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Sophomore outfielder John Mishu of the baseball team has attracted attention on and off the field in his two years at Princeton. He led the Tigers with a .304 batting average in his rookie year while mostly playing first base and has continued to produce this season since moving to the outfield, batting .278 and ranking second on the team with a .378 on-base percentage.

SPORTS | 04/19/2011

Around the Ivies: Harvard tops list of title contenders

Around the Ivies: Harvard tops list of title contenders

Though the softball team split its first four Ivy League doubleheaders, four losses at the hands of Penn last week left Princeton at 4-8 in conference play and in third place in the South Division. With only eight games remaining against league opponents, the Tigers need several more wins to keep hopes of a conference championship alive. Here is a look at how the rest of the Ancient Eight has fared this season.

SPORTS | 04/19/2011

Softball: Penn sweeps Princeton in 4-game series

After splitting games with Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend on the road, the softball team looked for a strong showing at Penn this weekend. Unfortunately for the Tigers (13-21 overall, 4-8 Ivy League), the Quakers were impregnable at home and swept a pair of doubleheaders. Princeton now stands three games back in the Ivy League South Division after Penn (14-6-1, 6-6) took all four games, winning 4-2 and 2-1 on Friday and 7-2 and 9-2 on Sunday.

SPORTS | 04/18/2011

Men's Volleyball: Tuminelli shines, but hosts lose finale

With one last game left in his Princeton volleyball career, senior outside hitter Vincent Tuminelli put on a show for the crowd, but Sacred Heart (13-9) still carried the day. Princeton (3-19) put forth a valiant effort on Saturday but fell to the Pioneers in a 21-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-22 loss in the team’s last match of the season.

SPORTS | 04/18/2011

Crew: Crimson edges out Tigers

While the No. 1 men’s lightweight and the No. 1 women’s open crews pulled off solid victories away from home Saturday morning, the No. 4 men’s heavyweight team could not please the home crowd at Lake Carnegie, losing to perennial rival No. 3 Harvard by just over a second in the annual Compton Cup.

SPORTS | 04/18/2011

Column: NBA playoffs preview: Western Conference

Aside from the summer FIFA World Cup, the most exciting time of the year has finally arrived. The sun is finally out, shorts and bikinis are making appearances, the end of the school year is approaching and, most importantly, NBA playoff basketball is on TV.

SPORTS | 04/18/2011

Women's Water Polo: Team splits weekend, next plays Eastern Championships

As the women’s water polo regular season came to a close this weekend, the Tigers split games to finish in second place in the Southern Division behind the University of Maryland.

SPORTS | 04/18/2011

Baseball: Tigers claim sole possession of division lead

A sweep of Sunday’s doubleheader against Penn gave the men’s baseball team sole possession of first place in the Lou Gehrig division of the Ivy League. Despite splitting the first doubleheader to remain tied atop the standings with the Quakers (16-15 overall, 7-5 Ivy League), the Tigers (15-16, 9-3) came from behind to pull off close victories in both of Sunday’s games at Penn’s Meiklejohn Stadium.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Tennis: Princeton loses title showdown

After pulling out 4-3 victories in five of its first six conference matches, the No. 58 men’s tennis team (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) found itself on the wrong end of a 4-3 decision on Sunday, shattering its hopes of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than a decade.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Harvard hands team 1st Ivy League loss, 9-8

With just under three and a half minutes remaining, sophomore midfielder Charlotte Davis found the net, bringing the No. 12 women’s lacrosse team within one goal of Harvard for the first time since the opening minutes. Harvard gained control of the final draw and began playing keep-away in their offensive end, hoping to hold onto the 9-8 lead as the final minutes ticked away.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Column: Previewing the NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference

This first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is rather like the boring dinner that precedes a delicious dessert. I could hardly blame a fan for saving most of his or her basketball appetite for what should be two brilliant second-round matchups: Heat vs. Celtics and Bulls vs. Magic or Hawks. In short, round one of the East is likely to be very uncompetitive.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Playoff hopes remain after 8-4 victory

With every game left on the schedule like a playoff for the men’s lacrosse team, the Tigers traveled to Foxboro, Mass., to take on Dartmouth in the New England Lacrosse Classic. They left Gillette Stadium with a much-needed 8-4 win, keeping alive their hopes of an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and improving their position for the Ivy League Tournament.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Softball: Princeton to face 1st South Division foe of season

After a midweek game against Hofstra was rained out, the softball team will play what amounts to a quadruple-header this weekend. Princeton (13-17 overall, 4-4 Ivy League South) will travel to Philadelphia to take on the University of Pennsylvania (10-16-1, 2-6) in a pair of doubleheaders spread out over three days.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Tennis: Princeton plays for Ivy title

The No. 58 men’s tennis team faces Columbia on Friday and then will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., for a showdown against No. 50 Cornell with an Ivy League championship and an undefeated season possibly on the line. The Tigers (12-6 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) hope that they can finally win an Ivy League match by more than the smallest margin of victory, having defeated Penn, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard by identical 4-3 scores.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Postseason hopes on the line in Foxboro

Though it has often seemed on the verge of collapse, the men’s lacrosse team is alive — just barely, but alive and kicking. After dropping to 1-5 at the midseason mark with five season-ending injuries and eight others that have caused players to miss time, the Tigers have rallied, defeating Brown 5-4 in overtime, losing a tight contest 7-5 to No. 1 Syracuse and overcoming a five-goal deficit on the road to defeat Rutgers 11-10 on Tuesday.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Team aims to stay unbeaten in conference

After a tough loss to the nation’s top team, the women’s lacrosse team is looking forward to regaining its stride and continuing a strong Ivy League season with a game against Harvard on Saturday. The No. 12 Tigers (6-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) will host the Crimson (6-4, 3-1) at Princeton Stadium at 1 p.m.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Baseball: Division leaders meet in 2 doubleheaders at Penn

The baseball team faces a crucial test in the battle for control of the Ivy League’s Lou Gehrig Division when it travels to Philadelphia this weekend to take on Penn in a four-game series. Princeton (12-15 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) enters on a two-game losing streak after being swept at Dartmouth last weekend.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Column: Athleticism can woo potential students

Thursday afternoon marked the beginning of the second and final Princeton Preview weekend this academic year, making now until 10:30 a.m. on Saturday the last opportunity for admitted students to become acquainted with Princeton before making their final college decisions. One way to steer them away from less prestigious schools and toward the best color-coordinated Ivy is to demonstrate how much more active and athletic Princeton is than those who claim to offer an equivalent education.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Basketball: A tale of 2 programs

When Harvard men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would not be accepting a job at Miami but would return to the Crimson the following season, Harvard fans around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. They lauded Amaker for turning down a job reportedly worth over a million dollars per year and hopes for a successful season immediately soared.

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

Column: Patriotism and baseball across the Pacific

Sporting events usually tend to have little significance for the outside world. When the Los Angeles Lakers play the Toronto Raptors, the game means little beyond a box score, a couple of interviews that might spark some controversy within the sports media and likely a drubbing that will remind Toronto fans of their inferior status as enthusiasts of the only Canadian team (the Raptors last made the playoffs in the 2007-08 season and have never advanced beyond the Eastern Conference Semifinals).

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

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