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Women's track finishes second at Heps

By Matthew Holmwood | May 9, 1995

From 1,500 meters to 10,000 meters the Dartmouth women's track and field team swept every race, dominated the distance events, and received useful points from the field events, on the way to a surprising second place finish in the Heptagonal Championships at Navy last weekend. The finish is a stark improvement over the team's seventh place finish last term.

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Top-ranked Maryland beats women's lax 15-4

By Erika Tower | May 8, 1995

The third-ranked women's lacrosse team had a chance to earn the number one ranking in the country and the top seed in the NCAA tournament Saturday when it hosted undefeated, top-ranked Maryland. But Maryland demonstrated why it is the top team in the nation, putting on a defensive clinic on the way to a 12-4 victory, assuring the Terrapins the top seeding in the NCAA tournament and handing the Big Green their second loss of the season. It was the game everyone had been waiting for since Dartmouth defeated then-number-one Princeton on Apr.

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Harvard edges men's lax 13-12

By Amy Hatch | May 8, 1995

In its final game of the season, the men's lacrosse team dropped a heartbreaking 13-12 contest to Harvard Saturday afternoon on Memorial Field. The win boosted the Crimson to 4-2 in the Ivy League, giving them sole ownership of third place behind Brown and Princeton.

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Men's tennis faces Miami today in NCAA tourney

By Amy Hatch | May 5, 1995

The men's tennis team traveled to Princeton, N.J. yesterday for its match this morning against the number nine ranked University of Miami team in the first round of the NCAA regional tournament. The Big Green, 8-2 in the Eastern region, received a bid from national committee late Monday evening.

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Harvard men's laxers to arrive Saturday

By Amy Hatch | May 5, 1995

The men's lacrosse game tomorrow against rival Harvard is described best by Coach Tim Nelson. "It's going to be a war." The Big Green, 10-3 overall this season, will be looking to maintain its top 20 national ranking as well as to earn a second-place finish in the Ivy League. "It's the last game of the season, so we want to go out good," John Whelen '98 said.

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Men's lacrosse thrashes UNH

By Amy Hatch | May 4, 1995

The men's lacrosse team rebounded from a 17-5 weekend loss to Princeton by dominating the University of New Hampshire 15-4yesterday afternoon at Memorial Field. The Big Green took an early 3-0 lead with two goals shot in from leading scorer Brian Merritt '97.

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Women's hoops recruits five for Class of 1999

By Rebecca Oettinger | May 4, 1995

Five women's basketball recruits have accepted offers of admission to the Class of 1999 and should help compensate for the team's losing of four of its top six players to graduation this spring. Looking ahead to the 1995-1996 season, the Big Green will need to replace Betsy Gilmore '94, Ilsa Webeck '94, Brandi Jones '95 and Laurie Stucker '95. Head Coach Christina Wielgus will look to fill open spots with Jen Stamp '96, Nicole Galanek '97, Katie Samuelson '97 and Deirdre Driscoll '98.

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DWRC wins Ivy League

By Abigail Neisius | May 3, 1995

For the fifth year in a row, the Dartmouth women's rugby club has won the Ivy League Championship. Saturday morning at Sachem Field, Dartmouth beat Brown 38-0.

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Baseball trounces New Hampshire 9-1

By Eric Petitt | May 3, 1995

The Dartmouth baseball team won in convincing fashion yesterday, beating New Hampshire College 9-1 at Red Rolfe Field. Bob Spillane '98 got the call for Coach Bob Whalen's Big Green, pitching six innings with only one run allowed.

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Women's lax earns NCAA bid

By Erika Tower | May 3, 1995

The Dartmouth women tamed the University of New Hampshire Wildcats 10-5 yesterday afternoon at Chase Field, placing Dartmouth first in its region and securing the team bid to the NCAA tournament. Despite inconsistent play, number-three ranked Dartmouth took an early lead over unranked UNH, going up 5-0 by halftime. "I expect to have the team play more consistent at this point in the season," Coach Amy Patton said.

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Track teams run strong at Penn Relays

By Matthew Holmwood | May 2, 1995

The Penn Relays drew 46,000 spectators, national television coverage, Olympic-caliber athletes and teams from across America. Racing against the nation's best, selected Dartmouth athletes posted five top-five results, in three individual events and two relays. Maribel Sanchez '96 led the women's team, finishing fifth in the 3,000 meters with a time of9:26.77, a personal best.

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Cornell beats lightweights on protest

By Charles Davant | May 2, 1995

In spite of a faster finish than their Cornell counterparts, the Dartmouth lightweight rowing team officially lost their dual meet with the Big Red Saturday in Ithaca, NY. The Cornell coxswain filed a protest accusing Dartmouth's varsity eight of straying from their lane, creating wake that might have frustrated Cornell's sprint. Race officials upheld the complaint and decided the crews would race again.

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Brown, Princeton beat crew heavyweights, women

By Charles Davant | May 2, 1995

In races Saturday, the women's varsity crew team lost to the mighty Princeton squad but defeated the University of Pennsylvania, while the men's varsity heavyweights were trounced by Brown. The varsity women finished just ahead of Pennsylvania but 12 seconds abaft Princeton. "We were a little disappointed because we thought we could be closer to Princeton," varsity rower Katie Woodcock '95 said. But few teams have finished closer to the Tigers this season, she said. "They have been the powerhouse in our league for quite some time," Woodcock said. This Saturday the women will row against Cornell in the last regular-season meet.

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Baseball sweeps Harvard twin-bills

By Eric Petitt | May 1, 1995

The Dartmouth baseball team arguably played its best four games of the year last weekend, sweeping Harvard in doubleheaders at Dartmouth on Saturday and Harvard on Sunday. The Big Green got four excellent pitching performances from its young starters, Scott Simon '97, Peter Sellers '98, Eric Walania '98, and Travis Farrell '98, and timely hitting from the lineup to close the book on the Crimson and earn its first winning record in the Ivies since 1991. Dartmouth fell just short of the now three-time defending Red Rolfe division champion Yale Bulldogs, who wrapped up the Ivy League season one game ahead of Dartmouth in the standings. The four victories raise the Big Green's record to 12-8 in the Ivies, 17-17 overall.

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