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SPORTS: Women's club rugby: Tigers hold off Brown to win Ivy title

SPORTS: Women's club rugby: Tigers hold off Brown to win Ivy title

BY STEPHEN WOOD Sports Editor The women’s club rugby team went as far as taking turf from its home field with it to the Ivy League championship this weekend, and though the action unfolded in Providence, the Tigers played as if they were back in Old Nassau.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

SPORTS: Tennis: Men and women begin Ivy play with defeats of Penn

BY ANDREW SUN Staff Writer The men’s and women’s tennis teams played Penn on Saturday to open their Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

SPORTS: Football: Prized QB recruit drops Vanderbilt commitment for Princeton

BY HILLARY DODYK Staff Writer Players and coaches have claimed for the past several seasons that Princeton football is on the rise and that the program is being successfully turned around, and it is now possible that potential recruits are taking notice as well.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

SPORTS: Crew: All four teams dominate on Lake Carnegie

BY GINA TALT Staff Writer All four of Princeton’s men’s and women’s crews competed at home over the weekend – the only time they will all be on Carnegie Lake at the same time this season, and all four varsity boats came away with first-place finishes. The men’s heavyweights opened up the weekend with a scrimmage sweep of Syracuse and Georgetown on Saturday morning.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

Men and women open Ivy play with wins over Penn

Andrew Sun

The men’s and women’s tennis teams played Penn on Saturday to open their Ivy League season. Both teams got off to a good start against the Quakers as the men’s team won 4-3, and the women’s team 6-1. The men’s team, ranked 52nd in the nation, came out with the lead early on as the third doubles combination of junior Augie Bloom and senior Matt Siow defeated Penn’s Jeremy Court and Kyle Roth.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

Quadruple victory for Princeton crew

All four of Princeton?s men?s and women?s crews competed at home over the weekend ? the only time they will all be on Carnegie Lake at the same time this season, and all four varsity boats came away with first-place finishes. The men?s heavyweights opened up the weekend with a scrimmage sweep of Syracuse and Georgetown on Saturday morning.

SPORTS | 04/01/2013

SPORTS: Men's lacrosse: Offense shines in win over Brown

BY ALI GOEDECKE Senior Writer The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

SPORTS: Baseball: Tigers go 3-1 in Ivy play

BY HILARY DODYK Staff Writer The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday’s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Men's Swimming: Young team gains experience at NCAA championships, places 6 in top 30

The men?s swimming team left the three-day NCAA Championship Saturday without scoring any points but ready to get to work to make it back next year. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) sent a young squad to Indianapolis that included sophomores Connor Maher, Michael Strand and Harrison Wagner and freshmen Byron Sanborn, Sandy Bole and Teo D?Alessandro. Assistant coach Mitch Dalton noted that the young NCAA team is a result of very strong recruiting classes ? the class of 2015 was the 13th best recruiting class in the country, and the class of 2016 was the fifth best. ?Our freshman and sophomores kind of carried the team for us at Ivies, too.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Men's Lacrosse: Offense shines in win over Brown

Ali Goedecke

The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) had a comfortable 15-8 lead by the end of the game, but not without unfavorable numbers on the scoreboard in the first frame and a scare in the final quarter. Freshman attack Ryan Ambler kicked off a streak of nine unanswered goals against Brown (5-3, 1-1) in the middle 38 minutes.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Men's Volleyball: Princeton falls short against No. 13 Penn State in Dillon

After taking the first set 25-20, the men?s volleyball team kept the pressure on Penn State in the second as they pulled ahead to a 16-11 lead.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Baseball: Tigers go 3-1 to start Ivy play

The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday?s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Women's Lacrosse: Tigers upset No. 11 Big Red in Ithaca

The women?s lacrosse team stunned No. 11 Cornell on Saturday, winning its first road game of the year and staying perfect in the Ivy League as it defeated a top-20 opponent for the second time this season.

SPORTS | 03/31/2013

Women's Basketball: No. 1 Cagers look to extend Ivy League record winning streak

Shmuel Dresner

The women’s basketball team brings an Ivy League record 33 consecutive game winning streak to their last road trip of the season this weekend.

SPORTS | 03/01/2013

Men's Hockey: Princeton hits road for final regular season games

Saahil Madge

This weekend, the Princeton men’s hockey team (9-14-4 overall, 7-10-3 ECAC) closes out its regular season with two crucial conference games.

SPORTS | 03/01/2013

Men's Lacrosse: Hopkins to test Tigers

Ali Goedecke

The No. 12 men’s lacrosse team handled Hofstra with relative ease last week and the Tigers (1-0) refuse to be intimidated as they head south to Baltimore to play No.

SPORTS | 03/01/2013

Squash: Stars head to individual championships

Jack Rogers

This weekend, Princeton’s men’s and women’s squash teams will play in the final competition of the 2012-13 collegiate squash season, as the CSA Individual Championships commence Friday at Trinity College. A tough 5-4 loss in the semifinals of last Saturday’s CSA Team Championships crushed the hopes of Bob Callahan’s men’s team of winning a repeat national championship.

SPORTS | 03/01/2013

Men's basketball: Tigers set to battle Crimson for No. 1

Men's basketball: Tigers set to battle Crimson for No. 1

Hillary Dodyk

With the chance to hand Harvard its second loss in the Ivy League, this weekend could not be more crucial for the men’s basketball team.

SPORTS | 03/01/2013

Column: Drawing battle lines on the court

Kevin Whitaker

Two important lines are painted on each half of Carril Court, just like every other basketball court in the world.

SPORTS | 02/28/2013

Women's water polo: Freshman goalie Ashleigh Johnson makes a splash

Gina Talt

W hen a team loses a four-year starter to graduation, like the women’s water polo team did with goalie Kristen Ward ’12 last year, a period of transition in the following season is expected.

SPORTS | 02/28/2013

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