The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 11/13/17

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Skier Foreste Peterson ’18 competes in World Cup p. 8 Football cruises to victory against Brown University p. 7 Men’s basketball forward Evan Boudreaux ’19 leaves team p. 6 Their teams, their houses: athletes and Greek life p. 4-5 Weekend Roundup p. 2–3

Women’s cross country secures Nationals bid p. 6 COURTESY OF JULIA STEVENSON

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The weekend Roundup

Compiled by CAIT MCGOVERN AND EVAN MORGAN

CROSS COUNTRY

The women’s cross country team placed second at the NCAA Northeast Regional this past Friday and earned themselves a spot at the 2017 NCAA National Championship. The Big Green defeated third-place Syracuse University by two points, while Providence College won the race. This is the team’s 12th time qualifying for Nationals — the most by an Ivy League team.

Julia Stevenson ’20 had a strong race and finished ninth over the 6-kilometer course in 22:04.6, adding all-Northeast region honors in addition to All-Ivy League second-team from her performance at the Ivy League Championships.

Olivia Lantz ’19 was just behind Stevenson, finishing 13th in 22:17.7. Ella Ketchum ’21, 28th in 22:32.2, Glennis Murphy ’21, 31st at 22:35.0 and Leigh Moffett ’18, 34th at 22:38.1 rounded out

the scoring five.

The team will race again next Saturday, Nov. 18 in the 2017 NCAA National Championship Meet in Louisville, Kentucky.

The men’s cross country team’s season came to an end this past Friday as they placed 13th at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

Race winner Syracuse scored just 28 points, while runner-up Iona College posted 48 points and third place team United States Military Academy tallied 218 points. While the outcome may have not been what the Big Green wanted, Pat Gregory ’18 lead the team in 36th place, completing the 10-kilometer course in 32:58.8. Marco Pompilj ’19 followed him closely in 41st with a time of 33:05.2. The remaining scoring runners were Sander Kushen ’19, 86th at 33:52.2, Ben Szuhaj ’19, 108th at 34:17.9 and Will Shafer ’18, 119th at 34:25.4.

SAILING

The Dartmouth sailing team won the 2017 Atlantic Coast Championship, finishing first with a point total of 146. The Big Green also finished in ninth at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship.

IntheAtlanticCoastChampionship, Dartmouth picked up six top-five finishes in Division A and three topfive finishes in Division B, including a third place finish in the sixth race that put the Big Green in the top spot for good. Chris Williford ’19 and Rebecca

McElvain ’19 sailed in Division A, while Duncan Williford ’18 and Paige Clarke ’20 sailed in Division B. Boston University was the runner-up nine points behind with a score of 155.

In the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, Dartmouth only picked up three top-five finishes across both divisions, spanning 16 races. Emma White ’19 and Peninah Benjamin ’20 sailed in Division A and Audrey Giblin ’20 and Sophia Diserio ’18 in Division B.

Ray Lu ’18 Editor-in-Chief

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Philip Rasansky ’18 Publisher

Erin Lee ’18 Executive Editor

Evan Morgan ’19 Chris Shim ’18 Sports Editors

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017

RUGBY The No. 1 rugby team clobbered No. 7 American International College 80-12 in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association quarterfinal on Saturday at Brophy Field. Five tries from Lilly Durbin ’21 and nine more from the rest of the team powered Dartmouth to its most lopsided win of the season.

Undefeated Dartmouth will advance to the national semifinals for the first time in its three-year history.

In addition to the 25 points from Durbin, Frankie Sands ’18 and Becca Jane Rosko ’20 each added two tries while Milla Anderson ’19, Berit DeGrandpre ’20, Rachel Hand ’18, Marin Pennell ’21 and Danielle Ramsay ’19 had one try apiece. Kat Ramage ’19

knocked through four conversions and Alex Stendahl ’19 had one more.

Dartmouth held the visitors off the board for more than 50 minutes, opening up a 58-0 lead before AIC got its first points. Dartmouth built its lead to 70, before another AIC try and a final try from Sands brought the match to a close.

Saturday’s game was a rematch of last year’s NIRA quarterfinal which the Yellow Jackets won 33-29.

Dartmouth will face No. 5 Harvard University in the semifinal match on Friday at Quinnipiac University.

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The women’s rugby team defeated American International College 80-12.

soccer

The Big Green ended its regular season with a 1-0 win over Brown University this weekend away at Providence, Rhode Island. The team recorded 10 shots in the first half but were unable to find the back of the net. Brown’s defense proved to be strong, as the Big Green recorded another nine shots in the final 45 minutes of play but only scored once. Matt Danilack ’18 broke the tie with a header on a free kick from

Dawson McCartney ’21 in the 76th minute. The same duo recorded the assist on the single, game-winning goal against Cornell last Saturday for the Ivy League title. Goaltender Christopher Palacios ’21 recorded three saves in the victory.

