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THE GLOVE: Spoiled Ivy

By Dave Glovsky | February 28, 2008

Wikipedia's entry on the Ivy League notes, "The term has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions and a reputation for social elitism." The term became official in 1954 when the eight members of the Ivy League finally committed to a league to govern virtually all of their members' sports (exceptions such as skiing remain). As on the mark as Wikipedia's definition is to overall life in the Ancient Eight, it remains even more accurate when it comes to sports. The NCAA has never been accused of being an adaptable body, particularly in their refusal to ever adopt a Division I football playoff and to change rules to respond to variations in playing and competing conditions over time.

Susan Dunklee '08 won the 5k freestyle and 10k classic last weekend.
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Ski team wins EISA championship

By Heita Miki | February 28, 2008

Courtesy of Kris Dobie / EISA Dartmouth's ski team concluded its regular season on a high note last weekend, winning the Middlebury Carnival, which doubles as the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association championships.

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Women's lacrosse crushed by Syracuse, 18-5, in 2008 opener

By Sarah Rohrbach | February 27, 2008

Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team, ranked No. 17 in the nation, lost to No. 5 Syracuse, 18-5, in its first game of the 2008 season on Sunday. After the loss, head coach Amy Patton highlighted both the strength of the Syracuse team (2-0, 0-0 Big East) and the need for the Big Green (0-1, 0-0 Ivy) to step up its level of intensity. "I think the only place we can go is up -- it was a rough game," Patton said.

The men's lacrosse team began play on Memorial Field to accomodate ongoing construction Scully-Fahey Field.
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Men's lacrosse team starts season with win over Hartford

By Stephen Preefer | February 26, 2008

Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team opened its 2008 campaign with a 10-6 win over the University of Hartford last Saturday. The team was satisfied with the win but believes it has more promise for the season that will begin to take shape soon. "It was an early season game so we were obviously a little rusty," captain Doug Rendall '09 said.

The women's basketball team was among the conference's frontrunners for the first half of the season but is unlikely to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
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Toe To Toe (Schmidley)

By Will Schmidley | February 25, 2008

Zach Ingbretson / The Dartmouth Staff As I am sure you already know, the title 'league champion' is currently given to the Ivy League team with the best regular season conference record -- a formula that, on the surface, seems to be sufficient to find out which Ancient Eight team is best. Is it, though? As a "retired" Dartmouth baseball player, I have an appreciation for the commitment it takes to play a sport at an Ivy League college.

Adam King '08 believes the squash season should have ended differently.
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Controversy surrounds men's squash team's final ranking

By Sarah Rohrbach | February 25, 2008

Thomas Bukowski / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Though the season has come to an end, Dartmouth's men's squash league has recently become involved in a minor ranking scandal involving Williams College, which is ranked seventh in the College Squash Association rankings. "The Williams Purple Cows really lived up to their name this past weekend," co-captain Adam King '08 said. When brackets for the CSA Championships were set, the University of Rochester was ranked at number eight, putting it in the top division in the tournament.

Dartmouth disappointed a large crowd against Penn on Friday but was able to defeat Princeton on Saturday.
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Men's basketball bounces back after disappointing loss

By Ryan Karr | February 25, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Staff After one of the season's worst performances against the University of Pennsylvania, the Dartmouth men's basketball team bounced back with a performance against an overmatched Princeton squad on Saturday night, in a game that was indicative of the capabilities the team possessed earlier this season. The Big Green (9-15, 2-8 Ivy) did not show its competitive potential on the basketball court against Penn (10-16, 5-4 Ivy) on Friday night. Despite the support of the crowd at Leede Arena and the return of leading scorer and rebounder Alex Barnett '09 to the starting lineup, Dartmouth fell 88-62, just two weeks after losing to Penn by two points in Philadelphia. "It was extremely frustrating," co-captain Johnathan Ball '08 said after the game.

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Women's hockey clinches No. 3 seed with impressive wins

By Cameron Nutt | February 25, 2008

The Big Green women's ice hockey capped off a successful regular season with two resounding road victories this weekend over Cornell and Colgate. As a result of the victories, Dartmouth is the third seed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference hockey league heading into the playoffs, which will determine the ECAC's automatic bid to the 16-team NCAA tournament. The No.

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Hodes Knows Best

By Alex Hodes | February 21, 2008

Spring is in the air and the start of the baseball season is just around the corner. Spring training has always been one of my favorite times of year.

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The Glove

By David Glovsky | February 20, 2008

Everything I know about sailing I learned at age nine during my first year of summer camp. Unfortunately, the experience did not lead to a future in competitive sailing, but my lack of expertise did drive me to figure what exactly goes on with our own Dartmouth sailing team. In an attempt to get to the bottom of this elusive sport, I recently sat down with All-American Betsy Bryant '08. With no opinion on the matter, I asked Bryant why sailing was a sport.

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Club lax trades snow for sun in Fla.

By Stephen Preefer | February 20, 2008

Courtesy of Christy Lazicky Last weekend, the Dartmouth women's club lacrosse team escaped Hanover's snow flurries and competed in the Fun In The Sun lacrosse tournament hosted by the University of Miami.

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