On the chairlift heading to the top of the course for their second run in Saturday’s slalom race, Courtney Hammond ‘11 and Hayley Jones ‘10 were feeling the pressure. The tight turns of a slalom course pose the most technical of challenges to alpine racers. Jones and Hammond discussed strategy, their nerves, and, like true Dartmouth students, the pros and cons of coffee versus Red Bull.
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On a snow-covered mountainside, with the New Hampshire hills rising in the distance, a figure in green and white comes barreling through a gap in the trees. Casting a frosty white trail behind, the skier rockets downhill and disappears over the next ridge.
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After staging two brilliant come-from-behind wins a week ago, the Big Green returned to the court this weekend for two strong home wins over Brown, 61-49, and Yale, 73-63, concluding a five-game home stand.
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The Dartmouth men’s and women’s squash teams came out of Winter Carnival weekend with 1-2 records, as both teams lost their Ivy matches against highly ranked Princeton and Penn teams.
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The Big Green women’s hockey team emerged from the weekend with a tie and a win in its final home stand of the regular season. Following a 1-1 defensive battle with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday, Dartmouth overpowered Union College on Saturday to come away with a 4-1 victory.
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A week after the Dartmouth men’s basketball team lost two games by a combined six points, the Big Green dropped two games to Brown and Yale by a combined 65 points, losing 77-51 at Brown on Friday and 97-58 at Yale on Saturday.
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Dartmouth men’s hockey played to two ties this weekend, first in a 4-4 draw against Rensselaer on Friday and then in a scoreless match against Union on Saturday. The two ties lift the Big Green out of the ECAC cellar, moving the team into 11th place.
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Make no mistake, Johan Santana to the Mets is a huge deal. Epic, in fact. But does it make the Mets New York’s team? Not even close. The Yankees are still tops in New York, and one pitcher, no matter how great, cannot do anything to change that.
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Johan Santana. Now there’s a name with some weight behind it. In fact, the presence of this name on the New York Mets roster has completely changed my opinion in this week’s “Toe to Toe” debate on which team reigns supreme in the Big Apple: the Yankees or the Mets.
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