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Andrew Ferrer and Magalie Slater ’03 use the computers at Frist Campus Center. (Photo by Jo Sittenfeld ’02)

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A Beautiful Mind garnered best picture and best screenplay at the Academy Awards. Ron Howard won for best director and Jennifer Connelly for best supporting actress. John Nash *50 and his wife, Alicia, attended the ceremony.

Princeton hydrologist Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe has been selected to receive the Stockholm Water Prize, a $150,000 award known informally as the "Nobel Prize of water." King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the award on behalf of the Stockholm Water Foundation at a ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall on August 15. The Stockholm Water Foundation, which has given the award annually since 1991, selected Rodriguez-Iturbe for his many contributions to the basic understanding of how water cycles between the oceans, the atmosphere and the continents. His work has ranged from discovering principles that govern the shape of all river basins to explaining the forces that drive cycles of floods and droughts.

More than 300 scientists from around the world gathered at a local conference center March 15-16 to honor Princeton physicist John Wheeler, who has been an important force in 20th-century physics and who is approaching his 91st birthday. The conference, called "Science and Ultimate Reality," celebrated Wheeler’s drive to address big, overarching questions in physics, which often begin to merge with philosophical questions about the origin of matter, information and the universe. Wheeler joined the Princeton faculty in 1938 and transferred to emeritus status in 1976.

Lisa Beamer, whose husband, Todd, uttered "Let’s roll," moments before United Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field on September 11, spoke on campus March 26. She spoke about his faith in God and hers.

President Tilghman spoke about the battle of the sexes in her lecture on "Genomic Imprinting: A Genetic Arms Race," at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on March 18. Tilghman described "an arms race where the weapons in the race are genes, where the protagonists are parents, and where the battlefield is the placenta and the uterus," reported Harvard’s Gazette.

Professor of History Harold James served on a nine-member panel of international historians that looked at Switzerland’s role in World War II. After a five-year study, the panel concluded that Switzerland’s refugee policy "turned back thousands to near-certain death," and the country excessively cooperated with Nazi Germany, and "failed to return wealth to its rightful owners" after the war, reported the New York Times.

Princeton graduate students are giving presentations on the topics they are studying to children in local schools as part of a new program called "Scholars in the Schools." Kevin Forrest, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in molecular biology, recently showed fifth-graders at West Windsor-Plainsboro Upper Elementary School how to see DNA in a test tube.

An interdisciplinary journey of inquiry into "Women and Religious Change in the African Diaspora" will take place over the next three years through a project at Princeton’s Center for the Study of Religion. The project will attempt to focus long overdue attention on questions of race and gender in the traditional study of religion. Marie Griffith, associate director of the center, said the spotlight will be on religious communities in the African diaspora of North and South America and the Caribbean, where increased ethnic and racial blending provides exciting examples of how belief and practice change over time and across populations, and how practitioners — especially women — navigate and frequently drive those changes. The project will focus especially on the ways in which people of African descent have influenced and reshaped Christianity and Islam, historically and in the present.

Saeed Tavazoie, assistant professor of molecular biology, has received an early-career research grant worth $1 million from the National Science Foundation. The five-year grant will fund research aimed at using the detailed information obtained from genome projects to build large-scale maps of how the many parts of a cell work together.
The Alfred Sloan Foundation has awarded unrestricted research grants to three Princeton faculty members. Computer scientist Amit Sahai, economist Robert Shimer and chemist Suzanne Walker each have been named Sloan Foundation research fellows and will receive $40,000 in funding over two years.

Melissa Miller, a graduate student in molecular biology, has been awarded a 2002 Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award from the Basic Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Miller, who works in the lab of Associate Professor Bonnie Bassler and is also the recipient of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, will participate in a scientific symposium in May in Seattle.

