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Men's Hockey: Tigers shine against ranked opponents

Men's Hockey: Tigers shine against ranked opponents

Ali Goedecke

Facing No. 9 Cornell at Baker Rink on Saturday night, the men’s hockey team rallied from a three-goal deficit to salvage a 3-3 tie. Sophomore defenseman Kevin Ross netted the equalizer at 12 minutes, 14 seconds in the third period, just one night after Princeton overwhelmed No. 12 Colgate 6-2 at Baker Rink. The Tigers finished their best weekend yet with a 1-0-1 record against two nationally ranked teams.

SPORTS | 01/15/2012

Wrestling: Krop continues tear in loss to Ivy power

Jake Brown

Sophomore sensation and 141-pounder Adam Krop continued to lead the Tiger wrestling team this weekend as it took a commanding 41-9 victory in its match against Millersville on Friday before falling to national power No. 5 Cornell 30-9 Saturday night. Past losses to the Big Red, which has finished second in the nation each of the past two seasons, have lacked any trace of positivity. This year, however, Princeton took three victories against the national power, including yet another stunning performance from Krop.

SPORTS | 01/15/2012

Sports Shorts: Three Tigers selected in MLL Draft

Three men’s lacrosse players were drafted Friday night in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse draft, all of them on the defensive side of the ball. Senior defender Chad Wiedmaier was taken No. 7 overall by the Hamilton Nationals, while senior goalkeeper Tyler Fiorito was selected at No. 10 by the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Senior long stick midfielder John Cunningham rounded out the Princeton selections as he was chosen by Denver with the 46th pick.

SPORTS | 01/15/2012

Women's Hockey: Unbeaten streak stopped at 5 games

Nick Brement

The women’s hockey team took a road trip to central New York this weekend hoping to avenge a couple of home losses from earlier this season. The Tigers dropped Colgate 5-3 on the road but lost 1-0 at No. 3 Colgate.

SPORTS | 01/15/2012

Women's Basketball: 34 straight points complete domination

Randolph Brown

The women’s basketball team had little difficulty fine-tuning their skills in the Ivy League this weekend. The Tigers (13-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) dismantled Cornell 64-35 on Friday and followed with a crushing 94-35 rout of Columbia on Sunday afternoon. The decisive wins extended Princeton’s win streak to six games and continued to solidify the Tiger hold on the top spot in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 01/15/2012

Men's Basketball: Defense, strong second half propel Tigers over Lions

Kevin Whitaker

NEW YORK – With nine minutes to play in its second Ivy League game, the men’s basketball team had its backs to the wall. But nine players contributed significantly down the stretch as Princeton took command with an 11-0 run and held on for a 62-58 victory, keeping their hopes of a second straight Ivy League title alive.

SPORTS | 01/13/2012

Live Blog: Men's Basketball at Columbia

NEW YORK — The men's basketball team tries to rebound from Friday's loss at Cornell, likely playing to keep its hopes for a repeat title alive at Columbia. Follow the action from Levien Gymnasium at 7 p.m.!

SPORTS | 01/13/2012

Davis’ clutch move nets last slice of pizza

Every kid grows up pretending to do what senior guard Doug Davis of the men’s basketball team did last March. With almost no time left on the clock and facing defeat at the hands of a bitter rival, Davis fought to find an open space on the floor and reached out to grab his prize: The last piece of Frist pizza.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

Johnson ’97 lured by University of Phoenix

In an announcement that shocked the college basketball world, Fairfield head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 said Thursday that he would leave his current position at the end of the season to coach the men’s basketball team at the University of Phoenix eCampus.“I love, love, love University of Phoenix basketball,” Johnson said at a press conference yesterday morning.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

End of NBA lockout hurts Amaker's recruiting

According to numerous industry sources, the Harvard men's basketball team's recuriting efforts have taken a strange turn in recent weeks. The Crimson's top targets, including a 6-foot-8 forward named JaBron Lames, mysteriously disappeared around the time the NBA lockout ended.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

Doubts regarding Surace’s resume: Coach claimed he had seen football

One month after former Yale football head coach Tom Williams admitted he lied about being a Rhodes Scholarship candidate on his resume, Princeton’s coach has found himself in the same trouble. Sources close to The Daily Princetonian have called into question claims head coach Bob Surace ’90 made on his resume that he “watched, played and coached” football “all the time” before coming to Princeton.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

Big East invites Princeton football

The college conference realignment carousel took a shocking turn this week when the University announced that the football team will play in the Big East starting in the 2012 season.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

Weekend Roundup: Princeton nails opponents with naughty, physical play

In several weekend matchups that were as hard and physical as a fan could solicit, Princeton dominated its opponents inside and out.

SPORTS | 01/12/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers visit Columbia, Cornell to kick off Ivy season

Shayan Rakhit

And so the title defense begins. In a non-conference schedule that has had its highs and lows, the men’s basketball team has bounced back from a 1-5 start to win eight of its last 10 games as it enters Ivy League play this weekend. The Tigers (9-7) open their slate on the road, taking on Cornell (5-9) on Friday followed by Columbia (11-5) on Saturday.

SPORTS | 01/10/2012

Women's Basketball: Princeton comes home to resume chase for 3rd straight title

Stephen Wood

Coming off a resounding win at Penn on Saturday that extended its winning streak to four games, the women’s basketball team is looking to keep its momentum as it comes time to defend last year’s Ivy League championship.

SPORTS | 01/10/2012

On Tap with ... Will MacDonald

Stephanie Gati

Junior Will MacDonald, a mechanical and aerospace engineer hailing from Georgia, is a forward on the men’s ice hockey team. After learning about his singing talents last year from former teammate Matt Arhontas ’11, the ‘Prince’ decided to sit down with MacDonald to hear about how his singing career is shaping up, his mechanical engineering feats and his rare fights on the ice.

SPORTS | 01/10/2012

Recruiting: Early action changes game for recruits

Luc Cohen

A week and a half after Hans Brase, a senior at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., sent in his application to Princeton, he received a phone call from the admission office letting him know he was likely to be admitted.It is not uncommon for recruited athletes like Brase, who will be joining the men’s basketball team next fall, to receive so-called “likely letters” from the admission office before official decisions are sent out. But unlike in previous years, Brase and many other recruits of the Class of 2016 received their official admission decisions in mid-December, very shortly after being told that such an outcome was likely.

SPORTS | 01/10/2012

Men's Hockey: Junior leads by example

Tory Roberts

For junior defenseman Michael Sdao, his passion started early. The Colorado native has been playing hockey since he was four years old.

SPORTS | 01/10/2012

Men's Basketball: Princeton downs TCNJ, has won 8 of 10

Vijit Kapoor

Playing its first game at Jadwin Gymnasium since November, the men’s basketball team rolled to one of its easiest wins of the season against The College of New Jersey. The 79-68 victory followed another comfortable win against Florida A&M last week. Princeton (9-7) has won eight of its last 10 games after a poor start and will try to extend its good run into the Ivy League conference matches.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

Men's Squash: Tigers prove ranking, drop No. 4 Rochester

Kevin Henneck

The men’s squash team started the 2012 portion of its schedule with a critical victory over No. 4 Rochester on Sunday. The No. 3 Tigers had to play without senior All-America Kelly Shannon and key senior David Pena, who are both injured, but still managed to win soundly in their toughest match to date.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

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