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Third time's a charm as m. volleyball downs Juniata

Third time's a charm as m. volleyball downs Juniata

The first step has been taken. The men's volleyball team looked Lady Destiny square in the eye last weekend, and she found the squad deserving.On Saturday night Princeton journeyed to Jun-iata College (16-9 overall, 7-8 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) for its first match of the single-elimination EIVA playoffs.The Tigers (17-8, 8-7) had twice fallen by a score of 3-1 to the Eagles in the regular season, but the team's continuing improvement over the course of the year left the probable outcome of this match in serious dispute.Princeton drove that point home to the Juniata faithful by battling through an electrifying five-game contest to emerge with a 3-2 victory and a ticket to the second round.In a match this close, "there really was no turning point," as junior setter Jason Liljestrom put it.

SPORTS | 04/21/2003

Vengeful w. lacrosse decimates Harvard despite ankle injuries

The women's lacrosse team's hammer was withdrawn when it lost to Yale, 7-6, a week ago. But on Saturday the Tigers (8-4 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) brought it crashing down on Harvard to give the Crimson (2-9 overall, 0-4 Ivy League) a 12-2 pounding.It was more than clear on Saturday that the Tigers were not about to be the first Princeton team since the 1988 season to lose two Ivy contests in a row.Most striking about the pounding was that the Tigers did it without the full help of their two top scorers ? junior attack Theresa Sherry and senior attack Whitney Miller ? who played limited minutes due to ankle injuries.

SPORTS | 04/20/2003

Offensive perfection for men's lacrosse at Cornell

Putting the ball in the back of the net was a problem that had plagued the men's lacrosse team since the beginning of the season.

SPORTS | 04/20/2003

Three triumphs over Penn puts baseball in control

It feels good to be in the driver's seat.Locked in a first-place tie with Penn in the Lou Gehrig Division of the Ivy League, the baseball team (18-16 overall, 10-2 Ivy League) traveled to Philadelphia to play a four-game series on the Quakers' home turf.Despite dropping a heartbreaking 8-7 decision in the first game, the Tigers took the next three games by the scores of 6-2, 3-0, and 4-2, respectively, to come out on top in the series and take the lead in the Ivy League race."It was a big weekend for us," senior pitcher Mark Siano said.

SPORTS | 04/20/2003

Softball outslugs Cornell, widens Ivy lead

It was the highest scoring of days; it was the lowest scoring of days. For softball, the weekend was indeed a tale of two cities.First, in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday, Princeton (18-12-1 overall, 8-1 Ivy League) outslugged Cornell (24-6, 7-3), sweeping the League's best hitting squad, 8-3 and 8-7.The next day, in New York City, the Tigers could manage only one run over 23 innings of play, splitting a pair of extra-inning 1-0 thrillers with Columbia (15-17, 5-5).So how to explain the bipolarity?"It was a pretty unique weekend," sophomore pitcher Melissa Finley said.

SPORTS | 04/20/2003

Men's lax to battle Cornell in important Ivy showdown

"This is what you play for," men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney said of the team's upcoming battle with the Big Red.Facing this great of a rival always means a good game.

SPORTS | 04/17/2003

Northbound softball to brawl with Big Red, Lions

Right now, roughly midway through the Ivy League season, softball sits alone atop the standings. But the pinnacle position is up for grabs this weekend in New York.In all likelihood, this weekend's road trip to Cornell (22-4 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) and Columbia (13-5, 3-3) will determine whether Princeton (15-11-2, 5-0-1) will remain at the league's zenith at season's end.Friday's doubleheader in Ithaca will feature the Ivies' two hottest teams and four of its hottest players.

SPORTS | 04/17/2003

W. lax to face Harvard, try to recover from Yale

Being a great sports team comes at the price of having to deal with high expectations.No one expected that the women's lacrosse team (7-4 overall, 2-1 Ivy League), which had won its previous 12 games against Ivy League opponents, would lose to Yale, 7-6, last Saturday.

