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Football season ends with low record, but high hopes for future

By Eric Petitt | November 22, 1994

It has been a nightmare of a football season for the Big Green Gridders. A year ago, they were at the top of their game, coming off three consecutive Ivy League titles and still led by Ivy League superstar now turned NFL quarterback Jay Fiedler '94. They slipped just slightly, losing a share of the title to the University of Pennsylvania in the final week of the season, but with the best overall record in the league's history to their name, there was no snickering behind the Dartmouth football players' backs. Then Fiedler, sometimes called Dartmouth's "heart and soul," and a number of other crucial seniors graduated, ending a dynasty and introducing uncertainty into the team's future. A period of transition and small-scale rebuilding was inevitable, but with a returning class of senior standouts on defense such as Josh Bloom, Hunter Buckner, Brian White and Chris Boran, along with powerful running back Pete Oberle '96 and experienced receivers David Shearer '95 and Andre Grant '95, no one expected Dartmouth to miss a beat. Instead, Dartmouth experienced something along the lines of a massive heart attack, finishing for the first time ever at the bottom of the Ivy League with a record of 2-5 and 4-6 overall. With the season now over, one can only ask what went wrong.

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Men's hockey splits UVM series

By Jeffrey Beyer | November 21, 1994

It was the best of times and the worst of times for the men's hockey team this weekend in its home-and-home series against ECAC rival University of Vermont. The Big Green turned in their most thrilling win of the season with a 6-5 overtime victory over the Catamounts Friday night, but were blown out on Saturday night 10-1 for their first loss of the season. Going into the two-game set, the Big Green had good reason to expect a tough fight.

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Football finishes season tied for last place

By Seth Abramson And Steve Zrike | November 21, 1994

In a heartbreaking end to a long and difficult season, the Big Green failed to convert numerous opportunities and fell to the Princeton Tigers 20-13 Saturday. With the loss, Dartmouth dropped to 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Ivy League, ending the year in last place for the first time since 1956.

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Women's hockey dominates Boston College, 5-1

By Amy Hatch | November 18, 1994

The women's ice hockey team continued its scoring assault on its opponents as it dominated the Boston College Eagles 5-1 at Thompson Arena Wednesday. In their first five games of the season, the Big Green have outscored their opposition by a margin of 22 goals to seven.

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Men's hockey ready to challenge UVM

By Jennifer Wulff | November 17, 1994

After last year's frustrating 5-21-1 record, the men's hockey team is turning over a new leaf in its 1994-95 season. The Big Green kicked off this year with an exhibition game against Williams College on Nov.

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Women's volleyball ends season with hopes for next

By Erika Tower | November 17, 1994

While the women's volleyball team's record this season may not seem successful, it does not reflect the effort and enthusiasm these women put into the first fully-funded varsity season of volleyball. The team ended the season with a 2-18 record overall, beating the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore in its first match and Wagner College in the Harvard Tournament two weekends ago. In the Harvard tournament, the Big Green won one of the four matches they played, beating Wagner 3-2 and losing to Harvard 0-3, University of Vermont 1-3 and University of Hartford 0-3. Dartmouth lost their first match to the host, Harvard, in three games, 0-15, 5-15 and 8-15.

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Dave Howard '82 becomes VP of Mets

By Jennifer Wulff | November 17, 1994

The New York Mets promoted Dave Howard '82 to the vice president position last week, according to a press statement from the team. Howard graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude with a degree in economics.

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Frisbee: far from average

By Erika Tower | November 16, 1994

On any bright sunny day at Dartmouth, if you look out on the Green you are bound to see a scattering of people playing that grand old game of frisbee.

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Field hockey ends season with honors

By Kate Shanahan | November 15, 1994

Although the Dartmouth field hockey team was unable to defeat the University of Maine last week and gain the ECAC title, the Big Green ended the season with a successful 3-2-1 record in the Ivy League, allowing them to receive three All-Ivy nominations. Lauren Demski '96 and Sarah Devens '96 were named to the first team All-Ivy, while Cynthia Roberts '96 was named to the second team. Demski, Dartmouth's goal keeper, finished the season with 123 saves and seven shutouts, and an astonishing 0.8 goals-allowed-per-game average. "I thought many of the keepers in the Ivy's had great seasons, so it was a pleasant surprise to be nominated to the All-Ivy team," said Demski. Power-forward Devens led the team in scoring again this year, racking up an impressive six goals.

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Cross country team ready to fight at NCAAs

By Erika Smart | November 15, 1994

Sometimes first place is not the best position to be in. Big Green runner Sam Wilbur '94 found that out the hard way at the IC4A Championships at Franklin Park in Boston on Saturday. After trailing behind the 200 runners in the beginning of the 6.2-mile race, Wilbur turned on the speed at the five-mile mark and made his move into the first-place position, passing Brian Spoonire of Seton Hall.

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Equestrian team finishes third at last meet of season

By Kristen King | November 11, 1994

Even though Dartmouth's varsity equestrian team placed consistently third or fourth throughout the season, individual riders' rounds have jumped into higher places in the last two shows. At the beginning of the season, the team scored few high places at each competition, but the vans heading back to Hanover from the shows at Boston University and the University of New Hampshire were full of blue, red and yellow ribbons. Five of the 26 riders at BU placed first in their divisions, six second and five third while nine of the 15 riders at UNH scored in the top three spots. "We started a little slow but I think we ended up really strong," co-captain Christine Sandvik '97 said.

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Men's tennis finishes season at Rolex Regional Championships

By Amy Hatch | November 10, 1994

The men's tennis team wrapped up its fall season last weekend when four players traveled to Princeton University to compete in the annual Rolex Regional Championships. Although none of the Big Green players qualified to advance to the national level, Coach Chuck Kinyon said he was pleased with the performance of his players. Matt Fuller '97 won two rounds and advanced to round 32 before falling to Princeton's number one player, Reed Cordish, 6-2, 6-3.

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Women's hockey prepares for Eagles

By Amy Hatch | November 10, 1994

The women's ice hockey team took on two Canadian teams last weekend in exhibition matches to get warmed up for its official season, which will begin with a home game against Boston College next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Big Green dropped a close 4-2 match Saturday to Concordia University, one of Canada's top women's teams.

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