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Home Show: the basics of hosting a horse show at Morton Farm p. 8 Mental and physical preparation helps rugby to three Ivy titles p. 7 Men’s soccer clinches Ivy title, women win first Ivy game p. 6 Solid defense gives the football team an edge over Cornell University p. 6 A look at the final standings for fall sports p. 4–5 TIFFANY ZHAI/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
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HOCKEY The women’s ice hockey team began a nine-game homestand by beating the University of Maine 3-0. Sabrina Huett ’20, Kate Landers ’19 and Cecilia Lopez ’20 did the scoring for the Big Green. The game was scoreless until the 13:42 mark of the second period, when Huett deflected a shot from Hailey Noronha ’18 between the pads of Maine goalie Carly Jackson. It was Huett’s first collegiate goal. In the third period, Lopez found herself alone in front of the net, and her backhand shot trickled past Jackson. Landers added an empty-netter with 12 seconds left. Christine Honor ’19 stood tall between the pipes as she stopped 37 Maine shots. The women lost 7-2 to the Black Bears on Sunday. Lopez and Noronha made one goal each. Shannon Ropp ’19 made 10 saves while Honor made 14 in the loss. The women will host Yale University on Friday and Brown University on Saturday. Playing on home ice for the first time this season, the men swept the weekend with a 4-3 win over Brown on Friday and a 3-1 victory over Yale the following day. Kevan Kilistoff ’19 headlined Dartmouth’s attack in the win over Brown. The Big Green captain lit the lamp less than five minutes in with a shot from the left circle that found its way past Brown goalie Luke Kania. Two minutes later, Corey Kalk ’18 buried his own rebound to put Dartmouth up 2-0, and the Big Green extended its lead to three with a shorthanded
goal at the beginning of the second period. Again it was Kilistoff, who fed Daniel Warpecha ’20 in the right circle for the team’s first shorthanded goal of the season. Brown struck back with two quick goals, the first at the 1:57 mark and the second at 2:28 on a nifty no-look assist. Nearly 10 minutes later, Kilistoff restored Dartmouth’s lead to two, putting home a rebound from a shot by Tim Shoup ’18. Despite a late goal from Brown’s Sam Lafferty, Dartmouth held for the 4-3 win. Yale came to Hanover fresh off a 5-2 upset over No. 3 Harvard University, but Devin Buffalo ’18 contained the Elis to help the Big Green complete the weekend sweep. Buffalo stopped 26 of 27 Yale shots as Dartmouth made its 15 shots count. The Big Green took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play for its first goal. Kalk sent a pass across the slot to Alex Jasiek ’19, who sent home a gloveside shot. Dartmouth’s second goal came when Charley Michalowski ’20 went top shelf at the 13:36 mark of the second period, and Warpecha scored his second shorthanded goal of the weekend to give the Big Green its third goal of the night. The lone blemish on Buffalo’s night was a shorthanded goal for Yale’s Joe Snively, who sent it past the Dartmouth netminder on a breakaway. Buffalo finishes the weekend with 50 saves and four goals allowed. In the two games combined, Dartmouth scored on two of nine power plays and went 12 for 12 on the penalty kill.
