Men's hoopsters primed for 2006-07
Big Green players undaunted by low preseason poll rankings, out to surprise doubters
Big Green players undaunted by low preseason poll rankings, out to surprise doubters
With two key starters Leon Pattman '07 and Johnathan Ball '08 out with injuries, the Dartmouth men's basketball team could not get anything going against the Minutemen of the University of Massachusetts.
Sarah Parsons '10 speaks with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast about being one of the youngest American Olympians at the 2006 games.
Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff It certainly wasn't expected to be a confidence booster for Dartmouth women's basketball team to open its season against the three-time reigning America East Champion, the Hartford Hawks, in the first round of the Big Green's first-ever preseason WNIT tournament. That the young Big Green squad lost 62-45 wasn't as surprising as the team turning the ball over 17 times and squandering 10 points on missed free throws in the game. But head coach Chris Wielgus remains optimistic.
Zakieh Bigio / The Dartmouth Dartmouth women's volleyball ended its season with a nail-biting five-game victory over Brown on Saturday after falling in three to Yale on Friday.
The season came to a close on Saturday for the Dartmouth men's and women's cross country teams. Both teams failed to qualify for nationals at the NCAA regional meet, held in the Bronx at Van Cortland Park. Ben True '08 will be the lone representative of the Big Green at nationals.
Emma Haberman / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Clank.
Emma Haberman / The Dartmouth Senior Staff If the Dartmouth football team hopes to notch its first home victory in its final opportunity Saturday afternoon against the Brown University Bears, the team will need to avoid its recent recipe for failure. The Big Green (1-7, 1-4 Ivy League) has demonstrated lately a penchant for falling behind early and making valiant comeback efforts that fall just short.
Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff The two-time defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth women's basketball team will make its first appearance of the 2006-07 season against the Hartford Hawks tonight in the Big Green's first-ever Preseason WNIT tournament. Dartmouth made quite a splash on the collegiate basketball scene after nearly upsetting the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, a women's basketball powerhouse, in the opening round of the 2006 NCAA tournament.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff After a tough start to the beginning of the season, the Dartmouth women's hockey team, currently ranked as high as No.
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Dartmouth equestrian capped off its fall season with a one-point victory over Mount Ida College on Sunday at the University of New Hampshire show.
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth freshman rowing teams had a successful start to their collegiate rowing careers on Saturday morning at The Green Monster Frosh Invitational hosted by Dartmouth crew in Hanover.
Daniel Freeman '10 put on a show for the hometown fans at this past weekend's Big Green Invitational, a tournament that saw strong performances from many of Dartmouth's younger tennis players. Freeman won three straight matches, including a semifinal victory over the tournament's No.
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Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff The Big Green men's and women's swimming and diving teams kicked off the start of their season this weekend with three meets.
Lauren Wool / The Dartmouth Senior Staff What the women's soccer team expected to be a celebratory day ended in tears and disappointment, as the No.
Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff Six minutes of sluggish play in a 70-minute game doesn't seem like much, but it was enough to hand the Dartmouth field hockey team a loss this past Sunday in its season finale.
The Dartmouth's men's soccer team closed out its season with a 1-0 double overtime defeat at the hands of Ivy League rival Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.
Will Bashelor '07 discusses the perks of minor league baseball and the troubles of language barriers with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast.