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Men's swimming's Hessler still inspired by mug of club coach

Men's swimming's Hessler still inspired by mug of club coach

Athletes find motivation in unique places.Some respond to fiery speeches, while others strive to make their families proud.For swimmer Carl Hessler, all it takes is a picture.Hessler, a senior captain and Princeton record-holder in four events, doesn't respond to a picture of just anyone.

SPORTS | 12/03/2002

Women's hockey's Kilbourne returns to Baker Rink from Winter Olympics

After three successful seasons for the Tigers, senior center Andrea Kilbourne took a one-year break from the rigors of Princeton ? where hockey had to be secondary to her academics ? to make hockey her entire life.In her fourth year of women's hockey at Princeton, Kilbourne currently has 142 career points, 55 more than anyone else on the team.

SPORTS | 12/03/2002

Women's squash handles Cornell, but Trinity and Yale will challenge young team

It's early in the season, but the Tigers are already proving themselves a major force this year in women's squash.Competition will be tough from other Ivy League teams and especially from last year's national champions, Trinity College.

SPORTS | 12/02/2002

Wandering through the remnants of the Princeton fall season

Before I even get started, I would like to say that it's good to be back. No, not from Thanksgiving break, not even from fall break.

SPORTS | 12/02/2002

Experienced seniors and preseason wins show promise for men's squash

Coming off last year's second-place finish in the national collegiate men's squash tournament, the Tigers are eager for an even more successful season this winter.Looking back on the 2001-2002 season, Princeton has much to be proud of.A 5-4 win over Yale late in the season earned the Tigers the title of Ivy League champions, although they later lost to Trinity College for the top squash honors in the nation.But Princeton can't afford to live in the past.

SPORTS | 12/02/2002

Women's hockey still unbeaten at home after weekend games

Women's hockey would be perfectly happy playing the rest of its 18 games at home.Princeton (6-2-2 overall, 2-0-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) is now 5-0-1 at Baker Rink after a 2-2 tie with Maine and a 6-2 win over Northeastern this weekend.The No.

SPORTS | 12/02/2002

Women's hoops outmatched by Stanford, Temple in Palo Alto

After notching a win against Tennessee-Martin at home on Wednesday, things went downhill for the women's basketball team as they headed to California after Thanksgiving to play in the Stanford Invitational.On Wednesday, the Tigers cruised to a 92-74 win against Tennessee-Martin at Jadwin Gym, highlighted by shooting an impressive 52 percent from three-point range.

SPORTS | 12/01/2002

M. hoops loses home opener to Florida International

Princeton had the early-season jitters. That and Florida International's quick defense limited the men's basketball team to 21 of 54 shooting from the field Saturday night en route to a 68-65 overtime victory.The Panthers (4-0 overall) also kept Princeton (1-2) to 11-34 shooting behind the arc and created 19 turnovers which turned into points.In a game similar to last year's 49-44 loss in Miami, the Tiger offense was not playing up to snuff.

SPORTS | 12/01/2002

Mix of old, New key to wrestling's year

With a large turnover in starters, the Tigers have a team capable of either competing for an Ivy League championship or finishing with another below average season similar to last year.The 2002-2003 team is very different from last year's team, and with only five returning starters, head coach Mike New needs a number of wrestlers to step into leadership roles.Even with four starters graduating from last year's team, senior All-America Greg Parker returns for his final year and he will again be competing for a national championship.

SPORTS | 12/01/2002

M. hockey loses to Yale, falls to UMass

Playing against UMass for the first time since former Princeton coach Don Cahoon left the University, the men's hockey team (1-10-0 overall, 1-8-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) fell, 5-3, Sunday afternoon in Amherst.It was a tough Thanksgiving weekend overall for the Tigers as well, with the team losing for the second time in a week to Ivy and ECAC rival Yale ? once at home, 7-1, and again in New Haven, 6-1.Against Yale, the lone Princeton goal came from freshman forward Sebastian Borza on a one-timer late in the third period.

SPORTS | 12/01/2002

Men's basketball takes on Florida International in home opener Saturday

After splitting two games last weekend at the Sooner Invitational in Oklahoma, the men's basketball team returns to Jadwin Gymnasium this weekend for its home opener against Florida International.In their season kickoff, the Tigers used a strong second half to down Western Michigan 62-59 and advance to the finals against the seventh-ranked Sooners.

SPORTS | 11/26/2002

Yale pulls away from struggling men's hockey in third period

There was a brief time in men's hockey's 7-1 loss to Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Yale Tues-day night when it seemed as if Princeton had a chance.

SPORTS | 11/26/2002

Kroshus 81st at NCAAs; without her, w. cross country wins ECACs

There's nothing better than ending a season on a high note.The women's cross-country team did just that when Princeton wrapped up its season this weekend with a pair of events.

SPORTS | 11/26/2002

Women's hoops takes on Tennessee Martin tonight at Jadwin Gym

In the midst of two weeks of hard-hitting competition in Texas and California, the women's basketball team returns to Jadwin Gym tonight to take on a friendlier opponent ? the University of Tennessee Martin.The Tigers are coming off a tough weekend in Waco, Tex., where they opened their season by suffering a painful 86-47 loss to Baylor.The second game in Texas was much brighter, as the Tigers defeated Southwest Texas State, 82-81, thanks to junior post Eileen Powers' last-second score in overtime.UT-M is playing its season opener tonight, after going 8-20 last year.

SPORTS | 11/26/2002

Maine and Northeastern visit Baker to face tough w. hockey

If Princeton women's hockey were a police force, then Baker Rink would be their prison. The Tigers' have locked up their visitors so far this season and have let them leave with nothing but bad memories.

SPORTS | 11/26/2002

Defense, Atkinson lift football to best record under Hughes

"A couple plays here and there, we're 9-1," football head coach Roger Hughes said. Princeton (6-4 overall, 4-3 Ivy) has come far since finishing 3-6 last year."Every game is like a playoff game," senior wide receiver and captain Chisom Opara said.

SPORTS | 11/25/2002

Wrestling beaten by Findlay, blown away by Bloomsburg

Competing without three of its normal starters and with several other wrestlers still not at 100 percent, the Tiger wrestling team had a rough day in its season opener.Princeton (0-2 overall) faced Bloomsburg and Findlay, two of the top Div.

SPORTS | 11/25/2002

Led by seniors, m. swimming looks for another Easterns crown

Last year, men's swimming and diving won first place at Easterns, finally knocking Harvard out of first place after playing bridesmaid to the Crimson for seven years.

SPORTS | 11/25/2002

W. swimming starts season with four dual-meet wins, streak at 36

Riding a streak of 32 straight dual-meet wins over three seasons, the three-time defending Ivy League champion women's swimming team entered the 2002-2003 season full of hope for Ivy League and national success.The squad opened up against Boston College, who the Tigers have soundly defeated in their opening meets the past two years.

SPORTS | 11/25/2002

Football defeats Dartmouth at home; Atkinson carries to go over 1,000 yards

The Tiger football team was out of contention for the Ivy title Saturday against Dartmouth, and in the first half they played like a team that merely wanted the season to end.The first winning record in five years was up for grabs, too, though, and in the fourth quarter, senior running back Cameron Atkinson carried the ball ? and the team ? to a 38-30 victory and its first winning record since 1997.Atkinson ran for 196 yards in the second half and 233 on the game.

SPORTS | 11/24/2002

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