Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
December 21, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Sports
Sports

Hockey great Riley '46 dies at 77

By Austin Zalkin | February 18, 2000

Bill Riley '46, a two-time All-American hockey player for Dartmouth in the 1940s and a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, died Tuesday at age 77. Riley led Dartmouth to three straight Ivy League championships from 1946-49 after returning from a three-year stint in the military.

Sports

Fiedler '94 signs with Dolphins

By From staff and wire reports | February 18, 2000

Quarterback Jay Fiedler '94 signed yesterday with the Miami Dolphins as a free agent, leaving the Jacksonville Jaguars, for whom he started one game in 1999. Fielder becomes the fourth quarterback now on the Dolphins roster now is not Dan Marino.

Sports

More on the Worm

By Joe Gault | February 18, 2000

The past week in American sports has been quite interesting. The NBA All-Star game returned after a one-year hiatus.

Sports

M. icers face ECAC foes on road

By Mitch Yashiro | February 18, 2000

Nearly 20 years has gone by since the men's hockey team has won the Ivy League title. This year, Dartmouth has a chance to win it, and it all depends on this weekend. The fourth-ranked Big Green (7-11-4) travel down to face Yale (9-10-4) and Princeton (8-12-3) for two critical ECAC match-ups. Both the Bulldogs and the Tigers rank fifth in the ECAC with a 6-7-3 record (.469) while the Big Green have a 6-6-3 record. "It's the most important weekend we've had all year and could put us in a position to challenge for the Ivy title," captain Ryan Burkart '99 said.

Sports

Love at first sight

By Lou Scerra | February 17, 2000

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Maybe you realized this truism just three days ago when you cuddled up with a loved one who studies far away, but who managed to come and celebrate the day for lovers.

Sports

Quakers claw Tigers in men's hoops

By Austin Zalkin | February 17, 2000

The Penn Quakers (14-7, 7-0) maintained their undefeated Ivy mark and upped their League lead to two games with a 55-46 victory at second-place Princeton (13-9, 5-2) on Tuesday night. A 360-degree slam dunk by Penn forward Ugonna Onyekwe with a few seconds remaining gave closure to a game that had been closely contested throughout. Princeton jumped in front with an early 12-6 lead, but the Quakers responded with a 14-0 run and led 25-18 at halftime. The Tigers got as close as 40-38 with 5:55 left in the game when their star of the game, Mason Rocca, hit a pair of free throws.

Sports

Wilgosh '99 succeeds in the pros

By Mitch Yashiro | February 17, 2000

Curtis Wilgosh '99 will be remembered by many who met him during his years at Dartmouth as affable, gregarious and big (6'2", 200 lbs.). But most of all, people will remember his presence on ice. As a center for the Dartmouth men's hockey team, the Saskatchewan native played in 110 games, while netting 28 goals, 42 assists and 70 points.

Sports

Suspended sentences

By Kelly Schneiter | February 16, 2000

Recruiting violations and improper benefits. Those words must sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to any respectable college basketball coach.

Sports

Dartmouth skiers finish third

By From staff and wire reports | February 15, 2000

Scott McArt '01 skied to his best finish of the season under the white-covered trees of Oak Hill, while Gusty Swift '01 carved through the soft snow on Worden's Schuss en route to the best Alpine finish for Dartmouth on day one of Winter Carnival last Friday. The several inches of wet snow that accumulated through midday helped the cross-country racecourse and had limited effects on the Alpine racing hill. "It was actually kind of painful," said McArt after the 15k freestyle race.

Sports

Quaker women tie the Crimson for first place

By Kim Siciliano | February 15, 2000

Penn 78, Harvard 76 In Friday's battle for first place in Ivy League women's basketball, Penn (15-6, 6-1) came out the victor by a single field goal, leaving Harvard (13-6, 6-1) to play host to Princeton with its first Ivy loss. The game was close all the way through, with neither team able to sustain a large margin over the other.

Sports

Keg jump returns to Psi U after hiatus in 1999

By Mark S. Davis | February 11, 2000

One drunken frat boy. A bunch of kegs lined up in a row. Could anything better represent man's never-ending struggle to conquer nature? The brothers of Psi Upsilon fraternity meet once a year to try to answer this complex question, or at least to get slightly inebriated in public. Returning from a one-year hiatus, Psi U is holding its 19th annual Keg Jump this Winter Carnival weekend.

Sports

Dartmouth Carnival hosts annual ski circuit

By From staff and wire reports | February 11, 2000

With an especially skilled field of competitors this year, the Dartmouth Ski Team turns to its home race courses hoping that spectator support will help drive a successful campaign against the University of Vermont and Middlebury. The Darmouth Carnival starts the run for the NCAA championships, as three Carnival competitions have passed and two more remain.

Sports

Women's Hockey eyes first place

By Kevin Allen | February 10, 2000

While the national polls still have the Dartmouth women's ice hockey team ranked sixth overall in the nation, a successful 2-0 road trip last weekend gave the Big Green sole possession of second place in the ECAC.

Sports

Give the man his stripes

By Lou Scerra | February 10, 2000

When? What WILL it take? Winning all four Grand Slam events on the PGA Tour? The eclipse of Byron Nelson's consecutive win record of 11 PGA tournaments that sportswriter after sportswriter listed as the most difficult record to break in sports? Hitting the ball further than Happy Gilmore on steroids every time to the tee? For the last two years, it seems that no one will recognize Tiger Woods as the greatest golfer in the world.

Sports

Harvard men lose Beanpot game

By Mitch Yashiro | February 9, 2000

The nation's fourth-ranked Boston University blanked Harvard, 4-0, on Monday at the semifinals of the 48th annual Beanpot tournament--a hockey competition among Harvard, BU, Boston College and Northeastern University. The Terriers, 17-6-6 this season, has won the last 12 Beanpot games.

Sports

Squash teams pound Brown

By Mark S. Davis | February 9, 2000

Men's Squash The Dartmouth men's squash team had a successful weekend, winning all three of its matches to improve to 10-5 overall (2-2 Ivy League). The Big Green captured two shutout wins, 9-0, over Bowdoin and Bates on Saturday in Brunswick, Maine, and battled to earn a 6-3 conference win at Brown on Sunday. Against Bowdoin, Andrew Schmidt '01 and Scott Judah '02 were forced to go five games before completing the victories. In the contest with Bates, Ryan Evans '00, playing as the second seed, and Colin Greenspan '00 also won five-game matches. On Sunday, Beau River '00, captain and top seed for Dartmouth, and fourth seed Bill Reisner '02 each needed only three games to defeat their Brown opponents.

Trending
The Dartmouth