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Around the Ivies: Men's Basketball

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

Track & Field: Princeton preps for Heptagonals

The countdown to the Ivy League Championships is coming to an end. With just a couple of days before the meet, both the men’s and women’s track teams are preparing themselves for the big conference clash. Always a tight team battle, this year’s Heps competition in Ithaca, N.Y., is shaping up to be fought to the bitter end.“It’s an interesting meet from the point of view that there are four, maybe five, teams that will score a decent amount of points,” head women’s coach Peter Farrell said.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Q&A with Bob Bradley '80

Bob Bradley ’80, the current head coach of the Egyptian national soccer team, recently entered the international spotlight after attending a march in Cairo commemorating the victims of a riot at a soccer match in Port Said on Feb. 1. The former head coach of both the Princeton men’s soccer team and the U.S. national team, Bradley has been outspoken in his commitment to remaining with the Egyptian team despite the conflict. At 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday — 7:30 a.m. in Cairo — The Daily Princetonian interviewed Bradley over the phone.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Column: Squash stands among the elite sports

If the men’s squash team’s victory over Trinity on Sunday had been in any one of a handful of sports other than squash, it would have likely been the biggest college sports story of the year. It’s not every day you see a team competing for its 14th consecutive national championship, and it’s almost excessively dramatic for them to be denied it as they were, by a late flurry of comebacks. Collegiate squash may not exactly be a bastion of parity, but 13 national championships are 13 national championships, and it’s pretty evident that this past weekend did a great deal to alter the landscape of the sport.

SPORTS | 02/22/2012

Spring Preview: Players to watch; must-see games

Five players to watch and five must-see games for the spring 2012 sports season.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Baseball: Tigers return to defend Ivy League title

The baseball team doesn’t look much different going into the 2012 season than it did at the beginning of 2011. The Tigers return 21 players from last year’s Ivy League champion squad, including the league’s Rookie of the Year. Other than two pitchers and a position player, the Tigers return every player who saw time on the field during the three-game Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth last May.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Men's Volleyball: 5-set road victory highlights strong early play

The men’s volleyball team had an impressive five-set victory over Rutgers-Newark this past Friday. The Tigers (3-3 overall, 2-1 EIVA) faced a 2-1 deficit, but they were able to come back to earn their third win of the season. Not only is the team’s record back at .500, but Princeton has already matched the total number of wins it had last season.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Men's Lacrosse: Behind a veteran defense, Tigers look for a fresh start

Last year, the men’s lacrosse team had its worst overall record since 1988, finishing at 4-8 after a string of unusual and frequent injuries sidelined 16 players at some point in the season. After the season, the program was struck by tragedy with the death of head coach Chris Bates’ wife, Ann Bates.Princeton opens the 2012 season in need of a fresh start. A symbol of that start has already come, as a FieldTurf surface was installed on the new Sherrerd Field in 1952 Stadium over the winter.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Baseball: From ballparks to the Bubble

According to a common perception, Princeton students were born with silver spoons in their mouths. Four members of the baseball team might know a somewhat similar feeling — they were born with baseball mitts on their hands.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Rapid Reactions: Former players, fans react to squash title

When senior Kelly Shannon won the final point of the men’s squash national title match on Sunday, clinching Princeton’s first championship since 1993, dozens of fans leapt onto the court with joy. Celebrating along with Shannon and the rest of the players were many Princeton squash alumni, who had lost several close matches throughout Trinity’s 13-year championship run, including a heartbreaking home defeat in the 2009 finals. The ‘Prince’ reached out to some former squash players and fans to get their thoughts on the championship.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

On Tap with ... Cecilia Barowski

A freshman from Amherst, N.H., long sprinter Cecilia Barowski has quickly established herself among the best in the Ivy League. She ran the fastest 500m in the league this season with a time of 1:13.76, and she ranks second in the 400m with a personal best of 55.43 seconds. She will be representing the Tigers at Heps this weekend, competing in the 400m and the 4x400m relay.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Women's Lacrosse: Balanced group aims to repeat last year’s tournament run

Hoping to build on the momentum it built at the end of the 2011 season, the women’s lacrosse team will take the field this Saturday for its season opener. Princeton impressed everyone in the postseason when it won the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 4 seed and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 02/21/2012

Tennis: Women’s squad reaches ECAC final

The men’s and women’s tennis teams faced Ivy League foes for the first time this spring as both teams competed in the ECAC Championship tournament. The No. 43 women’s team advanced to the finals where it fell to No. 25 Yale 4-2, while the No. 70 men’s team lost 4-2 in the consolation finals to St. John’s.

SPORTS | 02/20/2012

Men's Hockey: Condon’s 57 saves highlight N.Y. split

Despite one individual’s near record-breaking performance against No. 8 Union and a victory at Rensselaer, the men’s hockey team is no longer mathemetically in the running for home-ice advantage in the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament. Princeton can still face nearly any opponent in the opening series, but it will have to do so as the visiting squad.

SPORTS | 02/20/2012

Women's Hockey: Princeton earns No. 7 tournament seed

The women’s ice hockey team concluded its regular-season campaign in spectacular fashion. The senior weekend schedule featured rematches against two conference foes vying for a spot in the ECAC tournament. Entering the first game on a three-game losing streak, the Tigers turned it around with two solid victories over Rensselaer and Union, and gained some much-needed momentum heading into the playoffs.

SPORTS | 02/20/2012

Women's Water Polo: Flawless Tigers maintain perfect mark in blowouts

The undefeated No. 19 women’s water polo team headed down to Lewisburg, Pa., this weekend for the Bucknell Invitational and left with its head held high. Princeton defeated Marist 11-7 and Wagner 14-6 on Saturday and followed those performances with victories over Gannon 13-8 and Siena 14-5 on Sunday.

SPORTS | 02/20/2012

Men's Basketball: Offense shines in Princeton’s home sweep

In its most dominant Ivy League performance this season, the men’s basketball team ripped through Cornell’s defense on Saturday night for a 75-57 win. With four straight wins, the Tigers have come alive in their quest for Ivy League stardom, although Harvard remains the runaway favorite for the crown. The Big Red slipped to .500 after the blowout loss. The dismantling of Cornell came a day after Princeton dropped Columbia in front of a national audience on ESPNU cameras.

SPORTS | 02/19/2012

Wrestling: Sophomore phenom Krop injures ACL in season-ending doubleheader

As many expected, the wrestling team put up strong performances at 141, 157 and 174 pounds in both of their matches on Saturday but failed to come up with a team victory, falling to two strong opponents in its doubleheader. Princeton wrestled tough against Penn in a 24-10 loss at Dillon Gymnasium before traveling to Bethlehem, Pa. where they were ousted 38-4 by No. 15 Lehigh.

SPORTS | 02/19/2012

Men's Squash: Princeton wins national championship

The men’s squash team won the national championship on Sunday afternoon. As straightforward as that statement may seem, it doesn’t begin to describe the magnitude of the victory the Tigers achieved.

SPORTS | 02/19/2012

Women's Basketball: Tigers stay unbeaten with New York sweep

The women’s basketball team improved to 19-4 overall and 9-0 in the Ivy League this weekend with wins over conference foes Columbia and Cornell. Princeton overwhelmed Columbia on Friday night, defeating the Lions 86-46 in New York City. The Tigers then went on to defeat a stiffer conference opponent in the same dominating way the following night, defeating Cornell by a score of 75-39.

SPORTS | 02/19/2012

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