Crew heads to the Charles
Although the fall season is generally a training time for the Dartmouth crew teams, competitive spirits begin to flow when the famous Head of the Charles race in Cambridge, Mass.
Although the fall season is generally a training time for the Dartmouth crew teams, competitive spirits begin to flow when the famous Head of the Charles race in Cambridge, Mass.
Despite leads in the first two games against Columbia, the Dartmouth women's volleyball was unable to pull off a win this past week.
The men's soccer team broke out of its recent scoring slump with three spectacular goals yesterday against the University of Massachusetts, beating the Minutemen 3-2. The Big Green, in their first game at Chase Field in two weeks, went down 1-0 in the 21st minute when UMass midfielder Joel Pittman slipped the ball into an open net.
The men's cross country team finished another chapter in a storybook season last weekend by capturing the title at the New England Championships in Boston.
With extreme consistency and solid putting, Mackenzie Hurd '98 captured the ECAC championship last weekend and led his team to a fifth place finish in the competitive eastern tournament. "I thought we played well," Coach Bill Johnson said.
After struggling in the first day of play, the women's golf team redeemed itself with consistent play on Saturday at the Mount Holyoke Invitational at Rutgers last weekend. "We were a little disappointed at first," Coach Izzy Johnson said.
This Saturday the final buzzer went off one goal too soon. Princeton defeated the Big Green with a score of 2-1, moving the Tigers into first place in the Ivy League. Dartmouth started the game a bit hesitantly, which enabled Princeton to score both of its goals in the first half.
The men's soccer team returned early Monday morning from the Lanzera/Holiday Inn Classic tournament in Charlottesville, VA after being shut out by two nationally-ranked teams over the weekend. The Big Green have managed only three goals in their last five games after exploding for 13 in their first three games. "We had a spell at the beginning of the season where we scored a few goals," Coach Fran O'Leary said.
The play clock wasn't working at Memorial Field Saturday, but few of the 15,150 loyal fans in attendance seemed to care.
With unrelentless playing and gritty tenacity, the men's tennis team let its presence be known by reaching the semifinal matches at the ECAC championships last weekend. "I'm very pleased with how we came out," Coach Chuck Kinyon said.
The men's soccer team, still recovering from its disheartening 1-4 loss against Brown Oct, 8, rebounded by beating Boston College yesterday 1-0. On the second game of a four-game road trip, the Big Green pushed across a goal in the 88th minute to down the Eagles after a scoreless first half and quite an uneventful game in general. Despite the fact that the team had to play without its All-Ivy defender, Ian Saward '95, the remaining players were able to get the job done on their own. John Bosacco '96, at the very end of the second half, was able to shoot his third goal of the season, which resulted in Dartmouth's well-earned victory. Basacco felt that the players were concentrating more at Wednesday's game and attributed the change to the way they played on the weekend against Brown.
Coming off a disappointing loss to Brown last Saturday, the women's soccer team appeared a bit slow as they came out in the first half yesterday afternoon against the always competitive Boston College squad.
Last weekend the women's field hockey team proved that you do not need the comforts of home to play with confidence.
In the past week, the women's volleyball team played Northeastern, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.
The women's cross country team, coached by Ellen O'Neil '87, has been tearing up the trails all over New England this season. Led by captain Kristin Cobb '95 and Kristin Manwaring '96, the Dartmouth team members are making a name for themselves in a big way. This past weekend, the women claimed second place at the Murray Keatinge Invitational held at the University of Maine, Orono.
EASTON, PA., Oct. 8th -- If former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a football fan and alive today, he might have described the Big Green's victory over Lafayette College as "victory at all costs." The 27-15 win was painful.
Under the lights in Providence, the women's soccer team lacked much needed adrenaline as they fell victim to Brown Saturday night in an Ivy League match-up. "We played okay," goal keeper Heidi Hachtel '96 said.
Wednesday afternoon, the Big Green traveled to the University of Hartford to take on the number four nationally ranked Hawks and, with consistent play, they surprised everyone but themselves. "We knew it was going to be a difficult game," Coach Steve Swanson said.
With sound shooting and unbreakable concentration, the men's golf team has been turning heads in a remarkable season and plans to continue its streak as it travels to the East Coast Athletic Championship tournament that will take place Oct.
The men's soccer team fought furiously on Wednesday against the University of New Hampshire only to get an end result of a 1-1 tie "It was a great game," Coach Fran O'Leary said.