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Junior Mack Darrow is a center on the men’s basketball team. He has averaged 6.8 points per game this season — the fourth-highest on the team — and he played a big supporting role in the team’s achievement of the Ivy League title last season, even though he is too modest to admit it. Darrow recently spoke with the ‘Prince’ about 1,000-piece puzzles, his athletic role model Brian Cardinal and junior forward Ian Hummer’s questionable diet.

SPORTS | 02/28/2012

Men's Lacrosse: Young guns lead renewed contender

Men's Lacrosse: Young guns lead renewed contender

One year after dropping its 2011 season opener at Hofstra 11-9, the men’s lacrosse team exacted revenge on the Pride in a convincing 12-6 victory at Sherrerd Field on Saturday. The win leaves Princeton, who won only four of its 12 games last season, with high hopes of turning its program around and competing for an NCAA tournament bid.

SPORTS | 02/27/2012

Women's Lacrosse: ’Nova no match for balanced execution

A team effort, led by junior attacker Jaci Gassaway’s seven points, propelled the women’s lacrosse team to its first victory in its season opener at Villanova on Saturday afternoon. The No. 8 Tigers defeated the Wildcats with a decisive score of 16-3 on a cold and windy day. Netting their first goal before five minutes had ticked off the clock, Princeton dominated from the start and maintained its energy and intensity throughout the game.

SPORTS | 02/27/2012

Tennis: Doubleheader provides swift sweep for Princeton

The men’s and women’s tennis teams continued dual match play this weekend, as the men hosted Buffalo and Fairleigh Dickinson in a doubleheader on Sunday and the women traveled to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic. The men’s team swept its doubleheader while the No. 40 women’s team was swept in three matches.

SPORTS | 02/27/2012

Women's Swimming & Diving: Tigers can’t outpace Crimson, finish 2nd

After three days of fierce competition, the women’s swimming and diving team finished in second place in the Ivy League Championship meet. The 1310.5 points scored by the Tigers were not enough to defeat rival Harvard, which ended with 1478.5 points.

SPORTS | 02/27/2012

Men's Hockey: Regular season closes with rematch ahead

Despite superior performances by junior Mike Condon and sophomore Sean Bonar in the cage, the men’s hockey team finished its regular-season play against Yale and Brown at Baker Rink without a win. Even with the goaltender’s guard, the Tigers (8-14-7 overall, 6-12-4 ECAC Hockey) were dropped 5-2 by the Bulldogs and, in a battle for last place, tied the Bears 2-2. With the regular season complete, Princeton’s 11th place conference finish sets up a rematch with sixth-seeded Yale in the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

SPORTS | 02/27/2012

Women's Hockey: Princeton bounced by 1st-round losses

The final two games of the season for the women’s hockey team were a lot like the previous 29: The Tigers outshot their opponent, their offense was anchored by sophomore forwards Sally Butler and Denna Laing and senior Rachel Weber dominated in the net, but it wasn’t quite enough.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Track & Field: Dinkins’ painful lap wins Heptagonals

The men’s track and field team led Cornell by 10 points in the Ivy League championships as the meet arrived to the final event, the 4x400m. For the Tigers to win, all they needed was a single point in the 4x400m — an event in which they had the league’s second best time. Everything was going fine until the second leg. Running fast and in great position, all of a sudden junior Russell Dinkins pulled up lame, his hamstring torn. Cornell was in first, on its way to 10 more points, and Princeton was on the verge of not finishing.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Men's Basketball: Dropped by the Crimson, cagers left on outside looking in

The men’s basketball game began its weekend with a crucial rematch against the Ivy League’s first place Harvard Crimson (24-4 overall, 10-2 Ivy League). Despite impressive shooting from senior forward Pat Saunders and a lead that lasted over 18 minutes, Princeton (16-11, 7-4) fell three points shy of victory in a heartbreaking 67-64 loss.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Basketball: 3 up, 3 down: Tigers earn 3rd straight Ivy championship

