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Baseball secures share of Lou Gehrig Division title

Baseball secures share of Lou Gehrig Division title

Thanks to some help from Cornell, the baseball team's 2-2 performance in their series against Columbia was good enough to earn it at least a share of the Lou Gehrig Division title.The Tigers (21-18 overall, 12-4 Ivy League) accomplished this feat wit a 3-1 win yesterday in the third game of the series, but seemed to want to save the excitement of clinching their spot in the Ivy League Championship series for next weekend, falling 11-4 in the final game.The Tigers will have to win one of four games against Cornell (8-10, 18-25) to accomplish this task.Cornell gave the Tigers a little help last weekend, beating second place Penn twice.In the first game of the series, the Tigers edged out Columbia in an exciting 5-4 game.

SPORTS | 04/28/2003

W. water polo takes fourth at Eastern Championships

A 5-4 upset of top-seeded University of Michigan by fifth-seeded Brown (18-8) in the semifinals of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Eastern Championship resulted in third-seeded Princeton (22-7) playing the Wolverines for third place.After a loss to Indiana, instead of meeting fifth-seeded Brown or even fourth-seeded Hartwick, the Tigers found themselves playing the team favored to win the whole championship, Michigan."[Michigan's] main problem was they didn't take [its first game against Brown] seriously," freshman defender Megan Donahue said.

SPORTS | 04/28/2003

Big Green goalie stops men's lacrosse

With four starters not available to play, the men's lacrosse team ran into a cold day and a hot goalie as it lost to unranked Dartmouth on Saturday, 13-6.With the loss, Princeton (9-3 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) falls into a second-place tie with the Big Green (10-2, 4-1) in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 04/27/2003

M. volleyball's Cinderella trip ends with Nittany Lions

The men's volleyball team needed nothing short of a miracle last Thursday night. Apparently someone forgot to tell the volleyball gods.

SPORTS | 04/27/2003

Slonaker's late goal propels w. lax past Dartmouth

Most sports have rules ? penalty kicks, tenth innings, sudden death and overtime ? put in place to prevent ties.But as far as possession of first place in the Ivy League is concerned, there is no such rule.

SPORTS | 04/27/2003

Softball goes 2-2, must wait to clinch league title

The softball team has a flair for the dramatic. Heading into this weekend's games against Dartmouth and Harvard, Princeton (20-16-1 overall, 10-3 Ivy League) had an opportunity to clinch a second consecutive Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 04/27/2003

With league title on the line, w. lax travels to Dartmouth

Princeton. Dartmouth. Princeton. Dartmouth/Princeton. Dartmouth. Dartmouth. Dartmouth. Dartmouth/Princeton.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

Women's open weight crew set to race Ivy foes Penn, Dartmouth

Always an overshadowed program, at least in comparison to its lightweight brethren, the women's open weight crew team has certainly caught the attention of crew aficionados this season.The women have gotten off to one of the best starts in program history, posting impressive wins against, among others, Brown, Michigan, and Yale.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

Dominant m. lacrosse to host pesky Dartmouth

The game of men's lacrosse is a fast, edge-of-your-seat, blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of game. Much of a team's success depends on its ability to master the speed of the sport and use it to its own advantage.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

M., w. golf to compete in Ivy League Championships

The men's and women's golf teams will finish their Ivy League season this weekend with the 2003 Ivy League Championships.The men will hope to retain the title as the women try to regain the top spot from Yale.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

Men's, w. tennis set to play Cornell in season finale

It isn't over until it's over, and with just one match left in their respective seasons the men's and women's tennis teams are showing no signs of slowing down as they prepare for Cornell today.The women's team will have home court advantage as well as one last opportunity to end the season on a strong note in front of its own fans."Our last home weekend was a rough one," head coach Louise Gengler said, "so we're looking to make up for it this weekend."Based on the statistics, it is fairly reasonable to expect the Tigers (9-8 overall, 2-4 Ivy League) to end their season with a win, but the team is trying not to put too much emphasis on the numbers."Our record is certainly better than Cornell's going in," Gengler said, "but you can just toss that out the window."Cornell (2-13, 0-6) has been struggling to get through a season replete with defeats.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

In the driver's seat, baseball hosts struggling Lions

The hottest team in Ivy League baseball has a chance this weekend to clinch the Lou Gehrig Division title and home-field advantage for the Ivy League Championship Series.And if Princeton falters in their back-to-back doubleheaders with Columbia at Clarke Field Saturday and Sunday, they still have four more conference games to get the job done.The Tigers (19-16 overall, 10-2 Ivy League) are on a roll after starting the season 7-15.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

Softball looks to rebound with strong showing against Ivy foes

"No one comes into our house and pushes us around."Every great home team tries to live by this mantra and the softball team is no different.

SPORTS | 04/24/2003

Lack of fire leads softball to drop doubleheader on the road

A rest from Ivy League play resulted in a flatter performance by the softball team at Seton Hall last Tuesday.

SPORTS | 04/23/2003

Princeton band 'scrambling' to support athletes for over 80 years

Junior Stan Morton, the student conductor of the Princeton University Band, is having a hard time thinking of an anecdote.He mentions the time that an airline lost the band's drums...then there was the time that the band got a Virginia men's lacrosse player ejected from the national title game...there was that trip to New Orleans..."You're asking this question of this group?" he asks incredulously.

SPORTS | 04/23/2003

Women's water polo faces tough Indiana squad at Easterns

Two weeks ago, the women's water polo team faced Indiana (23-9) for the first time this season in the finals of the Collegiate Water Polo Association's Southern Championships ? and lost, 7-4.This weekend, Princeton (20-5) is looking to take the win it wanted so badly at Southerns in the CWPA Eastern Championship.

SPORTS | 04/23/2003

M. volleyball must bring its best to upset Nittany Lions

David slew Goliath. NC State beat Houston. VHS won out over Beta. The men's volleyball team, therefore, might beat Penn State.Tonight at 7:30p.m.

SPORTS | 04/23/2003

W. lacrosse blows by Penn with ease

The women's lacrosse team crushed a lackluster Penn team, 13-8, last night at Villanova Stadium, proving its dominance between the two teams for the tenth time in a row.The victory extended the Tigers' record to 8-4 overall and 5-1 in the Ivy League while dropping the Quakers down to 5-9, 2-5, respectively.Princeton, the defending national champion, wasted no time showing its bedazzled opponent that it hasn't lost its fire.

SPORTS | 04/23/2003

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