Women's hockey picks up road win over No. 10 BC
The Dartmouth women's hockey team headed down to Chestnut Hill on Tuesday night for a midweek battle with number 10 ranked Boston College.
The Dartmouth women's hockey team headed down to Chestnut Hill on Tuesday night for a midweek battle with number 10 ranked Boston College.
Dartmouth equestrian gave coach Sally Batton the best possible birthday present last Sunday: a victory at the University of New Hampshire show.
It just wouldn't be the Big Green Invitational if a Dartmouth player didn't make it to the final match.
When the Dartmouth women's soccer team left the field after Sunday's commanding 5-0 victory over Ivy rivals Cornell, none of the players or coaches knew for sure whether their 12-4-1 overall record and 5-2-0 conference marks would be enough to get the Big Green back onto the field and into the NCAA Tournament. That question was answered with an emphatic "yes" yesterday afternoon when ESPNEWS announced the brackets revealing that Dartmouth had indeed made it to the dance for the tenth time and the seventh time in eight years. The Big Green will take on the No.
The Dartmouth women's hockey team earned a split in back-to-back games this weekend against Princeton and Quinnipiac.
Dartmouth men's soccer forward Scott Darci '06 celebrated his Senior Day in style after scoring both goals in Dartmouth's 2-0 shutout of Cornell at Chase Field yesterday. The co-captain scored one in each half, notching his first two goals of the season.
On Sunday, the senior class of the Dartmouth women's soccer team donned the green for the last time, so it was only appropriate that the scoring sheet read like the roll call for the pre-game ceremony.
Up two goals with under four minutes to play in regulation, Dartmouth field hockey overcame an astonishing comeback to beat Cornell 3-2 in overtime at Scully-Fahey Field on Sunday's senior day. With about six minutes left in the second half, Dartmouth coach Amy Fowler replaced her keeper Lauren Balukjian '06 with backup Ashley Heist in order to let Dartmouth fans show their appreciation for Balukjian's career.
In a game that often appeared to be a rare duel between the arm of one quarterback and the legs of another, the 312 passing-yards of Dartmouth quarterback Josh Cohen '09 were not enough to overtake Cornell (4-4, Ivy 2-3) on Saturday.
The Dartmouth volleyball team continued its tendency to prevail over lesser teams and falter in the shadow of stiffer competition as they swept Columbia (5-16, Ivy 3-7) in three games on Friday night and lost to Cornell (18-3, Ivy 11-0) on Saturday afternoon.
Pick a clich. With only three games remaining, it is do or die, make or break, now or never for Big Green football Saturday when Cornell rolls into town.
Dartmouth women's soccer fell to Yale (12-3-1, 4-1-1 Ivy) 2-1 on Wednesday in New Haven. The loss, only the fourth of a successful season, brought the team's record to 11-4-1 (4-2, Ivy) as they dropped out of first place, overtaken by the Bulldogs.
The Dartmouth sailing team experienced a wintry mix of weather and results this weekend down on the Charles River, dominating the 64th Erwin Schell Trophy at MIT and getting snowed off the line at Harvard in the Women's Victorian Urn Trophy. Once again the tremendously trusty team of Erik Storck '07 and Killarney Loufek '07 subjugated the competition this weekend.
Dartmouth equestrian tied for second with Mount Ida College at Saturday's home show, finishing one point behind the University of Vermont.
Dartmouth men's rugby team, the No. 2 seed in New England Rugby Union, traveled to Massachusetts to take on the Northeastern Huskies in the first round of the playoffs.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team wrapped up their fall season, hosting the Big Green Invitational Oct.
The Dartmouth volleyball team ended its homestand with disappointment this weekend. The four-match stretch began last weekend with a strong showing, taking a game against league-leading Cornell and sweeping Columbia to put the Big Green in position to make progress in the Ivy League standings.
In order to qualify for a bid to the East Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, Dartmouth field hockey needs to finish the season with a winning record.
Shannon Bowman '09 began her Dartmouth hockey career with a pair of goals as the women's team managed to hang on and win its home opener 4-3 against an opportunistic Boston University squad. Dartmouth dominated play for most of the game, as evidenced by their overwhelming 44-13 shots on goal margin, but the Terriers perservered, and, with a couple of third-period goals, made the last couple of minutes of the third period very interesting. Showing no signs of first-period home-opener jitters, the Big Green jumped on BU from the opening whistle, firing three shots on goal in the first four minutes. Despite controlling the puck in the offensive zone almost continually to begin the game, Dartmouth nearly fell behind 1-0.