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Women’s tennis finishes third in ECAC, men drop two matches

By Mark Cui | February 9, 2016

Over the weekend, the No. 32 Dartmouth women’s tennis team hosted the ECAC Winter Championship, which consisted of all the Ivy League teams except the University of Pennsylvania. The team finished third, falling in a close battle to No. 58 Columbia University 4-3 before defeating No. 54 Brown University 4-3. On the road, the No. 34 men’s team was unable to replicate last week’s amazing victories, falling to both No. 32 North Carolina State University 5-2 and No. 61 Old Dominion University 4-3.

Oscar Friedman ’16 looks to improve in his upcoming competitions and qualify for the NCAA Championships.
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One-on-one with Oscar Friedman '16

By Vikram Bodas | February 4, 2016

This week, The Dartmouth spoke with Nordic skier and team captain Oscar Friedman ’16. The Boulder, Colorado native recently earned a top ten finish in the 15-kilometer classic during the Colby Carnival and has his eyes set on a professional skiing career after graduation. Can you give everyone a quick recap of the ski team’s season thus far? OF: We started around Thanksgiving in Yellowstone, Montana where we had a couple of professional races that went quite well.

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Track and field challenges skills at invitational meet in Boston

February 3, 2016

The men’s and women’s track and field teams took a break from team competition to chase strong individual performances at the Boston University Terrier Classic at the BU Track and Tennis Center in Boston this past weekend. Both the men and the women took advantage of an atmosphere conducive to fast racing to notch some new personal and season bests. The women traveled down to Boston to compete last Friday, Jan. 29, while the men competed separately on Saturday, Jan. 30.

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Riding the Pine: With Joe Clyne '16 and Henry Arndt '16

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | February 3, 2016

The boys at Riding the Pine have already started their countdown to 2017. The parties are over. The confetti has been swept up off the street. A third Thai restaurant has opened in Hanover, giving the home of the College on the Hill the highest Thai restaurant to person ratio outside of Bangkok. You can lie on your back, fall asleep and snore so loudly you shake the walls in “Meditation and Relaxation” once a year and get a free pass. Now that Henry’s fallen asleep a second time in as many classes, he’ll have to start searching for more creative ways to get his P.E. credit.

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Shoot for It: With Alex Lee '16 and John Beneville '16

By John Beneville and Alex Lee | February 2, 2016

The “Hack-a-Shaq” has become a widely employed strategy in basketball. It involves identifying a member of the opposing team with a weak free throw percentage and purposefully fouling that player to send them to the free throw line. The ultimate hope is that the fouled player will miss the free throw and possession will go to the team that originally committed the foul.

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Men's tennis beats No. 32, 37 after women's doubles team downs nation's top pair

By Mark Cui | February 2, 2016

On Jan. 23 and 24, the women’s tennis team kicked off the new year by splitting its first two matches. The team fell to the No. 23 University of Kentucky 1-4 before dominating the University of San Francisco 4-1. On Jan. 30 and 31, the men’s tennis team continued its fantastic season by winning two nail-biters against No. 37 Drake University and No. 32 Tulane University with final team scores of 4-3 against both.

Tennis balls fly after the first goal at the Dartmouth men's hockey game against Princeton on Saturday.
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Men's hockey splits weekend games

By Mac Emery and Gayne Kalustian | January 31, 2016

The No. 1 Quinnipiac University Bobcats and unranked Princeton University Tigers trekked north to Hanover this weekend to face off with the Dartmouth men’s ice hockey team, in the receiving votes category, bringing with them two completely different stresses.

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