The team’s opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament will be announced Monday afternoon.

VOLLEYBALL

The Big Green finished its season with two big victories against the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University this past weekend, bringing its final record to 10-13 overall and 6-8 in the Ivy League.

On Friday, the team took on the Quakers at home and emerged victorious in three straight sets, marking the Big Green’s first win against Penn since 2006. The team started the first set with an 8-1 lead and rallied to 15-3. While Penn tried to come back and cut the Big Green’s lead to 22-13, Dartmouth was able to end the match 25-14 off of two Penn errors. The Big Green started off the second set with yet another lead at 6-2, but its margin was cut thin as the Quakers brought the score to 10-9. The match continued to stay close, but Mallen Bischoff ’21 got the team their final point to win 25-23. In the final set of the night, the score remained close until a five-point rally gave Dartmouth a 19-13 lead. Penn did not back down and climbed back to bring the score to 25-25, but the Big Green was able to end the night with a 27-25 win with a point by Tori Dozier ’20. Overall, Bischoff

dominated the court with 15 kills and a .394 hitting percentage. Tola Akinwumi ’21 helped earn the team the win by tallying up three out of the team’s eight block assists, and Dozier recorded 39 assists and 10 digs.

The team was back in action on Saturday against Princeton. This was also the team’s first win over Princeton since 2015. The first set started off close, but the Big Green pulled ahead with a three-point streak and was able to close out the first set 25-19 on a kill by Samantha Bozoian ’19. The second set was even tighter, with the two teams tying 13 times.

Princeton led by one point at 22-21, but Dartmouth had another three-point run and was able pull out the second set 25-23. The Big Green fought hard in sets three and four, but narrowly fell 25-16 in both sets.

In the final set of the night, Dartmouth took a 3-0 lead and was able to remain ahead until Princeton narrowed the score to 11-10. With the help of two kills by Bischoff and one by Carly Tower ’20, the Big Green walked away with the win.

Associate Sports Editor Eliza McDonough ’18 Hollye Swinehart ’18 Tiffany Zhai ’18 Photography Editors

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017

FOOTBALL Jack Heneghan ’18 and Hunter Hagdorn ’20 connected for two touchdowns as the Big Green beat Brown University 33-10 at Fenway Park on Saturday. The outcome was never in much doubt as Dartmouth had opened up a 30-3 lead by the third quarter and outgained the Bears by more than 150 yards.

The Big Green scored on its second drive of the game. On first down from the Brown 27, Hagdorn broke inside the numbers and Heneghan found him just as he crossed the goal line. David Smith ’18’s kick was blocked, putting Dartmouth up 6-0. Heneghan went to work again after the defense forced a Brown punt, going 6-for-7 on the ensuing drive. With Dartmouth knocking on the door, Ryder Stone ’18 broke the plane on a 10-yard run, and the Big Green had a 13-0 lead.

The game looked to swing Brown’s way when the Bears scored a field goal and intercepted Heneghan two plays later. But Brown came up short on fourth-and-long following the interception, putting Heneghan and the offense back on the field. After a Heneghan-to-Stone first down, Heneghan connected with Hagdorn for 38 yards and went right back to the former

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Ivy League Rookie of the Year for a 16-yard touchdown. Smith made a 28-yard field goal at the end of the half to make the score 23-3.

On Brown’s first drive of the second half, Jarius Brown ’18 broke in front of a Thomas Linta pass and took it to the house, putting Dartmouth up by three possessions. The Big Green got another field goal early in the fourth quarter. Brown’s only touchdown of the evening came on its final drive, a 29-yard pass from Linta to Jaelon Blandburg.

The Dartmouth defense held Brown to just 1.4 yards per carry and 13 first downs. Eric Meile ’18 led the squad with seven tackles, while Ian Hanselman ’18 got Dartmouth’s one sack of the afternoon. On offense, Heneghan went 21-of-31 for 263 yards and the pair of scores.

Stone paced the team on the ground with 63 yard on 16 carries.

If Yale University loses and Dartmouth beats Princeton University, the Big Green will win a share of its second championship in the last three seasons. A Bulldog win next week against Harvard University would give Yale sole possession of the Ivy League Championship.

BASKETBALL

Dartmouth men’s basketball trailed by one point with 2.7 seconds to play, but Miles Wright ’18’s jumper was blocked and Dartmouth lost its season-opener 78-77 to the Quinnipiac University Bobcats. Brendan Barry ’20 led the team with a career-high 19 points as Guilien Smith ’19 and Wright each had double figures.

