Field Hockey1994 CAPSULE REVIEW: 10-6-1 overall, 3-2-1 Ivy League. The 10-6-1 overall mark was the team's best since 1988. The squad fell just short of an ECAC Championship, losing to Maine in the finals.PLAYERS TO WATCH: GK Lauren Demski '96, D Cynthia Roberts '96PREVIEW: The field hockey team lost in the ECAC Finals last year, a marked improvement over a medicore 1993 season. The team figures to be in the hunt for an ECAC title this year.
With a First Team All-Ivy player in Demski, and a solid defender in Roberts, Coach Julie Dayton's squad returns most of its core from last year.
Demski, Dartmouth's goal keeper, finished the 1994 season with 123 saves and seven shutouts, and defender Roberts chipped in with eight goals and three assists. Men's Soccer1994 CAPSULE REVIEW: 8-4-3 overall, 3-2-2 Ivy League. A late-season surge fell just short, as a 2-1 loss to Princeton in the final game of the regular season cost the team a berth in the NCAA Tournament.PLAYERS TO WATCH: M/F Hunter Paschall '96, M Olli Chanoff '96, M Methembe Ndlovu '97PREVIEW: Coach Fran O'Leary's team had a good season last year, but the chances for a repeat performance are questionable, given the loss of nine members of last year's squad, including some potent offensive players.
Among those lost to graduation include both of last year's goalkeepers -- Jeff Cucunato '95 and Brian Wiese '95. Matt Streng '98 and John Gabel '98 figure to battle for the starting goaltending chores.
Ndlovu, the Dartmouth Rookie of the Year in 1993, will be expected to be one of the main offensive sparkplugs.Women's Soccer1994 CAPSULE REVIEW: 10-4-1 overall, 5-2 Ivy League. The team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Brown.PLAYERS TO WATCH: M Kate Andrews '96, F Betsy Dobbin '98, F Melissa McBean '97, GK Heidi Hatchell '96, D Holly Thomas '97PREVIEW: Last season, despite two major injuries early in the year, the Big Green had a solid campaign, making the NCAA Tournament before bowing out to Ivy Champion Brown.
Coach Steve Swanson's club loses four excellent seniors to graduation, but chances to make the NCAA Tournament again are still good because of a deep and talented roster.
Hatchell, called into duty last season because of a season-ending injury to Michelle Conroy '95, will again start in goal. McBean and co-Captain Andrews are the offensive leaders, while Thomas anchors the backline.Cross Country1994 CAPSULE REVIEW: 1st place at New England Championships, 1st place at Heptagonal Champ-ionships,14th place at NCAA Championships (men); first place at Heptagonal Championships, 19th place at NCAA Championships (women)RUNNERS TO WATCH: Jack Dwyer '96, Aaron Schumacher '98, Kristin Manwaring '96, Kristin Pierce '96, Jenna Rogers '98PREVIEW: The cross-country teams each enjoyed great success last year, and they hope for more of the same this year.
The men's team, however, will have to do it without Sam Wilbur '94 and Ted FitzPatrick '95, each of whom move on after years of devoted service to Dartmouth cross-country.
The women also lost a great runner to graduation, Kristin Cobb '95.Women's Volleyball1994 CAPSULE REVIEW: 2-18 overall, 0-7 Ivy League. The volleyball team experienced growing pains in its first-ever season as a fully-funded varsity sport.PLAYERS TO WATCH: Outside-hitter Carmen Schmitt '97, setter Amanda Wayne '96.PREVIEW: Coach Ann-Marie Larese knows her team can only improve upon last year's tough campaign, especially since the experienced core of the team returns, with only two members of last year's squad lost to graduation.
Schmitt led the squad in digs and kills last year, while setter Wayne led the team in assists.
Men's Basketball1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 13-13 overall, 10-4 Ivy League. The hoopsters shared second place in the Ivy League and the team boasted its best showing since 1959.PLAYERS TO WATCH: G Sea Lonergan '97, C Brian Gilpin '97, F Jacob Capps '96PREVIEW: The men's basketball team is unquestionably one of the early favorites to take the Ivy League title this year, after a breakthrough year in 1994-95 which saw the squad finish in a second-place tie.
With powerhouse Pennsylvania losing their entire starting five from last year's team to graduation, Coach Dave Faucher's Big Green may be able to inherit the mantle from them as the team to beat in the Ivy League.
