Men's soccer pulls to a draw with Ivy League rival Brown
Soccer standout standout and member of the New Zealand Under-20 team Craig Henderson '09 sits down with The D's resident Big Green sports enthusiast.
Well hello, '10s! So you've survived three days of college classes, made it home unscathed after your first dance parties (at least those of you who did not get picked up after trying to convince Safety and Security that you've matriculated and it's now all right to urinate on the Blunt Alumni Center), and come out the other side of an absurdly long (and forced) freshman orientation.
Samantha Ceppos / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Things change.
Before Wednesday evening's game against the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Dartmouth field hockey team had struggled to generate much offense this season, scoring three goals in its first four games.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff A tepid crowd of 137 watched as Dartmouth women's soccer defeated the University of Vermont Catamounts 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon on the Catamounts' home turf at Centennial Field.
Samantha Ceppos / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Fresh off an encouraging victory over Pac-10 power Stanford and just a few days away from kicking off its Ivy season, the Dartmouth men's soccer team hopes to improve upon a 2-2-2 start, one that has not quite lived up to the lofty expectations the team holds. "We feel confident about our record so far but not satisfied," goalkeeper Rowan Anders '07 said.
Kawakahi Amina After a string of disappointing seasons, the Dartmouth football team is intent on bringing back some pride and respect to the most successful program in Ivy League history. "Last year was not what we wanted," co-captain and nose tackle Mike Rabil '06 said about Dartmouth's 2-8 campaign in 2005, which included a 1-6 mark in the Ivy League.
Athletic Director Josie Harper recently announced that the newly appointed women's swimming coach, Jerry Foley, has retracted his decision to take the position and will not join the Big Green staff. "It is with excitement that I look forward to the challenges and growth in the women's swimming and diving program at Dartmouth," Foley said in late June when he was given the position. "Leaving Bucknell was not an easy decision, nor was it taken lightly.
Associated Press Tiger Woods won his 12th major this past weekend, taking home the Wannamaker Trophy after a convincing victory at the PGA Championship.
Randy Meck, Dartmouth's Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities and Operations, arrived quietly in Hanover on a calm July day.
Four Dartmouth sports programs received national academic honors in the past two weeks. Both the men's and women's golf teams placed among the top 25 in Golf Digest's "College Golf Guide" academic rankings, while both the men's and women's tennis teams had several players honored as Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team members. Golf Digest compiled a list of golf teams that exemplified academic prowess, along with providing preseason power rankings for the top programs in the country.
Boxing has experienced too many scandals, and professional wrestling is fake. While you may disagree with either of those sentiments, they both offer reason enough to follow the Ultimate Fighting Championship for fans of fighting.
The Ivy League Football Media poll, revealed Tuesday, showed low expectations for Dartmouth football in the coming season. The poll, which was voted upon by two media representatives from each Ivy League school, ranked Dartmouth in seventh place out of eight. The Harvard Crimson were chosen to finish on top and received half of the first place votes and 116 total poll points.
Team USA once ruled the international basketball world. The "Dream Teams" of 1988 and 1992 were collections of All-Stars and Hall of Famers, and 40-point victories were the norm.
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