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M., w. fencers post wins at Regionals

M., w. fencers post wins at Regionals

In order to qualify for the NCAA Championships which begin on Thursday, members of the men's and women's fencing squads first had to display their skills at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic South Regionals during the first weekend of Spring Break.Two Tigers put on especially strong displays as they won their respective weapon groups.

SPORTS | 03/22/2004

W. swimming sends two reps to race in NCAAs

After leading the women's swimming team to a fifth straight Ivy League title, senior Sarah Fraumann and junior Stephanie Hsiao had their sights set even higher as they competed in the NCAA Championships this weekend at Texas A&M in College Station, Tex.The championship meet kicked off Thursday.

SPORTS | 03/22/2004

Baseball goes 5-6 on road trip to South

The baseball team has achieved great success in the Ivy League the past few years, but it has not yet established itself on the national scene.

SPORTS | 03/22/2004

W. golf takes second, men place eighth in first tournaments

The men's and women's golf teams each competed over Spring Break in their first tournaments of 2004.

SPORTS | 03/22/2004

Men's, women's tennis visit California to gear up for Ivy season

Both the men's and women's tennis teams returned this weekend from a tough week in California. They spent their Spring Breaks in Southern California soaking up the sun and trying to get in some training and wins before returning home."We had double practices during the week, playing in the mornings and afternoons in La Jolla and in Los Angeles," senior women's captain Alex Kobishyn said.

SPORTS | 03/22/2004

Kroshus, Ferrell exceed expectations at NCAAs

While most students spent the week before Break preparing for a relaxing spring vacation at the beach, senior Emily Kroshus and sophomore Cack Ferrell were busy preparing for a trip to Fayetteville, Ark., this year's site of the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.Kroshus and Ferrell were the sole Princeton representatives at the meet, which held both men's and women's events.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Peeing next to PTI's Michael Wilbon

Denver. It sounded semi-exotic, a mile high and all those mountains and what not. Who was more excited about the free trip for the first round of the NCAA tournament, the men's basketball team or me, is debatable.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Brown edges women's hockey twice in ECAC quarterfinals

More than one Princeton team was hoping to get to the Final Four over Spring Break, but like the basketball team, the women's hockey team was stymied in its efforts.In a pair of heartbreaking losses, the women's hockey team saw the end of its season last weekend as it lost to Brown (12-5-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference, 18-11-2 overall) 2-0 in the best-of-three series in the ECAC quarterfinals.Though Brown had the advantage of playing host to the Tigers (12-6-0, 20-11-0 ), the contest was expected to be fairly even, as the two teams entered the weekend having split the regular season series, 1-1.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Season over: Time for awards show

Men's basketball failed in its upset bid against Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Cornell lacrosse player dies

Cornell senior defenseman George Boiardi died after being struck in the chest with a lacrosse ball in a game against Binghamp-ton on Wednesday.With the Big Red leading 9-6 and two minutes, 33 seconds left in the game, the Bearcat's Nate Kerstein fired a shot on goal.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Texas runs away from m. hoops in second half

DENVER ? For 20 minutes, it seemed as if the men's basketball team was on the verge of adding another chapter to Princeton's proud history of NCAA tournament upsets.Then reality ? in the form of Brandon Mouton ? set in.Texas' star senior guard caught fire after halftime, drilling three three-pointers early in the second half en route to a game-high 23 points.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

No. 1 women's lax improves to 5-0 with three break wins

Women's lacrosse held onto its undefeated record over a snowy Spring Break, maintaining its top spot in the NCAA rankings in the process.Over the past week, the Tigers earned wins over three schools in the top 20 of March 14 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

Men's lax picks up pair of wins, one at home one on the road

While the majority of Princeton students spent last week sun tanning or skiing, the men's lacrosse team found itself hard at work breaking some streaks and extending others.On Saturday Princeton's 10-5 win against Hofstra extended its dominance over the Pride to seven straight wins since 1991.The weekend before, the Tigers traveled to Charlottesville, VA determined to break their decade-long losing spell on Cavalier turf.

SPORTS | 03/21/2004

W. lacrosse takes on three top-20 teams over break

This Spring Break, women's lacrosse will attempt to hold onto its top national ranking while battling several other powerful squads.The Tigers have been recognized by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association as the No.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

Men's volleyball looks to avenge loss

When a team wins a couple of games in a row, the coach is usually feeling good, the players are all getting along, and fans start getting excited.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

What does it take to clean off the ice?

I was convinced that there were no perks to being a Sports Editor for the 'Prince.' It's long hours and it was a thankless job.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

Men's lacrosse to face nation's best in Virginia, Syracuse

So you're too busy in late May to make the trip to Baltimore for the NCAA Final Four of men's lacrosse?

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

NCAAs on horizon for m., w. fencing squads

Its awesome baby! The Tigers are bound for the NCAA Tournament.We're referring to the Tiger fencing squad of course.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

Spring Break schedule

NCAA TournamentMen's basketball will play in the first round of the NCAA tournament either Thursday, March 18 or Friday, March 19.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

Women's hockey begins playoffs

Win or go home. That's what it boils down to for the women's hockey team this weekend, as they begin what they hope will be a march deep into the playoffs.First up is a best-of-three series against Brown (16-10-2 overall, 12-5-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference), whom Princeton (20-9-0, 12-5-0) played just one week ago.

SPORTS | 03/11/2004

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