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Women's volleyball attempts to creep back into Ivy battle

Women's volleyball attempts to creep back into Ivy battle

While most Princeton students will be travelling their separate ways next week for fall break, the women's volleyball team will be attempting to reclaim its Ivy footing against Dartmouth and Harvard.After being upset in three consecutive games against Penn, Cornell and Columbia early in the season, the Tigers redeemed themselves this past weekend with triumphs over Brown and Yale.The Tigers are teetering on the edge of falling out of contention with a 2-3 league record.Princeton is not used to this sort of losing.

SPORTS | 10/24/2001

Women's cross country attempts to crack top three in strong field at Heps

Women's cross country has set its hopes high for Saturday's Heptagonal Championships."I don't want to suggest a placing," sophomore Emily Kroshus said, "but if we all run to our capabilities, the result will surprise people."Head coach Peter Farrell was more specific."The goal is always to win the Heps," he said, "but my expectation is top three."The Heptagonals will be held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y., with all eight Ivy League schools plus Navy competing.After a strong 12th-place showing at Pre-Nationals Oct.

SPORTS | 10/24/2001

Fumbles, Cornell offense overcome sprint football

With a few minutes remaining in the third quarter and Cornell leading 18-6, freshman sprint football quarterback L.T.

SPORTS | 10/23/2001

Women's golf takes second at ECACs

Despite the absence of number one player and team leader sophomore Esty Dwek ? who was home for the weekend in Switzerland attending her brother's Bar Mitzvah ? the women's golf team enjoyed a successful weekend at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament, hosted by Bucknell University.Freshman Avery Kiser shot a second round 72 for a total of 147 to take the individual title this weekend.

SPORTS | 10/23/2001

Fall midterm grades are in for Tiger sports teams

For some of you, it's midterms week. We, however, have precious little to do.That's not true.For me, Alex, it's the easiest week yet this year.

SPORTS | 10/23/2001

Injured Morrison hopes for successful post-collegiate career

To be injured is every athlete's worst nightmare ? especially when, for that athlete, to be an NCAA champion is more than just a dreamer's goal, but a definite possibility.For senior Paul Morrison, previously Princeton's top men's cross-country runner, that nightmare came true.Sept.

SPORTS | 10/23/2001

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

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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