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Offensive explosion keys women's basketball's surprising start; Rigney possibly done for season

Offensive explosion keys women's basketball's surprising start; Rigney possibly done for season

So far this year, the women's basketball team has been the surprise of Princeton sports. Coming off a 2-25 season, the Tigers have already compiled a 4-3 record.Many people have attributed this turnaround to new head coach Richard Barron, but he gives credit to the players."We are trying to empower the players, trying to get the players to believe in their abilities.

SPORTS | 12/11/2001

Despite inconsistency, men's hockey remains near top of ECAC

While inconsistency has plagued the men's hockey team throughout the first part of the season, it still remains near the top of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings.Princeton (4-9-0 overall, 4-6-0 ECAC) is tied with Clarkson at No.

SPORTS | 12/11/2001

The skeptic's take on college hoops: Kansas beware

Kansas? They don't know.Yeah, they've seen the film; they've seen the stats; they've probably even seen the press clippings, but they don't know.This has got to be said, because I have heard some of you tell me "Kansas?

SPORTS | 12/11/2001

Men's hoops to challenge No. 4 Kansas

Tonight Princeton will play its third top 10 team in eight games. Most people thought that in the first two of these games ? against St.

SPORTS | 12/11/2001

Harris starts season strong, breaking meet record in high jump for m. track

In an evening meet that ran into the early hours of Saturday morning, the men's track and field team set the tone for the upcoming indoor season with some notable performances and their trademark depth.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Freshman Canino sets pole vault mark for w. track at New Year Invite

Though last Friday night's New Year Invitational, at which Princeton faced a few local teams, counted very little for the women's track team, the Tigers discovered an important new addition to the team.Freshman Chelo Canino set a new meet and school record in the pole vault when she cleared 12 feet, one-and-a-half inches.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Wrestling picks up one victory, two defeats at Northwestern

Finally escaping the ranked opponents on their schedule, the wrestling team found little solace in Evanston, Ill., as the Tigers dropped two of three matches at the Northwestern Duals on Saturday.The Tigers' 1-2 performance at the Duals dropped their record to a disappointing 2-6 for the season.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Athlete of the Week: Gretchen Anderson

With one of the nation's top teams ? No. 5 New Hampshire ? coming to Baker Rink on Saturday, the women's hockey team was hoping to make the game competitive.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Men's squash makes finals of Five-Man Team Championships

For the men's squash team, defeating Trinity is like climbing a mountain. Each time they face off, the Tigers inch closer to the top and a long-awaited victory.The latest chapter in the Princeton-Trinity rivalry was this past weekend's Five-Man Team Championships held at Trinity.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Men's swimming ends grueling month by sailing past weak Black Knights

Among the big cats, the tiger is known to be a good swimmer with slight man-eating tendencies. The men's swimming and diving team generally lives up to its mascot in these respects.

SPORTS | 12/10/2001

Lowly Union beats m. hockey; Tigers rebound to top RPI

The men's hockey team entered this weekend looking for a spark. The defense had been playing well, only to see games slip away because of a lack of scoring power.Against two Eastern College Athletic Conference opponents, Union (4-5-3 overall, 1-3-1 ECAC) Friday night, and Rensselaer (5-5-1, 2-2-1) on Saturday, the Tigers had an opportunity to improve on the inconsistency that has plauged them recently.With both the Skating Dutchmen and the Engineers running in the middle of the ECAC pack, this could have been the perfect weekend for Princeton to pad its road record.With no other ECAC games for more than a month, this was an important chance for Princeton to move up in the standings.It could have been a big weekend for the team.

SPORTS | 12/09/2001

Men's hoops handles Monmouth despite Jadwin-record 40 points from Johnson

Saturday night, Monmouth's Rahsaan Johnson exploded for 40 points against Princeton men's basketball, but his record performance was not enough as the Tigers beat the Hawks, 76-70, in inter-conference, intra-state play in Jadwin Gym.Johnson stole the show in the Tigers' second home game.

SPORTS | 12/09/2001

Schaeffer's 25 not enough as women's hoops loses to Army

Since last year, when Army destroyed the women's basketball team, 64-46, in Jadwin Gym, the Black Knights lost most of their offensive threats, while the Tigers have found weapons they never expected to have.Yet Saturday afternoon in West Point, N.Y., Army (2-6) still had enough firepower to knock off Princeton (4-3), 69-65.

SPORTS | 12/09/2001

W. hockey beats UNH, Quinnipiac to push unbeaten streak to eight games

"Make Patty Proud."The brand-new banner that adorns the facade of the student section at Hobey Baker Rink, honoring former Princeton women's hockey great Patty Kazmaier, was certainly in sophomore forward Gretchen Anderson's peripheral view as she scored the lone goal in a 1-0 overtime upset of the No.

SPORTS | 12/09/2001

WEEKEND WRAP-UP

Indoor trackThe men's and women's indoor track teams saw their first action of the season at the New Year's Invitational at Jadwin Gym on Friday night.

SPORTS | 12/09/2001

Men's hockey hopes to garner first road victory

Challenges are nothing new to the men's ice hockey team. Each weekend this season has been an adventure for the team, as it has gone through ups and downs in its play.

SPORTS | 12/06/2001

Ways to improve the Princeton hoops experience

Tomorrow night is the second home men's basketball game of the season and since many of the upperclassmen will be fulfilling obligations on Prospect Avenue, residential colleges, it's your chance to show what a good crowd is all about.

SPORTS | 12/06/2001

Women's basketball rides 4-2 record into contest with Army

Unless you really thought America was going to lose the War of 1812 ? and come on, war fans, who really did?

SPORTS | 12/06/2001

Struggling men's hoops faces Monmouth

Princeton men's basketball has had a rough start on the season thus far ?winning just one of its first six games.Tomorrow night at 7:30, the Tigers will return home to Jadwin Gym to take on last year's Northeast Conference Champion and NCAA tournament qualifier, Monmouth, and attempt to pick up their second win on the season before facing No.

SPORTS | 12/06/2001

Women's hockey to host Quinnipiac, New Hampshire

After a slow start to its season, the women's hockey team is finally coming into its own.Last weekend, the Tigers (5-3-2, 3-2-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference-North Division) recorded two solid victories over Colgate and Cornell.

SPORTS | 12/06/2001

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