Skating advances to nationals
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.
Football, men's soccer turn to yoga
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.
Rec League Legends
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.
Women's squash wins Kurtz Cup
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.
Dartmouth builds indoor golf facility in Leverone
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.
Women swimmers set school records at Ivies
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.
New football coordinators will lead team's offense, defense
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.
Men's track earns third in Heps, women fall to last place
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.
Women's basketball beats Brown, loses to Yale
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.
Spring Sports Preview
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.
Men's lax runs over Colgate for first win
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.
ONE-ON-ONE: Hanson and Sisodia
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.
Men's basketball drops key weekend games
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.
VIEW FROM THE TOP
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.
Briefly Noted
Andrew Weibrecht '09 made the cover of the March 1 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine for winning a bronze medal.
Skiing finishes season undefeated with win over Catamounts
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Taking control of its final carnival of the season, the Dartmouth ski team finished a second consecutive undefeated season, winning the Middlebury Carnival with 846 points. The last carnival also doubled as the Eastern Championships, which Dartmouth has now won for the past four years. The University of Vermont again trailed in second with 806 points reminiscent of all of the Big Green's other carnivals this season. "[Vermont] traditionally has had a strong skiing program and has won the NCAA [Championships] a number of times over the years," women's Nordic head coach Cami Thompson said.
Rec League Legends
With championship season approaching, the Legends have begun to taper and rejected all Rec requests this week.