The score was tied 21-21 after the halfway mark of the first half before the Bobcats rode out to a 42-33 lead. A 12-0 run early in the second half brought the Big Green back into the game. With 17 seconds left, Dartmouth tied the game 77-77. But the Bobcats’ Rich Kelly made a free throw with four seconds remaining and Dartmouth was unable to get a clean shot away before time expired.

Dartmouth shot .412 from the floor, a hair better than Quinnipiac’s .400. But the Bobcats made three more three-point shots than the Big Green and secured 48 rebounds to Dartmouth’s 32.

The Big Green will face Emerson College in its home opener on Tuesday.

Dartmouth women’s basketball began the

2017-18 season with a pair of victories, 66-56 over the University of Vermont on Friday and 68-57 against Boston College on Sunday.

Guard Cy Lippold ’19, starting at point guard in the absence of Annie McKenna ’20, out with a hamstring injury, totaled 20 points against the Catamounts. Kate Letkewicz ’18 followed her up with 18 points and nine rebounds.

The Big Green had opened up a 13-point lead by the end of the first quarter and led 39-23 at the half. The Big Green’s lead was as high as 18 in the second half, and though the Catamounts mounted a comeback to pull within eight points, Dartmouth held on for the win.

Dartmouth got in front early again against the Eagles, taking a 16-8 lead in the first quarter including three of five from beyond the arc.

The Big Green continued to rain down threes, going 5-for-9 and finishing the half up 32-19.

The Big Green opened the third quarter on a 10-4 run as Boston College’s offense continued to struggle. The Eagles shrunk the deficit to as little as nine points, but Dartmouth finished out the win with a final score of 68-57.

HOCKEY Men’s hockey dropped two games this weekend, bringing their record to 2-4-0, 2-3-0 ECAC. On Friday, the team traveled to Ithaca to take on No. 14 Cornell University and was shut out 3-0. This was the Big Green’s first road loss against the Big Red since 2012. Cornell opened up scoring with two minutes left in the first period and struck once again in the second period. The Big Red rounded out its night on a breakaway goal a little over a minute into the final period. Despite the loss, goaltender Devin Buffalo ’18 recorded 28 saves, with half of them coming in the first period alone. In comparison, Cornell’s goaltender Matthew Galajda only faced 16 shots over the course of the entire game.

However, the Big Green was successful in killing all three of Cornell’s power plays, which has the highest scoring percentage on the man-advantage in the nation.

Dartmouth looked to come back during its game Saturday afternoon against Colgate University, but lost 3-2. Corey Kalk ’18 opened up scoring at 10:10 in the first to give the team an early advantage. Their momentum was cut short when Buffalo left the ice due to injury 16 minutes into play, but Adrian Clark ’20 came on in relief and only allowed two goals in the second period. His performance kept the team within one goal deep into the third period, until the Raiders scored on the empty net with 36 seconds left in the third. Matt Baker ’21 tacked on a goal with 8.5 seconds left in the game, but it was not enough to close the gap.

After a two-week break for the fall exam period, the team will take on the University of Vermont on Nov. 25 at Thompson Arena.

Women’s hockey fell in two games this weekend against Yale University and Brown University. The losses dropped the team’s record to 2-6-0 overall and 1-4-0 in the ECAC. The Big Green were locked in a 1-1 tie with Yale Friday, but the Bulldogs pulled out four goals in the final period to win 5-1. Kate Landers ’19 responded to Yale’s power play goal in the second period by finding the back of the net with a little more than five minutes left in period play off an assist from Christina Rombaut ’20. The game was tied until Yale struck again 6:23 into the third. The momentum continued in their favor as they tacked on three more in the period to win, 5-1. Goalkeeper Christine Honor ’19 recorded 22 saves in the effort.

The team looked to come back against Brown on Saturday, but suffered a tough 3-2 loss. The Big Green opened scoring at 5:37 in the first with captain Hailey Noronha ’18, assisted by Rombaut and Landers.

Landers continued her strong play this weekend by tallying the team’s second goal 10 minutes later on an assist from Alyssa Baker ’19. The Bears came back with a vengeance in the second, firing off 10 shots and scoring twice, once in even strength and the second on a power play for a hooking

by Baker. The game remained tied until there were four minutes left in play, when Brown capitalized on a power play after a penalty against Morgan Turner ’18 for cross-checking.

Dartmouth pulled Honor for the extra woman with 46 seconds remaining in the game but couldn’t score. Honor recorded 23 saves in the loss.

The team returns to action on Nov. 24 against the College of the Holy Cross.

SWIMMING & DIVING The men’s swimming and diving team traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday and lost to Harvard University and Cornell University in a double dual meet.

Connor LaMastra ’21 highlighted the weekend with a first-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:54.84).

