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The Dominance Continues?

By Kelly Schneiter | March 1, 2000

Just over two weeks from now, 64 NCAA Division I college basketball teams will embark on a mission to reach the Holy Grail of hoops, the Final Four. As happens every year, some small conference team, maybe Indiana State or Kent or Pepperdine, will shock everyone but themselves and win a game or two against major conference teams.

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Harvard, Penn remain in second

By Christopher J. Smith | March 1, 2000

Last weekend, Harvard and Penn received a golden opportunity to reclaim first place in the Ivy League -- which Dartmouth took over two weeks ago -- after the Big Green lost at Princeton on Saturday. But Penn lost its Friday match-up with Dartmouth and then on Saturday defeated the Crimson, who had earlier beaten Princeton, giving all three of the League's top teams a 1-1 weekend and maintaining the standings with the Big Green still leading by a game. Harvard 47, Princeton 43 The Harvard women's basketball team (15-8, 8-3 Ivy) narrowly avoided a significant upset Friday to retain second place in the Ivy League with a victory at Princeton (7-18, 4-7). The two teams played closely throughout, with six ties and six lead changes.

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St. Lawrence wins two more

By Mitch Yashiro | February 29, 2000

The top-ranked team in ECAC men's hockey, St. Lawrence, continued to excel in the conference with two victories over the weekend, while the team that had held third place alone, RPI, dropped two games to end up in a four-way tie at third. Princeton picked up a pair of wins against two Ivy League foes as it ascended to the third place tie.

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X-country skis well at Middlebury

By From staff and wire reports | February 29, 2000

Day one at the Middlebury carnival, which doubles as the Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association Championships, brought rain and top results for the crew of sophomore cross-country women. Louisa Hunker led the squad on the flat, fast freestyle course with her best finish thus far, 11th, in the women's 5k freestyle.

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In the Penalty Box

By Joe Gault | February 25, 2000

The scene is Monday, Feb. 21, 2000 in Vancouver. With 2.7 seconds remaining in a game where the Boston Bruins trail the Vancouver Canucks 5-2, Boston's Marty McSorley lifts his stick off the ice and strikes Vancouver's Donald Brashear square in the right temple.

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Hoops faces Ivy heavyweights

By Austin Zalkin | February 25, 2000

Dartmouth stands in a three-way tie for fifth place, having slowly clawed its way out of the cellar after an 0-4 start. Before the season began, the Green were expected to contend for the top two spots in the Ivies with a depleted Princeton squad and the returning League champion Quakers.

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Women's hockey sits a point behind Brown for first

By Kevin Allen | February 24, 2000

Anyone who hasn't been following the women's ice hockey team this season should start today. With a combination of talented offense, hard-nosed defense and stellar goaltending, Dartmouth has marched into second place in the ECAC. With just two more games in their regular season the Big Green stand just a single point behind the number one team in the nation, the Brown Bears. After a convincing 4-0 win over Maine it looked as if Dartmouth was poised to defeat the University of New Hampshire and claim first place in the ECAC.

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Men's basketball hosts Ivy leaders

By Austin Zalkin | February 24, 2000

You've waited all year for this. You sat through the early non-conference games against the Keene States and Holy Crosses and watched the team try to find itself. You sadly read online reports of the Dec.

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Duke-int it Out

By Kelly Schneiter | February 23, 2000

As the college basketball regular season winds down, Duke finds itself in a very familiar position -- near the top. To be precise, the Blue Devils are currently ranked second in both the Associated Press poll and the Coaches' poll, behind only Stanford.

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Mid-Season Report

By Jonathan Riccio | February 22, 2000

Now that the All-Star break has passed and the NBA regular season is in full swing with over 50 games finished most teams, it is time to evaluate the haves and have-nots, the contenders and the wannabees. In the Eastern Conference, the Miami Heat, New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are, to no one's surprise, leading the pack.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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