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The Dartmouth
August 22, 2026
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Senior sensation Webb captures Big Green Invite title

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Though Dartmouth tennis had not played a competitive match in Hanover since Sept. 19, the Big Green men could not have felt more at home, dominating the likes of Hartford, Manhattan, Buffalo, Marist and Harvard over last weekend's Big Green Invitational. Dartmouth's top singles player, co-captain David Webb '05, had little trouble reaching the finals of the A singles bracket, rolling over Patrick Flint of Hartford, Alon Cohen of Manhattan and Buffalo's Mike Rockman.


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Sailors master the waters despite unpredictable winds

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Three freshmen sailed away with a key victory in Maryland over the weekend, as Ben Sampson '08 and his crewmates Betsy Bryant '08 and Andrew Geffken '08 competed in 16 races against the 16 best freshman teams on the Atlantic Coast and won A-division by over 10 points. The second half of the freshman team included Luke Hathaway '08, Adele Wilhelm '08 and Aisha Stewart '08, who finished seventh in B-division, bringing the Big Green to an overall second-place finish for the regatta. The wind at the U.S.


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Women's novice crew speeds by competition

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The Dartmouth women's novice crew team cleaned up at its first race of the season this weekend. Fighting windy and rough conditions on their home Connecticut River and rowing on a course shortened to 1.5 miles from its original three miles, the A boat came in first place at the Dartmouth Novice Invitational with a time of 9:40.



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Dartmouth rugby reaches Northeastern Final Four

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SACHEM FIELD, Nov. 6 -- On a beautiful sunny Saturday, the Dartmouth rugby team to extended its four-game winning streak and advanced to the Northeastern Rugby Union Final Four as it hosted Syracuse University for a first round playoff match.








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Middlebury edges Big Green water polo

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The Dartmouth men's water polo team finished second in the North Atlantic Division of the Collegiate Water Polo Association last weekend, completing its season with nine wins and two losses, both of which came at the hands of a much-improved Middlebury College squad. The North Atlantic Championship Tournament at Middlebury College began well for Dartmouth, with wins against Bates College and Boston College Saturday.


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Volleyball drops two in disappointing road weekend

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After last Saturday's thrilling four-game upset over Yale, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team appeared primed to put a forgettable first half of the season behind it in its second trip through the Ivy League schedule. During Homecoming weekend, the team took to the road in matches against the best and worst of the Ivy League.



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Quinnipiac trips men's hockey

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Leading up to Saturday's season-opening game against Quinnipiac University was the hype triggered by a national ranking of 11, the distinct prospect of an NCAA tournament berth and the optimism and hopes of an entire region.


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Weatherston hits 100 career points in win

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While the rest of the campus was busy rounding up freshmen for the bonfire, No. 2 Dartmouth women's hockey burned Boston College in a convincing 7-1 victory in Thompson Arena on Friday night to open up its regular season. Junior Katie Weatherston, Dartmouth's leading scorer from a year ago, led the way for the Big Green (1-0) with a hat trick, and she added two assists late in the third period to finish with a five-point performance.