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Despite mistakes, football earns 'W'

Despite mistakes, football earns 'W'

SAN DIEGO ? A few minutes after the game ended, as he sat on the stairs outside the visitor's locker room, football head coach Roger Hughes looked exhausted.He'd just watched his team throttle the opposition for the first 20 minutes and sleepwalk through the final 40.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

Defense is the key to football victory

SAN DIEGO ? Few football teams can survive on defense alone. Sure, defense wins championships, the old adage terms, but teams this side of the Baltimore Ravens rarely do so without the help of a competent offense.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

W. cross country runs at Griak Invitational

Junior Cack Ferrell found her comfort zone as she and the rest of the women's cross-country team returned to her home state of Minnesota to compete in the Griak Invitational.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

Women's golf shows off depth in winning Princeton Invite

It is not a coincidence that Jack Nicklaus won six Masters. After all, the man who is still considered the best golfer of all time (sorry Tiger, you are in a slump) played there enough times to get to know the course.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

Field hockey downs Lions; goes to 2-1 in league play

Thank God it was Friday. Riding a three-game losing streak, the field hockey team needed a win badly when they played Columbia on Friday night, and that's exactly what they got, beating the Lions 3-1.Though Princeton (2-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) dominated offensively throughout the first half, the scoreboard was blank until junior midfielder Maren Ford scored an unassisted goal with five minutes left in the half.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

Sprint football routed in Annapolis

In its season opener Friday night, the sprint football team (0-1) was sunk by Navy (1-0), 77-16. The loss extended the Tigers' losing streak to 30 games, dating back to 1999.The Midshipmen scored early and often and relinquished neither their barrage nor the lead, which they first held after only two minutes, 55 seconds.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

W. volleyball goes 1-2 at Bronc Invitational

LAWRENCEVILLE ? Coming into the Bronc Invitational, the women's volleyball team had nothing to prove ? and prove nothing it did.In a sometimes disappointing set of matches, the Tigers went 1-2 over two days and finished up their pre-Ivy League season with an 8-3 overall record.Princeton opened the tournament Friday afternoon with a match against Rider, who jumped out to a two-game lead.

SPORTS | 09/26/2004

Undefeated m. water polo invades Cambridge and ECACs

There's no doubt about it ? a No. 9 national ranking and an 8-0 record are statistics any team would die for.But for the successful men's water polo team, the road ahead is still long and satisfaction will never be complete without the distant Eastern Championship title.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Football makes California debut in San Diego

California, the saying goes, knows how to party. Whether the Golden State is spawning rap music, the internet, or a new way to play offensive football, it has always seemed to bring an exciting edge to life.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Spicer voted m. soccer's model student athlete

Coming off a shellacking at Akron, the men's soccer team came into its home opener against Drexel on September 14 needing someone to step up.Junior forward Darren Spicer, as he has done so many times in his Princeton career, answered that call and put away two goals in the second half to the adoring cheers of the home fans.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Bonds versus McGwire: The bigger moment

September 8, 1998. Busch Stadium. St. Louis, Mo. There is one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Trip to Cali more than just football

After waiting 135 years to make its first trip to California, the Princeton football program has done everything possible to make this weekend's visit to San Diego a memorable one.For a program that last played an opponent outside the Ivy League or Patriot League in 1989, any journey outside the Northeast constitutes a rather novel event.

SPORTS | 09/23/2004

Motlagh, Stover discuss savagery, sport

Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with men's water polo juniors John Stover and Jamal Motlagh.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

White stands tall in m. soccer's goal, continues family tradition

At first glance, senior Erik White may seem like your ordinary engineering student. He treks to the E-Quad.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa

I was wrong. The football team was not nearly as bad as I prophesied in my preseason predictions.Against Lafayette, the wide receivers were surprisingly sure-handed.

SPORTS | 09/22/2004

Lafayette falls to w. volleyball

After peering into the jaws of the Leopards, the Tigers roared back to victory. Showing the strength, skill and aggression of its namesake mascot, the women's volleyball team defeated Lafayette 3-1 in a hard-fought contest.Princeton extended its record to 7-1 ? but not without a scare.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

Lengthy baseball regular season not worth the trouble

If it was 1954, and I was watching Mantle instead of Manny and Berra instead of Bernie, last weekend's Red Sox/Yankees series might have meant something.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

Using their heads: Story of the Tiger helmet

This is the second in a series of articles on the history of Princeton football in commemoration of its 135th anniversary.Great athletes always have to be careful not to let success go to their heads, but in the case of the Princeton football program, being the winner of 28 national championships has done exactly that, quite literally, for almost 70 years.

SPORTS | 09/21/2004

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