High expectations for second-ranked women's hockey
After impressive preseason, experienced Big Green squad faces BC in tonight's season opener
After impressive preseason, experienced Big Green squad faces BC in tonight's season opener
Homecoming weekend has arrived, and for any self-respecting, green-blooded sports fan from this or several other planets, that means football. However, for the true sports connoisseur, the man or woman blessed with an athletic palette capable of appreciating those contests of strength and speed lying just outside mainstream America, like hockey, Homecoming offers far more than 40 or so very big people tossing around a broken volleyball.
BOSTON, Oct. 24 -- During one of this city's biggest sports weekends in recent history, the Dartmouth heavyweights and lightweights traveled to the Head of the Charles Regatta with hopes of establishing themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the spring racing season.
The outstanding doubles play of co-captains Jayme Ahmed '05 and Sarah McNally '05 led the Big Green at last weekend's Wilson/ITA Eastern Regional Tennis Championships in Philadelphia, Penn.
After a three-week layoff, a trio of Dartmouth's top men's tennis players returned to action and form during the five-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Men's Regional Championships, otherwise known as the ITA Regionals. Leaving campus Friday morning, the three-man Dartmouth tennis squad -- consisting of David Webb '05, Andres Reyes '05 and Jeff Schechtman '08 -- arrived just in time for Webb and Reyes' 7 p.m.
The past four days have brought mixed emotions to Dartmouth's men's soccer team. The successful squad extended its streak of 10 unbeaten games Saturday after the 2-1 defeat of Columbia.
The Dartmouth women's crew team made its presence known this weekend as it headed down to Boston for the 40th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River.
While most Dartmouth students spent this sunny Saturday in long pants and fleece, the Big Green sailing team raced toward glory in neoprene and dry suits, securing berths in top regattas throughout the East Coast . Despite the extreme drop in mobility and sex appeal, the sailors once again showed their mettle in heavy winds up and down the Northeast. The women's team saga reached one of their major milestones at Connecticut College.
The Dartmouth equestrian team ended its winning streak this weekend, placing third overall at the Mt.
AMHERST, Mass. -- Coming off a narrow yet important victory over a strong squad from the University of Connecticut last weekend, the Dartmouth rugby team was poised to continue its winning streak Saturday against the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Optimism runs rampant for any athletic team as a new season commences. It is a time of fresh starts, new goals and endless possibilities of success.
Coming off an impressive road victory against nationally-ranked Syracuse, the Dartmouth field hockey team looked poised to overtake the University of Massachusetts Wednesday.
The women's golf team traveled to Connecticut for the Yale Invitational this weekend, finishing seventh out of the nine schools at the two-round tournament. It was a disappointing finish for Dartmouth, as they have far more potential than they showed on the Yale course.
SACHEM FIELD, Oct. 16 -- The Dartmouth rugby team took the field at home against their undefeated New England rivals from the University of Connecticut Saturday, in a match that was desperately needed in order to keep the Big Green's playoff hopes alive.
The Dartmouth men's golf team enjoyed success at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association championship this weekend, finishing in fifth place of 46 schools.
Following in the footsteps of such journalistic luminaries as Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters and Ed Bradley, The Dartmouth's Mark Sweeney catches up with the big names on campus and asks the questions that others have too much professionalism or integrity to ask. Today, Sweeney sits down with tennis standouts David Webb '05 and Andres Reyes '05.
At the Yale Women's Intersectional this weekend, Dartmouth proved to be tougher than both the weather and the race committee. The regatta, a qualifier for Women's Atlantic Coast Championships, allowed the top two finishers from the weekend to advance.
The Dartmouth men's crew, with boats from both the heavyweight and lightweight squads, traveled to the New Hampshire Championships in Pembroke, N.H.
The Dartmouth women's crew team launched into its fall head racing season Saturday, entering four boats in the New Hampshire Championships Regatta on the Merrimack River in Manchester, N.H.
It was supposed to be the toughest test of their season, but the Dartmouth field hockey team passed with flying colors.