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Crew teams find success on Lake Carnegie and in California

Crew teams find success on Lake Carnegie and in California

This weekend was a sweep on the water at Lake Carnegie. All three Princeton crew teams racing won all of their races.No opposing team came within six seconds of a Tiger boat on Saturday, both in Princeton and at the San Diego Crew Classic, in which the lightweight women raced."It was a good start to the season," senior heavyweight Sean McCormick said.

SPORTS | 04/07/2002

Men's lacrosse outlasts Blue Devils in triple-overtime thriller

On a cold, blustery night not befitting of April, senior attackman B.J. Prager tipped in a centering feed from sophomore linemate Ryan Boyle 38 seconds into the third overtime as No.

SPORTS | 04/07/2002

Women's lacrosse improves to 3-0 in Ivy League with thrashing of Yale

Not even the unanticipated gust of snow flurries on the mid-April day could blow the women's lacrosse team off its course.Soaring to their ninth-straight victory, the Tigers trounced Yale, 11-5, at the Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon, extending their winning streak over the Elis to 11.Four minutes into the second half, one minute after sophomore midfielder Theresa Sherry slung Princeton's eight-goal off an assist from senior attack Lauren Simone, the Elis won the ensuing draw and thought they had a chance to retaliate.But junior defender Rachael Becker intersected the oncoming attacker who, helplessly, dropped the ball and then, even more helplessly, watched as Becker scooped it up and connected with senior attack captain Charlotte Kenworthy for the team's ninth goal.This was just one play among many that seared any hope that No.

SPORTS | 04/07/2002

Concordia delivers improving men's volleyball a tough setback

Only the immortal exclamation of Homer Simpson can describe how men's volleyball felt after its loss to Concordia Wednesday night ?"Doh!"After taking the first two games from the Clippers, the Tigers proceeded to lose the final three, falling 15-11 in the the deciding tiebreaker and dropping to 12-11 on the year.Princeton found itself on the brink of victory during the third game, but was unable to seal the deal against a determined Concordia team.

SPORTS | 04/04/2002

W. Lax to take on Yale this weekend with hopes of gaining lead Ivy spot

This Saturday, the women's lacrosse team will host Yale in its third Ivy League game of the season.Yale has a long history of losses against Princeton to overcome going into this match.

SPORTS | 04/04/2002

Princeton softball looks for offensive spark this weekend

The objective in softball is simple: score more runs than the other team.Princeton softball understands this point well.

SPORTS | 04/04/2002

After sweeping Penn, Baseball looks to continue success against Ivy foes

The sights are set.After a sweep of Gehrig Division rival Penn, the Tigers' baseball team is 4-0 in the Ivy League and is poised to take a commanding lead in the race for the Ivy crown.Princeton (8-12 overall) ? which has won six of its last seven games ? looks to build on the success of last weekend and take out Ivy foes Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend.

SPORTS | 04/04/2002

Destiny still in the hands of m. lax as it takes on Blue Devils at home

The drive from Durham, NC to Old Nassau is about 430 miles. That gives the Duke men's lacrosse team a seven-hour bus-ride to think about how it is going to beat Princeton this evening at 1952 Stadium.So what will the team dream about first when the light goes off and the seats go back?It might first ponder the category in which, compared to Princeton, it is the strongest.

SPORTS | 04/04/2002

Men's, women's crew to race on both coasts in weekend contests

Parties on both U.S. coasts could take place this weekend if crew steps up to its challengers and has them eating their bubbles.This weekend all four crew teams will get their feet wet for the first time in the same weekend this spring.

SPORTS | 04/03/2002

Women's rugby to compete at nationals, men's at Ivy tourney

Many people know about the Princeton's men's lacrosse team. They know about the swim team, the women's lacrosse team and the men's basketball team.

SPORTS | 04/03/2002

Rider snaps baseball's six-game winning streak in ugly weather

Senior pitcher Bill Broome was facing a chance to send the game into extra innings for his team. He had managed to fight his way out of an opening hit double as his infield took care of the first two runners in a position to score.

SPORTS | 04/03/2002

Quick scoring carries women's lacrosse in 17-6 defeat of Delaware

Five minutes into yesterday's women's lacrosse game, University of Delaware head coach Denise Wescott called a timeout.Her team was already losing 4-0.Two minutes later, her team was losing 5-0.In fact, for the first seven minutes of the game, Princeton averaged about a goal a minute.

SPORTS | 04/03/2002

List of problems haunts men's lacrosse; Tigers trying to recover from early losses

No one expected this. No one could have even imagined this. After winning its sixth national championship in 10 years last May, the men's lacrosse team now sits at 2-4 overall and on the brink of missing the postseason for the first time in over 10 years.

SPORTS | 04/02/2002

'Not a euphoric feeling' for men's lacrosse after season's first Ivy victory

After the tough weekend loss against Yale, the Princeton men's lacrosse team (3-4 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) rebounded with an easy 18-4 victory over visiting Penn yesterday afternoon at 1952 Stadium.It was a bittersweet victory, however, playing so well only three days after playing so poorly and losing to Yale."[Winning today] is certainly not a euphoric feeling," head coach Bill Tierney said.

SPORTS | 04/02/2002

With the Terps on top, it's a great time to be a Maryland fan

"M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D. Maryland will win."I have been singing those last two lines of the University of Maryland fight song since I was about 10 years old.

SPORTS | 04/02/2002

Texan Edwards a force in the pool for women's water polo

"Go Texas!" yelled a man at the same time he waved the one-starred flag in the middle of the women's water polo game.

SPORTS | 04/02/2002

Catherine Casey smashes personal record in 5k at Stanford Invitational

The date is Feb. 7, 1995. Casey, a freshman at Columbia High School in New Jersey, walks on to the indoor track team.

SPORTS | 04/01/2002

W. golf takes second, m. golf prepares for tourney

Success was the story of the women's golf team this weekend. The team came from behind to take second place at the William and Mary Invitational.

SPORTS | 04/01/2002

Men's track sends teams to compete in both California and North Carolina

Only a week since spring break and the men's track and field team returned to sunny Californian and Carolinian climates.

SPORTS | 04/01/2002

M. volleyball surprises Juniata, abuses league foe in three games at Dillon

It is official: the men's volleyball team is back ? with a vengeance. Last weekend the Tigers settled an old score with Rutgers, a team that had swept them in Feb., and reminded rival Juniata why winning in Dillon is no easy task.Earlier this season, Princeton (12-10 overall) struggled against the Eagles on the road,winning 3-2, but had no trouble whatsoever last Friday as the Tigers routed Juniata in just three games.The turning point for Princeton came in the second game when the Tigers jumped out to a big lead en route to a 30-11 massacre.

SPORTS | 04/01/2002

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