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Beaver and Yik win squash titles at individual championships

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

Wrestling set for EIWA championships

It's not exactly what head coach Mike New and the rest of the wrestling team had in mind at the beginning of the season ? 12-9 overall, 2-3 in the Ivies, and a fourth place finish in the league.

SPORTS | 02/28/2001

Hillary Reser

Hillary Reser is a junior guard for the women's basketball team. She recently sat down with 'Prince' staff writer Shani Moore.Prince: What do you like most about playing basketball at Princeton?Hillary Reser: Definitely the team.

SPORTS | 02/28/2001

Dale Earnhardt: What Princeton can never have

This column is about the late Dale Earnhardt.Most people in this country, NASCAR fans or not, sports fans or not, saw replays of the man's death two weekends ago.

SPORTS | 02/28/2001

Princeton, Penn, Yale and Brown to battle for Ivy men's hoops title

Currently, there is a lack of certainty within the Ivy League. There is not one overall leader in the men's basketball race ? but two.

SPORTS | 02/27/2001

Men's volleyball loses road games to league rivals Juniata and Penn State

The old Pennsylvania license plate boasts the motto, "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania." Apparently "you" does not include the men's volleyball team, which received anything but a friendly welcome as it traveled to the Quaker State and lost back-to-back matches this past weekend.The Tigers' first opponent was league rival Juniata.

SPORTS | 02/27/2001

Wrestling loses early lead, meet to Cornell in final Ivy match

Fighting for a tie, Cornell was more interested in a tie for first place than for third.The Princeton wrestling team (12-9, 2-3) drove up to Ithaca, NY, on Friday hoping to finish its Ivy League schedule with a strong win.

SPORTS | 02/27/2001

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