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M. hoops takes on two Ivy foes

M. hoops takes on two Ivy foes

Junior guard Will Venable's three-point play in the last seconds of Saturday's game against Yale, which gave Princeton a 49-47 win, was a dramatic finish to a close contest.That finish may have given the Tigers huge confidence in their ability to come through in close games.

SPORTS | 02/05/2004

Goalie leads Brown against m. hockey

In the words of legendary baseball manager Tommy Lasorda, "the difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."The challenge facing the men's hockey team this weekend requires just such extreme resolution and dogged team-wide willpower.

SPORTS | 02/05/2004

Kenyon, Navy next up for men's swimming after success at H-Y-Ps

After an invigorating win last weekend at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton competition, the men's swimming and diving team (6-1 overall, 6-0 EISL) will stay home for the weekend while Kenyon and Navy make appearances at DeNunzio Pool.Starting Friday night, the Tigers take on the Kenyon Lords.

SPORTS | 02/05/2004

First place at stake this weekend for w. hoops

Mason Cooley once said, "Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge." This weekend, in what has turned out to be one of the biggest ironies of the year, women's basketball, after suffering a more than rocky start, will face the tremendous challenge of both Dartmouth and Harvard with a chance to propel themselves into first place in the Ivy League.In a season that has proven to be anything but simple, the Tigers (5-11 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) will take on the biggest test of their time, first playing league-leading Dartmouth (10-6, 3-0) and then facing a veteran Harvard (8-8, 1-2) team.

SPORTS | 02/05/2004

Legends of 'The Streak'

I am a cursed traveler. Odysseus, the S.S. Minnow, none of them have it quite as rough as I do. In the past two-and-a-half years of flights, I have suffered more delays than I care to remember, two canceled flights, five lost bags, a power outage on a train, and a midair attack from a giant wasp creature.

SPORTS | 02/05/2004

M. hoops' Wysocki leaves team due to 'confrontations and conflicts'

The Daily Princetonian received the following letter from recently departed men's basketball player Konrad Wysocki.In response to questions, comments and concerns I have received in the past few days I feel obligated to say a few words of my own.For Princeton basketball the trip to Brown and Yale was a successful Ivy League weekend with very important wins.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Ivy titles on line for m., w. squash on weekend trip

With fewer than half of their regular season matches left, the men's (4-1 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) and women's (3-1, 3-1) squash teams are looking to tighten their loosening grip on the Ivy League race this weekend as they travel to take on Dartmouth and Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Women's fencing travels to Cornell for tune up before Penn, H-Y-P matches

While the men's fencing team takes a weekend break from competition, women's fencing will make the long and laborious trek to Ithaca, N.Y., this weekend, facing Cornell in the Stifel Fencing Salle.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Women's hockey travels to Union after inconsistent homestand

The No. 9 women's hockey team will look to start another winning streak this weekend, as they travel to New York for back-to-back games against Union.The team previously had a five-game winning streak, stretching back to before Winter Break, that included a surprise victory over No.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Super Bowl is wicked good

The Patriots and the Panthers. There was no reason to care about the Super Bowl this year. There was no controversy ? no Barrett Robbins, no Eugene Robinson, no Ray Lewis.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Tough weekend competition will prepare indoor track for HEPs

There are only a few meets remaining before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, and this weekend's races against two tough opponents should serve as an excellent window for the men's and women's indoor track teams' prospects for the remainder of the season.The men's indoor track team will have its work cut out for it this weekend, as they host two difficult teams, Penn State and Connecticut, at home this Saturday.

SPORTS | 02/04/2004

Three keys to men's basketball's early wins

An Ivy League title cannot be won in a single weekend. But in a span of 24 brief hours, the men's basketball team made a surprisingly early break from the peloton of the league race.In two of their best performances of the young season, the Tigers (9-6 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) swept Brown and Yale on the road.

SPORTS | 02/03/2004

The 'Prince' explores the role of checking in women's hockey

Ask somebody to think of ice hockey, and most people will conjure up images of huge bloody Russian men knocking out each other's teeth into the path of an oncoming Zamboni.

SPORTS | 02/03/2004

Squash legend returns for individual tourney

Women's squash hosted the Betty Constable Invitational from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25 while most of Princeton enjoyed winter Intersession.Named for probably the most well-known figure in women's squash, the Constable Invitational took place over three days and was held all day long.

SPORTS | 02/03/2004

Unlikely heroes come through for women's hoops

The past few months, and past few years actually, haven't been easy for the women's basketball program at Princeton.

SPORTS | 02/03/2004

Lebron James: enjoy the show

It doesn't matter if you are a sports fan or not. Some things in sports transcend its boundaries.

SPORTS | 02/03/2004

Wrestling struggles in Ivy meets against Columbia, Cornell

The month of January did not end as planned for the men's wrestling team, as the Tigers dropped back-to-back home matches against Columbia and Cornell on Saturday.The first conference foe was Columbia, who defeated the Tigers by a score of 26-14.

SPORTS | 02/02/2004

One win, two losses for m. tennis in Sunshine State

Like any group of sensible Princeton students, the men's tennis team headed south over Intersession, leaving behind subzero temperatures for warmer weather.The Tigers returned from balmy Florida with a 1-2 record after sandwiching a win over Florida A&M between losses to No.

SPORTS | 02/02/2004

Wysocki unexpectedly leaves men's basketball

Senior forward Konrad Wysocki has unexpectedly left the men's basketball team. The decision was announced in a statement released by head coach John Thompson '88 on Monday afternoon.Thompson told the''Prince,' "He's a second-semester senior who decided to step away and focus on other things."Wysocki started the Tigers' first eight games of the season, averaging 6.0 points a game, but was sidelined for over a month after contracting a viral infection in late December.

SPORTS | 02/02/2004

Princetonians and Tigers

"I'm just going to take a study break for half an hour, I swear." We've all said that, because that's how Princetonians think.

SPORTS | 02/02/2004

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