LaMastra also had a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.79), one second behind Harvard’s Michael Zarian, and took third in the 100-yard butterfly (50.60s). Co-captain Henry Senkfor ’18 followed up LaMastra in the 200-yd

IM, finishing in second by 0.25 seconds.

Dartmouth also had high finishers in the 100-yard freestyle, where Jack Mahoney ’19 took third (46.97) followed by Brandon Liao ’21 and co-captain Tony Shen ’18. Patrick Henry ’19, LaMastra, Liao and Shen made up the Dartmouth team that took second in the 400-yard freestyle relay. On the diving boards, Rey Neistat ’20 took sixth on the 3-meter board, the highest of the Big Green divers, while Justin Sodokoff ’21 was fifth on the one-meter board.

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The women’s hockey team dropped a game to Yale University 5-1.

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Their teams, their house

For varsity athletes, team dynamics an

BY BECKY BROWNELL, SAMANTHA

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Varsity athletes make up around 21 percent The Greek system has seen a number of of the undergraduate student body, and given dramatic changes in recent years, particularly how prevalent Greek life is on campus, it with the derecognition of Alpha Delta and comes as no surprise that Dartmouth athletes Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities. Their are heavily involved in Dartmouth’s Greek derecognition has had a dramatic effect on scene. Notably, 78.5 percent of varsity athletes men’s sports teams that have historically been eligible to rush are affiliated in Greek houses, affiliated with these houses, such as men’s soccer in comparison to the or men’s squash, that have since transitioned to rushing at other student body average “The trend for rushing of 65%. For some houses. Despite these changes, many teams demonstrate a strong sports teams, athletes the same house is not choose to rush the too surprising. The affinity for joining Greek houses same house as most together. of their teammates. team facilitates tight

To look at why sports teams On others, athletes bonds between all of are drawn to particular houses, we a r e m e m b e r s o f the guys and we enjoy examined which sports teams are many different Greek the most homogeneous in rushing a houses, if they choose being together in the particular house. For men’s teams, to be affiliated at same spaces.” this includes baseball, football, all. There are vast hockey and lacrosse. For women’s differences in house teams, we see far less homogeneity va r i e t y fo r m e n’s -JASE DAVIS ’18 in terms of Greek affiliation, and women’s sports though some teams such as field teams, likely relating hockey and lacrosse slightly deviate to the difference in from this trend. their respective Greek rush structures. The Rushing together Dartmouth took a

Several men’s teams in closer look at Greek affiliation trends among particular tend to rush a Greek organization varsity sports teams and the reason behind why together. For example, every member of the athletes rush together or why they don’t. men’s lacrosse team has rushed Theta Delta The Dartmouth collected roster data from Chi fraternity for the past several years. Jase each Dartmouth varsity team’s webpage and Davis ’18, a member of the men’s lacrosse affiliation numbers from the Office of Greek team, said joining the same house has been Life, speaking to members of various teams great for team bonding. and Greek houses to corroborate our numbers. “The trend for rushing the same house is Our figures are based on the most up to date not too surprising,” Davis said. “The team athletic rosters available and include former facilitates tight bonds between all of the guys varsity athletes who left their teams but are and we enjoy being together in the same still listed on their teams’ rosters. spaces.”

Methodology Notes: Totalmembershipof Greekletterorganizations was obtained from Office of Greek Life and Office of Institutional Research, and rosters for the 2017-2018 season were obtained from the Dartmouth Athletics Department website.

Athletes who were sophomores, juniors or seniors were considered “eligible to rush.” Of 674 athletes eligible to rush, Greek organization affiliation was not able to be determined for 14 individuals.

The women’s basketball team was not included in the data because affiliation information was not able to be determined for a majority of the team members. Former athletes still listed on the Dartmouth Athletics 2017-2018 rosters were included in the data.

Some women’s teams have demonstrated sorority, said she appreciates the opportun preferences for rushing certain houses as well, to make new friends outside her team. with the field hockey team and the women’s “I think it’s really awesome how we all t lacrosse team showing the strongest trends to just go to a house that fits our individu for rushing the same sororities. For example, personalities the best,” Shaunessy ’19 sa 11 of 14 of this season’s rush-eligible field “And it’s really fun to meet new people outsi hockey players are members of Kappa Delta of hockey.”

Epsilon sorority. Hailey Valerio ’19, the field She mentioned that her teammates a hockey goaltender and a member of KDE, tended to be in different houses because said her sorority has been the sorority rush process. a great social space for the “I think it’s really “For men’s athletes, i team, but the field hockey more likely that they will be players do not necessarily awesome how we the same house because of t rush the house simply all try to just go shakeout process and becau because of their team they all hang out in the sam to a house that membership. house,” Shaunessy said. “I “A lot of our girls really fits our individual different for sororities, whi like the environment that personalities the best. is one of the reasons we’re KDE has,” Valerio said. a lot of different houses.”