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EQUESTRIAN
SWIMMING & DIVING
TENNIS
The Big Green ended the fall term with its fourth consecutive win and its second home show on Saturday. Dartmouth earned a number of blue ribbons, led by co-captain Olivia Champ ’19, who placed first in open fences and open flat before winning the highpoint ride-off. Champ qualified for the regional show in open fences and finished the fall season far ahead in the Cacchione Cup standings for top rider in the region. Lilly Higgins ’20 took first in open flat as well as third in open fences while Mahalia Dalmage ’21 was first in novice flat and Sue Mohieldin ’19 earned
Men’s swimming and diving opened its season with a win over Boston College on Saturday at home, 192108. The Big Green got off to a good start in diving, sweeping the top three spots in 3-meter and 1-meter diving board, with Justin Sodokoff ’21 (344.03 in 3m, 313.95 in 1m) first in both, AJ Krok ’19 (327.30 in 3m, 291.44 in 1m) in second and Ray Neistat ’20 (307.88 in 3m, 277.26 in 1m) in third. Connor LaMastra ’21 won three events: the 200yard butterfly (1:49.21), 100-yard butterfly (50.48 seconds) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:53.19). Delaney Hall ’19 won the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.86s and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:07.13, while
The men’s tennis team opened the three-day Gopher Invitational at the University of Minnesota on Friday. In the first round of doubles, University of Utah duos defeated Dartmouth pairings Gilbert Jaeger ’21 and John Speicher ’21 and Peter Conklin ’21 and Casey Ross ’21. Roko Glasnovic ’19 and David Horneffer ’20 won 6-3 over a duo from the University of Notre Dame, as well as another Fighting Irish pairing in the second round, following up with a quarterfinal win over a team from the University of Wisconsin. On the singles courts, Horneffer, Jaeger and Speicher earned straight-set wins in the first round. Conklin, Glasnovic and Ross and fell, though Ross took his Utah opponent to three sets. Dartmouth won eight singles matches and one doubles match on Saturday. Conklin, Jaeger and Ross went undefeated on the day in singles matches while Glasnovic and Speicher also picked up singles wins. On the final day, the Big Green got another two doubles wins and four singles wins. Jaeger finished the weekend undefeated in singles, and classmates Conklin, Ross and Speicher finished 3-1. Glasnovic and Horneffer ended the tournament 3-1 in doubles. On Friday and Saturday, Paul Midgley ’18 competed at the Connecticut State Championship hosted by Yale University. Midgley won in straight sets on Friday before dropping his semifinal match the following day. In its last invitational of the fall term, Dartmouth hosted Yale University, the University
a blue ribbon in novice flat. Sophia Kocher ’21 got first place in walk-trot-canter, and Anna Dodson ’20 added a blue ribbon in walk-trot to seal the win for Dartmouth. Co-captain Claire Bick ’18 stood out as well, taking third in intermediate fences and second in open flat, qualifying for the regional show in open flat. Meghan Poth ’20 took second in intermediate flat, and Nathalie Ferneau ’18 took second in novice fences. Dartmouth holds a commanding 28-point lead in the region as the fall season comes to a close.
Brandon Liao ’21 won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races in 21.48 and 47.88 seconds, respectively. Three other Big Green athletes took home individual wins. Josh Hendell ’20 won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:54.61, co-captain Tony Shen ’18 won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.95 and Stas Van Genderen ’21 won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:44.31. The relay team of LaMastra, Liao, Henry Patrick ’20 and Shen won the 400-yard freestyle in 3:09.51. The Big Green continue its season next weekend, traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to face conference rivals Cornell University and Harvard University on Saturday.
of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Minnesota for the three-day Big Green Invite. On day one, the Big Green split its doubles matches 2-2 and won three of five singles matches. Yale duos defeated Racquel Lyn ’20 and Kristina Mathis ’18 7-6 and downed Allison Chuang ’19 and Allison McCann ’20 6-2. Meanwhile, Jasmine Abidi ’21 and Maddie Hwang ’21 blanked their Eli opponents, and Chuyang Guan ’20 and Shannon Mukerji ’18 won 6-4. Abidi, Mathis and McCann earned singles wins with Mathis prevailing in three sets. The women won three of eight doubles matches the following day, two against UMass and one against Minnesota. Chuang and Mukerji bested their UMass opponents 6-2 while Abidi and Guan pulled out a 7-5 win. Lyn and McCann provided the lone doubles win against the Gophers. Hwang, Lyn, Mathis and McCann had singles wins as the Big Green dropped four other matches against Minnesota opponents. The third day saw the Big Green romp over UMass in singles as Dartmouth won seven of eight matches. Guan and Hwang played their opponents to a superbreaker, and Lyn bested her opponent on a tiebreaker. Abidi, Chuang, McCann and Mukerji added straight-set victories. At the Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Fall Championship, Abigail Chiu ’21 and Julia Schroeder ’18 lost in the second round of the consolation bracket. Against Northwestern University, the duo fell 6-3, 6-3.
