Sister Act: Dartmouth sisters team up on the tennis court
The Williams sisters. The McEnroe brothers. Tennis fans everywhere know these two sibling duos for their Grand Slam tournament conquests and magnetic personalities.
The Williams sisters. The McEnroe brothers. Tennis fans everywhere know these two sibling duos for their Grand Slam tournament conquests and magnetic personalities.
Emma Haberman / The Dartmouth Staff The National Football League is filled with quarterback controversies.
The Dartmouth's men's soccer team got just the momentum it needed ahead of Sunday's decisive Ivy League matchup against Harvard by beating regional opponent University of Vermont (8-6-4) 2-1 in Burlington. Big Green head coach Jeff Cook had extra cause for celebration, as a combination of players who rarely had a chance to play or start this season achieved the victory.
Emma Haberman / The Dartmouth Senior Staff After winning its first ever Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League title in 2005-06, the Dartmouth men's hockey team fell short of an NCAA tournament bid with a rough 10-1 loss to Harvard in the ECACHL semifinals.
Alicia Modeen / The Dartmouth Although the men's golf team has struggled mightily during the fall, the squad capped off the season with a strong performance at the NEIGA Championships at Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass.
Courtesy of Dartmouth Athletics Dartmouth men's cross country coach Barry Harwick had only a few words for this Friday's Heptagonal Championship: "Our goal is simply to win." The Dartmouth men have garnered the Ivy crown at Heps 16 times, including last year.
Dartmouth equestrian wrapped up its weekend doubleheader in impressive form, winning on Saturday at Colby Sawyer College by one point over Mount Ida College, and finishing a close second to Mount Ida at Dartmouth's home show on Sunday.
The Big Green men's hockey team cleaned up its preseason competition this past weekend, going two for two with victories over Canadian opponents the University of Prince Edward Island and the Universit du Quebc Trois Rivires. In the first match against UPEI, Nick Johnson '08 had four points to help the team to an 8-1 victory.
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff All three varsity rowing teams competed Sunday against an international field at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass., the largest two-day rowing event in the world. The Dartmouth women took 12th in the women's championship eights race; the men's lightweights took ninth in the lightweight fours race and 25th in the lightweight eights race; and the men's heavyweights took 40th in the championship eights race. In the head race format, women's crew managed to pass three boats and catch up to a fourth.
Jennifer Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Representatives of both Big Green tennis teams took part in the ITA regional this weekend.
Emma Haberman / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth men's rugby team played its best rugby of the season on Saturday, punishing an overmatched University of Massachusetts side 100-0.
Despite the loss of five seniors, Dartmouth men's club hockey looks forward to a highly competitive season with their skilled, albeit younger team. Their first match against Yale went to the Bulldogs as it unfortunately occurred on Rush night and the Big Green lost half its team to the call of the Greeks. "We definitely outplayed them," said goalie Jeremy Seidling '09.
The woes continued for the Dartmouth field hockey team on Friday, as the Big Green gave up four goals off penalty corners in a 5-0 loss to Columbia in New York City.
Susan Dunklee '08 sits down with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast and talks stamina and unicycles.
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff The No.
Should we be surprised when student-athletes from the most punishing sports engage in violent behavior off the field?