PAW seeks editor
Jane Chapman Martin '89, who has edited PAW since February 2000, announced that she will step down after the publication of the July 2002 issue because of family concerns. Martin and her husband, James K. Martin '89, have two young children. The position will be formally advertised in the April 10 issue. Applicants may see the complete job description at http://jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs/.

An Alternative to Alcohol Abuse: Housing Reform in the Residential Colleges by Brian Muegge ‘05

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Paula Lantz, assistant professor of health management and policy in the University of Michigan's School of Public Health: "Disease Screening Programs Without Treatment Resources: Lessons from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program."
April 2, 12:00-1:30 p.m., 300 Wallace Hall.

Alan Wolfe, professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College: "Real Religion: How Americans Actually Practice Their Faith"
April 2, 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.

Frank G. Wisner, vice chair, external affairs, American International Group: "The Middle East and Current American Diplomacy"
April 2, 4:30 p.m., 46 McCosh

Edward Miguel, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley: "Worms: Education and Health Externalities in Kenya"
April 3, 12:15-1:45 p.m., 300 Wallace Hall

Frederick D. Barton, former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees: "Advancing Hope in the New World Disorder"
April 3, 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

Marjorie Perloff, the Sadie Dernham Patek Professor Emerita in the Humanities at Stanford University: "But Isn't the Same at Least the Same? Wittgenstein and the Question of Poetic Translatability." (What makes some writing more readily translatable from one language into another?)
April 3, 4:30 p.m, McCosh 40.

Claudia Fritsche, permanent representative of the principality of Liechtenstein to the U.N.: "Opportuniiteis and Challeges for Women in Diplomacy"
April 3, 4:30 p.m., 46 McCosh

Susan R. Wolf, professor of ethics and of philosophy at Johns Hopkins: “The Meanings of Lives”
April 4, 4:30 p.m.,in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

Tony Kushner, playwright
April 4, 8 p.m., McCosh 50. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Theatre Intime presents Stop Kiss, a play by Diana Son, directed by Chris Wendell
March 28 - 30 and April 4-6,
8 p.m. Murray Dodge Hall. A matinee performance will be held at 2 p.m., April 6.
For tickets in advance, call the Frist Campus Center Box Office at 609-258-1742.

Five French films
will be shown on campus starting March 28 as part of a film series sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. The films will be screened at 8 p.m. on five Thursdays in March, April, and May at the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. All the films have English subtitles. For more information, contact Rachel Gabara at (609) 258-6127. "Ressources humaines" (Human Resources) by Laurent Cantet, April 4
"La Nuit du destin" (Night of Fate) by Abdelkrim Bahloul, April 18
"Pièces d'identité" (I.D.) by Mweze Ngangura, April 25
"Voyages" by Emmanuel Finkiel, May 2

A Venetian Extravaganza. Virtuosic Vocal and Instrumental Music of the 17th-Century. Works of Monteverdi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Marini, Castello, and Riccio. Princeton University Concerts Concert Classics Series, in conjunction with The Society for 17th-Century Music.
April 4, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $29; $24; $19; students, $2

Chicago, directed and choreographed by Amanda Brandes ’02, for her senior thesis; produced by the Princeton University Players
April 4-6, 8 p.m. (2 p.m. matinee on April 6), Frist Campus Center

The Declaration of Independence, a conference presented by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
April 5 and 6, beginning at 11:30 a.m. on April 5. For more information phone 609-258-6333.

17th-Century Music and Dance Performance. Capricious Idolatries: Exoticism in 17th-Century Music and Dance, Barbara Sparti, choreographer; Dorothy Olsson and Mark Mindek, dancers and choreographers. Works of D’India and Farina. Society for 17th-Century Music event.
April 5, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

The Composers' Ensemble at Princeton. Works of graduate students Brooke Joyce, Alan Shockley, Frances White, and Sharon Zhu. Department of Music and Friends of Music at Princeton event.
April 9, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Sydney Brenner, Oxford University and Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley:Biology after the Genome Project
April 9-11, 8 p.m. at TB. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Sean-Avram Carpenter ’03, violin and Christine McLeavey, piano. Works of J.S. Bach, Brahms, Pärt, and Beethoven. Friends of Music at Princeton student recital.
April 12, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

The Princeton Environmental Action and Princeton Conservation Society of Princeton University will host the 2002 Approaches to Environmental Conference, mostly at McCosh 50.
April 12-14. For more information, email Lauren Siciliano, or phone her at 609-986-8273.