“But even though we And it’s really fun Because of this difference have a strong trend of to meet new people self-selecting rush process being in KDE, we don’t some frater nities have outside of hockey.” necessarily rush the house much higher concentrati just because the team of athletes than sororities d is in it, and we tell our -CAROLINE SHAUNESSY Gamma Delta Chi fratern sophomores to keep an and Heorot are examples open mind during rush.” ’19 two fraternities that featu an overwhelming percenta Rushing separately of athletes or former athle Other teams tend to ( 9 8 . 5 p e rc e n t a n d 8 9 rush an assortment of percent, respectively). houses. This trend usually contrast, KDE (36.8 percen pertains to women’s teams, Alpha Phi (30.7 percent) a since the rush process for sororities is a less Kappa Kappa Gamma (23.8 percent) are t self-selecting system than the fraternity rush sororities with the highest percentages process. As a stark example, the men’s hockey athletes, though sororities tend to be larg team is almost entirely in Chi Heorot fraternity than fraternities. and the women’s team is spread out among six different sororities. Ice hockey team member Holding off Caroline Shaunessy ’19, who is in Alpha Phi While most varsity teams are mo

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disproportionately affiliated than the rest of dominated teams like men’s ice hockey or the student body, there are some teams that football, a handful of teammates will choose have high percentages of unaffiliated members to rush alternative houses than the rest of their as well. The men’s and women’s cross country team. For example, men’s hockey player Ryan teams as well as men’s swimming and diving Blankemeier ’20 chose to rush Alpha Chi Alpha have the highest percentages of unaffiliated fraternity rather than Heorot, where men’s members at about half of their team members. hockey players have recently rushed as a team.

Men’s cross country runner Will Shafer Blankemeier said he wanted to meet new people ’18 cited the challenges of balancing a social outside of the hockey team, though it was not the life and performing well easiest decision to rush a different athletically as reasons why “I didn’t want to affect house. team members choose not “It was a tough decision the unity or affiliation because being part of the team is to rush.

“We’re in season fall, with the team. At the a big deal for me — it’s my biggest winter and spring, so to identity on campus,” Blankemeier same time, I wanted really succeed, you have to said. “I didn’t want to affect the be willing to make sacrifices to branch out and get unity or affiliation with the team. in your social life in favor of to know other people At the same time, I wanted to getting enough sleep and branch out and get to know other being healthy,” Shafer said. on campus and I found people on campus and I found that Although Shafer is a that community at community at Alpha Chi.” member of Sigma Phi Some athletes also stray from Alpha Chi.” Epsilon fraternity, he notes their team’s affiliation norm that his team is close-knit by rushing national fraternities and lives together in an off- -RYAN BLANKEMEIER ’20 without a chapter on campus. For campus house, which has example, football player Emory provided a strong sense of Thompson ’18 is one of few that community for the team. did not rush with the majority of his “One of the main reasons football team at GDX and chose the people rush is to develop national Omega Psi Phi fraternity new friendships, and for the chapter instead. For Thompson, distance guys, we’ve been being a part of this fraternity was lucky to already have strong relationships with vital to him as a student and an athlete, but he teammates and live together in an off-campus still spends time with his football teammates at house,” Shafer said. “The house creates its own GDX. social space for the team, so I think a lot of the “Becoming affiliated with the fraternity guys view this as a strong alternative to Greek has helped me in every aspect of my life — life.” academically, athletically, as a friend and as a Branching out brother,” Thompson said. “But I still spend a lot For some of the homogeneous houseof time at GDX with the rest of the football guys.”

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Excluding first-years, most varsity teams tend to have mostly Greek affiliated members.

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Women’s cross country secures automatic bid to Nationals

By LAUREN BROWN The Dartmouth

Women’s cross country is headed to Kentucky. The women continued their consistent season with a secondplace team finish in the 6-kilometer race, automatically qualifying for the NCAA National Championship to be held on Nov. 18 at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The men emerged from the muddy, windy 10-kilometer course in 13th out of 37 teams in their last race of the fall season.

The race, run at Audubon Golf Course in Buffalo, New York, was held in 20-degree weather, but 25-mileper-hour winds made for a cold day of racing.

“It would be so lovely to run on in late September,” Julia Stevenson ’20 said. “But Buffalo in November was a little uglier than I thought.”

As has been consistent for the women all season, there wasn’t a large disparity between top five runners.

