Sports

Senior Spring: Micah Schroder ’20 etches name into softball record books

By Lili Stern and Benjamin Ashley | May 8, 2020

In Micah Schroder ’20’s three full softball seasons with the Big Green, she earned league recognition twice, set Dartmouth’s single-season RBI and batting average records in 2019 and earned the Ivy League Player of the Year crown in the same season. 

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Club sports adjust to spring and summer challenges, brace for fall season impacts

By Ethan Strauss and William Owen | May 8, 2020

Varsity athletes aren’t the only ones who lost their spring season. Club sport athletes also missed out on proper ends to their careers and clarity about the future of their teams.

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Thinking About Sports: Your Sports Endowment at Work?

By Alex Fredman | May 8, 2020

Let’s start out with a trivia question: Which sport at Dartmouth has the largest number of athletes?

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Defensive stars Niko Lalos ’20 and Isiah Swann ’20 sign NFL contracts

By Devan Fink | May 5, 2020

Typically, April is an exciting month for sports fans. There’s the beginning of baseball, March Madness and the NBA and NHL playoffs, just to name a few main events. This April, there was none of that.

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Retiring head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 leaves lasting legacy on men’s hockey

By Olivia Morton and Will Ennis | May 5, 2020

Hard work, passion for the game of hockey and “big skates to fill” — according to his players and those who know him best, that is what men’s hockey head coach Bob Gaudet ’81, who announced his retirement on April 22, will leave behind.

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Former Big Green football coach Brownson breaks barriers as Cleveland Browns’ chief of staff

By Emily Lu | May 5, 2020

Cleveland Browns chief of staff and former Dartmouth offensive quality control coach Callie Brownson doesn’t answer questions about what she sees herself doing in the future.

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From the Bleachers: NFL draft exciting yet predictable

By Baily Deeter | May 5, 2020

The NFL draft is usually wildly unpredictable, so I elected to be bold with my pre-draft predictions. I asserted that the Miami Dolphins would take Justin Herbert, while Tua Tagovailoa would slide much further than anyone expected.

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Senior Spring: Annie McKenna provides offensive spark for women’s basketball team

By Matt Krivan and Benjamin Ashley | May 1, 2020

After two years of battling injuries and playing primarily off the bench, point guard Annie McKenna ’20 was ready to make the most of her final two years with the women’s basketball team. She did just that, leading the Big Green this season with 11.5 points and 4.3 assists per game and playing more minutes than any other player in the Ivy League.

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Construction on new 70,000-square-foot Indoor Practice Facility completed

By Emily Lu and Jaime Chuidian | May 1, 2020

Student-athletes will be greeted with a new indoor practice facility when they return to campus. While the 70,000-square-foot facility faced several roadblocks before getting green-lit, construction officially finished in April.

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Thinking About Sports: Dartmouth needs a new nickname, and I’ve got one in mind

By Alex Fredman | May 1, 2020

Looking back over the past four years, there’s a lot about Dartmouth that I’ve come to appreciate. First-Year Trips. A small, tight-knit campus. Exceptional professors. But try as I might, I’ll never be able to appreciate Keggy the Keg. 

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Senior Spring: James Foye carves role as leader, starter and academic standout

By Devan Fink and Will Ennis | April 28, 2020

During his four years at Dartmouth, the most emotion James Foye ’20 ever showed on a basketball court came after Aaryn Rai ’21 hit a game-winning shot versus Columbia University this past season. Foye called it “the biggest fist pump of my life.”

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Five women’s rugby players earn all-NIRA postseason honors

By Kaitlyn Lees and Carl Ufongene | April 28, 2020

After reaching the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association semifinals this fall, five players from the women’s rugby team received postseason honors on April 17.

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The Redshirt Senior: A Way-Too-Early Prediction of the 2021 NCAA Bracket

By Evan Griffith | April 28, 2020

In my last column, I looked to the past as a form of comfort; now, I want to look to the future as a way to find some excitement within the monotony of quarantine.

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Dartmouth coaches adapt to recruiting restrictions

By Ethan Strauss and Benjamin Ashley | April 24, 2020

During a normal spring term, athletic recruits visit Hanover and Big Green coaches travel around the country scouting for potential recruits. But this is not a normal spring term.

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Senior Spring: Will Graber leads the Big Green on and off the ice

By Olivia Morton and William Owen | April 24, 2020

Will Graber ’20 is no stranger to scoring in Thompson Arena.

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From the Bleachers: A Live Sporting Event, Finally

By Baily Deeter | April 23, 2020

It’s been six weeks since the last professional sporting event took place and March Madness and The Masters were canceled. But starting tonight, however briefly, live sports are back.

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Bob Gaudet ’81 announces retirement as head coach of men’s hockey team

By Olivia Morton | April 23, 2020

Bob Gaudet ’81 announced his retirement on Wednesday after 23 years as head coach of the Big Green hockey program.

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Athletics director, spring-sport seniors react to Ivy League decision to deny eligibility extensions

By Anna May Mott | April 21, 2020

The Ivy League chose not to afford athletes the opportunity to apply for eligibility extensions, a decision in line with the league’s long-standing policies. 

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Senior Spring: Katie Spanos's celebrated field hockey career comes “full circle”

By Emily Lu | April 21, 2020

In elementary school, Katie Spanos ’20 dreamed of donning Carolina blue, following in the footsteps of Mia Hamm to become an elite soccer player. Instead, she pursued a historic athletic career in Hanover, not on the pitch but on AstroTurf.

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Thinking about Sports: Kevin and Me

By Alex Fredman | April 21, 2020

This is a story about a man who is one of the most important Dartmouth alumni you’ve probably never heard of. His name is Kevin Demoff, and for the last few years, the mere mention of his name would make me furious.

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