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Columbia, Cornell deal wrestling losses in its first Ivy matches

Columbia, Cornell deal wrestling losses in its first Ivy matches

After a disappointing beginning to the season, the wrestling team was unable to find a winning recipe, as Princeton lost its first two Ivy League matches of the year.Wrestling Columbia Wednesday and then Cornell Friday, the Tigers had hoped to start strong, but after two close losses, Princeton (3-13, 0-2) now finds itself at the bottom of the Ivy League standings.In a meet with four lead changes, the Columbia meet came down to the last wrestler, and Princeton was not able to hold on, losing 22-19.The Columbia meet began well for the Tigers, taking an early 9-0 lead after a pin by sophomore heavyweight Joe Looke and 125 lbs.

SPORTS | 02/03/2002

Women's hockey beats Yale, dominates in Quebec road trip

Sometimes a break just comes at the wrong time. For the women's ice hockey team, this appeared to be the case.Princeton had won three of its final four games and had climbed to the top of the ECAC standings before being forced to take a recess for exams.

SPORTS | 02/03/2002

Competition tough in Ivy men's hoops

It has been a good year for Ivy League men's basketball. The conference RPI of .4895 puts it 17th in the nation, a full 10 spots higher than at the end of last year.

SPORTS | 01/20/2002

Ivy League women's basketball midseason report

The Ivy women's hoops season is underway, and while nothing is decided, the race for the title is starting to shape up.

SPORTS | 01/20/2002

NEWS AND NOTES

RowingThe C. Bernard Shea Rowing Center has been honored by Athletics Business Magazine with a Facility of Merit for 2001.It is the second Princeton facility in the past three years to win the award, the other being Princeton Stadium in 1999.The award is a credit to the efforts on the part of University officials, and represents the culmination of meticulous planning.Athletic Business Magazine honors 10 new athletic facilities each year.The Shea Rowing Center was officially dedicated Oct.

SPORTS | 01/20/2002

Compiled wisdom of four years of sports education

This is it. Our last issue as editors. Our last chance to push our opinions on you. So we're going to take the opportunity to pass on the lessons we've collected over our time writing and editing sports.

SPORTS | 01/20/2002

Ivy League votes to contract two teams

HOAGIE HAVEN ? The Council of Ivy Group Presidents gathered for a press conference here Thursday at the premier Princeton fast food institution to announce that they had voted overwhelmingly to authorize Executive Director Jeff Orleans to begin the process of contracting two Ivy athletic programs prior to the start of next season.The franchises proposed for contraction have not be identified, but speculation is running wild."It makes no sense for Ivy League sports to be in markets that generate insufficient local revenues to justify the investment," Orleans stated.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Tigers mount and ride those Bulldogs, scoring 17 times; progeny are an ugly mix

The men's lacrosse team dominated Yale late last night in a random scrimmage at 1952 Stadium. Pummeling the Elis without release for 60 minutes, the Tigers finally came out on top, 17-0.With the win, Princeton has now manhandled every Ivy League team that has dared to approach it.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Dillon ballers shock varsity in intramural final

Onlookers were flabbergasted Friday night at Dillon Gym when the trio of senior guard Ahmed El Nokali, sophomore center Konrad Wysocki and junior forward Ray Robins fell 62-41 in the finals of the Princeton intramural basketball three-on-three tournament.The other team, led by a tall guy named Chris, a sharpshooting blond guard who looked vaguely familiar to El Nokali and a chem graduate student whose name no one could pronounce, played an effective inside-outside game as Chris repeatedly was able to use his size to smack around the smaller German."I didn't really like playing those guys because they were tall," Wysocki said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

News and Notes

FootballThe athletic department announced today that it will drop the football program in order to allow Princeton stadium's grass to grow."We thought that might help attendance," director of athletics Gary Walters said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

W. hoops awakens, remembers lack of skill

Senior forward Lauren Rigney lay in bed, dreaming of jump shots that swished, drives to the hoop, thunderous dunks and an 8-7 record.She jerked awake with a cry of pain.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Justin Borntraeger

Before the men's track team's workout last Thursday, head coach Fred Samara told his team that this weekend's Dinski Memorial Evening Track Meet was only a warm-up.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

New superheavyweight program to take its place, dining halls prepare for onslaught

Weary of the persistent public nudity and general annoyance associated with the men's lightweight crew team, the athletic department today announced its replacement with a men's superheavyweight crew program.The new sport features tremendous athletes who must weight in at no less than 285 pounds the Friday before the event.In order to rid the campus of the pesky lightweights, who might rise in protest against the change, the University plans to feed them to the new superheavyweight rowers."I really think it's the least wasteful alternative," assistant director of athletics Kurt K]ehl said.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Just remember, when I play with Peach, it's magic

Ladies.I know that it is no longer soccer season, but you must not deny me the pleasure of your sustained company.

SPORTS | 01/17/2002

Men's indoor track takes home second in William Gillis Open

After a long break, the men's indoor track season resumed last weekend, and the Tigers kicked off the new year with a great performance.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

News & Notes

Ivy League Announces Television PackageHDNet, a high-definition television provider came to an agreement with Ivy League officials Jan.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Women's fencing cruises to shutout victory against shorthanded CCNY

After having pitted themselves early in the season against Penn State, one of the top fencing teams in the country, the women's fencing team has already met some of its toughest competitors.The Tigers went into their meet against City College of New York with high hopes and came out with much more, shutting out CCNY 27-0 Saturday in Jadwin Gym.The Beavers were lacking a complete squad, so they had to forfeit a good number of the matches.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Men's fencing deals Ducks demoralizing defeat, 18-9

The Princeton men's fencing team improved to a mark of 3-1 after defeating Stevens Institute of Technology.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Men's basketball loses Logan for year to torn ACL

The men's basketball team took a big loss this week, even though Princeton did not play any games.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

Women's track second in tri-meet, Simmons sets school mark

Strictly speaking, the women's indoor track team lost this weekend. When all of the races were over and all of the points were counted, Rutgers had 53, Princeton had 66, and Connecticut had 70.And if this were an entry in a sports almanac or an Ivy League yearbook or merely a box score, where the only kind of speaking done is strict speaking, that would be pretty much all there is to say about what happened on Saturday at Jadwin.And that would be a shame.Because despite the somewhat disappointing end result of the meet, there were quite a few bright spots for the Tigers, quite a few individual performances suggestive of the many good things that appear to be coming in a season that has barely begun.Perhaps the brightest of the bright spots was senior captain Lauren Simmons' school record-setting race in the 500 meter event (1:13.93), but senior captain Catherine Casey's dominating victory in the 3000 meter event was not far behind.After Casey crossed the finish line, the next non-Princeton runner had a full 32 seconds to think about how badly she had been beaten.Other Tiger winners were sophomore Laura Shackelton in the 5000 meters (18:15.96), senior Natalie Deffenbaugh in the 800 meters (2:19.20), sophomore Susan Coltman in the long jump (5.45 m), and freshman Brooke Minor in the high jump (1.70 m).The Princeton relay teams also dominated, picking up wins in the 4X400m (3:55.20) and 4X800m (9:29.37) events.And of course the whole story is not told in the first-place finishes.

SPORTS | 01/15/2002

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