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Princeton men's basketball's leading scorer for the game was the first to make a snip. Junior guard Ahmed El Nokali, who scored 14 points and committed only one turnover in 40 minutes of play, was as careful with the scissors as he was with the ball against Penn last night when he made the initial cut to bring down the net.After the rest of the team made their contribution to taking down the net at Jadwin Gym, senior center Nate Walton ? who has been the Tiger's leader this season ? fittingly made the final cut to the twine and placed it around his neck.Just as it took everyone to help take down the net, it was once again a total team effort by Princeton (16-10 overall, 11-3 Ivy Leauge) to resoundingly defeat the Quakers (12-17, 9-5), 68-52.

SPORTS | 03/06/2001

'Prince' sponsors sign contest

'Prince' sponsors sign contest

The 'Prince' will be holding a contest for the best signs at tonight's men's basketball game against Penn.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

BSK 333: The Princeton Offense (Or: 'It's not rocket science')

Seven passes in 16 seconds. Two curls, three hard cuts toward the hoop, one hand-off, two fadeouts to the three-point line.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

Women's hockey splits final weekend but still misses playoffs

Going into this weekend's games, the Princeton women's hockey team still had an outside chance at advancing to the playoffs.If the Tigers could win both of their games, and if Providence lost both of its contests, the Tigers would tie the Friars for the eighth and final playoff position with 21 points ? a tie which would still give Princeton a chance to make the Eastern College Athletic Con-ference playoffs.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

Beaver and Yik win squash titles at individual championships

The trophies traveled all the way up to Boston, only to be brought home to rest on the same mantelpieces.Last weekend at the National Individual Squash Championship, Princeton continued its dominance over the individual aspect of the sport, bringing home both men's and women's titles for the third straight year.In fact, the greatest move that the trophies made was within one family, as sophomore David Yik inherited the crown worn by his brother, Peter Yik '00, for the past two years.In the women's half of the tournament, senior Julia Beaver solidified her position as one of the best collegiate squash players in history, taking home her third straight individual title."I'm just relieved that it's over and it went well," Beaver said.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

Ivy's best duel as men's hoops battles Penn for league title

Compared to less than a week ago, the Ivy League race has been greatly simplified. Before men's basketball defeated Yale and Brown on the road this weekend, scenarios existed where a four-team playoff mini-tournament was possible in which Princeton, Penn, Yale and Brown could all share the Ivy League title.Thanks to Princeton extending its winning streak to four games, however, the league finale is much more succinct.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

Women's basketball knocks off Brown in three-overtime epic

It was 9:45 p.m., and the women's basketball team had been playing its heart out for close to three hours.The Tigers must have been tired.

SPORTS | 03/05/2001

Men's hoops eliminates Brown, Yale, takes one game lead in Ivy League race

Every time the pressure was on the men's basketball team this weekend, Princeton was able to respond.When Yale had cut an eight-point halftime deficit to two midway through the second half, freshman Konrad Wysocki came out of a timeout, banged a three from the top of the key and Princeton regained control.

SPORTS | 03/04/2001

Men's hockey beats lowly Brown, ties Harvard to snag seven seed for playoffs

It was the nadir of the season. As low as the men's hockey team fell during its midseason eight-game losing streak, it seemed even lower after the 7-3 loss to Colgate Feb.

SPORTS | 03/04/2001

M. swimming finishes second to Harvard at Easterns again

When racing against a formidable opponent, all elements of the race have to work in conjunction, like a well-oiled machine, to pull off the win.

SPORTS | 03/04/2001

Men's lacrosse deafeats Johns Hopkins in first game of season

After returning its entire starting defense and senior goalie Trevor Tierney from last year's national runner-up team, men's lacrosse expected to have one of the country's stingiest defensive lineups.But shutting out Johns Hopkins ? the fourth-ranked team in the country and a NCAA seminfinalist last year ? for a half and holding it to one goal through three quarters Saturday at 1952 Stadium, Princeton's defense and goaltending weren't stingy, they were suffocating.The Tigers (1-0) beat the Blue Jays (0-1), 8-4, in the traditional season opener for both teams ? a game that was not as close as the score indicates.

SPORTS | 03/04/2001

Poised to peak: Tiger seniors prepare for another year's ascent

Last year, the Princeton men's lacrosse team made it to the only national championship game that it has ever lost.

SPORTS | 03/01/2001

Rehabilitation, redemption in store for Prager after knee injury

Scanning the field during last year's NCAA lacrosse championship, No. 12, the then sophomore attack B.J.

SPORTS | 03/01/2001

Men's hockey relying on Stathos' play in net for berth in ECAC playoffs

Goalies are the great levelers in hockey. When a netminder is hot, his team is competitive in every game ? but when the quality of goalkeeping is low, it is tough to get a win no matter how the offense performs.Luckily for the men's hockey team, junior goalie Dave Stathos has improved his play for the drive to the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament.In the last four games, the junior has given up just five goals, and Princeton (9-14-4 overall, 8-9-3 ECAC) has earned five crucial points and now stands at eighth in a league where the top 10 teams advance to the posteseason.

SPORTS | 03/01/2001

Hunt for the hardware: Princeton looks to top Terps

As the women's lacrosse team walked off the field last season after losing the National Championship game to No.

SPORTS | 03/01/2001

Men's hoops faces Brown, surging Yale in crucial Ivy weekend

Yale only tallied 31 points. That's it. The number put them in dead last, just behind Brown.But the Elis have surprised everyone in and out of the league ever since they received those 31 votes to finish in eighth place by the pre-season Ivy League Media Poll.

SPORTS | 03/01/2001

Men's swimming heads to Easterns, where Harvard again looms as favorite

Swimming upsets are not very common. The underdog never overcomes the Goliath by some divinely-inspired Herculean effort; the favorite team never has an 'off' day.

SPORTS | 02/28/2001

Men's volleyball falls to George Mason in three

After its loss to Concordia Feb. 13, the men's volleyball team was certain that it would right itself to reel off a string of league victories over the next few weeks.After winning their next two games, the Tigers seemed headed in that direction just a week ago.

SPORTS | 02/28/2001

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