Football doubters still smiling after loss to Raiders
The marketing slogan for the 2002 Dartmouth football season, "Why not us? Why not now?" has not impressed many members of head coach John Lyons' squad. In an Aug.
The marketing slogan for the 2002 Dartmouth football season, "Why not us? Why not now?" has not impressed many members of head coach John Lyons' squad. In an Aug.
Rebekka Stucker '04 lifted the Dartmouth field hockey team over Boston University, 3-2, by scoring her first goal of the season with just 4:40 left in Monday afternoon's match at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stucker was able to put the ball home thanks to an assist from Lauren Welsh '03, following a scramble for the ball that resulted from a Dartmouth corner. Stucker was the Ivy League's third-leading point producer in 2001 with 12 goals and four assists but has had a hard time finding the touch that helped make that possible.
The Ivy League hasn't been known for its athletic prowess in years. The once mighty league doesn't get mentioned by Chris Berman during the NFL Draft marathon, Charles Barkley doesn't make strange jokes about it for the NBA Draft and the Florida Marlins aren't selling off anyone who went to school in the league.
Athletics have been a way of life at Dartmouth College for years. In the days prior to the founding of the Ivy League, Dartmouth made frequent trips to college athletics' biggest forums, including trips to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in 1942 and 1944. Since joining the Ivy League in 1956, Dartmouth has won 105 Ivy League championships in varsity sports and has created a strong legacy in league history.
Dartmouth teams brought home Ivy League championships in women's soccer, women's hockey and men's cross country and an ECAC field hockey championship to highlight an eventful year in sports at Dartmouth.
Diverse group of '04s ready to take on leadership role, hope to lead Dartmouth to Ivy success
In a season that was short on highlights, the Big Green football team's 32-27 victory over Yale during the 2001 season certainly stands out.
Lacrosse '04s carry memory of fallen teammate Demaine as they head into their final two seasons
'04 Field Hockey players sound off about the transition to college speed and the victories which are yet to come
Dartmouth's athletic department is losing former Athletic Director Richard Jaeger this year but has made very strong moves to replace him.
The Connecticut River saw some great action this past week as the Ledyard Canoe Club hosted the United States Canoe Association Marathon Canoe & Kayak National Championships.
Editor's Note: This is the ninth in a series of articles profiling members of the Class of 2004 on Dartmouth varsity sports teams There are no math majors among the Big Green Men's Basketball Class of 2004, but the rising juniors have learned a great deal about subtraction in their first two seasons in Hanover.
Editor's Note: This is the eighth in a series of articles profiling members of the Class of 2004 on Dartmouth varsity sports teams. Two years of Dartmouth football have not been particularly kind to the 14 rising juniors on head coach John Lyons' squad.
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, it is now official. Two of baseball's biggest names, and biggest egos, are now suffering from RCI " rectal-cranial immersion. I am, of course, talking about Bud Selig and George Steinbrenner.
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of articles profiling members of the Class of 2004 on Dartmouth varsity sports teams. Anyone who doubts that the members of the Big Green Women's Soccer Class of 2004 are a close-knit group need only speak with them for a few minutes.
Every Dartmouth student is familiar with the line from the alma mater, "Though 'round the girdled earth they roam, her spell on them remains." However, Flinder Boyd '02 is taking those words quite literally. Boyd, a former captain of the Big Green men's basketball team, and Dartmouth's all-time single-game and career assists leader, recently signed a professional basketball contract with STB Le Havre of France's Ligue Nationale de Basketball (Division A). Boyd will join three other Big Green alumni playing professional basketball in Europe, including Greg Buth '01, Boyd's former teammate, who plays for the Spanish club Circulo Badajoz.
In their first season under head coach Judy Oberting '91, the three members of the Dartmouth women's hockey Class of 2004 put their names in the record books as they helped the Big Green women bring home their first ever ECAC championship, then skated for the Big Green in the inaugural NCAA Women's Frozen Four. However, according to defender Lesley Reiart '04, making history was the last thing on the minds of the '04s when they arrived in Hanover. "Coming in as a freshman, you really don't know what to expect as to the caliber of hockey you are going to be playing," said Reiart, "and you're not sure what your role is going to be.
Major League baseball is in trouble. Vegas oddsmakers have set 5-7 odds in favor of a work stoppage and 1-1 odds on the World Series being played this year.
Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles profiling members of the Class of 2004 on Dartmouth varsity sports teams. In only two seasons under coach Bob Whalen, the six members of the Dartmouth Baseball Class of 2004 have helped make a full career's worth of history.
The past two seasons of Dartmouth men's hockey have seen the Big Green skaters begin to reap the benefits of an upward trend that began five years ago with the hiring of Bob Gaudet '81 as head coach.