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W. hockey hosts two ECAC rivals

W. hockey hosts two ECAC rivals

The No. 8 women's hockey team hosts a pair of games this weekend, as they face Cornell on Friday and Colgate on Saturday.Princeton is coming off a spectacular weekend of hockey, in which they defeated Union twice by a combined score of 15-1, raising their record to 14-6-0, with an Easterm College Athletic Conference record of 7-4-0.Cornell (4-15-1 overall, 1-11-0 ECAC) and Colgate (15-10-2, 6-6-0) both promise to pose stiff challenges for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 02/11/2004

Tough road trip for struggling men's hockey

The men's hockey team can empathize with the labors of Sisyphus. One weekend after facing the top team in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, Princeton has the unenviable task of traveling to hostile rinks and challenging second-place Cornell (10-7-6 overall, 8-5-3 ECAC) and third-place Colgate (15-8-5, 10-4-2).Although the Tigers (5-17-1, 5-10-1) are languishing in 11th place in a 12-team conference, only three points divide the team from an opportunity to garner the final home-ice playoff seed in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

SPORTS | 02/11/2004

Senior Brian Kirschbaum provides leadership for wrestling

"He's not scared of any of his opponents," sophomore Tim Prugar said of wrestling's senior co-captain Brian Kirschbaum.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Touché: A wary senior writer says he can conquer fencing's rules

I started writing for the Daily Princetonian Sports section my sophomore year. Having just been thrown off the crew team, I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be doing that beat.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Swim teams prepare for postseason

As the impressive 2003-2004 regular season comes to a close for the swimming and diving teams, the Tigers are beginning to set their sights on several postseason accolades that are now within their grasp.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Hiltz, Comey provide spark in w. squash's upset over Harvard

Women's squash now sits at No. 3 in the country, up from its No. 6 ranking last week, and everyone wants to know why.A big part of it is the recent and unexpected win over Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Poor defense, lack of energy, careless mistakes doom Tigers from start

Needless to say, committing 15 turnovers was not part of the game plan drawn up by men's basketball head coach John Thompson '88.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Tigers never get within 14 points after intermission

Saturday's near loss to league-last Harvard had some people questioning whether men's basketball deserved its status at the top of the Ivy League.Tonight's contest gave everyone further reasons for doubt.The Tigers (11-7 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) could not find their rhythm against Penn (10-8 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) when they hosted the Quakers last night at Jadwin.

SPORTS | 02/10/2004

Up against a wall, Penn will respond

Let's get it out of the way right up front.I know that Penn lost to Yale and Brown. I am also fully aware of the fact that Princeton has yet to lose an Ivy League game.But the last time the Quakers headed to Princeton with their backs against the wall, 2000-01, they went on to demolish the Tigers, 62-38, en route to an Ancient Eight title.With that out of the way, let the glorious bashing of Princeton begin.Princeton has a lot going for it.

SPORTS | 02/09/2004

M. hoops looks to solidify league lead with win over Quakers

For 15 years, only one letter has mattered in the Ivy League ? 'P.'Princeton and Penn have combined to win every men's basketball championship since 1989.

SPORTS | 02/09/2004

Princeton vs. Penn: It's just too easy

This yearly column is getting tougher and tougher to write. This whole thing is based on Penn making fun of Princeton and vice-versa.

SPORTS | 02/09/2004

Men's track falls to UConn, Penn State at Princeton Invite

The men's track team had a strong showing in a tri-meet against Penn State and Connecticut. Although the Tigers placed third with 112 points, compared to 112.5 for Penn St.

SPORTS | 02/09/2004

Anderson leads way with four goals as w. hockey crushes Union on road

Aren't hat tricks in hockey supposed to be rare?Apparently, but not for senior forward Gretchen Anderson of the women's hockey team.

SPORTS | 02/09/2004

McGarry contributes to unfoiled season for women's fencing

The women's fencing squad regained traction within the Ivy League over the weekend, fighting their way to a sweeping victory over Cornell, 24-3, and James Madison, 25-2, in the Stifel Fencing Salle.Princeton was led by the undefeated foil and sabre squads, who swept their respective matches against both Cornell and James Madison.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

Crimson push men's hoops to limit at home

Princeton men's basketball now owns bragging rights as the only Ivy team undefeated in league play.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

Despite injuries, women's swimming beats Columbia

Wrapping up an impressive season of dual meet competition, women's swimming traveled to New York last Friday to take on Columbia in their last regularly scheduled dual meet of year.Having beaten a very talented and highly-ranked Harvard team just a week beforehand, this weekend's meet against a weaker Lions squad seemed at first to be a bit of an anticlimax."From the numbers, Harvard was expected to beat us, but we really stepped up and won by a considerable amount," senior captain Katie Kuga said.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

Men's swimming downs opponents

DeNunzio Pool was abuzz this weekend as the men's swimming and diving team hosted its final home dual meets of the 2003-2004 season against Kenyon College on Friday evening and the US Naval Academy on Saturday afternoon, sending both visiting teams home winless.Princeton towered over the Kenyon Lords with a 157-107 win.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

What defines greatness?

With the race for the men's basketball Ivy League championship in full gallop, I started thinking about the importance of a championship.Obviously, it's a monumental team accomplishment, but what does it mean for how players are viewed, especially professionals?

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

Wrestling drops three matches, falls to 0-4 in league standings

The wrestling team journeyed to Cambridge, Mass. and Providence, RI this weekend to face off against Harvard, East Stroudsburg and Brown.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

Men's hockey unable to trip up Brown at Baker

"Make Hobey Proud!" proclaims the huge banner hanging at one end of Baker Memorial Rink, and the quality of play in Friday night's contest between Princeton (5-10-1 ECAC, 5-17-1 overall) and Brown (12-3-1, 14-5-4) surely must have had Hobey smiling.Although the Bears finished the evening with a 5-2 victory, the level of intensity and parity between the teams, particularly in the first two periods, was exemplary of competition at its best.The Tigers, currently ranked 11th in the ECAC, surprised both their fans and their opponents in the early stages of the game by abandoning their slow-starting habits and beginning strong.

SPORTS | 02/08/2004

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