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Men's basketballAfter a disappointing loss to Wyoming on Monday night, the men's basketball team returns to action Saturday afternoon against Lafayette in Easton, Pa.Princeton (1-2 overall) has already defeated one Patriot League squad this year, Bucknell, and, on paper at least, is favored to knock off the Leopards (1-1) as well.

SPORTS | 11/23/2004

W. hoops loses to Lehigh, preps for ACC

W. hoops loses to Lehigh, preps for ACC

Despite Katy Digovich and Rebecca Brown putting up 15 and 14 points, respectively, for the women's basketball team, Princeton lost to Lehigh 64-15.

SPORTS | 11/23/2004

M. swimming still perfect on season

The men's and women's swimming teams opened their campaigns to defend their Ivy League titles this weekend in Philadelphia, Pa., with dominating performances over Penn and Cornell.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

Ferrell leads w. cross country to 18th-place finish in NCAAs

If the idea that adversity breeds toughness ever needed to be supported with a concrete example, the women's cross country team would illustrate it perfectly.Racing against the best teams in America at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., the Tigers fought their way through both a talented field and difficult conditions to finish in 18th place of the 31 teams competing."As a whole, the team is thrilled," junior Cack Ferrell said.Ferrell covered the six-kilometer course in 20 minutes, 56 seconds ? less than a minute off the lead ? to finish in 13th place of those who qualified as members of a team and 20th overall when individual runners were included.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

Women's hockey escapes weekend with 1-1 record

Just as it did in the 2003-2004 season, the No. 8 women's hockey team split games with Mercyhurst this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

Men's basketball loses double overtime thriller at Wyoming

For 44 minutes, senior guard Will Venable did everything he could to keep the men's basketball team (1-2 overall) in the game.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

W. cross country eighth at ECAC and IC4A Champs

For Princeton's talented runners who often live in the shadow of the cross-country team's top seven, this weekend provided them with a chance to shine.While the women's varsity seven and men's team senior Austin Smith prepared themselves to race at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., the remaining runners took the short trip to New York to compete in the ECAC and IC4A Championships on Saturday.Sophomore Caroline Mullen came up with the Tigers' top finish, covering the five-kilometer course at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y., in 18 minutes, 52 seconds, which was good for 40th place.Followed by senior Randy Buzzell (46th, 18:57) and sophomore Claire Filloux (50th, 19:00), Mullen led her team to an eighth-place finish out of 15 teams competing.Freshman James O'Toole led the men's team with a 60th-place finish and a time of 26:07 over the five-mile course.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

M. squash loses to Cornell for first time ever in regular season

Men's squash played its season-, leagueand home-opener against Cornell (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) on Sunday.

SPORTS | 11/22/2004

Men's hockey splits with Union, RPI

It came down to one bad period. That 20-minute lapse is all it took to prevent the Princeton men's hockey team from netting its first weekend sweep of the year.A four-goal third period gave Union (6-5 overall, 5-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) a 6-4 win Friday night before the Tigers (3-4-1, 3-3) rebounded for a 3-2 win over Rensselaer (6-6-1, 2-4) on Saturday.Everything was going well for the Tigers against the Dutchmen on Friday.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Keasey, defense spark Tiger victory

If senior linebacker Zak Keasey winds up playing on Sundays next fall, it will be in large part due to the performance he turned in on the final Saturday of his football career.Keasey played like a man among boys on Saturday, making 22 tackles as the defense carried Princeton (5-5 overall, 3-4 Ivy League) to a 17-10 victory over Dartmouth (1-9, 1-6) in both team's season finales.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Stifling defense equals winning formula for women's soccer

Your defense must be airtight when you're 18-0 when scoring a goal. The Tigers (18-2) advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals with their 12th shutout of the season ? a 2-0 win over Boston College (15-7-1) Saturday night in front of 1,822 fans at Lourie-Love Field.Although the 1982 women's soccer team did make it to the quarterfinal round, the tournament was only a 12-team affair that year.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Jadwin drama: W. hoops shocks Monmouth in OT

The numbers will tell you that the women's basketball team got out-rebounded 47-40 on Saturday. They'll tell you that the Tigers shot just 35.2 percent from the field for the game, and only 46.4 percent from the free throw line.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Wyoming next stop for m. basketball

The men's basketball team may be making its first ever trip to Wyoming, but head coach Joe Scott '87 is plenty familiar with Laramie, Wyo.Over the previous four seasons at Air Force, Scott coached against the Cowboys nine times, including two victories last year.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

W. volleyball swept by Cornell in NCAA tournament playoff

The women's volleyball team has had big problems with the Big Red all season long.The Tigers' struggles continued on Saturday, as they were swept 3-0 by Cornell in Schenectady, NY, to end their season just short of the NCAA tournament.Princeton, Cornell, Harvard and Yale finished as Ivy League co-champions after finishing the season with identical 10-4 league records, necessitating a four-way playoff to determine which team would get an automatic NCAA tournament bid. Playoff resultsThe No.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Football beats Dartmouth to end year

Football is a game of bounces, which in their fickle nature can go for or against you. Fortunately for Princeton (5-5 overall, 3-4 Ivy League), the biggest bounce in Saturday's season finale against Dartmouth (1-9, 1-6) fell into the arms of sophomore holder Colin McDonough.With 9:35 left in the fourth quarter and the score tied at 10, a series of events unfolded that could have buoyed or broken both teams.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

From Sweet to Elite

Numerologists worldwide rejoiced Friday night after junior forward Emily Behncke and the rest of the Princeton women's soccer team proved that the best things really do come in pairs.With a couple of twos emblazoned on the back of her jersey, Behncke propelled Princeton past Boston College by netting a pair of second-half goals in a span of just under two minutes.

SPORTS | 11/21/2004

Men's hockey to host top, bottom of conference talent

Many of the fans who show up at Baker Rink tonight for the men's hockey matchup between Princeton (2-3-1 overall, 2-2-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) and Union College (5-5, 4-0) will be eagerly anticipating the "Skate with the Tigers" promotion that is scheduled to take place after the game.

SPORTS | 11/18/2004

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