Big Red offense, missed field goals keep football from first win
Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth The Big Green kept its losing streak alive on Saturday against Cornell, losing 37-14 in a blowout in Ithaca, N.Y.
Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth The Big Green kept its losing streak alive on Saturday against Cornell, losing 37-14 in a blowout in Ithaca, N.Y.
The life of a varsity athlete at Dartmouth presents both athletic and academic challenges. It means hours of practice every day and requires the ability to manage whatever time one has have left in order to keep up with a strenuous school schedule. Now, imagine multiplying it all by two. With athletic training and practice almost year-round, two-sport athletes must be dedicated to spending much of their time in Hanover.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff After a disappointing 35-7 loss to No.
EMILY van GEMEREN / The Dartmouth Staff Fifth-ranked Dartmouth women's hockey dominated No.
The Dartmouth Big Green finished in fourth place out of 11 teams on Sunday at the University of New Hampshire Intercollegiate Horse Show. It was the last show of the fall for the Big Green.
Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's soccer team squeaked out a critical 2-1 victory in overtime against the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday evening at Burnham Field. Andrew Olsen '11 notched the game-winning goal seven minutes into overtime to send the Big Green past the Wildcats in the team's final non-conference game of the season. Dartmouth (9-5-1, 3-1-1 Ivy) dominated UNH (7-6-4) offensively in the win, as the Big Green continued to build its resum for the NCAA tournament.
Last Saturday, the New England Sports Network premiered a documentary film entitled "Eight: Ivy League Football and America." The special was aired directly after the broadcast of Dartmouth football's 35-7 loss against Harvard on Saturday afternoon. "Eight" tracks the evolution of football in America, looking especially at the formation and early years of the Ivy League and the football tradition at Ancient Eight schools.
Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff This weekend, nine colleges converged on the Boss Tennis Center for the 8th annual Big Green Invitational, wrapping up the fall season for Big Green men's tennis. The Big Green performed well in singles, but its only champions were in the doubles competitions, with the team of Ari Gayer '09 and Curtis Roby '11 winning flight A and the team of David Fink '10 and Eric Scholobohm '11 winning flight B. On the first day of competition, Gayer and Roby defeated the University of Montreal doubles pairing of Burgnard and Berthiaume, 8-5.
The Dartmouth sailors picked up mid-fleet finishes in all the regattas over the weekend as Big Green sailors took 11th place at the Erwin Schell Trophy, hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff In its final home match of the regular season, the Dartmouth women's field hockey team was unable to pull off an upset against No.
BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green men's hockey team faltered twice over the weekend with disappointing losses to Harvard and the University of Vermont.
In my book, Sam's the man. He should win the Heisman Trophy barring a monumental collapse in production.
Fighting point-for-point in a tight third period, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team fell in straight sets to a surging Yale squad on Saturday after pulling a strong 3-1 victory over Brown on Friday night. With the doubleheader split, the Big Green (7-13, 3-7 Ivy) falls to sixth place in the Ivy League, tied with Brown (11-11, 3-7 Ivy). Yale (15-4, 9-1 Ivy), with its fourth straight win, remains atop the Ivy standings after the weekend action. After two tough losses on the road last week, including a close four-set defeat at Princeton, Dartmouth looked to rebound at home with renewed energy. During Friday's match against Brown, the Big Green came out with solid performances in the first set.
Dartmouth women's soccer played 110 hard-fought minutes against No. 25 Harvard on Saturday afternoon but was unable to pull away with the lead as the Big Green earned a 1-1 draw on the team's Senior Day. Harvard (9-3-4, 4-1-1 Ivy) currently stands tied for first place in the Ivy League along with Princeton and Columbia; each share a 4-1-1 conference record. The Big Green (7-6-2, 1-4-1 Ivy) is stuck in seventh place, ahead of upcoming opponent Cornell University. Not coming up with a win, however, did not taint the outcome of the game for the Big Green. "It was a big improvement from last week," senior co-captain Becky Poskin said.
Ben True '08 made quite a statement in his final Heptagonals Championship on Friday in Van Cortlandt Park in New York City. True set numerous records at the race, solidifying himself as one of the best Ivy League cross country runners of all time.
With its back against the wall, the Dartmouth men's soccer team came through with a big victory Saturday night, beating No.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Staff Harvard football lived up to its reputation at Memorial Field on Saturday, dominating Dartmouth in almost all aspects of the game as the Crimson cruised to a comfortable 35-7 victory. The Crimson (6-1, 3-1 Ivy), ranked No.
The Dartmouth women's hockey team vanquished two ECAC Hockey foes this weekend, out-muscling Princeton, 3-2, in New Jersey before smashing Quinnipiac University, 3-0, in Connecticuit. Friday night was the season opener for the Big Green (2-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC Hockey), and Sarah Parsons '10 potted what turned out to be the game-winning goal late in the second period as the Big Green jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on as the Tigers (1-3-0, 0-2-0 ECAC Hockey) clawed back into the game. Early on in the game, the Big Green dominated play, as Dartmouth out-shot the Tigers, 18-7, in the first period.
Kyle Betts / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's women's hockey team is set to open their 2008-09 season with high expectations.
Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth After a disappointing 21-13 loss against Columbia last weekend, Dartmouth's football team must now face defending Ivy League champion Harvard in Hanover this Saturday. The Crimson (5-1, 2-1 Ivy) is currently third in conference standings and has the best overall record of any team in the Ancient Eight.