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Women's soccer pulls out two wins over Fall Break

Women's soccer pulls out two wins over Fall Break

With the women's soccer season winding down, a 2-0-1 Fall Break is something to be proud of.True, but Princeton's target of the Ivy League title remains elusive.At the beginning of the break, Harvard, Syracuse and Cornell each looked to spoil a successful Tiger season.Princeton first faced the Crimson (5-5-5 overall, 1-2-3 Ivy League) in a tough league match in Cambridge, Mass.

SPORTS | 11/02/2003

Field hockey clinches 10th consecutive Ivy League title

For the field hockey team, Fall Break was a tale of two weekends.Ranked eighth in the country heading into the break, the Tigers (11-5 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) would embark on two road trips.

SPORTS | 11/02/2003

Football must beat Harvard to stay in Ivy League race

Five consecutive graduating classes have left Princeton without having experienced a bonfire on Cannon Green, which signifies football victories over both Harvard and Yale in one season.This year's senior class is hoping to avoid avoid another bad streak ? becoming the fifth straight graduating class to have never beaten Harvard.The first step towards ending both of those streaks will be getting a win tomorrow afternoon at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass.Two years ago, Princeton (1-4 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) was within a 48-yard field goal attempt by Taylor Northrop '02 of beating Harvard, the eventual Ivy League champions.

SPORTS | 10/23/2003

W. soccer heads to Harvard looking to erase bitter memories

Last year the women's soccer team won the Ivy League title outright for the first time since 1982.

SPORTS | 10/23/2003

M. water polo heads to Southerns with Navy on its mind

It is tournament time for the men's water polo team. Finishing off its regular season with an impressive 16-3 record, Princeton has performed well all year.Most recently, the squad finished 2-1 in last weekend's Inter-Regional Competition.

SPORTS | 10/23/2003

M. golf to compete in final fall tourney at Georgetown

The men's golf team heads to Virginia this weekend for the Georgetown Hoya Invitational, coming off its best showing of the year at last weekend's Penn/Big Five Invitational.The Tigers, who had led the tournament after Saturday, fell to second on Sunday after a final round rally by Georgetown.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

W. tennis to send top players to Virginia for ITA Regionals

Four tournaments played, one cancelled due to a hurricane, the fall season coming to a close - but there is no rest for the weary on the women's tennis team.This weekend four players will represent the Tigers at the ITA Regionals Tournament, the biggest and most competitive event of fall play.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

Athlete of the Week: Football's Clint Wu

Pinned in its own endzone, the football team found a hero in an unlikely place: the unsure hands of junior wide receiver Clint Wu.Wu took a pass from junior quarterback Matt Verbit on a slant pattern and found a seam in the defense.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

W., m. cross country face Heptagonals on Halloween

Even when a Princeton team has surpassed most of its competition in the Ivy League and is a national contender, it still provides a sense of excitement to meet the challenge of conference foes.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

News and Notes

Field hockey's Nemeth racks up awards for weekend performaceThe freshman phenom goalie Allison Nemeth was named both Ivy League Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week for her outstanding play in the field hockey team's upset win over Old Dominion on Sunday and shutout of Brown on Saturday.Nemeth posted 12 saves, allowing only one goal, against the Lady Monarchs, while chipping in four saves against the Bears.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

W. volleyball looks to add loss to record of unbeaten Big Red

Who's next?It almost doesn't matter. The women's volleyball team is ready for anyone after sweeping its second consecutive weekend doubleheader last Friday and Saturday, running its winning streak to an impressive five matches, four of which were conference games."We continue to make progress," head coach Glenn Nelson said.

SPORTS | 10/22/2003

Sprint football falls to Cornell in second match-up

Optimism was high for the sprint football team heading into Friday's game against Cornell (2-2 overall). Buoyed by the implementation of four new plays and the fact that every player made weight and was therefore available to add offensive and defensive depth, the team was primed to end its 26-game losing streak.

SPORTS | 10/21/2003

Football utilizes deep threat to open airways on way to victory

The Princeton offense sputtered in the first half of last week's win over Brown (1-4 overall, 0-2 Ivy League). What really got Princeton (1-4, 1-1) going in the second half was getting the ball to its star wide receiver, junior B.J.

SPORTS | 10/21/2003

W. cross country climbs to No. 14 in nation; men win at Lafayette

Heading into last weekend, the women's cross country team was simply hoping to position itself for an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships.

SPORTS | 10/21/2003

W. volleyball extends win streak with two victories

This past weekend was undoubtedly one of the most important and successful weekends the women's volleyball team has had this year.

SPORTS | 10/21/2003

Second annual 'Princey' awards given to w. soccer

For those of you just joining us, welcome to the second annual midseason 'Princey' Awards, the only official awards ceremony endorsed by this author.On today's show, we will hand out some beautiful hardware to a few very lucky ladies from the women's soccer team.

SPORTS | 10/21/2003

W. soccer claws Lions on strength of Negron's goals

Two words spelled doom for Columbia women's soccer Friday night: Esmeralda Negron.Princeton's junior forward had a hand ? or foot, rather ? in all three of the Tigers' goals.

SPORTS | 10/20/2003

Men's, w. crew display ferocity at Head of Charles

George Bernard Shaw once wrote: "When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity." Most crews came to the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Mass.

SPORTS | 10/20/2003

Defense rules as m. soccer battles Columbia to draw

There has been much talk of curses in the past week, but one has gone unnoticed. While this curse pales in the face of the Chicago Cubs' futility or the Curse of the Bambino, the Columbia Curse has plagued the men's soccer team for nine years.The Tigers have gone winless against their Ivy League rivals in this period, a trend they tried to reverse on Saturday night at Lourie-Love Field.

SPORTS | 10/20/2003

Water polo comes up with three wins in home stand

Can't nobody hold 'em down ? that's the message Princeton was sending as it progressed through the Inter-Regional Competition held in DeNunzio Pool this past weekend.

SPORTS | 10/19/2003

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