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Tigers look to remove all doubt regarding NCAA status

Tigers look to remove all doubt regarding NCAA status

Last year, it came down to the wire: Would the women's soccer team make the NCAA tournament?While the answer turned out to be yes, this year's team looks to that nail-biting decision as its personal challenge ? to remove any doubt in the eyes of the tournament selection committee."We want to make it clear that we deserve to be in the tournament, that there is no question," junior midfielder Linley Gober said.With a deeper and more talented team than last year, the Tigers hope to equate their skill with success."Our goal is to win the Ivy League and to make a name for ourselves," Gober said.Princeton's goal will be a difficult one.

SPORTS | 09/14/2000

Men's water polo takes three, falls to St. Francis in tourney

When a team finishes its first weekend at 3-1 with three dominating victories, including a thorough beating of a traditional Top-25 team, normally one would say that the weekend was a success.But for the members of the men's water polo team, whose goals this season are to rise into the nation's Top 10 and become the best team in the East, the one loss ? a 12-8 defeat at the hands of St.

SPORTS | 09/13/2000

Former assistant Quesnelle named new head coach of men's hockey

When Don Cahoon resigned as men's hockey's head coach April 5, Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 and an advisory committee began a national search for a new coach to lead the program.Nearly two months later, Walters and the committee returned to the place where they began, handing long-time Tiger assistant Len Quesnelle '88 his first head coaching job.Quesnelle, an all-Ivy defenseman for the Tigers, remained with the program following graduation and had served as an assistant for the past 12 seasons.

SPORTS | 09/13/2000

Field hockey looks to rebound from disappointment of 1999 season

The turning point in this year's field hockey season might have come last year, on Oct. 9. Princeton fell to Brown in Providence, R.I., 2-1.The loss was the first Ivy League defeat for any of the players on the team ? the Tigers had gone five years in conference play without a blemish on their record.

SPORTS | 09/13/2000

Matson takes reins for field hockey

For the first two years of Hilary Matson's Princeton field hockey career, she found herself in the company of some of the greatest players in the country.

SPORTS | 09/13/2000

Ivy infractions to prevent Brown football from title competition

To the NCAA, it was a minor infraction. To the Ivy League, it was a major offense.Brown's football team was ruled ineligible to win the 2000 Ivy League championship as a result of recruiting and financial aid infractions in July.

SPORTS | 09/13/2000

Men's soccer seeks continued success

Jason White remembers offensive players swarming like ants, burrowing through a defense that was left frantically trying to fill the holes.

SPORTS | 09/12/2000

News & Notes

In addition to the departure of men's basketball head coach Bill Carmody, there were several other coaching changes over the summer.

SPORTS | 09/12/2000

Senior captain Kevin Griffin looks to lead Princeton to a second straight Ivy title

His freshman year, the unthinkable happened to Kevin Griffin, a newly recruited collegiate athlete ? he got injured.Before the men's soccer season even started, Griffin injured his ankle at practice ? tearing ligaments and sidelining himself for the majority of the season.

SPORTS | 09/12/2000

The aftermath: M. hoops fans left to assess the damage

As the 1997-98 season drew to a close, and the men's basketball team put the finishing touches on a 27-2 season, nobody had any delusions around here.

SPORTS | 09/12/2000

As Thompson era begins, new coach vows to carry on winning tradition

In any kingdom, when the sitting monarch departs the throne, the question of succession arises. Will the king's favored son rise to power, or will an outsider grab the reins of the empire?

SPORTS | 09/12/2000

Football undergoes coaching change following 3-7 season

It began with a quarterback controversy and ended with a coaching controversy. It began with a surprising loss and ended with an even more stunning defeat.And in between, the football team's 1999 campaign mirrored its start and finish ? a season replete with disappointment, frustration and painful defeats.The Tigers (3-7 overall, 1-6 Ivy League) finished in a tie with Columbia for last place in the Ivy standings, suffering through their worst league season since 1973.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Rebuilding field hockey finishes on the outside looking in

For a brief time this season, the field hockey team was living a charmed life. This was not supposed to be the Tigers' year ? the incredible talent of the Class of 1999 had departed.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Softball fades down the stretch; Cohen departs after 560 wins

At the beginning of the season, the softball team knew it faced a difficult puzzle. The team had the pieces that could potentially form a championship-winner, but they had to be put together in just the right way.The Tigers were unable to find that perfect combination this season, and the puzzle remained unsolved.Princeton came into the season with the goal of recapturing the Ivy title, which had been missing from 1895 Field since 1996.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Women's lightweight highlights strong season for Princeton crew

New millenium. Same old story. Princeton continued its crew success, garnering its second women's lightweight National Championship and finishing in second, third and sixth place in men's lightweight, men's heavyweight and women's open, respectively.The women's lightweight crew perhaps had the biggest shoes to fill, as it looked to defend its national title ? a title that came only two seasons after women's lightweight crew became a varsity sport at Princeton."We know that we are competitive with the other boats," head coach Heather Smith said.In fact, Princeton was one of the teams to beat and the season evolved into a two-team battle between the Tigers and Wisconsin for the top spot in the East. Cruisin'Princeton sailed past the Badgers early in the year, defeating them in the San Diego Crew Classic on April 2 after Wisconsin caught a crab in the contest.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

W. water polo rises to No. 8 in nation with win over Hawaii

Following a 1999 campaign in which it went 30-11-1, the women's water polo team (25-6 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) continued to make its presence felt on the national scene, advancing to the National Collegiate Championship, winning its first-round game against Hawaii and finishing the season at No.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Jousting into prominence

Behind a young and talented women's squad (15-2, 5-0 Ivy League) and a veteran men's team (12-3, 4-0 Ivy), Princeton fencing finished off a successful season as the No.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Dynasty destroyers

In most sports it takes one outstanding individual leading a strong supporting cast to win championships.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

W. swimming unseats Brown; men take second at Easterns

All the elements for success were there at the start of the 1999-2000 women's swimming and diving campaign.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

Young, injured men's lacrosse surges to NCAA finals

Syracuse vs. Virginia.It was the matchup that every men's lacrosse fan had been waiting for ? a rematch of the 1999 national championship game and a clash between the top two seeds of the 2000 tournament.But a funny thing happened on the way to the Memorial Day showdown between the Orangemen and Cavaliers.

SPORTS | 07/16/2000

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