Monday, January 08, 2007

AD Harper addresses coaching, fights and letters

By Jordan Rose, The Dartmouth Staff

Someone needs to be in charge of overseeing the 36 Division I varsity sports, 29 club sports and numerous intramural programs at Dartmouth. This task falls to Athletic Director Josie Harper, who knows that managing athletics at an Ivy League school like Dartmouth is no small feat. More »

Pattman pushes Big Green past Harvard in overtime

By John Mitchell, The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Men’s basketball opened its Ivy League schedule with a bang on Saturday, taking down the Harvard Crimson 80-73 in a contest decided in overtime. More »

Big Green men’s hockey routs RPI, upended by Union

By Jordan Rose, The Dartmouth Staff

With the team entering the midpoint of the season and looking to make a run in the ECAC, the Dartmouth men’s ice hockey team came away from a New York road trip with a 4-1 loss to Union on Friday and a 6-2 win against RPI Saturday evening. More »

Skiway hire to maintain ‘community atmosphere’

By JR Santo, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth Skiway has recently named Peter Stransky as the new director of its snowsport school. According to Douglas Holler, the general manager of the Skiway, Stransky will be able to examine the snowsport school with a fresh set of eyes. More »

Track makes early-season strides at Invitational

By Heita Miki, The Dartmouth Staff

Both the men’s and women’s indoor track teams kicked off their seasons on the right foot this weekend at the Dartmouth Invitational held in Leverone Fieldhouse. The Dartmouth Invitational is a three-day meet that features high school athletes and older athletes who compete unattached, in addition to college athletes. The Dartmouth Invitational, one of the biggest meets in New England, is a major early-season meet. Because it was an early-season meet, times did not figure as crucially this weekend as they will at later meets. More »

1 on 1

The D: How’s the squash team shaping up this year? JC: We are off to a hot start with a 6-1 record. Last year we finished seventh in the country, and we are looking to replicate or improve on that finish this year. We lost two key starters, but the gaps have been filled by freshmen Mike Shrubb ‘10 and Dan Wagman ‘10. More »

Women’s hockey dominates two weekend games, 7-0 and 3-1

By Louisa Pollard, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth women’s hockey team continued to dominate in league play this weekend, as the Big Green steamrolled Quinnipiac 7-0 with five Big Green players scoring and captain Gillian Apps ‘06 netting two goals. The Big Green then faced a tougher Princeton team on Saturday, but still managed to outlast the Tigers 3-1 on a game-winning goal by Katie Gray ‘09. More »

Ski team flees warm N.H. weather to train elsewhere

By Matthew Ritger, The Dartmouth Staff

While the balmy January weather may seem like a gift to many, the Dartmouth ski team is keeping their fingers crossed for cold weather and snow. Present conditions in New Hampshire have forced the ski team to travel the country and Canada in search of snow and training time. By the time the snow flies back East and the carnival season opens on Jan. 19, Dartmouth’s skiers will be ready and waiting. More »

Swimmers spend winter break in warmer waters

By By Nate Niparko, The Dartmouth Staff

As the majority the Dartmouth student body headed home for winter break, the Big Green men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams headed to a warmer climate. The swimmers traveled to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the divers spent two weeks in Honolulu. More »