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ONE-ON-ONE: Owisak and Fleming

By Stefanie Lazow | February 21, 2010

I chatted with men's hockey players Andrew Owsiak '11 and assistant captain Scott Fleming '11 at breakfast at the Hop to discuss what happens behind the scenes at Thompson Arena. Do you have any pregame rituals? AO: Other than the pregame nap mostly everyone does that the biggest one is that I put all my left gear on first.

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Big Red sweeps the Big Green in season series

By Tianchi Xu | February 21, 2010

Opening the second half of the Ivy League campaign on the road, the Dartmouth women's basketball team fell short in overtime to Columbia University, 66-59, on Friday night before battling past Cornell University, 67-64, on Saturday. The loss to the Lions (15-9, 6-4 Ivy) on Friday was the second of the year for the Big Green, marking the first time that Columbia has swept a season series against Dartmouth (10-13, 5-4 Ivy) in 19 years. "We had a couple of opportunities late in the game to increase our lead in overtime, but we didn't knock down the shots," Brittney Smith '11 said.

Andrew Weibrecht '09 placed third in the Super G competition at the Winter Olympic Games In Vancouver.
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Weibrecht '09 skis to bronze in Vancouver

By Priya Krishna | February 21, 2010

Andrew Medichini / The Associated Press Andrew Medichini / The Associated Press As Andrew Weibrecht '09 stood on the medal podium in Vancouver with a bronze medal from the Super Giant "Super G" Slalom competition hanging around his neck, he fought back tears while cheers echoed throughout the stadium. "To stand there and see this whole crowd of people and everybody cheering and to watch the U.S.

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A View From The Top

By Paul Glenn | February 21, 2010

Jorge Rodriguez '12 put forward the argument in this space last week that Dartmouth students have an obligation to attend sporting events because doing so will help boost the Big Green to more wins.

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Skiing ekes past Vermont for season's fifth win

By Manisha Apte | February 21, 2010

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Capturing its narrowest victory of the season, the Dartmouth ski team made up a 59-point deficit from the first day of events, to come from behind and win the Williams Carnival by a two-point margin. With 892 points, Dartmouth skirted past the University of Vermont with 890 points, thanks to back-to-back victories by the men and women's Nordic teams as well as the women's alpine team's win in the slalom race its first event win this season. "I thought there was no way we could win today, especially with something like a 60-point deficit," women's Nordic coach Cami Thompson said.

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Briefly Noted

By Rich Mezzasalma | February 21, 2010

Former Dartmouth linebacker Chris Balish '88 will be the cohost of a new ABC 7 production On The Red Carpet which will premiere on March 14, according to an ABC press release.

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Men's basketball looks for first Ivy League win

By Tianchi Xu | February 18, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff With 13 games left in the regular season each, the Dartmouth men's and women's basketball teams are both seeking redemption in the second half of the Ivy League season. The men's squad (4-18, 0-8 Ivy), which currently sits in last place in conference standings, has lost seven straight games and is winless this season against Ancient Eight rivals. The Big Green's elusive Ivy victory will be the program's 300th all-time conference win. Dartmouth's last victory came a month ago on Jan.

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Runners have late season success

By Kelly Hanen | February 18, 2010

After five distance runners posted Eastern College Athletic Conference championship qualifying times at the Valentine's Invitational last weekend, the distance runners on the Dartmouth women's track and field team are finally beginning to experience success, distance coach Maribel Souther '96 said. Souther, who was named an All-American four times during her athletic career at Dartmouth, viewed her teams over the past few years as young, up-and-coming and expanding, she said.

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Big Green takes on league foes in fight for playoff spots

By Stefanie Lazow and Bianca Zlatea | February 18, 2010

Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff With postseason play only a few weeks away, the Big Green men's and women's hockey teams are fighting for playoff positioning against tough competition this weekend. The men's team plays its final two home games of the regular season this week, facing off against conference opponents Colgate University and No.

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Rec League Legends

February 17, 2010

Winter Carnival is over and the Legends lived to tell the tale. The Legends get a lot of requests from Big Green athletes, but this was the most romantic one. Kelly Hood '12 and Liz Blanken '13 of the women's field hockey team sent an elaborate E-Greeting card to the Legends which said, "Double-date with some Leverone legends?" The Legends, always looking for love, could not resist the ladies' charm and agreed to the date. Hood is from Berlin, N.H., but moved over to Holderness for her high school years, where she was introduced to field hockey by Gordon Bombay of "The Mighty Ducks." After learning the knuckle-puck from Keenan Thompson is Kel still alive?

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Men's lax readies with scrimmages

By Dan Lentz | February 17, 2010

Geoff Holman / The Dartmouth Staff Geoff Holman / The Dartmouth Staff After a poor performance in its first scrimmage of the season against Binghamton University on Saturday morning, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team rebounded that afternoon with a strong showing against Manhattan College in Binghamton, N.Y. The two scrimmages were the Big Green's first action of this season. Last season, the Big Green earned only four wins, including one conference victory against Yale University in overtime. Head coach Andy Towers said there were individuals who played well in the first matchup, but the Big Green was not strong as a team.

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Columbia deals tough losses to Dartmouth swim teams

By Caroline Buck | February 16, 2010

Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth men's and women's swimming and diving teams left the Lions' den last weekend in New York City with tough losses, as Columbia University came out on top against both the Big Green men, 156-144, and women, 176-119. On the women's side, diver Erica Serpico '12 was the highlight for Big Green (2-11, 0-7 Ivy), winning the one-meter and three-meter dives for the eighth consecutive meet. "[Serpico's] diving performance this year has been extraordinary," co-captain Carolyn Rippe '10 said.

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Tennis teams have strong showing at ECAC tournament

By Donghan Zhao | February 15, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's tennis team solidified its position as one of the top teams in the region with upset wins over fourth seed Brown University and first seed Princeton University at the ECAC Indoor Championships in Cambridge, Mass., this weekend.

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Dartmouth athletes post qualifying marks at Invitational

February 15, 2010

Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Correction Appended### Members of the men's and women's track and field teams had a successful Valentine's Invitational at Boston University this weekend, with Ethan Shaw '12 and Connor Reilly '13 leading the Big Green with tight second-place finishes. "We take our runners to the Valentine's meet to give them a chance to run a fast race prior to our final training for [Heptagonals]," head coach Barry Harwick said.

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