Skiing ekes past Vermont for season's fifth win

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.

Women's hockey season ends with loss to St. Lawrence

Men's basketball looks for first Ivy League win

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.

Big Green takes on league foes in fight for playoff spots

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.

Men's lax readies with scrimmages

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.

Columbia deals tough losses to Dartmouth swim teams

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.

Squash teams focus on postseason after weekend wins

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff After closing out their regular seasons last weekend, the Dartmouth men's and women's squash teams are gearing up for postseason play.

Tennis teams have strong showing at ECAC tournament

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.

Dartmouth athletes post qualifying marks at Invitational

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.

Skiing conquers Dartmouth Carnival for 13th straight win

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the midst of this year's ancient Roman-themed Winter Carnival, the No.

Women's basketball splits weekend against Brown, Yale

Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff Christopher Rhoades / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's basketball team's hopes for a third straight Ivy crown were dealt a huge setback when the Big Green fell at home in double overtime to Yale University, 70-66, on Saturday night after surging past Brown University, 67-63, on Friday. "This is a big blow for us," head coach Chris Wielgus said.

Men's hockey comes back for a win

Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff With less than two minutes remaining in the third period of Saturday's matchup against Rensselaer Polytechnic University, assistant captain Joe Gaudet '10 notched the game-winning goal to complete the Big Green men's hockey team's climb back from a 3-1 second-period deficit.

Women's hockey remains in fight for ECAC playoff berth

Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Ben Gettinger / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's women hockey retained its eighth-place standing in the ECAC Hockey conference after splitting the weekend beating Union College, 4-0, and falling to Rensselaer Polytechnic University, 5-2. Amanda Trunzo '11 posted two goals in the middle period to clinch the Big Green's (11-13-2, 8-11-1 ECAC Hockey) victory over the Dutchwomen (5-26-1, 1-18-1 ECAC Hockey) on Friday. Six and a half minutes into the second frame, the puck glanced off the boards and landed in front of the Trunzo, who sent it through the legs of Union goaltender Alana Marcinko to make the score 3-0. Trunzo's second goal came with 49 seconds left in the period to put the Big Green up, 4-0.