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Redshirting at Dartmouth: While popular at other schools, few Big Green athletes stay an extra year

By Blaze Joel | April 29, 2012

Erin Becks / The Dartmouth Next fall, when you sit down to watch the next installment of such great college football rivalries as Ohio State-Michigan, Notre Dame-USC or Virginia-Virginia Tech, pay attention to the rosters.

With its 7-5 loss to Harvard University, the women's lacrosse team will have to travel to Philadelphia next weekend for the Ivy League Tournament.

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Women's lacrosse loses home field advantage with Ivy defeat

By Claire Monagan | April 29, 2012

Anna Davies / The Dartmouth In the final game of its regular season, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team fell in a heartbreaking 7-5 loss to Harvard University on Friday night.

The men's lacrosse team finishes its season on Tuesday against the College of the Holy Cross at Scully-Fahey Field.

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Men's lacrosse falls in Ivy finale

By Blaze Joel | April 29, 2012

Erin Becks / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team split two games this week, defeating the University of Vermont, 10-5, in a midweek contest before falling to Brown University, 10-8, in the team's final Ivy League game of the year on Saturday.

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Hollisto's World

By Chad Hollis | April 26, 2012

A couple weeks ago I discovered a new passion. Surprisingly, Hanover decided to give us one good week of weather, so I spent an entire Saturday afternoon enjoying the gorgeous sunshine.

The softball team will play a season-ending series against Harvard University this weekend, including a doubleheader at home on Sunday.

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Softball drops doubleheader to Boston College

By Olivia Durr | April 26, 2012

Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth softball team lost both games of a doubleheader against Boston College on Wednesday at Dartmouth Softball Park.

The men's rugby team will host seven other teams as part of the Emirates Airline USA Rugby College Playoffs this weekend at Brophy Field.

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Men's rugby plays host to Northeast Regional

By JOHN MELVIN | April 26, 2012

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Caldwell '12 named Skier of the Year

By Taylor Malmsheimer | April 26, 2012

Although Sophie Caldwell '12 began skiing "as soon as [she] learned to walk," she said she never expected to be honored as the 2012 Collegiate Nordic Skier of the Year by Ski Racing Magazine.

Dartmouth shortstop Joe Sclafani '12 dives into first base during a 5-3 Big Green win over Quinnipiac University on Tuesday.

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Clutch hits propel Big Green baseball to non-conference wins

April 25, 2012

Christina Chen / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth baseball's offense powered the team to two mid-week, non-conference wins.

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Lightweight crew notches victories over Yale and Columbia

April 25, 2012

Courtesy of Chris Daniell The three Dartmouth rowing teams saw mixed results against a slew of Ivy League opponents this past weekend.

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D'Agostino and Pappas among NCAA leaders

By Casey Dennis | April 24, 2012

This past weekend was full of record-breaking performances for the Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams.

Melissa Li '15 and Dartmouth club figure skating took home the team's first national championship since 2008.

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Club figure skating wins sixth national championship

By Caroline Buck | April 24, 2012

Courtesy of Alina Everett

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Men's club fencing wins nationals

By JOHN MELVIN | April 23, 2012

The Dartmouth men's club fencing team scored a major victory two weekends ago as they competed in the United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs National Championships.

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Vann Island

By Corey Vann | April 23, 2012

Judging by the fact that it's almost halfway through the term and my room is still without a cable box, it's safe to say that my roommates and I will not be investing in DarTV this quarter.

The women's lacrosse team will head to Harvard University on Friday with a chance to clinch home field advantage in the Ivy League Tournament.

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Women's lax suffers first Ivy loss

By Claire Monagan | April 22, 2012

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team suffered its first Ivy League loss of the season on Saturday, suffering a 12-9 defeat at the hands of Princeton University.

Although the Dartmouth softball team sits in second place in the Ivy League's North Division, Harvard has already clinched the division with a 15-1 record.

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Softball salvages weekend split after pair of tight losses

By Taylor Malmsheimer | April 22, 2012

Ying-Qi Wong / The Dartmouth Staff This weekend, the Dartmouth softball team split its four-game series with North Division rival Yale University, beating the Bulldogs (10-30, 3-13 Ivy League) by scores of 8-0 and 8-4 on Sunday after losing two one-run games on Saturday.

The Dartmouth baseball team needs one more win to secure its position in the Ivy League Championship Series.

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Baseball sweeps four-game series

April 22, 2012

Christina Chen / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth baseball team produced timely hits and used effective pitching to sweep Yale University in four close games over the weekend.

The men's tennis team defeated Brown University at home on senior day before taking down Yale University on the road on Sunday.

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Men's tennis stays hot as women's team cools

By Varun Ravishanker | April 22, 2012

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Men's lax ends skid against Penn

By Blaze Joel | April 22, 2012

The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team got back on the right track with its first win in over a month on Saturday.

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What to Watch For

By The Dartmouth Sports Staff | April 22, 2012

Vince Marriott: Even though there are plenty of real sporting events happening this week, I really can't see myself prioritizing any of them over the NFL Draft.

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Curious Jorge

April 22, 2012

Two years ago, my good friend Paul Glenn '10 wrote in his weekly column that he vehemently disagreed with the creation of an Ivy League Tournament to decide the men's and women's basketball conference championship ("A View from the Top," Feb.