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

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

M. track takes second at home invite

After winning nearly half of the events at a track meet, a team usually expects to take home the overall title.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

M. hoops assistant Joe Scott '87 to fly solo as Air Force head coach

Men's basketball assistant coach Joe Scott '87 will be leaving the Princeton program next season to take over the head coaching position at Air Force, ending his seven-year stint with the Tiger coaching staff.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

Strong defensive effort helps men's lax to 28th straight Ivy win

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? The perfect weather for the men's lacrosse team's game against Brown on Saturday provided the ideal setting for a picnic.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

Softball sweeps Brown to give Cohen her 550th career victory

At a mediocre 11-17 before the start of Saturday's games, Princeton softball needed a jolt of excitement and intensity ? something to jump-start the Tigers' confidence and their chances at Ivy League glory.So when sophomore centerfielder Lori Volker scored from third after a bobbled ball by Brown second baseman Julia Iudicello, the Tigers' bolted out from the dugout to celebrate their second exciting final at-bat victory of the day versus Brown (5-17 overall, 0-2 Ivy League) in its first Ivy doubleheader of the season.Cheering wildly at home plate, Princeton (13-17, 2-0) was then given another reason to celebrate.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

With Young and Rowland on the mound, baseball earns confidence in two wins against Yale

One was the prize recruit in two sports. The other made the team as a walk-on. Both are members of the Class of 2002.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

Victory over Yale keeps women's lacrosse perfect in the Ivy League

There was a fumble, and the Princeton midfield scrambled, stunned. It was two minutes into the first half against Yale, and the women's lacrosse team was being sloppy, bungling passes and botching ground balls under a beating sun.Bulldog Kate Flately slipped in, scooped up the ball and darted downfield, dishing off to Clarissa Clarke, who dumped it into the goal.

SPORTS | 04/09/2000

Midway through Ivy slate, men's lax heads to Brown

In the last three games, their opponents have scored a total of 14 goals. During that same stretch, they have averaged 14 goals per game.

SPORTS | 04/06/2000

Crews seek to reclaim past glory by capturing national championships

Youthful. Deep. Hungry. These are the adjectives that describe Princeton crew this season. Though the crew programs have undergone changes in their lineups, they are all hoping to win national titles.The men's heavyweight team has endured the most drastic revamping.

SPORTS | 04/06/2000

Catcher turned pitcher Hildreth leads baseball to Monmouth win

In the top of the eighth inning yesterday, the baseball team needed an arm. In the bottom of that inning, it needed a bat.Facing Monmouth at Clarke Field, the Tigers got both from junior Casey Hildreth.Hildreth, who started yesterday's game as the designated hitter, singled in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth after pitching in the top half of the inning, earning the victory in baseball's 7-4 win over Monmouth.Depleted by two injured pitchers, sophomore Tommy Crenshaw and freshman Scott Hindman, the Princeton pitching staff had to call on someone else.

SPORTS | 04/06/2000

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