Men's soccer wins 500th game
With the chance to record its 500th all-time win on the line, the Dartmouth men's soccer team rose to the challenge and defeated the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Saturday.
With the chance to record its 500th all-time win on the line, the Dartmouth men's soccer team rose to the challenge and defeated the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Dartmouth men's tennis team continued its impressive play this weekend at the ITA Northeast Regional tournament.
Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Having not scored in seven games so far this season, the Dartmouth women's soccer team was hoping for a victory in Saturday's matchup to turn around its fortunes.
Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's volleyball team split two games against Ivy League opponents this weekend, losing on Friday night to Columbia University before beating Cornell University on Saturday. Despite an initial two-set lead over Columbia (11-6, 5-2 Ivy), which had won seven of eight games heading into the matchup, the Big Green lost its momentum in the following two sets. "Our passing and digging fell apart, and we weren't as strong as we were in the first and second game," Madeline Baird '12 said. Dartmouth would not recover as Columbia went on to win the fifth and final set. When Dartmouth took an 8-5 lead in the set, Columbia called a strategic timeout and returned to win five of the next seven points.
I sat down with Dartmouth men's rugby player Justin Ciambella '13 to talk about the team's early success, his transformation into a star on the field and the possibility of racking up another USA Collegiate Rugby 7s National Championship for the Big Green. After going undefeated against all your Ivy League opponents so far, what is the attitude on the team now? JC: I just want to start this interview by thanking the fans.
Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Ending its undefeated Ivy League run, the Dartmouth field hockey team lost at Yale University on Saturday, 5-1. The teams were well-matched throughout the 70-minute contest despite the team's lopsided score.
Racing against several of the best teams in the country, the Dartmouth men's and women's cross country teams both secured top-10 finishes at the Pre-National Invitational over the weekend. The event, which took place Sunday at Indiana State's Levern Gibson Championship Cross County Course in Terre Haute, Ind., featured an eight-kilometer race by the men's team and a six-kilometer race by the women's team. The Big Green men raced to a 10th-place finish in a field of 36 teams, posting a score of 343 team points.
Following solid results at its season-opening shows at Middlebury College and the University of Vermont last weekend, the Dartmouth equestrian team continued to impress at Dartmouth's home show on Saturday, taking second place at the Dartmouth Riding Center in Etna, N.H.
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Failing to halt what is quickly becoming a freefall in an initially promising season, the Dartmouth football team lost its fourth consecutive game on Saturday to the College of the Holy Cross, 25-17.
The Dartmouth cycling team does not enjoy the same following as other College-sanctioned Division I sports.
It finally happened. NBA commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of the first two weeks of the NBA 2011-2012 season on Monday.
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff After losing three consecutive games despite a strong season-opening victory over Colgate University, Dartmouth football head coach Buddy Teevens will turn to his third quarterback in as many games on Saturday, when the Big Green (1-3, 0-2 Ivy) plays the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
Tuesday was a big night for Dartmouth. As I meandered across the Green, I could feel the buzz emanating from the Bloomberg stage, the assorted news vans and Michele Bachmann's tour bus.
Ying-Yi Wong / The Dartmouth Undefeated after its first three Ivy League contests, the Dartmouth field hockey team is within reach of a League championship for the first time in 21 years.
Courtesy of Trevor Nibbi Last week, when many students were in classes or enjoying the first signs of fall on the Green, Trevor Nibbi '13 was competitng in the Saharan Race, a seven-day, 250-kilometer run across across the Saharan Desert, slugging along with only a 20-pound pack and seemingly-infinite sands to keep him company.
The Dartmouth men's and women's tennis teams competed in two separate tournaments over the weekend, honing their skills in preparation for dual matches later in the season. The men's tennis team hosted Division III schools Williams College and Middlebury College in the Dartmouth Shootout, giving the Big Green a chance to test itself against two competitive opponents. Dartmouth rose to its Division I reputation, however, finishing the weekend a combined 13-4 in singles and 5-3 in doubles play.
Last week I suggested that we have more home football games at night and an Ivy League championship game for the sport ("Through the Lens of Lentz," Oct.
YING-QI WONG / The Dartmouth Thanks to second-half goals by Ali Savage '15 and Sam Anderson '14, the Dartmouth field hockey team stormed back from an early deficit against Providence College on Monday afternoon, defeating the Friars in Hanover, 3-1.
After running to disappointing results at the Paul Short Invitational on Oct. 3, the Dartmouth men's and women's cross country teams made great strides in Saturday's New England Championships at Boston's Franklin Park. The men's top seven runners and the women's top five runners used the weekend to rest for the NCAA Pre-Championship meet next Sunday in Terre Haute, Ind., allowing other runners to assert themselves and battle for precious spots in later races this fall. The men's team failed to defend its victory in last year's meet, but still ran to a respectable second-place finish in the 43-team field, finishing with 192 points.
Ying-Qi Wong / The Dartmouth Saturday's match between the Dartmouth men's soccer team and Yale University promised to be a test of two fast-starting teams, as both secured their Ivy League openers last weekend against Princeton University and Harvard University, respectively.