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Men's lax faces Rutgers in first round of NCAAs

Men's lax faces Rutgers in first round of NCAAs

No. 6 men's lacrosse (5-1 Ivy League, 9-3 overall) makes its 15th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, as it faces Rutgers in the opening round tomorrow at Class of 1952 Stadium at noon.Though Princeton shared the Ivy League title with Cornell, its loss to the Big Red meant that the Tigers needed one of the ten at-large bids up for grabs this past Monday.

SPORTS | 05/13/2004

Baseball team to represent Ivies in NCAA regionals

With all its Ivy League foes vanquished, the two-time defending conference champion Princeton baseball team must now look ahead to an even larger task: the NCAA tournament.The NCAA tournament has not been kind to members of the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 05/13/2004

Women's lax to battle Dartmouth on Sunday

In what they hope will be an inexorable march toward lacrosse history, the women's team can now chant, "one down and three to go." Resolved to make their date with three-peat destiny, the Tigers took the first step in their personal four-step program to lacrosse excellence by vanquishing Colgate in their first-round NCAA championship tourney match, 18-6.After jumping out to an early lead courtesy of five goals in the first 15 minutes, Princeton (17-0 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) used unrelenting defensive pressure to force Colgate turnovers and prevent the Raiders from establishing a rhythm to get back into the game.

SPORTS | 05/13/2004

Football gets housing help from pilot program

Approximately 30 football players have obtained special campus housing this summer in Edwards Hall as part of a pilot program coordinated by the Center for Visitor and Conference Services.

SPORTS | 05/13/2004

M. outdoor track takes third, women fourth at Heps

In what can only be called a disappointing end to the regular season, the men's and women's outdoor track and field teams fell short in their bids for Ivy League dominance at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.The men finished third overall with 115.33 points, which was not good enough to overthrow the defending champions, Cornell.

SPORTS | 05/11/2004

'Unprovens,' not holes, for football after spring practices

For a man six months removed from what must have been the most heartbreaking season of his career, head football coach Roger Hughes appears surprisingly upbeat.

SPORTS | 05/11/2004

Women's open crew wins Easterns

This weekend, the women's crew teams wrapped up their respective Ivy League seasons, in the same manner as the cast of Friends ? with a bit of drama.

SPORTS | 05/11/2004

W. lacrosse begins quest for three-peat against Colgate

If today marked the end of the season for the women's lacrosse team, most observers would declare the results a resounding success.

SPORTS | 05/11/2004

M. lacrosse takes share of Ivy title

On the bus ride to Brown, one word lingered on the lips of each member of the men's lacrosse team: tradition.

SPORTS | 05/09/2004

W. golf holes out in 19th at NCAA Central Regionals

This weekend, women's golf traveled to Norman, Ill., to compete at Illinois State in the NCAA Central Regional tournament.

SPORTS | 05/09/2004

Prince of Hanover: Freshman's 10th-inning single lifts Tigers over Dartmouth, into NCAA tournament

Three years earlier, second baseman Steve Young, now a senior, had stepped into the very same batter's box in Hanover, N.H., with the situation identical.Freshman second baseman Aaron Prince knew the story well.

SPORTS | 05/09/2004

'Prince' sports outlasts WPRB in annual game

They say you can only whip a kangaroo once before it leads a horse to water. The 'Prince' sports staffers are that kangaroo.After a crushing one-point loss last season, timely shooting, smothering defense and surprise free throw shooting helped the 'Prince' team return to glory in the annual Matt Oxman '01 Classic, as the writers held off a late charge by WPRB for a 49-42 victory Friday afternoon in Jadwin Gym.The lead went back and forth in the early going, with the 'Prince' holding the largest advantages.

SPORTS | 05/09/2004

Coach searches take different paths

On March 8, Princeton men's hockey coach Len Quesnelle '88 was fired amidst growing dissatisfaction within the Department of Athletics and among the team's players.

SPORTS | 05/09/2004

Baseball to swing for Ivy League title at Dartmouth

For the ninth straight season, the baseball team prevailed as champions of the Lou Gehrig Division, a spectacular tradition of divisional dominance unmatched this side of the Atlanta Braves.In four of those past springs, Princeton claimed the Ivy League title, fulfilling its supreme goal.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

Sherry named 'Prince' Female Athlete of the Year

Learning how to juggle commitments is a way of life here at Princeton. Few have done this with as much excellence as Theresa Sherry, a senior standout on the women's varsity soccer and lacrosse teams.Sherry made her presence felt at Princeton within her first few months on campus.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

Heptagonals loom for outdoor track

After what seems like an eternity, the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship is finally here.The men's and women's outdoor track and field teams will travel to Brown this weekend to compete in the highly-anticipated Heps, the pinnacle of the season.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

El Halaby named 'Prince' Male Athlete of the Year

It's one thing to be the best player on your own team or the best player in your conference. It's simply remarkable to be the best collegiate player in the entire country ? and by a pretty wide margin.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

Men's hockey finally has new coach

Snow, icebergs, and polar bears are things readily associated with the state of Alaska. With Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67's announcement yesterday, it would seem fitting to add one more item to the arctic list ? hockey.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

Softball closes with split at Rider

It was a final push last Saturday as Princeton softball, already out of the race for the Ivy League title, tried to bolster its conference record in its last two games of conference competition against Columbia.Having lost two devastating games just a week before against Cornell, the Tigers' prospects at winning a third straight Ivy League title were nonexistent as they headed into their last home game of the season.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

W. crew to row in EAWRC Sprints

While members of the men's crew teams will use this weekend to rest and get started on their Dean's Date papers, the women's teams will be hard at work.Both the open and lightweight women's teams head off to Cooper River in Camden to race in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges Sprints Championship.

SPORTS | 05/06/2004

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