QB Alex Park '14 readies for his moment in the spotlight

Christina Chen / The Dartmouth Staff Often referred to as the field general, the quarterback is one of the most critical positions on a football team.

Sailing sees success at weekend regattas

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's sailing team, ranked third nationally among women's teams and 10th nationally among coed teams by Sailing World's preseason poll, sent small contingents to five regattas spanning the Eastern seaboard over the weekend.

Volleyball drops a couple before season's first win

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's volleyball team (1-5) competed in the Sacred Heart Invitational over the weekend in Fairfield, Conn., dropping its first two contests of the tournament against Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University before earning its first victory of the season against the University of Central Florida in its third and final match of the weekend. Dartmouth began play on Friday, when the team took on Fairfield (5-5), searching for a victory after going winless last weekend in the University of Connecticut Toyota Classic.

Harriers take second at Dartmouth Invite

Luke Decker / The Dartmouth Luke Decker / The Dartmouth On Saturday morning, spectators lined the fairways of the Hanover Country Club not to watch golf, but to cheer on collegiate runners racing in the annual Dartmouth Invitational.

Women's soccer splits vs. Maine, Rutgers

Soccer teams turn in mixed results in season openers

Samantha Oh / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's and women's soccer teams kicked off their 2012 seasons over the weekend, with the women's team starting out in Florida with a loss against No.

Football looks to start season off on a high note against Butler

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff This fall, the Big Green football team will look to build on the success of its 2011 campaign, which ended in a tie for second place in the Ivy League with a conference mark of 4-3.

Tuck ice hockey league provides popular social outlet

In the late hours of last fall's Republican presidential debate, Murphy's on the Green was filled with campaign strategists, politicians, news anchors and dozens of sweaty Tuck School of Business students, fresh from an ice hockey game. "We walked in wearing Under Armour and shorts, trying to elbow through all these people to get drinks," Justin Rodriguez Tu'13 said.

Athletic Director Sheehy hones in on student-athlete experience

Jon Erdman / The Dartmouth Staff Throughout his career to date, Athletic Director Harry Sheehy has been a leader in promoting the student-athlete emphasis that sets Ivy League athletic programs apart from those at other schools.

Six '16s will join Big Green women's basketball this season

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team will add six members of the Class of 2016 to its roster for the upcoming season, according to a Dartmouth Sports press release.