Men's hockey opens ECAC season
Big Green men lose two closely fought games to Union and RPI
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.
On Nov. 1, the National Basketball Association began its 50th season. Throughout its history, the NBA has gone through ups and downs, name changes, and extensive expansion.
Through their leadership and athletic ability, Maribel Sanchez and Kristen Manwaring have been the driving force behind a successful Big Green cross country team for the past three years. Last weekend at the Heptagonal Championships in New York City, N.Y., these two runners led the Dartmouth runners to their third straight Heps Championship. For the second year in a row, Sanchez won the event and Manwaring came in second.
Black bears are dangerous. The women's soccer team learned this the hard way yesterday as they tied the University of Maine Black Bears 2-2 at Chase Field. Maine jumped into the driver's seat early on as Sophie Lecot punched a loose ball into the Dartmouth net at the 37:47 mark to put the Black Bears up by one. The Big Green had little time to recover as the Black Bears sank their second goal eight minutes later.
The Dartmouth water polo team came away with a disappointing fourth place finish at the Ivy League tournament last weekend and now will be looking to rebound, as the Big Green prepare for the National Championships this weekend. "Overall, it was good to play against varsity teams to prepare for Nationals," Kevin O'Neil '97 said.
Looking to get ready for the Ivy League Tournament in nine days, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team came away with a four game win over Northeastern last night 15-8, 15-7, 10-15, 16-14. Playing in Boston, the Big Green (17-8, 4-3 Ivy) were surprised by an improved Husky team. "The played a much quicker offense than what we saw before," Coach Ann Marie Larese said, referring to Dartmouth's three game win over the Huskies earlier in the season. The match opened up with eight rotations without a point being scored, but Dartmouth's tenacity pulled them through. "We played aggressively the whole time," Larese said. The players on the court weren't the only ones getting excited about the match, however.
The Dartmouth women's field hockey team closed out its fall campaign with yet another heartbreaking loss, 1-0, at Harvard.
While the Dartmouth women's cross country destroyed the competition at the Heptagonal cross country race Friday, the men were unable to defend their crown and placed sixth. It was a cold and rainy day at the Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx.
Field Hockey: The women's field hockey season came to a disappointing close Saturday at Harvard. The Big Green fell 1-0 to the Crimson in final regular season game and ended with a 8-9 overall record and 2-4 Ivy League record.
Men fall out of Ivy contention
The Dartmouth women's volleyball team had high hopes going into this weekend's matches against Brown and Yale.
Maybe the new uniforms and new pre-game Chicago Bullesque opening are a sign of new records for the 1996-97 hockey season.
Women lose tight 2-1 contest
In the two teams' 100th meeting, the game is decided by inches
For the 100th time in this celebrated gridiron rivalry, Dartmouth squares off on the football field against Harvard Saturday afternoon. "It is New England's rivalry, an affair of the heart, symbolic autumnal struggle between the city boys and the country lads, played out in the middle of the season amid woodsmoke and whiskey sours on usually the loveliest weekend of the fall.
The bonfire burned itself out almost two weeks ago, but the fire beneath the Dartmouth women's volleyball team continues to burn.
The waiting is almost over for the Big Green men's hockey team, which come into this season sporting new uniforms and a new level of confidence. After bowing out early in the ECAC playoffs last season to RPI, Dartmouth brings experience to this year's campaign with 22 returning letter winners.