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Penn's Jordan keys attack, poses threat to men's hoops' Ivy season

Penn's Jordan keys attack, poses threat to men's hoops' Ivy season

The men's basketball team is in the midst of a dream season. Princeton is currently in the top 10 and has yet to be threatened in the Ivy League.But tonight, the Tigers host arch-rival Penn, which can, by beating Princeton, destroy the dream, strip the Tigers of their national ranking and grab a piece of the Ivy League lead.And if there's one Quaker player the Tigers fear, it's sophomore point guard Michael Jordan, the league's leading scorer."He's fast, he's strong, he can make his shot, he can go either way," Princeton assistant coach John Thompson '88 said. Better with ageLast year, Jordan was named Ivy Rookie of the Year after averaging 12.1 points per game.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

Princeton: Expect to be challenged for league lead by healthy Quakers

An open letter to the students of Princeton University:A year ago we published an article in your paper filled with insults and personal attacks against your student body because we knew our team was a year away from being ready to compete with your team.One year later, the Quakers are ready to resume the premier rivalry in all of Ivy League sports.Meanwhile, your pathetic writer is too busy thinking of cliched and tired insults ? his garbage is on this page somewhere.In fact, he highlights exactly why Princeton will not run over Penn tonight as it has every other Ivy opponent.Princeton, and its basketball team, is too interested in its image.Meanwhile, the 1997-98 Quakers are gritty survivors.That Penn even has the chance to tie for the Ivy League lead tonight is a testament to its perseverance through injury and setback.Sophomore Geoff Owens, who was forced to sit out the season after being diagnosed with hypertension, was just the first and most prominent Quaker player to be confined to the pine.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

M. volleyball handles Concordia

Princeton strung together back-to-back wins with decisive victories over Concordia Friday and NYU last Thursday.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

Men's track jumps out from start, captures 11 of 16 firsts in H-Y-Ps

The men's indoor track team did its best impersonation of the men's basketball team last weekend, roaring to an early lead and never looking back in trouncing both Harvard and Yale in Cambridge, Mass.The Tigers won 11 of the day's 16 events, tallying a final score of 105 points.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

Tigers better than Penn in basketball, rankings, reputation – everything

There were several possible themes for this column about the Princeton-Penn basketball game tonight: 1.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

Women's hockey drops one to Dartmouth, tops BC, 6-4

In Baker Rink this weekend it was business as usual for the women's hockey team ? one win, one loss.Princeton's weekend was quite familiar as the Tigers were plagued with slow starts and failed scoring opportunities early in each of the games.After being shut out once more against Dartmouth, 3-0 Saturday, Princeton (11-12-1 overall, 8-10 Eastern College Athletic Conference,) turned it around Sunday and handed Boston College (8-19-1, 3-14-1) another loss, 6-4. Trouble at the startIn the first period Saturday both teams were held scoreless ? Dartmouth (17-7-1, 14-3-1) with only six shots on goal and Princeton with a mere two shots.In addition, the Tigers had trouble clearing the puck from their defensive end, allowing the Big Green ample scoring opportunities."The first period we just didn't show up to play," junior center Ali Coughlin said."We came out really flat in the first period," sophomore center Danya Marshman said.

SPORTS | 02/16/1998

Women's basketball splits two Ivy games; turnovers help cause loss

For the second consecutive weekend, the women's basketball team split its two weekend games. This time, however, there were no wild celebrations, no game-winning steals and no multi-year winning streaks that came to an end.Although Princeton (12-9 overall, 6-3 Ivy League) was able to salvage a 60-42 victory over Yale in New Haven, Conn., Saturday, a Friday defeat at Brown could prove devastating to the Tigers' hopes of winning the regular-season conference title.

SPORTS | 02/15/1998

National Champs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? By yesterday afternoon the question at the finals of the Howe Cup was not which team would win, but just how quickly the women's squash team would claim the Cup and the national title that goes with it.Princeton would not have to wait long.

SPORTS | 02/15/1998

Men's basketball wins two to set up showdown with Penn

A silent moment of fear descended on Jadwin Gym less than a minute into men's basketball's game against Yale Sat-urday night.

SPORTS | 02/15/1998

Women's track upset by Harvard, beats Yale; Crimson strategy key

The women's track team viewed the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet in Cambridge, Mass. as a tune up for the Heptagonal Championship.

SPORTS | 02/15/1998

Men's hockey again unable to win two; key injuries costly for Tigers

In the 1994-95 season, the men's hockey team defeated Cornell, 4-3, in overtime in the front end of a home Eastern College Athletic Conference weekend.

SPORTS | 02/15/1998

Track teams look to use H-Y-P's as stepping stone to Heptagonals

Two teams. One date. One mission.When the men's and women's track teams travel to Cambridge, Mass.

SPORTS | 02/12/1998

Men's volleyball victory

After a disappointing loss to No. 18 Rutgers-Newark Wednes-day night, the Tigers entered Dillon gym last night looking for a pick-me-up.

SPORTS | 02/12/1998

Men's hockey looks for two victories in single weekend

Just another weekend, say the men's hockey team. But that's what it's been saying all season. The question for the Tigers is: when will it be more than "just another weekend"?With only four weekends and eight games remaining, time is running out for Princeton (11-6-3 overall, 5-6-3 Eastern College Athletic Conference) to take a solid position in the ECAC standings.

SPORTS | 02/12/1998

Women's squash hopes for Howe Cup crown to cap perfect season

The only thing left for the women's squash team to do this season is bring home the Cup ? the Howe Cup, that is.After a remarkable 8-0 season, Princeton cruises into this weekend's national championship event, the Howe Cup Tournament in New Haven, Conn.

SPORTS | 02/12/1998

Defense often overlooked for men's basketball

The word is out about "the system."The men's basketball team's unique offensive style has generated a lot of attention in the national news media lately.

SPORTS | 02/12/1998

Former Tiger football star signs contract with Indianapolis Colts

The Princeton football record book reads like a rundown of former Tiger running back Keith Elias '94's stats.Monday, the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League decided that Elias might still be able to run down into the end zone, signing the Princeton great to a one-year contract.

SPORTS | 02/11/1998

Rutgers dominates early going; errors doom Tigers

Too little, too late.The men's volleyball team controlled the tempo of last night's match against No.

SPORTS | 02/11/1998

Pressley finally rewarded in her last year for women's basketball

With the women's basketball team battling for an Ivy League championship for the first time in three years, Zakiya Pressley is finally beginning to taste the success that she came to know well in high school.As a sophomore at Lakeside High School in Seattle, Pressley helped her team to capture the Washington State Basketball Championship.

SPORTS | 02/11/1998

Men's hoops, Howe Cup seize campus' attention; world focuses on Nagano

You've probably heard by now (after all, it's Thursday, three whole days after it happened) that our men's basketball team cracked the top-10 in both national polls this week.Perhaps you're aware that women's hoops defeated Harvard last weekend to end the Crimson's 32-game win streak.If you're a real Princeton sports enthusiast you might even know that women's squash is vying for ? and has a good chance of winning ? the Howe Cup this weekend.But outside our Princeton athletic bubble is another event, one that is supposed to unify the world, but isn't getting much student attention: the Winter Olympics.

SPORTS | 02/11/1998

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