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CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth. com for corrections. Correction Appended (Nov. 4, 2017): The title of the Nov. 1, 2017 article “Unmasking the Psychopath: Q&A with Professor Janine Scheiner” was updated to “Unmasking Psychopathology: Q&A with Professor Janine Scheiner” to better reflect the contents of the interview.
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FOOTBALL Dartmouth bounced back from last week’s defeat at Harvard University with a 10-0 win over Cornell University. In a game that featured 23 punts, the defense played well against a sputtering Cornell University attack while the offense put up just enough points to win. Dartmouth scored on its second drive of the game when quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 found wide receiver Hunter Hagdorn ’20 from 23 yards out. Heneghan had an opportunity for another touchdown midway through the second quarter, as Emory Thompson ’18 found space behind the Cornell secondary, but the ball was underthrown and intercepted at the three-yard line. Ryder Stone ’18 played the role of bellcow, carrying 28 times for 120 yards. Stone ran physically and found space several times against the Cornell defense, earning four of Dartmouth’s six rushing first downs. Heneghan
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completed 16 passes for 141 yards. As a team, the Big Green earned just under four yards per play, a season low. On the other side of the ball, the defense held Cornell to 250 yards of total offense. A week after giving up 169 rushing yards to Harvard, Dartmouth’s run defense allowed just 52 yards on 34 attempts. Midway through the fourth quarter, Cornell had a final chance to put points on the board. But a pass went through the hands of Big Red receiver Collin Shaw and was intercepted by Isiah Swann ’20. Dartmouth burned up nearly five minutes on the next drive, and David Smith ’18 converted a 33-yard field goal to end the game. Both teams are now 3-2 in the Ivy League, tied with Harvard and Columbia University for second place. All four squads are chasing Yale University which sits atop the Ancient Eight with a 4-1 record.
FIELD HOCKEY A late goal was the difference in a 2-1 loss to Cornell University in the season finale. Coming off a penalty corner, Gabby DePetro tipped in a shot in the 52nd minute to put the Big Red up for good. Dartmouth was on its back foot early as Cornell took nine penalty corners and 12 shots in the first half. The home team took three penalty corners and five shots. The Big Red took the early lead on a penalty shot in
the sixth minute, but Dartmouth tied up the contest just before halftime. Tatum Schultz ’21 took a pass inside the shooting circle, spun and found Katie Spanos ’20 in the slot for an easy goal. Though play evened out in the second half, Dartmouth could not answer DePetro’s tally. In net, Hailey Valerio ’19 made six saves and benefited from two defensive saves. The Big Green has now lost five straight to Cornell.
SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball defeated Brown University 3-1 on Friday but fell to Yale University 3-0 on Saturday, moving its overall record to 8-13 and 4-8 in conference play. The victory against Brown was the team’s first away win all season. Mallen Bischoff ’21 and Tori Dozier ’20 both had double-doubles on Friday — Bischoff with 15 kills and 14 digs and Dozier with 41 assists and 12 digs — to lead the Big Green to victory against Brown. The score was very close in the first set and was tied at 22-22 before the Bears made it to set point at 24-22. An error from the Bears brought the Big Green within one, but Dartmouth was unable to close, just falling in the first set 25-23. The second set ended with the same score, but this time the Big Green were on top, 25-23. Dartmouth then took the next two sets, 25-21 each. Lauren Douglas ’21 led the team with 20 digs on the day, while Zoe Leonard
’19 made 16. Sara Lindquist ’18 made 12 kills, and Carly Tower ’20 made 10. In its final road match of the season, the Big Green fell to Yale. Bischoff led the team with nine kills, Dozier had her second double-double of the weekend with 20 assists and 15 digs, Leonard made 13 digs and Tower made eight kills in the loss. In the first set, the Elis took a quick 3-0 lead, but the Big Green stayed close, tying the game at 18-18. Yale ran away with the first set 25-21 and 25-17 in the second. In the third, the Big Green held a seven-point lead at 17-10, but Yale came back strong to take the lead 19-18. The game was tied again at 23-23, but Yale put up two quick kills to seal the match, 25-23. Dartmouth wraps up its season with its final home matches this weekend against the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
ROWING
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The women’s rowing team swept the first two places in the Green Monster this past weekend.
