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In the first full week of Ivy League action this season, Princeton took home much of the league hardware as junior attack Ilvy Friebe was named Ivy League field hockey player of the week, senior forward Mike Nugent was the men's soccer player of the week and freshman forward Kristina Fontanez was the Ivy League women's soccer Rookie of the Week.

SPORTS | 09/26/2001

Clayton works with young offensive line

Clayton works with young offensive line

In the wake of last week's walloping by Lehigh, the eyes of many Tiger fans fell on the young and inexperienced offensive line.

SPORTS | 09/26/2001

Williams wins Farnsworth Invitational

It was not supposed to be an intrasquad tournament.It just turned out that way.The singles competition at the 33rd Annual Farnsworth Invitational this past weekend was dominated by Tigers, as men's tennis placed three of its own in the semifinals and two in the finals.In the final match, senior Judson Williams defeated his roommate, senior Darren Joe, 6-2, 7-5 to take the individual title.

SPORTS | 09/25/2001

Men's golf finishes 10th at JMU Invite

Clearly, the upperclassmen of the men's golf team have their work cut out for them. No one likes to be beaten by a freshman, regardless of how self-deprecating and amiable he may be.

SPORTS | 09/25/2001

Krishnamurthy takes William and Mary Tennis Invitational

Health and stamina are two top concerns for the Princeton women's tennis team this year.The team proved it has both this past weekend as it blasted into the season ? taking not only the William and Mary Tennis Invitational in Virginia but also Princeton's own Invitational by storm.The Tigers clinched number one in the Ivy League two years ago, but were unable to repeat the triumph last year when a back injury forced their number one singles player, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, out of the lineup and allowed Penn to squeeze by with the title.Despite being injured much of last year, Krishnamurthy was still good enough to qualify for the NCAA Championships last season, where she lost in the first round.Now a junior, Krishnamurthy showed no signs of rust.

SPORTS | 09/25/2001

After tough first half, women's soccer dispatches Stony Brook

Roughly 48 hours after its first win in the Ivy League this season, the women's soccer team was back on its own field, looking to extend its four-game shutout streak.Stony Brook (0-5-1 overall, 0-1-1 America East) did its best to end the Tigers' four-game streak in the first half before finally falling, 3-0.

SPORTS | 09/25/2001

Women's cross country wins Central Connecticut Invite

The women's cross-country team made the most of its late season opener by winning the Central Connecticut State Invitational in New Britain, CT, this weekend.The Tigers finished with 39 points, narrowly edging Rhode Island by three points.

SPORTS | 09/24/2001

Urquhart's 10-goal game sets pace for men's water polo's unbeaten weekend

Ten goals.Not a bad tally for a weekend of water polo for a player.Junior driver Rob Urquhart picked up 10 goals ? then he hopped into the pool for the second game of the four that the men's water polo team (7-0) played this weekend.Urquhart started the weekend by leading the Tigers to a 12-5 win at George Washington on the strength of an astounding 10-goal effort.

SPORTS | 09/24/2001

Women's volleyball picks up two victories at Rider Invitational

After one of the shortest road trips a team can have, the women's volleyball team played three solid games in a tournament at Rider University in Lawrenceville this weekend.

SPORTS | 09/24/2001

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

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