Expressions Dance Company. Princeton University students perform program of modern and hip-hop dance.
April 12 and April 13, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $10; students, $6

Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble, Anthony D.J. Branker, director and the Princeton University Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, director. The Sacred Concert Music of Duke Ellington.
April 13, 8 p.m., Princeton University Chapel

Concert Royal, James Richman, artistic director and harpsichord. Works of Bach, Handel, and Rameau.
April 14, 3 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $27, $19; students, $6

Elisabeth Hon ’03, soprano and Gabrielle Leong ’03, piano. Works of Dowland, Mozart, Bellini, Wolf, and Sullivan. Friends of Music at Princeton student recital.
April 14, 3 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Master Class by Ivan Moravec, piano. Princeton University Concerts and Friends of Music at Princeton event.
April 15, 7 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Master Class by Ivan Moravec, piano. Princeton University Concerts and Friends of Music at Princeton event.
April 16, 7 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Timothy J. Clark, University of California, Berkeley: Poussin’s Mad Pursuit:
April 17, 4:30 p.m. at TBA. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Douglas Millar, bass-baritone and Benjamin Binder GS, piano. Works of Beethoven, Fauré, Purcell, and others. Friends of Music at Princeton student recital.
April 17, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Timothy J. Clark, University of California, Berkeley: Bruegel in the Land of Cockaigne
April 18, 4:30 p.m. at TBA. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

The Composers' Ensemble at Princeton. Annual Generals Concert. Works of Dowland, Brahms, Janacek, Steve Reich, and graduate students Randall Bauer, Brooke Joyce, Tae Hong Park, and Sharon Zhu. Department of Music and Friends of Music at Princeton event.
April 18, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium

Five French films will be shown on campus starting March 28 as part of a film series sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. The films will be screened at 8 p.m. on five Thursdays in March, April, and May at the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. All the films have English subtitles. For more information, contact Rachel Gabara at (609) 258-6127. "La Nuit du destin" (Night of Fate) by Abdelkrim Bahloul, April 18
"Pièces d'identité" (I.D.) by Mweze Ngangura, April 25
"Voyages" by Emmanuel Finkiel, May 2

Anna Lim, violin; Boris Zarankin, piano; Val Vinokurov and
Ksana Blank, readers
. A "Kreutzer Sonata" Evening: works of Beethoven and texts of Tolstoy, introduced by Professor Caryl Emerson. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures event.
April 18, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Princeton University Wind Ensemble, Bruce Yurko, conductor. Works of Shostakovich, Whitacre, Bennet, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
April 19, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $5

The Maria Schneider Orchestra. Princeton University Concerts University Concerts Jazz Series.
April 20, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $26, $23, $17; students, $2

Physics Department Annual Recital.
Performances by members of the Princeton University Physics Department.
April 20, 7:30 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

The Richardson Chamber Players, Michael Pratt, conductor; Matthew Lembo ’02, Nathan A. Randall, and Thomas P. Roche, narrators. Stravinsky Stories: works of Igor Stravinsky. Princeton University Concerts event.
April 21, 3 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $20, $15, $10; students, $2

