They've never come this far, and this year is their best chance.
After setting a school record for season wins (25) on Wednesday with a victory over Holy Cross, the Dartmouth baseball team (24-11, 14-2 Ivy) enters the weekend looking for just one more win.
A win in back-to-back double headers against Harvard this weekend will bring Hanover a Red Rolfe Division title and a ticket to the Ivy League Championship game against a Lou Gehrig Division winner.
For the second-place Crimson (15-19, 8-6 Ivy) to force a one-game tie-breaker, they must win thefinal six league games, including this weekend against the Big Green.
Dartmouth is currently on a 12-game winning-streak and has won 18-of-21 games since returning from spring trip in Florida.
The Crimson are 2-7 in their last eight games overall and 1-5 in their last five Ivy contests.
In the last four years, Harvard leads the series, 14-2, against the Big Green.
Brian Nickerson '00 won the league's Player of the Week award after leading the Green to a weekend sweep over Yale.
The thirdbaseman hit 11 runs, 11 hits, 10 RBI, a double, two home runs, three walks and on 24 at-bats.
He leads the Big Green offense in batting average (.388), slugging percentage (.653), on-base percentage (.455) and home runs. (8).
Mike Mileusnic '03 took the Rookie of the Week award after batting three runs, 10 hits, 6 RBI, a double, a sac-fly and one walk on 24 at-bats.He now has a .358 batting average.
Jim Kelly '03 earned the Honor Roll after shutting out Yale and improving his record to 4-2.
Dartmouth visits Harvard tomorrow for a double-header and hosts another two games against the Crimson on Sunday.