The men’s heavyweight and lightweight teams and the women’s team hosted the Green Monster, a firstyear only event at home on the Connecticut River this Sunday. The race was the final event of the fall season for both men’s teams. The heavyweight and lightweight teams raced in a combined men’s race. The heavyweights won the men’s race in a time of 13:59.6. Lightweight placed
fourth in 14:38.6, and the second heavyweight boat was fifth in 14:40.1. The second heavyweight boat originally finished in 14:30.1 but a missed buoy added 10 seconds. On the women’s side, Dartmouth A and B swept the first two places. The A boat finished in 15:55.0 while the B boat edged out Boston College’s boat by nearly three seconds to finish in 16:19.0.
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The men’s soccer team boasts a 5-0-1 conference record, top in the Ivy League.
No. 19 men’s soccer secured a share of the Ivy League title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 win over Cornell University for its seventh shutout of the season. The team improves to 11-3-1 overall and 5-0-1 in conference play. The game was scoreless through halftime until the 74th minute, when Dawson McCartney ’21 found Eduvie Ikoba ’19, who headed the ball into the net to put the Big Green up for good. The men were held to 11 shots throughout the game, while Cornell only took four. Justin Donawa ’19 and Tyler Dowse ’18 each took two shots on goal. Both teams played aggressively, as Cornell racked up 15 fouls while Dartmouth added nine. The Big Green celebrated Senior Day, recognizing tri-captains Matt Danilack ’18, Tyler Dowse ’18 and Wyatt Omsberg ’18, as well as Yima Asom ’18. The group of four make up Dartmouth’s first class in men’s soccer history to win four Ivy League titles in their four years playing for the Big Green. Women’s soccer closed its season
on Saturday with its first Ivy League win of the season over Cornell University, 1-0. The Big Green finish its season with a 7-10-0 record overall and a 1-6-0 conference record. Dartmouth held possession from the start and took the lead for good in the 22nd minute when co-captain Bianca Ribi ’18 found Erin Kawakami ’21 in the goal box. Kawakami took a shot from the center and put the ball into the left side of the net for her first collegiate goal. Kawakami finished her first year with one goal, 10 shots and three assists. Five of her shots came during Saturday’s game. Mariel Gordon ’21 made two saves on the day and got the win, playing the full 90 minutes of regulation. The Big Green took 16 shots, while Cornell took six. Cornell’s goalkeeper, Meghan Kennedy, made seven saves. Gordon finished her first year with four shutouts and 68 saves. The women honored Zainab Bakrin ’18, Brittany Champagne ’18, Lindsay Knutson ’18, Gia Parker ’18 and Ribi for Senior Day.
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Fall Champion
By CAITLYN MCGOVER
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Men’s Soccer
Women’s Soccer
The men’s soccer team clinched a piece of the Ivy League title for the fourth year in a row. The team started off with two losses against top opponents Michigan State University and University of Michigan. However, upon returning to New England, the men’s soccer team found its footing with a nine-game unbeaten-streak. Despite a midseason loss to then-No. 18 University of New Hampshire, the team bounced back with a three-game win-streak, moving it to No. 19 in the country and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
The women’s soccer team started the year off with a pair of victories at home against Florida International University and Stony Brook University. After a road trip to California, the team fell to 2-2 on the season. The team fell into a rut as conference play began, but in the last game of the season, the women pulled off its first conference win, shutting out Cornell University 1-0.
Big Win: vs. Harvard
Dartmouth played a tough defensive game against Harvard University on Oct. 28, maintaining tight control of the ball throughout the 90 minutes of play. Despite the fierce attack, Harvard’s goalie kept the game scoreless through 89 minutes of play. With one minute left, tri-captain Matt Danilack ’18 bicycle-kicked the ball into the net off a cross by Justin Donawa ’19. The win kept Dartmouth in control of first place in the Ivy League.
