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W. hockey challenges St. Lawrence in double-header

W. hockey challenges St. Lawrence in double-header

Like many of their Princeton classmates, members of the women's hockey team will spend this weekend sweating while being jostled by a crowd, consuming mass quantities of liquid whenever they get the chance and, most importantly, trying to score.Unlike most other Princetonians, however, these Tigers will do these things on a sheet of ice as they continue with the Eastern College Athletic Conference portion of their schedule.

SPORTS | 12/04/2003

Men's hoops to shed winter coats on trip to West Coast

With the men's basketball team at a perfect 3-0 in the early weeks of the season, every Princeton basketball fan is saying one thing ? "it's too early to tell." At the same time, thoughts of beating Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Penn at the Palestra are slowly creeping in.Before any of those hopes come to fruition, however, the Tigers get early tests from UC-Irvine (2-3) on Friday and Fresno St.

SPORTS | 12/04/2003

W. hoops looks to recover in contest with Sacred Heart

After women's basketball's loss to Lehigh on Wednesday night, head coach Richard Barron remarked that his team "played about as poorly as [it] could possibly play."Struggle as it did, the team lost by only three points to Lehigh.

SPORTS | 12/04/2003

Indoor track season kicks off with Princeton Invite in Jadwin

The men's and women's indoor track teams kick off a new season this Sunday with the New Year's Invitational, hosted by Princeton.Jadwin Gymnasium will see an expected field of 10 to 15 teams, all of which will be looking to get an early indication of this year's competition.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

W. swimming to compete at Princeton Invite

It should be an exciting encounter this weekend when the dynasty known as women's swimming throws open the doors of its own Forbidden City for the first time this season and dares six defiant opponents to tread within its imperial walls.Having rested and regrouped for the past two weeks, the Tigers will host the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool and face off against Rutgers, American University, Boston College, Villanova, Northeastern, St.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

Men's swimming to defend home unbeaten streak

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the big show. The Princeton men's swimming and diving team dares eight Eastern teams to try their hand against the fierce Tigers this weekend in their home pool.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

Men's squash to host Franklin & Marshall, Brown

Youth and inexperience were the major concerns for the men's squash team as it began the 2003-04 season two weeks ago.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

W. squash hopes to add Brown, F&M to victim list

The women's squash team came out better than anticipated at the Ivy League scrimmage and won its first two games of the season against Cornell and University of Toronto, 8-1 and 9-0 respectively.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

Women's basketball edged by sharp-shooting Lehigh

Fresh off its first win of the season against Samford, women's basketball failed to extend that streak to two in its home opener.Princeton (1-4) faced Lehigh (1-4) last night in Jadwin Gym, hoping to exact revenge for last year's 66-61 loss to the Mountain Hawks.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

News & Notes

Anderson earns ECAC Player of the Week honorsWomen's hockey's senior forward Gretchen Anderson was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday for her performance over the Thanksgiving Break.Anderson, who has been a constant offensive force for the Tigers this season, managed a hat trick at the Whale in New Haven, Conn., on Friday, Nov.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

Van Beusekom, Gaudiel in net for women's hockey

The expectations are high for the women's hockey team this year. They have gotten off to a solid start, including last weekend's sweep against Yale and Boston College.

SPORTS | 12/03/2003

M. hoops continues hot shooting in first road win

After two wins in the friendly confines of Jadwin Gym, the men's basketball team took to the road last night, defeating University of Maryland Baltimore-County, 68-56, in the first of five consecutive road games.Princeton (3-0 overall) took care of an overmatched opponent, using a balanced scoring effort to earn the win.

SPORTS | 12/02/2003

The strange happenings of 1971

Hobey Baker Memorial Rink has a seating capacity of 2,092.Yet on Saturday, March 6, 1971, about 2,400 fans packed into its stands to cheer on the hockey team in the season's final match.

SPORTS | 12/02/2003

M. hockey's Leroux 'fell' into position as netminder

Having a 200-pound player skating at you with a stick and one hell of a slap shot makes you wonder why anybody would want to be a goaltender.For sophomore standout Eric Leroux, it's precisely the challenge of fast breaks and quick pucks that keeps him in the net."I find goaltending to be interesting in that you'll always make a mistake, whether or not you get a shutout," Leroux said.

SPORTS | 12/02/2003

Women's basketball faces Lehigh in home opener

For years, Princeton basketball has been synonymous with a rigid offensive system. So when the home crowd gets its first live look at this year's women's team ? the Tigers (1-2 overall) host Lehigh (0-4) tonight in Jadwin Gym at 7 p.m.

SPORTS | 12/02/2003

Fencing heads to Penn State for first dual meet of year

This Saturday the men's and women's fencing teams will travel to Penn State's White Building to face some of the nation's top teams.

SPORTS | 12/02/2003

Men's hockey fails to complete sweep of Yale

The men's hockey team was subjected to the hostile atmosphere of Yale's Ingalls Rink, fraught with inhospitable and uncouth Yale fans and the school's raunchy and rowdy band, on Saturday evening.

SPORTS | 12/01/2003

Wrestling takes fifth overall at Kutztown weekend tournament

The wrestling team did its fair share of feasting over the holiday weekend, but not before making weight and competing on Wednesday at the Kutztown Invitational in Kutztown, Pa.With a final score of 51 points, Princeton finished in fifth place overall, with six Tigers placing high individually.

SPORTS | 12/01/2003

Men's basketball faces off against UMBC in Baltimore

The men's basketball team takes to the road for the first time this season. Princeton will take on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County tonight in its first-ever visit to RAC Arena.

SPORTS | 12/01/2003

M. hoops defends home court vs. Holy Cross

The last time the men's basketball team started a season 2-0, a center named Steve Goodrich led the Tigers to an eventual 27-2 record and a top-10 national ranking.Through two games this year, junior center Judson Wallace is doing his best Goodrich impression.The Georgia native scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down nine rebounds while playing every minute of the game as Princeton topped Holy Cross last Friday, 61-55.Wallace was 11-for-13 from the field, including three of five from beyond the arc.

SPORTS | 11/30/2003

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