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Volleyball beats Brown, loses to Yale in Ivy homestand

By Tianchi Xu | November 3, 2008

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.

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Women's soccer grinds out overtime tie with No. 25 Harvard

By Dana Malajian | November 3, 2008

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.

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True '08 makes history with third Heps victory

By Laura Mantell | November 3, 2008

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.

While Dartmouth's defense limited Crimson QB Chris Pizzotti to 98 yards passing, the Big Green yielded 368 rushing yards to the Harvard running attack.
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Harvard runs through Big Green defense in 35-7 blowout

By IVAN ZLATAR | November 3, 2008

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.

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Women's hockey off to hot start on the ice

By Arik Clausner | November 3, 2008

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.

Milan Williams '09 has led the Big Green in rushing yards, but he will need a big game to beat Harvard on Saturday.
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Football looks for first win, takes aim at Crimson

By IVAN ZLATAR | October 31, 2008

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.

17th-seeded Molly Scott '11 beat her first two opponents in straight sets before falling 6-1, 6-0 in the fourth round at the ITA regionals this weekend.
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Scott '11 continues strong fall campaign at Penn

By David Jiang | October 29, 2008

BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth's women's tennis team continued its fall tournament schedule last weekend, as three members of the Big Green traveled to the University of Pennsylvania for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regionals. The Regionals at Penn were one of eight regional tournaments played throughout the country, featuring the best players from 58 schools in the eastern region. Top singles player Molly Scott '11 had a strong showing, winning two straight matches to advance to the round of 32. As the No.

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Golf finishes 4th to end fall season

October 29, 2008

The Dartmouth women's golf team finished fourth out of nine teams at the Sacred Heart Invitational this weekend, shooting a team score of 674, 98 strokes over par. Host Sacred Heart University took first place with a 639, 67 over par.

The Big Green has completed its preseason and now looks to Friday, when it will face off with Harvard in Boston.
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Men's hockey falls to Yale in final preseason scrimmage

By Stefanie Lazow | October 29, 2008

Christian Talmage / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth men's hockey fell behind early in the first period and never recovered, losing to Yale, 4-1, in a scrimmage this Sunday afternoon in New Haven, Conn. Dartmouth was consistently outplayed on special teams, which captain Rob Pritchard '09 said was the difference in the game. "We were skating with them the whole time," Pritchard said.

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Women's sailing squad places third as coed team struggles

October 28, 2008

The Dartmouth sailing team had good and bad finishes this weekend, taking third place at the Women's Stu Nelson Regatta and sixth place at the Central Series 6, while finishing 10th at the Rudolph Oberg Trophy and 17th at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy. The Stu Nelson was hosted by Connecticut College in New London, Conn., and featured 18 women's sailing squads from across New England. Kendall Reiley '09 and Kathy Oprea '10 cruised to a fourth-place finish in Division A, while Becca Dellenbaugh '10, Sarah Johnston '09 and Steph Gagnon '10 pulled through with an eighth-place finish in Division B.

Virginia Peisch '11 tied the Dartmouth record for assists in a single season, notching two on Saturday to bring her total to 14 as Dartmouth won 3-2.
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Field Hockey earns third win in overtime at Columbia

By Sarah Rohrbach | October 28, 2008

Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's women's field hockey team was able to pull out its third Ivy League win of the season on Saturday as it outlasted Columbia University in New York, winning 3-2 in overtime. While the Big Green never trailed in the game, it was far from one-sided as the Lions (10-4, 1-4 Ivy) stayed strong throughout regulation and the 12 minutes of overtime before Meghan Everett '12 sealed the Dartmouth victory. The goal came when captain Kristen McCormick '09 guided a pass across the field and through the Columbia defense to Everett, who did not think twice, putting away the goal in the lower corner and making the Lions pay for their mishap.

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Toe to Toe: Karr

By Ryan Karr | October 27, 2008

By the time you (whoever you are) read this, you will have much more information than I do. Mr. Schmidley and I are predicting who will win the World Series just hours before game four is played.

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Offense struggles for women's soccer against Columbia

By Dana Malajian | October 27, 2008

Dartmouth women's soccer failed to come back from an early deficit in its 3-1 loss to Columbia University on Friday night in New York City. The Lions (10-3-2, 3-1-1 Ivy) jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first eight minutes, and Columbia did not allow the Big Green offense to score all game.

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Men's soccer storms out of the gate to best Columbia, 3-1

By Nick Binder | October 27, 2008

The Dartmouth men's soccer team bounced back in a big way Saturday afternoon as the Big Green took a commanding 3-1 victory from Columbia University in New York City. Columbia scored in the final minutes of play to get on the board, but the late effort was not enough after a two-goal day by forward Lucky Mkosana '12. The victory moves Dartmouth to 7-5-1 (2-1-1 Ivy), while Columbia drops to 3-10-1 (1-3-0 Ivy). The Big Green is now in fourth place in the conference, while the Lions are in seventh place.

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