Much to His Chagrin
Much to my chagrin, yesterday's NBA trade deadline was a bore. The lure of finding one final puzzle piece before the playoffs is usually too strong to resist.
Much to my chagrin, yesterday's NBA trade deadline was a bore. The lure of finding one final puzzle piece before the playoffs is usually too strong to resist.
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It cannot claim to have hit anything out of the park quite yet, but the Dartmouth softball team is getting closer to dirt fields and open skies as they take off for their first contest this weekend.
The Dartmouth club fencing team finished in first place this past weekend at the New England Club Championships, hosted by the University of New Hampshire.
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth women's tennis team extended its winning streak to four with a forceful 6-1 win over the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on Wednesday night. This was the first match for the women in over two weeks, as the ECAC tournament scheduled for Feb.
Yomalis Rosario Approximately 60 members of the men's and women's track and field teams are gearing up to compete at this weekend's Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships, an Ivy League invitational meet hosted by Harvard University.
With the spring season rapidly approaching, the men's lacrosse team hopes to improve on last season's losing record, while the women's team hopes to build off last season's success, highlighted by a thrilling 6-4 victory over the University of Pennsylvania, when the Big Green clinched the Ivy League Tournament title and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The women, ranked number 12 last year, hope to improve on last year's overall 12-5, 5-2 Ivy performance.
Yomalis Rosario The No.
I lose everything. Literally everything. Quick anecdote: before I went to Israel, I bought a chapstick from Hudson News at the airport.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's hockey team continued its recent hot streak this weekend, taking down conference rival Colgate 3-2 before tying No.
Coming off an eventful and snow-filled Winter Carnival, the Dartmouth ski team competed this past weekend at the Middlebury Carnival and placed second overall with 859 points, following the University of Vermont's 933 points and beating third-place Middlebury by nearly 100 points. The Big Green had a successful first day of alpine and Nordic races, finishing only 11 points behind Vermont.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff Despite missing several key upperclassmen, the No.
Mulin Xiong / The Dartmouth While each Big Green team has a unique policy for electing its leadership and dictating responsibilities, many captains have similar experiences in their roles. Whether they are juniors or seniors, co-captains or tri-captains, Big Green captains take pride in their position, are honored to be elected and work hard to help the team succeed. Typically, the entire team votes for the following year's captains when the season ends.
Zonia Moore / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's basketball team suffered a tough loss to Ivy League powerhouse Princeton University 73-55 on Friday night at Leede Arena, and while it seemed that Dartmouth would put the University of Pennsylvania in its place on Saturday, the Big Green struggled to overtake the Quakers at home. The Tigers (12-9, 5-2 Ivy) trampled the Big Green on Friday night, grabbing 14 more rebounds and 18 more points by the end of the game.
This week I sat down with Ailish Forfar '16 on the women's hockey team to discuss the season, her life in Canada and this winter's weather. How did it feel to receive consecutive Rookie of the Week honors and then be named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month? AF: It was pretty awesome to be recognized for something.
As I hope you've figured out by this point, life isn't fair. So it shouldn't surprise you that sports aren't fair, either. My high school soccer coach had a saying, "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." What's left unspoken is that, presuming talent doesn't stay up drinking all night before a game and actually has a desire to get better, talent will usually win.
Like a typical Dartmouth student, Dovydas Sakinis '16 spends most days attending classes and frequenting the library, but, for a few weeks each year, the Big Green tennis player represents Lithuania in the Davis Cup, one of international tennis's biggest stages. The Davis Cup brings together players from around the world to compete in three days of elimination rounds. "The Davis Cup is a lot of fun because a lot of people come out to watch," tennis co-captain Xander Centenari '13 said.
Zonia Moore / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team is now riding a four-game Ivy winning streak after suffering a 12-game losing skid during the regular season.
Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green Hockey teams are going back to the basics for weekend games against Colgate University and Cornell University.
\n Natalie Cantave / The Dartmouth Staff \nNote to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, clickhere.