Sports

Softball team earns eight wins on training trip to California

By Josh Schiefelbein | March 24, 2014

During its spring break trip to California, the softball team won eight games and lost six. The 10-day trip packed in games against tough opponents to help the team prepare for the sprint of the Ivy League season.

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Sailing teams open spring season with series of team races

By Jake Bayer | March 24, 2014

Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found that Jake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, we decided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, clickhere.

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Men’s lacrosse falls to Penn State, Harvard

By Jake Bayer | March 23, 2014

Note to readers(May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found that Jake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation , we decided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, click here.

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Women’s rugby sweeps Scotland tour

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 23, 2014

The women’s rugby team kicked off its season with a training tour through Scotland over spring break. The team returned to the U.S. with a 3-0 record and experience that will help it in its 7s season this spring.

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D’Agostino shines as track teams succeed at NCAAs

By Jordan Einhorn | March 23, 2014

Abbey D’Agostino ’14 made history at the NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., becoming the first woman in Division I history to win the 3,000-meter race and 5,000-meter race national titles indoor in back-to-back years. As a result she was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association 2014 Women’s Division I Indoor National Track Athlete of the Year, an honor she received in 2013 and in the fall cross-country season.

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Spring break in brief: Women’s lacrosse bests Columbia at home

By Jake Bayer | March 23, 2014

Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found that Jake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, we decided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, click here.

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Spring break in brief: Gillis ’16 finishes eighth at Zone diving champs

By Jake Bayer | March 23, 2014

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Spring break in brief: Men’s hockey swept in ECAC second round

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 23, 2014

The men’s ice hockey team finished its season March 15 after a two-game sweep at the hands of the Union College Dutchmen. This was the second consecutive year in which the Dutchmen (28-6-4, 18-3-1 ECAC) eliminated the Big Green (10-20-4, 7-13-2 ECAC) in the quarterfinals.

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Spring break in brief: Men’s rugby travels to California for training tour

By The Dartmouth Staff | March 23, 2014

The men’s rugby team embarked on its annual spring training tour over the break, this year heading to California to take on the University of California, California Polytechnic State University and Santa Barbara City College.

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Sports

1-on-1

By Katie Jarrett | March 23, 2014

This week, I sat down with Nick Ruppert ’16 of the baseball team. Nick missed almost all of last season with a broken hand, but has returned strong and has earned the starting job in center field for the Big Green. The team posted a 2-7 record during its nine-game road trip over spring break. It played tough opponents in the Midwest, facing off against the No. 27 Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, the University of Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks and the No. 18 University of Kansas Jayhawks, as of the latest College Baseball poll.

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Rec League Legends

By Austin Major and Freddie Fletcher | March 23, 2014

For varsity athletes, spring break means one thing: training trips. Since we are looking to beat varsity athletes, Austin and I figured we should go on training trips of our own. With teammwork taken care of, we struck out on our own paths to prepare physically, mentally and, most importantly, emotionally for the upcoming spring (which won’t likely arrive until Derby or Green Key, unless College President Phil Hanlon sold his soul for a sunny Dimensions weekend).

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Baseball takes on Big XII competition during spring trip

By Gayne Kalustian | March 23, 2014

The baseball team challenged itself over spring interim when it traveled down south to two Big 12 diamonds in Forth Worth, Texas and Lawrence, Kan., to play Texas Christian University, the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Kansas. According to Collegiate Baseball rankings, TCU and Kansas are ranked 27 and 18 in the nation, respectively.

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Men's hockey defeats RPI, advances to quarterfinals

By Joshua Schiefelbein | March 9, 2014

The men’s hockey team advanced to the ECAC quarterfinals in dramatic fashion Sunday night, stunning Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5-4 with three unanswered goals in the third period, including a game-winner from Brad Schierhorn ’16 with 3:14 remaining.

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Postgrad Puck

By Sasha Nanji | March 6, 2014

Transitioning from the Toronto Furies to the Brampton Thunder was not easy. I was joining a new team with new coaches and players who had already played together for a good part of the season. I was once again a new player fighting for a spot on the team that already had six defenders. Although the team welcomed me with open arms, there was naturally some tension.

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Men’s hockey opens playoffs at RPI

By Josh Schiefelbein | March 6, 2014

Big Green goaltender Charles Grant ’16 and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute forward Ryan Haggerty control their teams’ postseason fates. As the two teams prepare to face off this weekend in the first round of the ECAC men’s hockey tournament, all eyes will be them in one of the key matchups of the series.

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As men’s tennis takes down Ball State, Indiana, women beat UMass

By Jake Bayer | March 5, 2014

Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found that Jake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, we decided to remove his articles from our website unless or until we can independently check the veracity of each of his sources. For a full statement, click here.

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Baseball team goes 1-2 on season-opening trip to FIU

By Gayne Kalustian | March 5, 2014

Last weekend’s three-game series against Florida International University brought the baseball team its first win of the season. In the games in Miami, the Big Green (1-2) was shut out on Friday 11-0, beat FIU (11-1) on Saturday 3-0 and took an 11-7 loss on Sunday.

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Softball team goes 2-2 in weekend games at JMU tournament

By Josh Schiefelbein | March 4, 2014

The softball team went 2-2 at the James Madison Tournament in Harrisonburg, Va. last weekend, defeating Pennsylvania State University and Fairfield University on Saturday while falling to Fairfield and host James Madison University in Sunday. In a weekend with two doubleheaders, the team split each day, winning the early game before losing the second leg.

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Women’s lacrosse drops Ivy League opener vs. Yale 12-5

By The Dartmouth | March 4, 2014

The women’s lacrosse team fell 12-5 to the visiting Yale University Bulldogs over the weekend. Dartmouth’s Ivy League opener was close through the first half with the Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) heading into halftime with a slim 4-3 lead over the Big Green (2-1, 0-1 Ivy). However, Yale opened up a significant gap in the second half, outscoring Dartmouth 8-2 to finish the game with a seven-goal advantage.

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Figure skating second at Liberty Invite

By Josh Schiefelbein | March 3, 2014

Sporting fluffy green stick-on mustaches off the ice, the club figure skating team placed second at the 2014 Liberty University Intercollegiate Competition in Lynchburg, Va. this weekend, behind only the University of Delaware. The team finished with 105 points, three points ahead of Boston University, but 36 short of the Blue Hens’ 141.

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