foot, 10-inch Class of 1985 Princeton graduate and former standout basketball center has blocked your view at a men's basketball game ? you, seated behind the home bench, and he, now an assistant coach, seated to the right of head coach Joe Scott '87.Or, perhaps while lunching in the Wilcox dining hall, the Wilson College faculty fellow has loomed large over your shoulder as you waited in line for some "vegetarian vegetable" soup.But while Levy's height makes him memorable, it does not make him approachable.

SPORTS | 02/02/2005

Little Tigers

Sitting at his usual post behind the backboard, legs awkwardly bent backwards at the knees, Lior Levy intently follows every play of the men's basketball game."Oh no," he whispers under his breath when the Tigers' opponent hits a three-pointer.

SPORTS | 02/02/2005

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