Del Monte '95 leads hockey team
When Dax Burkhart '96 took a feed from Dion Del Monte '95 and scored last Friday night against St.
When Dax Burkhart '96 took a feed from Dion Del Monte '95 and scored last Friday night against St.
Fans of the women's hockey team hardly bat an eye anymore when the announcer at Thompson Arena drones "Dartmouth goal scored by number four, Rachel Rochat." Rochat, the captain and lone senior on the women's hockey team, showed the Dartmouth community and beyond what she was made of this past season. Rochat finished the season as the team's second leading scorer, only six points behind teammate Sarah Howald '96.
James Blackwell '91 signed a 10-day contract with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics Tuesday, beefing up the Celtic's beleaguered collection of point guards. Celtics point guard David Wesley is out for a month recuperating from knee surgery performed last Thursday, while point-guard Jay Humphries is out indefinitely, also with knee problems. The injuries left the Celtics with only one point guard, Sherman Douglas. This is Blackwell's second stint in the NBA.
The women's swim team has finished its most successful season ever. Its 8-3 regular season record and sixth place finish at the Eastern Seaboard Championships last weekend earned the team the distinction of best squad in Dartmouth history. At Easterns, Dartmouth scored 341 points to earn sixth place -- Princeton finished first with 635 points. "I am extremely happy with how our team did the entire season, and I believe the team will have even more success next season," Captain Cory Murphy '95 said.
He may not throw chairs like Indiana's Bobby Knight and at 5-foot-4, he may not intimidate referees like Georgetown's John Thompson. But Dartmouth men's basketball coach Dave Faucher succeeds in his own way and with his own style.
Football team co-Captain Josh Bloom '95 yesterday was named one of 20 football finalists for the Annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics/Disney Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholarships. The 20 finalists were chosen from 58 nominees, all football players.
After notching victories in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, and joining teammates in Dartmouth's 4x800 second place finish, Sam Wilbur '94 was named the Outstanding Male Performer at the Heptagonal Championships last weekend at Cornell. His award highlights a slew of strong performances from the Dartmouth teams, concentrated in the distance events that have been the strong point for both the men's and women's indoor track teams this season. With the aid of Ted Fitzpatrick '95 and Aaron Bouplon '95, Wilbur ran up 46 of Dartmouth's 96 points.
The Dartmouth men's squash team finished its team season last weekend, finishing 11th at the NISRA team championships at Princeton University. The team opened the tournament with an 8-1 loss to Navy, which set up a rematch with Franklin and Marshall, a team Dartmouth beat 5-4 earlier in the season.
Losses almost eliminate team's chances to make ECAC playoffs
In an unofficial battle for the Ivy League title, Princeton beat Dartmouth 5-3, sending Princeton to the semifinals of the ECAC tournament and sending Dartmouth home for the season. Princeton, seeded number three in the tournament had the home ice advantage over the sixth-seeded Big Green. Dartmouth has had trouble playing at Princeton.
For Bets, Brando, Stuckles and Wilsa, Leede Arena is now just a memory. These four seniors, also known as Betsy Gilmore, Brandi Jones, Laurie Stucker and Ilsa Webeck, played their last two games at home this weekend. Unfortunately, Brown's outside shooting enabled it to defeat the Big Green, 65-59.
The Dartmouth Ski Team finished its regular season this weekend at the Middlebury College Carnival, taking third place overall, behind the University of Vermont and Middlebury. The men's team finished in first place and the women's in fourth. On the cross country trails, the Dartmouth men tied for second with Middlebury behind UVM in Friday's 10K Freestyle race. Aki Partenen of UVM won the race, but Colter Leys '96, Captain Cory Smith '96 and Paul Stone '98 pulled together as a team and managed strong fourth, fifth and 20th place finishes. In Saturday's 20K Classical event, the Dartmouth men improved their speed and came out on top.
"Sweep" was the catchword this weekend, as the Big Green took two on the road from Brown and Yale for the first time in 25 years.
Princeton game pits Ivy League co-champions in rubber contest
The Dartmouth women's basketball team will defend its one-game Ivy League lead this weekend when it hosts Brown and Yale.
Weekend games vital to team's chances
Defenseman Michelyne Pinard '98 described last night's women's hockey game in one word. "Whoah!" Not only did the Big Green romp the Harvard Crimson, dealing them an 8-3 loss, but the team secured its place as Ivy League Champions, an honor it shares with Princeton. Dartmouth will take on Princeton in the first round of the ECAC tournament this Saturday.
Ivy title will be on the line
Big Green looks to improve for Easterns
Last week's Carnival at Dartmouth was a tremendous success, but there were, of course, a few things the Dartmouth ski team would rather not remember.