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Men's squash hopes to repeat as Ivy champions

Men's squash hopes to repeat as Ivy champions

The men's squash team did something last season it hadn't done in 17 years: It won the Ivy League championship.The Tigers ended Harvard's 10-year stranglehold on the crown, defeating the Crimson in regular season play, 5-4, to get back to the top of the league.Now, Princeton returns to try to repeat as Ivy League champs with almost all of its top nine back, except for one key player."We're in a post-Peter Yik era," head coach Bob Callahan '77 said.The Tigers lost to graduation one of the most successful players in the squash program's history, Peter Yik '00.

SPORTS | 11/15/2000

New assistant gives women's lax edge in offseason preparations

Missy Holmes sat in the stands during the women's lacrosse national championship between Princeton and Maryland and screamed support ? for the Terrapins.The 1997 Maryland graduate watched tensely as the Tigers danced off the field at halftime, daring to dream with a slim 4-3 edge.

SPORTS | 11/15/2000

'Taekwondo Tigers' shine in national competition

Considering most people's knowledge of martial arts comes from Billy Blanks' "Tae Bo Basics" video, it may be difficult for them to picture intense taekwondo competition.

SPORTS | 11/14/2000

Coming weekend will end thrilling year of Ivy football

You've probably read this column before.Every year, no matter how much we promise not to, one columnist uses this page to extol the virtues of Ivy League football.

SPORTS | 11/14/2000

Athlete of the Week - Chisom Opara

The football team was in a familiar position: down in the fourth quarter, one score needed, one drive left.

SPORTS | 11/14/2000

Men's hoops bedeviled in Durham

DURHAM, N.C. ? The 'Cra-zies' collected at Cameron Indoor Stadium last night for the first time this season.

SPORTS | 11/14/2000

Tigers look to defend titles without Burrell, Petschnigg

Despite having lost key starters to graduation, the men's and women's fencing teams will not settle for a rebuilding year on the heels of last season's undefeated Ivy League slates.Overall, solid showings at the Penn State Open this past weekend bode well for both squads as they brace to defend their league championships.

SPORTS | 11/14/2000

Q&A with men's basketball's new head coach John Thompson '88

John Thompson '88 is the head coach of the men's basketball team. He recently sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Andrew Funk.'Prince': With the graduation of so many players who played major roles last season, what kind of changes will you make to the offensive system?Thompson: We're going to run the same offense we've always run here ? I just think it's the way you should play basketball.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Goal of 10-win season eludes men's soccer

When the final whistle blew, it not only signified the end of the game, but the end of the season for the men's soccer team.The Tigers walked off the field with a feeling of disappointment, having just been handed a 3-1 loss to Yale (9-7-1 overall, 4-3 Ivy League) in New Haven, Conn.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Youthful women's hoops turns to Reser for spark, leadership

On the court, junior Hillary Reser seems able to do it all. The guard has a threatening three-point shot and, though she notes that she is only 5-feet, 7-inches tall "on a good day," she is still known for her rebounding ability.The only thing she doesn't know how to do is not put everything she has into the game."I'm emotional on the court," Reser said.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Harvard primed to return to glory as Yale, Dartmouth, Penn give chase

When Princeton head coach Kevin Morris is asked who he figures to be the top competitors for the Ivy League title, his answer is swift and decisive ? Harvard and Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Changes in off-season leave women's basketball at crossroads in 2000-01

After a 1998-99 season in which the Tigers were co-champions of their conference, the women's basketball team finished 9-19 last year, 6-8 in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Men's hoops to enter Cameron's cauldron in opener

Cameron Indoor Stadium. Just the name is intimidating enough. No. 2 Duke has amassed a 603-134 record there since the building opened in 1940, losing only 44 times under current head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Injuries, missed opportunities plague sprint football until season's finale

Three plays ? one resulting in a broken hand and two ending in fumbles ? not only cost the sprint football team any chance it had for a win against Penn, but were also indicative of the team's entire season.Senior captain and tight end Mike Piazza sustained a broken hand on the Tigers' first play from scrimmage.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Injured women's cross country closes disappointing season

Coming off a disappointing seventh-place finish last week at the Heptagonal Championships, the women's cross country team headed into the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships last weekend with hopes of avenging its recent loss and repeating the extraordinary performance it had at last year's meet.The Tigers placed fourth in 1999, narrowly missing an at-large bid to the national championships.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Women's volleyball clinches crown with five-game victory over Cornell

Princeton women's volleyball is now officially the best team in Ivy Tournament history. After winning the championship match in last weekend's Ivy Tournament in Cambridge, Mass., the Tigers ? who have claimed 12 titles in the tournamen's 24-year history, including five championships in the past seven years ? are going down in the books as the most victorious team to date.Going into the tournament with the No.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Loss of Young forces men's basketball to look toward perimeter

Most Princeton sports fans are familiar with the men's basketball story by now.The Tigers finished yet another strong season under Bill Carmody in second place in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Interim coach Morris moves quickly to direct women's hoops

Kevin Morris did not know what to expect.The newly-hired assistant coach had spent the week working the Princeton girls basketball camp and wondering whether he would be fired, promoted, or simply stay in his current position.Head Coach Liz Feeley ? who had hired him as an assistant ? was leaving to head the women's basketball program at Smith College.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Men's cross country takes fifth at Mid-Atlantics

After finishing fifth at the Mid-Atlantic Regional race Saturday, the men's cross country team's chance for a bid to the NCAA Championships and its only opportunity to continue its season seems just out of reach.

SPORTS | 11/13/2000

Blevins, Cheatham lead football to comeback win over Yale

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? In two plays, the football team's season was saved.Down 14-13 with one minute, 12 seconds to play, 80 yards to cover, and no timeouts, Princeton rode the stunning efforts of senior fullback Marty Cheatham and sophomore wide receiver Chisom Opara to beat Yale, 19-14.Princeton completed its miraculous drive with a 32-yard scoring strike from senior quarterback Jon Blevins to Opara.

SPORTS | 11/12/2000

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