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Field hockey opens with 2-0 record

Field hockey opens with 2-0 record

Stepping onto the field this past weekend for the first time since a season-ending loss to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament last November, the field hockey team made quick work of non-conference rivals Northeastern and Syracuse.The Tigers first dropped the Huskies, 4-2, on Sept.

SPORTS | 09/11/2001

Pharris leads men's water polo to win at Princeton Invite

Last season, the men's water polo team compiled a 24-10 record, reached the finals of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, won the Collegiate Water Polo division, and had its first-ever third-team All-American in junior Kevin Foster.Since then, though, the team has lost half of its starters to graduation ? four of whom started each of their four years at Princeton.

SPORTS | 09/11/2001

Princeton starts out season ranked fifth; After two easy wins Tigers look for more

Out of the nineteen women on this year's field hockey team there are nine freshmen and no seniors.

SPORTS | 09/11/2001

Rusty men's golf slips, falls to 16th place at Navy Fall Classic

Preparation is generally considered the key to success in athletic competition. Being a successful Division I team generally requires months of practice before the first game.

SPORTS | 09/11/2001

Iowa State easy prey for women's soccer

Though coming off of one of the best seasons in its history, after one game it seems that the women's soccer team has nowhere to go but up.In a rescheduled game that took place Sept.

SPORTS | 09/11/2001

Women's lacrosse falls to Terps in NCAA Tourney once again

Two old foes marred the women's lacrosse team's otherwise succesful season this year. Dartmouth kept the Tigers from an outright Ivy League title, and perhaps more importantly, Maryland ruined Princeton's run through the NCAA Tournament.In their first Tournament game, the Tigers defeated No.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Men's, women's track complete spring with solid IC4A results

Capping off a somewhat disappointing season for both teams, men's track finished fourth at the IC4A Championships and women 's track finished 23rd at the ECAC Championships, both of which were held May 17-20 at Weaver Stadium.The men's team began its season expecting to challenge for an IC4A championships, but distance runner Paul Morrison '02 and shot putter Scott Denbo '01 were both hampered by injuries throughout the year, while discus thrower Dennis Norman '01 left the team for the NFL.The depleted squad stumbled into IC4As, having lost to Penn at the Heptagonal Championships May 13-15.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Men's lax beats Syracuse for NCAA title

Syracuse was going to win.With the score tied at nine at the men's lacrosse NCAA Championship game in Piscataway, the Orangemen had momentum and recent history on their side.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Men's basketball finishes surprising season with loss to UNC

Playing an opponent with superior size and speed, Princeton's execution needed to be perfect to escape with a victory, but the Tigers came up short.Some missed shots, a slow start, and a severe height disadvantage doomed No.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Marion Jones highlights Golden Spike event held at Weaver

Two dramatically different events ? and the athletes that won them ? captured the attention of Princeton and the track and field community at the Golden Spike Tour Open at the Princeton Invitational May 13.The meet was a rare spectacle, especially for Princeton track.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

After injury-plagued 3-7 season, football looks to Splithoff '04 to quarterback Tigers next fall

Everyone loves a quarterback controversy.Fans, journalists, talk-radio hosts ? everyone, that is, except for the affected football team and its coaches.After a wild 3-7 season that saw no fewer than five quarterbacks score touchdowns, it looked like Princeton was heading into a situation to rival the famous spat played out on the Buffalo Bills over the last few years.Instead of Doug Flutie or Rob Johnson, however, the controversy would have involved David Splithoff '04, Tommy Crenshaw '02, and Brian Danielewicz '02.But head coach Roger Hughes wants nothing of the sort.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Baseball earns second straight Ivy title, wins first Tourney game in 36 years

Slow and steady may win the race, but slow then sprint won the championship.Baseball, after a less-than-stellar preseason, kicked into high gear for Ivy League play ? just in time to capture the Gehrig division title for the sixth straight year and earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship series.At the start of the season, things did not look quite so promising.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Crews turn in mixed results: Men's heavyweights win Sprints

With Harvard, Brown and Princeton trading places at the top of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges rankings throughout this year, the men's heavyweight Grand Final was almost certain to be among the most exciting races of Sprints.Princeton wanted no part of excitement, however.The Tigers broke away from the Bears and Crimson 500 meters into the final and never looked back, taking the Sprints title by three seconds over second place Harvard.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

2000-2001 First-Team All-'Prince'

Julia Beaver Women's Squash and Lacrosse ? SeniorJulia Beaver definitely had a bad year this year.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Defending champion Maryland to take on women's lacrosse

Three weeks ago, the women's lacrosse team fell into a downward spiral, losing three of its last four games.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Postseason Forecast: Princeton teams head to final competitions

Men's and Women's TrackThe men's team hosts the IC4A championships and the women's team hosts the ECAC championships at Weaver Stadium this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Second Team

Tora Harris (sr., men's track) ? Set school record in high jump, clearing 7 feet, 5.25 inches to win outdoor Heps.Adele McCarthy-Beauvais (so., women's water polo) ? Team's leading scorer; finalist for nat'l player of the year.Lauren Simmons (jr., women's track) ? Team's only winner at indoor and outdoor Heps; school record in 800.Danielle Stramandi (jr., women's diving) ? Finished third at NCAAs; qualified for U.S.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Stramandi begins road to Trials on international circuit

This year has seen the rapid assent of junior diver Danielle Stramandi.First came the third-place finish at NCAAs and the accompanying All-America honors.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Honorable Mention

Ryan Bonfiglio ? senior, wrestling and sprint football (D.End)Kate Conroy ? junior, women's swimming (backstroke)Scott Denbo ? senior, men's track (shot put)Carl Hessler ? sophomore, men's swimming (butterfly)Jenny Lankford ? junior, women's soccer (defense)Ryan Quillian ? sophomore, baseball (pitcher)

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Despite low seed, Loyola to present a number of problems for men's lax

At first glance, this is not an out-of-the-ordinary situation for the No. 2 seed Princeton lacrosse team.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

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