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The Dartmouth Rugby Football Club hit the pitch on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon at Witter Field in Berkeley, Cal.
The Dartmouth Rugby Football Club hit the pitch on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon at Witter Field in Berkeley, Cal.
This past Saturday, spectators lined the streets along the Packard Hill Covered Bridge in Lebanon to watch kayakers and canoeists compete in the 43rd annual Mascoma Whitewater Slalom Race. Jay Evans '49, Chris Knight '65 and Ben Holden -- a local paddler, started the race in 1963.
Light winds and scheduling conflicts plagued the Dartmouth sailing team this weekend. Although everyone agreed that the warm weather was wonderful, it brought with it a high pressure zone and little wind over the weekend.
The Dartmouth equestrian team placed second out of the eight Ivies during the annual All-Ivy competition held at Dartmouth's Morton Farm on Saturday.
Ivy League opponents continued to cause problems for men's tennis this weekend, as the Big Green dropped two matches and moved to 0-4 in conference play.
The Dartmouth crew teams traveled all over the northeast competing for three highly respected trophies.
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After going toe-to-toe with the Ivy League leading Cornell Big Red for 60 minutes, the No. 11 Dartmouth men's lacrosse team lost a heartbreaker on Saturday 8-7 in front of a packed Scully-Fahey Field crowd.
Construction on the Karl Michael Pool was set to begin on April 1, but has since been delayed. It is not yet clear when exactly it will start and when exactly it is going to be finished, but in the meantime, Big Green athletes are growing concerned. During the time of the renovation, all teams will have to use the four-lane Spaulding Pool, and they are not happy. "The smaller pool is definitely going to affect our workouts.
Dartmouth softball lost out on a chance to split a weekend away when Princeton defeated the Big Green in eight innings on Sunday.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team split its first four Ivy League contests, defeating Cornell and Columbia in a pair of thrilling road matches, and then dropping a pair of home tilts to Princeton and No.
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The Dartmouth baseball team saw inconsistency rear its ugly head again this weekend as the Big Green was swept by Brown during Saturday and Sunday's doubleheader with scores of 4-1 and 17-4 on Saturday and 10-7 and 6-5 on Sunday. Brown started out the first game with a first inning two-out run off of starter Jeff Wilkerson '07.
Dartmouth women's lacrosse traveled to Philadelphia this weekend, tallying yet another victory and bringing their undefeated record to a noteworthy 11-0.
Dartmouth's figure skating team made the job easy for the U.S. National Intercollegiate Games Committee this past Sunday.
The three-time defending Division II National Champion Dartmouth cycling team battled through crashes and mechanical failure to capture second place overall in the Boston Beanpot Classic last weekend. Co-captain Amy Wallace '04 was the only Dartmouth rider to win an individual race, while the squad took the victory in the team time trial. Big Green riders started the weekend in grand form, winning the overall team time trial on Saturday morning.
Women's water polo clinched a bid to the Women's Collegiate Club Championship tournament with a perfect 4-0 weekend at the New England Division Championships at Middlebury College.
For the second time in as many years, Dartmouth's Lee Stempniak '05 was named by CCM and the American Hockey Coaches Association an All-American.
Dartmouth opened the Ivy League season this weekend with a bang, essentially giving notice to the rest of the Ancient Eight that the Big Green will be a contender and not a walk-through in 2005.