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W. water polo places third at Southern Championships

W. water polo places third at Southern Championships

Entering the Collegiate Water Polo Association's Southern Division Championships as the second seed, women's water polo hoped at the very least to have a shot to pull an upset in the final.To the Tigers' great disapointment, they wouldn't even make it that far.

SPORTS | 04/13/2003

Yale stuns women's lacrosse in first Ivy League loss

Yale lacrosse is like a really faint but persistent beeping noise ? no one ever really expects it to cause any harm but it never really goes away either, eventually developing into an underrated annoyance for historically stronger programs like Princeton.Last year, for instance, the Elis delivered men's lacrosse its first league defeat since 1995, with Eli goaltender Eric Wenzel registering 14 saves toward the 15-13 result.

SPORTS | 04/13/2003

Winter Wrap-up

Jesse GageSenior Jesse Gage, below, swimming with classmates Jamie Leahy, Garth Fealey, and Pat Donahue, finished 12th in the 200-yard Medley Relay at NCAA Championships, March 27-29 in Austin, TX.

SPORTS | 04/13/2003

M. lax looks to extend winning streak to seven against Harvard

In 1969, "Broadway" Joe Namath led his underdog Jets to a most improbable Super Bowl victory over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts.

SPORTS | 04/10/2003

Women's water polo to face tough competition at Southerns

Coming off its victory at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships last weekend, the women's water polo team hits the road this weekend to compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Championships.The tournament will commence Friday at Bucknell Universiy in Lewisburg, Pa.

SPORTS | 04/10/2003

Softball ventures north to play pair of doubleheaders

Although league play for softball is just starting to kick into high gear, it is already clear what has dominated season play thus far.

SPORTS | 04/10/2003

Baseball on the road to Harvard, and to Ithaca to play Dartmouth

Until the last word, it looks like a typical Ivy League road trip for Princeton baseball this weekend: after a doubleheader at Harvard on Saturday, the Tigers will head to Ithaca, N.Y.

SPORTS | 04/10/2003

W. lacrosse pounces on Temple in second half scoring explosion

The second half of the women's lacrosse game Wednesday night was even more stifling than the first for Temple.

SPORTS | 04/10/2003

Men's heavyweight crew looks to continue winning ways at home

The 2003 spring crew season is about to hit full gear for the Princeton men's varsity teams. Both the heavyweights and lightweights have already had some tough races and clutch victories to start the season on promising notes.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Yale, Brown to provide key test for m., w. tennis

The women's tennis team will have home court advantage hosting Yale and Brown in Jadwin Gymnasium this weekend.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Athlete of the Week

Seeded No. 2 in last weekend's Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament, the women's water polo team was considered an underdog.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Men's track and field to compete in tri-meet at Penn St.

The men's track and field team heads to a snowed-under Penn State track this weekend to compete in a quad meet against Penn, Penn St.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Men's golf set to host Princeton Invitational

The men's golf team might consider trading its sand wedges for snorkels or perhaps enlisting some help from the water polo team as it prepares for this weekend's Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Course.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Correction

In yesterday's 'Prince,.' the column entitled "Ramblings from a true armchair quarterback," written by sports editor Joseph Falencki, asked the more than valid question "Where was Nick Collison?" in its attempt to criticize Kansas' last second three-point shot, taken by senior Kirk Hinrich, and make the point that, indeed, Collison should have received the ball.Mr. Falencki was mistaken.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Women's lightweight crew to race in Knecht Cup in Camden

After a relatively relaxed week, the open and lightweight women's crew teams are faced with some formidable competition this weekend.The lightweight team travels to Camden, N.J.

SPORTS | 04/09/2003

Ramblings from a true armchair quarterback

Ahh, March Madness.'Tis the greatest time of year, especially when you have the underdog team facing off against arguably the best team in NCAA basketball, with no more at stake than the national championship.And so my proclamation goes out, ALL HAIL SYRACUSE!The Orangemen, under the strength of freshman phenoms Carmelo Anthony and Gerry McNamara, have triumphed, winning their first national championship and sending Roy Williams and his Jayhawks home with nothing but second thoughts of things that they wish they would have done before leaving the City of Sin.On a side note, I am in fact a Duke fan, and yes, I had picked Duke to get to the Final Four, but thanks to Kansas, that was not the case.

SPORTS | 04/08/2003

M., w. track dominates races as host at early season Sam Howell Invitational

It was a cold and windy afternoon. While most rational Princetonians were safely inside, protected from the weather by layers of glass and concrete, the Princeton outdoor track team was out competing in the icy April tundra of Weaver Stadium.Despite less than ideal conditions ? with near freezing weather and weak competition ? the men's track and field team recorded some impressive performances at the Sam Howell Invitational hosted at Weaver Stadium on Friday and Saturday.The longer distances were contested on Friday night in strong winds.

SPORTS | 04/08/2003

Q & A with two-sport star B.J. Szymanski

Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Thad Hartmann sat down with sophomore center fielder B.J. Szymanski for some questions and answers.'Prince': I guess you're a two-sport star now, right?Szymanski: Yeah.P: So how long have you been playing both of them?S: In college or overall?P: Both.S: Well, I've played both of them my whole life ? baseball since I was three, tackle football since fourth grade.P: So which is your favorite?S: Uh ... I can't decide, pretty much whatever one I'm in at the time.

SPORTS | 04/08/2003

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