Stevenson was first on the team with a ninth-place finish, completing the course in 22:04.6. Co-captain Olivia Lantz ’19 was 13 seconds behind in 22:17.7. The Big Green’s next three all finished within six seconds of each other: Ella Ketchum ’21 finished in 28th (22:32.2), Glendora Murphy ’21 was 31st (22:35.0) and Leigh Moffett

’18 rounded out the top five in 34th (22:38.1).

The tough conditions made it difficult to set personal bests. The Dartmouth runners, along with a number of others at the meet, sported long spandex, gloves and headbands.

Some competitors even applied Vaseline to their legs to help trap the warmth — a practice some members of the Big Green also considered. But despite their best efforts, all runners had a rough time dealing with the course.

“People were falling all over the place,” Ketchum said. “I felt like I was twisting my ankles left and right.”

Co-captain Bridget O’Neill ’18 was one of the victims, falling mid-race.

Moffett got frostbite in a few toes.

“It was definitely the worst conditions I’ve ever raced in,” cocaptain Patrick Gregory ’18 said. “[We] just tried to be tough because that’s the only thing you can do — it’s not really racing, it’s surviving.”

Lantz said she found some of the difficult racing conditions helpful — the overwhelming distraction of slogging through thick mud and icy winds kept her from dwelling too much on pressure-inducing details of the race.

The conditions worsened for the men’s race.

“Luckily for the women, they were

Evan Boudreaux ’19 announces departure from basketball team

By EVAN MORGAN and CHRIS SHIM The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Men’s basketball forward Evan Boudreaux ’19 announced this morning via Twitter that he will forego his upcoming junior season, graduate one year early from the College and complete his remaining two seasons of eligibility as a graduate transfer.

“Evan Boudreaux has made the decision to leave the Dartmouth basketball team this week,” head coach David McLaughlin wrote in an email statement. “We wish [Boudreaux] the best in all of his future endeavors, and are happy that he is planning on graduating from Dartmouth as this is such a special and unique college and community.”

During his first two years for the Big Green, Boudreaux was twice named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District I Team and All-Ivy Second Team. In his first year, he was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and finished second in the league in scoring average with 17.7 points per game, which broke the

Ivy League freshman record. Along the way, he set eight single-season Dartmouth freshmen records. He had continued success in his sophomore campaign, leading the Ivy League in rebounds with 9.5 rebounds per game and was second in scoring with 17.5 points per game.

Out of high school, Boudreaux was a three-star recruit who had offers from Iowa State University, Boston College and Bucknell University — among others — before committing to Dartmouth. Boudreaux’s mother is a member of the Class of 1982 and his brother, Chris, was a member of the Class of 2015.

“I want to thank everyone at Dartmouth who has helped me the past two years,” Boudreaux wrote in a statement posted on his Twitter account. “I wish the team and the program nothing but success moving forward. I am looking forward to finding the right fit and playing the next two seasons as a graduate transfer.”

The men’s basketball team opens its 2017-18 season Saturday against Quinnipiac University.

first ­— the men raced second, so the course for [the women] at least was a bit frozen,” women’s head coach Courtney Jaworski said.

Gregory was the first finisher for the Big Green in his final collegiate cross country race. Gregory placed 36th, completing the 10-K course in 32:58.8. Marco Pompilj ’19 was just behind in 41st (33:05.2). Juniors Sander Kushen ’19 (33:52.2) and Ben Szuhaj ’19 (34:17.9) were 86th and 108th, respectively. Will Shafer ’18 rounded out the top-five in 119th in 34:25.4.

Fortunately, place is far more important than time when it comes to qualifying for Nationals, and all teams face the same conditions.

The top two teams in each region automatically qualify for the race, making up 18 of the 31 teams. The remaining 13 teams qualify at-large, in which coaches across the nation take into account comparative race performance against other top teams in the country. Fortunately, the women’s team snagged the ideal runner-up finish, ahead of Syracuse University and Columbia University, which edged them for first place at the Ivy League championships by seven points.

The Big Green’s tight spread between all seven runners has been a key part of its success all season.

“If [the race] was scored one through seven instead of one through five, we would’ve won it,” Stevenson said. “[Winning team] Providence [College] has a really strong top five, but they trail off after that.”

Although only the top five runners score in cross country, the sixth and seventh runners are important because they can displace other teams’ scoring runners, Stevenson said. The women edged third-place Syracuse University by only two points, thanks to sixth and seventh runners O’Neill and Lillian Anderson ’19. Had they not finished in front of Syracuse’s fifth runner, the Big Green might have been edged out of second place.

In a mentally and physically exhausting race like Regionals, the team’s closeness was more important than ever.

“When [O’Neill] fell, there was another teammate behind her and she was like, ‘Get up, Bridget, you can do it!’” Lantz said. “That camaraderie and support we have for each other was really key.”

Ketchum also mentioned that seeing Murphy late in the race helped energize her.

