The Big Green baseball team (26-17, 13-7 Ivy) won its second consecutive Ivy League title this year despite a rough start to the season in conference play. The baseball team beat out Columbia University two games to one in the best-of-three Championship series on May 9. Six players were named All-Ivy players, including Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year Chris O'Dowd '13.
The women's lacrosse team fell just short of capturing Dartmouth's second Ivy League title, losing to the University of Pennsylvania, 9-8, in the Ivy League championship game of the conference tournament. The Big Green climbed as high as No. 7 in the national lacrosse rankings, but barely missed an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and finished their season ranked 12th in the nation and second in the Ivy League. Four Big Green players goalie Julie Wadland '10, defender Shannie MacKenzie '11, attacker Greta Meyer '11 and midfielder Sarah Plumb '12 were named to the All-Region team for outstanding play.
Wadland earned All-American honors for her senior season. During her time as goalie for the lacrosse team, Wadland was a two-year captain and two-time nominee for the Tewaaraton award. She was consistently ranked among the top five goalies in the nation and tended the goal for all but 29 minutes during her senior season.
Lacrosse player Casey Hingtgen '10 was also named to an All-American team this year after his senior season. Hingtgen, who played lacrosse for four years at Dartmouth, anchored the center of the defense and won 70 draws as the team's faceoff specialist during his senior season. He led the team with 22 forced turnovers for an average of 2.2 a game, earning him the No. 5 ranking in the nation.
The ski team enjoyed continued success this Winter, finishing fifth at the NCAA Men's and Women's Skiing Championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The Big Green dominated its East Coast competition, losing only to Denver University, the University of Colorado, the University of New Mexico and the University of Utah. Dartmouth went undefeated in NCAA carnivals during the regular season.
Despite an impressive regular season, the men's soccer team (10-7-1, 4-3-0 Ivy) suffered a 2-1 overtime loss to Boston College in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Big Green climbed as high as No. 5 in the national rankings during the season.
The Dartmouth sailing teams were some of the College's best competitors this year, with senior duo Becca Dellenbaugh '10 and Stephanie Gagnon '10 making it all the way to the National Semi-Finals before adverse wind conditions prevented them from advancing. In coed action, Sam Williams '12 and Sarah Freihofer '10 made it to the top eight in the Coed New England Championships but fell short of a bid to the Semifinals.
The men's and women's crew teams also excelled on the water, with the No. 7 heavyweight men's squad advancing all the way to the national finals. The team recently defeated No. 10 Syracuse University to win the Packard Cup for the first time in five years. The lightweight team had a strong showing as well, sending its varsity, novice and second novice eight boats to the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Sprints, with varsity pulling an upset and finishing fourth in the Grand Finals. The women's team finished fourth at the Eastern Sprints competitions.
The women's squash team finished the season ranked 12th in the nation, and Valeria Wiens '13 earned All-American first team honors the first time a Dartmouth freshman has received All-American honors in 14 years.
The men's squash team finished the year ranked No. 7 in the country the team's highest final ranking in three years after a strong showing at the College Squash Association Men's National Team Champions tournament in February.
Unfortunately, rowdy fan behavior at the Dec. 2, 2009, home match against Harvard University eclipsed the team's performance in national headlines. The day after the match, the Valley News reported that Dartmouth students alledgedly heckled a member of the Crimson using anti-Semitic slurs and made inappropriate comments towards other players. Some students disputed the allegations of anti-Semitism, explaining that the term "bagel" is a common phrase in squash meaning a zero, and was not meant with any religious connotation. College President Jim Yong Kim apologized to the president of Harvard University following the event.
The Big Green again made national news when FoxSports.com reported that members of the Dartmouth basketball team submitted a protest to the athletic director refusing to play for head coach Terry Dunn. The team denied the report along with Dunn, who cited family reasons for his subsequent resignation. Assistant coach Mark Graupe filled in as interim head coach for the rest of the season.
Despite the coaching change, the Big Green basketball team dropped 12 of its last 13 games. The team was able to pull off one conference win this season with a 48-44 victory over Columbia University.
The women's team fared better than the men, but was unable to defend its 2008-2009 Ivy League title after going 6-8 against the Ancient Eight. Despite these losses, two underclassmen Brittany Smith '11 and Faziah Steen '13 earned All-Ivy honors for their outstanding seasons.
The Dartmouth football team (2-8, 2-5 Ivy) managed to improve on last year's season and broke a 17-game losing streak with a 28-6 victory over Columbia in the Homecoming game and a 20-17 double overtime thriller over Cornell two weeks later. Nick Schwieger '12 broke the then-school record by running for 242 yards in the win against the Lions, but his record was soon eclipsed by Greg Patton '13, who rushed for 243 yards against the Big Red.
The Big Green men's hockey team was unable to recover from an 0-7 start to the season. In a particularly memorable game, Dartmouth students threw tennis balls onto the ice in response to a mistakenly signaled goal before the referee had a chance to call the goal back. Dartmouth men's hockey made it to the playoffs, but were knocked out by Quinnipiac University in the first round.
The women's hockey team (9-12-1 ECAC) had a better year than the men but failed to make the playoffs. Sarah Parsons '10 earned just about every award imaginable, including first team All-Ivy, first team All-ECAC, New England Hockey Writers All-Star and team MVP.
The men's golf team concluded the season with a fourth place finish at the Ivy League Championships in April. Peter Williamson '12 tied for fourth place at the tournament, and earned a spot on the All-Ivy first team for the year.
