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Samaras '99 returns, scores four against women's lacrosse

Samaras '99 returns, scores four against women's lacrosse

Five minutes, 54 seconds into Saturday's women's lacrosse game a familiar sound came out of the public ad-dress system..."Goal scored by Crista Samaras," the announcer boomed.This time, however, Samaras was not wearing orange and black.

SPORTS | 10/22/2001

Despite poor play, men's soccer comes away with tie

Strong defense has been the key to the men's soccer team's success all season, and Saturday's game against American University proved just how important ball control and mistake-free play can be for Princeton.Ranked 17th in the country, and undefeated since Oct.

SPORTS | 10/22/2001

Return of playmakers factors into football's improved performance

Senior defensive end Phil Jackman rolls off his blocker as Harvard quarterback Neil Rose drops back.

SPORTS | 10/22/2001

Hosting Infiniti Classic, men's lacrosse shows stuff in comeback against Towson

The score was eight to nothing. In any sport in which the score is tallied one point at a time, that is a blow-out, a sign for the spectators that two uneven teams are on the field.That was the impression that fans at this weekend's Princeton Infiniti Lacrosse Invitational got when Princeton fell behind Towson by the score of eight to nothing at the end of the first quarter.Many were saying that this year's Tigers were simply not going to be as strong as last year's team, which beat Syracuse on Memorial Day to bring home the NCAA Championship.Others accredited the early blow-out to Towson's continuing improvement.

SPORTS | 10/22/2001

Women's open eight team keys successful weekend for crew

For crew, this time of year is supposed to be the off-season. Autumn days are an opportunity for outdoor training before heading inside for winter workouts.

SPORTS | 10/22/2001

Field hockey remains undefeated in Ivy League with victory over Harvard

The Princeton field hockey team (12-2 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) went into this weekend facing two important but very winnable games.

SPORTS | 10/21/2001

Northrop wide left, football loses another heartbreaker at Harvard

With only seven seconds left in the fourth quarter, Princeton was down by two. The Tigers put their faith in senior place kicker Taylor Northrop, who is in competition to break the Ivy League record for most field goals in a career.

SPORTS | 10/21/2001

Turning the Tide

The Princeton coaching career of women's soccer's head coach Julie Shackford, coming into the 2001 season, was far better than average.

SPORTS | 10/21/2001

Women's volleyball notches first two Ivy wins over Brown, Yale

A champion has a confident swagger. But if that champion loses three straight league games, that strut dissipates very quickly.

SPORTS | 10/21/2001

Men's water polo loses brutal match to Navy in CWPA weekend action

A child could have seen it coming. In a championship match filled with frustration, tension, and officiating that had both head coaches in a frenzy for the duration of the game, what more appropriate culmination could there be than a water fight?With 4 minutes, 22 seconds remaining in a 9-8 loss to Navy in the championship game of the CWPA Crossover Weekend at DeNunzio Pool yesterday, Princeton senior driver Robert Urquhart scored a goal to pull his team within two goals when a fight broke out near the Navy net.Whistles went wild as the Tigers (11-4 overall, 6-1 CWPA) and Midshipmen (11-3 overall) flailed at each other mercilessly, the emotions from a tightly-played game finally spilling over."It was building," Princeton head coach Luis Nicolao saidd, referring to the rising tempers.

SPORTS | 10/21/2001

Head of the Charles gives crew chance to test early-season form

Crew isn't typically a fan-friendly sport. A hundred-thousand people don't generally turn out to watch a regatta.

SPORTS | 10/18/2001

Sprint football hoping to repeat past, collect first win against Big Red

There are only five schools in the country that play sprint football. If you venture too far from the campuses of Army, Navy, Cornell, Penn or Princeton, no one has any idea the sport even exists.With such a small set of teams, chances are pretty good you've never seen a sprint football game.

SPORTS | 10/18/2001

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