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New lightweight coach brings impressive resume

By Dan Lentz | September 29, 2009

With three national titles, five Ivy League titles and two EAWRC coach of the year awards already under his belt, Cornell crew coach Dan Roock decided it was time to take a "few years" off from coaching full time. After only a one-year hiatus, however, Roock has returned to coaching Ivy League crew, and will now lead the Dartmouth lightweight squad. "I was going to take a couple years off, but decided to jump at the job, because Dartmouth is such a good place to coach rowing," Roock said. Roock, who himself has the same number of national titles as Dartmouth does Ivy League titles in lightweight crew, graduated from Princeton in 1981 where, as a senior, his teammates awarded him the Lyman W.

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Strong offense sparks volleyball to victory in league opener

By Tianchi Xu | September 28, 2009

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's volleyball team opened Ivy play last Friday with a straight set win against Harvard at Cambridge, Mass. Coming off three non-league home games, the Big Green (5-6, 1-0 Ivy) hit the road to square off against last year's fourth-place finisher in the Ivy League. "We had a great week of practice and were really excited to start Ivy play," co-captain Megan MacGregor '10 said.

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Rugby dominates Yale in first home Ivy League matchup

September 27, 2009

Curie Kim / The Dartmouth Brophy Field played host to its first ever Ivy League match on Saturday, as host Dartmouth men's rugby trounced Yale, 62-8. Dartmouth (3-0, 3-0 Ivy) jumped out to an early 21-0 lead on tries by Tommy Brothers '11, Derek Fish '12 and Will Lehmann '12. "Really, our goal from the beginning and right before we started the game was to come out fast, get our systems going," Tay Stevenson '10 said.

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Seniors victorious in Gardner Cup

By Dan Lentz | September 27, 2009

The Class of 2010 raced its way to a win in the second annual Gardner Cup an intra-squad race in which different classes compete against one another at the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse on Saturday.

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ONE-ON-ONE: Mullany and Overton

By Jack Barrett | September 27, 2009

I sat down with captain Davis Mullany '11 and Teddy Overton '12 Saturday after the first day of the Dartmouth Invitational to talk about Dartmouth golf. A lot of people are familiar with how professional golf works.

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Football falls to Wildcats 44-14

September 27, 2009

/ The Dartmouth Staff Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth At the Big Green's traditionally lopsided matchup against the University of New Hampshire this weekend, Dartmouth managed to stay competitive throughout the first half this weekend, but succumbed to major errors in the third quarter, allowing the Wildcats to pounce on a 44-14 win. The Big Green (0-2, 0-0 Ivy) kept the score close for the majority of the game, going into halftime down by just six points.

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Briefly Noted

September 27, 2009

Dartmouth women's basketball head coach Chris Wielgus was recently honored as the 2008-2009 New England Coach of the Year.

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Football looks to New Hampshire

By Rich Mezzasalma | September 24, 2009

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Staff After opening the season with a tough 34-15 loss against Colgate University, the Dartmouth football team will battle the University of New Hampshire in the Granite Bowl this weekend. No.

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Field hockey falls at hands of Princeton, Boston University

By Claire Monagan | September 23, 2009

Sarah Irving / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green field hockey team opened its Ivy League season with a 6-1 loss at home to Princeton Saturday before falling 1-0 to Boston University on Sunday in Hanover. Rebecca Sobel '11 scored her sixth goal of the season to avoid a shutout by the Tigers (5-1, 1-0 Ivy). Dartmouth (1-4, 0-1 Ivy) walked onto the field with a particular game plan to deal with the Princeton powerhouse, but the team still started off slowly, Sobel said. "It took us a while to get into our rhythm," she said. Princeton, meanwhile, showed ferocity right from the opening whistle.

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After sweeping Friars, volleyball delivers mixed results

By Tianchi Xu | September 23, 2009

Ricky Melgares / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth women's volleyball team finished with one win and two losses at last weekend's Dartmouth Invitational in Hanover, coming off of a decisive defeat of Providence College in straight sets last Tuesday. The Big Green (4-6, 0-0 Ivy) will look to start its season on a high note before renewing Ivy rivalries. "Non-league games give us an opportunity to improve upon our weaknesses before Ivy matches begin," co-captain Megan MacGregor '10 said.

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