First Team All-Ivy pick Lonergan, who led the Ivy League with 18.5 points per game last year, is the team's marquee talent, while All-Ivy Second Teamer Gilpin, who broke a single-season school record with 92 blocks last year, is a force on the inside. Women's Basketball1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 16-11 overall, 12-2 Ivy League. The team won the Ivy League title with a 72-48 win at Harvard in its last regular season game. The squad lost to Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.PLAYERS TO WATCH: G Sally Annis '97, G Jen Stamp '96, F Kira Lawrence '96, F Bess Tortolani '98PREVIEW: Coach Chris Wielgus' squad had a magical season last year -- the Big Green won the Ivy League, made the NCAA Tournament, and gave heavily-favored Virginia the fight of their lives on their home floor before losing 71-68 in the first round of the tournament.
The squad loses four integral players from the 1994-95 team to graduation, but the team should still challenge for the Ivy title.
Lawrence and Annis retain their starting jobs, and Stamp figures to take one of the other starting spots. A number of new recruits to the team will help offset the loss of the four players lost to graduation.Men's Ice Hockey1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 9-16-2 overall, 7-13-2 ECAC, 3-5-2 Ivy League. The team finished 11th in the ECAC with 16 league points.PLAYERS TO WATCH: G Scott Baker '97, D Owen Hughes '97, D Dax Burkhart '96, F Bill Kelleher '96, F David Whitworth '98, F Bob Cancelli '98, F Dan Bloom '96PREVIEW: After a disappointing 11th place finish last season, the Big Green again have their sights set on an ECAC playoff berth.
Coach Roger Demment's team did its best Jekyll and Hyde impersonation last season, showing flashes of brilliance in wins over nationally-ranked opponents such as Vermont and Harvard, but looking confused and helpless during a ten-game winless streak in January and February.
The team loses 50 percent of its goals and its top three scorers to graduation, but seniors like Bloom and Kelleher and sophomores like Whitworth and Cancelli will be expected to fill the void.
Hughes and Burkhart lead the defense, and goalie Baker again figures to play a vital role in the team's fortunes in 1995-96. Baker began last season on junior-varsity and by season's end was the varsity team's number-one goalie and spiritual leader. Women's Ice Hockey1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 16-8-4 overall, 7-1-2 Ivy League. The team shared the Ivy League title with Princeton and made the ECAC Tournament. The squad lost to Princeton in the national quarterfinals.PLAYERS TO WATCH: F Sarah Howald '96, D Michelyne Pinard '98, F Sarah Hood '98, D Amy Coelho '97, G Sarah Tueting '98PREVIEW: The ice-women stunned the ECAC in an alleged "rebuilding" year by sharing the Ivy crown, and after losing two players from last year's varsity team, the Big Green are the favorites to again be atop the Ivy League this winter.
Howald leads the attack, with defenders Pinard and Coelho always ready to step up and contribute to the offense.
Tueting immediately established herself as an elite goalie in the ECAC as a freshman varsity starter, and her presence means the Big Green will be solid in net for at least the next three years.Indoor Track1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 12th place at IC4A Championships (men); 26th place at ECAC Championships (women)ATHLETES TO WATCH: Jack Dwyer '96, Aaron Cunniley '96, Maribel Sanchez '96, Amy Winchester '96PREVIEW: The Big Green have several stars from last season returning to compete this winter.
Runner Dwyer, one of the leaders of the men's team, placed well in the 3000-meter run at the IC4A Championships last winter, while Cunniley won the 800 meters at the Heptagonal Championships.
On the women's team, Sanchez earned All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships last season, while weight thrower Winchester made an impressive showing at the ECAC Championships.Swimming1994-95 CAPSULE REVIEW: 1-11-1 overall, 11th place at Easterns (men); 8-3 overall, 6th place at Eastern Championships (women)SWIMMERS TO WATCH: Jeff Jorgenson '97, Jon Kenyon '97, Andrea Hill '97, Karyn Bysshe '96 PREVIEW: The women's swim team will look to continue its success from last year while the men's team hopes to drastically reverse last season's brutal showing.
The women will have to carry on without two talented members of last year's squad who have since graduated, Allison Ruff '95 and Cory Murphy '95. The men's team also lost a few swimmers, including last year's captain, Ross Downey '95.Men's Lacrosse1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 9-4 overall, 2-4 Ivy League. The team finished fifth in the Ivies.PLAYERS TO WATCH: M Brian Merritt '97, M John Schneider '96, M Eric Swanson '96, D Justin Boyd '96, G Ned Hazard '96PREVIEW: The Big Green are hoping to play with more consistency this season, after finishing a disappointing fifth in the Ivy League following a strong start last year.
