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Athletes of the Break - Danielle Stramandi and Scott Denbo

Athletes of the Break - Danielle Stramandi and Scott Denbo

After capturing its ninth-ever Ivy League Championship Feb. 26, the women's swimming and diving team hoped to top off its successful season with a strong showing on the national level.Thanks to the performance of sophomore diver Danielle Stramandi over Spring Break, Princeton can rest assured that it has achieved that goal.The Tigers sent four representatives to the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships March 16-18 in Indianapolis ? sophomore swimmer Jenny Macauley, junior diver Erin Lutz and sophomore divers Katherine Mattison and Stramandi.

SPORTS | 03/21/2000

Fencing teams send full slate in search of NCAA title

The men's and women's fencing teams sent a total of 20 competitors to the Mid-Atlantic/Southern Regional portion of the NCAA Championship at Penn State March 12.

SPORTS | 03/21/2000

W. golf grabs fourth in Jacksonville tournament

The Eastern College Athletic Conference championship ended the fall season of the women's golf team on a disappointing note, with losses to several teams ? worst of all to Ivy rival Yale.

SPORTS | 03/21/2000

Softball fights through injury-riddled Spring Break against nation's top teams

The softball team expected to be tired after its week-long trip to Tallahassee, Fla. The Tigers (5-11) knew going in that they would face a grueling schedule and play doubleheaders and tripleheaders almost every day.

SPORTS | 03/20/2000

W. water polo falls to national powers; McCarthy highlights effort

The pressure was on and time was running out. The women's water polo team was on a three-game losing streak and was struggling for a victory.After losing to UC-Davis, 9-4, California, 13-6, and San Jose State, 8-4, the Tigers looked to their final game against Pacific with hopes of a win.

SPORTS | 03/20/2000

Tennis teams return from California with two wins apiece

On their annual Spring Break trip to California, the men's and women's tennis teams ended the week with the same results ? two wins apiece ? but took different paths to get there.

SPORTS | 03/20/2000

SPRING BREAK WRAP-UP

The men's and women's fencing teams qualified 12 ? the maximum number ? fencers for Nationals to be held this weekend at Stanford.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

Following loss to Loyola, women's lax defeats national powers Duke and Georgetown

Mimi Hammerberg was nervous and rushing and stood all alone last Sunday, cradling the ball and caught in the spotlight.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

Baseball strikes out during 2-7 Spring Break trip

Coming into the Spring Break road trip, the baseball team faced three teams that had played 41 games between them.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

Clarkson erases men's hockey's ECAC hopes with opening-round sweep

As junior forward Shane Campbell won the faceoff and fired a shot past Clarkson goalie Karl Mattson to give the men's hockey team a 2-0 lead with three minutes, 30 seconds left in the first period, it looked as if the Golden Knights' streak was coming to an end.However, Clarkson, winner of 15 consecutive home playoff games, would not be stopped last weekend by the Tigers.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

Even with Rocca back in action, men's hoops falls to Penn St. in NIT opener

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ? Not even the return of injured senior forward Mason Rocca could dig the Tigers out of an early hole Wednesday against Penn State, as the Tigers ended their season by bowing out in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, 55-41.Rocca entered the game with eight minutes, 27 seconds remaining in the first half after having missed the last three regular season games.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

After loss to Virginia, men's lax grounds Flying Dutchmen

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ? For the men's lacrosse team, slowing things down has accelerated its ability to win.During Spring Break, Princeton exhibited an uncharacteristically impatient and sloppy offense in a 15-8 loss to Virginia on Mar.

SPORTS | 03/19/2000

Men's hockey opens playoffs, shoots for Lake Placid

For the last three years, the men's hockey team has won its first-round Eastern College Athletic Conference playoff series and made the trip to Lake Placid, N.Y., for the semifinals.To make it back for a fourth straight year, Princeton (10-14-4 overall, 8-9-4 ECAC) will have to break an even more impressive streak.Clarkson (15-14-3, 9-8-3), whom Princeton will face in the first round, has won its first-round series for the past 10 seasons and has appeared in the championship game for the last three of those.

SPORTS | 03/09/2000

Princeton looks to avenge Crimson

Two outs was all the baseball team needed from Jeff Golden '99. It was the final game of the Ivy League Championships, and the Tigers held a two-run lead over archrival Harvard.

SPORTS | 03/09/2000

Next up for men's lacrosse: Defending national champions

One would think that following last Saturday's victory over then-No. 3 Johns Hopkins, the men's lacrosse team would look to play a lesser team this weekend.

SPORTS | 03/09/2000

Small leads Tigers from behind plate

It's a choice more and more high school seniors are having to make. Go to school and get an education, or chase down your dreams of playing professionally.For senior catcher Buster Small, the opportunity to play professional baseball had presented itself, and the temptation was strong."Like every kid, I wanted to be a major leaguer," Small says.

SPORTS | 03/09/2000

Benjamin hopes to cap career with one last championship

In David Benjamin's last season as the head coach of men's tennis, his team is looking to make him proud.The Tigers (6-2 overall) are hoping to cap off Benjamin's 26-year coaching career by winning the Ivy League title and advancing to the NCAA tournament.The team is in good shape.

SPORTS | 03/08/2000

New-look women's lacrosse to be tested by No. 9 Loyola

The offense spurted out like mustard from a plastic container, starting smooth, then squirting out in bits and bursts that resulted in a messy but satisfying end.

SPORTS | 03/08/2000

Led by freshman Krishnamurthy, Ivy-favorite Tigers look to build on successful fall

Great expectations could be the theme for the women's tennis team this year. The Tigers are looking to win the Ivy League and by doing so, earn an NCAA tournament berth.

SPORTS | 03/08/2000

Softball looks to sustain momentum during Spring Break trip to Florida

This year, before deciding on the schedule for the 1999-2000 campaign, head coach Cindy Cohen presented her softball team with a choice.Coming off a year in which the Tigers never recovered from early season losses, Cohen wondered whether the team would benefit from playing easier competition during Spring Break, and thereby boosting its confidence for the rest of the season.

SPORTS | 03/08/2000

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