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W. tennis travels to Penn St.; m. tennis hosts BC, St. Joseph's

W. tennis travels to Penn St.; m. tennis hosts BC, St. Joseph's

The women's tennis team, coming off last weekend's split against Virginia and Seton Hall, is hoping to improve its record this weekend as it takes on two tough teams in Penn State (2-4) and Marshall (2-2).Penn St., who also split last weekend's matches, will have the home court advantage as the Tigers (1-1) travel to State College, Pa.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Women's hockey faces tough test at home against Dartmouth

The season is coming to an end soon and the women's hockey team may be playing better than ever.Coming off of two consecutive weekend sweeps, the Tigers will look to continue the streak with games this weekend against Vermont (6-20-2 overall, 2-10-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) and Dartmouth (17-4-2, 9-2-1). Both games are at Baker Rink, marking the third and fourth games of a seven-game home stretch.Princeton (16-6-0, 9-4-0) has taken advantage of the comforts of home ice so far, as they took two games last weekend, against Cornell and Colgate, in impressive fashion, winning 4-1 and 3-1, respectively.This Friday's game against Vermont (6-20-2, 2-10-0) is a must-win for the Tigers as they continue their quest for a high finish in the ECAC.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Yale, Brown look to take revenge on men's hoops

As important as this weekend's games against Yale and Brown are for the men's basketball team, in neither contest will Princeton be the more desperate team.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Burns' return, Liljestrom keys to m. volleyball downing NYU at Dillon

At the end of a successful season, every good team can look back on one or two moments where it gelled and showed a flash of greatness.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

Men's hockey needs wins to avoid cellar-dwelling

As Melville writes in Moby Dick, "Shipmates, on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep." For the men's hockey team, the woe they desperately want to avoid is the specter of the cellar of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings.

SPORTS | 02/19/2004

W. basketball travels to Yale, Brown

When it rains, it pours. At least that's been the case for the women's basketball team lately. As the team takes to a stormy road this weekend to play Yale (4-17 overall, 1-7 Ivy League) and Brown (11-10, 4-4), a string of losses and a season-ending injury are leaving many Princeton fans wondering if the Tigers will yet again be caught without an umbrella.Princeton (6-14, 3-4) is coming off a weekend that, on paper, looks a bit overcast, but in reality was nothing less than a monsoon of disappointments.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

Track hosts final pre-Heps meet at Lawrenceville Prep

Both the men's and women's track teams will reach the season's competitive peak in two weeks when they compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

Wrestling hosts Penn in finale, looks for first Ivy League win

Hoping to rebound after a loss at Penn in last year's Ivy League finale, the wrestling team will welcome the Quakers (7-8 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) this Saturday, this time on their home mats.The Tigers (2-10, 0-4) have found themselves engaged in a season featuring substantial highs and lows, yet limited in its overall success.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

M., w. squash ripe with championship fever

Men's and women's squash both came out of the regular season with strong records, but now it's championship time.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

Postseason nears as fencing squads host Harvard, Yale, Duke

The Princeton men's and women's fencing teams have a lot to look forward to for the rest of February.

SPORTS | 02/18/2004

W. hockey's Gretchen Anderson still attracting press, national attention

It is said that familiarity breeds contempt, but hearing senior forward Gretchen Anderson talk about women's hockey shows that nothing could be further from the truth.Anderson, who grew up outside of Boston, has been playing hockey all her life, but has a love for the sport which is obviously undiminished and continues to manifest itself in her spectacular play, year after year.Growing up with five older siblings, all of whom played hockey, provided both inspiration and challenge to her.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

Experience and versatility lead women's water polo to success

My budding adolescent social life was in peril, simply because I could not tread water.Two months after my 16th birthday I still wasn't allowed to drive.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

Men's hoops sits atop league at midway point

At the halfway mark of its league season, the men's basketball team stands alone as the team to beat in the Ivy League.Princeton (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League), with only one loss on its Ivy record, has earned sole possession of the No.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

Profile: Men's hockey's Westgarth brothers

Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with sophomore defender Brett and freshman forward Kevin Westgarth of the men's hockey team to discuss fighting, trivia and a little hockey.'Prince': How did you start playing hockey?Brett Westgarth: When I was seven years old, I went to the rink with dad, sort of just the regular Canadian thing.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

Men's rugby wins twice in Intersession excursion to Trinidad and Tobago

Playing rugby during January in New Jersey is an obstacle that derails the men's club rugby team's momentum every year, putting the club at a disadvantage every spring when it enters tournament play in March.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

How the Sox should answer the A-Rod deal

"I hate the f??? Yankees.""Baseball sucks.""I want to die."These are just a few of the cheery instant messages I received from friends back home over the course of the day Sunday as everyone in Red Sox nation tracked the progress of the Alex Rodriguez trade to the hated New York Yankees.On Monday it became official.

SPORTS | 02/17/2004

No. 1 Trinity thumps men's squash, 8-1

This weekend the men's squash team (14-3 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) finished off the 2003-04 regular season with a whirlwind of competitive matches against Trinity (11-0), Amherst (9-6) and Williams (16-7). Although the Tigers lost to Trinity, 8-1, they easily shut out both Amherst and Williams, 9-0.These results cemented Princeton as the No.

SPORTS | 02/16/2004

Hamming is MVP for m. volleyball at St. Francis

The month of February is often characterized as the worst four weeks of sports all year. Football is over, and baseball hasn't started yet.

SPORTS | 02/16/2004

Athlete of the week

After its demoralizing and embarassing 67-52 loss at home against Penn last Tuesday, men's basketball went into this past weekend's games against Cornell and Columbia knowing it had to win two games.If it was not for junior guard Will Venable, the Tigers would not have earned a 69-64 win over the Big Red on Friday and a 78-70 overtime triumph over the Lions on Saturday.Venable scored a career-high 28 points at Cornell, 17 of which came in the second half, and often stopped the Big Red from getting the momentum in front of the rowdy home crowd.The junior had the touch from all over the floor, shooting nine for 12 from the field and draining nine of his 13 attempts from the charity stripe.He followed this impressive showing with another double-digit performance against Columbia, conributing 11 points in Princeton's 78-71 overtime win.

SPORTS | 02/16/2004

W. squash wins two, loses to Trinity

Women's squash was not left out of the Valentine's Day festivities in its travels to Trinity in Hartford, Conn., this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/16/2004

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