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Men's tennis improves to 4-0 EITA

By Hondo Sen | April 21, 1997

Heading into the weekend, the Big Green was riding a wave of big wins and strong play. Undefeated in the Ivies and boasting an 11-3 overall record, Dartmouth had to face another test, the Tigers of Princeton. Like Columbia before them, Princeton possessed an arsenal of top players in the Ivy League.

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Women's tennis sweeps Ivy foes

By Colin Greenspon | April 21, 1997

The women's tennis team proved to the world that they're no longer a weak Ivy League opponent, as they nipped both Princeton and Cornell by the narrowest of margins, 5-4, this weekend.

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Over the Weekend

By The Dartmouth | April 21, 1997

GOLF: The men's golf team took fourth place at the Ivy League Championship as freshman Chris Welty led the Big Green with a 74-79 at the par 71 Black Course at Bethpage State Park. His combined score of 153 earned him sixth place overall -- good enough for first team All-Ivy honors. Yale won the team title for the second straight year with a total of 606. Also scoring for the Big Green were Jay Danzi '98 (82-76 -- 158), MacKenzie Hurd '98 (84-75 -- 159), Steve Sugarman '97 (79-80 -- 159), and Jay Lavender '97 (92-74 -- 166). RUGBY: The Dartmouth Rugby Club beat Rice University 58-14 in the first round of the East regional at State College, Pennsylvania.

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Brown tops women's lax

By David Wagner | April 21, 1997

A heart-breaking loss this weekend to the Bears of Brown set the women's lacrosse team one game back in their Ivy League standing, forcing a tie in the league title race between Dartmouth and Princeton.

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Women, heavies win at home; light weights wind up short

By Jonathan A. Lee | April 21, 1997

If this weekend's results teach Big Green rowers anything, it's that if they want to win, home is the place to be. The women's crew and the heavyweights both took top honors on the home course this weekend while the lightweights struggled on a grueling double-header roadtrip down south. The women's varsity crew cruised to their first victory of the season on Saturday as they beat Radcliffe and Syracuse on the 2000-meter course on the Connecticut River.

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Men's lacrosse loses to Brown, 17-7, at home

By Robert Isaacs | April 21, 1997

Despite close play for most of the first three quarters, the men's lacrosse team fell to Brown University yesterday, 17-7, in a game which opened up only at the end. The Big Green got behind early, but were able to struggle back to tie the game at the half.

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Women's lax shoots for Ivy title against Brown

By Jonathan A. Lee | April 18, 1997

The Big Green will put their game-winning strategy to the test tomorrow as the women's lacrosse team takes on the Brown Bears for a shot at the Ivy title. Now alone at the top of the Ivy totem pole, Dartmouth (8-2 overall, 4-0 Ivy) will enter the game hot off a 13-7 win over the Yale Bulldogs on Wednesday. "When we played Yale, everything just clicked," sophomore Heather McNulty said.

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Athlete of the Week

By The Dartmouth | April 17, 1997

Freshman Brian Nickerson provided the offensive punch behind the baseball team's 6-0 week by batting .545 (12-for-22) with five extra-base hits (4 doubles, 1 HR) and eight RBIs. Among the rookie's biggest games were a 4-for-5 performance against UMass-Lowell, and a 2-for-3 game against Cornell that included two walks, a double, a homer and four RBIs. For his stellar stats, Nickerson was named the Ivy League's Player of the Week.

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Men's lacrosse late score

By The Dartmouth | April 17, 1997

The Yale Bulldogs used a 7-0 explosion in the third quarter to soar past the men's lacrosse team,. eventually beating the Big Green 15-11 yesterday afternoon.

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Softball late score

By The Dartmouth | April 16, 1997

The Dartmouth softball team continued to struggle yesterday afternoon as it fell in a double-header against Vermont, 4-0 and 6-4. The loss dropped the Big Green to 5-17 overall. In the first game, the Catamounts secured the victory with four runs in the sixth inning. In the second game, Vermont took an early 3-0 lead with two runs in the first and another in the third.

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