The women’s basketball team clinched its third consecutive Ivy League championship with a 94-57 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium. The victory guaranteed the Tigers (21-4 overall, 11-0 Ivy League) another trip to the NCAA Tournament and another chance to advance past the opening round for the first time in program history.“I told our kids in there that it looks like you’re used to winning, but, to us in this locker room we know what it is, that you’re used to earning wins,” head coach Courtney Banghart said.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Squash: Howe Cup semifinals mark end of the road

The women’s squash team’s season culminated this weekend with the Howe Cup. The Tigers finished fourth in the annual national tournament after competing against the top eight teams.After having lost to No. 2 Yale 7-2 in the semifinals the day before, the Tigers faced No. 5 Trinity for third place. Although No. 3 Princeton pushed its opponent, the Tigers were unable to come out on top, ultimately falling 7-2 in the season’s final team match.

SPORTS | 02/26/2012

Women's Basketball: 3 up, 3 down: Tigers earn 3rd straight Ivy championship

The women’s basketball team clinched its third consecutive Ivy League championship with a 94-57 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday at Jadwin Gymnasium. The victory guaranteed the Tigers (21-4 overall, 11-0 Ivy League) another trip to the NCAA Tournament and another chance to advance past the opening round for the first time in program history.“I told our kids in there that it looks like you’re used to winning, but, to us in this locker room we know what it is, that you’re used to earning wins,” head coach Courtney Banghart said.

SPORTS | 02/24/2012

Women's Basketball: Princeton 2 victories from Ivy League title

This weekend, the women’s basketball team needs to complete one more sweep of Ivy League opponents to clinch a share of the conference title. Princeton hosts Harvard on Friday night and will then face Dartmouth on Saturday.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Women's Hockey: Postseason opens with series at Harvard

The women’s ice hockey team skates into Cambridge this weekend to open up the ECAC tournament against second-seeded No. 8 Harvard. The Tigers (12-13-4 overall, 10-10-2 ECAC Hockey) enter with a bit of momentum — a two-game winning streak, albeit against ECAC cellar dwellers Rensselaer and Union.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers look for sweep of 1st-place Crimson

The men’s basketball team will ship up to Boston this Friday to take on a Harvard squad that currently sits atop the Ivy League with a glimmering 9-1 conference record. The Tigers are the only Ivy League team to have defeated the Crimson this season, and they could slow down Harvard’s runaway quest for a league title with its second conference loss of the year.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Men's Hockey: Final home weekend for seniors at Baker Rink

Returning from a crucial road win against Rensselaer this past weekend, the men’s hockey team skates onto Baker Rink for its final pair of games in the 2011-12 regular season. Princeton (8-13-6 overall, 6-11-3 ECAC Hockey) will host league opponents Yale and Brown on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The Tigers last faced this rival pair on the road in early January, when they edged the Bears in a 3-2 overtime win in Providence but fell to the Bulldogs 6-2 the next night.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Live Blog: Women's Basketball vs. Harvard

The women's basketball team is two victories away from clinching a share of its third straight Ivy League title. Follow the action live as Princeton hosts Harvard at 7 p.m. on Friday night!

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Women's Squash: Possible rematches loom at Howe Cup

Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the Big Three of the Ivy League, enter this weekend as the first, second and third seeds at the College Squash Association Team Championships. The women’s squash team travels to Cambridge, Mass., for the Howe Cup to determine the national champion.

SPORTS | 02/23/2012

Alumni: Bradley ’80 serves a nation in turmoil

Five months after Bob Bradley ’80 was appointed head coach of the Egyptian men’s soccer team in September, tensions between the United States and Egypt are running high, and revolutionary violence and turmoil continue to plague the latter country.“We all felt it was important to be in Sphinx Square with the people and make sure that in a simple way we were showing our respect,” Bradley said in a telephone interview from his home in Cairo, referring to the location of the march.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Around the Ivies: Men's Basketball

As the Ivy League men’s basketball season nears its conclusion, the conference champion has yet to be decided, and the battle for second place is even more fierce. With two full weekends remaining before the classic Princeton-Penn finale, here’s how the standings shape up.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

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