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W. hoops will fight to avoid cellar-dwelling

W. hoops will fight to avoid cellar-dwelling

Underdog status has its ups and downs. It means the win/loss column isn't always going to be pretty, but it also means a team gets a chance to upset some unsuspecting competition.A preseason media poll referred to on ivyleaguesports.com ranks the Tigers last in the Ivy League, so Princeton can only move up from that projected position.The Tigers tackle an ambitious non-league schedule, facing strong national competitors from the start ? Princeton opens with Nebraska this Sunday, Nov.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Brown to be focal point of women's hoops' offense

"You can't miss me in a crowd."Meet Becky Brown. Too shy? Let her introduce herself.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Freshmen will play vital role for men's basketball

With the start of the men's basketball season just two days away, it is still anyone's guess how the Tigers will fare in and out of the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

W. volleyball to vie with Penn for title

As women's volleyball heads to Penn tonight for the final game of the regular season, more is riding on the player's shoulders than ever before.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Young women's hoops squad looking for upsets

The bad news? The women's basketball team is young this season. The good news? The women's basketball team is young this season.Featuring two seniors, one junior and 10 underclassmen, Princeton has little experience.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Center position hub of men's basketball offense

Pete Carril. Palestra Miracle. David 43, Goliath 41.Over the last 10 years the men's basketball fans have accrued some great memories.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

M., w., squash start off seasons this weekend

Head Coach Gail Ramsay has every reason to be happy with her team this season, as women's squash adds five new freshmen to its top nine players.Freshmen Claire Rein-Weston, Ali Pearson, Marilla Hiltz, Genevieve Lessard and Anina Nolan all join one of the most successful squash teams in the country.Last year, six sophomores and one freshman made up seven of the team's top nine.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Men stay focused on league despite tough early games

"Everything I do has a kind of spin, a thought toward preparing us to win the league," men's basketball head coach John Thompson '88 said yesterday, remarking on his team's difficult pre-Ivy League schedule.The first half of Princeton's schedule, which Thompson likes to refer to as the pre-season, is 13 games long, with four of them televised.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Table tennis club? We've got one, and they're good

The Princeton University Table Tennis Club is reestablishing the name of table tennis here at the University as well as in the wider community.Several years ago, the participation in the club was limited, but under the current leadership of Ivan B

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Miller, Negron named Ivy League Player of the Year

Senior co-captain and midfielder Claire Miller and freshman goalkeeper Allison Nemeth received two of the top Ivy League honors for the 2003 season.After leading the team to its tenth consecutive Ivy League title this year, Miller was named the 2003 Ivy League Player of the Year.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

Men's, w. fencing kicks off season without Thompson

One of the best fencers in the world goes to Princeton. Unfortunately for the fencing team, he ? Soren Thompson ? has decided to take the year off in hopes of qualifying for a spot in next year's Summer Olympics.

SPORTS | 11/18/2003

W. cross country qualifies for NCAA Championships

The women's cross country team achieved a season-long goal this past Saturday, as its second place finish in the Mid-Atlantic NCAA Regional meet in Lock Haven, Pa., qualified the entire team for the NCAA Championship.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Men's soccer closes its season on sour note with loss to Yale

For seniors Jeff Hare, Gianfranco Tripicchio, Marty Shaw, Jason Bell and Vincent Vitale, the past four seasons of playing Ivy League soccer for Princeton have created lasting memories of triumphs, teamwork and tough wins.Unfortunately, this Saturday's season finale against Yale was not a game any Tiger, senior or underclassman, will want to remember.Princeton entered the weekend contest on Lourie-Love Field firmly entrenched in the spoiler's role, trying to upset Yale's chances for a tie for first in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

W. swimming breaks record with three wins

The Boston area received a royal beating when the women's swimming and diving team rolled into town this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Anderson's natural hat trick leads w. hockey past Providence

Speaking of the women's hockey team's 3-0 loss to No. 9 New Hampshire last Saturday, head coach Jeff Kampersal '92 sounded like the Tigers had been involved in an ultimate fighting match rather than a hockey game."The first goal was like a surprising left jab to the face, the second was a hard right uppercut in the stomach, and the third was a kick to the butt," Kampersal said.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Men's water polo finishes behind Navy at Easterns

If you didn't already know, now you know ? men's water polo ends the season proving yet again that it is a force to be reckoned with.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

Men's hockey picks up first win against ECAC-favorite Harvard

So much for home ice advantage. The men's hockey team (1-5-1 overall, 1-3-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) seriously should consider forsaking Baker Rink and moving all its games to Bright Hockey Arena.

SPORTS | 11/17/2003

W. volleyball tops Harvard, Dartmouth, preps for Penn

Four wins for an Ivy League title. That's easy. Four wins in four games for an Ivy League title. That's pressure.This is what the women's volleyball team was up against entering the final stretch of its season.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

The agony of overtime defeat — again

Last week the football team considered itself two plays from being 4-1 in the Ivy League. Now the Tigers (2-7 overall, 2-4 Ivy League) are three plays away from being 5-1 after losing Saturday to Yale, 27-24, in double overtime."Take one play away," junior running back Jon Veach said.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

Penn State ends field hockey season in first round

For the field hockey team, winning on Saturday would have meant proving that it could be successful outside of the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/16/2003

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