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February 12, 2026 | Latest Issue
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Both men's and women's track and field took first place this weekend.
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The Roundup: Week Four

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Men’s Track and Field Men’s track and field racked up 211.5 points on Saturday, good for first place, prevailing at home in the Dartmouth Outdoor Classic. In the event’s first rendition in three years, the men beat the University of Hartford, the University of Vermont, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Boston University.


Overall, the fencing team took second place.
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Fencing team dominates at USACFC Nationals early in April

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From April 2 to April 3, the Dartmouth Fencing Team joined 37 other participating teams to compete in the 2016 USACFC, the largest collegiate fencing event, at Brown University’s Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. The entire team performed extraordinarily across the board, notching a second place finish.


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Just a Bit Outside: With Sam Stockton '19

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Dave Roberts, Ross Stripling and the No-Hitter That Almost Was After a record-setting opening series in San Diego in which they outscored the San Diego Padres 25-0, the Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the first game of their second series in San Francisco against their arch-rival the San Francisco Giants. In game two of the series, Dave Roberts, managing in just his fifth game as the Dodgers’ manager, handed the ball to rookie right-hander Ross Stripling for his first career start. Stripling, a 2012 fifth-round draft pick, recovered from Tommy John surgery before earning the fifth spot in the Los Angeles rotation this spring.



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The Midweek Roundup: Week Three

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Men’s Golf Men’s golf had a poor outing against stiff competition over the weekend, finishing 15th out of 16 teams in the Irish Creek Collegiate in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Through three rounds of play, the Big Green shot 904 (+52), finishing 49 shots off the pace set by first place team Wake Forest University. The Demon Deacons, ranked No. 13 in the country in the GCAA coaches’ poll, edged past then-first place Kennesaw State University on the final day, winning by four shots. Also in the hunt were No. 21 University of North Carolina and No. 8 Florida State University, who finished in third and fourth.


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Cycling team hosts home race, finishes fifth out of 42 schools

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The Dartmouth cycling team once again took part in the L’Enfer du Nord race this weekend, co-hosted this year by the University of Vermont. The team raced in Hanover on Saturday and left its home course to compete in Charlotte, Vermont on Sunday, wrapping up the weekends’ events with a strong finish, claiming third place in L’Enfer du Nord omnium, and fifth place out of 42 schools in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference. After the weekend’s performances, the team rose from second to first place in the Ivy League. On Saturday, the races at Dartmouth consisted of two courses — the Frat Row Criterium and the Bridge to Ridge individual time trials. For the individual time trials in the Men’s A category, David Berg ’16, president of the cycling team, led the Big Green with a 10th place finish. He was closely followed by teammate Ethan Call ’18 who finished 15th.


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Men’s rugby upsets Penn State, draws No. 1 BYU in next round

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In the very first round of the prestigious Varsity Cup invitational tournament, then-No. 50, now-No. 11 Dartmouth’s men’s rugby team upset then-No. 11 now-No.12 Pennsylvania State University with a 30-25 victory last Saturday, catapulting the Big Green up in the standings posted on Goff Rugby Report.


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Tracking the Coaching Turnover

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When athletic director Harry Sheehy announced on the morning of March 21 that men’s basketball head coach Paul Cormier would not return for the 2016 season, the news came as somewhat of a surprise.



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Just a Bit Outside: Déjà vu all over again

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Déjà vu all over again. In a coincidence sure to have conspiracy theorists everywhere buzzing, opening day of the 2016 season began with a rematch of the 2015 World Series with defending world champion Kansas City Royals hosting the New York Mets.




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Women's rugby plays split spring season, seeks future growth

In the past year, the Dartmouth women’s rugby program has been host to many changes. Not only is it now a fully recognized varsity sport, but it is also one of the few programs in NCAA women’s rugby to be fielding teams of both sevens and the more traditional fifteens. “We’re one of the only teams [that does this],” Ashley Zepeda ’18 said.