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By From staff and wire reports | May 5, 2000

Women's water polo participates in national tourney The Dartmouth women's water polo will be competing this weekend at the first ever women's club nationals at Tuscon, Ariz. The Big Green will represent the New England conference in the tournament, which starts today. The team faces Norte Dame and Arizona in the first round. Sailing team hosts New England Championships The Dartmouth sailing team will host the New England Championship this weekend on Lake Mascoma.

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Harvard clinches Ivy with split vs. Green

By Kevin Allen | May 5, 2000

The Crimson and the Big Green softball teams were both in must-win situations going into their doubleheader in Cambridge yesterday. Harvard needed just one win to clinch the 2000 Ivy League championship, while Dartmouth needed a sweep to remain in contention.

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Baseball on deck for Ivy Champs

By Mitch Yashiro | May 5, 2000

The Dartmouth baseball team (17-3 Ivy) claimed its first-ever Red Rolfe title last Saturday. They can win it all this weekend in the Ivy League Championship against Lou Gehrig division winner Princeton (13-7). The first game starts at noon, while the second game will be played 25 minutes after the end of the first game.

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Nickerson has 'team first' attitude

By Abraham Mahshie | May 5, 2000

It's not about numbers for Dartmouth baseball's team captain Brian "B-Nick" Nickerson '00. He doesn't even know his batting average or the fact that he is second in the league at .387 (only .002 from first), or that he's tied for first in homeruns with a career-high of 10.

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Softball hopes to pull out win at Harvard

By Kevin Allen | May 4, 2000

The battle for the Ivy League crown will culminate in a do-or-die doubleheader this afternoon between the Dartmouth Big Green and the Harvard Crimson. Unfortunately the Crimson's 9-0 conference record puts them in the driver's seat with three Ivy League games left.

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Softball wins 10th straight at Vermont

By Kim Siciliano | May 3, 2000

The Dartmouth softball team swept both games of a doubleheader with the University of Vermont for the second time this season, this time on the Catamounts' home field. The wins extended the Big Green's win streak to ten games.

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Sailing earns berth for nationals

By Michael P. Hamilton | May 3, 2000

The Dartmouth coed sailing team secured a berth in the ICYRA National Team Championships, by placing second at the New England Championships held last weekend at the Coast Guard Academy. The Big Green finished behind Harvard (17-4) after going 15-6.

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Big Red lax clinches second spot

By Christopher J. Smith | May 2, 2000

No. 7 Maryland 12, Yale 9 The Terps' Brian Zeller had a season-high four goals and Mike Mollot had a career game, contributing six points, to lead seventh-ranked Maryland to a 12-9 victory over Yale Friday afternoon.

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April showers

By Chris Haffenreffer | May 2, 2000

As we move past April and into May, I feel it's necessary to take a quick glance back on a month that has witnessed the expected and unexpected, devastating offense and superb pitching.

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Baseball: a win away from div. title

By Mitch Yashiro | April 28, 2000

They've never come this far, and this year is their best chance. After setting a school record for season wins (25) on Wednesday with a victory over Holy Cross, the Dartmouth baseball team (24-11, 14-2 Ivy) enters the weekend looking for just one more win. A win in back-to-back double headers against Harvard this weekend will bring Hanover a Red Rolfe Division title and a ticket to the Ivy League Championship game against a Lou Gehrig Division winner. For the second-place Crimson (15-19, 8-6 Ivy) to force a one-game tie-breaker, they must win thefinal six league games, including this weekend against the Big Green. Dartmouth is currently on a 12-game winning-streak and has won 18-of-21 games since returning from spring trip in Florida. The Crimson are 2-7 in their last eight games overall and 1-5 in their last five Ivy contests. In the last four years, Harvard leads the series, 14-2, against the Big Green. Brian Nickerson '00 won the league's Player of the Week award after leading the Green to a weekend sweep over Yale. The thirdbaseman hit 11 runs, 11 hits, 10 RBI, a double, two home runs, three walks and on 24 at-bats. He leads the Big Green offense in batting average (.388), slugging percentage (.653), on-base percentage (.455) and home runs.

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Women's tennis sees Crimson with win

By Meredith Bryan | April 27, 2000

The women's tennis team broke a five-year losing streak to Harvard with a resounding 6-3 win over the Crimson yesterday in the Leverone Field House. The victory ended their season with a bang, finalizing their record at 10-8 overall and 4-3 in the Ivies. Rebecca Dirksen '00 posted a 6-1, 6-4 win over Harvard's Sanja Bajin at No.

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Men's tennis closes season with a loss

By Meredith Bryan | April 27, 2000

The men's tennis team suffered a disappointing 0-7 loss to Harvard yesterday afternoon in Cambridge, finishing off their season at 5-15 overall and 0-7 in the Ivy League. Harvard cruised through three doubles victories to take the doubles points before handing the Big Green straight-set defeats in all six singles matches. The B-team had more success, with Ajay Prakash '03, Parashar Ranade '02, and Dave Martin '00 each winning in singles. "It has been a tough season in the win/loss column," Coach Chuck Kinyon summed up.

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