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M., w. fencing combine to finish sixth at NCAAs

M., w. fencing combine to finish sixth at NCAAs

With two Princeton fencers heading into last weekend's National Collegiate Athletic Association championships ranked among the top five in the world, an individual title was all but assured.But despite a host of valiant bouts, the Tigers returned late Monday with no medals in hand.

SPORTS | 03/24/2003

Baseball faces seven teams on southern swing

The baseball team went 4-8 on its road trip through the South over Spring Break. Its overall record now lies at 4-12, improving from 0-4 before the break.In North Carolina, the Tigers went 2-7 before traveling to Virginia, where they split four games with William & Mary.First on the docket was North Carolina-Wilmington (17-10) on Friday, March 14.

SPORTS | 03/24/2003

Women's water polo faces off against top teams in Calif.

The women's water polo team finished its week on the west coast 3-3, but its competition against the nation's top-ranked water polo team, UC-Los Angeles, and other highly-ranked teams was enough to push the Tigers from No.

SPORTS | 03/24/2003

Parker loses to eventual champion, finishes eighth

After taking second at the NCAA wrestling championship tournament last year in the 174-pound weight class, Greg Parker entered his senior season with hopes of bringing home a national title.

SPORTS | 03/23/2003

No. 4 Big Green edge w. hockey in semifinals of ECAC tourney

Women's hockey found itself two wins away last weekend from a date with the national championship.Unfortunately, the team watched the Women's Frozen Four from the dorms as Dartmouth edged Princeton, 4-2, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference semifinals last Saturday at Brown's Meehan Auditorium, ending the Tigers' season."We hung with them," junior forward Gretchen Anderson said.

SPORTS | 03/23/2003

Men's tennis heads home from West with three losses, one win

Men's tennis came home last night after a disappointing spring break in Southern California. Starting the week off with an 8-2 record, the Tigers return just 9-5.

SPORTS | 03/23/2003

Victory over Penn State ends slide for w. lacrosse

The women's lacrosse team has not lost four games in a row since head coach Chris Sailer first took the reins in 1987, but the Tigers entered this weekend in danger of doing just that.

SPORTS | 03/23/2003

Hofstra and Syracuse fall to ascending Tigers

With less than 10 seconds left in the men's lacrosse game Saturday against Syracuse, junior attack Ryan Boyle had the ball in Orangeman territory trying to run out the clock.

SPORTS | 03/23/2003

Bouncing back won't be easy for w. lacrosse

It's been a long time since the women's lacrosse team has had to bounce back from a loss. Just about a year, in fact.

SPORTS | 03/13/2003

High hopes for fencing at NCAAs

While security will no doubt be tight at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, if the Tigers can get their weapons into the academy, they will definitely be competitive in an attempt to usurp the NCAA title from defending national champions Penn State.Though Princeton has consistently struggled in team competition against scholarship schools such as Penn State and St.

SPORTS | 03/13/2003

W. water polo travels west to test mettle versus strong competition

Next week's schedule promises to challenge the women's water polo team, making recent midterms seem like a breeze.Over four days, No.

SPORTS | 03/13/2003

Competition remains strong for m. lacrosse

With recent losses to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country, Johns Hopkins and Virginia, the men's lacrosse team is off to a 0-2 start entering spring break, and its schedule won't be getting much easier for a few more weeks.Princeton has away games over the break against two more teams ranked in the Top 15 in this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll ? No.

SPORTS | 03/13/2003

Baseball heads to N. Carolina, Virginia in search of first wins

When baseball returns from its spring break tour through North Carolina and Virginia, that goose egg in wins should be history.The Tigers (0-4) play 13 games down south in 10 days from March 14-23, without a day off.

SPORTS | 03/12/2003

Softball to play with best at Buzz Classic

Contender or pretender?This is the question the softball team will attempt to answer over spring break.

SPORTS | 03/12/2003

M., w. tennis to head to southern Calif. sunshine

Men's and women's tennis will finally escape the confines of Jadwin Gymnasium to compete in the southern California sunshine over spring break.

SPORTS | 03/12/2003

Penn defeats women's basketball by ten points

The women's basketball team, playing in its final game of the season last night at Penn, found itself up nine points midway through the first half.

SPORTS | 03/12/2003

With only pride at stake, men's hoops falls to Penn

Regardless of what their records may be, the Penn-Princeton game that closes the season is always the big deal.

SPORTS | 03/11/2003

Parker claims EIWA title with last second pin in final match

A quick glance at the score table revealed a three-point deficit and a measly 40 ticks of the clock remaining in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association wrestling career of senior captain Greg Parker (23-4 overall). Last year's 174-pound champion surged forward, pushing the action and looking for an opening in his opponent's seemingly impregnable defenses.He shot in low on a single leg takedown and flipped his surprised and flailing opponent, driving his inverted shoulders into the mat.

SPORTS | 03/11/2003

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