Men's and women's hockey to face in-state rival UNH
The Big Green women (12-5-2, 9-3-2 ECAC Hockey) are ranked No. 7 in the nation, barely edging out UNH (9-5-5, 5-2-3 Hockey East), which sits at the No. 8 spot nationally.
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The Big Green women (12-5-2, 9-3-2 ECAC Hockey) are ranked No. 7 in the nation, barely edging out UNH (9-5-5, 5-2-3 Hockey East), which sits at the No. 8 spot nationally.
Between the two games, both captain Rob Pritchard '09 and goalkeeper Jody O'Neill '12 expressed the team's need to step up its play in the first moments of the game, O'Neill told The Dartmouth.
A rower during all four years of her Dartmouth career, Kate Davison '07 returned to Hanover as the second assistant coach of the women's crew team. Davison, who was hired in December, will assist with recruiting and play a part in coaching both the varsity and novice crews.
Dartmouth field hockey players Virginia Peisch '11 and Kelly Hood '12 came home with silver medals last week after representing the United States at the 2008 Indoor Pan-American Cup, held in San Juan, Argentina.
Successful 2008 seasons for Dartmouth's rugby programs culminated with both the women and men's teams earning bids to their respective national tournaments in the spring.
A notable regular season ended with an eighth-place finish for the Dartmouth men's club water polo team at the National Collegiate Club Championship this weekend at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This year's ranking was just one spot below the squad's best ever seventh-place finish in 2001.
Neither captain Ashley Hines'09's goal in the final second of the game nor Virginia Peisch '11's record-breaking pair of assists was enough to give the Dartmouth women's field hockey team a win over Ivy rival Cornell.
While the Big Green never trailed in the game, it was far from one-sided as the Lions (10-4, 1-4 Ivy) stayed strong throughout regulation and the 12 minutes of overtime before Meghan Everett '12 sealed the Dartmouth victory.
Dartmouth women's field hockey finally competed in a contest not decided by one goal as the Big Green swept past Bryant with a more-than-comfortable 7-1 margin on Wednesday afternoon in Hanover. Kelly Hood '12 led the team offensively, scoring three of the Big Green's seven goals.
Despite the loss, co-captain Ashley Hines '09 saw the game as a good effort against a difficult team.
In spite of a second-half rally, the Dartmouth field hockey team dropped a heartbreaker to Ivy League rival Yale at home on Saturday, losing the game, 3-2, in sudden death overtime. The Bulldogs' victory marks their first Ivy League win of the year.
Co-captain Kristen McCormick '09 described the game as fulfilling one of the team's main goals.
After scoring just two minutes into the game and playing a strong first half, Dartmouth field hockey withstood a late University of Pennsylvania surge to beat the Quakers, 3-2, Saturday afternoon in Hanover.
Dartmouth's (1-6, 1-1 Ivy) victory over Brown( 1-6, 0-2 Ivy) evens out its conference record after losing to Princeton. (Results of Sunday's contest against Holy Cross was not available as of press time.)
Despite the overtime loss, the final score against UVM represented the closest margin of defeat of the season for Dartmouth (0-5, 0-1 Ivy). The Big Green mustered zero goals in the previous four games, getting out-scored, 14-0.
Dartmouth's Athletic Department announced the hirings of two new administrators last week. Rick Bender was named Dartmouth's director of varsity athletics communications and Richard Whitmore was selected as the new associate athletics director for operations and facilities.
"Everything is all set," Randy Meck, the interim director of facilities and operations for the athletics department, said. "At this point, it's just the construction process."
Co-captain Liz Spence '08 suggested that the loss was a result of mental lapses that, despite the effort and cohesiveness of the team, were ultimately costly.
In its last competition of the season, Dartmouth's equestrian team tied with Cornell for reserve champion at the Ivy League championships last Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y. Brown was the champion of the show, which included all of the Ancient Eight teams except Harvard.
"I honestly think everyone walked out on that field yesterday and decided that they were going to do anything possible to try to win that game," co-captain Kristen Barry '08 said. "A lot of the younger kids made mental decisions that they were not going to hold anything back."