Basketball teams complete another weekend sweep
Women alone atop league standings
Women alone atop league standings
The weekend after Winter Carnival, the Dartmouth men's and women's fencing team will compete in the New England Championships. Men's Co-Captain Matt Richardson '97 is guardedly optimistic about the men's team's chances, saying that there is a "really good" chance that they will finish amongst the top three, and possibly win. Women's Captain Bethany Marston '97 also predicts an improved performance this year, as the women's team, "will fence a full team this year." Last year only two women competed. The men's team is currently ranked fourth in New England, and Richardson said that, "since that time we have really been coming on." At last year's Championship, the men's team finished seventh in a competition of 15 teams. Both the men's and women's teams have improved over the last three years since Josh Marks '96, Zach Stein '96 and Vanessa Butnick '95 brought fencing back to Hanover.
The Dartmouth men's volleyball game at Roger Williams University yesterday was cancelled because the Dartmouth team no longer has varsity status, according to team Captain Jeremy Longinotti '96. Roger Williams College also tried to remove Dartmouth from a tournament at Roger Williams, in Bristol, R.I., this Saturday.
Cory Murphy '95 raced in her last 100 backstroke and Allison Ruff '95 dove off the three meter board in competition at the Karl B.
Saturday was a great day for clearing the bar. Dartmouth senior pole vaulter Scott Schimooka continued his strong season and broke his personal record.
In their last home meet, the senior members of the men's swimming team were looking to win their first Ivy League meet in two years last Saturday against Army.
Although Saturday's heavy snowfall made the Dartmouth Ski Team happy, the results from the University of Vermont Carnival also gave the coaches and the skiers a great deal of elation. With wins in four events, and near wins in the four others, Dartmouth tied UVM for first place in combined weekend scores. After winning the Slalom event at last week's St.
Women tied for first place in Ivy League
Winless streak at 10; playoff hopes bleak
Men more in to tie for Ivy second place
Princeton entered Thompson Arena number one in the Ivy League but it sure did not leave that way.
The Big Green women's hockey team is preparing for a tough weekend as the Tigers and the Bulldogs come to Hanover.
Home games are crucial for Big Green's faltering playoff hopes
In her last season at Dartmouth, Betsy Gilmore '94 is pulling out all the stops. She returned this year to complete her final year of eligibility on the women's basketball team.
The Dartmouth swimming teams are revitalized this year. The women's team has already tied its record for number of wins in a season.
The men's basketball team continued its skid with a 71-60 loss to Maine last night at Leede Arena.
Betsy Gilmore '94 drained two free throws with seven seconds remaining to give the women's basketball team a 62-60 victory on the road at Siena monday night. With a minute and a half to play and Dartmouth leading 59-56, Kira Lawrence '96 fouled Jenn Najdek. Najdek could not convert in the clutch, missing the front end of a one-and one.
Jen Pariseau '97 will appear this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America." Pariseau, who plays on the Dartmouth basketball team, will be featured along with author Madeleine Blais in a segment about Blais's book, "In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle." Blaiswrote the book about Pariseau's high school basketball team in Amherst, Mass.
Big Green hope to bounce back from two consecutive losses