Though I am now someone who frequently checks the results of every single baseball game and tries to analyze sabermetrics, I was not interested in baseball for much of my life.
Dartmouth softball (26-12, 14-2 Ivy) was handed its first loss in Ivy League play this past weekend in the second game of a double header against Yale University (15-28-1, 7-9 Ivy). The humbling moment halted the team’s seemingly unstoppable momentum that remains a testament to the dangerous offense and unhittable pitching the team displayed this month. Both players and coaches handled the seemingly devastating Ivy League losses, the second coming on Sunday against Yale, with elegance and took it as a sign to work even harder as the season winds down.
Growing up in Los Angeles, I always believed that Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers were two inseparable terms in the world of basketball.
Four years of medical school culminated with Match Day, when 81 students at the Geisel School of Medicine discovered where they will move on to fulfill their residency training after graduation. Friends and families gathered with the graduating students on March 18 to celebrate their next step toward becoming a physician.
After a victory over Brown University in five sets on Friday helped move the team into a tie for first in the Ivy League, the women’s volleyball team followed with a five-set loss against Yale University in its final game of the season on Saturday, dropping the team out of Ivy League title contention and an opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament. \n When Harvard University (14-10, 10-4 Ivy) lost to Yale on Friday and Dartmouth beat Brown (10-16, 4-10 Ivy), there was a three-way tie between the Big Green, Princeton University (15-8, 10-4 Ivy) and Harvard with one game in the season remaining.
After losing nine straight sets to start the second half of the season, the women’s volleyball team made the necessary adjustments to break its three-game losing streak and defeat Columbia and Cornell Universities at home this past weekend. Dartmouth (11-10, 8-4 Ivy) remains tied with Princeton University (13-8, 8-4 Ivy) for second place in the Ivy League standings, and both teams trail Harvard University (13-9, 9-3 Ivy) by one win with two games left in the season. Dartmouth kicked off the weekend against Columbia, whom the Big Green had edged in a 3-2 nailbiter earlier in the season.
After losing to Harvard University last week, the women’s volleyball team dropped another two matches against Princeton University (11-8, 6-4 Ivy) and the University of Pennsylvania (10-12, 4-6 Ivy) this past weekend.
This past weekend, the women’s volleyball team traveled to New York and picked up victories against Cornell University (4-13, 0-7 Ivy) and Columbia University (5-11, 3-4 Ivy) to stretch its win-streak to five games and climb to first place in the Ivy League. The women (9-7, 6-1 Ivy) traveled to Ithaca, New York, to face Cornell, a team which was determined to break its seven-game losing streak.
This week The Dartmouth sat down with Emily Astarita ’17 of the volleyball team. Astarita currently leads the team with 183 kills through 12 games.
After winning its Ivy League opener at Harvard University (6-7, 2-1 Ivy) last Friday, the women’s volleyball team split its pair of home games this weekend.