“This race was the hardest, mentally, for me, and I was really [starting to] give into the poor conditions,” Ketchum said. “[Murphy] encouraged me and that was when I decided to pick it up and

run with her — run with my teammate.”

Stevenson and Ketchum also worked together late in the race. The two often finish close together during races, and as Stevenson moved up to pass Ketchum during the race, Stevenson reached out her hand and said, “Let’s go, let’s go,” something Ketchum described as “simply awesome.”

“It made me feel so supported,” Ketchum says. “It just gives you that extra motivation in the race.”

Thanks to shrewd training and support for each another, the team will compete against the best schools in the country in Kentucky. The last time the Big Green qualified for Nationals as a full team was in the 2014. But that year, the Big Green earned an at-large bid.

“Learning that we’d made it to Nationals after finishing was definitely one of my favorite moments of the day,” Moffett said. “All of the hard work that we’ve put in since June finally paid off.”

Nationals is another opportunity to prove its toughness and compete against the best in the country, but the team seems focused on performing and savoring the experience.

“We’re going to go, we’re going to have a good time, be tough and do what we can do,” Ketchum said.

“We’re going to take it seriously, but we’re going to make sure we enjoy the experience. This is definitely a special event.”

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Football cruises to victory against Brown University 33-10

By JAKE PHILHOWER

wheels going on its second drive.

Quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 found Hunter Hagdorn ’20 in the Dartmouth football entered end zone for a 27-yard touchdown Friday’s much anticipated Fenway pass.

Park showdown with Brown “What we put on the field University in need of a clean worked,” Hagdorn said after the win. But even with Saturday’s game. “Every man did their job result, a 33-10 victory with solid and we got in the end zone.” performances on David both sides of the S m i t h ’ 1 8 ’s “What we put on the ball, Dartmouth extra point n e e d s h e l p t o field worked. Every was blocked, take home an man did their job and h o w e v e r, Ivy League ending a we got in the end championship. streak of 44 The B i g zone.” straight made Green, which extra points now has the top for the reliable total defense and -HUNTER HAGDORN ’20 kicker. the fourth-best With total offense in an early lead, the Ivy League, Dartmouth was expected to seemed to be beat a Brown team that boasts the rolling but failed to expand upon worst total offense and defense in its lead until the second quarter, the conference. when Ryder Stone ’18 capped off Friday’s game began with a pair an 11-play, 90-yard drive with a of punts, but Dartmouth got the 10-yard touchdown run, making The Dartmouth

it 13-0 Dartmouth early in the second quarter.

The Big Green allowed a field goal midway through the second quarter, cutting the lead to 10.

However, Heneghan was able to connect with Hagdorn again for a 38-yard completion later in the quarter and once more on the next play, a 16-yard touchdown pass with 56 seconds left in the half.

Things got worse for Brown, now down by 20 points. The Big Green forced a three-and-out and used all its timeouts to get the ball back with 20 seconds left in the half. Following a 33-yard punt from Brown and two quick passes from Heneghan, the Dartmouth offense found itself at the Brown 10-yard line, where Smith connected on a 28-yard field goal as time expired.

After Dartmouth was forced to punt on its first drive of the half, defensive back Jarius Brown ’18 picked off a pass and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown.

Dartmouth would go on to produce one more field goal during

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The football team needs Yale University to lose next weekend to Harvard University to have a chance to share the Ivy title.

the first drive of the fourth quarter. “[Fenway Park] is such a historic Brown found the end zone on its venue,” linebacker Jake Moen ’19 last drive of the game with many said after the game. “This was a backups and younger players in on once in a lifetime opportunity.” defense for the Big Green.

Dartmouth’s satisfaction with In many ways, Dartmouth the win has to take into account d e l i ve r e d i n the quality of Boston what its opponent. i t s t r u g g l e d “[Fenway Park] is Brown has lost to achieve for such a historic venue. all six conference most of the games by This was a once in a season: playing significant a c o m p l e t e lifetime opportunity.” margins. T he game on both Bears’ offense sides of the has been ball. The Big -JAKE MOEN ’19 especially Green looked dubious this sharp on year, scoring 59 offense while total points in smothering the i n - co n f e re n c e Brown offense games. t h r o u g h D a r t m o u t h ’ s most of the game. The Bears n e x t o p p o n e n t , P r i n c e t o n accumulated just 28 yards of University, leads the Ivy League rushing offense on 20 attempts. with 223 points. The Big Green will “We played tough defense only have a chance to share the Ivy tonight,” head coach Buddy League title if it beats the Tigers.

Teevens ’79 said after the game. Yale University, the only one-loss “They did a nice job up until that team in the conference, would also one drive. Offensively we executed have to lose to Harvard University for four quarters, and it was the first for the Big Green to claim a share time that we’ve done it all year.” of the championship.

