The Roundup: Week 1
By James Handal and Evan Morgan | September 19, 2016In the first week of this fall's weekend roundup, women's soccer cruised past Albany, men 's football won the Granite Bowl and more.
In the first week of this fall's weekend roundup, women's soccer cruised past Albany, men 's football won the Granite Bowl and more.
Baseball The Dartmouth men’s baseball team fell to Yale University 5-4 in its one-game playoff to decide the winner of the Red Rolfe Division, with a spot at the Ivy League Championship Series on the line.
Baseball At Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park on Tuesday, Dartmouth (18-24, 11-9 Ivy) split its doubleheader with Harvard University. The Big Green dropped the opener 3-1 but won the nightcap by the same score, keeping its hopes for a division title alive.
Baseball The baseball team defeated Harvard University in its two games on Saturday 3-1 and 2-1 in close pitching duels to keep the Big Green’s Red Rolfe Division title hopes alive.
Baseball Dartmouth baseball defeated Siena College 5-3 on Wednesday afternoon on Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park to complete its nonconference schedule.
Equestrian Dartmouth outrode Columbia University, Cornell University, Brown University, Princeton University and Yale University to win the Ivy League Championship at Morton Farm on Saturday. The top two riders of the show both rode for the Big Green.
Men’s Lacrosse The hits keep coming for men’s lacrosse, as the University of Massachusetts Lowell (3-11) dealt the Big Green (1-11, 0-4 Ivy) its seventh straight loss on Tuesday.
Men’s Track and Field Men’s track and field racked up 211.5 points on Saturday, good for first place, prevailing at home in the Dartmouth Outdoor Classic. In the event’s first rendition in three years, the men beat the University of Hartford, the University of Vermont, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Boston University.
Men’s Golf Men’s golf had a poor outing against stiff competition over the weekend, finishing 15th out of 16 teams in the Irish Creek Collegiate in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Through three rounds of play, the Big Green shot 904 (+52), finishing 49 shots off the pace set by first place team Wake Forest University. The Demon Deacons, ranked No. 13 in the country in the GCAA coaches’ poll, edged past then-first place Kennesaw State University on the final day, winning by four shots. Also in the hunt were No. 21 University of North Carolina and No. 8 Florida State University, who finished in third and fourth.
Men’s Lacrosse The men’s lacrosse team fell to No. 1 ranked Yale University 15-5 on Saturday at home.