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Men's hoops returns four starters, takes on new head coach

Men's hoops returns four starters, takes on new head coach

It didn't take new head coach Joe Scott '87 long to figure out who the heart and soul of his basketball team would be.Even as he spent four years in Colorado Springs, Colo., resurrecting the Air Force program, he kept tabs on his Tigers back in New Jersey.

SPORTS | 11/09/2004

Women's soccer earns seventh seed in NCAAs

At 4:30 p.m. on Monday, the women's soccer team got its best news since senior forward Esmeralda Negron decided to matriculate four years ago.The team received the seventh seed for the upcoming 64-team NCAA Tournament that begins this Friday.

SPORTS | 11/09/2004

Men's hoops faces tough non-conference schedule

With the men's basketball team tipping off its season tomorrow night in Syracuse in the Coaches vs.

SPORTS | 11/09/2004

Songs and cheers a grand band tradition

"Crash through that line of Blue And send the backs around the end! Fight! Fight for every yard! Princeton's honor to defend (rah rah rah!) Roar, Tiger!

SPORTS | 11/09/2004

Behind every game is the unsung grounds crew

Goals, nets, hurdles and bleachers. Playclocks, scoreboards and lights. Jadwin Gym, Baker Rink, Dillon Gym and DeNunzio Pool.That's just a small list of all the things the groundskeepers of Princeton University are responsible for in addition to keeping all the athletic fields and their immediate surroundings neat and tidy."They call them groundskeepers, but that really doesn't do them justice," John Cruser, Jr., says of his team.Cruser is the foreman of the athletics grounds crew at Princeton University ? that is to say, a grounds crew of six ? which makes the fact that those six take care of all of Princeton's athletics facilities all the more remarkable.This fall marks Cruser's 39th year working at the University.

SPORTS | 11/09/2004

Athlete of the Week -- Esmeralda Negron

Women's soccer closed out its regular season last Saturday after a 4-1 trouncing of Penn in which senior forward Esmeralda Negron earned a hat trick and an assist during the game ? all in the first half.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

Men's squash gets early taste of Ivy League competition

Men's squash had a chance to see where it stood among its conference peers this weekend when it played in the Ivy Scrimmages.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

Men's hockey splits ECAC weekend

It was a weekend of shutouts on the road for men's hockey (1-2-1 overall, 1-1-0 ECAC), which came up on the short end of the stick Friday night against Vermont (5-4-1, 2-0-0) ? one of men's hockey's powerhouses ? but rebounded to capture the win on Saturday versus Dartmouth (1-1-0 ECAC).Despite sophomore goaltender B.J.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

News & Notes

Hitchcock visits Penn hockeyWith the National Hockey League hopelessly mired in a prolonged lockout, professional players and coaches alike have had to find other activities to occupy their time.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

Sprint football struggles against run, loses to Penn

It was a historic night in South Philadelphia on Friday as the sprint football team (0-6 overall, 0-4 CSFL) lost both its season finale to Penn (4-2, 2-2), 61-28, and its record-setting 35th consecutive game.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

W. hockey splits first two ECAC contests

Conference play has begun for the No. 8 women's hockey team.Accumulating a record of 1-1 this weekend on the ice at Baker Rink, the Tigers (2-1-1 overall, 1-1-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) opened their ECAC season with a 3-0 loss to No.

SPORTS | 11/08/2004

Third-down failures in first half doom football

Long before junior Derek Javarone pushed a 41-yard field goal wide right with 23 seconds left to play on Saturday afternoon, allowing Penn to escape New Jersey with a 16-15 win, the football team blew its best chances at victory.If the Tigers (4-4 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) had taken advantage of their first-quarter opportunities ? five possessions with an average starting position of the Quaker 38-yard line ? they wouldn't have needed any last-second heroics.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

Penn denies field hockey 11th straight league title

Every athlete dreams of scoring the game-winning goal as time expires. No one dreams of giving it up.On Friday night, under the normally friendly lights of 1952 Stadium, the field hockey team suffered the unthinkable, losing 2-1 to Penn on a Quaker goal that crossed the line as time expired.The loss was Princeton's second in the Ivy League this year.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

Women's volleyball needs help to win Ivy League crown after loss

Head coach Glenn Nelson made history on Friday by winning his 500th game. Unfortunately for the women's volleyball team's title hopes, win number 501 wasn't in the cards this weekend.Number 500 came against Columbia on Friday night in Dillon Gym, as the Tigers (16-7 overall, 7-4 Ivy League) swept the Lions (3-21, 1-11) in three games.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

Football inches away from beating Penn

As fans and players on both sides of Princeton Stadium invoked their respective gridiron gods through silent and vociferous fourth quarter petitions, junior placekicker Derek Javarone's 41-yard field goal attempt with 18 seconds remaining in the game sailed wide right by inches, ending Princeton's hopes of an upset.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

W. soccer continues its domination

The horn blew, calling for a substitution. A look at the clock showed there to be six minutes, one second remaining in the first half.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

Men's soccer keeps title hopes alive versus Penn

With a chance for an Ivy crown hanging in the balance on Saturday night at Lourie-Love Field, the men's soccer team held on to defeat rival Penn, 1-0, on a Ben Young goal.

SPORTS | 11/07/2004

M. soccer tries to stay alive in race for Ivy title against Penn

In its final home game of the year, the men's soccer team is searching for an important victory over league rival Penn.

SPORTS | 11/04/2004

Mancl is model student athlete

They say a jack of all trades is a master of none, yet football's Joel Mancl seems to have found a way around that adage.In the great tradition of the Princeton scholar-athlete, the senior pursues both his athletic and academic interests with equal vigor, having fun all the while."He's a very responsible, very dedicated, outstanding person," head coach Roger Hughes said of the 6-foot, 225-pound senior.His background makes him seem an unlikely candidate for Princeton.

SPORTS | 11/04/2004

Win over Penn would give field hockey Ivy League title

Friday night is about as important for the field hockey team as Tuesday night was for George W. Bush and John Kerry.With everything on the line, Princeton (7-9 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) will host Penn (12-4, 5-1) in its crucial season finale.

SPORTS | 11/04/2004

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