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Baseball earns second straight Ivy title, wins first Tourney game in 36 years

Baseball earns second straight Ivy title, wins first Tourney game in 36 years

Slow and steady may win the race, but slow then sprint won the championship.Baseball, after a less-than-stellar preseason, kicked into high gear for Ivy League play ? just in time to capture the Gehrig division title for the sixth straight year and earn a spot in the Ivy League Championship series.At the start of the season, things did not look quite so promising.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

Crews turn in mixed results: Men's heavyweights win Sprints

With Harvard, Brown and Princeton trading places at the top of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges rankings throughout this year, the men's heavyweight Grand Final was almost certain to be among the most exciting races of Sprints.Princeton wanted no part of excitement, however.The Tigers broke away from the Bears and Crimson 500 meters into the final and never looked back, taking the Sprints title by three seconds over second place Harvard.

SPORTS | 07/15/2001

2000-2001 First-Team All-'Prince'

Julia Beaver Women's Squash and Lacrosse ? SeniorJulia Beaver definitely had a bad year this year.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Defending champion Maryland to take on women's lacrosse

Three weeks ago, the women's lacrosse team fell into a downward spiral, losing three of its last four games.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Postseason Forecast: Princeton teams head to final competitions

Men's and Women's TrackThe men's team hosts the IC4A championships and the women's team hosts the ECAC championships at Weaver Stadium this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Second Team

Tora Harris (sr., men's track) ? Set school record in high jump, clearing 7 feet, 5.25 inches to win outdoor Heps.Adele McCarthy-Beauvais (so., women's water polo) ? Team's leading scorer; finalist for nat'l player of the year.Lauren Simmons (jr., women's track) ? Team's only winner at indoor and outdoor Heps; school record in 800.Danielle Stramandi (jr., women's diving) ? Finished third at NCAAs; qualified for U.S.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Stramandi begins road to Trials on international circuit

This year has seen the rapid assent of junior diver Danielle Stramandi.First came the third-place finish at NCAAs and the accompanying All-America honors.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Honorable Mention

Ryan Bonfiglio ? senior, wrestling and sprint football (D.End)Kate Conroy ? junior, women's swimming (backstroke)Scott Denbo ? senior, men's track (shot put)Carl Hessler ? sophomore, men's swimming (butterfly)Jenny Lankford ? junior, women's soccer (defense)Ryan Quillian ? sophomore, baseball (pitcher)

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Despite low seed, Loyola to present a number of problems for men's lax

At first glance, this is not an out-of-the-ordinary situation for the No. 2 seed Princeton lacrosse team.

SPORTS | 05/17/2001

Club Sports Wrap-up

As the academic year comes to a close, the 'Prince' gave Princeton club sports a chance to recap their seasons.

SPORTS | 05/15/2001

Women's golf falls to 20th at Regionals

Heading into last weekend's NCAA Regionals, the women's golf team knew that all five members would have to play their best golf of the season if the team was to advance to the NCAA Finals.Those necessary performances never came to fruition, however, and Princeton finished a disappointing 20th out of 21 teams competing after compiling a three-day team score of 995.Despite the poor finish, just making it to NCAAs was a feat for the Tigers.

SPORTS | 05/15/2001

Club Sports Athletes of the Year

The men's and women's club Athletes of the Year were named at the Club Sports Banquet last week. For the men, Tyler Wren of the cycling team was honored, and for the women, Sarah Apgar of the skiing and rugby teams was given the distinction.

SPORTS | 05/15/2001

For the Glory of Gordon

Butler College became the first residential college to in recent memory to win the intramural title after edging out Cap & Gown this year by approximately 400 points.

SPORTS | 05/15/2001

A career of writing and competing

Over the course of my time at Princeton, certain images have become permanently emblazoned on my mind ? snapshots from four of the best years of my life.There was the 4:58 p.m.

SPORTS | 05/15/2001

Men's lacrosse to play Loyola

The second-seeded men's lacrosse team discovered its quarterfinal opponent Saturday when Loyola topped Georgetown, 11-9, in Baltimore, Md.The Hoyas and Greyhounds traded goals for more than half of the game, but a third quarter burst put Loyola up 9-5, and another gave them an 11-7 lead with only a few minutes remaining.Georgetown quickly to pull within two, but the Greyhounds' goalie, Jason Born, clamped down for the remaining minutes to keep the Hoyas at bay.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

Women's openweight crew falls to Brown in Grand Final; other boats cruise to wins

A few rowers on the boat had lost to Brown seven straight times.They didn't want to make this the eighth.When the women's openweight varsity eight took the water in Camden, N.J.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

Wisconsin beats women's lightweights in third renewal of rivalry this season

Half a second. Not a whole lot of time. About the time it would take to hit your lightswitch and jump into bed, trying to hit the sack before the light went off.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

W. lacrosse advances to NCAA semis with win over Dartmouth

Dartmouth might have tarnished Princeton's Ivy League title, but the Tigers have the upper hand when it comes to NCAA Tournament competition.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

Olympians, Harris thrill crowd at Princeton Invite

Two dramatically different events ? and the athletes that won them ? captued the attention of Princeton and the track and field community this weekend.The Golden Spike Tour Open at the Princeton Invitational was a rare spectacle, especially for Princeton track.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

M. heavyweights top Harvard, Brown to retake No. 1 in East

With Harvard, Brown and Princeton trading places at the top of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges rankings throughout this year, the men's heavyweight Grand Final was almost certain to be among the most exciting races of yesterday's Sprints.Princeton wanted no part of the excitement, however.The Tigers broke away from the Bears and Crimson 500 meters into yesterday's final and never looked back, taking the Sprints title by three seconds over second place Harvard.

SPORTS | 05/13/2001

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