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Yik hopes for one last hurrah at NISRA individual tournament

Yik hopes for one last hurrah at NISRA individual tournament

Though team competition has come to an end and the final home matches of the 1999-2000 men's and women's squash seasons have already been played, nine Princeton players have one more shot.Starting Friday, a select group of players from the men's and women's squash teams will compete in the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association Individual Championships and the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association Individual Championships, respectively, at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass.Highlighting the Tigers' entrants will be defending national champions senior Peter Yik and junior Julia Beaver.Also representing men's squash are sophomore Peter Kelly and freshmen David Yik, Will Evans and Dan Rutherford.

SPORTS | 03/01/2000

Yale loss served as turning point for men's hoops' backcourt

A lot has changed for men's basketball since its 44-42 loss at Yale Feb. 5. Both Princeton and the Elis have headed in opposite directions since their last meeting.

SPORTS | 03/01/2000

Playoff bid on the line as women's hockey hosts Harvard, Brown

There may be only one weekend left in the regular season, but don't tell that to the women's hockey team.Even though the Eastern College Athletic Conference calendar says that the league playoffs officially begin next weekend on the higher seeds' home ice, Princeton's playoff run unofficially begins tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon at Baker Rink.The math is simple.

SPORTS | 03/01/2000

Q & A with Men's Volleyball's Jason Morrow

Jason Morrow is a senior center for the men's volleyball team. He recently sat down with staff writer Matt Simmons.Prince: When did you start playing volleyball?

SPORTS | 03/01/2000

Men's, women's tennis open spring season with home victories

With the true spring season underway for both the men's and women's tennis teams, both sets of Tigers played host at Jadwin Gym this weekend, and both emerged with solid victories.As the men's team cruised to a dominating 6-1 win over the visiting Wolfpack from North Carolina State, the women's team struggled at the top of its lineup, but defeated Old Dominion, 6-3.Led by junior No.

SPORTS | 02/29/2000

Leg injury ends Yopyk's senior campaign

Senior defenseman Darren Yopyk will be out for the remainder of the season after breaking his fibia ? the bone in his lower leg ? late in the third period of men's hockey's 4-1 loss to Harvard Friday.

SPORTS | 02/29/2000

Change in tourney could be latest NCAA disgrace

You would think, that after all these years of being trashed by college coaches, players and fans alike, the NCAA would finally try to end its continuing series of PR nightmares.You would think, that after alienating everybody in sight with its arcane eligibility restrictions and suspension policies, the NCAA would at least have the common sense to leave well enough alone regarding its trademark event.The NCAA men's basketball tournament.

SPORTS | 02/29/2000

W. water polo downs No. 8 UMass, 5-4

The clock at DeNunzio pool was nearing the final seconds of the game.The scoreboard was even at 4-4.Time was running out.It was the final meet of the Princeton Invitational, and after Friday's 8-4 win against Indiana (4-3 overall) and Saturday's easy victories over Brown and Queens ? 13-7 and 13-6 respectively ? the women's water polo team (5-0) wanted to end on a strong note.Thanks to sophomore driver Cassie Nichols, that note came with 28 seconds left in the game.Nichols' game-winning goal gave Princeton a critical 5-4 victory over UMass (2-1). The win stands as an important feat for the No.

SPORTS | 02/29/2000

After four years as bridesmaid, Tigers finally claim the title

The reaction of women's swimming head coach Susan Teeter was priceless.As sophomore Jenny Macaulay powered into the wall, barely touching out her opponent for first in the 200-yard breaststroke and junior Kristen Szumera, positioned in Lane 1 with a seventh-place seeding, propelled herself miraculously to a third-place finish, the usually subdued and quiet Teeter couldn't hold herself back.She raised her fists in exultation and let out a jubilant yell.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Still on the bubble: Women's hockey splits as playoffs approach

They're not in yet, but they're not out yet, either.The women's hockey team kept its hopes of making the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament alive this weekend by nabbing a much needed win.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Athlete of the Week: Kate Thirolf - Women's Basketball

Most of this season has been a struggle for the women's basketball team, as it has worked its way to a disappointing 7-18 record.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Double down on the Ivy crown: Fencers cap perfect season

The 7 a.m. starting time began to sink in. The men's fencing team had just defeated Yale, 17-10, all but securing Princeton's second outright Ivy League championship in four years.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Men's squash loses in national semis

Two weeks ago ? with the Ivy League championship on the line ? the men's squash team pulled off a stunning win over Harvard on the Crimson's home court.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Men's volleyball tops NYU, drops five-game match to Concordia

Consistency.The one adjective most often used to describe championship teams is the one attribute the men's volleyball team has struggled with all season."Consistency is what we need to establish," head coach Glenn Nelson said.

SPORTS | 02/28/2000

Men's hockey splits weekend pair; injured Yopyk may miss rest of season

It was the kind of thing featured on one of those inspirational posters. Senior defender Darren Yopyk had just scored a goal for the men's hockey team, piercing a crowd of players in front of Harvard goalkeeper J.R.

SPORTS | 02/27/2000

Even with two wins, men's hoops still trails Penn by two

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? The out-of-town scoreboard at men's basketball games exists only in the form of faxed score sheets.

SPORTS | 02/27/2000

Men's track chalks up another indoor Heps title

Two down, one to go.Both the men's and women's indoor track teams competed in the Heptagonal Championships this weekend at Leverone Field House in Hanover, N.H.

SPORTS | 02/27/2000

Women's hoops stuns league-leading Dartmouth in final home game

Maybe it was the pregame presentation for the seniors. Maybe it was the frustration of having lost four straight to Dartmouth.

SPORTS | 02/27/2000

Men's hoops defeats Harvard, 63-48

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? Two minutes into the first half last night, freshman guard Spencer Gloger knocked down one of three free throws to put the men's basketball team ahead of Harvard, 11-1.

SPORTS | 02/25/2000

Harvard pulls away from men's hockey in crushing 4-1 victory

It was the kind of thing featured on one of those inspirational posters. Senior defender Darren Yopyk had just scored a goal for the men's hockey team, piercing a crowd of players in front of Harvard goalkeeper J.R.

SPORTS | 02/25/2000

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