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The Dartmouth
October 17, 2026
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Princeton women drop lax championship 16-8

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It could have been us there. The Princeton women's lacrosse team made a valiant run to the NCAA finals, but fell in the championship game to the first-ranked Maryland Terrapins 16-8 on Sunday. Dartmouth's own women defeated the Tigers 16-13 in overtime back on April 22 to claim the 2000 Ivy League championship.



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Banghart, Weitzel, Brooks, Meyer receive athletic awards

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The Dartmouth athletic department announced major athletic awards at a ceremony on Monday to a number of outstanding Big Green athletes. Courtney Banghart '00 (Basketball) Banghart crowned two awards as she received the Class of 1976 Award (as Dartmouth's most distinguished female athlete selected by the coaches of women's varsity teams) and the Agnes B.



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Additions named to athletic department

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The Dartmouth athletic department added two new staff members yesterday as they named Chad Brown to assistant football coach and Mike King to assistant director of sports information. Brown, a 1998 graduate of Purdue University, will join the football staff as tight ends coach.


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Playoff mania

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News and opinion from the playoff front -- Imagine this scenario: One of the top teams in the league enters March riding high, in the lead of their division.


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Track and field shines at champs

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Although sparse in numbers, the track and field team journeyed to New Jersey this past weekend for the 124th IC4A Track and Field Championships and the 17th ECAC Women's Division I Track and Field Championsips, both hosted by Princeton May 18-21. "A lot of people were pleased with how Heps went and wanted to end their seasons on a good note there," said women's co-captain Margie Van Orden '00, referring to the Heptagonal Championships held last weekend at the University of Pennsylvania. Team members, who did make the trip to Princeton, made strong showings,as they competed in a field of over 1000 athletes representing 81 IC4A teams and 69 ECAC teams. Brooke Derham '02 posted the Big Green's best overall finish of the weekend, with a fourth-place showing in the javelin at 135-0. Allison Cardlin '01 secured fifth in the shot put (45-11 1/4), and Betsy Beck '00 took eigth in the pole vault at 11-3 1/2. For the men's team, Adam Horst '00 turned in a fifth-place performance in the decathlon, amassing 6,467 points. Teammates Matt Markell '01 (6371 points) and Joe Kimpel '03 (5983 points) finished in seventh and ninth place, respectively. Also scoring for the Big Green was Ryan Padilla '00, who ran the 5000 in 14:41:23 to take eigth place overall.




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Crew races at Eastern Sprints

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The Dartmouth freshman lightweight eight captured a silver medal yesterday, giving them the best finish for the Big Green at the Eastern Sprints Regatta, held in Worcester, Mass. Dartmouth, seeded third in the race, finished only a second to first-place Princeton and overtook Yale for the second sport.



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The death of a stealsman

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When I was very little, I would sprint home from the bus on the corner and rush inside to finish up my homework before heading out to play.





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Women's varsity eights wait on NCAAs

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After battling their way to a third-place finish in the petite final this past weekend at the Eastern Sprints in Connecticut, the women's varsity eight's season hangs in limbo until this afternoon, when they will hear if their performance was enough to qualify them for next weekend's NCAA Championships. "The petite final was a really exciting race," varsity co-captain Anna McCall-Taylor '00 said.


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The juiced ball era

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I have a problem with the direction of the game of baseball. Although there are a variety of different things I feel the need to gripe about, there is one that I find truly irritating -- the home runs. As a young kid, I remember being constantly told by all of my coaches not to swing for the fences.




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Men's golf to tee-off at NCAA regionals

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The Dartmouth men's golf team will compete in the NCAA East Regional Championship on May 18-20. The Big Green are one of three Division 1 teams to earn a spot in the competition. Yale and Rhode Island will also play in the regionals, hosted by Temple University at the Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic, Pa. In addition to the East regional, the NCAA conducts two other tournaments in the Central and West regions.