Editor's Note and Correction Appended The Dartmouth men and women's golf teams competed in the Ivy League Championships this past weekend at Galloway National Golf Course and Atlantic City Country Club, respectively, with the men's team finishing in fourth place and the women's team finishing last out of seven.
Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's soccer team hosted the men's Haitian national football team on Friday at Burnham Field in Hanover, benefitting Partners in Health's relief efforts in Haiti.
/ The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's football team has completed its first full week of practice.
Courtesy of Charlie Grant After returning from an eight-day training trip to Barbados, the Dartmouth men's rugby team lost its first Rugby East Conference game, falling 22-19 to Pennsylvania State University on March 26. "Penn State was not necessarily the better team, but we prevented ourselves from winning that game," co-captain Nick Downer '11 said.
In its first match as part of the newly-formed College Premier Division, the Dartmouth men's rugby team defeated the University of Delaware on Saturday, 15-5.
Building off its season-opening win on Saturday, the women's lacrosse team defeated the University of Vermont Wednesday afternoon, 10-6.
With international students composing approximately eight percent of the Class of 2014, Dartmouth students come from a diverse range of geographical backgrounds.
With the Dartmouth campus buried under several feet of snow and students bundled up to fight sub-zero temperatures, it can often be difficult for off-season varsity athletes to practice during the winter.
During First-Year Orientation for the Class of 2011, men's squash team co-captain Mike Lewis '11 thought coach Hansi Wiens was "crazy" after Wiens who was then an assistant coach but became head coach in 2008 told Lewis to hop around on one foot for approximately an hour during his first team practice, not even allowing him to hit a ball. The drill was intended to convey that movement is crucial in squash, and by the end of the session Lewis understood Wiens' great coaching skills, Lewis said.
Courtesy of DartmouthSports.com During First-Year Orientation for the Class of 2011, men's squash team co-captain Mike Lewis '11 thought coach Hansi Wiens was "crazy" after Wiens who was then an assistant coach but became head coach in 2008 told Lewis to hop around on one foot for approximately an hour during his first team practice, not even allowing him to hit a ball. The drill was intended to convey that movement is crucial in squash, and by the end of the session Lewis understood Wiens' great coaching skills, Lewis said.