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Wrestling prepares for difficult dual meet at Missouri and Reno tourney

After almost three weeks without a major team competition, the wrestling team is preparing for what may be its most difficult dual match of the season, as the team will wrestle Missouri on Saturday.Over the past two weekends, a number of the Tigers' younger wrestlers have competed in various tournaments in the region.A few of the starters, including juniors Brian Kirschbaum and Matt Hawrilenko, competed in the Kutztown Open two weeks ago, and a number of the less experienced wrestlers split up to wrestle in State College, Pa.

SPORTS | 12/09/2002

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Venable's 23 points lift hot-shooting men's hoops over Lafayette

EASTON, Pa. ? In its first game since the Monmouth Miracle, men's hoops showed that when the Princeton offense is properly blended with a more up tempo style, the result is a thing of beauty.The basketball team beat Lafayette 89-75 Saturday night in Easton, Pa., to improve to 3-2 overall.Granted the win came against the hapless and winless Leopards, but it was still a sight to see the offense executing its sets with precision passing and sharp jumpshooting.Princeton finished 33-51 from the field, hitting 64.7 percent of its field goals.

SPORTS | 12/08/2002

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Men's hockey hopes to break out of funk against Harvard, Brown

Currently riding a five-game slump and sitting in last place in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association, the men's hockey team is hard pressed these days to remember a time when it had reason to celebrate its play.Surely, the Tigers (1-10-0 overall, 1-7-0 ECAC) have played moments of competitive hockey this season, though good play has been hard to come by and all too transient.

SPORTS | 12/05/2002

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Athlete of the Week

Men used to wear hats.That's why we have this thing called the hat trick in hockey. Almost every hockey fan knows that the term hat trick comes from stories of old-time fans being so impressed with the performances of men on the ice scoring three goals in one game that they threw their hats on the ice.Now men don't wear hats, and, if they did, they would have to throw them on the ice at women's hockey games.

SPORTS | 12/04/2002