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Ivy Standings Team 1. Dartmouth 2. Columbia 3. Brown 4. Princeton 5. Cornell 6. Harvard 6. Yale 8. Penn
Points 16 13 8 8 7 5 5 4
30 shots taken against Harvard, the most shots taken during a single game in the last four years
Bianca Ribi ’18
As one of the co-captains for the women’s soccer team, Bianca Ribi ’18 has led the team on offense. The senior forward leads the Big Green in assists with five, having played a pivotal role in the Big Green’s four shutout wins against Albany, Cornell, FIU and UMass Lowell. Her three goals on the season helped the Big Green to wins against Stony Brook University and Quinnipiac University.
Ivy Standings Team 1. Princeton 2. Columbia 3. Yale 4. Brown 5. Penn 6. Harvard 7. Dartmouth 8. Cornell
Critical Loss:
Points 18 16 13 12 10 7 3 2
vs. Columbia
In the matchup against the University of Pennsylvania, the women led a fierce offensive strike, outshooting the Quakers 15-8. Although the Quakers were able to pull out the victory, Dartmouth played a close match, keeping Penn scoreless through 97 minutes of play. Mariel Gordon ’21 made three saves in the loss.
Women’s Rugby
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The men and women started the fall season strong with a first-place finish at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational. At the New England Championships, the men had a strong showing, finishing in fifth while Will Shafer ’18 received All-New England honors. The women placed among the top three teams in four of its six competitions. In the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the women placed second while the men ran its way to fifth place.
Standout Performer: Olivia Lantz ’19 Lantz set the pace this season for the women’s team, finishing in the top 10 in three of her four races. She won the women’s individual title at Dartmouth’s home meet before earning FirstTeam All-Ivy honors with a fifth-place finish at the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship.
Men’s Heps Standings
Women’s Heps Standings
Team 1. Princeton 2. Columbia 3. Penn 4. Cornell 5. Dartmouth 6. Yale 7. Brown 8. Harvard
Team 1. Columbia 2. Dartmouth 3. Yale 4. Princeton 5. Cornell 6. Brown 7. Penn 8. Harvard
Points 28 43 91 131 138 158 164 189
Standout Performer:
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Points 66 73 89 98 106 132 139 214
Women’s rugby has put together an undefeated season thus far. The team got off to a strong start, defeating the No. 1 ranked Quinnipiac University 22-17 and No. 3 United States Military Academy 45-7. Following these two wins, the team entered conference play, shutting out Brown University and Princeton University 28-0 and 57-0, respectively, while conceding 10 points in a 39-10 victory over Harvard University in its one away game of the season. In the Ivy Rugby Championship, the team faced Harvard again, this time winning 22-8, to give the Big Green its third-straight Ivy League crown.
Key Matchup
The Big Green opened its season by defeating No. 1 Quinnipiac University 22-17. Captain Frankie Sands ’18 had two tries, while Lilly Durbin ’21 and Idia Ihensehkien ’21 kicked off their Big Green careers with a try each. Dartmouth held Quinnipiac scoreless through the first half and kept the pressure on throughout the remainder of the game. The win set up the Big Green for what has been an undefeated season thus far.
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Ivy Standings Varsity Team 1. Dartmouth 2. Harvard 2. Brown 4. Princeton
Record 4-0 2-2 2-2 0-4
Club Team 1. Penn 1. Yale 3. Cornell 4. Columbia
Record 5-1 5-1 2-4 0-6
2 ranking in the latest NIRA poll behind only Quinnipiac University
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Football
Field Hockey
The Big Green started the season out strong clinching four late game wins early in the season, en route to an undefeated 5-0 record and a tie for first in the conference. In a battle of undefeated teams, Dartmouth fell 22-17 to Columbia University. With the loss to Columbia, Dartmouth tried to bounce back with a win over Harvard, but a second-straight nail-biting loss moved Dartmouth to 5-2. Over the weekend, Dartmouth faced Cornell University and held the Big Red scoreless to secure the Big Green’s first win in three weeks.
