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Tigers sandwich weekend with sweeps of Springfield, cellar-dwelling Southampton

Tigers sandwich weekend with sweeps of Springfield, cellar-dwelling Southampton

The men's volleyball team was hoping to use this weekend's matches in the friendly confines of Dillon Gym to climb the standings in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association before heading on the road for the next five contests.As the Tigers discovered, however, things don't always turn out as planned.Princeton (5-5 overall, 4-3 EIVA) managed to win the first and third matches of the weekend, dropping the second in a heart breaking five-game loss to visiting Juniata (5-6, 2-4). The Tigers pounded a weak Southampton (0-10, 0-4) team Friday, coasting to a three-game win ? 15-5, 15-8, 15-11 ? and rallied from Saturday's loss to beat Springfield College (7-5, 4-3) by scores of 15-4, 15-7, 15-9, Monday.The second game in the match against Southampton opened with several lineup changes on the Princeton side of the net, including a rare substitution for senior setter and captain Jason Morrow."They're not as strong as they've been in the past," head coach Glenn Nelson said.

SPORTS | 02/22/2000

Bhupathi takes second at Invitational

With the surge of the Princeton women's tennis team to No. 46 in the nation, in particular the rise to No.

SPORTS | 02/21/2000

No. 1 Trinity downs men's squash

Marcus Cowie was tired. Trinity had already claimed the regular-season national squash championship earlier in the afternoon, streaking to a 7-1 lead entering the final match Saturday at Jadwin Gym.Princeton (9-1) had lost, but there was a new battle now transpiring on court No.

SPORTS | 02/21/2000

New practice room highlights hectic week for wrestling

With only a few more weeks left in the wrestling season, Princeton is determined to take advantage of every remaining moment.

SPORTS | 02/21/2000

Women's hockey's playoff hopes dim following pair of losses

The 'tables' of the Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey standings were set going into this weekend's two away games.Princeton entered the weekend in eighth place in the ECAC and riding high off a two-game winning streak.

SPORTS | 02/21/2000

Men's hoops finds range, sweeps Ivy weekend pair

If there were any questions about whether or not the young men's basketball team would rebound from the loss to Penn, they were answered this weekend.After shooting a meager 29 percent against the Quakers Tuesday, Princeton lit up Cornell and Columbia with better than 50 percent shooting in both games.

SPORTS | 02/20/2000

Penn wrests national crown from women's squash, 5-4

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Seniors Blair Irwin and Liz Kelly hoped that when they graduated they would be able to join an elite group of Princeton graduates ? one that has been populated most recently by former members of the men's lacrosse team.

SPORTS | 02/20/2000

Retooled defense keys w. hoops' sweep through Empire State

Much like a person rummaging through a lost-and-found bin, the women's basketball team has finally felt the euphoria of locating a long-lost item.This weekend, the team rediscovered its defense en route to its first Ivy League weekend sweep of the season.Friday night in New York City, Princeton (6-17 overall, 3-6 Ivy League) knocked off Columbia (4-16, 3-5) in a 62-44 slugfest.

SPORTS | 02/20/2000

Win over Dartmouth propels m. hockey into fourth-place tie

Before yesterday's game against Dartmouth, men's hockey head coach Don Cahoon figured that three or four goals would be enough for his team to claim a victory.

SPORTS | 02/20/2000

Underdog w. squash hopes to capture Howe Cup

The women's squash team may be hoping to "three-peat" this weekend as national champions, but what Princeton specifically wishes for is a repeat of its performance at last year's Howe Cup, the tournament that determines the national champion.Last year, the Tigers lost in the regular season to Harvard, which took the Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 02/17/2000

Sharp-shooting Austin leads upset-minded Columbia against men's basketball

With Tuesday's loss to Penn now behind them, the men's basketball team begins the second half of the league season with "must-win" attached to each of the remaining games.Another misstep and the Tigers will be all-but-mathematically eliminated from postseason contention for the first time in four seasons.

SPORTS | 02/17/2000

Q&A: Julia Beaver

Julia Beaver is the junior No. 1 for the women's squash team. She recently sat down with staff writer Sara Conrath.'Prince': How has it felt the past two years winning the national championship?

SPORTS | 02/17/2000

Krishnamurthy, women's tennis to host Invitational this weekend

Four floors below the Jadwin 'Jungle,' an extraordinary Tiger is holding court.It is a far cry from the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon upon which she has twice played in the junior competition.

SPORTS | 02/17/2000

Women's hoops looks to avenge losses to Cornell, Columbia

Between any two points there lies a line that is strewn with obstacles that thwart its natural continuum.

SPORTS | 02/17/2000

Poor defense plagues w. hoops' season

The Ivy League women's basketball season starts with an eight-way tie for first place. Each team has the same record and must play the same 14-game schedule.This year, many observers expected Princeton to break the tie in the early going and rise to the top of the conference standings.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

Men's, women's fencing defeat Penn in only home meet

The men's and women's fencing teams took big steps toward respective Ivy League titles last night at Jadwin Gym.The women (14-2 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) never let Penn in the contest, sweeping the Quakers in all three weapons.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

Women's tennis ranked 46th in new ITA poll

With the release of yesterday's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings, the women's tennis team has once again proven itself to be the cream of the Ivy League crop.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

Women's hockey faces pivotal weekend

The guest list hasn't quite been finished yet. Some already know that they'll be going; others aren't so sure.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

W. water polo tops Villanova

After losing a 3-1 halftime lead last night and facing a suddenly hot Villanova team, the freshman-laden women's water polo team could have folded.Princeton (1-0 overall, 0-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) responded like veterans, however, and came back to score eight of the last nine goals to take a 12-5 victory at DeNunzio Pool.The Tigers came back from a 4-4 tie and dominated the second half, pulling away with a surge over a Wildcat team that looked lethargic in the latter stages of the game."It's good to have the first game out of the way," head coach Luis Nicolao said.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

One game at a time for men's hockey

Normally, this weekend would be seen as a much-needed reprieve from a grueling Eastern College Athletic Conference schedule.

SPORTS | 02/16/2000

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