Men's hockey splits two games on New York road trip

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth men's hockey team barely held on for a 4-3 win against a struggling Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team on Friday night, before the No.

Big Green track takes Relays titles

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Big Green Athletes Benefit from Winter Trips

ADITI KIRTIKAR / The Dartmouth Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff RICHARD YU / The Dartmouth Staff While most Dartmouth students head home when finals conclude, many Big Green athletes embark on training trips over break to focus on improving their performance.

Swim team returns from Hawaii

Winnie Yoe / The Dartmouth Staff Hanover's freezing temperatures are quite a change for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams as they come off of last month's two-week training trip in Hawaii.

Men's hockey resumes ECAC play

Ying-Qi Wong / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's hockey team begins 2012 hoping to build on the success and team chemistry it built in the final month of 2011.

Women's basketball loses tense game against Holy Cross

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff With less than a second left on the clock, Millica Toskovic '15 lobbed the ball down the court as the Big Green women's basketball team made its final push to force overtime against the College of Holy Cross on Tuesday night.

Schwieger wins ‘New England's Heisman Trophy'

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Following a season in which he shattered numerous Dartmouth College and Ivy League season and career records, Big Green running back Nick Schwieger '12 has been recognized by numerous football organizations, publications and news outlets for his strong performance on the field. The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston recognized Schwieger's success and named him one of two recipients of the 73rd annual George Bulger Lowe Award, known as "New England's Heisman Trophy" Schwieger is the fifth Big Green player to win the award. The Ivy League, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame also recognized Schwieger as the runner-up for the Asa S.

Women's hockey starts new year on the right foot

Josephine Coury / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's hockey team glided into 2012 with a 5-2 win over the University of Vermont last night at Thompson Arena.

Men's basketball drops fifth straight, falls at home to Bison

Basketball highlights offensive potential in two-game series

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team split two games over Thanksgiving break, beating the University of Vermont on Tuesday, 72-62, before falling to Providence University on Saturday, 63-48. Captain Faziah Steen '13 scored a career-high 32 points against UVM (6-1) and center Sasha Dosenko '12 added 12 points, giving the Big Green (1-2) a season-best 46.7 shooting percentage from the floor and its largest offensive output of the season. "Our rebounding margin was higher than the other team, and I think we did a better job on the offensive end, setting up plays and running our sets," Steen said. The Big Green started strong and led throughout the game, carrying a 37-19 advantage into halftime.

Basketball travels far for Shootout

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Players on the Dartmouth men's basketball team spent their Thanksgiving breaks participating in the Big Green's first-ever Alaskan games at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage.