Women's lacrosse continues its winning streak against Yale
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team delivered the heat to Yale University on Saturday, earning a 12-5 victory for its fifth consecutive win this season.
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The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team delivered the heat to Yale University on Saturday, earning a 12-5 victory for its fifth consecutive win this season.
The performance was an improvement from last year's spring trip to California, during which the Big Green went 1-7. On this year's trip, Dartmouth mostly faced schools from the Northeast and Midwest, while the Big Green played schools exclusively from California last year. Dartmouth has not had a winning record on its annual spring trip since 2000.
The Dartmouth men's lacrosse squad (2-4, 0-1 Ivy) faced three top-twenty teams over spring break and went 0-3, giving up a six-goal lead in its last contest against No. 16 Harvard University (5-2, 1-1 Ivy) to ultimately fall, 13-11.
The Cornell University and Yale University men's hockey teams competed in the first round of the NCAA championship this weekend, with the Bulldogs advancing to the quarterfinals after defeating North Dakota University, 3-2. Junior forward Denny Kearney scored two goals for Yale in the winning effort, and junior goalie Ryan Rondeau saved 34 of 36 shots in his first start since Nov. 21, YaleBulldogs.com reported. The Bulldogs play Boston College in the next round of play. The Cornell Big Red suffered an early exit from the tournament after getting blown out by the New Hampshire University Wildcats, 6-2, on Friday. Cornell got off to an early lead after junior Tyler Roeszler scored the lone goal of the first period, but the Wildcats proved too strong in the final two frames, scoring four goals in the third period alone.
"This trip was great because we got a lot of good match experience," Michael Laser '12 said. "We got to play a lot of matches and see a lot of different players."
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"We're sorely disappointed," head coach Chris Wielgus said. "This is a storied program. It's been a benchmark in the Ivy League. We still have one more game, and we have to finish strong and do the best we can."
Although Dartmouth received strong performances from Ronnie Dixon '11, who posted 18 points, and captain Robby Pride '10, who recorded 17 points, against the Quakers (6-21, 5-8 Ivy), the Penn duo of Jack Eggleston and Zack Rosen outdueled them and combined for 43 points in the Quakers' victory.
The team (1-5, 0-0 Ivy) was blanked on Friday during a 3-0 loss to Bowling Green State University, followed by an 11-0 defeat at the hands of Liberty University.
Head coach Amy Patton attributed the victory to the team's composure in the second frame after the Irish (2-1, 0-0 Big East) made it a one-goal game.
With the game against the Raiders on Saturday tied 2-2 and the go-ahead run on second in the top of the ninth, Big Green reliever Cole Sulser '12 struck out the last two batters to end the inning.
The Princeton women's basketball team earned its first-ever berth in the NCAA tournament after procuring the Ivy League title for the second time since 1999. The Tigers (25-2, 13-0 Ivy) overcame Harvard University and Dartmouth this weekend to clinch the Ivy crown. On the men's side, the Cornell University squad earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the third straight year. The Big Red (26-4, 12-1 Ivy) won the Ivy title after dominating Brown University on Friday, 95-76, while sinking 20 three-pointers to tie the Ivy record set by Princeton in the 2002-2003 season. After being seeded at number 14 in the West bracket in last year's men's tournament, Cornell fell, 78-59, to Missouri University in the first round.
"It was very disappointing and frustrating," captain Peter Boldt '10 said. "We strung together three really good efforts and came out on the wrong end. It seemed like a summary of the season just like tonight, we didn't get the bounces."
While most Dartmouth students will soon leave Hanover to enjoy a break from school and visit family and friends over spring break, student-athletes on four different sports teams men's and women's tennis, softball and baseball will not have the opportunity. All four teams will be busy representing Big Green athletics by competing in tournaments over break.
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Co-captain Andy Gagel '10 said the difference in conditioning between the teams was clear.
The last carnival also doubled as the Eastern Championships, which Dartmouth has now won for the past four years.
"It was very disappointing, but I think that what stands out to me is that New Hampshire outplayed us," head coach Amy Patton said. "We really only played well in the last 10 minutes a little too late to finally kick into gear. It was a tough loss for us, but we can learn a lot and move forward."