Men's soccer blanks UNH, 2-0
Last weekend, Dartmouth dropped a horrendous double overtime game to the Cornell Big Red. Even though the score was close, the game was a disappointment for fans and players alike.
Last weekend, Dartmouth dropped a horrendous double overtime game to the Cornell Big Red. Even though the score was close, the game was a disappointment for fans and players alike.
All-American candidate Melissa Roth '00 scored two goals and assisted on another as the Dartmouth women's soccer team defeated Boston University, 3-1, yesterday at Singer Family Park in Manchester, N.H. The Big Green picked up its third straight victory to improve their season record to 8-6-1.
The Dartmouth College women's volleyball team suffered a 3-1 defeat yesterday as they faced the University of New Hampshire for the second time this season. The match lowers Dartmouth's record to 9-12 while the Wildcats' record improves to 18-8, as they continued a ten-match win streak. The Big Green showed improvement from their last meeting with New Hampshire, as they took the third game 15-10.
The Dartmouth field hockey team lost a close match to UMass by the score of 2-1 last night in Amherst.
This season, the men's soccer team has been lucky to have a big man on campus on their side. At 6' 4", 200 pounds, Ben Gebre-Medhin '02 has been described as having quick reflexes and a lot of athletic ability.
It was something straight out of Hollywood. The underdog backup steps in for the injured star and leads his team to victory.
Dartmouth's biggest home football crowd of every season comes during Homecoming. The myriad alumni who have briefly returned to their alma mater will take home with them the images of this event at least until the next time they come back to the College -- in a year, five years, a decade.
For the Big Green men's soccer team, Homecoming weekend could mean two things. It could be a turning point when the Big Green finally find the intangible they've been missing up to this point, and start to win.
Every Homecoming, in addition to facing their opponents, Dartmouth's fall athletic teams have to compete for attention against Big Green football, which traditionally attracts the greatest number of spectators and the most fanfare. This weekend, in addition to football, Big Green volleyball, rugby, field hockey, women's and men's soccer will all have home games. In recent years, an effort has been made to decrease the number of teams competing at the same time as football, so more people can attend more games. "Within the league there was an attitude to move soccer and field hockey so that they were not competing with football," women's varsity soccer coach Kelly B.
The Dartmouth field hockey team, led by senior Kristen Scopaz's two goals and one assist, extended its win streak to three games yesterday by easily defeating the University of Vermont by the score of 4-0.
As if leading the Detroit Red Wings back-to-back Stanley Cups weren't enough to prove that he is one of the most skilled players in the league, Steve Yzerman moved up to 8th place on the all-time scoring list with an assist against the St.
The preliminaries are all over. After three out-of-conference games Dartmouth (0-4) jumps right into Ivy League play tomorrow with a tough matchup at Yale (3-1). The Green followed their season-opening loss to Penn with losses to Colgate, Lafayette and Lehigh.
Expectations are high for tomorrow's Dartmouth field hockey game against Yale University. Although Dartmouth's record (6-4, 1-2 Ivy League) is more impressive than Yale's (3-7, 0-3 Ivy League), the two teams have had similar Ivy League experiences this season.
When the Chicago Cubs are taking batting practice, have you ever heard kids shouting 'Hey, number 21, can you sign my baseball?' Well, I'm probably guessing you haven't.
This weekend, in the waters off the shore of New London, Conn., the Dartmouth sailing team captured their first major team regatta in several years. Their win at the Hap Moore Regatta, hosted by the Coast Guard Academy, was powered by All-Americans Erin Myers '00 and Katie Lyndon '01, but most participants testified to their excellent teamwork and strategy. "We got out there, and it was good, clean, fun sailing," Myers said.
UConn beats women, 2-1 with goals in the 86th, 92nd minutes
On Saturday, the Big Green picked up their first victory of the season when the ball was redirected off a Yale defender into the net.
What do you get when you take away the world's greatest basketball player from the world's greatest whiner?
Dartmouth football finds itself simultaneously in an enviable and pitiable position this weekend. The 0-3 Big Green host 4-0 Lehigh, ranked tenth or twelfth in Division I-AA depending on whether you believe The Sports Network or CNN/USA Today.
Yet another season of the NHL is upon us after what seems like an incredibly short summer. Much has transpired since a controversial early-morning goal in triple overtime that precipitated the Dallas Stars' dance with Lord Stanley. The league is now entering what will be referred to as the post-Gretzky era.