Coach Tim Nelson's squad loses five starters from last year's club to graduation, but the prognosis is still for a successful season, especially with the Big Green's potent offensive attack.
Merritt is one of the Ivy League's best talents, and Schneider was a Second Team All-Ivy choice last year, while Swanson also contributes to the attack.
Boyd is a mainstay on the defense, and Hazard again figures to be the starting goalie.Women's Lacrosse1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 12-2 overall, 7-0 Ivy League. The squad won the Ivy League and made the NCAA Final Four. The team lost to Princeton 13-8 in the national semifinals.PLAYERS TO WATCH: A Kim Mendleson '97, A Julia Morill '98, D Maura Schneider '96PREVIEW: The team got to the Final Four for the first time ever last year, which leaves only one goal unreached -- a national title.
However, Coach Amy Patton's Big Green will have to chase the national championship without six outstanding players from last year's squad, including Lauren Holleran '95, one of the best lacrosse players in the country the past few years.
Also gone is goalie Kirsten Prettyman '95, which leaves the goaltending chores to the inexperienced duo of Nicole Gercke '98 and incoming freshman Sarah Carlson.
The team will still have a strong attack, led by Mendleson, while the defense, anchored by Schneider, remains fairly intact from last year.Baseball1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 19-17 overall, 12-8 Ivy League. The Dartmouth nine finished second in the Red Rolfe Division, only one game behind Yale. The 12-8 Ivy mark was the squad's best since 1987.PLAYERS TO WATCH: RF Greg Gilmer '96, CF Andrew Spencer '97, 3B Jake Isler '96, P Eric Walania '98, P Scott Simon '97PREVIEW: After finishing second in the Red Rolfe Division for the second straight year last season, the Dartmouth baseball team is poised to again challenge for the division title.
Coach Bob Whalen's team returns with virtually its entire pitching staff and lineup intact, losing only two players from last year's team to graduation.
Gilmer and Isler are the big guns at the plate, while Walania and Simon are the stalwarts of the young pitching staff.
A junior, Simon is the oldest member of the staff and posted a 7-1 record last year. Walania made a splash in his rookie season with a 2.36 Ivy League ERA.Softball1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 11-31 overall, 4-8 Ivy League. The team finished fourth in the Ivy League in its first season with varsity status.PLAYERS TO WATCH: P Christina Maybaum '98, OF Julia Doster '97, 3B Lauren McQuade '97, P/SS Raili Cook '98PREVIEW: After a respectable fourth place Ivy finish last year, new coach Steffany Bender is hoping to turn the team into a contender for the title this year.
The team loses six players from last year's group to graduation, but still is virtually a lock to improve upon last year's 11-31 mark, which is still a respectable record for a first-year varsity team.
With the growing pains out of the way, the Big Green should be better this year, especially if Maybaum continues her stellar pitching. Doster, McQuade and Cook will lead the offense.
Tennis1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 14-7 overall, 5-2 EITA, lost to Miami in first round of NCAA Tournament (men); 5-5 overall, 5-2 Ivy League (women)PLAYERS TO WATCH: Jim Rich '96, Matt Fuller '97, Tracey Lee '98, Trudy Muller '96PREVIEW: The men's and women's teams, which each enjoyed successful seasons last year, will be looking to repeat their fortunes this spring.The men's team returns most of its top players, and the women's team loses only two seniors and has a strong group of recruits from the incoming freshman classOutdoor Track1995 CAPSULE REVIEW: 8th place in IC4A Championships (men); 6th place in ECAC Championships (women)ATHLETES TO WATCH: Adam Nelson '97, Tim Farrell '96, Mirabel Sanchez '96, Jenna Rogers PREVIEW: The men's team loses All-Americans Sam Wilbur '94 and Ted FitzPatrick '95, but return a number of good middle distance runners, including Farrell. The strength of the squad is the weight throwers, led by Nelson, Alex Ghanotakis '97 and David Erikson '96.
The women's track team, who had their highest-ever finish in the ECACs last spring, return all their runners except Kristin Cobb '95 and heptathlete Karen Rieper '95. Sanchez, an All-American, leads a strong group of middle distance runners, including up and coming freshman Rogers and Kristin Manwaring '96.Rohit Chandra, Matthew Holmwood, Eric Petitt, Kate Shanahan and Erika Tower contributed to this article.Special thanks to Chris Gasparro of Sports Information for his help.
