The baseball team led the way for the Big Green in a successful year for Dartmouth athletics. After posting an impressive 25-17 record and gaining a No.1 ranking in New England, Dartmouth's baseball team was stopped short of the NCAA tournament by a heartbreaking third-game loss to Columbia University in the Ivy League championship in Hanover.
Seven players received All-Ivy honors, including co-captain Russell Young '08, who was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Year.
Erik Bell '08 was named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District Second Team, while Damon Wright '08 and Nick Santomauro '10 were named to the All-New England First Team. Robert Whalen, head coach of Dartmouth's baseball team was also named the New England Coach of the Year.
The defending national champion Dartmouth ski team also stood out in 2007-2008, earning fourth-place at the NCAA Championships in Bozeman, Montana. The team once again was led by David Chodounsky '08, who captured his third podium finish in the slalom in four years.
Deep into the rebuilding process, the football team tied for fourth in the Ivy League. Justin Cottrell '08 received an honorable mention to the FCS All-American team.
Head football coach Buddy Teevens '79 has led the squad on its path to a competitive team, and his latest recruiting class shows great promise to lead Dartmouth football back to the glory that it has not enjoyed since the 1990s.
Men's soccer finished second in the Ivy League behind Brown University. It qualified for the NCAA tournament, but was ousted in the first round.
Sean Milligan '09, Craig Henderson '09 and Tom Lobben '08 were named to the NSCAA All-New England team, while Milligan was also named to the Scholar All-America first team. Women's soccer finished fourth in the Ivies in a strong campaign.
The women's hockey team finished another strong season in second place in the Ancient Eight and made the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament before being elbowed out by Harvard University. Fifteen players earned ECAC All-Academic honors, and Sarah Parsons '10 won a gold medal playing with Team USA in the IIHF World Championships.
With wins against top-ranked teams like UVM, men's hockey showed promise, but could not gain consistency. It eventually found itself at the bottom of the Ivy standings. The loss of key players from the Class of 2007, as well as standout sophomore TJ Galiardi, hurt the team greatly. Captain Nick Johnson '08 was named to the first team All-ECAC squad, while Evan Stephens '11 was named to the third team and the All-Rookie squad.
In a similarly disappointing season, men's basketball finished in a three-way tie for last place in the Ivy League with Princeton University and Harvard. Alex Barnett '09 was named to the All-Ivy second team for his work.
Conversely, women's basketball ended the season in a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League with Cornell and Harvard. The team was selected for a spot in the Women's NIT tournament, where it lost in the first round to a strong Vermont team.
Koren Schram '09 received this year's Class of 1976 award, given to Dartmouth's most outstanding female athlete.
After a disappointing start for the young team, lacrosse finished the season strong with an upset win over Princeton on senior day, as well as a win at Harvard on senior day in Cambridge. Ari Sussman '10 was chosen as a first team All-Ivy player and was recently awarded an All-American honorable mention. Casey Hingtgen '10 and Chad Gaudet '08 received All-Ivy second team and honorable mentions, respectively.
Women's lacrosse ended up at an uncharacteristic fifth in the Ivies, despite a rousing upset against No. 2 Princeton. Co-captain Kristen Barry '08 and Greta Meyer '11 were named to the IWCLA All-Northeast team.
The softball team, however, had an impressive season, finishing in second place in league rankings. Christy Autin '10 was named to the All-Ivy second team, while Katie Chifcian '09 picked up her second All-Ivy in a row with an honorable mention.
The women's tennis team, despite an astounding 16-4 overall record and a No. 48 national ranking, placed only fourth in a closely contested Ivy conference, dropping out of contention in the last two weeks of the league season.
Megan Zebroski '08, Molly Scott '11, Mary Beth Winingham '10 and Jesse Adler '10 were named All-Ivy players.
The men's tennis team had a disappointing season, losing three matches by one team point to drop them to seventh in the final league standings. However, senior Mark Brodie '08 was one of only two players in the league to be named to the All-Ivy first team in both singles and doubles play.
Men's cross country placed sixth under the leadership of Harry Norton '08, who placed 17th en route to All-Ivy accolades. He, along with Glenn Randall '09, were named to the New England District I All-Region team.
Randall, a three-sport athlete, is also this year's winner of the Alfred E. Watson trophy, given to the top male athlete at Dartmouth. Randall won the NCAA Cross Country skiing title in the 10K, winning first team All-American honors. He also excelled in both cross country and track and field.
The men's squash team finished in fourth place in the league. Despite being consistently ranked in the top 10 nationally, losses to the University of Pennsylvania and Williams College ended the team's season.
Women's squash ended the season in fifth place. Ashley Malenchak '08 earned second-team All-America honors, while Hannah Conant '11 won the Holleran Second Round-Main Draw.
Despite tying for last place in the Ivy League, the women's field hockey team garnered many accolades across the season. Virginia Peisch '11 was named to the 2008 New England High Performance Training Squad on her way to being named to the national indoor squad, along with incoming freshman Kelly Hood '12. The team also had 13 players named to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
Dana Malajian contributed to the reporting of this article.
