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Hard-fought defeat to Columbia offers wrestling reasons for optimism

Hard-fought defeat to Columbia offers wrestling reasons for optimism

A tough loss to Columbia disappointed the wrestling team over Intersession, but it may turn out to be just what the Tigers needed to increase motivation and focus as the team heads into the most intense part of its season.Princeton equaled Columbia for individual wins, splitting the 10 bouts down the middle, but Lion heavyweight David Boyuk helped shift the advantage towards Columbia with the only pin of the competition, giving the Lions a 19-15 win."We had to move our weight classes around," head coach Mike New said.

SPORTS | 01/31/2000

Weekend split keeps women's hockey on playoff bubble

With the league tournament looming just a month away, the women's hockey team did not assert itself this weekend.

SPORTS | 01/31/2000

Women's squash narrowly falls to Penn

There's a first time for everything. This past Wednesday, the women's squash team experienced a first that it did not enjoy, as it lost to Pennsylvania, 5-4.In the 24-year history of Penn's women's squash program, the Quakers, the nation's top-ranked team, had never defeated Princeton (5-1 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) until last week.

SPORTS | 01/31/2000

W. tennis phenom Krishnamurthy streaks to 24 straight match wins

While the heart of the women's tennis team's spring season will not arrive until March, the Tigers' freshman phenom Kavitha Krishnamurthy showed the prowess of midseason strength over Intersession by claiming the individual title at the Georgia Invitational Jan.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

Mixed results for men's volleyball in California homecoming

Although the men's volleyball team's post-exam itinerary included a journey through laid-back California to open its season, Princeton could find no relaxation on the West Coast while facing some of its toughest competition of the year.The Tigers (1-2 overall) opened against defending NCAA Division III champion La Verne (0-6) Jan.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

Struggling to stay afloat, w. hoops sinks to the bottom of the Ivy League

Like a wave on the sea shore, the Princeton women's basketball team crashed upon its opponents this intersession.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

Men's and women's swimming excel over break in preparation for H-Y-Ps

After women's swimming head coach Susan Teeter's landmark 100th career win at the women's swim meet this weekend in New York City, there were cheers, celebrating and even a huge orange and black banner, courtesy of the swimmers and their parents, to welcome Teeter into the "Century Club."But Teeter did not receive the traditional push in the water for such a grand accomplishment.The Tigers (8-0 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) dominated Columbia by the score of 138-95, but their coach knew that it wasn't time for a full celebration."Teeter is extraordinarily modest when it comes to this sort of stuff," senior captain Alyson Goodner said.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

Men's hoops opens Ivies with two wins

NEW YORK CITY ? Despite the fact that junior forward Nathan Walton's weekend statistics show just two minutes, two points and two rebounds, those in attendance Saturday night at Levien Gymnasium in New York City would agree his contribution was much greater than those numbers indicate.With the men's basketball team (10-7 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) clinging to a five-point advantage, sophomore center Chris Young's fourth foul with five minutes, ten seconds to play forced head coach Bill Carmody to call on the injured Walton to protect the lead.Walton entered the game and immediately wrestled down an important defensive rebound, despite his broken right hand, which was protected by a clumsy cast.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

Men's hockey falls to 7th place with three straight losses

Chalk it up to traditional post-break rustiness, or perhaps place the blame on old-fashioned poor play.Whatever the reason, the men's hockey team took a step backward in its first three games after a two-week layoff, dropping all three contests to fall to 6-10-3 overall on the season.A 6-2 loss to Rensselaer Friday and a 3-1 loss to Union Saturday at Baker Rink left Princeton tied for seventh in the Eastern College Athletic Conference with a 4-5-3 league record.

SPORTS | 01/30/2000

League-title race remains wide open in parity-filled Ivies

In the midst of a 16-day layoff between games, the women's basketball team has done a lot of watching and waiting.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

While men's hoops, Penn stay away, other six Ivies play

The men's basketball team has seen the scores: Princeton loses at Kansas by 15, and the Jayhawks then blow out Penn by 46.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

Hughes comes from Nebraska to Nassau Hall

He is a plainspoken Nebraskan. He is 40 years old. He holds a Ph.D. in exercise physiology. He just came down from Hanover, N.H., and he brought the weather with him.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

From tournament games to season-opening losses, reflections of a journalist

If you follow Princeton athletics at all, you know where you were when the Palestra Miracle happened.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

In more than three years of Princeton sports, five moments stand out

I am not an expert on Princeton athletics, by any means. But I have seen my fair share of sporting events in three and a half years as a sports reporter and editor for the Daily Princetonian.Of the countless games, press conferences and road trips, certain moments stick out ? moments I don't think I will ever forget.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

Hughes are you?: Little-known assistant becomes new head football coach

After a seven-week national search, the University announced at a press conference Friday morning that the 80 candidates to be its next football head coach had been winnowed down to one ? Roger Hughes, Dartmouth's offensive coordinator.A self-proclaimed "long-shot" candidate to replace Steve Tosches, who resigned Nov.

SPORTS | 01/16/2000

M. squash falls to Harvard

The men's squash team lost to Harvard, 4-1, Sunday in the finals of the United States Squash and Racquet Association Five-man Team Tournament, ending an impressive run for the Tigers.Princeton had defeated the United States Junior National Team in the semifinals before falling to the Crimson."It was tough coming back from break," senior No.

SPORTS | 01/11/2000

Veteran men's volleyball seeks return to glory days

Last year, it would have been impossible for the men's volleyball team to live up to the expectations set by the previous year's miraculous journey to Hawaii ? and the NCAA Final Four.

SPORTS | 01/11/2000

Swimming defeats Rutgers amid tough training period

This is the most vulnerable time for the Princeton men's and women's swimming teams.Deep in the middle of their most intense training of the season, where tired and worn-out bodies are the norm at practice, both teams had to defend their spotless records against intrastate rival Rutgers this past weekend at DeNunzio Pool.Possible upsets were brewing.But the Tiger swimming teams proved themselves invulnerable to such challenges, continuing their undefeated seasons by defeating Rutgers, 167-121 in men's competition and 178-117 in women's competition.The men's team (6-0 overall, 3-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League), however, thought at first that something might be in the air.

SPORTS | 01/11/2000

Stoic Morrow sets tone for men's volleyball

Jason Morrow has always been the center of attention, but the senior setter for the men's volleyball team would be the first to say that he is a star by coincidence and not by design.According to the second-year captain of a team looking for its first Final Four trip since Morrow's sophomore year, leadership is "inherent to being a setter ? it comes with the position."The role of the setter on any volleyball team is to position the ball for the hitters in the front row, a job Morrow has handled with ease since his freshman year."From Day One he stepped in and didn't miss a beat," head coach Glenn Nelson says of the talented Morrow.

SPORTS | 01/11/2000

Wrestling takes 16th place

In their opening competition of the year 2000, the wrestling team was hoping that the New Year would bring with it a fresh start ? and more promising results on the scoreboard.Unfortunately for Princeton, Saturday's Millersville Invitational did not give the Tigers the strong team showing they were looking for.Out of the 25-team field, Princeton finished a disappointing 16th with a team score of 48.5."It's just a tough time for us," head coach Michael New said.

SPORTS | 01/11/2000

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