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Women's tennis crumbles in second round of ECAC tourney

Women's tennis crumbles in second round of ECAC tourney

In one of the most important tournaments of the fall, the seeded women's tennis team made it past the first round, but fell to fourth-ranked Yale in the second round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships, held this weekend at the Lenz Tennis Center.In the first round, Princeton swept past Georgetown by a score of 7-0.

SPORTS | 10/16/2001

Northrop eyes NFL after Ivy career

Last year, football's graduating class had two players make NFL rosters ?? Dennis Norman '01 and Ross Tucker '01.This year's best hope to make it to the big leagues plays what is quite possibly the least desired job on the field ?? kicker.Senior Taylor Northrop has had a stellar football career at Princeton.

SPORTS | 10/16/2001

Army demolishes sprint football at Frelinghuysen

In 1997, Princeton sprint football defeated Army in one of the most stunning upsets in Collegiate Sprint Football League history.

SPORTS | 10/16/2001

Starters carry men's team thus far; depth could become issue

They play great for a week. They get flat for a week. They play really well the next week. They lose both games the following week.

SPORTS | 10/16/2001

Once again, field hockey matches up well with nation's elite

Everyone knows that we have a field hockey team here at Princeton and that they are pretty good. The rumors drift in from Class of 1952 Stadium that the Tigers beat the defending national champions or pummeled another Ivy League opponent, but what does that really mean?

SPORTS | 10/16/2001

Men's cross country falls apart at Pre-NCAAs in S. Carolina

"The team finished 18th [out of 35] and pretty much ran a terrible race," senior captain Wes Stockard said of the performance of men's cross country this weekend at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.That basically sums it up.First place in the Invitational went to Stanford, with a total score of 56.

SPORTS | 10/15/2001

Football doomed against Brown by nonexistent passing attack

Princeton trailed Brown 35-24 with about eight minutes left to play and faced a fourth-and-10 from the Bear 34-yard line.

SPORTS | 10/15/2001

Sherry scores two in women's soccer win over Brown

This one didn't come down to the final minutes, it wasn't a nail-biter, and it wasn't a one-goal game.

SPORTS | 10/15/2001

Women's cross country climbs to 12th against tough field at Pre-NCAA meet

Before any competition, a team sets goals for itself. Going into the NCAA Pre-National Invitational at Furman University on Saturday, the women's cross country team aimed to finish in the Top 20 of a field that included Colorado, the No.

SPORTS | 10/15/2001

Men's golf takes second behind host Lehigh at Stabler Invitational

The men's golf team came up just short this weekend with their second place finish at the Stabler Invitational.

SPORTS | 10/15/2001

WEEKEND WRAP-UP

Women's soccerSophomore Theresa Sherry netted two goals as the Tigers defeated Brown, 4-1, to remain undefeated in Ivy play this season.

SPORTS | 10/14/2001

White gets fifth shutout of season as men's soccer defeats struggling Bears

With its backs against the wall, the men's soccer team had two choices ? it could let its whole season slip away or could rebound and win both of its games by large margins.

SPORTS | 10/14/2001

Women's volleyball drops pair to remain winless in league play

What good is a recipe that changes every day? When either the ingredients change or the amounts change it will never give you exactly what you want in the pot.

SPORTS | 10/14/2001

Brown's RB Malan runs for 208 yards as football falls to Bears

In Saturday's football game with Brown, junior running back Cameron Atkinson had both the Ivy League's longest rushing play as well as the longest kick-off return of the season, but his 287 yard total performance was not enough as Princeton (1-3 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) fell to Brown (2-2, 1-1), 35-24.Both sides of the ball for the Tigers were noticeably weaker due to injuries, and the absence of junior wide receiver Chisom Opara greatly hurt the air attack and wiped out the big passing plays."We need to get our pass protection straightened out a bit if we're going to throw to anyone down there," head coach Roger Hughes said.

SPORTS | 10/14/2001

Junior attack Rachael Becker nets three as field hockey sweeps weekend action

If Derek Zoolander, in the new fim of the same name, could make it to the top of the modeling world with only one look and without the ability to turn left, the multi-dimensional field hockey team should be feeling pretty good about its prospects.This weekend, in action against Connecticut and Ivy League rival Brown, the Tigers showed just how many different winning looks they have.

SPORTS | 10/14/2001

Stumbling field hockey team to face Bears, last Ivy League team to defeat Tigers

Overcoming one's personal desires to adhere to the tenets of fairness and competition is crucial for good sportsmanship.

SPORTS | 10/11/2001

A year after football wrecked Brown in New Jersey, the Bears are hungry for revenge

This time last season, the football team was in a bind. It was going into its second Ivy League game against Brown after losing yet another quarterback in a loss to Colgate.In only the fifth game of the season, Princeton was going against a team that had scored 53 points against them the last time, and the focus of the offense rested on the shoulders of a freshman fourth-string quarterback, the first-ever freshman to start under center in Princeton history.That freshman fourth-stringer, Dave Splithoff, led the Tigers to a 55-28 win over the Bears, earning Ivy League and ECAC Offensive Player of the Week honors.

SPORTS | 10/11/2001

Brown's newly impotent attack poses little threat to weary women's soccer team

Almost one year ago to the day from this Sunday's game, Princeton played Brown in a contest of undefeated women's soccer teams.

SPORTS | 10/11/2001

Tense rivalry to make men's soccer contest with perennial Ivy power Brown difficult

The Brown men's soccer team has won the Ivy League three of the last four years. The only interruption in the Bears' domination came in 1999 when a young Princeton team ripped the rug out from under them.

SPORTS | 10/11/2001

Down early, women's soccer storms back for OT win

It was another one-goal game, but Princeton will take this one. After trailing in the competition ? a position the Tigers have been in only once this season ? Princeton stormed back, scoring late in the first half and then netting one in overtime to take the win, 2-1, last night over William and Mary.Princeton found itself down early.

SPORTS | 10/10/2001

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