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Men's soccer rights ship with domination of Ivy-rival Harvard

Men's soccer rights ship with domination of Ivy-rival Harvard

Visiting Harvard was privy to a special treat Saturday evening at Lourie-Love Field ? the men's soccer team at its finest.The Tigers showed more hustle and created more opportunities than they had in any other game this season.

SPORTS | 10/22/2000

Women's soccer dogged by Harvard for eighth-straight year

Five minutes into the women's soccer game Friday night, everyone at Lourie-Love Field was thinking the same thing: Who let the dogs out?A yellow lab broke free from his owner and discovered 20 women playing a game of keep-away with a big black-and-white ball, and immediately thought he could join in.

SPORTS | 10/22/2000

Women's soccer looks to overcome Harvard and extend perfect Ivy run

Sixteen years ago, Harvard women's soccer coach Tim Wheaton had just completed a great soccer career at Drew University and was looking for a coaching position.When he was offered a job as an assistant for Princeton's women's team, Wheaton jumped at the chance."My wife and my father both went to Princeton, and I have the greatest respect for the place," Wheaton said.The young coach took up residence in an apartment in the Dillon Gym tower and spent a year learning the ropes of coaching.After one year with the Tigers, Wheaton moved up to Massachusetts and became an assistant with the Crimson.Two years later he became head coach and in his 14 years at the helm, Wheaton has led Harvard to a 122-61-19 record and four of the last five Ivy League Championships.Tonight, Wheaton returns to the field on which his career started to take on the Tigers in a contest between the two top teams in the Ivy League."We're just approaching this as another game," Princeton head coach Julie Shackford said.

SPORTS | 10/19/2000

Field hockey's defensive corps proves it is up to the challenge

Going into the year, one of the field hockey team's unanswered questions was the play of its inexperienced defense.

SPORTS | 10/19/2000

M. soccer hopes to salvage remnants of Ivy season against visiting Harvard

The Ivy League men's soccer picture is barely recognizable from a year ago.Dartmouth, which finished second to last in the league last year, now rests at the top with also-undefeated Brown.

SPORTS | 10/19/2000

Hosting Harvard, football looks to reverse the Crimson's tide

You don't need a program to know this is a rivalry. Harvard and Princeton compete for students, professors and rankings.

SPORTS | 10/19/2000

Men's soccer rallies to tie No. 23 Loyola

Early yesterday morning, the men's soccer team's game at Loyola was moved from 4 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

SPORTS | 10/18/2000

With ranked opponents on horizon, field hockey rolls over hapless Hens

With seven minutes, 31 seconds remaining in the first half, and the field hockey team still tied with Delaware (7-9 overall, 4-1 America East) at 0-0, Princeton fans began to worry as they watched the Tigers' leading scorer, senior attack Hilary Matson, limp off the field.The No.

SPORTS | 10/18/2000

Sabrina King and Emily Brown — Women's Volleyball

Outside Sabrina King and middle Emily Brown are both senior captains on the women's volleyball team.

SPORTS | 10/18/2000

Crews prepare for annual Head of the Charles race

As the 36th annual Head of the Charles regatta convenes once again in Boston this weekend, it would be easy for Princeton's crews to be overwhelmed by the spectacle.One of the largest regattas in the world, this year's competition boasts 20 events, 300 clubs, 6,000 rowers and an expected 300,000 spectators.But the Tiger crews have seen the spectacle before, and they know what to expect.

SPORTS | 10/18/2000

Unsung heroes: Special teamers key in football's 2-0 Ivy start

Post-game stat sheets feature offensive and defensive numbers prominently at the top of the page.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

Men's golf claims Stabler title; women take second at Notre Dame invite

To come back. To respond. To answer. This past weekend, the men's and women's golf teams had this concept down cold.In its second to last competition of the fall season, the men's golf team traveled to the Stabler Invitational Championship in Bethlehem, Pa., where it looked to improve upon last weekend's frustrating seventh place finish at the Temple Invitational."We kind of focused on winning this tournament," junior James Milam said.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

Fighting injuries, men's soccer looks to put season back on track against Loyola

Will Rodgers stood on the sidelines and watched his coach coming closer. The junior men's soccer midfielder knew what the question would be.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

Field hockey prepares for important regional matchup with Blue Hens

Kicking off the first of a series of three consecutive home games, the field hockey team (7-3 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) hosts Delaware (7-8) tonight at Class of 1952 Stadium at 7 p.m.After two weekend victories over Brown and Duke, the No.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

Youth leads w. tennis to ECAC tourney semis

As the favorite coming into this past weekend's ECAC championships, the women's tennis team was squarely in Penn's sights.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

NEWS & NOTES

Julie Shaner had not scored in an Ivy league game.Brown's Mary Jo Markle had not been scored upon in any game.So when the senior midfielder slammed a shot by the Brown goalkeeper, powering Princeton to a 1-0 win, it was an unusual experience for both of them.For her game-winning goal, Shaner was named Co-Ivy Player of the Week.

SPORTS | 10/17/2000

Men's water polo gets physical, defeats Queens

Many people believe that, despite one's ethical beliefs, there are necessary evils that occasionally must be followed to achieve a desired outcome.This was the rule of thumb for the Princeton men's water polo team this past Saturday, as the Tigers (17-6 overall, 7-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association) were able to slip past a physical Queens squad with a 7-6 victory."We just knew that it was going to be a physical game and, therefore, we needed to adjust and play more physical," senior driver Jimmy Orozco said.The Knights have built a reputation as an aggressive, physical team, which has perfected all those underwater pushes and kicks that can distract an opposing team into losing its composure.

SPORTS | 10/16/2000

Women's volleyball knocks off Brown, Yale to continue strong Ivy season

Think of a cat on the prowl, toying with its poor, defenseless prey. Cunningly, it takes its time, batting the mouse around for a while between its paws, waiting to go in for the kill.And so it was for the women's volleyball team last weekend at Dillon Gym ? though in this case, the cat moved up the food chain and preyed not on little mice, but upon Bulldogs and Bears.

SPORTS | 10/16/2000

David Splithoff

Breaking completely with Princeton tradition, the football coaching staff decided to go out on a limb and start freshman quarterback David Splithoff Saturday, the first freshman to start under center in 132 years.What the staff found was that it was not such a large leap of faith.Splithoff emerged as a potent offensive force in the Tigers' 55-28 victory over Brown.

SPORTS | 10/16/2000

Army attacks s. football early, often in 57-14 rout

George W. Bush and Al Gore have been debating the state of the military in this country since before their respective party conventions.

SPORTS | 10/16/2000

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