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Women's soccer plays host to Loyola in first round of NCAA tournament

Women's soccer plays host to Loyola in first round of NCAA tournament

Heading into its first round game of the NCAA tournament against Loyola, the women's soccer team should feel pretty comfortable.The Tigers are 15-2-2 on the season, while the Greyhounds are barely above .500 with a 9-8-2 record.

SPORTS | 11/15/2001

Diver Mulcare contributes as leader for women's swimming

When you're part of a diving program that has graduated standouts like Erin Lutz '01 and currently boasts senior Danielle Stramandi on the roster, it's hard to excel.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Women's volleyball rallies to beat Quakers in fifth game

Down 14-11 in the fifth game of women's volleyball's match against Penn, the Tigers were in a familiar position.All year, Princeton (14-8 overall, 8-4 Ivy League) has been unable to close out matches and it seemed like Tuesday's battle would be no different.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Harvard looks to take crown away from Quakers

Last season, Penn, led by three-time Ivy Player of the Year Diana Caramanico, won the Ivy League title with a perfect 14-0 record.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

No mileage too far for men's swimming's team captain Volz

As the Princeton Tigers dive into yet another swimming season, the men's team will look to senior Kevin Volz for strong performances in the pool, along with leadership for the team.Volz, who has been swimming for most of his life, is set to begin his final season at Princeton in the pool, and he is looking to make it "a very memorable one."There is no doubt that he is more than ready to take on the competition, having swam competitively since age eight.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

NEWS & NOTES

For their efforts in field hockey's wins in both the first round and the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament last weekend, sophomore Cory Picketts and freshman Ashley Sennett both received Ivy League honors.Picketts was named Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in her career after scoring the game-winner in Princeton's 2-1 win over Old Dominion on Sunday.Sennett earned Rookie of the Week honors for her two goals in the Tigers' first round win over Northeastern.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

With limitless depth, men's basketball is bent on a repeat title

True ? the men's basketball team will be without Nate Walton '01, last year's star player, and C.J.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

New coach, new season, new outlook give hope to w. hoops

The women's basketball team had a rough season last year. Head coach Liz Feeley left the program in the late summer, leaving the Tigers to dangle vulnerably under interim coach Kevin Morris.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Women head into season with high expectations, No. 25 rank

The dual meet against Boston College last weekend marked the beginning of a new season for the women's swimming team.The outcome, a tremendous Tiger victory, seemed to reflect the solidity of past years.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

With five returning starters, Brown leads list of teams chasing Princeton for Ivy championship

Men's basketball in the Ivy League is like the Cold War. Just as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in every way, from nuclear arsenals to ice hockey, Penn and Princeton battle on all possible fronts.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Deep men's team eyes Harvard with goal of Ivy League title

Men's swimming and diving is tired of second place.Actually, the Tigers been tired of second place for a while now ? about six years.Either Princeton or Harvard has won the Easterns title every year since 1973, but the Crimson have won the last six, and nine of the last 10.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Freshman class adds size, depth, talent to Tigers' undersized upperclass roster

Against North Carolina in the NCAA tournament last year, the Tiger starting lineup averaged six-feet, five-inches.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Men's soccer's Ivy hopes rest on outcome of Harvard-Brown game

And it all comes down to Saturday. One game to decide the Ivy League Championship. Will it go to Harvard, Brown, or Princeton?

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

Q & A With Women's Hoops Head Coach Richard Barron

'Prince' staff writers Chandra Russell and Blaire Russell recently sat down with women's basketball's head coach Richard Barron.'Prince': Where did you coach before you came to Princeton?Barron: I coached for nine years total at the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tenn.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

El Nokali looks to take over as leader of young team both on the court and off

At 8:30 p.m. on Monday night, senior guard Ahmed El Nokali was on the phone in his room, which smelled like the dinner from Wendy's that he had not yet eaten.

SPORTS | 11/14/2001

CORY PICKETTS — Field hockey

The field hockey team is used to winning. The Tigers have dominated the Ivy League for several seasons and made three-straight NCAA Final Four appearances from 1996-98.Now add 2001 to the list.But just because it has happened often, does not mean field hockey has done it with ease.With just over five minutes remaining in Princeton's game against top-ranked Old Dominion Sunday, the score was knotted at 1-1.

SPORTS | 11/13/2001

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