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Women's hoops wins first game of year against Yale in overtime

Women's hoops wins first game of year against Yale in overtime

It was the game the Princeton women's basketball team had been waiting for all season.On Saturday night, the Tigers silenced the crowd in Lee Amphitheater at Yale by beating the home team 61- 60 in overtime.Sophomore forward Maureen Lane led the squad with a game-high 27 points on 9-for-19 shooting from the field.

SPORTS | 02/04/2001

Men's and women's swimming teams win HYP meets

Sometimes, one can feel the momentum of something special in the air at a sporting event in its very first moments.

SPORTS | 02/04/2001

Men's basketball scrimmage capped a year to remember

I wasn't expecting it to be the best sports moment of my time at Princeton. Not when I first started walking toward Jadwin Gym that Saturday afternoon in March.It was the second semester of my freshman year, and as the 1997-98 men's basketball season wound down, head coach Bill Carmody and his team had decided to have an intrasquad scrimmage at Jadwin.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

Princeton sports provide memories that will endure

Beep, Beep, Beep.The alarm blared loudly in my ear as I rolled over and groaned. My roommate threw a pillow down at me from the bunk above and mumbled, "What the hell are you doing getting up at eight o'clock on Saturday morning?""Good question," I responded while turning off the alarm and slowly crawling out of bed.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

Looking back on three years of sport from the press box

The thing about journalists, someone once said, is not that they know what they're talking about.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

Bonfiglio named EIWA Wrestler of the Week after upset victory

Completely focused and set on starting his run for an NCAA championship, senior Ryan Bonfiglio confidently defeated No.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

Tiger swimming hosts Harvard, Yale in critical meets at DeNunzio

The Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet is always circled with a big red marker on the men's swimming team's schedule.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

A 'Prince' career inspired by one magical season

For me, it began quite inauspiciously. On a whim, really. Though I was a sports junkie, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision that made me add my name to the sports list for The Daily Princetonian at the freshman Activities Fair.

SPORTS | 01/21/2001

Bo knows Tecmo: Raiders top Patriots in AFC Championship

A single bead of sweat hung tantalizingly from a strand of Arnold Malachian's greasy hair. The salty spheroid grew fat with fluid before falling quietly on to the worn carpet below.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

NBA's Celtics tap Thompson as new head coach

The lights of the Fleet Center shimmered off his neatly glued strands of hair like the bright sun off the slopes of a snow-covered mountain.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Vitale hails possible Pitino hiring, calls coach 'DYNAMITE,' proceeds to digress, baby!

The news of former Boston Celtics coach Rick Pitino's preliminary discussions with Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 completed an extraordinary two weeks at ESPN.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Young expresses interest in returning to men's hoops if Pitino can pull strings

You may not have seen him, but he was there. Shirking the spotlight, he remained hidden in the background, feeling out what it would be like to be back playing for his former team.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

News & Notes

CrewThe Princeton crew program was disbanded this past week following an NCAA scandal.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

UCLA left stunned as Gloger transfers in middle of game

TEMPE, Ariz. ? Steve Lavin was tired. The UCLA coach, after weeks of answering questions about Rick Pitino's potential future involvement with the Bruins, had thought the worst was behind him.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Coaching changes exposed: Walters starts own 'Survivor'

The smoke leaping off the torches was stifling ? even in the cavernous confines of Jadwin Gym.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Student attacked on Jadwin C-floor by unknown masked individual

An unidentified University student was attacked with some sort of sword by a masked assailant on the C-floor of Jadwin Gym Saturday morning.According to Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser, the incident was preceded by the attacker and the victim ? both clad in all-white padded pants and shirt outfit ? eyeing each other from across the room.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Figure skating: A sport? Some famous personalities weigh in

Kurt Kehl, Associate Director of Athletics ? Public Affairs:"I'd ice dance with Mario Lemieux any day."Jerry Price, Assistant Director of Athletic Public Affairs:"Nope."Jeff Dinski '99, former sports editor at the 'Prince':"No, no, no way.

SPORTS | 01/18/2001

Men's and women's fencing cruise through weekend

The men's and women's fencing teams had meets tucked awkwardly into their reading period schedules.

SPORTS | 01/16/2001

Men's track finishes third as women take fifth place at Armory Invitational

Early in the season, everyone knows that training hasn't fully sunk in yet, and the team's best performances lie somwewhere in the not-too-distant future.But this did not stop the Princeton track and field team from making itself a major player in the two-day Armory Invitational in New York City this past weekend in both the men's and women's competitions.

SPORTS | 01/16/2001

Wealth of experience and freshman phenom lead men's volleyball

In January 1997, Jason Morrow '00 ? then a freshman ? laced up his sneakers, put on his knee pads and stepped onto the court for the first time as the starting setter for the men's volleyball team.

SPORTS | 01/16/2001

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