Swimmers drag behind Princeton
Dartmouth's men's and women's swimming and diving teams could not keep up with Princeton in a meet in Hanover last Sunday.
Dartmouth's men's and women's swimming and diving teams could not keep up with Princeton in a meet in Hanover last Sunday.
Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth women's hockey suffered a disappointing 0-4 loss to nationally top-ranked Harvard on Sunday. It was the second shutout loss of the year for Dartmouth (11-7-3, 8-5-1 ECAC) and it came at the hands of one of Harvard's strongest performances of the season.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff With one second left in regulation against American International College, Jon Grecu '08 scored his second goal of the game to tie things up for Dartmouth men's hockey at 3-3 on Sunday night.
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Dartmouth's men's and women's track teams competed with mixed results in the Terrier Classic at Boston University last weekend. This was an individual meet with no team scores assessed or assigned. The meet mainly served as an opportunity for the Big Green to face national-level competition, improve running times and develop experience on a larger scale. Overall, the men and women are improving their times, though fatigue may have affected performances in Terrier Classic. "We ran better in the Yale meet than we did yesterday, the athletes seemed tired from events done earlier in the meets," head coach Barry Harwick '77 said.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team kicked off its 2008 campaign in promising fashion, traveling to Fort Meyers, Fla.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green ran into trouble against a rejuvenated Harvard team that was armed for revenge after a 21-day break from the hardwood.
Both the men's and women's squash teams used the momentum from their victories against Williams last Wednesday to beat Cornell by a comfortable margin at home on Saturday, the first win in the Ivy League for both of Dartmouth's teams. The Big Green men's squash squad (11-3, 1-2 Ivy) has catapulted into the sixth spot in national play behind its three victories this week.
In the realm of men's sports across the nation, two sports reign supreme in terms of coverage, attendance and interest: football and basketball. At Dartmouth, however, recent years have been marked by disappointing performances in both sports.
Men's hockey Dartmouth men's hockey (8-8-1, 3-7-1 ECAC) improved its overall record with two impressive wins against nationally-ranked Hockey East teams this week, but dropped to 11th place in the ECAC. The Big Green squad enters this weekend's competitions riding high on its second winning streak of the year.
Kyle Betts / The Dartmouth Dartmouth's men's basketball team (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) has played with unparalleled confidence in its last three games, finishing its non-conference schedule Wednesday night with a win over an unmatched University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-17). The Big Green's 86-62 win signals that the team has hit its stride at the right time, and that it will be a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League. The Big Green's recent momentum has shown the rest of the Ancient Eight that this is a new Dartmouth basketball program.
Courtesy of Kris Dobie/EISA The seemingly unstoppable Dartmouth ski team stretched its winning streak to nine consecutive victories at the Saint Lawrence University Carnival this past weekend.
For the past year, I have wanted to write a running diary of a Dartmouth hockey game. Last Saturday was my chance -- I had to be on the radio anyway. 6:30 p.m.: Live from Manchester: your Dartmouth Big Green taking on the Wildcats of the University of New Hampshire. 6:42 p.m.: UNH is ranked No.
Dartmouth's men's and women's squash teams had a tough weekend on the road as both teams fell to perennial powerhouses Yale and Trinity this weekend. Despite the losses, head coach John Power was happy with how the teams performed, "We did quite well.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Despite maintaining a lead for the majority of the game, Dartmouth's women's basketball team failed to prevail in a non-conference matchup against Virginia Tech, 80-73, on Sunday. Dartmouth (4-11, 0-1 Ivy) hopes that a tough non-conference schedule will pay dividends in Ancient Eight play.
Dartmouth's men's hockey team upset No. 5 University of New Hampshire, 5-3, before a crowd of nearly 9,000 fans in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Manchester, N.H.
Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Despite another disappointing season for Dartmouth's football team, the performance of co-captain Justin Cottrell '08 was a bright spot, as his play garnered an honorable mention All-American honors from the Football Championship Subdivision.