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The Princeton women's basketball team earned its first-ever berth in the NCAA tournament after procuring the Ivy League title for the second time since 1999.
The Princeton women's basketball team earned its first-ever berth in the NCAA tournament after procuring the Ivy League title for the second time since 1999.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team found a disappointing end to its final homestand of the season as the Big Green fell behind early against a surging Princeton University squad, 64-43, on Friday and came up short on Senior Night against the University of Pennsylvania, 44-31, on Saturday. "We're sorely disappointed," head coach Chris Wielgus said.
Attempting to survive the first round of the ECAC playoffs for the first time in three years, the 10th-seeded Dartmouth men's hockey team prepares to face off against seventh-seeded Quinnipiac University this weekend in Hamden, Conn. The Big Green (9-17-3, 7-12-3 ECAC Hockey) failed to earn home ice for the best-of-three series despite ending on a five-game unbeaten streak. "We are getting better and better," head coach Bob Gaudet said.
Ben Gonin / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gonin / The Dartmouth Staff Entering the 2010 season, the Big Green women's lacrosse team had not lost a home opener in six years, and Wednesday's game against the University of Vermont was no exception.
Andy Mai / The Dartmouth Staff Andy Mai / The Dartmouth Staff Lifted by the strong performances of Deborah Lee '12, the Dartmouth figure skating team finished third at the Eastern Regional Competition last weekend, qualifying for the U.S.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff At first glance, the Dartmouth football team and men's soccer team might not have much in common.
Every Thursday, this campus gets more Legendary. This week, the Legends took on the freshmen tennis duo of Alex de Chatellus '13 and Kevin Cox '13, Taco Thursday at Homeplate, Tennis Thursday at The D.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's squash team finished its season on a high note over the weekend, cruising through the B Group bracket at the CSA National Championships to take home the Kurtz Cup.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Members of the Dartmouth men's and women's golf teams now have a newfound opportunity to hone their skills in the offseason due to the installation of an indoor training facility in Leverone Field House. The previously unused area now sports a full-turf putting green and enough space for several players to practice their strokes.
Erica Serpico '12 was the highlight of the Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team this past weekend at the Ivy League Championships in Cambridge, Mass., becoming only the second Big Green female diver in history to win the one-meter dive at Ivies.
Following the Big Green's 2-8 Fall season, the Dartmouth football team hired two new coordinators to guide the offensive and defensive side of the ball next season. Jim Pry, who previously coached receivers at the University of Illinois, and Don Dobes, who has coached linebackers at Princeton University for the past 16 years, will now be the offensive and defensive coordinators, respectively, for the Big Green. Pry will be taking over, in part, the role of former offensive coordinator Mike Hodgson, whose contract was not renewed in December.
Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Hosting the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships this weekend in Leverone Field House, the Big Green men's track and field team finished third with 55 points while the women's squad suffered a last-place finish. A sixth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay helped the men edge out Columbia University, who ended the meet in fourth with 53 points.
Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team fell out of contention for the Ivy League title this weekend, as the Big Green split its final road doubleheader.
In many ways the 2009 spring season was a mixed bag for Dartmouth sports. While baseball was undeniably impressive, other teams like men's lacrosse and women's golf struggled with consistency.
Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff In its season opener, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team overran Colgate University on Saturday, outscoring the Red Raiders (0-2, 0-0 Patriot) 5-2 in the second half en route to a 7-3 victory in Hamilton, N.Y. Co-captain Andy Gagel '10 said the difference in conditioning between the teams was clear. "It was apparent by the fourth quarter [that] we were in better shape," he said.
I sat down with Chris Hanson '13 and Nick Sisodia '12 the top two Dartmouth men's squash players to discuss controversy and the upcoming individual tournament. Squash has gotten some press lately for Trinity College player Baset Chaudhry's outburst at Nationals.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Mired in a season-long slump, the Dartmouth men's basketball team failed to notch two important victories this past weekend, suffering a tough 55-45 loss to Yale University on Friday and a 76-57 loss to Brown University on Saturday. In the game against the Bulldogs (11-18, 5-7 Ivy), the Big Green (5-21, 1-11 Ivy) shot an abysmal 25 percent from the field easily the team's season-worst shooting performance.
When I started writing this column, I swore to myself that I wouldn't fall into the same trap as some of the previous sports columnists for The Dartmouth who focused on random things jokes about 1990s sports movies and B-side analyses of pro sports.