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Football will have hands full with Colgate

Football will have hands full with Colgate

For a team that just wants to win a game, Tiger football sure has its work cut out for it. Colgate (5-0 overall, 2-0 Patriot League) visits Princeton Stadium as the 17th-ranked team in Division I-AA football, riding an 11-game winning streak.Princeton (0-3 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) comes into the game just aching for a win after its heartbreaking 33-27 loss to Columbia in its Ivy League opener last weekend, a loss that came on a last-second Hail Mary play for the Lions.This week the Raiders will try to hand the Tigers their third-straight loss on home turf, and they have the offensive weapons to do it.Junior tailback Jamaal Branch leads the charge for the toothpaste team, averaging 157.4 yards per game on the ground.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Connecticut will clash with field hockey in battle of top 20 teams

The field hockey team spent the majority of last season ranked in the Top 10, bulldozing their opponents out of the way to the NCAA quarterfinals.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Men's soccer heads to Brown for its second Ivy game

The men's soccer team has been making its living lately on last-second thrills. Last weekend a pair of late goals from freshman Kyle McHugh, including the game-winner in overtime, gave the Tigers a win over Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Women's soccer to face Brown in must-win game

After Sunday's disappointing loss to Dartmouth, the women's soccer team needs this Saturday's game at Brown to boost morale and to give the team a shot at staying on top of the Ivy League.The Bears (7-2-2 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League), however, have different plans.

SPORTS | 10/09/2003

Wunsch's late goal leads men's soccer past Adelphi

One game after the men's soccer team snatched victory from Dartmouth on the strength of freshman forward Kyle McHugh's overtime goal, a rookie once again came up big for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

Splithoff takes on new role in football's secondary

Under head coach Roger Hughes' tenure, the football team has improved each season, with seven losses in 2000, six two years ago, and a winning record (6-4) last season.The most important reason for that improvement was the play of senior quarterback/safety and co-captain David Splithoff.In a word, Splithoff could be described as a playmaker.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

Question & Answer with Men's Soccer's Jeff Hare

Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Nick Wimbush sat down with men's soccer's Jeff Hare to discuss the finer points of something Hare is particularly good at ? the header.'Prince': If you were trying to teach someone how to hit a header in soccer, what would you say?Jeff Hare: Well basically the first thing I would tell them is that they should not be afraid of the ball.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

W. volleyball to play Ivy League rivals Yale, Brown

The women's volleyball team's season has only just begun, but this weekend will go a long way towards determining Princeton's fate.After a win last night against St.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

Women's volleyball makes quick work of St. Francis

Last night the women's volleyball team dominated in a way that often made it seem as if the Tigers were playing nearby Princeton High School, not visiting St.

SPORTS | 10/08/2003

Field hockey continues to win despite lack of offense

Just get the job done. That's what winning in sports is all about.That mantra seems to be the guiding principle of this year's field hockey offense, which has helped boost the Tigers to a 6-2 overall record but has often times managed to produce just enough goals to squeak out the win.One thing is for certain ? this year's offense looks almost nothing like the hard-hitting powerhouse it was last season.In the first three Ivy League contests last year, Princeton routed Yale, Columbia and Dartmouth by the scores of 7-0, 6-1 and 9-1, respectively.This year, the Tigers' Ivy League games have been closer.

SPORTS | 10/07/2003

MWP 103: Water Etiquette

Seven swimmers hear the whistle from the pool deck, and the race is on. Sprinting towards each other from opposite sides of the pool, a flurry of splashing moves from each end of the pool to the center where a bobbing yellow ball awaits the fastest swimmer.

SPORTS | 10/07/2003

M. water polo heads to California to find out if West Coast is the best coast

Babes, bikinis and beaches are only a few of the things that come to mind at the mention of California, but for the men's water polo team, the upcoming trip to the Golden State will be full of anything but rest and relaxation.Princeton leaves for the West Coast on Thursday for its annual four-game trip.

SPORTS | 10/07/2003

Football struggles not from lack of talent but from lack of leadership

Needless to say, following Saturday night's football game, I had a plethora of subjects to address in this week's column ? a loss to Columbia at home for the first time in 58 years, a seeming lack of coherent strategy in play-calling, a defensive secondary that fails to play the short stuff tight.because it is too afraid of getting beat down the field on the long ball.But instead I am going to address a problem that I see at the root of all of these ? lack of leadership.Leadership ? both on the field and on the sideline ? is of utmost importance.

SPORTS | 10/07/2003

W. soccer draws no blood in tie with Scarlet Knights

When the fall season is over, the women's soccer team will look back on last night's game as one that got away.The Tigers (6-1-2 overall, 1-1 Ivy League), despite being outplayed much of the match, went into the locker room with a 2-0 halftime lead.

SPORTS | 10/07/2003

Women's tennis goes .500 on the weekend at Columbia

This past weekend the men's and women's tennis teams participated in two tournaments. The women traveled to Columbia University in New York City for the Columbia Invitational, and the men competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.The women did well, playing in a scrimmage format against Columbia and Penn and boasting an overall record for the weekend of 10-8 in singles matches and 2-4 in doubles.

SPORTS | 10/06/2003

Women's golf wins third-straight tournament of fall

The women's golf team, Princeton's only undefeated team remaining this fall, garnered its third consecutive win this weekend at the Yale Invitational.

SPORTS | 10/06/2003

McHugh nets first goals as m. soccer beats Dartmouth

Every sport has two kinds of stars. One kind is the consistent producer who puts up big numbers all season long and wows the crowd with amazing plays no matter the opponent or game situation.

SPORTS | 10/06/2003

W. soccer's record blemished as Tigers lose heartbreaker

An undefeated record. An eight-day layoff. An inferior opponent. Fifty-degree New Hampshire air.These were all factors which ultimately doomed the women's soccer team Sunday afternoon.

SPORTS | 10/06/2003

Penn starts quick, spoils w. volleyball home debut

To the long list of reasons to hate Penn, add one more. The Quakers (8-4 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) took the women's volleyball team's home opener away from them on Friday.No one expected the Penn game to be a pushover, but the Tigers' (6-5, 0-1) hopes were high as they entered the match.

SPORTS | 10/05/2003

Early scoring helps field hockey dominate Cornell

On a cold and dreary day that seemed more appropriate for upstate New York than for beautiful central New Jersey, the field hockey team made sure its visitors from Ithaca did not feel too at home.Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) dominated Cornell (2-7, 1-3) in the early going, scoring two quick goals in the first fourteen minutes.

SPORTS | 10/05/2003

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