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Mark Shapiro '89 has seen the best and worst of the Cleveland Indians in his 14 years with the club.But after several disappointing seasons, he is now happy to say that the team is on the upswing."Our expectations are to win the division," Shapiro said.Two decades ago, when he first arrived at Princeton in 1984 as a history major and an offensive lineman on the football team, a career in baseball didn't appear on the horizon for Shapiro.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Rocca still diving for loose balls

Rocca still diving for loose balls

With 15 minutes left to play at The Palestra on Feb. 9, 1999, things were looking ugly for the Orange and Black.

SPORTS | 02/09/2005

Chiles leads m. swimming, in and out of pool

The chant reverberates across the deck, spreading from the 50-odd members of the men's swimming team to the DeNunzio crowd."Chiles . . . Chiles . . . Chiles . . . "The meet has come down to the final 4x100-yard freestyle relay.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

W. fencing sweeps field, men win over Haverford

The women's fencing team defeated four teams in one day, improving its record to 6-3 in the safe confines of Jadwin Gym.Princeton took wins off Haverford, James Madison, Farleigh Dickinson and Cornell.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

No explanation for Tigers' loss

PHILADELPHIA ? Around 9:30 p.m. last night, with the men's basketball team cruising towards victory, I started to write my column about how Princeton saved its season.Half an hour later, as overtime tipped off, I highlighted a few hundred words and hit delete.

SPORTS | 02/08/2005

Heartbreak at The Palestra

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

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

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