The Composers' Ensemble at Princeton: Susan Narucki, soprano; Anna Lim, violin; Enikö Ginzery, cimbalom; Daniel Hudson, bass. Works of Kurtag, Janacek, and graduate students Daniel Biro, Ted Coffey, and Alan Shockley. Department of Music and Friends of Music at Princeton event.
April 21, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Michael Graves, architect, "Telling Stories"
April 22, 7:30 p.m. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Elizabeth McAlister, assistant professor of religion at Wesleyan College and Joan Dayan, of the University of Pennsylvania : "Vodou Spirits, Rara Queens and Small Men: Gender, Vulgarity and Slavery in Afro-Creole Religion"
April 24,4:30 p.m., Frist Campus Center #302

The Electric Tabla. Ajay Kapur ’02, electric tabla and friends. Works of Ajay Kapur, Peter Lee, David Hittson, and others.
Program in Computer Science event.
April 25, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Five French films
will be shown on campus starting March 28 as part of a film series sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. The films will be screened at 8 p.m. on five Thursdays in March, April, and May at the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. All the films have English subtitles. For more information, contact Rachel Gabara at (609) 258-6127. "Pièces d'identité" (I.D.) by Mweze Ngangura, April 25
"Voyages" by Emmanuel Finkiel, May 2

SANGAM. A program of dance, music, and theater performed by Princeton University Students. South Asian Students Association event.
April 26, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium.

Princeton University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor; Jennifer Borghi ’02, mezzo-soprano; and Kueh Hao Yuan ’02, piano. Works of Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Stravinsky. Stuart B. Mindlin Memorial Concert.
April 26 and 27, 8 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Tickets: $15; students, $5

Kirsten Jerch ’02, soprano, Christine McLeavey, piano, and others. Works of Vivaldi, Fauré, Handel, de Falla, Lilburn, and Hill. Friends of Music at Princeton student recital.
April 28, 3 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Princeton Symphony Orchestra
, Mark Laycock, musical director, with The American Boychoir, Vincent Metallo, music director. Sacred Music Concert: works of Martin, Messiaen, and Thomas.
April 28, 4 p.m., Richardson Auditorium. Pre-concert lecture at 3:00 p.m. Tickets: $30, $27; seniors, $27, $24; students, $8, $6

Andy Luse ’02, piano. Works of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. Friends of Music at Princeton student recital.
April 29, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium

Sidney Brenner
, Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, "Biology after the Genome Project"
April 30, May 1 and 2, 8:00 p.m. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Five French films
will be shown on campus starting March 28 as part of a film series sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. The films will be screened at 8 p.m. on five Thursdays in March, April, and May at the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. All the films have English subtitles. For more information, contact Rachel Gabara at (609) 258-6127. "Voyages" by Emmanuel Finkiel, May 2

Charles Falco
, University of Arizona, "Through a Looking Glass: The Art of the Science of Renaissance Painting"
May 7
, 8:00 p.m. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Charles Falco
, University of Arizona, "The Art and Science of the Motorcycle"
May 8
, 8:00 p.m. For more information email publect@princeton.edu.

Art Museum
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays.
Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

  • "Anthony Van Dyck: 'Ecce Homo' and 'The Mocking of Christ.'" March 9 through June 9.
  • "Guardians of the Tomb: Spirit Beasts in Tang Dynasty China." Through Aug. 31.
  • "Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of Expressionism." Through June 9.
  • "In the Mirror of Christ's Passion: Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books by European Masters." Through June 9.
  • "New German Photography." Through March 24.
  • "Anxious Omniscience: Surveillance in Contemporary Cultural Practice." Through March 31.

Reunions 2002, May 30 - June 2, 2002

Reunions 2003, May 29 - June 1, 2002

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New York area events

The photographs of Fazal Sheikh ’87, who went to Afghanistan after the Taliban had taken power, are on display at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at the State University of New Jersey, at Rutgers, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, through March 31. (732-932-7237) The show is titled "The Victor Weeps: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh of Afghan Refugees, 1996-98."

Ellen Beckerman ’91directs the play Fanatics, about the life of Galileo Galilei and how his discovery that the world was actually hurtling through space placed him at a tragic intersection with science and religion. Staged by the EB&C company, the play runs Thursdays through Mondays through April 1 at HERE, located at 145 Avenue of the Americas (one block south of Spring Street) in New York City. Box office: 212-647-0202.

