Princeton Baseball Goes 0-4 at Penn
Running into a buzz-saw, the Princeton Universit y baseball team went 0-4 at Penn last weekend. In action on Saturday, Princeton lost 5-4 and 3-1. A day later, the Tigers were overpowered by the Quakers, falling 17-5 and 10-2. Princeton, now 9-22 overall and 5-7 Ivy League, hosts Rider on April 19 and then hosts Columbia for twinbills on April 22 and 23. ———
PU Women’s Water Polo Tops George Washington
Lindsey Kelleher led the way as the ninth-ranked Princeton University women’s water polo team defeated George Washington 16-6 last Friday in its regular season finale. Sophomore star Kelleher tallied a career-high five goals to help the Tigers improve to 22-3. Princeton is next in action when it takes part in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) tournament from April 28-30 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. ———
PU Women’s Lax Defeats Yale
Olivia Hompe triggered the offense to help the seventh-ranked Princeton University women’s lacrosse team defeat Yale 17-9 last Saturday. Senior star Hompe tallied five goals and an assist as the Tigers improved to 10-2 overall and 4-0 Ivy League. Princeton plays at Penn on April 19 and at Cornell on April 22. ———
Tiger Track Athletes Shine at Texas Event
Producing some stellar performances, the Princeton University track teams excelled at the Texas Invitational last weekend in Austin, Texas. The Princeton women took 10th in the team standings with Kansas State placing first of the 16 schools in the
The Tigers posted a winning time of 6:32.2 over the 2,000-meter course with the Hoyas coming in at 6:38.2. Princeton heads to New England next weekend to face Harvard on April 22 in the race for the Class of 1999 Cup. ———
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Princeton Men’s Tennis Defeats Brown 4-2
Rallying from a doublespoint loss to win four of the first five singles matches, the Princeton Universit y men’s tennis team defeated Brown 4-2 last Sunday in Providence, R.I. The Tigers got wins from Tom Colautti at first singles, Alex Day at second singles, Luke Gamble at third singles, and Jonathan Carcione at sixth singles. P r i n ce ton, now 12-11 PU Men’s Heavyweights overall and 2-2 Ivy League, Fall to Harvard hosts Harvard on April 22 Suffer ing its first loss and Dar tmouth on April of the season, the fourth- 23. ranked Princeton University ——— men’s heavyweight varsity 8 fell to No. 5 Harvard last Tiger Women’s Tennis Saturday in the race for the Edges Brown 4-3 Compton Cup. Displaying its depth, the T h e Cr i m s o n c ove r e d Princeton University womthe 2,000-meter course on en’s tennis team edged visLake Carnegie in 5:30.1 iting Brown 4-3 last Sunday with Princeton finishing at at the Lenz Tennis Center. 5:34.1. The Tigers won the douThe Tigers host Brown on bles point and got victories April 29. from Tiffany Chen at third ——— singles, Nicole Kalhorn at Tiger Men’s Lightweights fifth singles, and Clare McKee at sixth singles. Fall to No. 1 Cornell Princeton, now 13-7 overOvertaken by a late sprint, the Princeton Universit y all and 4-1 Ivy League, plays men’s lightweight varsity 8 at Harvard on April 22 and fell to top-ranked Cornell Dartmouth on April 23. last Saturday in the race for ——— the Platt Cup. Cornell clocked a time of PU Men’s Volleyball 5:40.1 over the 2,000-meter Falls to Sacred Heart course on the Cayuga Inlet Parker Dixon played well in Ithaca, N.Y. as it passed in a losing cause as the Princeton in the final 500 Princeton University men’s meters of the race. The Ti- volleyball team fell 3-0 to gers ended up at 5:42.0. Sacred Heart last Saturday Princeton hosts Penn and at Dillon Gym. Georgetown on April 22 Freshman Dixon had a with the Wood-Hammond team-high 10 kills but it trophy on the line. wasn’t enough as the Pioneers prevailed 25-13, 25——— 19, 25-20. PU Women’s Lightweights P r i n ce ton, now 12-13 Defeat Georgetown overall and 8-6 Eastern InContinuing its promising tercollegiate Volleyball Asstart to the 2017 campaign, sociation (EIVA) is next in the Princeton Universit y action when it takes part in women’s lightweight varsity the EIVA semifinals on April 8 topped Georgetown last 20 where it is seeded fourth Saturday on Lake Carnegie and will face top-seeded to win the Class of 2006 Penn State. Cup. ———
SAFE AND SOUND: Princeton University softball player Megan Donahey, left, beats a throw home in recent action. Last weekend, freshman Donahey starred as Princeton swept a pair of doubleheaders at Penn. On Saturday, she went 3-of-8 overall as the Tigers prevailed 4-3 and 3-2. A day later, Donahey totaled five hits as Princeton won 4-2 and 12-8. The Tigers, now 18-13 overall and 10-2 Ivy League, host a doubleheader against Lehigh on April 19 and return to Ivy action by hosting twinbills against Columbia (16-20 overall, 7-5 Ivy) on April 22 and 23. Princeton is currently in first place in the Ivy South division by three games over Columbia. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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competition. Devon Block-Funkhouser was fourth in the 400 hurdles, Elisa Steele took seventh in the 400, and Allison Harris was seventh in the high jump to provide individual highlights for the Tigers. On the men’s side, Princeton placed sixth of 17 schools with Texas coming in first in the team standings. The Tigers got wins from William Paulson in the 1,500 and Josh Ingalls in the 800. In addition, Gab Montefalcone took fifth in the 400 hurdles, Austin Kiles finished fifth in the pole vault, Xavier Bledsoe placed fifth in the high jump, and Jared Bell came in fifth in the discus. Princeton hosts its annual Larry Ellis Invitational from April 21-22. ———