Lady laxers head to Final Four
The "final four" is usually an event Dartmouth athletes watch on television, but not so for the surging lady laxers.
The "final four" is usually an event Dartmouth athletes watch on television, but not so for the surging lady laxers.
Four Big Green baseball players garnered All-Ivy honors earlier this month. William Bashelor '07 was named to the first team, while teammates Josh Bailey '05, Jeff Speights '05 and Brian Zurhellen '05 were honorable mention All-Ivy selections.Bashelor was one of only 13 players to earn first-team honors and was a second-team selection as a freshman. "It's really an honor.
With the lacrosse season finished, the All-Ivy League selection committee has released its annual list of honorees.
Dartmouth crew journeyed far this weekend, with the men heading to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., and the women to the Cooper River in Camden, N.J., to compete in the Eastern Sprints. Each of Dartmouth's teams put in a solid performance, as the men's heavyweight varsity eight finished eighth, while the lightweight finished 11th and the women 12th overall. The men's heavyweight teams performed well, with the varsity squad being narrowly edged by the Navy squad, finishing with a time of 5:39.2 to Navy's 5:39.1 in the petite final for an overall placing of eighth.
The women's rugby club completed its spring season this past weekend with a win over the DWRC alums.
Dartmouth's track and field teams finished off their regular outdoor season last weekend at the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the Reginald F.
The New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn announced that he has hired Paul Mott '80 as the new team president.
For the second consecutive game, senior Katieanne Christian scored five goals to lead the No. 5 ranked Dartmouth women's lacrosse team to a resounding 13-3 victory over the fourth-seeded Georgetown Hoyas (13-5) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon at Scully-Fahey Field.
With the NBA Lottery on May 24, the Steves debate this year's top prospects
For the second consecutive year, women's water polo returned from the Collegiate Water Polo Club Championship Tournament with a second-place finish, again falling to California Polytechnic in a down-to-the wire final game. The women, who went into the tournament ranked first in the national club team poll, opened up the weekend with a 16-4 blowout over James Madison University on Friday.
Co-Ivy Player of the Year, Katieanne Christian '05 scored five goals to propel the No. 5 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team to a 9-8 win over No.
"The real world" -- a term used by parents of graduating seniors to scare their son or daughter to death.
Three members of the Dartmouth women's team won All-Ivy recognition this season, capping off a campaign that saw the Big Green claim many quality wins in addition to attaining a national ranking. Co-captain Jayme Ahmed '05 led the way for the lady racketeers.
College senior Elizabeth Peacock-Villada was recently named an Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar for 2005. "I feel extremely honored to win this award, particularly because of the limited representation of the Ivy League schools in the pool of award recipients," Peacock-Villada said. The Sports Scholars award was established by the Black Issues in Higher Education to honor undergraduate students who are competent in a collegiate sport, maintain a grade point average of at least 3.2, and participate in campus or community activities actively. The humble track and field tri-captain, whose biggest influences in life are friends and family, was surprised to win the award. "I was very surprised.
With the Big Green's oldest continuous race up for contention on Sunday afternoon, the Dartmouth men's heavyweight crew team traveled to Syracuse, N.Y., with the hopes of capturing the Packard Cup.
The Big Green dynasty that is the Dartmouth sailing team once again stood up to snuff and defended its name this weekend against 18 other teams in the 64th annual New England Dingy Championships. The sailors pulled together a last minute rally through 25 knot winds and rain to grab fourth place overall and the last qualifying spot to Nationals by just a single point. As you may have noticed, the weather this weekend was not what most of us would call pleasant.
The Steves duke it out over baseball's biggest early season surprise
With its back against the wall and all hope of qualifying for the NCAA tournament hanging in the balance, the No.