"Lilies/Pale Yellow" (2001) by Anne-Marie Belli ’84

Watercolors by Anne-Marie Belli ’84 are on view at the New Jersey State Museum at 205 West State Street in Trenton, New Jersey, through May 12, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ALUMNI

John F. Nash *50, the schizophrenic Nobel-prize winning mathematician, will talk about his life and the movie based on his life, A Beautiful Mind, on CBS’s 60 Minutes. The interview between Nash and his wife, Alicia, and correspondent Mike Wallace will air March 27.

Louis Rukeyser ’54, the first and only host of PBS’s Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser, will leave the show in June, reported USA Today.com. He decided to leave instead of taking a diminished role when the show is revamped next fall. It will be called Wall Street Week with Fortune, and Fortune magazine’s Geoffrey Colvin will coanchor with a yet-to-be-named partner.

Richard D. Land ’69 mixes preaching and politics as president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist public policy arm. He’s also a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent panel that monitors religious liberty worldwide, and the host of three syndicated Southern Baptist radio programs.

Robert W. Ray ’82, the independent counsel, released his office’s final report on the Whitewater investigation. The report stated that there was insufficient evidence to show that Bill and Hillary Clinton committed any crimes, reported the New York Times. Ray, who resigned as independent counsel in March, says he will run for the Republican nomination for Senate in New Jersey, reported the Associated Press.

Robert Kasdin ’80 has been named to the newly created position of senior executive vice-president of Columbia University by President-elect Lee C. Bolliner. Currently executive vice-president and chief financial officer of the University of Michigan, Kasdin will take over at Columbia in July. He had previously served as treasurer and chief investment officer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as vice-president and general counsel of the Princeton University Investment Company.

James J. O’Donnell ’72 will take over as provost of Georgetown University on July 1. He succeeds Dorothy M. Brown. Currently, O’Donnell is a professor of classical studies and vice provost for Information Systems and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia recently chose Tim Renick *86 as the State of Georgia Outstanding Teacher for Research Institutions. He is associate chair of the philosophy department and director of the religious studies program at Georgia State University.

Things You Need to Be Told: A Handbook for Polite Behavior in a Tacky, Rude World! by Etiquette Grrls Lesley Carlin ’95 and Honore McDonough Ervin received a good review in the March 24 New York Times Book Review. P.J. O’Rourke declared, "It was here, on Page 34, that I feel completely in love with them both." For PAW’s interview with Carlin, click here. For the New York Times review of the book, click here.

Alex Wolff ’79's book Big Game, Small World, was reviewed in the New York Times. For the review, click here.

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SPORTS

Greg Parker ’03 wrestles his way to All-America status
With a hometown crowd cheering him on in Albany, New York last weekend, Greg Parker ’03 battled his way to the NCAA Division I wrestling finals, finishing second in his weight class and garnering All-America status.
Parker, who grew up just 10 minutes outside of Albany, reached the finals in the 174-pound division by beating top-seeded and undefeated Otto Olson of Michigan 11-8 in the semifinal match march 29. The junior became Princeton’s first NCAA finalist since John Orr ’85 in 1984-85. Bradley Glass ’53, who captured the heavyweight title in 1951, is Princeton’s lone NCAA wrestling champion.
Parker lost 12-5 to Greg Jones of West Virginia in finals after tearing cartilage in his rib cage on a fall early in the match. Jones was the only wrestler to defeat Parker this year. Parker finished the season 33-2.
"Excitement the whole time," said Princeton head coach Mike New. "What a ride."

