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Two straight losses leave Brown seeking revenge on w. swimming

Two straight losses leave Brown seeking revenge on w. swimming

Every year for the last few years, the Ivy League women's swimming year-end championship meet has boiled down to a contest between Princeton and Brown, and in each of the last two years, the Tigers have come out on top.Neither team lost more than a handful of athletes to graduation last spring, so the league powers should be the same once again.

SPORTS | 11/28/2001

Men's hockey surrenders lead in third, falls to Northeastern

For two periods and 13 seconds, the men's hockey team matched Northeastern play for play.Unfortunately for the Tigers, hockey games last a full three periods.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Deerin, Nugent take Ivy Player of Year honors

Princeton's dominance in Ivy League soccer was readily apparent this season, as both the men and the women won at least a share of the Ivy League title.The postseason awards drove the point home, as both the men and the women received more postseason awards than any of their counterparts.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Youth to take up mantle after football season of near misses

With three players making the All-Ivy First Team and at least one being scouted for the National Football League at various games, one would think the football team must have had a successful season.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Porter to carry Rider into Jadwin for matchup with winless men's basketball

In terms of their men's basketball teams, Princeton and its New Jersey neighbor Rider don't appear to have much in common.In fact, apart from their proximity, the two teams are decidedly different, both in terms of their team dynamics and their outlook.

SPORTS | 11/27/2001

Young women's squad looks to rebuild after loss of much of last season's roster

Holding the Ivy League Title for the past three years in a row and placing fifth overall when combined with the men's team at NCAAs, the women's fencing team has quite a reputation to uphold.The team lost four talented fencers this year, and many members of this year's team are not competing due to study abroad or to taking time off.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

Led by Thompson, deep men's team hopes to repeat as Ivy champions

Last year's Ivy League title in men's fencing was shared by Princeton, Columbia, and Pennsylvania.This season the Tigers are reloaded with fresh talent and hope to repeat as Ivy League champions."We did get some good recruits and have some excellent sophomores and juniors returning from last season so we will certainly compete for the Ivy title once again," sophomore epee Soren Thompson said.Princeton returns all but two starters from last year's team.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

Women's hockey ties B.C. then rallies to beat UConn

An hour's worth of ice time was not enough to settle either of the women's hockey games this weekend.

SPORTS | 11/26/2001

Four goals from fourth line help Elis slaughter inconsistent men's hockey

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Going into Saturday night's game at Ingalls Rink, Yale's fourth line of sophomore Mike Klema, senior Jason Noe and junior Denis Nam had combined for 10 career goals and 20 career points.After the Elis' 6-1 domination of the men's hockey team, that line had added four goals and eight points to those career totals as Princeton (2-6-0 overall, 2-4-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) once again showed the lack of consistency that has plagued the young club so far this season.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

M. hoops keeps up winless ways against Florida International

On Saturday, Princeton men's basketball traveled to Miami in search of its first win of the season against less-than-highly touted Florida International (FIU). In the first ever matchup between the two teams, the Tigers led for much of the game but slowed down in the last ten minutes to fall, 49-44.Although the two had never played before, FIU (3-1) was not supposed to pose as much of a threat as it did.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Women's basketball gets third win, first loss at Husky Classic in Seattle

The women's basketball team came into last weekend undefeated, 2-0, and travelled 3000 miles to defend its perfection at the Seattle Times Husky Classic on the University of Washington campus.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Missed penalty shot, FDU goalie end men's soccer's season in NCAA second round

Everything about yesterday's game was exactly what Princeton expected ? everything except the final score.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

We're number one?

As of Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving, the women's basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the country in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). All by themselves - no ties, no blemishes, just first place.

SPORTS | 11/25/2001

Depth provides strength as women's squash tops Cornell

On Sunday, the women's squash team showed the depth that is expected to carry it through the year as Princeton defeated Cornell, 6-3.The Tigers lost their first three matches but swept the bottom six in their first official outing without three-time national champion Julia Beaver '01 and four-time All-American Meredith Quick '01.Freshman Francie Comey, senior captain Courtenay Green, freshman Frances McKay, junior Jen Shingleton, junior Helen Smith and freshman Casey Degen all swept their matches, 3-0, losing not a game on the way to victory.Although the match was relatively "uneventful" according to senior captain Anna Minkowski, it was notable for "the concentration and determination seen on court.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

St. Francis is women's hoops' second victim; Tigers are 2-0

The women's basketball team leaped to victory again last night, clinching an 89-80 victory over St.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

Maglione's OT goal gives men's hockey thrilling win over Yale

With less than two minutes left in overtime, sophomore defenseman Matt Maglione received a pass on the right wing from senior left wing Josh Roberts.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

News and Notes

Kroshus competes at 2001 NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsSophomore Emily Kroshus finished her 2001 season alone at the 2001 NCAA Cross Country Championships at Furman University.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

Top five players solid as men's squash dominates Western Ontario, Cornell

Facing teams that were No. 5 and No. 6 in the nation last year, most teams would be fazed and nervous.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

Wrestling beats Eastern Michigan, loses to Findlay, Edinboro

Preparing for arguably its hardest schedule in recent memory, the wrestling team opened against one of the best teams in the nation.Competing Saturday in the Edinboro Duals in Edinboro, Penn., the Tigers (1-2 overall) had three dual meets in the span of a day.Princeton began the day with Findlay, then took on Eastern Michigan, and finally ended its day against No.

SPORTS | 11/20/2001

Men's soccer gets NCAA bye

Things just keep rolling in the right direction for men's soccer. Saturday, Brown defeated Harvard, 3-0, to lift Princeton (10-2-5 overall, 5-1-1 Ivy League) to share the Ivy title with Brown.A 3-0 win over the Bears early in the season broke the tie to give the Tigers the automatic NCAA tournament berth.

SPORTS | 11/19/2001

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