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Baseball opens with three-game sweep over Old Dominion

Baseball opens with three-game sweep over Old Dominion

Considering his team was opening its season against Justin Verlander, an All-American pitcher whose fastball tops out at 96 miles per hour, baseball head coach Scott Bradley probably would not have complained if the Tigers had struggled at the plate.Perhaps he forgot to tell B.J.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

Only pride at stake for m. hoops at Penn

When the Ivy League champion men's basketball team strides onto the floor of the Palestra tonight at 7:00, plenty will be on the line.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

M. hockey's head coach dismissed

Len Quesnelle '88 was fired yesterday as head coach of the men's hockey team. He had just completed his fourth year, as the team was swept out of the first round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs by Rensselaer.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

El Halaby rolls to second national title

Whether studying or letting loose for one last time, most Princeton students spent this weekend preparing themselves for this week's upcoming exams and papers.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

Women's hockey earns split in final regular-season contests

Now the real fun begins.The regular season came to an end for the women's hockey team on Sunday, leaving only playoff games on the schedule.The season did not end as well as Princeton (20-9-0 overall, 12-6-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) had hoped, as it dropped the finale to rival Harvard (25-3-1, 15-3-0), 2-0.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

Disappointing season ends at ECACs for men's hockey

With two successive losses to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday and Saturday the postseason dreams of the men's hockey team are over almost as quickly as they started.

SPORTS | 03/08/2004

Wrestling ends year with 10th place finish

Sometimes things just don't go the way you had hoped.So went the Eastern Intercollegiate Wreslting Association Championships this weekend for the wrestling squad.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Women's basketball ends lackluster season with home win

Women's basketball has taken several hits as of late. Sitting last in the league with a string of defeats following the loss of their second-highest scorer, freshman Casey Lockwood, there seemed to be little joy to be had from their season.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Men's hoops back on top of Ivies

It may not have been pretty, but the men's basketball team did exactly what it needed to do.Perhaps the manner in which Princeton (19-7 overall, 12-1 Ivy League) clinched the outright Ivy League title was fitting.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Men's swimming wins EISL Championship

On the final day of the 2003 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming League Championships, Princeton suffered a heartbreaking ending to their previously perfect season.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Men's lax endures drubbing at hands of Johns Hopkins

During Saturday's men's lacrosse game against Princeton, Johns Hopkins showed just how important momentum can be.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Women's lacrosse defeats No. 4 Loyola in emotional contest

The women's lacrosse team opened and finished strong against Loyola on Saturday and this was enough for the Tigers to pull out a critical early-season 9-5 win.While the game didn't need any additional hype ? Princeton (2-0 overall) is ranked No.

SPORTS | 03/07/2004

Men's lacrosse battles No. 1 Johns Hopkins in first big test

The men's lacrosse team has its first challenge of the year this weekend as it travels to Baltimore to face the top-ranked team in the nation, Johns Hopkins (1-0), on Saturday.In only the second game of its season, No.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

Women's hockey plays final games before ECAC playoffs

The women's hockey team will have to be at its best this weekend if it wants to end the season on a high note.Only two games remain in the regular season for Princeton (19-8-0 overall, 11-5-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) before the team begins the playoffs.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

Weekend Brief

CSA Individual NationalsMembers of the men's and women's squash teams travel to St.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

Women's lacrosse extends winning streak

The mantra for the women's lacrosse team Wednesday night was "keep the streaks going." With a resounding 17-3 road rout of Lafayette (0-1), the Tigers (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) beat the Leopards for the ninth straight time, continued their 10-game winning streak, which goes back to last season, and scored in double digits for the eighth time in those 10 games.During the first half, the Leopards refused to become submissive road kill for their highly-touted opponents and limited Princeton's lead to 6-2.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

Fantastic voyage for Ivy's best b-baller

There is a story or two in everyone, some just cover more range than others. Hana Peljto's story, then, would be a supersonic jet, an ocean liner, a 1991 Mercury Tracer swerving across a freeway lane."Don't we want 94?" a classmate said from the passenger seat."Yes," I said.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

Road sweep would give men's basketball Ivy League crown

Over the years, more often than not, the Ivy League title has not been decided until the final Tuesday of the season, turning the second Princeton-Penn clash into an epic battle nearly every year.But if the men's basketball team has its druthers, there will be no such instant classic in the near future.

SPORTS | 03/04/2004

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