Squash teams survive busy week
The last week has been absolutely packed with great squash action, and both the Big Green men and women emerged from the tour triumphant.
The last week has been absolutely packed with great squash action, and both the Big Green men and women emerged from the tour triumphant.
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Last weekend, the men's tennis team traveled to Harvard where they competed in the 2003 Harvard Winter Invitational. With Ivy League foes Harvard, Brown and Princeton sending some of their top players, the tournament was filled with tough competition from around the League. The Big Green was able to make some noise, as David Webb '05 defeated David Slater from Marist in the first round, 7-6, 6-4, before losing a hard-fought match to eighth-seeded Anil Shamasdin of Brown, 7-5, 6-2.
While four points would have been ideal this weekend, it is safe to say the Big Green men's hockey squad will settle for one impressive win over Rensselaer and one huge load lifted off their backs. The four-game losing streak was snapped in the grandest of fashions in the 7-3 victory, as the offense that had been sleeping for several games awoke with a start and exploded for seven goals. The confidence problem that had plagued the squad in the last few weeks was not visible last night.
Dartmouth club hockey defeated New Hampshire Community Technical College in another high scoring game this Saturday in Berlin, NH.
In two rough competitions this weekend, Big Green women's swimming fell to Yale, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, with scores of 170-112, 165-117 and 172-132 respectively. The difficult weekend began with a morning meet on Saturday at Karl Michael Pool against both Yale and Penn.
Dartmouth dressed its most complete squad last weekend against third-ranked Minnesota. Led by freshman Cherie Piper and senior Correne Bredin, the Big Green convincingly upset the Gophers by a score of 6-3. This weekend, Dartmouth will skate another near-complete lineup, with the exceptions of senior captain Lydia Wheatley and sophomores Cheryle Muranko and Meagan Walton, all of whom suffered severe injuries during this season. Wheatley has not played since the second game of the season while Muranko suffered a season-ending injury on Nov.
The Dartmouth women's basketball team broke their losing streak in style, setting a school record for three-pointers by a team and tying another record of three-pointers by a single player.
The Big Green men's hockey squad will look to return to its winning ways at home this weekend as it prepares for meetings with Union and Rennselaer.
Playing on the road against a team that has advanced to the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons, the Big Green men's basketball team had an inkling what was in store for them when they headed to Worcester, Mass.
Newcomer Sasha Acher '06 (Madison, Wi.) joined 2002 Olympian Bradley Wall '02 (Jindabyne East, NSW, Australia) and NCAA veteran Brayton Osgood '03 (Putney, Vt.) in leading the Big Green of Dartmouth to a third-place finish at the St.
The Dartmouth Club Hockey Team lost 10-9 Sunday to the Berlin Jr. Kings at Thompson Arena. In a highly offensive game punctuated by many big hits, the team fell behind early on three quick goals.
The Dartmouth Squash teams suffered only their second losses of the season on Saturday as both teams were defeated 9-0 by the Trinity squash powerhouse. The Big Green women fell 9-0 to a very talented Trinity squad.
Despite great swims by juniors Thomas Sanford, Matt Sueoka and Ryan Goldhahn, the Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team fell to the Columbia Lions, 177-121, on Saturday. After helping Dartmouth's 500 medley relay to victory, Sanford won the 50 breaststroke (26.99), 200 breaststroke (2:08.42) and the 100 individual medley (53.97). Team captain Paul Schned '03 said of Sanford's performances, "He swam so fast, it was really totally sweet.
Last season, Dartmouth defeated an 11-17 University of New Hampshire squad in a close ball game on the road, 72-70.
Tomorrow night, the Dartmouth men's hockey team will return to Thompson Arena to host its intrastate rival, the University of Vermont. The Big Green (9-6-1, 5-4-0 ECAC) traveled up I-89 to Burlington to play the Catamounts on Jan.
The Berry Sports Center was once again bumpin' on Wednesday night as both the Dartmouth men's and women's squash teams handed thorough beatings to Amherst and Williams.
To start off a five-game home stand, the women's ice hockey team will face only one opponent this weekend.
Angela Soriaga '06's defense and Vermont native Jamie Librizzi '04's offense weren't enough Tuesday night as the Big Green fell to Siena 76-55 at Leede Arena.
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- If you were asking yourself whether Nick Boucher '03 or Darren Gastrock '04 would start between the pipes for Dartmouth against the No.