Monday, February 11, 2008

Dartmouth Skiing: Dartmouth Wins the 98th annual Winter Carnival

By Matthew Ritger, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »

A look at the storied history of the Winter Carnival events

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. More »

Women’s basketball wins to keep pace with Ivy leaders

By Kevin Liao, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »

Squash teams beat Middlebury, struggle against Ivy rivals

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. More »

Women’s hockey keeps momentum in three-point weekend

By Cameron Nutt, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »

Men’s basketball proves no match for Brown and Yale

By Ryan Karr, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »

Men’s hockey ties two games to climb out of league cellar

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. More »

Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Hodes)

By Alex Hodes, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »

Toe to Toe: Hodes versus Schmidley (Schmidley)

By Will Schmidley, The Dartmouth Staff

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. More »