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Fontanez, defense push women's soccer past Big Green

Fontanez, defense push women's soccer past Big Green

The game remained scoreless at halftime in Sunday's women's soccer match against Dartmouth. The Ivy-opener against one of the Tigers' big-gest rivals marked the second year in a row in which the scoreboard remained blank after 45 minutes.Forty-five minutes remained to test whether the Tigers could steal one on the road and begin another march to an Ivy League championship ? a title that they shared last year with the Big Green ? or whether their hopes for a title would dim with another early-season loss."I remember our coach saying at halftime, 'Who of you will go in there and make the difference?

SPORTS | 09/24/2001

Six turnovers destroy football's chances as Lehigh runs away in second half to 34-10 win

"To be the man, you've got to beat the man, and today the man beat us, but we're getting closer," football head coach Roger Hughes said after Saturday's 34-10 loss to No.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

League Results

Field Hockey Saturday, Sep. 22 Harvard 1, Brown 0 Cornell 4, Yale 3 Princeton 3, Dartmouth 1 Sunday, Sep.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

Field Hockey rolls over Ivy foe Dartmouth to remain unbeaten

After Saturday's victory against Dartmouth, the Princeton field hockey team had the opportunity to bond and celebrate on the bus ride home.All nine and a half hours of it.Although an unintentional detour up into Northern Ver-mont caused the team to arrive at Princeton a full four hours later than intended, it still could not diminish the luster of victory from an important 3-1 win over an Ivy-league rival.The Tigers are now 5-0 overall, and 2-0 within the Ivies.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

Weekend Wrap-up

Women's soccerPrinceton finally got its chance to open its Ivy League season against rival Dartmouth on Sunday.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

History does not repeat itself for men's soccer against Dartmouth

For men's soccer, the scene Saturday in Hanover, N.H., was strikingly familiar. For the second consecutive year, Princeton was facing Dartmouth in the Ivy League season opener.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

Ivy League Standings

Football Ivy Overall T1. Harvard 1-0 1-0 T1. Yale 1-0 1-0 T3. Penn 0-0 1-0 T3.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

Scrambling, passing Splithoff impresses for football in loss

It wasn't all that an impressive stat line. Sophomore quarterback Dave Splithoff managed to complete 31 of 39 passes, but for just 228 yards while being intercepted twice.

SPORTS | 09/23/2001

Ivy League opener against Dartmouth once again crucial for men's soccer

Remembering the pain of last year's 3-1 loss to Dartmouth on September 23, the men's soccer team is prepared for a tough battle against one of its biggest Ivy League rivals.Playing in Hanover tomorrow at 1 p.m., the Dartmouth game is the Tigers' (2-0-1) Ivy League opener, and a very important game for momentum going into the season.So far this season, Princeton has looked good ? undefeated at 2-0-1 ? but the Tigers know how important this game can be.

SPORTS | 09/20/2001

After dominant start to season, field hockey's Friebe takes place as leader

Two goals against Northeast-ern. Three against Syracuse. Three more against Drexel. And four more against Columbia.

SPORTS | 09/20/2001

Football looks to reverse recent history against Lehigh

Historically, Princeton has owned Lehigh on the gridiron. Since the teams began playing each other back in the 19th century, the Tigers have amassed a 36-8-2 record against the Mountain Hawks.As most football buffs know, however, the recent history of the series has been anything but the rivalry that the Old Nassau faithful would like it to be ? Lehigh has won six of the last nine games.The question of whether or not the Mountain Hawks have the ability to continue their recent dominance will be answered this Saturday at 1 p.m.

SPORTS | 09/20/2001

Women's soccer opens Ivy season against rival Dartmouth

What happens when two teams that have not given up a goal in three combined games meet in the Ivy League opener?Fans of both the Princeton (2-0) and Dartmouth (1-0) women's soccer teams will find out Sunday when the Big Green and the Tigers meet in Hanover, N.H.

SPORTS | 09/20/2001

A eulogy to a man who taught more than sports

At times like these, words are inadequate. But they are all I have to give. I played in four different soccer leagues from kindergarten through ninth grade.

SPORTS | 09/19/2001

Friebe notches four goals as field hockey starts Ivy season with blowout of hapless Columbia

You had to feel sorry for the players on the Columbia field hockey team.They did everything Princeton asked of them, driving down like good little Lions to 1952 Stadium on a Wednesday night, arriving on time, ready to play.There were no insults, no outrageous claims, nothing that should have raised the ire of the mighty Tigers.And yet after seventy minutes, the Tigers sent the Lions home to New York with nothing to show for their efforts but the bitter taste of a 7-1 drubbing.And, as one Columbia player moaned to her coach on the way to the bus, the Tigers did so with "no seniors!"It did not take long for the Tigers to establish their superiority over the Lions.

SPORTS | 09/19/2001

Men's soccer scores early, salvages tie with No. 23 Scarlet Knights

Going into last night's game at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights had dominated the men's soccer team in recent years.Since 1995, Princeton had gone 0-5-1 against Rutgers and had been beaten soundly the past four years, including a 2-0 defeat at home last season.And while the Tigers (2-0-1) still were unable to break their winless streak, Princeton showed it could hang with the No.

SPORTS | 09/19/2001

Women's soccer cruises past Lehigh as freshmen make their presence known

Last year the women's soccer team posted 13 shutouts on its way to an appearance in the NCAA tournament.This year's Tiger squad has picked up where its predecessors left off, opening the season with 180 minutes of shutout play, including last night's 6-0 win over Lehigh on Lourie-Love Field.Princeton (2-0) dominated its last game before the beginning of league play from start to finish ? the Mountain Hawks (2-4) rarely touched the ball in the Tigers' end and when they did were quickly swarmed."Defense is our pride," junior midfielder Alex Fiore said after the game.

SPORTS | 09/19/2001

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

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