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Men's Volleyball: Siroky leads comeback to secure playoff spot

Men's Volleyball: Siroky leads comeback to secure playoff spot

On March 3, the men’s volleyball team began to watch its postseason chances slowly crumble after losing to Harvard in a five-set thriller. Princeton would embark on a five-game losing streak in the EIVA, dropping in league standings with each loss. The Tigers needed to break back into the top four to reclaim a spot in the postseason, which meant winning their last two conference matches. They could only qualify for the playoffs by being nothing less than perfect.

SPORTS | 04/22/2012

Tennis: Men's coach Michibata resigns after 12-year tenure

After the conclusion of his 12th season as head coach of the men’s tennis team, Glenn Michibata resigned Monday from his position. Princeton lost its last two games of the season this past weekend, ending its Ivy title hopes and signaling the conclusion of Michibata’s Princeton career with a 145-121 record.

SPORTS | 04/22/2012

Women's Lacrosse: Hosts drop No. 8 Dartmouth, keep postseason hopes alive

The women’s lacrosse team pulled off a crucial 12-9 upset of Ivy League rival Dartmouth at 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon. By beating the No. 8 Big Green, which was previously undefeated in conference play, No. 20 Princeton (7-6 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) kept its playoff hopes alive and remained in a three-way tie for third place in the conference.

SPORTS | 04/22/2012

Baseball: After losing 3 of 4, Tigers need sweep to return to ILCS

After a disappointing series at Columbia, the baseball team will need to pull out all the stops next week against Cornell to keep its hopes for a repeat Ivy League Championship alive. The Tigers’ reliable defense came up short this weekend in three of four outings against the Lions, while Cornell won its series at Penn, leaving Princeton (17-22 overall, 9-7 Ivy League) three games behind the Big Red with four head-to-head meetings remaining.

SPORTS | 04/22/2012

On Tap with ... Jonathan York

The players of the baseball team (16-14 overall, 9-3 Ivy League) always look their best, thanks to sophomore third baseman Jonathan York. The Atlanta native and self-proclaimed “fashion police” said that his role is the most important on the team, contributing to its successes this season. With an important weekend against Columbia (14-21, 6-6) coming up, the team will need York’s skill, humor and fashion sense to succeed.

SPORTS | 04/19/2012

Women's Lacrosse: Princeton’s post-season hopes at stake

With the regular season coming to a finish in the next two weeks, every game left on the women’s lacrosse team’s schedule is critical in determining if it qualifies for the post-season Ivy League Tournament. The conference standings are currently close, with No. 20 Princeton (6-6 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) in a three-way tie for third place with No. 13 Cornell and Harvard.

SPORTS | 04/19/2012

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers look for revenge at Harvard

For the men’s lacrosse team, the road to Cambridge this weekend may not dramatically change its post-season plans, but it certainly will determine the difficulty. No. 13 Princeton (8-3 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) has clinched one of the top three spots in the Ivy League tournament, while its host, Harvard (6-6, 2-2), is still looking to clinch a spot in the four-team season-ending event.

SPORTS | 04/19/2012

Column: Playoff benefits Ivy League lacrosse

When the No. 13 men’s lacrosse team left the field at the end of its 21-6 shellacking of a wildly overmatched Dartmouth side last Saturday, the celebration was more than just an acknowledgement of a convincing win. The Tigers had clinched a return to the Ivy League Tournament, the three-game extravaganza held on the first weekend of May that has quickly turned into one of the most exciting events in Princeton’s corner of the college sports world.

SPORTS | 04/19/2012

Basketball: Columbia coach discusses pros of tourney proposal

Earlier this week, The Daily Princetonian heard from several Ivy League basketball players with mixed feelings on the idea of a potential conference tournament. The ‘Prince’ recently spoke with Columbia men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith, who has been in charge of drafting the tournament proposal that will be discussed by league administrators.

