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Softball travels North for two Ivy doubleheaders

Softball travels North for two Ivy doubleheaders

It should be a vibrant spring fling this holiday weekend when the softball team, motivated by a seven-game winning streak, will throw on its April brights and take to the road looking to hunt more than just colored eggs.Although the Tigers (15-10 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) have already claimed two Ivy League victories over Penn, they realize that their claim to the Ivy League title is more tenuous than the country club's claim to the classic garden party.

SPORTS | 04/08/2004

Temple left praying for mercy by women's lax

The women's lacrosse team can finally be satisfied with itself. Following several disappointing performances over the last two weeks, Princeton ransacked the Temple defense on its way to a 19-6 victory Wednesday night.Although the Tigers have yet to lose a game this season, they had not played up to their potential recently.

SPORTS | 04/08/2004

Brown, Yale next Ivy foes for m., w. tennis

Senior men's tennis captain Tim Kofol said last weekend before the Tigers upset Penn, 4-3, that his team had more than just the Ivy League title on the line.

SPORTS | 04/07/2004

Slumping baseball in need of winning weekend

In an Ivy League season that lasts just 20 games, there's no time for slow starts. So after opening its league slate with a disappointing 1-3 weekend, the baseball team realizes it is vital to rebound immediately.The Tigers (12-10 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) will take to the road for a duo of doubleheaders, facing Yale (7-12, 2-2) on Saturday and Brown (4-11, 1-1) on Sunday.

SPORTS | 04/07/2004

Villanova hosts men's track; women welcome Yale, Penn

After several individual successes at last week's Sam Howell Memorial Invitational, the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams are entering this weekend's meets with enthusiasm and confidence."The team objective for the meet this weekend is to win.

SPORTS | 04/07/2004

M. golf hosts only home meet; women at James Madison

This weekend both the men's and women's golf teams hope to drive, chip and putt their way to success as they set their sights on good entrance-standing for the Ivy League Championships, which will take place the following weekend.The men's squad will welcome 24 teams from around the nation, including 18 of the top 20 programs from Princeton's region, when they host the Princeton Invitational.The event, which was canceled last year due to inclement weather, will be the Tigers' first home competition in nearly two years, and the players are looking forward to the opportunity to play the course they know best."We are very much looking forward to a weekend on campus, sleeping in our own beds and playing a course that lends itself well to home course knowledge," sophomore Jason Gerken said.After a few disappointing tournaments this season, especially in district competition, the men are beginning to get back into the swing of things and are looking to boost their rankings for Ivies with a strong showing this weekend.In order to do this the Tigers will be working hard this week to mend past flaws, which, according to Gerken, include not giving shots away at the end of a round and more precise putting.

SPORTS | 04/07/2004

Owls host No. 1 women's lacrosse

In the land of cartoons, physically superior characters like Sylvester the Cat are always foiled by pesky opponents like Tweety Bird.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

Searching for some amusement in a lousy tournament

And so after much whining about the snoozefest otherwise known as the 2004 NCAA men's basketball tournament, I was treated to two-thirds of a good Final Four.Georgia Tech prevailed in a thrilling game against Oklahoma St.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

M. and women's rugby host Ivy tournament

Both the men's and women's rugby teams will host the 35th annual Ivy League Tournaments this weekend at West Windsor Field.The women are the defending league champions and will begin their title defense at 9:30 a.m.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

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Every pitcher's dream is to attain perfection even if they achieve it just once in their playing career.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

The tricks of the trade in winning face-offs in lacrosse

Playing a position that rarely garners accolades, often face-off midfielders are to lacrosse what middle relievers are to baseball ? unnoticed and unheralded, but absolutely essential for a winning squad.Despite their importance, much of what happens during a face-off remains a mystery to those outside the sport.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

Softball battles Lehigh in Allentown

Princeton softball, currently ranked first in the Ivy League, will test themselves against the mettle of yet another non-conference team before jumping back into crucial league play this weekend.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

Thompson, James to head to Athens seeking Olympic glory

The greatest amateur sporting event, the Olympic Games, will be held in Athens, Greece this August.

SPORTS | 04/06/2004

Weather gives men's golf fits at Navy Spring Invitational

Mark Twain once said that golf is nothing more than "a good walk spoiled." This weekend at the Navy Spring Invitational, the weather was so bad that even a good walk was all but impossible, not to mention a good round of golf.Yet the golf team plowed forward for two days in Annapolis, Md., and managed to shoot some respectable scores despite the weather.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

A midterm look at w. water polo

The 2004 season has been going well for the women's water polo team. The Tigers (19-7 overall) have proven their depth and skill throughout the last couple of months, competing against some of the top teams on the East Coast and doing the same in California.Despite a heartbreaking loss to Brown this weekend at the ECAC Championships, a title that the women brought home last year, the Tigers have managed a successful season thus far and are looking ahead to the Eastern Championships and Southern Championships, as well as this weekend when they will host the Olympics-bound Team USA at DeNunzio Pool.Overall, the Tigers have had no blowout losses, while many of their wins have been extremely one-sided, including a 17-2 win over Marist at the beginning of the season and an 18-3 win over Slippery Rock, in which 11 different Tigers put goals on the scoreboard.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

Outdoor track starts home season

The men's and women's outdoor track and field teams got off to a slow, but promising, start this year at the Sam Howell Invitational at Weaver Track.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

NCAA basketball title game disappointing after thrilling semis

The Huskies couldn't have asked for a better game.But what about the fans?Sure, we expect the No.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

W. water polo takes third place in ECAC Champs

Women's water polo had little trouble dispatching George Washington (15-9) in its last game of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships this weekend.Ahead 5-1 at the half, Princeton (19-7) wasn't expecting any difficulty as it trounced the Colonials' defense and held their offense scoreless for two quarters of the game.And no one was particularly surprised when the Tigers extended their lead to 11-3 in the third quarter.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

Tigers have rough opening to Ivy League season

While the Major League teams all opened their seasons last week, the Princeton baseball team waited until last weekend to start its conference schedule.Given the wait, this was not the start that the Tigers had in mind.The team went 1-3 in last weekend's conference openers, splitting a doubleheader against Dartmouth on Saturday before being swept by Harvard on Sunday at the friendly confines of Clarke Field."We didn't want to start off like that," senior catcher Tim Lahey said.

SPORTS | 04/05/2004

Men's heavyweight, women's open crew continue to impress

The men's and women's crew teams hosted races on Lake Carnegie this weekend and went two for three, getting wins in men's heavyweight and women's open but losing in men's lightweight.Saturday morning, men's heavyweight crew maintained possession of the Logg Cup by running Rutgers out of the waters of Carnegie in Princeton's home opener.The Tigers (3-1) won four of five heavyweight races against the Scarlet Knights, winning in all eight-man races and losing the four-man.Princeton dominated in the top race of the day, winning in the varsity eight with a time of five minutes, 56.4 seconds to claim the cup.

SPORTS | 04/04/2004

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