Track runs at Heps
The men's and women's track teams were less than perfect this past weekend at the annual Heptagonal Track and Field Championships held at Harvard University. The women compiled 43 points, finishing seventh out of 10 teams.
The men's and women's track teams were less than perfect this past weekend at the annual Heptagonal Track and Field Championships held at Harvard University. The women compiled 43 points, finishing seventh out of 10 teams.
The Big Green finished seventh at the Eastern Women's Swimming League Championships at Princeton University last weekend, capping Dartmouth's women's swimming's most successful season ever. The women finished 7-4, 3-4 in the Ivy League, breaking their previous record of six wins in a season.
The Big Green finished seventh at the Eastern Women's Swimming League Championships at Princeton University this weekend.
For the women's basketball team, everything that could have gone wrong during this weekend's road trip did go wrong. First, icy weather pushed Friday night's game at Cornell University to Sunday night, disrupting the Big Green's travel plans. The switch also meant that "we had to play the tougher team on the second night [of the road trip] rather than the first," Coach Chris Wielgus said. Then, to top it all off, half of the team got sick between games. When the problem-filled trip was finally over, the team was left with a two-game split, beating Columbia University 67-55 on Saturday, and falling to Cornell 71-62 on Sunday. "This entire trip was disruptive," Wielgus said.
Losses don't come much more heartbreaking than the one fate dealt out to the Big Green men's hockey team on Saturday night against Clarkson University. Maybe fate - or maybe it was referees Jim Cerbo and Tom DiFueco. With less than four minutes to go, the duo gave out a pair of penalties to Trevor Dodman '95 for elbowing and to captain Mike Loga '94 just 31 seconds later for cross-checking. The penalties came as the team was doing an admirable job of pressing for a tying goal, peppering the Clarkson net with bids. Clarkson had scored twice in the first period but were barely holding off the Big Green's relentless assault on goalie Jason Currie. You don't get much closer than Dion Del Monte's '95 shot at 15:49 of the third period, which Clarkson goalie Jason Currie somehow managed to deflect over the crossbar. Then there was Matt Collins '94, who tried to tuck the puck in the bottom corner after skating around the back of the net. In fact, until the referees blew the whistle on the Big Green, the stone wall Currie had erected in front of the Clarkson net was all that kept the opposition in the game. "We had our back to the wall, and I thought our kids came out and gave a tremendous effort," Coach Roger Demment said.
Big Green eye third place; end home season on the upswing
Whether it be in professional sports or at the collegiate level, some athletes elect to be modest, while others bask in the limelight. Kristin Cobb '95 is shy and modest when it comes to discussing her achievements as a student and as a standout cross-country and track athlete at the College.
Whether it be in professional sports or at the collegiate level, some athletes elect to be modest, while others bask in the limelight. Kristin Cobb '95 is shy and modest when it comes to discussing her achievements as a student and as a standout cross-country and track athlete at the College.
In home games this weekend against St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University, the Big Green men's hockey team will continue its pursuit of a minor miracle. The game against St.
The men's volleyball team finished up a hectic week of competition that began last weekend at the Roger Williams College Tournament in Rhode Island. The Big Green's first match was against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Alpine star J. P. Daigneault '97 wins both the giant slalom and slalom races
The men's swim team fell to Cornell 140-119 Saturday in a close meet highlighted by many impressive individual performances. While most of the men are now focused on next week's Eastern championships, freshmen Chris Whalen, Zev Starr-Tambor, Richard Petty and J.B.
After a victory and a tie over the weekend, the Big Green women's hockey team is headed for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association Playoffs. Saturday's 10-1 win over Colby College clinched the playoff spot and brought the team's record to 13-9-1.
The women's basketball team proved to be as unpredictable as the New England weather this past weekend.
Big Green suffer narrow losses to Penn and Princeton
This weekend Big Green hockey players reached deep down into their collective pockets and pulled out one word: character. The battered team showed character by rebounding from a heartbreaking 5-4 overtime loss to Harvard University Friday evening to defeat Brown University by the same margin Saturday. The team showed character by doing something which it has not been able to do all season: prove it can play 60 solid minutes of hockey two nights in a row. "I was really proud of how we played," said Dion Del Monte '95, who had his best weekend of the year.
Things are looking up for the men's volleyball team. The Big Green picked up their first win at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tuesday and played their most exciting game of the season against Harvard University Friday in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. Jeremy Longinotti '96 was instrumental in the come-from-behind 3-0 victory over MIT. "He helped spark the team with some key hits late in the game," Co-captain Doug Scott '94 said. Other young players have pitched in impressive performances to the Big Green effort. "Rick Fasani '96 has been the most consistent player for the whole season," Co-captain Alex Szidon '94 said.
Competing in front of a home crowd at Leverone Field House, the Big Green women's and men's track teams placed second to Brown University in a four-way meet last weekend. The University of Maine and Brandeis University rounded out the field of four, but the real race for first was between the two Ivy League schools. Brown head coach Bob Raffenberg said he believed the difference between the two women's teams was in their relative strengths. "Our team is strong in the hurdles and sprints," Raffenberg said, "while Dartmouth excels in the distance events and the throws." The Big Green did, in fact, perform well in these events. Consistent standouts Kristin Cobb '95 and Maribel Sanchez '96 turned in outstanding performances in the 73-57 loss.
And the wins just keep on coming. The women's basketball team rocked and rolled its way to two more victories this past weekend, beating Columbia University, 62-40, on Friday night and Cornell Universitybest, 63-47, the following evening. Against Columbia and Cornell Dartmouth proved to be just like the title of the 4 Non Blondes' recent album - "Bigger, Better, Faster, More." Neither team had a player who could counter Ilsa Webeck '94's size or Betsy Gilmore '94's speed. The Big Green was more poised on offense and more aggressive on defense than their opponents - and it showed on the scoreboard, with Dartmouth handily overmatching its league counterparts. The wins raised the Big Green's overall record to 11-8 and kept them atop the Ivy League with a 6-1 record. The Ivy title is "ours to lose," Coach Chris Wielgus said.