Women shine, men fall in crew’s home races against Cornell
Correction appended (May 6, 2014): The men's heavyweight team's fourth varsity eight boat finished 4.6 seconds behind Cornell's.
Correction appended (May 6, 2014): The men's heavyweight team's fourth varsity eight boat finished 4.6 seconds behind Cornell's.
This week the Legends were ready to take on the men’s lacrosse team, a competition that I had been trash talking the entire year. Lacrosse is the only sport I ever played competitively, and I looked forward to matching up against the Big Green’s best. I was also looking forward to seeing Austin get out on the lacrosse field and seeing what he would do with a six foot pole in his hands.
I sat down with Kelsey Miller ’16, the starting third baseman for the softball team, to chat before the team’s big weekend. Miller helped keep the team’s hopes alive with a walk-off home run against Harvard University on April 27 in game two of the home doubleheader. In this weekend’s Ivy League Championship Series she scored two runs in the Big Green’s 2-1 series win over the University of Pennsylvania.
For the second consecutive year, the Ivy League Championship Series comes down to the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, and the winner will secure the Ivy League’s automatic bid in the NCAA softball tournament.
The beginning of May presents two milestones for the Dartmouth sailing team: one month until the ICSA championship and the thawing of Lake Mascoma. Over the next weeks, the team will have plenty of opportunities to fine-tune technique and break in a brand new fleet of boats as the women prepare to defend their national championship and the coed team looks to improve on last year’s third-place finish.
School had been out for 15 minutes and a group of girls had gathered on the football field. “All right, I think we can do a mile and a half today,” I said. “Let’s get started.”
The men’s lacrosse team’s 17-12 defeat of the College of the Holy Cross finished its season on a triumphant note on Scully-Fahey Field. The Big Green (2-10, 0-6 Ivy) rode a record-setting individual performance from Mike Olentine ’14 to the five-goal victory in the final game of the season on Tuesday.
When head coaching positions are endowed by wealthy donors, the Big Green receives additional support to pursue athletic success. On Monday, Dartmouth announced that four more teams — men’s hockey, women’s rowing, men’s heavyweight rowing and women’s alpine skiing — would receive similar funding, thanks to four alumni gifts totaling $7 million.
In its first spring season dedicated solely to sevens, the women’s club rugby team turned in a dominating performance to win the Ivy League Championships on Saturday in New Jersey. The team defeated Princeton University in the final by a score of 34 to 7. With the win, the Big Green advanced and will compete in the American Collegiate Rugby Association’s women’s small college national sevens tournament May 3-4 in Michigan.
Thanks to a grand slam and 14 runs in two games, the baseball team swept Harvard University on Tuesday to keep hopes alive for its seventh consecutive Red Rolfe Division title.\n The Big Green beat the Crimson on its senior day 9-0 in the first seven-inning game before finishing with a 5-3 victory in the nine-inning game later that afternoon.
The softball team won an explosive doubleheader against Harvard University Monday, earning a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series against the University of Pennsylvania.
I’m not sure how closely you follow NCAA politics, but in an attempt to better the well-being of student-athletes, the NCAA recently approved a few new rules. Football players are now required three hours of rest between preseason practices, but the most important and controversial rule is one that would provide Division I athletes with unlimited meals and snacks.
Recent alumni donations totaling $7 million bring the College’s athletics department within $10 million of its $20 million fundraising goal, and will be used to endow the head coaches of men’s hockey, men’s heavyweight rowing, women’s alpine skiing and women’s rowing.
As the softball team prepares for its final game against Harvard University this afternoon, some are lamenting the conference’s structure. Though Dartmouth and Harvard are the best two Ivy League teams this season, only one will move on to the Ivy championship.
With a line drive shot from Matt Parisi ’15, the baseball team tallied a dramatic walk-off win against Harvard University to complete the sweep of the doubleheader in Hanover. The Big Green set up a critical match up in Cambridge on Tuesday, looking to keep its hopes alive for a seventh straight Red Rolfe Division title.
A two-game split in Hanover means that tomorrow’s softball doubleheader will decide the Ivy League North Division crown. After falling in eight innings to Harvard University, the team came back to walk off against the Crimson (28-13, 14-1 Ivy) in game two. The Big Green (27-16, 16-2 Ivy) now controls its destiny for the division title.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams wrapped up their seasons this weekend with matches against Harvard University. The No. 42 men fell 4-1 on the road against the No. 33 Crimson and finished a historic season with its most League wins since 1997. The women won at home in a dramatic 4-3 win against No. 53 Harvard to cap the season.
Senior women’s lacrosse players led their team to a thrilling 9-8 win against Harvard University (9-6, 4-3 Ivy) in their final game for the Big Green (6-8, 3-4 Ivy). While the Harvard senior players were honored before the game in their home stadium, it was Dartmouth’s seniors who clinched the match.
The golf teams finished their seasons this weekend at the Baltusrol Golf Club competing for the Ivy League Championship as both teams finished sixth. Columbia University took the men’s title by 12 strokes, and Harvard University claimed the women’s title by 21 strokes.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams earned two new school records as they split up again this weekend to compete in the historic Penn Relays, featuring the Championship of America races, and the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational.