Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth women's and men's hockey teams will both face in-state rival University of New Hampshire this weekend. The Big Green women (12-5-2, 9-3-2 ECAC Hockey) are ranked No.
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A rower during all four years of her Dartmouth career, Kate Davison '07 returned to Hanover as the second assistant coach of the women's crew team.
Dartmouth field hockey players Virginia Peisch '11 and Kelly Hood '12 came home with silver medals last week after representing the United States at the 2008 Indoor Pan-American Cup, held in San Juan, Argentina. With the encouragement of Dartmouth associate head coach Andy Smith, the players traveled to Pennsylvania earlier in the year to attend open tryouts and were ultimately chosen for the national squad. The team of roughly 20 players was announced after a number of practices over the summer.
Successful 2008 seasons for Dartmouth's rugby programs culminated with both the women and men's teams earning bids to their respective national tournaments in the spring. Dartmouth women's rugby closed its season with an impressive win against fourth-seeded Vassar College to take third place at the Northeast Rugby Union finals on Sunday, Nov.
A notable regular season ended with an eighth-place finish for the Dartmouth men's club water polo team at the National Collegiate Club Championship this weekend at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Neither captain Ashley Hines'09's goal in the final second of the game nor Virginia Peisch '11's record-breaking pair of assists was enough to give the Dartmouth women's field hockey team a win over Ivy rival Cornell. The Big Green (6-11, 4-3 Ivy) fell to the Big Red (11-5, 6-1 Ivy), 3-2, in Ithaca, N.Y.
Chris Parker / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's women's field hockey team was able to pull out its third Ivy League win of the season on Saturday as it outlasted Columbia University in New York, winning 3-2 in overtime. While the Big Green never trailed in the game, it was far from one-sided as the Lions (10-4, 1-4 Ivy) stayed strong throughout regulation and the 12 minutes of overtime before Meghan Everett '12 sealed the Dartmouth victory. The goal came when captain Kristen McCormick '09 guided a pass across the field and through the Columbia defense to Everett, who did not think twice, putting away the goal in the lower corner and making the Lions pay for their mishap.
Dartmouth women's field hockey finally competed in a contest not decided by one goal as the Big Green swept past Bryant with a more-than-comfortable 7-1 margin on Wednesday afternoon in Hanover.
While the Dartmouth women's field hockey team held No.11 Louisville scoreless for the first half of the game, the team was unable to pull off the upset, as the Cardinals tallied three goals in the second half to take the game, 3-1. Despite the loss, co-captain Ashley Hines '09 saw the game as a good ...