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Wear some orange, make some noise, be some stupid

Wear some orange, make some noise, be some stupid

Three weeks ago, I remembered why I love being a fan of college sports. A few friends wanted to go to the final day of the H-Y-P swim meet and I went along.As the afternoon progressed, and the men's team was getting closer to closing out Harvard for the championship, the atmosphere surrounding DeNunzio Pool was electric.

SPORTS | 02/21/2001

Lone senior Munson handles stress, leads women's hoops

Whenever senior point guard Jessica Munson is on the floor, people notice.Her team notices every time she controls the court by calling a play, or during one of the frequent occasions when she motivates her teammates by pushing herself even harder.The opposing team, because of Munson's stifling defense, is forced to pay even more attention to her.

SPORTS | 02/20/2001

Walton quietly dominates for men's hoops

I think that if you look closely, you might see John Thompson '88 crying on senior night.Because if there's one thing you can say about Thompson, it's that he depends on his senior captain, Nate Walton.It's no accident that he put Walton on the cover of the media guide.

SPORTS | 02/20/2001

Men's hockey in playoff free-for-all

You're at a banquet somewhere, hungry and ready to eat. When the hosts finally break out the food, everyone in the room rushes to get it, disregarding any pleas for order, and trampling any bystanders who happen to be in the way.To date, men's hockey in the Eastern College Athletic Conference has resembled such a confusing scene.

SPORTS | 02/20/2001

Today's lecture — FEN 101: Basic Fencing (or: 'Don't call them swords')

In searching for a topic for the first "Sports Department" lecture, one sport quickly sprang to mind as the most commonly misunderstood.

SPORTS | 02/20/2001

Women's hoops suffers two more heartbreaking home losses

When your team loses a tight game in the last moments of play, it figuratively breaks your heart.

SPORTS | 02/19/2001

Individuals perform well at track's Princeton Invite

Think of something that weighs 35 pounds. Your backpack with your organic chemistry, multi-variable calculus and molecular biology textbooks for example.

SPORTS | 02/19/2001

Peter Zavodny

Sometimes just stepping back into the heat of competition is a victory. Senior defenseman Peter Zavodny did that one better this weekend as he returned to the ice less than four months after suffering a grade-five shoulder separation ? the most serious type of separation ? and made an impact in his first two games.

SPORTS | 02/19/2001

Wrestling splits weekend contests

As the Penn match finished, so did Princeton's chances for an Ivy League wrestling championship.Upset by the loss, the Tigers quickly realized that this is only the middle of their season, and with a chance at third place in the Ivy League, the team went back to business as usual.Unleashing their aggression from the Penn match, the Tigers (12-8 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) invaded the Columbia wrestling room and quickly demolished the Lions, 29-11.Once again, senior Ryan Bonfiglio and sophomores Greg Parker and Joe Clarke led the Tigers' victory, going undefeated on the day.

SPORTS | 02/19/2001

Men's volleyball cruises past overmatched NJIT in three games

When the men's volleyball team stepped onto the court at Dillon Gym Saturday, it had one thing on its mind ? redemption.

SPORTS | 02/19/2001

Men's hockey splits two league games

After eight conference weekends, the story is still the same for the men's hockey team. In all but one weekend this season, Princeton has notched two points in the standings in two games against league rivals.Friday and Saturday were no different for the Tigers (8-14-3 overall, 7-9-2 East-ern College Athletic Conference). The Tigers were shut out by Rensselaer, 1-0, before rediscovering their offense to rout Union, 7-2, the next night.

SPORTS | 02/18/2001

Women's hockey loses first game, ties second at Niagara

In Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey, only eight teams advance to the playoffs. Going into this weekend's two games against eighth-place Nia-gara, Princeton was in ninth place.Thus, by playing the Purple Eagles, Princeton had a chance to take matters into its own hands instead of relying on another team to beat Niagara.

SPORTS | 02/18/2001

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