Paul Mott '80 named team president of New Orleans Hornets
The New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn announced that he has hired Paul Mott '80 as the new team president.
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.
In honor of this column's name, Kentucky Derby disappointment Bellamy Road will narrate this week's column.
The Steves duke it out over baseball's biggest early season surprise
Freshman Daisy Freund rode her way to 11th place out 29 total riders in the Equestrian Cacchione Cup National Finals at Ohio this past Thursday and Friday. Ashley Woodhouse from Skidmore won the class with Kyla Makholghi from Mount Holyoke, in Dartmouth's Zone taking second. "Daisy looked awesome in both of her classes," said manager Annie Trumpold '05.
Dartmouth's ultimate teams had a full schedule the last weekend of April, with the men's and women's A-teams playing at regionals in Portsmouth, R.I., and the B-teams playing at Williams College. The women displayed a dominant level of skill at regionals, defeating Brown 15-5 in the finals to secure the top seed from the region to College Nationals, and the men came excruciatingly close to securing a Nationals bid in a 15-14 nail-biter against Harvard. The women, who came to Regionals uncertain of their standing vis--vis some of the other top teams in the region, left with a strong confidence in their abilities, after thrashing the competition on both days. Their strength was epitomized by their Sunday game against Brown, as Princess Layout -- the women's A-team -- shut down Brown's offense and shredded its zone defense in what was widely regarded as Dartmouth's best performance of the season. The team's finals win was spearheaded by stellar defensive efforts from co-captain Lorraine Ferron '05 and Lakshmi Narayan '06, rock-solid handling from co-captain Brooking Gatewood '05 and a seemingly perpetual deep threat from Ariel Dowling '05.
By Jennifer Yu The Dartmouth Staff The 71st annual Ivy League Heptagonal Championships returned to Columbia's Baker Field Complex this past weekend as the eight track and field squads left it all out on the track. Dartmouth men's track and field finally settled for a second place tie with Penn after leading the Ancient Eight in the mid-afternoon of Sunday following the results of 14 events.
Despite a loss to the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils Sunday afternoon, the No. 4 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team, 12-8, will be advancing to the NCAA tournament this week. The Big Green will compete this coming Thursday, May 12, at the Dartmouth's own Scully-Fahey Field against Syracuse.