Soccer shuts out Cornell to maintain second place in Ivies

AKIKAZU ONDA / The Dartmouth Staff Two second-half goals pushed the Dartmouth men's soccer team past Cornell (5-6-5, 0-3-3 Ivy) on Saturday to secure a vital 2-0 win, keeping the team in contention for an Ivy League championship. The win keeps the Big Green (10-5-1, 4-2-0 Ivy) tied with Brown for second place in the Ancient Eight, while an overtime victory by Harvard over Columbia kept the Crimson on top of the league. Andrew Olsen '11 put the Big Green ahead in the 53rd minute, when Lucky Mkosana '12 sped up to collect a loose ball, carried it to the box and set up Olsen to net his third goal of the season. Mkosana doubled the lead in the 72nd minute, when he sprinted to a long ball from co-captain Dan Keat '10 and carried it up to fire a powerful shot past Big Red goalie Rick Pflasterer. "I think the most important thing was after the first half, we went out really hard and we all worked together," Mkosana said. Mkosana now leads Dartmouth with eight goals, while Keat still leads the team overall with 20 points. Although the Big Green forced Pflasterer to make four saves in the first half against multiple long balls and free kicks, the period remained scoreless. Keat nearly scored the Big Green's first goal in the 23rd minute, when he sent a ball down the left wing for Mkosana, who collected it and crossed back to Keat at the top of the box, but his shot missed high. Mkosana also came close to scoring in the dying minutes of the first half when he claimed a ball from a corner, but his shot hit the top of the post. Cornell took only three shots in the first half and created few chances, but an early attempt did force rookie goalkeeper Sean Donovan '13 to make his first save. Led by Olsen and Mkosana, the team took a little over eight minutes of play after halftime to score the game-winning goal. The Big Red's closest chance to counter came in the 63rd minute, when a breakaway left Dartmouth at a three-on-two disadvantage, but strong defense by Pumi Maqubela '10 and Teo Larsson-Sax '13 forced a high shot. The Big Green closed out the second half with nine shots, for a total of 16 on the game.

Women's tennis dominates Dartmouth Invite matches

NICHOLAS ROOT / The Dartmouth Staff In its last tune-up before the winter season, the Dartmouth women's tennis team dominated opponents St.

Ramirez criticizes Sandinista party

Jamie McCoy / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his socialist Sandinista party have betrayed the principles of the Sandinista Revolution, former Sandinista Vice President Sergio Ramirez told a crowd of approximately 100 students and community members gathered in Filene Auditorium on Monday.

Sit-Down Tragedy fills stand-up comedy niche on campus

ALICE ZHAO / The Dartmouth Staff Few groups on campus can claim to have once considered going by names like "The Half-Eaten Cookies," or "The Tim Goldberg." But Sit-Down Tragedy, a student comedy troupe that appears to have found its own niche on campus less than two years after it was established, is not exactly your typical club. "Because the other performance groups on campus had whimsical, witty names like Casual Thursday and Dog Day Players, we decided we needed one too." Angel Castillo '10 said. From a wit standpoint, at least, the current name is an upgrade: Originally called the Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group, the troupe was founded by Fred Meyer '08, and first met at India Queen to practice stand-up.

Lopsided victory over Eagles sends rugby to NRU semifinals

DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's rugby team won its final home game of the year against Boston College on Saturday in the Northeastern Territorial Quarterfinals.

Women's hockey beats St. Lawrence, falls to No. 2 Clarkson

Football beats Cornell in overtime

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff A 40-yard field goal by Foley Schmidt '12 propelled the Big Green to a 20-17 win over Cornell Dartmouth's first ever double-overtime victory on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field.

N.H., N.D. governors consider state issues

Men's hockey falls to league foes Cornell, Colgate

AKIKAZU ONDA / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green men's hockey team remains winless in the 2009-2010 season as the team scored just one goal during 14 power-play opportunities while giving up five penalty-kill goals in a pair of road games against No.

Graduate students experiment with digital arrangements

SUJIN LIM / The Dartmouth Hovey's Lounge in the basement of Thayer Dining Hall played host last Thursday to performances of original digital music compositions by faculty and graduate students.

Rising opera star Roberts '00 lands lead role in ‘La Boheme'

Courtesy of VAopera.com Since graduating over nine years ago, opera singer Elizabeth Roberts '00 has studied under opera greats and performed on stages nationwide.