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Back with a Vengeance: Women's water polo heads to the Mid-Atlantic Championships in hopes of claiming the title that eluded the team last year

Back with a Vengeance: Women's water polo heads to the Mid-Atlantic Championships in hopes of claiming the title that eluded the team last year

While most students are suffering from spring fever, another bug has been pervading the women's water polo team (18-3 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo League) ? the entire squad appears to have been infected with an intensity like no other.Hot off an 11-game winning streak, Princeton travels to Villanova this weekend with hopes of claiming its first Mid-Atlantic title.

SPORTS | 04/13/2000

M. volleyball to face Penn State, host Ivy tourney

Men's volleyball has a lot on the line this weekend.Sunday Princeton (8-11 overall, 4-9 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) looks to defend its Ivy League crown.Saturday, the Tigers take on No.

SPORTS | 04/13/2000

Mentor and coach, 'Toot' reshaped Princeton hockey

It's already been a week, but I still don't think reality has set in.It's been a week since that shocking phone call from Athletic Director Gary Walters '67.It's been a week since Princeton lost one of its best coaches and most interesting personalities.It's been a week since former men's hockey head coach Don "Toot" Cahoon decided to leave Old Nassau and take over as the new head coach at UMass.For the past seven days, I have tried to picture a Princeton hockey game without "Toot" behind the Tiger bench ? I just can't seem to do it.

SPORTS | 04/12/2000

Women's lax limps to victory over Temple

The Temple Owls began the game against the Princeton's women lacrosse team like country bumpkins performing at a county fair.

SPORTS | 04/12/2000

W. tennis whitewashes visiting Scarlet Knights

In a midweek battle for state supremacy, the women's tennis team easily dispatched Rutgers yesterday afternoon by a score of 9-0.

SPORTS | 04/12/2000

Softball prepares for Ivy doubleheaders versus Penn, Big Red

Cornell's defending Ivy League champion softball team has not won a league game yet this year.Cornell's defending Ivy League champion softball team has also not played a complete league game this year.The Big Red's game versus Harvard this year was called in the fifth inning of the first game of the doubleheader due to rain, giving the team its lone loss, 1-0.Cornell's other Ivy League games have all been postponed entirely due to bad weather.

SPORTS | 04/12/2000

With assistant leaving, recruits arriving, it's a busy off-season for Carmody

While the Tiger basketball faithful may still be smarting from a second-place Ivy League finish this season, next year will see some new faces aiding Princeton in its quest to reclaim the top spot.Though player recruitment is for the most part complete, Carmody and Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 will have their hands full recruiting a replacement for former assistant Joe Scott '87 ? who left Monday to become head coach at the United States Air Force Academy."As a player and coach he's given his heart and soul to the program," Carmody said.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

As Ivy slate keeps on rolling, men's lax boosted by defenders up front

In preparation for the most hectic part of its schedule, the men's lacrosse team will be spending this week working on its fundamentals.The Tigers ? ranked No.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

NEWS & NOTES

Sophomore diver Danielle Stramandi continued her stellar season with a victory in the 10-meter platform competition at the U.S.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

Q&A

'Prince': Being called a "lightweight" can be considered an insult ? at the 'Street,' for example.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

Despite injuries, pitching dominates for baseball

Coming into this weekend, the baseball team's pitching staff was running on fumes. Princeton had to take an extended road trip to New England and allow some of its pitchers to have big games to get back on track.The Tiger hurlers had not been at full strength, and up until this weekend their regular starters could do nothing more than watch from the sidelines and nurse their injuries.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

Casey Hildreth - Baseball

Three years had passed since junior Casey Hildreth last took the mound. Then, he was pitching for his high school team in Westfield, Mass.

SPORTS | 04/11/2000

Snow brings a title for men's golf; women take fifth at Boston College

The Inuit language is popularly believed to have 20 different words for snow, each signifying a different variation.

SPORTS | 04/10/2000

Tennis teams slam Brown, Yale to remain unbeaten in Ivy play

The men's and women's tennis teams trounced their opponents this weekend to advance to flawless 3-0 Ivy League records.

SPORTS | 04/10/2000

Early-morning wake-up call can't faze Tiger crews

Getting up early Monday morning and starting the day is never easy. Getting up early Monday morning to row in a crew race is even worse.But that is exactly what the men's heavyweight and women's open crews had to do yesterday morning.

SPORTS | 04/10/2000

Baseball splits pair with Brown

After getting to stay an extra day in the Providence, R.I., area, the baseball team earned a split with Brown and put itself in solid position heading into Gehrig division competition.Junior catcher Casey Hildreth's monster day ? 4 for 6 with two home runs, five RBI and four runs scored ? gave the Tigers (11-13 overall, 4-4 Ivy League) a 1-1 record on the day against a team head coach Scott Bradley had described as "the best team in the league right now."The Tigers got four RBI from Hildreth in an 11-7 victory in the first game of the doubleheader, but Brown (12-17, 4-4) rebounded to take the second game, 13-4.Princeton got an early lead in the first inning of the first game off a three-run home run by Hildreth.

SPORTS | 04/10/2000

Softball surges to 4-0 Ivy record

Before the softball team broke its huddle to take the field for the second game of its makeup doubleheader yesterday at 1895 Field, the Tigers shouted, "Score first!"This strategy proved as successful in the second game as it had been in the first, as Princeton (15-17 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) swept Yale, 3-1 and 6-2.These wins took the Tigers to an undefeated 4-0 record in the Ivy League for the first time since 1996."We're really excited about the Ivy League," junior catcher Devon Keefe said.

SPORTS | 04/10/2000

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