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The Dartmouth
March 29, 2026
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Women's tennis splits weekend matches

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The Dartmouth women's tennis team had a mixed weekend, losing to Pennsylvania and beating Columbia to bring the Big Green to 1-2 overall, 1-1 in the Ivy League. The team lost 7-0 to Penn, despite forcing several matches to three sets.





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Women's lax to face #10-ranked Penn State

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The number-two nationally ranked Dartmouth women's lacrosse team will look to hold onto its undefeated record this weekend when it travels to Pennsylvania to face Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania. Penn State, a team that won six of eight past games against Dartmouth, will challenge the 4-0 Big Green.








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Track teams fare well at Tufts

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After the long indoor season and a spring training meet in Arizona, the Dartmouth men's and women's track teams stepped out into the fresh air this weekend at Tufts University. Despite using the event as a training meet and leaving a number of its top athletes at home, Dartmouth, led by double-event winner Amy Winchester '96, won five events. Winchester won the discus with a toss of 42' 9.75" and the shot put with a put of 134 feet nine inches. Also for the women, Jenna Rogers '98 won the 5000 meters in a time of 17.12.60 with the aid of Senior Kristin Cobb '95 who paced a pack of teammates including Rogers, Deirdre Milligan '98, Emily Hodgson '98 and Kristin Pierce '96 through the first two miles. Rogers, Milligan and Cobb all finished below the ECAC qualification time.


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Lightweight crew team beats Tufts heavyweights

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The men's varsity lightweight crew team outpaced the Tufts University heavyweights in a preseason meet on the Charles River Sunday. Dartmouth's fastest boat finished the 2000-meter course in 6:05, 12 seconds faster than Tufts' first boat. "That is a pretty substantial margin," Captain Doug Marple said.


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Tennis defeats St. Johns

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Despite a chilly afternoon, the men's tennis team was red hot as it routed St. John's 6-1 Saturday at Leverone Field House. Getting a late start due to the women's match, the men were on the court until 11:30 p.m.


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Women's tennis loses season opener

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The unranked Dartmouth women's tennis team opened its spring season at home Saturday, at Leverone Field House,against the number four team in the East, the Boston University Terriers, Saturday at Leverone Field House. The Big Green ended up losing five points to two in the overall scoring, dropping their record to 0-1. Dartmouth went into the match uncertain of how it would perform.


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Women's lax beats top-ranked Princeton: 10-9 victory means fifth-ranked Dartmouth should climb rankings released Tuesday

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Victory is sweet. Revenge is sweeter. And sweet this victory was. The fifth-ranked Dartmouth women's lacrosse team avenged heartbreaking overtime losses in each of the past two years when it toppled the number-one-ranked and defending national champion Princeton Tigers 10-9 Saturday afternoon at Chase Field. The victory, while early in the season, gives Dartmouth a huge edge in the Ivy League title race and makes a strong case to voters to give the Big Green the top ranking when the Brine poll is released Tuesday. With 8:35 to play,Kelly Hannigan '97 had a direct foul shot and scored, to put the Big Green up 9-6. The battle for the win had begun.


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Men's lax beats Stony Brook 15-5

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With a 2-0 record earned during its spring trip, the men's lacrosse team carried its momentum back East, dominating Stony Brook 15-5 Saturday afternoon in Fairfield, Conn. With a mere 6-5 lead at halftime, the Big Green recognized that they needed a change of pace to defend their newly-earned place in the top 20 national rankings. "We really didn't make any changes," Coach Tim Nelson said.



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Women's hoops team gets Southern hospitality at NCAA tourney

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After a stunning season-ending win over Harvard last term, for the first time in more than 10 years the women's basketball team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament and headed to Charlottesville, Va., for the first round. Despite an agonizing first-round loss to the University of Virginia Cavaliers, ranked in the top 10 in the country, team members said the experience was still incredible. "It was very exciting," Brandi Jones '95 said.


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Baseball team travels to Penn, Columbia: Pitching uncertain as Ivy play begins

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All cylinders seem to be firing in unison for the Dartmouth baseball machine as it opens its Ivy League season at Columbia and Pennsylvania this weekend. After a productive spring trip to California, which Head Coach Robert Whalen called "an opportunity to evaluate our roster [and] gain experience and confidence," against typically stronger West Coast teams, Dartmouth appears prepared to take on its first Ivy League opponents. Co-Captain first baseman Todd Seneker '95, who was 6-13 at the plate during the spring trip, despite an injury that limited his play, likes the attitude of his teammates going into the season.


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