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Despite strong play, m. hockey falls short in bid for home ice

Despite strong play, m. hockey falls short in bid for home ice

The playoffs are still a week away for the men's hockey team, but a look at this weekend's games would seem to indicate that playoff intensity has already arrived.With the extreme parity of the Eastern College Athletic Conference this season ? a league in which third-place Rensselaer finished only two games ahead of eighth-place Dartmouth ? the final weekend weighed heavily in the standings.Princeton's first opponent, second-place Colgate, was fighting for the league title and its second foe, Cornell (13-12-2 overall, 10-9-1 ECAC), had home-ice playoff aspirations similar to those of the Tigers.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

Two wins not enough as men's hoops settles for second place

With 11 minutes, 55 seconds remaining in Saturday night's men's basketball contest at Jadwin Gym, the game just didn't seem to matter anymore.It wasn't because the Tigers were 26 points ahead and cruising to an easy 85-57 victory.Instead, it was due to a seemingly inevitable announcement: Penn 69, Yale 52.Despite the win over Brown, which followed a 56-46 win over Yale on Friday, Princeton will finish behind the Quakers in the Ivy League for the second year in a row.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

Nation's top two teams keep w. hockey out of playoffs

An entire season hinged on a single weekend. The women's hockey team was on the bubble, and the Tigers needed only two points to gain a berth to the playoffs.Those two points, however, had to be gleaned off Eastern College Athletic Conference leaders Brown and Harvard.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

Men's lacrosse opens season with 15-11 win over Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE ? The partisan crowd at the men's lacrosse game at Homewood Field on Saturday had issues.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

Men's swimming left in Crimson's wake at Easterns

With the first place in the Eastern Championship out of reach by the time of the 400-meter free relay ? the final event of this weekend ? the Princeton men's swimming and diving team and its legion of fans were anything but defeated as the meet came to its end.The Tigers and their fans, cheering at the top of their lungs, had DeNunzio louder than at any point this weekend as they watched the final swimmer ? senior captain Jamie Holder ? power into the wall ahead of the favored Harvard relay, giving Princeton its first victory in that event at Easterns since 1980."It was just amazing.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

Denbo's triumph paces men's track at IC4As

With 78 teams and 1,732 athletes, the 79th Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Championships is the largest and oldest collegiate indoor track meet in the nation.

SPORTS | 03/05/2000

To secure home ice for playoffs, m. hockey must win on the road

When the men's hockey team last met Cornell and Colgate Dec. 3-4, sophomore goalie Dave Stathos had possibly the best weekend of his career to lead the Tigers to two victories.This weekend, Stathos might have to do it again to give the Tigers home ice in the first round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs next weekend.Princeton (10-13-3 overall, 8-8-3 ECAC) sit in a four-way tie for third in the ECAC with Clarkson, Dartmouth and Renssalaer going into this weekend's series.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Peterman returns as softball's leader

On most teams, the seniors provide leadership and guidance for the rest of the team, leading by example.The softball team has only one senior, but the example that No.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

'A new era': Young men's lax looks to bring back national title

During the 1990s, the men's lacrosse team enjoyed a decade of dominance. Five national championships, seven Ivy League titles, 10 NCAA tournament appearances.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

A New Role for Chris Berrier

With the disappearance of last year's defensive unit, the men's lacrosse team must now turn to its inexperienced youth.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Softball looks to recapture glory days of mid-1990s

In the recent history of Princeton softball teams, rosters have been full of talented players who can 'flat-out play' softball.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Brown men's hoops hopes 50th time a charm at Jadwin Saturday

There is home-court advantage. And then there is this.It is a known fact that teams play better at home.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Long in the shadows, Maddox steps into the spotlight for women's lax

Hilary Maddox stepped cheerfully onto the field for her first collegiate lacrosse practice, eager to begin experiencing the differences between a low-key high school environment to playing for a top Division I school.Three miles and several sprints later, she doubled over in the middle of the field and threw up, stumbling to the ground.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Host men's swimming looks to shock the world

After a sound defeat at the hands of Harvard at this year's Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, the Princeton men's swim team knows what most people expect this weekend at the Eastern Championships at DeNunzio Pool ? the Crimson will be crowned champ for the fifth consecutive year while the Tigers will once again be relegated to runner-up status.But head coach Rob Orr and his swimmers have a different perspective.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Women's lax seeks to topple Big Green, earn bid to 'Big Dance'

For most programs, having a player named preseason second team All-America would be an honor, but for the women's lacrosse team it represents something different.

SPORTS | 03/02/2000

Wrestling heads to Easterns

He's faster than a locomotive. He plays bass in the orchestra. He pinned the 15th ranked wrestler in the nation.

SPORTS | 03/01/2000

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

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