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Football is not quite the same after 135 years

Football is not quite the same after 135 years

"On Saturday November 6th, Princeton sent twenty-five picked men to play our twenty-five a match game of football."So began the account of the first intercollegiate football game in the Rutgers Targum of November, 1869, and so began intercollegiate football as we know it.Not really as we know it, actually.

SPORTS | 09/14/2004

Field hockey opens league play with victory over Yale

Former men's basketball coach John Thompson '88 often said that while his teams played many games from October to March, the real season took place within the walls of the Ancient Eight.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

Mike Williams: between a rock and a bigger rock

It's almost as if they were trying to get it wrong. And this one was so easy to get right.Late last month, the NCAA made its latest misstep when it denied Mike Williams athletic eligibility for the upcoming football season.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

Kiser looks to pace talented, veteran women's golf squad

The women's golf team will kick off its 2004 campaign with not only a great deal of confidence, but also the weight of lofty expectations on its shoulders.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

The Streak is over

From the 1986-1987 season to the 2002-2003 season, a team from Princeton won a national championship.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

M., w. cross-country crush weekend competition

Men's and women's cross country both started their seasons this weekend with a spring in their steps.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

M. golf places sixth in Navy Fall Invite

Men's golf opened its fall season this weekend at the Navy Fall Invitational. Junior Jason Gerken paced the Tigers, finishing tied for second overall as Princeton finished sixth as a team.The Tigers led the tournament after the first of two rounds at the U.S.

SPORTS | 09/13/2004

Princeton finishes 33rd in Directors' Cup standings

While the majority of Princeton's student population know that its school once again resides at the pinnacle of the U.S.

SPORTS | 09/12/2004

Men's water polo stays undefeated

Winning games is not the only trend the men's water polo team (5-0) is starting this year; they are also adding mustaches to their "To Do" list with mixed reviews."We decided to go with team mustaches this year.

SPORTS | 09/12/2004

Bend it Like Behncke

When Villanova and Vanderbilt showed up on the women's soccer's team's schedule, the only 'V' Princeton could think about was victory.After defeating Villanova on Friday in Philadelphia, 1-0, the Tigers set their claws on Vanderbilt in a 3-0 route starring junior forward Emily Behncke."They were coming into the game 0-3, so they had nothing to lose," head coach Julie Shackford said.

SPORTS | 09/12/2004

Second-half explosion buries men's soccer in blowout loss

Losing is bad enough, but being blown out of the water by the opposition is even worse. Men's soccer learned that lesson the hard way on Friday night, suffering a humiliating 6-0 loss against No.

SPORTS | 09/12/2004

Women's volleyball rolls through Morgan St. Tournament; Grumet shines for Tigers

After a strong season last fall, women's volleyball returns to the court this year with high expectations and lofty goals.

SPORTS | 09/12/2004

Top talent returns for defending Ivy men's golf champions

For the fourth time in the last five years, members of the men's golf team will begin the season with an Ivy League bullseye affixed to their orange and black polo shirts.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

Women's volleyball hopes to dethrone Penn in Ivies

It will be a hunt for blood this fall as Princeton women's volleyball looks to capture this season's Ivy League title after a frustrating finish last year that left them trailing Penn in the Ivy League rankings.Rebounding off a forfeit by Columbia, the Tigers had a chance to win a share of the Ivy League crown from the Quakers, a team that has dominated the sport for the past few years.Princeton had been the league's favourite throughout the Nineties, having won the Ivy title five times between 1994 and 2000, but has struggled through a recent rebuilding period, one in which at times the team possessed only one senior.In a devastating 3-1 loss, however, the Tigers were unable to capitalize on the fortunate hand dealt them, and ended the season in second place, allowing Penn to be crowned champions for the third consecutive year.The season definitely had its upsides, however, as Princeton ended the year with an 11-3 Ivy League record and an 18-7 all around record.In addition, both then-junior Alex Brown and then-sophomore Lauren Grumet were named to the All-Ivy conference team.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

Last season's success just the beginning for w. soccer

For the 2004 women's soccer team, expectations ? its own and those of outsiders and coaches ? are high.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

Eight field hockey seniors seek fourth career league title

When a team consistently achieves tremendous success it is almost certain that their successes will be met with even loftier expectations for the upcoming season.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

M. water polo hosts Princeton Invite

What sport is like running a marathon, playing a game of chess, and trying to survive a mugging all in 10 feet of water?

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

M., w. cross-country start 2004 on different paths

2003 was a banner year for women's cross country, when in less than three months the program went from being virtually unknown at the national level to a top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships.On the men's side, however, a new coach, new lead runners, and new talent will be put to the test this year after a disappointing 2003.The women, led by returning All-American junior Cack Ferrell, now hope to prove that last season was no fluke.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

Deep men's soccer eyes trip to NCAA tournament

Five of the players on the men's soccer team (1-0) remember when Princeton won the Ivy League title and went to the NCAA tournament in 2001.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

Sprint football looks to end streak

In the face of continued adversity and disappointment, "maybe this year" becomes a perennial invocation for the members of the sprint football team while preparing for the fall season.Consistently outmatched by the five other schools that compete in the Collegiate Sprint Football League, the Tigers (0-6 in 2003) have the daunting task of rebuilding a program that has endured 31 straight losses over the past five years.

SPORTS | 09/09/2004

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