Monday, February 27, 2006

Women’s basketball surrenders top spot in Ivy League

By Jennifer Yu, The Dartmouth Staff

Two weekends ago, the Big Green women’s basketball team was confident that no other team in the Ivy League could stand in its pursuit of another conference championship and an NCAA bid. Then Brown (17-8, 11-1 Ivy) defeated Dartmouth in overtime less than two weeks ago and dethroned the Big Green from first place. More »

Men’s tennis slams opponents to cap 6-1 winter campaign

By Jordan Rose, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth men’s tennis team closed out a long but successful day on Saturday when the host Big Green defeated a tenacious Stony Brook squad 7-0 before handling the University of Connecticut 7-0 in the late match. The doubleheader sweep closed out an impressive 6-1 winter season, which included a lone loss to ACC power No. 25 Clemson and a perfect 5-0 mark at the Alexis Boss Tennis Center. More »

Club Corner

Franklin Rea ‘08 placed second overall in men’s sabre when Dartmouth fencing competed in the New England Collegiate Fencing Championships at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass. on Feb. 19. More »

Men’s basketball falls to Ivy powers Princeton, Penn

By Kyle Jazwa, The Dartmouth Staff

Fresh off a two game win streak, Dartmouth (5-20, 3-9 Ivy) entered its final road trip of the season with newfound momentum. Playing some of its best basketball of the year, Dartmouth nearly came off with the victory over Princeton (9-14, 7-3 Ivy) but ran out of steam against league-leading Penn Quakers (18-7, 10-1 Ivy). More »

Ski team finishes third at season-ending Championships

This weekend Middlebury hosted the Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association (EISA) Championships. In the last carnival of the year, the Dartmouth ski team put forth a valiant effort, winning both the men’s and women’s Nordic races that were relocated to Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont due to lack of snow. More »

Swim team takes seventh in Ivies

By Nate Niparko, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up its season at the Ivy League Championship event with record-setting individual performances. In team competition, the squad matched its regular-season standing, as the Big Green placed seventh out of the Ancient Eight. More »

Women’s icers complete season above .500 mark

By John Mitchell, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth women’s hockey team finished up its regular season with a weekend road trip to New York to take on a couple of the country’s best. The team found itself the sixth seed for the ECAC league tournament after the dust settled on Saturday. More »

Player spotlight: Krista Perry ‘06

By Jennifer Yu, The Dartmouth Staff

When most high school senior student-athletes were fretting over which college they should play their respective sports, Krista Perry ‘06 faced a different dilemma of her own: which sport to play in college. More »

Straight from the Mule’s Mouth

By Sam Rendall, The Dartmouth Staff

So I told myself I wasn’t going to write about the Olympics this week, but I guess I couldn’t help it. If you’re glad it’s all over, you can relax in the fact that this will be more about hockey than the Olympic games themselves. More »

Men’s hockey captures ECACHL title with weekend sweep

By Andrew Sloan, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth’s most successful senior class went out with a bang this weekend as the Big Green clinched the ECACHL regular season title, sweeping Clarkson and St. Lawrence at Thompson Arena to win a share of its first ECACHL championship. More »