Playing football in Fenway Park Kickoff against Princeton, was a special opportunity for many a game featuring both the best of Dartmouth’s players, some of total offense and defense in the whom were visiting the stadium Ivy League, is set for 1:30 p.m. at for the first time.

Memorial Field on Saturday.

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Foreste Peterson ’18 debuts on World Cup circuit

By SABA NEJAD

The Dartmouth Staff

While her teammates are on campus preparing for the winter season, women’s alpine ski team captain Foreste Peterson ’18 is blazing her own trail. After training with the U.S. Ski Team’s World Cup team over the summer, Peterson took the fall term off and made her World Cup debut at Soelden, Austria on Oct. 28.

Pe t e r s o n , k n o w n t o t h e Dartmouth ski team as “Fo,” qualified for the World Cup race by virtue of her world ranking.

She finished as the top-ranked American in the NorAm last season.

In a World Cup race, only the top 30 finishers from the first run qualify for a second run. Peterson’s time of 59.70 seconds landed her outside the top 30, less than a second behind American Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, who has 77 World Cup wins to her name.

Vonn also missed the cutoff for the second run.

“I’m not too disappointed,” Peterson said. “In fact, I was mostly just happy to have crossed the finish line. Soelden is one of the toughest hills on the circuit, and I had never skied anything like it before, so to ski a relatively solid run and not

DNF was an accomplishment for me.”

Peterson has taken the fall term off, but she was on campus for the first month of the term to help welcome first-year ski team members, work out with the team and take on captain responsibilities.

She plans to return to Dartmouth in the winter to continue racing with the College team.

C u r re n t l y, Pe t e r s o n i s i n Colorado training with the U.S. National Ski Team, the only student invitee to do so. Her first race of the NorAm season is on Nov. 18 at Colorado’s Copper Mountain.

“The beginning of the season is always exciting,” she said.

“I definitely feel good with my [giant slalom] skiing — it’s most consistently been my best event.”

Peterson, who has raced in the NCAA championship the past three years, is not new to big races. But the World Cup is a whole new stage with steeper hills, bigger crowds and professional competition.

“The level of competition on the World Cup is as high as it gets,” she said. “NCAA competition is highly competitive still, just on a lesser scale.”

Peter s on h as exc el l ed on the college circuit. During last year’s Carnival season, she won

COURTESY OF FORESTE PETERSON

According to Foreste Peterson ’18, World Cup courses are a significantly bigger challenge than courses on the NCAA circuit.

three giant slalom races and finished second in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association giant slalom standings. At the NCAA Championships at Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire, she finished third in the slalom, an unexpected result because

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Foreste Peterson ’18 is the captain of the women’s alpine ski team and will return to compete for the Big Green in the winter.

slalom has not historically been Peterson’s best event.

She further impressed in NorAm races, finishing on the podium three times and in the top 10 in seven out of eight races.

“I had never done this well on the NorAm circuit in years past so these results were unexpected to say the least,” Peterson said.

Following her standout NorAm season, Peterson was invited to train with the U.S. Ski Team Europa Cup and World Cup teams. This entailed living in Park City, Utah and working out at the U.S. Ski Team’s Center of Excellence as well as traveling to New Zealand for a month of on-snow training. Women’s alpine coach John Dwyer thinks that this has already given Peterson quite the advantage.

“She already has had about 40 days on snow, which is amazing,” Dwyer said.

So where does Peterson go from here?

“I am continuously trying to improve my technique so that I generate as much speed out of my skis as possible,” Peterson said. “I would say that I take risk and am always trying to look for speed, whether it pays off or not.”

According to Peterson, her biggest strengths are the ability

to trust her skills and execute a plan that keeps her focused on race days.

“She’s very coachable — she listens, but she also filters,” Dwyer said. “She’s open to new things and tries them out and takes away what works for her.”

To men’s alpine ski team captain Thomas Woolson ’17, Peterson epitomizes preparation.

“She is always pushing you to be better yourself, whether it’s in the gym or on the hill she is always an example to watch,” he said.

Woolson considers Peterson’s ability to deal with pressure one of her “most impressive” qualities.

“Skiing is so hard because every run is something different, and it can be easy to let doubts creep into your head depending on how important the race is or you’re position after first run, but [Peterson] always seemed unaffected,” Woolson said.

“It doesn’t matter if she’s winning a university race, NorAm or starting her first World Cup, she always seems unfazed, which is something that’s always impressed me.”

Peterson is expected to stand out in the Carnival season again this year as Dartmouth looks to improve on its fourth-place finish at last year’s national championship. “[Peterson] will be a hard athlete to replace when she graduates next year,” Dwyer said.