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Women's hockey perfect at Baker this season

Women's hockey perfect at Baker this season

You have not lived until you have been called for obstruction-hooking.Yes, it is hockey season again, and hat tricks and one-timers are afoot in Baker Rink as women's hockey has turned Princeton's cozy little ice rink into its personal slaughterhouse, outscoring their first four opponents of the season 17-1 en route to a 4-0 start in the friendly confines.Already riding high after a pair of non-conference shutout wins a week ago, the Tigers (4-0-0 overall, 2-0-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) greeted their first two ECAC opponents rudely this weekend, topping Colgate (4-4-0, 1-1-0) 4-1 on Friday and ripping Cornell (0-2-0, 0-2-0) 6-0 Saturday.A pair of new faces sparked the attack on Colgate.

SPORTS | 11/12/2002

Men's water polo counts on sophomore goalie Sabbatini in net

If water polo players wore shoes, Peter Sabbatini would have had some large ones to fill.With the graduation of John Pharris '02, last year's College Water Polo Association Southern Division MVP, Sabbatini was thrust into the starting goalie position this year."We've been fortunate to have a great string of goalies here," coach Luis Nicolao said.

SPORTS | 11/12/2002

Men's hockey drops games to Colgate, Cornell over weekend

Having taken on two nationally-ranked competitors in its first two games of the season ? against No.

SPORTS | 11/12/2002

Goalkeeper White ends career as best goalie in m. soccer's history

When the men's soccer team's game against Yale in New Haven hit its 90th minute this weekend, another Princeton men's soccer season came to a close.

SPORTS | 11/12/2002

Absent offense, disastrous turnovers bury football in debacle with Penn

In a football game, in order to win, a team must control three things ? the ball, the offensive line of scrimmage, and the defensive line of scrimmage.

SPORTS | 11/11/2002

Two-sport athlete Rawlings talks rugby, ROTC, wrestling

Recently, Daily Princetonian Senior Writer Ross Mazo sat down with junior Nate Rawlings of the men's rugby team.

SPORTS | 11/11/2002

Women's soccer wins Ivy League title outright

The women's soccer team tied Colorado College (8-7-1) 1-1 on Saturday in a well-played battle between two packs of Tigers.

SPORTS | 11/11/2002

Women's volleyball keeps Ivy League title hopes alive with weekend wins

With five matches in nine days, the volleyball team did not have much of a fall break.The Tigers faced Dartmouth, Harvard, Villanova, Columbia, and Cornell this past week in a test of their endurance.Despite tough losses to Har-vard and Villa-nova, Princeton (13-5 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) steadily improved its play over the course of the week.

SPORTS | 11/11/2002

Field hockey finishes undefeated in league

Last Friday, the field hockey team won the outright Ivy League championship for the eighth time in nine years.Although not as dominant as their other Ivy League victories, the Tigers' 3-0 win over Penn (6-11 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) was enough to close out their third-straight perfect Ivy League season.During this year's Ivy League campaign, the Tigers (11-6 overall) posted a 7-0 record, and led the league in goals scored (43) and the fewest goals allowed (six). On offense, senior tri-captain and attack Ilvy Friebe has been outstanding for the Tigers, leading the league in two key scoring categories with 22 goals and nine assists.Senior goalkeeper Kelly Baril recorded another impressive season in goal.

SPORTS | 11/10/2002

Struggling men's soccer spoils perfect Ivy season for league-leading Quakers

It is strange that a scoreless tie might be the highlight of the men's soccer team's season, but with the undefeated Penn team playing for the Ivy League championship, the Tigers chose a good game to play their best soccer.Normally a Penn vs.

SPORTS | 11/10/2002

Football blown out by Penn, falls out of league title contention

The football team continued its streak of impressive fourth quarter performances Saturday against Penn.The rest of the game, though, was one of the most one-sided games ever at Princeton Stadium, as Penn (7-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) took a 30-0 lead into the fourth quarter to win by the final of 44-13.During the first half the Quakers dominated the Tigers, outgaining Princeton (5-3, 3-2) 202 yards to 29.

SPORTS | 11/10/2002

Field hockey can win outright Ivy title at home against Penn

Head coach Beth Bozman and her field hockey team needed to win at least a share of the Ivy League title to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

SPORTS | 11/07/2002

Football faces Penn in game key to league title race

Two weeks ago, the football team, at 2-0, sat atop the Ivy League with two other teams ? Harvard and Penn.

SPORTS | 11/07/2002

M., w. heavyweight crew teams train at Boston's Head of Charles

Year after year, men's and women's heavyweight crew are among the nation's best. Given this rich tradition of Princeton rowing, expectations are always lofty.This year is no different.As always, the Tigers have their sights set high, mindful of the legacy they must defend."We see alumni on the national team every day," junior Tyson White said.

SPORTS | 11/07/2002

Football by the numbers: A guide to some of the season's significant gridiron statistics

0 ? Times the football team has beaten rival Harvard since 1995, not incidentally the last time Princeton won the Ivy League title.1 ? Actual victories by the Tigers since 1993 against the Quakers, this week's opponent.

SPORTS | 11/06/2002

Men's hockey cruises through preseason, drops North Dakota and Providence games

The color of the leaves on the trees are changing and there is a chill in the air. To some this would indicate one thing only: the onset of a winter that will undoubtedly last way too long.For avid sports fans, however, the changing season indicates something completely different and much more exciting ? hockey time.And, for the men's ice hockey team, this season started with a bang.At the beginning of fall break, the Tigers took to the ice for their two preseason exhibition games.

SPORTS | 11/06/2002

Shackford lifts women's soccer

With only one regular season game left to play, women's soccer (13-2-0 overall, 6-1-0 Ivy League) has amassed quite a list of achievements this fall, including an NCAA tournament bid and at least a share of the Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 11/06/2002

Women's, men's golf set team records in Fall Break tourneys

Princeton golf certainly didn't fade quietly into the winter off-season. With both the men's and women's team posting top five finishes over fall break, coaches and players alike are looking anxiously towards the spring season and eyeing Ivy titles.The men's team spent Fall Break at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia, competing in the Hoya Invitational.

SPORTS | 11/05/2002

Men's rugby defends EPRU championship, women fall short

This season the men's rugby team has learned to play and win in high-pressure games, and this experience proved invaluable when the Tigers defended their league championship by beating Westchester, 31-5.After losing to Westchester in its first game of the season, Princeton (5-1) had to win all of its remaining games to defend its 2001 Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union title.The Tigers' success in the fall qualifies the team for higher-level tournaments in the spring.

SPORTS | 11/05/2002

Division I-AA football boasts 108 teams, 14 leagues

If one were to start in Princeton, draw a line directly east to the ocean and another directly north to Canada, and call the area in that box "the Northeast," one would find that "the Northeast" has about one-ninth of the country's population.

SPORTS | 11/05/2002

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