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Football's Spring Break trip to Japan gives team experience on, off the field

Football's Spring Break trip to Japan gives team experience on, off the field

Princeton football traveled to Japan over Spring Break to take on the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters ? a team that has been in 42 of the last 50 Japanese national collegiate championship games.Almost a year-and-a-half ago, representatives of KGU invited the Princeton football team on an all-expense paid trip to Japan to play the Fighters as a part of the school's 111th anniversary celebration."I couldn't imagine a better educational opportunity for these student athletes," said Director of Athletics Gary Walters, who accompanied the Tigers on their trip.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

With Ivy games looming, softball blanks Rutgers

Junior Brie Galicinao (2-4) may just have been getting tired when she stepped to the plate for the softball team yesterday afternoon in the top of the 11th inning of a 0-0 game at Rutgers.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

McGillicuddy '52 honored by Ivy Football Association

John McGillicuddy '52 was recognized at the Ivy Football Association dinner at the Pierre Hotel March 22.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

Capitals sign m. hockey's Corrinet

After completing the final year of an outstanding college career for the men's hockey team, senior forward Chris Corrinet will be moving on to the professional level.George McPhee, Vice President and General Manager of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League, announced yesterday that his team had signed the right wing to a two-year contract.The Capitals assigned Corrinet to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, a feeder league for the NHL.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

Women's tennis dominates Scarlet Knights 6-1

Often, the only way to bounce back from a few tough losses is to face another good opponent quickly.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

Baseball falls in last game before Ivy slate

The baseball team heads into Ivy League play this weekend as an unproven team. It has lost 13 of its first 17 games, but the lofty level of competition of those games makes ascertaining the Tigers' position among Ivy teams very difficult.Princeton had its latest installment of troubles with a high-caliber program last night against Rutgers.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

Firing calls Div. I ethics into question

I'm not sure if the Rutgers tuition bill is itemized, but if it is, students might see an additional charge next year.Next to tuition and room and board would be a charge on each of the 25,000 undergraduates bills: $22 ? Kevin Bannon Retirement FundYes, a "retirement" fund for Kevin Bannon, the head basketball coach for the Scarlet Knights who was fired last week for only posting a 59-60 record over his tenure in New Brunswick.So, rather than keeping the unsuccessful coach with the program, Rutgers bought out Bannon's contract for something in the neighborhood of $600,000.But what makes the story even more outrageous is the fact that it was only last summer when Athletic Director Bob Mulcahy gave Bannon ? the embattled coach ? a three-year contract extension.This is not the first time students are paying for the mistakes of a misguided AD who failed to look at the bottom line when dealing with big-time athletics.Two years ago, Minnesota basketball coach Clem Haskins was embroiled in a scandal that would eventually place the program under harsh NCAA sanctions.

SPORTS | 03/28/2001

Men's lacrosse retains Meistrell Cup with win over intrastate rival Rutgers

PISCATAWAY ? After losing to defending national champion Syracuse and falling from No. 1 to No.

SPORTS | 03/27/2001

Women's water polo earns third straight league title

The women's water polo team returned victorious last weekend from their last series of games in the regular season, defeating three East Coast teams to go undefeated in league play for the third consecutive year.The Tigers overwhelmed Salem-International 20-3 on Saturday, during which thirteen different Princeton players scored at least one goal.

SPORTS | 03/27/2001

Women's lacrosse opens Ivy slate with blowout of Columbia

Coming off an ugly win against Penn State on Sunday, the women's lacrosse team burst into Ivy League action, making a big statement against Columbia yesterday by crushing them 18-3.

SPORTS | 03/27/2001

Rain makes women's golf champions at abbreviated Jackson State Invite

It was a gruesome day for golf and a beautiful day for a golf team.Members of the women's golf team looked out their windows in Gadsden, Ala., March 20 and saw water everywhere.

SPORTS | 03/27/2001

Men's, women's track teams compete at Florida Invitational

The men's and women's track teams finished their Spring Break trip to Florida by competing in the Florida Invitational in Miami, Fla.Junior Catherine Casey won the 1500 meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 40.03 seconds, beating out Kim Grabarz of Connecticut by .2 seconds.

SPORTS | 03/27/2001

Softball comes back from rainy trip to Georgia with one win, five losses

Despite a rain-plagued Spring Break that caused the cancellation of five games last week, the softball team (4-6 overall) gained valuable outdoor playing time on its trip down south.

SPORTS | 03/26/2001

Thompson wins gold medal in epee at NCAA Championships

One of the greatest experiences for an athlete is to stand atop the blocks and lean forward to receive a medal for performance at a tournament.Standing there amidst wild applause and cheers this weekend, two Princeton fencers received these great accolades at the final tournament of the year and knew that they were among the best fencers in the United States.In an exciting finish to a successful season, men's and women's fencing teams together finished fifth overall this weekend at the NCAA championships in Kenosha, Wisc., with sophomore Mindy Rostal winning the bronze medal in the foil and freshman Soren Thompson winning the gold medal in the epee.The Tigers finished behind four major scholarship schools ? St.

SPORTS | 03/26/2001

Divers Stramandi, Lutz earn All-America recognition

Over Spring Break, junior Danielle Stramandi and senior Erin Lutz attained All-America status at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

SPORTS | 03/26/2001

Julie Shaner — Women's lacrosse

The impressive performances of the fencing and diving teams over Spring Break certainly overshadowed those of Tigers who were not competing at NCAA championships.

SPORTS | 03/26/2001

Men's, women's tennis return from West Coast with mixed results

With the men's tennis team's victory against Loyola Marymount hanging in the balance, the men's No.

SPORTS | 03/26/2001

Women's lacrosse guts out win over Penn State cruises past Duke, Virginia

Two weeks ago the women's lacrosse team was supposed to have received its wake-up call.The No.

SPORTS | 03/25/2001

Baseball wins three of twelve Spring Break games

Heading into Spring Break, the baseball team needed to gather experience before the beginning of the Ivy season.

SPORTS | 03/25/2001

Men's lacrosse falls to Syracuse in battle of nation's top teams

Is the Syracuse men's lacrosse team unbeatable? Obviously not, since it managed to lose at home to Johns Hopkins March 17.But when Princeton (3-1) traveled to Syra-cuse, N.Y., Saturday to take on the Orangemen (4-1) in a rematch of last year's title game, the Tigers encountered a team on a mission.

SPORTS | 03/25/2001

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