Teams continue play, athletes earn recognition over break

ANNA GAISSERT / The Dartmouth Staff ANNA GAISSERT / The Dartmouth Staff As spring term drew to a close, members of the men's baseball team shifted their exam schedules, packed their textbooks and jetted off to sunny Coral Gables, Fla., to compete in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Following a disappointing Chapel Hill regional showing in 2009 in which Dartmouth was eliminated after two losses, the Big Green earned its first victory in a NCAA regional in 23 years.

Baseball, crew teams achieve national recognition

Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Baseball Ivy League champions, All-American lacrosse players and rowdy fans have all made headlines throughout another eventful year for Big Green sports. The Big Green baseball team (26-17, 13-7 Ivy) won its second consecutive Ivy League title this year despite a rough start to the season in conference play.

Baseball to play Miami in playoffs

Four women's lacrosse players named All-Region

Kasia Vincunas / The Dartmouth Staff Kasia Vincunas / The Dartmouth Staff The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association has named four Big Green players to the All-Region team for their outstanding play this season, in which the women's lacrosse team ranked 12th in the nation finished second in the Ivy League. The players goalie Julie Wadland '10, defender Shannie MacKenzie '11, attacker Greta Meyer '11 and midfielder Sarah Plumb '12 represent four of the five players who started each of Dartmouth's 16 games this season. Only two Big Green players were named to the All-Region team last year. Wadland said the fact that four members of the Big Green received this honor speaks to the achievement of the team as a whole. "It's definitely a reflection of the hard work of the entire team," she said.

Football prepares for Summer training schedule

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While Dartmouth's unique sophomore Summer allows second year students to bond as a class together, the system can pose problems for Fall sports teams, notably football. While there is not always a full coaching staff on campus during the Summer, all the strength and conditioning coaches will train with players in Hanover as well as several of the individual coaches, newly-named co-captain Charles Bay '11 said. The typical Summer practices entail "lifting, running, specialized practices and seven-on-seven scrimmages," according to co-captain Tim McManus '11, who spent his sophomore Summer off campus and trained individually.

Sailing knocked out at Nationals

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Rough weather finally got the better of the Dartmouth sailing team after a season that forced the team to overcome inclement conditions on more than one occasion in order to succeed.

Jones wins Assistant Coach of the Year

Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff David Jones, Assistant men's tennis coach, was honored last week as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Assistant Coach of the Year for the Northeast Region.

Former Big Green forward selected to U.S. national team

Heavyweight crew defeats Syracuse to win Packard Cup

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Fresh off of an unforgettable performance last weekend at the Eastern Sprints, the men's varsity heavyweight crew defeated Syracuse University for the second straight week to win the Packard Cup on Sunday. With beautiful conditions and a home course advantage working in its favor, the Dartmouth varsity eight overtook Syracuse by over three seconds, finishing with a time of 5:31.3. "It was a big step forward for us as a crew and as a team," Justin Lerman '10 said. Unfortunately, the second varsity, varsity four and novice eight boats were unable to maintain the momentum from the varsity eight race and fell to the Orange. "We just [needed] to convert a little more of the aggression into boat speed," head coach Topher Bordeau said of their performances. Entering the race, the Big Green had a lot of momentum coming off an impressive performance at the Eastern Sprints where the varsity eight beat No.

Baseball awaits Regional seeding

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green baseball team is preparing for its second consecutive berth to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and with two exhibition games under its belt, the team is focused on making a strong showing.

Parker Executive to assist in search for new athletic director

Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Parker Executive Search will assist the College as it pools applicants and selects a new director of athletics and recreation, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced yesterday. The Atlanta-based firm has over 25 years of hiring experience and recently oversaw the search for the new president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.