First women's championship falls out of lady laxers' grasp
By David Schmidt | May 30, 2006Jeewon Kim / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team finished its 2006 season with a loss in Sunday's national championship game.
Jeewon Kim / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team finished its 2006 season with a loss in Sunday's national championship game.
WEB UPDATE, May 27, 7:38 p.m. Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team earned a spot in the NCAA Division I national championship after pummeling Notre Dame 14-8 in Friday's semifinal at Boston University's Nickerson Field. The Big Green will play the defending champion Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday at noon in this year's final, which will also be held at Nickerson Field. Dartmouth broke out to an early lead against Norte Dame and never looked back.
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff Only four women's lacrosse teams have a shot at a national championship this year, and Dartmouth is one of them. The Dartmouth women play Notre Dame Friday at 8:30 p.m.
Sarah Shaw / The Dartmouth Staff For a second straight season, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team is going to the Final Four.
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff When the Dartmouth and Princeton women's lacrosse teams meet Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field, an old rivalry will be rekindled with higher stakes than usual. Saturday's 1 p.m.
Asafu Suzuki / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team blew Boston University out of the water Sunday on a rain-drenched Scully-Fahey Field, winning 9-4 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Despite falling behind early in the first half, Dartmouth managed to fight back and gain a huge lead of its own.
The seventh-seeded Big Green will face Boston University in the first round Sunday
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team has finally hit its stride, and it could not have come at a better time. In its first game since re-cracking the top 10 in the national rankings, the No.
With its chances of securing the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament fading, Dartmouth's women's lacrosse team needs a strong finish to secure an at-large bid.
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff Two games out of first place with two games to go, the No.