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ECAC playoffs elude women's hockey after pair of losses on final weekend

ECAC playoffs elude women's hockey after pair of losses on final weekend

The women's hockey team struggled through its season, coming up short at crucial points and failing to reach its major goals ? an Ivy League championship and a berth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament.The top eight teams secure spots in the ECAC tournament.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Men's soccer brings home first outright Ivy title since 1960

It was the closing minute of regulation in the final game of the regular season for the men's soccer team.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Football undergoes coaching change following 3-7 season

It began with a quarterback controversy and ended with a coaching controversy. It began with a surprising loss and ended with an even more stunning defeat.And in between, the football team's 1999 campaign mirrored its start and finish ? a season replete with disappointment, frustration and painful defeats.The Tigers (3-7 overall, 1-6 Ivy League) finished in a tie with Columbia for last place in the Ivy standings, suffering through their worst league season since 1973.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Women's soccer captures at-large NCAA berth

In an exciting, up-and-down season, women's soccer pulled off some amazing feats: a win over defending Ivy champion Dartmouth, the first defeat of Brown in Providence since 1983 and an 11-game unbeaten streak.While late season losses to Harvard and Penn stymied Princeton's (12-5-1 overall, 4-2-1 Ivy League) pursuit of a league title and dropped the team to third place, the squad's earlier accomplishments and stellar out-of-league play garnered the Tigers an accolade they had barely dared to dream about at the start of the season ? an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.In Princeton's first appearance at the tourney in 16 years, it lost 2-1 to the University of Hartford, capping the craziness that was the women's soccer season."[The game] was a big step for our program," head coach Julie Shackford said.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Injury-plagued men's basketball settles for NIT once again

After last year's disappointing second-place Ivy League finish, the men's basketball team and its corps of young talent began the season with high expectations of capturing the conference title ? and an NCAA tournament berth ? for the fourth time in five years.But a bumpy road, riddled with unforeseen injuries, consistently inconsistent shooting and a disappointing loss at Yale doomed Princeton (19-11 overall, 11-3 Ivy League) to finish as the runner-up to archrival Penn for the second-consecutive season.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Breakthrough

After three years of frustration, the seniors of the baseball team propelled the Tigers past rival Dartmouth for the Ivy League Championship and into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996.In a year that started off with more questions than answers, Princeton (24-20 overall, 13-7 Ivy League) solved its early-season worries about hitting and run production to obtain a 24-win season for the third year in a row.The highlight of the season came at the Ivy League Championship on May 6 against Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Women's lacrosse confounds experts with march to national title game

Midfielder Hilary Maddox '00's face burned bright red, wet wisps of a blond ponytail clinging to her face as she spoke in a steady voice while water spilled out of her eyes."What was the greatest thing about our team ? no one really had . . ." The senior midfielder bent her head.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Slow start leaves women's basketball well short of preseason expectations

The 1999-2000 women's basketball season was a search for completeness.Early in the year, Princeton (9-19 overall, 6-8 Ivy League) struggled to play a complete half without collapse ? then a complete game.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Bill, Trevor and Brendan Tierney

Bill Tierney is the head coach of the men's lacrosse team and the father of goalie Trevor Tierney '01 and attackman Brendan Tierney '02.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

M. track wins another triple crown as women look to future

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.It was a tale of two teams this year for men's and women's track and cross-country.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Cahoon's resignation marks end of an era for men's hockey

The men's hockey team came into the season with very few expectations. After losing the best class in Princeton history ? a class that included current Washington Capital Jeff Halpern '99 ? the Tigers were expected to finish 11th in the 12-team Eastern College Athletic Conference.But Princeton proved that its program has progressed to the point where it will not lie down for any team.The builder of that program, however, will not be back next year to make another run at the ECAC title as head coach Don Cahoon stepped down April 5 to take the reins at UMass-Amherst.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Andrew Baine

Andrew Baine '00 is on the men's lightweight crew team. He recently sat down with 'Prince' Editorial Page Editor Oliver Williams.'Prince': Being called a "lightweight" can be considered an insult ? at the 'Street,' for example.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Women's squash's three-peat dream thwarted by Penn

If someone puts a voodoo doll over a fire, someone else will supposedly feel the heat by virtue of some sort of magical connection.But Penn proved that no magic is required to perform this kind of feat: When it dropped its No.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

A player's coach, in his own words

There was a glimmer of hope at the end of football's disappointing 1999 campaign. Going into the fourth quarter, the team held an 18-0 lead over Dartmouth in the final game of the season.Roger Hughes, then offensive coordinator for the Big Green, extinguished that light, helping Dartmouth erase the deficit and send the Tigers to the bottom of the Ivy League.Now, the same man will try to restore hope and a winning attitude to Princeton's program.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Fourth time charm for seniors: Baseball wins first title since 1996

Senior second baseman Jay Mitchell had scored the game's first run. Senior catcher Buster Small had hit his first home run since 1998.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Crews struggle to mixed results at Eastern Sprints

The women's lightweight crew came out on top again. With a narrow one-second victory over Wisconsin at the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing College Sprints in New Preston, Conn., on May 14, the Tigers successfully defended their 1999 EAWRC Sprints title.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

A Player's Coach, in His Own Words

There was a glimmer of hope at the end of football's disappointing 1999 campaign. Going into the fourth quarter, the team held an 18-point lead over Dartmouth in the final game of the season.Roger Hughes, then offensive coordinator for the Big Green, extinguished that light, helping Dartmouth to erase the deficit and send the Tigers to the bottom of the Ivy League.Now, the same man will try to restore hope and the winning attitude of past Princeton teams.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Princeton women finish as national runner-up to Terps

Hilary Maddox's face burned bright red, wet wisps of a blond ponytail clinging to her face as she spoke in a steady voice while water spilled out of her eyes."What was the greatest thing about our team, no one really had . . ." The senior midfielder bent her head.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Men's track wins triple Triple Crown

If the men's track team had simply ended its season in early May, few would have questioned that this had been one of the finest squads in Princeton history.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

Princeton Ivy League Champions — 1999-2000

Men's cross-countryHighlights: Breezed past Dartmouth and Penn to capture Heps title . . . Paul Morrison took first place overall at Heps and eighth at NCAAs. Field hockeyHighlights: Compiled 7-1 Ivy record to tie Brown for title . . . Melanie Meerschwam and Hilary Matson named first-team all-Ivy. Men's soccerHighlights: Tied Yale, 0-0, in regular-season finale to secure first outright crown since 1960 . . . battled into triple overtime before succumbing at Virginia in NCAA first round. Women's volleyballHighlights: Returned to NCAAs after one-year hiatus with Ivy tournament win over Harvard . . . Sabrina King named conference Player of the Year . . . Michelle Buffum named Ivy co-Rookie of the Year. Men's fencingHighlights: Finished 4-0 in Ivy competition, 12-3 overall . . . took fifth place overall at NCAAs . . . Jason Burrell ranked No.

SPORTS | 05/25/2000

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