Road warriors: Men's laxers topple Yale
The Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse team again proved themselves a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League on Wednesday as they staged a dramatic comeback away from home in defeating the Yale Bulldogs 9-8.
The Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse team again proved themselves a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League on Wednesday as they staged a dramatic comeback away from home in defeating the Yale Bulldogs 9-8.
The women's water polo team won its second consecutive New England Championship over the weekend at Wesleyan and qualified for the national tournament, which will be held at the beginning of May. In the first game of the tournament the Big Green handily defeated Bates College 16-1.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team collected its first Ivy win of the season in downing Cornell by the score of 4-3 on Friday.
The Dartmouth men's track and field team competed at two venues this past weekend. Many athletes traveled to Durham, N.H., to compete in the Outdoor Invitational hosted by the University of New Hampshire, while others went down to Miami University in Florida to enjoy fast times in great weather. Nearby at the UNH Invitational, four men's field athletes won their respective events, bringing the Big Green to a first place finish.
The Dartmouth softball team opened its Ivy League season at home with a double header split against Columbia this Saturday. The Big Green took the first game, 3-1.
The tri-meet with Harvard and Brown last weekend was cancelled, but some of Dartmouth's track and field athletes went to Princeton instead to compete in the Sam Howell Invitational. Six athletes from the men's and women's teams took first in their events, with athletes from Princeton, Rutgers and The College of New Jersey making an appearance. For the men's team, the strongest showing was in the field events.
It's spring, so that can only mean one thing -- the start of the Major League Baseball season. Here is a rundown of the top contenders to make the 2003 World Series. Anaheim Angels I'll start with the defending champs (yes, you weren't dreaming last fall, the Angels actually did win the World Series). Anaheim may have been the least active team in all of baseball this off-season, as it was content to retain the entirety of its lineup from last year's squad. Why mess with a good thing, right?
It has been said that Mother Nature can be especially tricky in New England. Who can disagree after we were briefly teased with sunshine and a dry, somewhat grassy Green, only to have a foot of snow dumped on us in recent days?
The Dartmouth figure skating team placed fourth in its fourth consecutive trip to Collegiate Nationals at the University of Denver on Mar.
Have a little tact, a little empathy, a little respect. All these qualities (and many more) seem to be lacking in any great measure in the current crop of college athletic directors. You may ask, "What has inspired this diatribe?
The Dartmouth women's water polo team (7-1-0) is looking to capture the latter half of back-to-back New England championships after crucial victories this past weekend over MIT, Wellesley, Bates and Boston University. While the team is not entering the New England Championships with an undefeated mark in seeding tournaments as it did last year, the recent play of the women has left other teams searching frantically for a counterattack to the seemingly unrelenting offensive Dartmouth blitzes. Facing Yale in the first seeding tournament, the women were shorthanded five key contributors including All-New England goalie Gillian Morshedi '04 due to both the D-Plan and the concurrent conclusion of the swim season.
Lindsay Clayton '04 and John Olsen '05 qualified for Zones in open fences and walk/trot/canter, respectively, in Saturday's competition at Morton Farm. Clayton and Olsen placed second within their classes at the regional competition to qualify for next Saturday's Zones. "I was thrilled with the performance of our two Dartmouth Equestrian members that advanced on to the Zone finals," coach Sally Batton said. "Clayton put in one of her best Open Fences rounds this entire year, and it earned her a spot at the Zones.
Sunday's seven-hour trek from Philadelphia to Hanover was not the dreary ride to which the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team has grown accustomed in recent years.
Springtime in Hanover brings clear skies, muddy shoes and an overwhelming desire to jibe and tack from bow to stern.
After the West Coast swing that warmed the Big Green's bats and started Dartmouth baseball on an apparent high note, the sleet of the northeast handed the Green a minor setback. Last Saturday, the Big Green traveled south to New York to battle Pace University.
The Dartmouth softball team is already well into its season, having played 14 of 40 games to the tune of a 3-11 record. The team opened its 2003 campaign at Delaware with a doubleheader on March 16.
The Dartmouth equestrian team captured the championship at its home show at Morton Farm last Saturday. "We haven't had a home show victory in a number of years so this one was particularly sweet," coach Sally Batton said. Dartmouth's stunning home performance is even more impressive because of the work that team members put in before and during the show.
The Dartmouth women's tennis team experienced a roller coaster week during its spring break trip to Florida, as the Big Green dropped its first three matches in the Sunshine State before reversing its fortunes and gaining victory in its final two matches. Early in the week, Syracuse University, Lynn University and Broward Community College all bettered the Dartmouth squad.
Memo to future opponents of the Big Green women's lacrosse team: school is back in session. After a difficult spring break schedule that resulted in losses to No.
Still in the very beginning of the season, the women's crew team was unstoppable at Massachusetts Institute of Technology this Saturday, winning all five events.