Women's soccer falls in first round
The 1996 women's soccer team will always be remembered as a team who went down fighting. "Giving up" was never part of its game plan.
The 1996 women's soccer team will always be remembered as a team who went down fighting. "Giving up" was never part of its game plan.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In a game where every tipped pass, fumble and break seemed to bounce Brown's way, it was the Ivy League championship that eventually bounced into the hands of the Big Green Saturday afternoon.
Men's Soccer: The Big Green ended their 1996 season with a disappointing 1-0 loss to Brown Saturday night.
The first road trip of the year is always a test for any team. When that trip involves dealing with two of the toughest teams and the most raucous crowds in the ECAC, the situation certainly becomes even less favorable. But the Big Green men's hockey team was determined not to let the conditions affect their ability to simply go out and play good hockey.
The Dartmouth men's hockey team travels to two of the most desolate campuses in the ECAC, and out of the friendly confines of Thompson Arena this weekend as the Big Green prepare for games at Colgate tonight and at Cornell on Saturday night. In what Coach Roger Demment classified as a trip being, "... right up there with the St.
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Their English may have been lacking, but the players on Spartak Prerov, a women's basketball team from the Czech Republic, sure knew how to play the game created and made a success by Americans. On a road trip that takes them to 10 different campuses in the Northeast, the Czechs spoiled the home opener of the Dartmouth women's team by defeating the Big Green 67-64 in an exhibition game that came down to the closing seconds. Spartak Prerov's three straight airballs to open the game, and Dartmouth's turnovers indicated opening jitters on both sides.
In its final tune-up before the Ivy League Tournament, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team traveled to the University of Vermont and came away with a win over the Catamounts, 15-6, 15-7, 18-16. After playing strongly in the first two games, Coach Ann Marie Larese worked in a lot of people for the third game.
The Big Green tennis team was in action for the final time this fall as it headed down to Princeton University for the Rolex Eastern Tennis Championships.
The Dartmouth polo team wrapped up its season this weekend at the National Water Polo Club Championships held at Northwestern.
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When the Dartmouth men's soccer team stepped onto a muddy Chase Field on Sunday, it knew it was out to earn some respect from its Ivy League foe, Columbia, and salvage the remains of what has been an up and down season with a victory. The Big Green certainly did earn some respect on Sunday grinding out a gritty performance, but they fell short of the win, settling for a 1-1 tie with the Lions. With the tie Dartmouth now stands at 6-7-2 overall and 2-2-2 in Ivy League play.
Old age and experience won out yesterday afternoon, as the women's soccer team dismantled a young Columbia Lions team 2-0 at Chase Field. It was the battle between a strong Dartmouth soccer program that for the past four years has been a symbol of Ivy dominance and a young Columbia program that until this year has consistently held a place in the Ivy League cellar. It was the battle between two leading scorers -- Dartmouth's Jenna Kurowski '97 who has led the Big Green this season with 14 goals and five total points (third in the league) and Columbia's Tosh Forde who lead the league in scoring with 44 points. And finally, it was the battle between nine Dartmouth seniors who played in their final regular season game and seven Columbia freshmen who have three years left of looking ahead. But by the time 90 minutes had passed by on a soggy Chase Field it became obvious that the Dartmouth women were the teachers; the Columbia youngsters were the students; and there still was a lot more to be learned. Dartmouth outshot Columbia 25-2, as Big Green goalie Annie Eckstein '98 needed to make only one save to earn the win. "I think we played well," Captain Holly Thomas '97 said.
The Big Green couldn't have dreamed of a better execution of their game plan against Columbia. They went in knowing they needed to balance their offense, play strong run defense, control the clock and not turn the ball over.
Big Green men lose two closely fought games to Union and RPI
Men's Tennis: The Big Green successfully closed out their fall campaign at the Rolex Tennis Championships this weekend.
Dartmouth hockey's schedule starts to slowly heat up this weekend, as the Big Green opens ECAC conference play with a pair of games Friday and Saturday night against Union and RPI, respectively. On paper, these would appear to be ideal opponents early in the season, as the Big Green's weekend opponents were picked as the ECAC cellar dwellers for the 1996-97 season.
The long anticipated matchup between Dartmouth and Columbia for first place in the Ivy League and an inside track to the league title is finally upon us.