Baseball goes 1-3 against Yale
The baseball team saw its hopes for a Red Rolfe Division title slip away after losing three and winning one in two doubleheaders against Yale over the weekend.
The baseball team saw its hopes for a Red Rolfe Division title slip away after losing three and winning one in two doubleheaders against Yale over the weekend.
Ghosts from seasons past haunted the men's lacrosse team this Saturday in Providence. The 19th-ranked Big Green lost 10-9 to seventh-ranked Brown in a manner that conjured up memories from last season. Fourth-quarter comebacks by opponents resulted in tough one-goal losses for the Big Green several times last year, and it happened again this weekend. Dartmouth held a 7-5 advantage over the Bears heading into the fourth quarter, only to have Brown explode for five goals in the final 15 minutes.
Continuing their dominance of the Ivy League, the women's lacrosse team racked up two more wins this past week, defeating Boston College and Brown University. In an easy 13-3 drubbing of BC, Dartmouth's defense played strongly, allowing only four shots on goal in the first 30 minutes of the game to help conclude the first half with a lopsided 9-0 lead. The Big Green had a slow start scoring due to a patient attack.
The men's tennis team kept its NCAA post season hopes alive with two close wins on the road this weekend.
On a sunny, Tuesday afternoon with perfect playing conditions, the men's tennis team was unable to pull through a close 5-2 match against West Virginia at the Topliff tennis courts. The men, who lost all three doubles matches, started the singles out strong, only to lose three tight three-set matches. "We were still in it with 15 minutes to go," Coach Chuck Kinyon said.
The only thing stranger than the 30-second snowstorm during Wednesday's men's lacrosse game was perhaps the feeling that the team had afterwards.
No one will be watching this weekend's National Football League draft more closely than Dartmouth's all-everything quarterback, Jay Fiedler '94. "I'm getting very anxious.
The season of hope and high expectations has turned into one of frustration for Big Green crew. Last weekend, the men's heavyweight races were moved to Lowell, Mass.
In its inaugural season, Dartmouth softball has already experienced the ups and downs characteristic of a "rookie." And next season, the team will receive full varsity status as a "second year player." Coming off two wins at Amherst College the previous week, the team played well but fell 4-2, 4-0 in a doubleheader at Fairfield University last weekend. In the first game, Kim Worboys '95 and Co-captain Maureen Curran '94 collected two hits each.
Jerry Singleton will transfer from Colorado State University next fall with a good chance to be the starting quarterback now that the historic career of Jay Fielder '94 is over. While Coach John Lyons would not say that Singleton will get the starting nod, he did say that "we think he's a pretty good player" and that "we think he has the possibility of being a real good one." Singleton, who is 6-foot-1 and 197 pounds, will be a junior, and will be able to play immediately, Lyons said. Lyons has not seen Singleton play live, but said he was very impressed by films he saw of Singleton playing junior college football.
Last year's Ivy League champion Princeton ended the Dartmouth women's tennis team's undefeated streak in the Ivy League last weekend by a few instrumental points. The loss brought the Big Green's overall record to 4-3. The day was filled with bad luck for the Big Green, who began the match with two sick players.
Center fielder leads Big Green in hits, runs and much more
The men's tennis team overcame a disappointing 5-2 loss to Princeton University Friday to punish Navy with a 5-2 victory Saturday afternoon at home. "Princeton simply outplayed us," Holden Spaht '96 said.
The biggest difference between this year's men's lacrosse team and those from the last few years can be summed up in one word. Confidence. That was perfectly illustrated on Saturday afternoon as the Big Green won their sixth straight game, edging Cornell 12-11 in overtime. Dartmouth held an 11-7 lead with seven minutes left in regulation, only to have Cornell explode for four goals to force the extra period. It was a scenario all too familiar for the players who weathered last year's 3-9 season, which featured several fourth quarter collapses.
Big Green beat Cornell 18-7 to raise Ivy record to 2-1
The women's tennis team is enjoying an early season undefeated Ivy League record after 5-2 victories over Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania last weekend. Coach Chris Kerr said the key to the wins over Penn and Columbia were good doubles play and solid singles performances down the entire lineup. In all three of this season's matches, the Big Green women have won two out of the three doubles matches, and the doubles point has proved to be crucial. Currently 4-2 overall, the team captured four out of six singles matches last weekend . Kiyoe Hashimoto '95 and Kallie Buehler '97, who are undefeated at the number three and number five positions, respectively, are currently leading the Big Green.
The Big Green women's lacrosse team has had a long history of victorious seasons, and it looks like the team will be able to add this one to the list.
Just when you think you've got Adam Nelson '97 all figured out, you discover something about him that throws you for a loop. Take one look at his compact 6-1, 220-pound frame and you immediately think "football player." Listen to him talk about how he enjoys being a linebacker for the Big Green because football "brings out the animalistic side of people without hurting them" and you're not too surprised. Finding out that he holds Dartmouth's indoor shot put record isn't too startling either, especially once you learn that he is capable of bench pressing 430 pounds.