SPORTS | 04/17/2003

Baseball to challenge Penn for Gehrig Div., Ivy lead

The twin titans of Ivy League baseball will battle it out today and tomorrow afternoon as the Tigers (15-15 overall, 7-1 Ivy League) travel to Penn to take on the Quakers (18-11, 9-3).Both Princeton and Penn are currently locked in a first place tie in the Lou Gehrig division of the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 04/17/2003

Men's volleyball to face Juniata with revenge in mind

It's playoff time, BABY! Don't tell Dickie V., or men's volleyball fans will have to start looking out for flying spittle in addition to the occasional stray spike.The volleyball team (15-10) will travel to Juniata College (17-7) this Saturday night in the first round of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association postseason playoffs.

SPORTS | 04/16/2003

Softball splits doubleheader with Lehigh

In Wednesday's doubleheader versus Lehigh the softball team brought its 'A' game for the first contest but did not have it for game two.The second game was a thriller as the Tigers (15-11-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) fell, 5-4, to the Mountain Hawks (26-7, 11-1 Patriot League) in extra innings.After crushing Lehigh 8-0 in the opening game, Princeton was in a position to sweep the series until the Mountain Hawks rallied back for the win.Game two went back and forth for five frames and the score was 3-2 in favor of the Tigers at the end of five innings of play.

SPORTS | 04/16/2003

Men's, w. crew look to continue winning ways

After a nearly flawless start to their 2003 spring season, all four Princeton crew teams ? men's heavyweight and lightweight, women's open weight and lightweight ? take to the water this weekend to race a handful of challenging opponents.This weekend, men's heavyweight crew races on Lake Carnegie against crews from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The heavyweights have gotten off to a good start, sweeping all four races in their seizure of the Child's Cup from Columbia and Penn in last weekend's race.

SPORTS | 04/16/2003

Hoops star Robins steps on a different court to aid m. volleyball

When basketball head coach John Thompson '88 was asked to describe Ray Robins, he replied, "Which Ray Robins?

SPORTS | 04/16/2003

Led by Kiser, w. golf places fourth at JMU

The story of women's golf here at Princeton this season has been the story of sophomore Avery Kiser.

SPORTS | 04/16/2003

Reich's RBI single leads baseball past Pirates

Yesterday afternoon, the baseball team took advantage of the balmy 75-degree weather to spend a couple of leisurely hours at the ballpark ?and to sink Seton Hall (12-16 overall, 5-7 Big East) before the Pirates could swashbuckle a victory away from the Tigers (15-15, 7-1 Ivy League).With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, no outs, and the game tied at three apiece, junior designated hitter Ryan Reich came up to bat.

SPORTS | 04/15/2003

The Sports Department

There are a number of strange rules in sports. For instance, there was the unique interpretation of the fumble rule which allowed Tom Brady to be awarded an incomplete pass in the 2001 AFC Championship game as well as the much-reviled designated hitter.

SPORTS | 04/15/2003

W. track places second behind Yale in Ivy meet

Like a train making its way out of the station, the women's outdoor track season continues to pick up steam as the Tigers came in second behind Yale this weekend at an Ivy Meet in icy, gray New Haven, Conn.Princeton raced against both Penn and Yale, and though Yale won the meet by a considerable margin, Princeton's final score of 57.50 points was enough for second.

SPORTS | 04/15/2003

Hot-hitting Finley fuels softball success from plate and mound

Ted Williams often said that hitting a quickly moving round ball with a round bat is the most difficult task in any sport.

SPORTS | 04/15/2003

Szymanski puts on monster show as baseball dominates

Princeton had a wacky "weekend" of baseball that started on Sunday against Dartmouth at Cornell and ended against Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.

SPORTS | 04/14/2003

Softball continues winning ways against Yale, Brown

In a weekend somewhat postponed by inclement weather and spring evenings, the softball team finished with a sweep of Yale (5-1, 2-0) while managing a win and a tie (2-0, 5-5) against Brown.The Tigers suffocated the Bulldogs from the first inning and barely let their opponents come up for air.

SPORTS | 04/14/2003

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