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For the first time this year, I can finally say that spring has arrived. Usually, people associate spring with bright sunshine and budding flowers, but those of us in Hanover know that April often only promises more snow.
For the first time this year, I can finally say that spring has arrived. Usually, people associate spring with bright sunshine and budding flowers, but those of us in Hanover know that April often only promises more snow.
NICHOLAS ROOT / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's baseball team completed its home sweep of Brown University on Monday, winning an afternoon doubleheader with scores of 2-1 and 11-4.
Laurel Richie '81 was appointed president of the Women's National Basketball Association on April 21 by National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, according to a WNBA press release.
Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Dashing its hopes of reaching the Ivy League tournament, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team lost to the University of Pennsylvania by a decisive 9-4 score on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Editor's Note and Correction Appended The Dartmouth men and women's golf teams competed in the Ivy League Championships this past weekend at Galloway National Golf Course and Atlantic City Country Club, respectively, with the men's team finishing in fourth place and the women's team finishing last out of seven.
Although the Dartmouth men's heavyweight and women's crew teams couldn't secure victories against some of their top Ivy League rivals this weekend, the men's lightweight team had a solid weekend with wins against both Yale University and Columbia University. In spite of perfect conditions and a home-course advantage, Brown University was able to edge out Dartmouth to take the top spot in one of the fastest races of the men's heavyweight crew season so far. Brown remained a few strokes behind Dartmouth towards the end of the race, but when the Big Green slowed down slightly in the last 200 meters, the Bears were able to inch ahead of Dartmouth to win by a mere .7 seconds. "We worked really, really hard," captain Alex Pujol '11 said.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Continuing its dominance at home, the Dartmouth baseball team defeated Brown University on Sunday afternoon in the first two games of a four-game series in Hanover.
Tying Yale University for first place in the Ivy League, the Dartmouth women's tennis team ended its season on Saturday by defeating Harvard University, 4-3. Dartmouth (14-8, 6-1 Ivy) got off to a shaky start in the match, with Molly Scott '11 and Christina Danosi '13 losing 8-2 in first doubles and Ryan Reichel '11 and co-captain Georgiana Smyser '11 falling 8-5 in second doubles.
Just a couple hours outside of Hanover, it's an entirely different world the sun is shining, flowers are blooming and it's almost 70 degrees.
Katharine Pujol / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth men's and women's rugby teams competed in home games this past weekend, attempting to secure important late-season wins.
Whether rain or shine or even sleet the Dartmouth women's crew team has been spending all of its time on the water and in the weight room as the season winds down to the ECAC Sprints Championships in less than two weeks.
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team soundly defeated Princeton University on Saturday afternoon, 15-10, providing an energetic performance that corresponded with the team's annual alumnae weekend.
Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Despite being shut out in the first game of its doubleheader with Brown University on Sunday, losing 13-0, the Dartmouth softball team rallied to win 6-3 in the second game.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team ended its season by tying with Yale University for first place in the Ivy League on Saturday.
Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Coming into any season, the Big Green men's lacrosse team's first priority is winning the Ivy League Championship.
As I sit here outside writing this column I was supposed to take a nap but the fire alarm went off, good thing it's nice out, right?
Courtesy of Doug Austin Although it lost the only Ivy League matchup its has competed in this season, the Dartmouth women's track team has returned to practice with a renewed sense of purpose in moving forward through the remainder of the outdoor season.
Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff When the Dartmouth baseball team won its second consecutive Ivy League Championship in 2010, the team's top pitcher was not 6'3", 230-lb power lefty Robert Young '10, a senior who went on to be selected in the MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.
In a disappointing stand-off with Harvard University that was decided by the match's final set, the Dartmouth men's tennis team fell to the Crimson (15-10, 4-3 Ivy) on Wednesday afternoon in its last matchup of the season, 4-3.
When the Dartmouth baseball team won its second consecutive Ivy League Championship in 2010, the team's top pitcher was not 6'3", 230-lb power lefty Robert Young '10, a senior who went on to be selected in the MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.