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The Dartmouth
August 22, 2026
The Dartmouth
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Lady sailors look to slide into nationals after slipping

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The members of the Dartmouth women's sailing team have no choice but to sit and wait to hear whether or not they will be going to the ICSA Women's National Championships, due to a disappointing sixth-place finish at the New England Championships this past weekend. The national championships, which will be held at the University of Hawaii on May 27-31, base qualification entirely on one event.








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Dartmouth water women get first division crown

The women's water polo team captured the New England Division Championship over the weekend at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Big Green held the top seed going into the tournament and played the sixth and seventh seeds in the first round of play. In the first game, against seventh-seeded Wesleyan, Lauren Wondolowski '04 drew a kick-out and made a pinpoint pass to Samantha Klau '05 for a goal within the first 15 seconds of play.



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Avoiding Pain at Home Against Penn(s)

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There are many cliches that get thrown around quite easily in sports: "must-win game," "now or never," "turning point of the season." Pick your favorite and use it to describe the 18th-ranked Dartmouth women's lacrosse team's home games against the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State University tomorrow and Sunday, respectively.



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Perfection Redefined on the Muddy Pitch

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This past weekend, the Dartmouth Women's Rugby Club fought through mud, frost and a relatively small number of players to beat three opponents by a combined score of 131-0. The Big Green began the weekend with a sound 85-0 beating of the University of Pennsylvania.




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Weekend Bumps Seed for Nats.

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The Dartmouth men's club volleyball team surged to a fifth place finish last weekend at the New England Collegiate Volleyball League championship tournament. The tournament, won by the Eagles of Boston College, pitted the top teams from New England and New York against each other in two days of play.





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Ruggers ready for Ivies in Ithaca

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It was a typical Dartmouth spring day, cold and windy with a slight chance of sun. And yet, the fans still flocked to Sachem to see the Dartmouth men's rugby team fine tune its collective skill in the last intra-squad scrimmage before next week's Ivy League tournament. The Big Green ruggers, fresh off their spring tour in Spain, looked to return to the same form that has allowed them to win the last four Ivy titles. "We didn't make the NCAAs this year," captain Matthew Sullivan '02 said. "So the Ivies is our big Spring tournament, the last time for seniors to shine.