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The Dartmouth
October 14, 2026
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Track teams run strong at Heptagonals

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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.


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Men's squash finishes 11th

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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.



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Princeton defeats women's hockey 5-3

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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.


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Women's hoops stays in first

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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.


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Skiers finish third at Middlebury

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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.






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Women's hockey beats Harvard 8-3 for share of Ivy League title

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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.





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Fencers take third at New England Championships

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Both the Dartmouth men's and women's fencing teams continued their dramatic three-year improvement at the New England Championships last weekend, boding well for the teams' futures. Eleventh, seventh and now third, the Dartmouth men's fencing team has climbed the New England Championship rankings each of the last three years.




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Men's basketball drops weekend pair

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This season's roller coaster ride took another dip this weekend as the Big Green men's basketball team dropped games on the road to powers Pennsylvania and Princeton. The losses virtually eliminated the Big Green from Ivy title contention, although few doubted that Penn would win it this year, anyhow. Pennsylvania 73, Dartmouth 62 On Friday, at the intimidating Palestra in Philadelphia, Penn., the men kept the game close before falling, 73-62.