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Table tennis club? We've got one, and they're good

Table tennis club? We've got one, and they're good

The Princeton University Table Tennis Club is reestablishing the name of table tennis here at the University as well as in the wider community.Several years ago, the participation in the club was limited, but under the current leadership of Ivan B

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Miller, Negron named Ivy League Player of the Year

Senior co-captain and midfielder Claire Miller and freshman goalkeeper Allison Nemeth received two of the top Ivy League honors for the 2003 season.After leading the team to its tenth consecutive Ivy League title this year, Miller was named the 2003 Ivy League Player of the Year.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Men's, w. fencing kicks off season without Thompson

One of the best fencers in the world goes to Princeton. Unfortunately for the fencing team, he ? Soren Thompson ? has decided to take the year off in hopes of qualifying for a spot in next year's Summer Olympics.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Men's water polo finishes behind Navy at Easterns

If you didn't already know, now you know ? men's water polo ends the season proving yet again that it is a force to be reckoned with.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Men's hockey picks up first win against ECAC-favorite Harvard

So much for home ice advantage. The men's hockey team (1-5-1 overall, 1-3-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) seriously should consider forsaking Baker Rink and moving all its games to Bright Hockey Arena.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Anderson's natural hat trick leads w. hockey past Providence

Speaking of the women's hockey team's 3-0 loss to No. 9 New Hampshire last Saturday, head coach Jeff Kampersal '92 sounded like the Tigers had been involved in an ultimate fighting match rather than a hockey game."The first goal was like a surprising left jab to the face, the second was a hard right uppercut in the stomach, and the third was a kick to the butt," Kampersal said.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

W. swimming breaks record with three wins

The Boston area received a royal beating when the women's swimming and diving team rolled into town this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Men's soccer closes its season on sour note with loss to Yale

For seniors Jeff Hare, Gianfranco Tripicchio, Marty Shaw, Jason Bell and Vincent Vitale, the past four seasons of playing Ivy League soccer for Princeton have created lasting memories of triumphs, teamwork and tough wins.Unfortunately, this Saturday's season finale against Yale was not a game any Tiger, senior or underclassman, will want to remember.Princeton entered the weekend contest on Lourie-Love Field firmly entrenched in the spoiler's role, trying to upset Yale's chances for a tie for first in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

W. cross country qualifies for NCAA Championships

The women's cross country team achieved a season-long goal this past Saturday, as its second place finish in the Mid-Atlantic NCAA Regional meet in Lock Haven, Pa., qualified the entire team for the NCAA Championship.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

W. volleyball tops Harvard, Dartmouth, preps for Penn

Four wins for an Ivy League title. That's easy. Four wins in four games for an Ivy League title. That's pressure.This is what the women's volleyball team was up against entering the final stretch of its season.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

The agony of overtime defeat — again

Last week the football team considered itself two plays from being 4-1 in the Ivy League. Now the Tigers (2-7 overall, 2-4 Ivy League) are three plays away from being 5-1 after losing Saturday to Yale, 27-24, in double overtime."Take one play away," junior running back Jon Veach said.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

Penn State ends field hockey season in first round

For the field hockey team, winning on Saturday would have meant proving that it could be successful outside of the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

W. soccer falls to Villanova in first round of tournament

When the women's soccer team first learned that it would play Villanova in the first round of the NCAA tournament, excitement spread like wildfire.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

Women's soccer needs to utilize offensive talent to beat Wildcats

Julie Shackford, head coach of the women's soccer team, is disappointed to see the Ivy League trophy leave her office for Hanover, N.H., where Dartmouth will hold it.

SPORTS | 11/13/2003

M. water polo travels to Easterns with much at stake

Don't mess with the Tigers when they are on the prowl. It was only two weeks ago, on Nov. 2, that the men's water polo team demolished the Southern Division Championships and brought home their third Southern title in the team's seven year history.The Tigers, with an overall record of 21-3, will travel to the U.S.

SPORTS | 11/13/2003

Field hockey looks to write history in NCAA tourney

The Class of 1952 Stadium is no stranger to national championship banners. Each spring, the fences are adorned with banners from the renowned lacrosse program.Each fall, on the other hand, the field hockey team inhabits a stadium whose walls are conspicuously bare of any such decorations.Until now, that is.For the past two weeks, new signs proclaiming "2003 National Championships" have adorned the sides of the goal cages at either end of the field.

SPORTS | 11/13/2003

Princeton and Yale to meet in 126th gridiron battle

When all the weapons are holstered after Saturday's football game at Princeton Stadium, the result could be one for the record books.Six of the last eight contests in the 125-game rivalry between Yale (5-3 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) and Princeton (2-6, 2-3) have been decided by one score.The Bulldogs take to the road after a firefight with Brown last week at the Yale Bowl, which the Bears won, 55-44."It's as difficult a loss as I have ever been through," Yale head coach Jack Siedlecki said.

SPORTS | 11/13/2003

M. soccer prepares to bid adieu to seniors in final game vs. Yale

All good things must come to an end. For seniors Jeff Hare, Gianfranco Trippichio, Marty Shaw, Jason Bell and Vincent Vitale of the men's soccer team, that end comes tomorrow afternoon at Lourie-Love Field.The Tigers host Yale in their final game of the season, and for these seniors, their final game donning the orange and black.

SPORTS | 11/13/2003

Men's hockey takes on Harvard and Brown in ECAC showdowns

For most students the weekend is a time to relax, recuperate and recharge. That does not describe the prospects for the members of the men's hockey team.

SPORTS | 11/12/2003

Women's volleyball faces home stretch vs. Harvard, Dartmouth

This weekend the women's volleyball team will try to clinch one of the top two seeds in the Ivy League, facing both Harvard (8-14 overall, 7-5 Ivy League) and Dartmouth (9-14, 3-9) in two of its most significant home matches of the season."Since these games are very important and will determine whether or not we have a chance to win the Ivy League, we all know we have to step up and play to our full potential," freshman libero Jenny McReynolds said.Princeton (15-6, 8-2), currently ranked No.

SPORTS | 11/12/2003

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