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Editors' Note: Former and current editors, columnists and reporters of The Dartmouth Sports section from the Class of 2009 were asked to reflect on their experience with Dartmouth sports during the last four years.
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Editors' Note: Former and current editors, columnists and reporters of The Dartmouth Sports section from the Class of 2009 were asked to reflect on their experience with Dartmouth sports during the last four years.
I came across some pretty impressive statistics while perusing the Dartmouth Sports web site the other day.
Right off the bat (pun totally intended), congrats to the Dartmouth baseball team on winning the Ivy League title two weekends ago. After coming so close to the crown last season, the Big Green romped through the Ivy League schedule this year with superb hitting, and capped the year off with a convincing rout of Cornell to win the title series, two games to one.
What was the biggest sporting event of the weekend? Definitely the REAL Kentucky Derby, and I've got the first-hand account to prove it.
I'm writing this column a day early (Saturday rather than Sunday), as I'm on the road with the rugby team this weekend at the Ivy League tournament, playing in my last collegiate rugby games ever. Dartmouth routed Cornell and Princeton a combined 123 points-to-nil on Saturday, and we're up against the hated Hahvahd in the championship game on Sunday afternoon down in New York City.
I'd like to apologize for the absence of my colleague, Michael Thomas Whalen Knapp, from these pages this week. He tells me he'll be back in full swing next edition, ready for another rhetorical beat-down courtesy of yours truly.
Knapp and I are going to shy away from an entire Toe To Toe on the Final Four, because in my mind, there is not much that either of us could write that hasn't been said before. Predictions for tonight's MSU-UNC tilt will come later. So we thought we would give our respective sports some facetime and list a few reasons why you, the sports fan, should come attend a rugby match or a crew race.
Sunday, 1 p.m. Jordan's Room. Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity.
There's plenty of storylines out there for Dartmouth spring sports squads, but this week, Knapp and I will focus on baseball and softball, two teams that came reasonably close to winning Ivy League titles last season. So which team has the better chance of claiming an Ancient Eight crown this year?
Honestly, on any other Friday I would be at this basketball game against Cornell from start to finish. But as someone who played hockey for most of his childhood and an avid fan of the game, I'm still torn between the Dartmouth-Cornell game and the Dartmouth-Princeton matchup down the road in Thompson Arena.
People used to ask me during job interviews, "Oh, so you're a senior; are you excited to graduate?"
Hope you all had a wonderful Winter Carnival. I was concerned about the welfare of this weekend when I heard the troubling news about the collapsing snow sculpture on Wednesday, but it seemed like everyone who made it out had a good time. Seniors: get pumped for Green Key.
A brief side note -- what in the name of common sense was with the halftime entertainment on Saturday night? I find the idea of throwing dollar bills onto the court, blindfolding somebody, making them spin around a bat several times and then get on their hands and knees to pick up as much cash before the horn sounds to be degrading and slightly offensive. Does the athletic department know that the United States is in a recession and has the highest unemployment rate this nation has seen in 30 years? Come on, people.
Back to Hanover. Our current athletic director, Josie Harper, recently announced her plans to retire in June. There will be an interim AD appointed for the 2009-10 academic year as the College searches for a permanent replacement. Knapp and I won't be around as students by then, so we decided to come up with short wish lists of things we'd like to see changed at Dartmouth under the newest AD. I like Knapp's suggestions, especially the emphasis on a fan-friendly environment, but there's some other things that need to be addressed as well. Here's my three picks -- agree or disagree.
So I heard some rumblings around campus that Knapp came out on top after our first Toe To Toe two weeks ago. I thought my experience as a former sports editor, and my experience covering the Dartmouth sports scene would give me an edge as our rhetorical arrows flew, but I guess I was just not that persuasive. Oh well -- another week, another chance to shame Michael.
Earlier this week, Christian Kiely '09 wrote an opinion piece in which he threw his support behind firing football head coach Buddy Teeevens '79.
And with 15 varsity teams in action this fall, as well as a host of freshmen athletes, the 2008 fall season should be chock full of excitement, and maybe even a few surprises.
As of Sunday, a total of eight Big Green athletes from three sports have been recognized as All-Ivy performers.
The women's squad (18-9-6, 13-5-4 ECAC) secured an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after a conference playoff loss against St. Lawrence (28-10-1, 18-3-1 ECAC) in the semifinals.
Although the weather right now would seem to indicate otherwise, Dartmouth's spring sports teams are already gearing up for their respective seasons. Here's a brief look at the expectations and outlooks for each team: