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The Dartmouth
August 24, 2026
The Dartmouth
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The Big Green's rally fell short in the closing minutes as Dartmouth narrowly missed what would have been its second consecutive upset.
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Late surge by Stanford downs women's lax at home

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SEBASTIAN RAMIREZ-BRUNNER / The Dartmouth Staff Despite an early lead and a late-game comeback, Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team was not able to overcome Stanford's mid-game surge as the Big Green lost to the Cardinals, 11-10, on Sunday at Scully-Fahey Field. Co-captain Liz Spence '08 suggested that the loss was a result of mental lapses that, despite the effort and cohesiveness of the team, were ultimately costly. "We played really hard.


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Harvard men's tennis downs Green to cap perfect Ivy season

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Dartmouth's men's tennis team took on Ivy League champion Harvard in the team's final contest of the year last Wednesday in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard (15-6, 7-0 Ivy) was able to cruise to a comfortable victory, sweeping the Big Green (6-12, 1-6 Ivy), 7-0, as the Crimson finished its perfect Ivy League season. The only victory for the Big Green came in the first matchup of the day.




Ari Sussman '10 scored three goals despite being guarded by All-American defenseman Dan Cocoziello.
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Men's lacrosse upsets Princeton with 11-9 victory

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BEN GETTINGER / The Dartmouth The Princeton men's lacrosse team looked as if it would avoid an upset at the hands of Dartmouth on Saturday when the Tigers scored three straight goals to open up the fourth quarter, tying the game at 9-9 and shifting the momentum in its favor. The Big Green stayed resilient, however, and got the victory it has been looking for all season in front of a packed house on Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field, as Dartmouth shocked the No.


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Baseball One Step Closer to Ivy League Title

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Dartmouth baseball clinched the Red Rolfe Division title and the home field advantage for next weekend's Ivy League championship against Gehrig Division winner Columbia after three wins against Harvard this weekend. If the Big Green (24-14, 15-5 Ivy) can top the Lions (20-24, 15-5 Ivy) next week in Hanover, Dartmouth will earn its first league title and would secure Dartmouth an automatic bid to the NCAA postseason tournament.




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Exhibition soccer matches mark dedication of Burnham Field

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The College marked the dedication of Burnham Field and the adjoining Sports Pavillion, which will serve both Burnham Field and the nearby Scully-Fahey Field, with two exhibition soccer matches and festivities for donors and alumni involved in the project last weekend. The new field has been dedicated to Alden "Whitey" Burnham '46.


Damon Wright '08 helped keep the Big Green alive in the tenth inning, connecting on a critical one-out, RBI triple.
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Baseball rallies in marathon win over Catamounts

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Larissa Cespedes / The Dartmouth Designated hitter Jim Wren '10 blooped a single down the right field line to drive in the winning run in a 12-inning, 10-9 Dartmouth comeback win against the University of Vermont Tuesday afternoon in Hanover.


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Golf teams stumble at Ivy tournaments

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Dartmouth's men's and women's golf teams traveled to New Jersey this past weekend to compete in the Ivy League golf championships. The men's team played at the Galloway National Golf Club in Absecon, N.J., where it finished in a disappointing seventh place out of eight teams.




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Softball bounces back after Saturday misstep against Yale

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Dartmouth's softball team finished strong this weekend, sweeping Yale in a doubleheader on Sunday with scores of 5-3 and 5-2 after dropping two games to the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon in Hanover. Dartmouth (11-22, 7-9 Ivy) lost the first of Saturday's games to the Bulldogs (16-22, 4-12 Ivy) when Yale's Allie Canulli crossed the plate on a wild pitch to take a 10-9 lead in the top of the seventh inning. In the nightcap, the Big Green was shut out 6-0 by Yale's Rebecca Wojciak, who allowed only five hits in seven innings of play. The Big Green saw better outcomes on Sunday, when solid performances earned the team a 5-3 victory in the opener and a 5-2 win in the second game of the doubleheader. After the weekend series, Dartmouth sits four games behind top-seeded Harvard (21-18, 12-4 Ivy) in the North Division of the Ivy League, while Yale sits in third place, seven games behind the Crimson and three games behind the Big Green. Dartmouth jumped out to an early lead in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, scoring three runs off of three hits by Christy Autin '10, Katie Chifcian '09 and Audrey Kolodziej '11 in the bottom of the first inning. After tagging another run on the board in the second inning, the Bulldogs threatened Dartmouth with three runs in the third inning, one on a wild pitch and the other on an error by Autin at shortstop. Dartmouth answered with two runs in the bottom of the third inning and another in the fourth, taking a 7-3 lead heading into the fifth. But Yale retaliated with a six-run rally in the next inning, accumulating seven hits while batting around to take a 9-7 lead.


Dartmouth shortstop Erik Bell '08 fielded 20 balls in a four-game split with Yale in Hanover last weekend.
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Baseball splits with Yale, maintains 2.5 game division lead

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Nat Smith / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's baseball team won the second game of both of its weekend doubleheaders against Yale, 13-6 and 7-2 respectively, but lost the first games, 5-3 and 8-7, in extra innings on Saturday and Sunday The split series protects Dartmouth's 2.5-game lead over Yale in the Red Rolfe Division race. "We feel pretty good about this weekend, we played a hell of a weekend, and we're just happy with the split," Jim Wren '10 said after Sunday's games. With just four games remaining in the Ivy season, Yale (18-21-1, 9-6 Ivy) will have to win at least two more games than Dartmouth (20-13, 12-4 Ivy) to have a shot at the division title.



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Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Schmidley)

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Best Available Player: Darren McFadden, RB Arkansas. It's been an eventful and highly public off-season for the former Hog superstar, who has been labeled everything from a "can't miss prospect" to a "shaky character guy" to a "pure burner" with a number of other redeeming qualities for NFL play.


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Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Hodes)

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Best Available Player: Glenn Dorsey, DT Louisiana State University. While Schmidley will certainly make a compelling case for Darren McFadden, a man sure to turn beast in the NFL, we should not be blinded by skill positions.