Spring term sports wrap up

RIDGEFIELD, Conn.--The 1993 spring sports season confirmed one very basic element of April and May sporting events at Dartmouth: they never fail to keep you guessing day to day. One of the most wet and cold springs in recent history kept teams inside Leverone Field House and Alumni Gym and off the fields and rivers of Hanover until several weeks into the term, wreaking absolute havoc on schedules and home games throughout the term. Even so, through the rain, the cold and the dark of mud, Dartmouth athletic teams managed to play their seasons, making them memorable for more than just the weather. The following is a brief, team-by-team look, for the final time, at the spring sports season. Baseball After starting the season with one of the best records in the Ivy League, the Big Green fell into an abyss that included nine losses in 11 games in one stretch to finish the season 14-19 overall, 8-12 Ivy. Although the team's numbers improved from last year -- it won five more games and batted 60 points higher than the 1992 season -- the true story of this year's campaign was a vastly improved attitude in the clubhouse and on the field. Joe Tosone '93, who captained the team with Clark Khayat '93, led the Big Green in 10 offensive categories and captured All-Ivy honors along with John Clifford '95. Women's Lacrosse Over one stretch of its season, the women's lacrosse scores looked more like the Detroit Tigers' (or even the Detroit Lions' if they had a defense) than intercollegiate lax. In a season where the team ranked as high as fourth in the nation and ended 11-4 overall, 2-4 Ivy, the most exciting part was a seven-game win streak where the team outscored its opponents 82-25, making it arguably the hottest team in the country. Men's Lacrosse The Ivy drought reached year seven for the men's lacrosse team, 3-9 overall and 0-for-everything in the Ivies, as the team once again failed to win an Ivy League game in a streak that has now extended to three Presidential administrations. The team had a number of close losses and a streak of bad luck. Men's Tennis It was a strong season for the men's tennis team, which shared a slice of the EITA for the first time in the league's 87-year history thanks to a tenacious, gutsy 4-3 come-from-behind clipping of Harvard in front of a packed crowd at the home match. Dartmouth was 15-7 overall and a nearly-unbeatable 8-1 in the Ivy League. Women's Tennis With a line-up that punished the tennis ball and its opponents, the women's team contended for the title right up until the last week of the season.