First-year rowers pace Green
The Dartmouth men's lightweight crew pulled out a decent performance at the 2004 Eastern Springs, held at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
The Dartmouth men's lightweight crew pulled out a decent performance at the 2004 Eastern Springs, held at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
While the majority of Dartmouth track and field concluded its season at the Heptagonals 10 days ago, those few Big Green athletes whose achievements stood out even at the highest level of regional competition were rewarded with a trip to New Haven and a chance to contend at the IC4A Championships. Ahmad Abdur-Rahim '04 set the standard for his Big Green teammates, running the 400 hurdles in 51.88 and taking second in the event.
The Loudmouth Brigade and other home fans know that the Dartmouth baseball team relied on strong teamwork and contributions from the entire team to win the Red Rolfe title this season, but the Ivy League coaches also noticed something special about the Big Green squad.
The Outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships is the culmination of Dartmouth track and field. With the academic year drawing to a close and most seniors staring into the face of life without organized athletics, the members of the Ancient Eight gather one last time to determine which among them is the best. Following a lackluster performance in the Indoor Heptagonal Championships, many brushed Dartmouth aside.
The Oakland A's were the first team to extensively (and successfully) use sabermetrics, or scientific, statistical baseball analysis.
After a season of dealing with key injuries, a stubbornly frozen lake and an annoying-yet-adorable newspaper correspondent, the Dartmouth sailing team is finally reaping its rewards, and deservedly so.
Earlier in the season, Scott Shirrell '04 etched his name in the Dartmouth record books by collecting more hits than anyone ever to don the Big Green uniform.
By beating Tufts 15-1 in the game-to-go at North East Regionals Sunday in Rhode Island, Dartmouth won its first-ever bid to Nationals.
In their final tune-up before the Princeton Tigers come to town for the Ivy League Championship, the Dartmouth (25-15, 15-5 Ivy) baseball team ended the 2004 regular season schedule with a losing 11-3 effort against the Boston College Eagles on Wednesday. The usually prolific Big Green offense was shut down by a solid Boston College (22-21) pitching staff.
Dartmouth softball hosted Vermont (6-33-2) Tuesday, winning both games easily to end their season with a 17-20, 5-9 Ivy record. Senior pitcher Danica Giugliano pitched Game One, the final game of her collegiate career, leading her team to a 3-0 shutout.
Dartmouth women's water polo returned from California Polytechnic University of San Luis Obispo this weekend as the number-two club water polo team in the country.
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.
Two new stadiums debuted this April: Citizens Bank Park, the new home of the Phillies, and PETCO Park, home field of the Padres.
A third-place conclusion at the Ivy/Patriot League Challenge Sunday, May 2 brought a solid finish to an up-and-down year for the men's golf team.
It's pretty cool, and by cool I mean totally sweet, to qualify for a national championship regatta.
Upstart Timberwolves will eliminate hobbled Kings; Nets will outpace plodding Detroit
San Antonio will topple L.A. with defense; savvy Kings and tough Pistons will also advance
Dartmouth softball (15-18) won an impressive doubleheader against Siena College (12-23-1) Wednesday.
This past weekend was a big one for both the men and women's golf teams, as the men prepared for the upcoming Dartmouth Invitational while the women concluded its season.
There were no rumors about the demise of the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team following Saturday's 17-8 loss at Princeton, but if there had been, they would have been greatly exaggerated. Wednesday night, the Terriers of Boston University found that out the hard way, as the 10th-ranked Big Green triumphed, 10-4, in front of 150 fans at Scully-Fahey Field.