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Lone senior Yoerg sets up wins for women's volleyball team

Lone senior Yoerg sets up wins for women's volleyball team

Who would you ask for if you needed a leader with plenty of experience and a killer set? If you were a volleyball coach, you would ask for senior setter Ana Yoerg.As the only senior on the 2001 women's volleyball team, Ana has been thrust into the role of leader ? one for which she is most definitely prepared."As a freshman Ana didn't play much, but we put her in during the [Ivy League Tournament] because of her size and her maturity," head coach Glenn Nelson said.

SPORTS | 09/18/2001

Norman '01 defies Ivy League stereotype to earn roster spot

Investment banking and graduate schools, not football, are typical pursuits of Princeton graduates after they walk through Fitz-Randolph gate on graduation day.

SPORTS | 09/18/2001

Tigers look to defend Ivy League title

Change ? it's a fact of life.In the world of college sports, it's a given that the beginning of a new season always involves change.

SPORTS | 09/18/2001

Tucker '01 utilizes versatility, attitude to land spot in the League

"I wake up every morning and go to work in mesh shorts and flipflops," Ross Tucker '01 said, slowly waking up from an after-work nap that lasted from 6 to 9 p.m.

SPORTS | 09/18/2001

Young gets first taste of pro ball with Pirate farm club Hickory

Hickory, a town of roughly 37,000 people in the Piedmont region of North Carolina is probably best known for its furniture, hosiery and textiles.

SPORTS | 09/17/2001

On the brink of extinction, sprint football regroups for another run

Year after year, William Wallace, that rainbow-faced warrior from Scottish lore rallied his troops against the more powerful armies to the south.

SPORTS | 09/17/2001

Renewed health gives women's team hope

The success of the women's cross-country team rests on quite a few shoulders ? many of which belong to sophomores.

SPORTS | 09/17/2001

Dethroned men seek return to winning form

Last season the men's cross country team was expected to finish among the top teams in the nation.

SPORTS | 09/17/2001

Athletes accept decision to postpone games as necessary

Princeton is generally known as a trendsetter among universities. For example, when the University changed its financial aid policy by replacing loans with grants, Harvard responded by making its aid packages more generous.But in light of other school's responses to last week's terrorist attacks, Princeton's Department of Athletics found itself reacting to events rather than shaping them.

SPORTS | 09/16/2001

SPORTS SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Sept. 19 Field Hockey vs. Columbia (7 p.m at 1952 Stadium) Men's Soccer at Rutgers (7 p.m in Piscataway) Women's Soccer vs.

SPORTS | 09/16/2001

FTB 143: The 4-3 Defense (Or: In Case You've Never Played Madden 2000)

Last year Princeton football scored more points than it has in nearly a decade. That was good enough for second-worst in the Ivy League.High-flying offenses with accurate passers and athletic wide receivers have become a prerequisite for success in the Ancient Eight.Princeton has two choices: beat them or join them.

SPORTS | 09/16/2001

Rescheduled sports this week

Rescheduling from last weekendBoth the men's and women's cross country home meets were cancelled.

SPORTS | 09/16/2001

Men's Water Polo Preview

The difference between a successful and a disappointing season can be measured in minutes.In the opening minutes of last year's Southern Championships, Navy opened a big lead over Princeton.

SPORTS | 09/16/2001

With Sosa out, women's soccer to rely on freshmen to repeat Ivy success

The women's soccer team has bigger shoes to fill this upcoming season than ever before. Minus a graduated-star goalie and an injured senior captain, forced to face a perpetually tough Ivy League schedule while defending the legacy of last year's Ivy League champion team, the Tigers welcome one of the nation's top recruiting classes to fill the current void and to begin the uphill march to another title.Senior co-captain Kelly Sosa will be sorely missed after suffering a season-ending tear of her ACL before the start of the season.

SPORTS | 09/13/2001

Field hockey cruises by Drexel as Friebe continues to impress

For the field hockey team, the first two games of the season could accurately be described as 'The Ilvy Friebe Show." The junior attack hailing from Germany had scored five of No.

SPORTS | 09/13/2001

Men's soccer holds on to beat FDU in game's final seconds

Surging from the first whistle, Princeton sent an early message to Fairleigh Dickinson, as the Tigers pushed the Knights all over the field for the first 15 minutes of the game.In a very evenly played game, the Tigers took an early one goal lead, when freshman Adrian Melville tapped in a shot after sophomore Marty Shaw and freshman Ryan Rich drew the Knights goalie away from the net with 35 minutes, 11 seconds left in the first half.

SPORTS | 09/13/2001

Football game postponed

The Princeton-Lafayette football game scheduled for tomorrow night at Princeton Stadium has been postponed as Lafayette has decided to suspend all of its athletic contests through Sunday.

SPORTS | 09/13/2001

Youth reigns for inexperienced football squad

It is an undeniable fact that a chain is only as good as its weakest link. Hang a weight on it, and the weak link snaps, ruining the rest of the chain.

SPORTS | 09/13/2001

Nugent, back at full strength, sets sights on scoring crown

With fewer than ten minutes remaining in the first half against Seton Hall on Oct. 11, a hard slide tackle and bad luck ruined Mike Nugent's junior season, and drastically damaged the Princeton soccer team's offense.Before the season ending injury, Nugent led the Ivy League in goals scored and was headed for his second All-Ivy selection and possibly a second Ivy League championship.

SPORTS | 09/12/2001

Experienced Tigers to seek Ivy title, redemption after subpar season

The cards look good this year for the "Magnificent Seven" of men's soccer, though at the end of last season they must have felt that they'd been dealt a rough hand.The seven seniors, given their nickname for being one of the nation's best soccer recruiting classes, helped achieve an outright Ivy League title in 1999 and seemed primed in 2000 for a repeat performance.

SPORTS | 09/12/2001

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