Softball wraps up encouraging season with third-place Ivy finish
Rain Tuesday morning led to the cancellation of the last softball game of the season -- a fitting end for a season marked by unexpected events.
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Rain Tuesday morning led to the cancellation of the last softball game of the season -- a fitting end for a season marked by unexpected events.
After losing four straight games last weekend, Dartmouth softball (14-22, 7-7 Ivy) bounced back to sweep a doubleheader against Harvard (20-23, 6-8 Ivy League) on Senior Day Saturday. In two pitchers' duels, the Big Green won the first game 3-0 and the second 3-2 in 10 innings.
he Dartmouth club sports program has long voiced pleas for more adequate funding. While some programs are thriving, many others struggle to get by. The Student Assembly's Club Sports Commission, after meeting together for a little more than a term, is planning to release a report addressing the problems facing club sports at Dartmouth. There are a number of problems facing the teams and the individual players that the CSC is likely to address.
For the second time this season, the Big Green (12-17, 5-3 Ivy) has gone 5-3 over an eight-game span. The first time, the Big Green proceeded to go on a four-game losing streak. This time, however, the team hopes that its string of successes will continue.
Dartmouth (9-16, 2-2 Ivy) captured a 4-3 win in its second game against Cornell (17-16, 3-1 Ivy), halting a losing streak that had stretched to five games after falling to the Big Red 3-2 in extra innings earlier in the day.
Dartmouth women's soccer fell to Yale (12-3-1, 4-1-1 Ivy) 2-1 on Wednesday in New Haven. The loss, only the fourth of a successful season, brought the team's record to 11-4-1 (4-2, Ivy) as they dropped out of first place, overtaken by the Bulldogs. With the end of the season only a game away, Dartmouth will need a victory over Cornell and a Yale loss to Brown to win the Ivy championship.
The Dartmouth women's soccer team traveled to Cambridge Saturday to face off against Harvard as part of its chase for first place in the Ivy League.
With a dominating 5-0 win over the Columbia Lions (8-5-1, Ivy 2-2) Sunday, the women's soccer team improved to 10-3-1 (Ivy 3-1) on the season and extended its unbeaten streak to five games. The Homecoming victory was also the team's second straight by a score of 5-0 and kept the Big Green just one point behind Yale in the race for the Ivy League championship.
Dartmouth men's rugby rounded out the regular season Saturday with a 36-0 win over the University of Massachusetts Minutemen. The win gave Dartmouth a final record of 4-1, its only loss suffered to Army in the second game played. The dominating win, which would normally be celebrated as a fantastic end to the season, was bittersweet as the Dartmouth ruggers lost starting forward Omar Foda '07 for the season.
Women's soccer improved to 8-3-1 (Ivy 2-1) with a 1-0 win Saturday over the Penn Quakers.
Dartmouth men's rugby improved to 3-1 with a solid win over the Boston College Eagles this Saturday. Dartmouth is now in second place, only behind Army, to whom Dartmouth lost in the second week of the season. With only one game remaining in the regular season, a potential win for the ruggers next week over UMass would put the team in solid position for the playoffs.
The Dartmouth women's soccer team bounced back from a frustrating loss to Princeton on Saturday to win 3-1 over the Syracuse Orange. The win raised Dartmouth's record to 7-3 (1-1 Ivy) and dropped Syracuse to 3-6-4 (2-0-3 Big East). The Big Green rode the individual of leading scorer Sarah Johnson '07 to victory. Johnson scored her first ever hat trick.
The Dartmouth women's soccer team fell to a record of 6-3-0 after suffering a 2-0 loss yesterday to the Princeton Tigers (3-4-2, 1-1 Ivy). The match was the second straight Ivy competition for the two teams and brings both teams to 1-1 in the conference. The loss serves as a setback for Dartmouth, which had previously excelled in non-conference play and also won their first Ivy match over Brown last Saturday.
Dartmouth women's soccer improved to 6-2 with a 1-0 win over Brown Saturday. The game opened Ivy League play for the Big Green, who will face other Ivy League opponents in six of their final nine games.
In a celebration enjoyed by players past and present, Dartmouth men's and women's rugby clubs opened their brand new clubhouse this weekend. With the opening of the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse and Brophy and Battle fields, Dartmouth College now boasts one of the premier rugby facilities in the country. The historic event that began Friday and ended Saturday honored Corey Ford, Dartmouth rugby's most storied coach, through speeches, dinners, and the clubhouse that bears his name. Saturday also included two matches. The women's club took on their rivals Radcliffe, losing 14-5. The men's club, in the main event of the weekend, took on Army, losing an extremely close match 30-25.
As campaigning for Student Assembly positions reached its peak during the recent elections, the importance of club sports on campus became piercingly clear. Nearly every candidate listed working for the advancement of club sports as one of their main goals, hoping that doing so would garner support from the student body. With twenty-four club sports teams on campus, the demand for increased support for the teams by the administration is constant.
Men's tennis closed out its season with a loss at home to No. 43 Harvard on Wednesday. The unfortunate defeat against the Crimson was the seventh consecutive match without a victory for the Big Green, with each loss coming against Ivy League opponents. The team finished the season 8-14 overall and 0-7 in conference play. The match marked the end of the careers for five Dartmouth seniors, including co-captains Dave Webb '05 and Andres Reyes '05.
The men's tennis team continued to struggle this weekend, losing two more Ivy League matches. After dropping matches to Brown (19-4) on Friday and Yale (5-13) on Sunday, the team moved to 0-6 in conference play and 8-13 overall. Overmatched on both occasions, the Big Green only came away with one doubles win and two singles wins against Yale and none against Brown.
Ivy League opponents continued to cause problems for men's tennis this weekend, as the Big Green dropped two matches and moved to 0-4 in conference play. On Friday, Dartmouth lost a close match to the Princeton Tigers (15-8, 2-3), and were defeated by the Penn Quakers (16-7, 2-3), who are ranked No. 69 nationally, in another tight match on Saturday. The losses bring the Big Green to 8-11 overall; in order to finish at .500, the Big Green has to win their final three matches.
Men's tennis opened Ivy League play this weekend with two losses. On Friday the Big Green was dominated by the Columbia Lions (13-2), losing 6-1, and on Saturday they lost a very close match to the Cornell Big Red (9-8) 5-2. The two losses brought the team to 8-9 overall.