Women’s lacrosse ranked second in country
Duke and Penn State felt the sting of the women’s lacrosse teams potent offense last week. After losing their first game of the season, Princeton (5-1) is now ranked second in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division I poll.
The Tigers handed Duke – ranked first in the country at the time - a 13-5 loss at Class of ’52 stadium on March 20. Senior Kim Smith scored five first-half goals as Princeton opened up an 8-0 halftime lead. Smith’s performance earned her Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors. Whitney Miller ’03 added three goals in the win.
On March 23, the Tigers continued their assault on the net as they cruised to a 17-8 win over Penn State on the road. Lauren Simone ’02 scored six times for Princeton, which used a 6-0 first-half run to put the game out of reach. Princeton has beaten four nationally ranked teams on their current winning streak. The Tigers begin their defense of Ivy League title when they take on Columbia in New York on March 27 at 4 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse falls to Syracuse
While Princeton’s women’s lacrosse team is now delivering on early season predictions, the defending men’s lacrosse national champions are now 1-3 after losing to Syracuse 11-8 at home on Saturday.
The Tigers grabbed a 4-0 lead in front of 5,476 spectators – the largest crowd to ever watch a game at Class of ’52 stadium – before Syracuse overcame Princeton by scoring the last four goals of the game.
Junior Matt Trevenen scored three goals in the loss and B.J. Prager ’02 connected on two scores for Princeton.
The Tigers hosted Rutgers March 26 in the battle for the Harland "Tots" Meistrell ’25 Cup. Come back later for an update.

Fencer Soren Thompson ’04 takes silver at NCAAs

Soren Thompson ’04’s second place finish in men’s Epee at the NCAA Fencing Championships at Drew University the weekend of March 23 lifted Princeton to an eighth place finish as a team. Thompson lost the championship match to Arpad Horvath of St. John’s.
On the women’s side, senior Lindsay Campbell had the highest finish for Princeton, placing sixth in the Epee competition and earning second team All-America honors.

Baseball snaps losing streak at William & Mary
Princeton snapped an eight-game losing streak with a pair of wins at William & Mary in Virginia this weekend. The wins avenged two earlier losses to W&M last week and improved the Tigers record to 4-11.
On Saturday, Princeton cranked out 17 hits en route to a 14-5 win in the second half of a doubleheader. The win gave fifth-year head coach Scott Bradley his 100th win
Freshman Ross Ohlendorf struck out six batters while giving up one earned run and five hits in six strong innings of work to earn the win in the Tigers’ 8-2 over W&M on Sunday. Catcher Tim Lahey ’04 hit his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 1-1 before Princeton scored three runs in the fifth inning and never looked back.
Princeton opens its Ivy League season at home on March 29 at 11:30 a.m. with a doubleheader against Penn. The Tigers also play the Quakers on March 30 at home.

Georgia trip is no peach for softball team
The Tigers finished their spring trip through Georgia with a 4-10 record after dropping games to Ohio State, Central Florida, Florida State – ranked 20th in the country — and UNC-Greensboro during last weekend’s Buzz Classic hosted by Georgia Tech. The Tigers record fell to 8-12 as they get ready to host Rutgers on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. at 1895 Field. Princeton starts its Ivy League schedule at Penn on March 30 at noon.

Women’s water polo improves to 13-5
The Tigers ended a four-game losing streak with two straight wins against Indiana and Michigan at the Indiana Invitational in Bloomington last weekend.
Adele McCarthy-Beauvais ’03 led Princeton with four goals in the 11-6 win over Indiana. McCarthy-Beauvais followed up with eight goals in the Tigers’ 17-16 win against Michigan. Both teams had players ejected during the hard fought game. Princeton’s season record stands at 13-5 as they get ready for league games against George Washington and Bucknell on April 6 at Bucknell.

Men’s volleyball squad drops to 11-9 at George Mason
Princeton lost a 3-1 match to EIVA-Tait Division rival George Mason on March 19. The loss drops the Tigers to an 11-9 overall record and 4-5 in their conference. Princeton will now host Juniata in another conference game on March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

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