Ivy League champion Penn chalked up two more wins this weekend, bringing their winning streak to a program-record 20 games, currently the longest streak in the nation in men's and women's basketball.
As the Ivy League season winds down, Penn is opening up its lead in the standings and is looking towards the NCAA women's tournament in March.
Now, this is more like it. The Dartmouth women's basketball team (3-11, 1-2 Ivy) picked up their second win in a row Wednesday when they traveled to New York to face Stony Brook (10-8). Dartmouth defeated the Seawolves 68-59 in the non-conference game, breaking the host team's 11-game home winning streak. Katharine Hanks '03 led her team in scoring with 21 points, putting her at 24th on Dartmouth's all-time scoring list with 631.
Who cares if they lost a few games in their non-conference schedule? So what if they lost their Ivy opener to Harvard last weekend?
It's been a slow beginning for the Dartmouth women's basketball team this season. Despite some solid individual performances, the squad has faced a difficult non-league schedule and has only won one game thus far.
Brown 5, Penn 0 Brown senior Cara Gardner recorded a hat trick in Sunday's match-up between the Bears (8-6, 2-4) and the Quakers (3-12, 0-6) in Philadelphia. In the first half, Brown's offense dominated, keeping the Quakers from taking any shots on goal.
The Princeton Tigers took sole possession of the lead in the race for the Ivy League title this week with a 2-0 win over Harvard.
Carolyn Steele '03 put back a penalty stroke for the Dartmouth field hockey team on the road this past Tuesday, leading her squad to a close 1-0 victory over the University of Vermont. The win improved the Big Green's record to 7-4 overall, 3-1 Ivy.
On a chilly Wednesday afternoon, the Dartmouth field hockey team (5-2, 2-1) traveled to Durham, NH, to face the UNH Wildcats (7-5). Despite an even matchup and strong play by the Big Green, they fell to UNH in double overtime, 4-3. In the first half of the game, Dartmouth pulled ahead to a 2-0 lead.
Four Ivy field hockey teams squared off against each other this weekend, with Cornell and Penn taking the early League lead.