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Fantastic voyage for Ivy's best b-baller

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

W. water polo takes on GW, Maryland in league play

Women's water polo concludes its first round of conference play with two away games this weekend.On Saturday, Princeton (6-3) will be in Washington D.C.

SPORTS | 03/03/2004

EIWA Championships last match for wrestling

It's do-or-die time.This weekend marks the culmination of the 2003-2004 men's wrestling season, as the team travels to Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships at Penn.

SPORTS | 03/03/2004

Streaking m. swimming hosts EISL Championships

For too long, the only suspense surrounding the men's Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League Championships was wondering whether Harvard would have room in the rafters to raise yet another men's championship banner.Beginning in 1996, the Crimson won six consecutive EISL titles, often by painfully wide margins.

SPORTS | 03/03/2004

W. hoops closes season, hosts Harvard, Dartmouth

It's early March; the end of the season is near, and, in the words of Frank Sinatra, it is now time for women's basketball to "face the final curtain." The real interest, however, will be to see if the Tigers, true to the lyrics of Old Blue Eyes' tune, can come away from this final weekend with the performance they have hoped for all season and be able to say that they did things their way.With a loss to Penn on Tuesday, things couldn't be looking bleaker for Princeton.

SPORTS | 03/03/2004

Youngsters anchor men's lacrosse in 2004

Do the math ? six NCAA titles, 11 Ivy League championships, eight NCAA championship game appearances, and nine NCAA final fours in the last 12 years.

SPORTS | 03/02/2004

Defending champ women's lacrosse opens season against Lafayette

Expectations are high this season for women's lacrosse, ranked No. 1 in the preseason for the second consecutive year.

SPORTS | 03/02/2004

Goaltender Kolodner heads up strong women's lacrosse defense

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SPORTS | 03/02/2004

Explosive offense leads baseball in Ivy League title defense

Winter is over. It's time for spring, and that means one thing: baseball.The weeks of spring training leading up to the Major League baseball season are full of anticipation.

SPORTS | 03/02/2004

'Prince' hands out men's hoops awards as season winds down

As the men's basketball team draws ever closer to an Ivy League title and a trip to the NCAA tournament, the 'Prince' pauses to unofficially honor the players who have made success possible for Princeton (17-7 overall, 10-1 Ivy League). Rookie of the YearThree members of the Tigers' heralded freshman class have made large contributions this season.

SPORTS | 03/02/2004

Men's lax hungry for national title

Forgive the country's hallowed lacrosse programs for feeling a bit uneasy this week. Since the inception of a national tournament in 1971, men's college lacrosse has been nothing if not predictable.

SPORTS | 03/02/2004

Terps beat w. tennis, 6-1; Tigers fall to 1-4 on season

A tough schedule to open the season continues to take its toll on the women's tennis team's record.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Men's volleyball extends win streak to seven in a row

The men's volleyball team seemed down for the count Friday night in Dillon Gymnasium. The Tigers were down, 0-2, to Rutgers-Newark, a league rival that stood between Princeton and any chance at postseason glory.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Seniors lead w. hockey to win in last regular-season home game

The women's hockey team split a pair of games against No. 8 Mercyhurst this weekend. The Tigers lost a disappointing contest Friday night but came back for a decisive victory in their final regular-season home game on Saturday.No.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Women's water polo splits matches at Bucknell Invitational

Lewisburg, Pa., saw some exciting action in the pool this weekend as women's water polo traveled to Bucknell for the Bucknell Invitational.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Beware of the pool shark with his own cue stick

Horseracing is the sport of kings. Bowling is the sport of suburbanites. Pool is the (non-drinking) sport of college students.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Men's track reclaims Heps title, women place second

The men's track team won the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships this weekend in Ithaca, N.Y., winning its sixth indoor title in seven years and unseating defending champion Cornell.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

M. squash finishes season at No. 4

Men's squash just did not cut it this weekend at the College Squash Association National Team Championship hosted by Yale.

SPORTS | 03/01/2004

Defense stifling as men's hoops wins two in the 'Jungle'

This past weekend saw the best and the worst of men's basketball's shooting. Thanks to its consistent and unforgiving defense, however, the team came out on top both nights.On Friday night, the Tigers (17-7 overall, 10-1 Ivy League) hosted Columbia (8-17, 4-8) in a rematch of an overtime contest won by Princeton.

SPORTS | 02/29/2004

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