Hot Take: Softball will beat Harvard University and clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament
Ava Politis | Team: Softball | Event: Three-game series against Harvard University
This past weekend, Dartmouth softball took a series from Yale University to improve their record to 10-5, propelling them to second in the Ivy League, right behind Princeton University. Harvard University will be coming to town this weekend for the Big Green’s last home series of the season. With one more conference series to play after Harvard, the Big Green’s season is almost coming to an end, and the Ivy League Tournament is right around the corner.
The Big Green qualified for the Ivy League Tournament last season and should have no problem clinching a spot this weekend against the Crimson. Infielder Faby Serna ’27 — the Ivy League Player of the Week on April 16 — ended the series against the Bulldogs on a 22-game on-base streak and a seven-game hitting streak. It does not seem likely that Harvard will end this momentum.
Jensin Hall ’27 was on fire this weekend as she opened the series against Yale pitching a complete game allowing one unearned run. Hall went back to the circle on Sunday and pitched her second career no-hitter.
Hall has no intentions of slowing down as the season comes to an end. With her pitching strength and Serna’s consistency, the Big Green should have no problem defeating the Crimson and punching a ticket to the Ivy League Tournament.
Hot Take: Open and Women’s Sailing Finish Top 5 at Team Race Championships
Sid Singh | Team: Open and Women’s Sailing | Event: Open and Women’s Team Race Championships
After six weekends of racing, the open and women’s sailing team will look to finish their spring season strong at the Team Race Championships at Brown University. Both teams are coming into championship weekend with momentum. Last weekend, the open team finished second out of seven teams at the Thompson Trophy — their highest finish this season, and the women’s team finished third out of 10 teams at the Legler Trophy, the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s Team Race Championship. At the Thompson Trophy, the team went a combined 12-6 in their races and earned both first and second finishing positions in eight of their 12 wins. They showed similar dominance at the Legler Trophy where the Big Green went 10-7 and earned first and second finishing positions in six races.
At last year’s team championships, the women’s team narrowly missed the podium with a fourth place finish, while the open team placed in sixth. With the teams fresh off some of their best performances yet in the last couple of weekends, you should expect the Big Green to climb even higher in the rankings at this year’s championships.
Hot Take: Men’s Heavyweight Rowing gets revenge against Syracuse with Lake Morey glory
Sid Singh | Team: Men’s Heavyweight Rowing | Event: Lake Morey Invitational
0.04 seconds cost Dartmouth Heavyweight Rowing a spot in the 2024 Eastern Sprint Grand Final last year. 40 milliseconds before the Big Green crossed the finish line, the varsity eight boat of Syracuse University booked their place in the final with a second place finish in the second heat. The narrow victory marked the continuation of a tense rivalry between the two schools, and last year, the Orange got the last laugh at the Eastern Sprints and the National Championships. At the Lake Morey Invitational in Fairlee, Vt. next weekend, Dartmouth will get a chance to take revenge with an enticing rematch against Syracuse lined up.
“We want to beat Syracuse,” Miles Hudgins ’25 said. “They have been our consistent rivals in my four years here.”
Thankfully for Hudgins and the Big Green, the team has the momentum to do just that. The varsity eight’s spring season has begun with back-to-back trophies. First, the team edged Yale by two seconds to win the Olympic Axe for the first time in the trophy’s 21-year history. Next, the team cruised past Boston University to win the Bill Cup with a 13-second victory, with second and third varsity boats also winning their respective races. After a weekend off, the team should be well-rested and ready to go at Lake Morey, with a chance to finally overcome a familiar foe.