SPORTS | 04/19/2012

Softball: Junior’s deception fools Ivy League hitters

Nine years ago, 12-year-old Liza Kuhn decided to pick up softball after years of playing Wiffle ball with her family in the backyard of her home in Middletown, N.J. In order to pursue softball, she gave up gymnastics, which she had been doing for several years.“It only took a few weeks to realize that I loved the game for its competitiveness and sense of team,” Kuhn said. Kuhn threw two-and-a-third innings in the second game of Princeton's doubleheader on Wednesday, allowing one run, but Princeton dropped both contests at Lehigh, 3-1 and 2-0.

SPORTS | 04/18/2012

Profile: Helping casual athletes ‘join the club’

There are 36 active club sports on Princeton’s campus, which include everything from ballroom dancing to rugby to baseball to powerlifting. But the club sports program has not always been so successful. It wasn’t until Mitch Reum was hired as the assistant director of campus recreation for sport clubs that the University decided to separate the administration of club and intramural sports.

SPORTS | 04/18/2012

Men's Volleyball: 5-set comeback saves Tigers’ playoff hopes

After a thrilling comeback win over the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the men’s volleyball team remains on the hunt for an EIVA playoff spot. The Tigers (12-9 overall, 6-7 EIVA) dropped the first two sets against the Highlanders (12-16, 5-8), but the hosts won the final three to stay in post-season contention.

SPORTS | 04/18/2012

Around the Ivies: Softball on track for all-red series

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Harvard and Cornell are on track to repeat as division champions. Can anyone spoil the all-red Ivy League Championship Series? We break it down here:

SPORTS | 04/18/2012

Sports Shorts: Princeton Nine falls, 8-4

The baseball team lost 8-4 to St. John’s in a non-conference game on Wednesday evening. Junior shortstop Matt Bowman collected two hits, but the rest of the Tigers combined for only three as the Red Storm led from start to finish.

SPORTS | 04/18/2012

Tigers’ tunes vary greatly by sport

While the baseball team is warming up before a game, Clarke Field could easily be mistaken for any diamond in the South. The midday sun is shining, the mosquitoes are gnawing and Tim McGraw is blaring over the loudspeakers. But a trip across Washington Road to Sherrerd Field at 1952 Stadium, where the men’s lacrosse team warms up to a pregame mix of Quintino and Swedish House Mafia, presents an entirely different atmosphere.

SPORTS | 04/17/2012

On Tap with ... Luke Armour

Junior attackman Luke Armour hails from Upper Montclair, N.J., about an hour north of the Orange Bubble, and holds a diploma from the local Lawrenceville School. Last year, he finished fourth on the men’s lacrosse team with 14 points while boasting an impressive shooting percentage of 29 percent, the highest of any multi-goal scorer on the roster.

SPORTS | 04/17/2012

Crew: Tough races bring mixed success

The men’s and women’s crews came back to Princeton on great highs and lows, as some teams succeeded and others did not. On the whole, the men’s crew came up relatively empty-handed compared to the women’s teams on a weekend that featured some incredibly tight matchups between highly ranked teams.

SPORTS | 04/17/2012

Column: Alumni show contrasting styles of NHL players

Playoff hockey is in full swing, and that can mean only one thing: The intensity of the competition has been ratcheted up, players are getting chippy and it’s time to discuss once again whether fighting enhances or detracts from the game.

SPORTS | 04/17/2012

Women's Water Polo: Tigers win Southerns in exciting finale

“All I kept thinking was that we needed to score and at the last minute possible,” junior attack Brittany Zwirner said.She saved just 2.4 seconds to score her final goal, a game-winning shot to give the women’s water polo team a 9-8 win over Brown and the Southern Division Title. It was the seventh Southerns victory in school history, as the Tigers took down George Washington, Bucknell and Brown in the process.

SPORTS | 04/16/2012

Tennis: Women sweep at home; men lose perfect record

The men’s tennis team suffered its first Ivy League loss on Saturday, falling to No. 62 Dartmouth 4-3 before losing to No. 24 Harvard 5-2 the following day. The women’s team swept its Dartmouth and Harvard counterparts, defeating Dartmouth 6-1 and No. 72 Harvard 4-3. The victories over the Big Green and the Crimson propelled the women to second place in the Ivy League, while the two losses the men suffered dropped them to a two-way tie for second place.

SPORTS | 04/16/2012

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