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Men's volleyball struggles against western foes, drops two of three

LOS ANGELES ? For a trip that is usually a whirlwind of victory, family time and carousal, last week's installment of the annual men's volleyball trip to California simply flew by.The Tigers had hoped to get in some solid games before facing eastern foes, but as it turned out, their ratio of time spent on the court to that spent in the hot tub hit an all-time low.Playing the minimum nine games in three matches, No.

SPORTS | 02/01/1998

Men's hockey cannot top league's top team, blows early lead in loss

The story this weekend was not the men's hockey team, but rather the team it was facing.Princeton's opponent wasn't Clarkson.

SPORTS | 02/01/1998

Pressley leads Tigers on defense, makes career-high seven steals against Columbia

Entering this weekend, the women's basketball team had just finished its first Ivy League weekend sweep in nearly two years, beating both Yale and Brown in mid-January.However, it seemed as though reality was bound to set in on the Tigers, who were playing back-to-back games on the road.But Princeton dominated its opposition this weekend, dispatching both Cornell and Columbia by double digits.

SPORTS | 02/01/1998

One-time high-school sub emerges as Princeton's leader, big hitter

The early career of men's volleyball's senior opposite Scott Birdwell wasn't one that included much playing time.

SPORTS | 01/18/1998

Coach to lead Chicago MLS club

Bob Bradley '80 always used to tell his Princeton players that it wasn't so important how a team looked at the beginning of the season so long as they were working to become a good team at the end of the year.This week Bradley will again have the opportunity to emphasize that philosophy to a group of players gathered together for the first time when he begins his journey as head coach of the Major League Soccer's newly formed Chicago Fire.Bradley, who stepped down two years ago as the Tigers' head coach to become an assistant with D.C.

SPORTS | 01/18/1998

After breakout season, Tigers aiming for trip to Hawaii

Fear.For head men's volleyball coach Glenn Nelson, it is not how much other teams respect the Tigers, but how much they fear Princeton.

SPORTS | 01/18/1998

Marrow's status forces Penn to forfeit five wins

When the football team met Penn on Nov. 8, it was the participation of Penn's All-Ivy defensive tackle Mitch Marrow (six tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble) that almost single-handedly secured the Quakers' 20-17 victory.Little did anyone know at the time that Marrow's participation would eventually turn that Quaker win and four others into losses.A Penn academic panel ruled last week that the 22-year-old Marrow, a 6-foot-5, 285-pound fifth-year senior with NFL aspirations, became a part-time student and ineligible under NCAA regulations after dropping one of his three courses Sept.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Men's basketball needs Ivy success to earn NCAA berth

The men's basketball team has received a lot of national attention lately. A top-15 ranking in both major national polls, feature stories in yesterday's USA Today and this week's Sports Illustrated, and junior guard Brian Earl's selection as one of 30 finalists for the John R.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Julia Beaver

When Katherine Johnson '97 graduated last year, the women's squash team lost its leader and star.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Men's swimming rolls past Cadets; Orr stays unbeaten against Army

After just coming off of its Florida training trip, the majority of the men's swimming team was still significantly drained from the intense practice schedule.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Earl nominated for award

Junior guard Brian Earl was one of 30 players recently nominated for the John R. Wooden award. The Wooden award is given annually to the top player in men's college basketball.Other players nominated for the award included North Carolina's Antawn Jamison, who Princeton held to six points in the No.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Yale, Brown games may set pace for women's hoops' Ivy season

Last Saturday, the women's basketball team began its second season of the year. The Tigers' loss to Penn began their Ivy League season and, with it, a different style of play.Because each game and each win is important for the team's post-season opportunities, the intensity of the games increases.

SPORTS | 01/08/1998

Men's hockey ends '97 with upset of No. 1 BU

The men's hockey team finished 1997 with a bang and started off the new year in similar fashion.Princeton upset Boston University, the No.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

Beaver upsets DiMauro to claim w. squash's Constable invite title

The Tigers (3-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) have become a personal nemesis for Penn women's squash star Jessica DiMauro.Last season, as the defending national champion, DiMauro was upset by Princeton's Katherine Johnson '97 in the national championship final.Sunday at the Constable Invitational in Jadwin Gym, DiMauro ran into another Tiger she couldn't beat: freshman Julia Beaver.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

W. hockey salvages break with pair of wins over Yale

It wasn't supposed to be this difficult.After a two-game road trip in which women's hockey could manage only a tie and a loss at Minnesota, Princeton was expected to capture two much-needed league victories in a home-and-home series against perennial doormat Yale.Midway through the third period of their Jan.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

On The Rise

Bouncing back from a disappointing 50-42 loss to No. 1 North Carolina, the men's basketball team took out its revenge against another Atlantic Coast Conference team from North Carolina, en route to four straight wins and its current No.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

Penn stuns women's hoops after successful 3-2 recess

With a game against a supposed lowly Penn team last Saturday night, the women's basketball team looked to capitalize upon its success over the winter break.With four of five games on the road, including two at the Lady Griz Holiday Classic in Missoula, Mont., Princeton (5-7 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) had managed to go 3-2 over the recess and seemed poised to reach .500 once again.But the Quakers (4-7, 1-0) came into Jadwin Gym Saturday and stunned the Tigers with a thrilling come-from-behind 55-52 victory, opening the Ivy League season on a disappointing note for a young Princeton team.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

Poor shooting keeps men's hoops from Carolina upset

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? "This is a team that could win the national championship."One might have expected those words to come from the mouth of head coach Bill Carmody after then-No.

SPORTS | 01/06/1998

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