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Women's squash squeaks past Yale to avoid repeat of Penn loss

Women's squash squeaks past Yale to avoid repeat of Penn loss

After falling to Penn for the first time ever Jan. 26, the women's squash team hoped that a return home would signal the start of a resurgence ? a final push that would propel Princeton to its third consecutive national championship.

SPORTS | 02/07/2000

Wrestling drops three despite Clarke's undefeated weekend

Although the wrestling team got swept under the mats once again this weekend, freshman Joe Clarke pulled out a broom of his own, recording an undefeated 3-0 record in the team's losing efforts.For the Tigers, the weekend sweep at the hands of Harvard, Brown and Drexel in Cambridge, Mass., highlighted once again the team's mounting troubles.For Clarke, the weekend sweep of his three 141-pound foes showed the promise of future individual glory.Against Ivy-rival Harvard Friday, the Tigers were crushed to the tune of a 37-3 loss.

SPORTS | 02/07/2000

Athlete of the Week: John Mack

Once again, senior sprinter John Mack staked a claim to the title of fastest man on campus. This time, the event was men's indoor track's Penn State-Princeton-Connecticut Triangular meet held Sunday in University Park, Pa.Mack's performance in the 400 meters bettered the previous meet record, posting a time of 48.17 seconds, Mack, who also competes in the 200 and in relays, has been a vital part of Princeton's success over the past few years.

SPORTS | 02/07/2000

W. hoops beats Brown for first Ivy win, then falls to Yale

This season for women's basketball has been a search for completeness. Earlier in the year, Princeton struggled to play a complete half without collapse, then a complete game.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

With Rocca and Gloger injured and looking on, the men's basketball team falls to Yale in New Haven for the second year in a row

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? Sophomore center Chris Young owned the Yale offense throughout the men's basketball team's game Saturday night, racking up six blocks and generally dominating the middle.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

W. track prevails over Penn, while men's track falls at Penn State

As the indoor track season heads into the most important stretch of the year, including the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet next weekend, in Cambridge, Mass., and the Heptagonal Championships at the end of the month in Hanover, N.H., both the men's and women's teams are managing to gain valuable meet experience by facing quality competition.The men's and women's indoor track teams were both in action this Saturday, with the women pulling out a close victory over archrival Penn (66-61) at Jadwin Gym and the men facing top-tier competition at the Penn State-Princeton-UConn Triangular meet.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

M. hockey goes winless on weekend, falls to 10th in ECAC

On last year's trek to upstate New York, the men's hockey team opened its Eastern College Athletic Conference campaign with wins over Clarkson and St.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

George Mason whitewashes men's volleyball, 3-0

The men's volleyball team hoped that starting the season against some tough competition in California would give it a boost going into its Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association schedule.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

Brown, Yale to visit women's hoops

'Must-win' time has arrived earlier than anticipated for women's basketball. Expecting to compete for the Ivy League title at the beginning of the season, the Tigers (3-14 overall, 0-3 Ivy) have floundered and need two wins against Brown and Yale this weekend if they are to have any chance of winning the crown.Princeton enters the weekend with three losses in Ivy play.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

M. hockey faces ECAC pair

When the men's hockey team travels to New York this weekend, it will face two opponents that started the season in the same place but have since taken divergent paths.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

Gloger sprains ankle, could miss weekend

This weekend, the members of the men's basketball team may learn exactly how tough they really are.With many of its regular starters out with injuries, the team that head coach Bill Carmody will take with him on the road for games against Ivy League foes Brown (6-10 overall, 3-1 Ivy) and Yale (5-11, 3-1) has about as many unknowns as the lineup of baseball's Kansas City Royals."It's a little rough," Carmody said.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

Selfless Holmes leads women's hockey

Freshmen forward Nikola Holmes doesn't play hockey because it's in her blood. She and her family are originally from California.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

Head coach Roger Hughes: A New Game Plan for Football

Everyone has something nice to say about new head football coach Roger Hughes ? former players, coaches, associates and now current ones, too.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

Men's hockey rival Vermont cancels season after hazing cover-up

The University of Vermont cancelled its men's hockey season Jan. 14 in the wake of freshman walk-on Corey Latulippe's suit alleging that he was hazed during a team initiation earlier this academic year.According to the Associated Press, the University has acknowledged that players were "coerced into drinking large amounts of alcohol, parading naked while holding one another's genitals and engaging in other degrading activities."Princeton senior captain Darren Yopyk said, "Obviously it's a really serious offense.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

Hughes could bring a bonfire

In Hanover, N.H., a bonfire is not a very big deal. It's special. But it's also a guaranteed yearly phenomenon.Every single fall during every single Homecoming weekend, Dartmouth's campus flocks to its fabled 'Green' to revel in the glow of a bonfire ? no matter how that year's football team happened to perform.In Princeton, N.J., bonfires are quite a different story ? as Old Nassau's underclassmen may need reminding.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

Q & A with Roger Hughes

Roger Hughes is the new head coach of football. He recently sat down with senior writer Andrew Funk.P: Were you surprised you got this job?RH: Yes.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

Men's swimming captains seek to reclaim glory at H-Y-Ps

Last year, the men's swimming team was sorely disappointed in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, losing to both rivals by over 60 points.

SPORTS | 02/01/2000

Health concerns test m. hoops' depth

Seventeen games into its season, two games into its Ivy League schedule, the men's basketball team is learning some new things.

SPORTS | 02/01/2000

Deep men's, women's fencing rout overmatched competition at Vassar invite

While most Princetonians were off campus, relaxing in the sun or the snow, the men's and women's fencing teams were hard at work this Intersession.The double practices all week proved beneficial Sunday when the Tigers dispatched the rest of the competition at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

SPORTS | 02/01/2000

Women's hoops refuses to shy from top foes

While its academic strength is unmatched, when it comes to women's basketball, the Ivy League is lightly regarded around the rest of the country.

SPORTS | 02/01/2000

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