Field hockey had a rollercoaster season, beginning with two losses, before tying its overall record at 2-2 with wins over Rider University and Bryant University. After three straight losses, including a 5-0 defeat to Princeton University, the Big Green stood at 2-5. Dartmouth rallied to two straight 3-2 wins, including a shootout thriller over Brown University, to bring its record to 4-5. After falling into another three-game slump, the Big Green rebounded with a three-game win streak. The team bookended its season with two losses for a total record of 7-10.
Championship scenario
For Dartmouth to win the Ivy League title outright, the Big Green needs to defeat both Brown University and Princeton University. Yale University, which currently sits in first place in the Ivy League with a 4-1 record, would need to lose both of its last two games against Princeton and Harvard University. Harvard would have to lose to the University of Pennsylvania then defeat Yale in order to eliminate the possibility of a tie with Dartmouth. Cornell would have to lose to Penn and beat Columbia for Dartmouth to win.
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Ivy Standings Team 1. Yale 2. Columbia 2. Dartmouth 2. Harvard 2. Cornell 6. Princeton 6. Penn 8. Brown
Critical Loss:
Record 4-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 2-3 2-3 0-5
vs. Columbia
On Oct. 21, in a matchup of two undefeated teams, Columbia University came away with a 22-17 victory after Dartmouth made two late drives to Columbia’s six- and seven-yard line but was unable to cross the goal line for a touchdown.
Big Win: vs. Brown
On Sept. 30, Dartmouth picked up its first conference win of the season in a 3-2 victory against Brown and its first win in the Ivy League since beating Yale on Oct. 17, 2015. The Big Green endured two lightning delays and played two overtimes over the 3 hour, 36-minute marathon contest. After two overtimes, the score remained tied and sent the teams to a two section shootout, with Kira Koehler ’21 sealing the victory for the Big Green with a goal in the seventh round.
Volleyball
Sailing
Volleyball alternated between victories and losses until it hit a three-game losing streak against Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University in early October. The Big Green ended its skid with a win over Brown University but followed with a second three-game losing streak. For a second time, Dartmouth stopped its downhill slide against Brown. There are still two games left in the season, against Penn on Friday and Princeton on Saturday.
The sailing teams had many strong showings this season, including their second-place finish during the first weekend of competition at the Toni Deutsch Women’s Trophy in Cambridge, Massachusetts early in the season. The Big Green continued its strong performance, earning third place at the Loder Trophy and first at the Saint Mary’s College Fall Open. Dartmouth carried its momentum into the Captain Hurst and Mrs. Hurst races, taking second at both. The teams will look to end their fall season on another strong note at the Atlantic Coast Championship this weekend.
Standout Performer: Carly Tower ’20
Tower recorded 87 blocks this season, which accounts for almost half of the team’s total this year. Last season, Tower recorded 27 blocks, less than a third of what she was able to accomplish this fall. Tower dominated the court with 306 total attacks and 119 kills. She recorded a season-high 10 kills against Brown on Nov. 3.
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Ivy Standings Team 1. Princeton 1. Yale 3. Harvard 3. Penn 5. Cornell 6. Columbia 6. Dartmouth 8. Brown
Record 9-3 9-3 7-5 7-5 6-6 4-8 4-8 2-10
780 number of kills by the Big Green, fewest in the Ivy League by 168
eliminated
Ivy Standings Team 1. Princeton 2. Harvard 3. Columbia 3. Penn 5. Cornell 6. Yale 6. Dartmouth 8. Brown
Record 7-0 6-1 4-3 4-3 3-4 2-5 2-5 0-7
3.82 average number of goals against, the second-highest opponent average in the Ivy League
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KeyRegatta:St.Mary’s Fall Interconference
The high point of the fall coed season was a convincing 20-point win at the St. Mary’s Fall Interconference regatta. Rebecca McElvain ’19 and Christopher Williford ’19 had seven top-five finishes in Division A to propel the Big Green to victory.
Sailing World Women’s Standings
Sailing World Coed Standings
Team 4. Yale 6. Dartmouth 14. Brown 17. Harvard 20. Cornell
clinched
Points 291 245 120 72 34
Team 1. Yale 4. Dartmouth 5. Brown 12. Cornell 17. Harvard
Points 334 272 270 134 58
*standings according to Sailing World’s Top 20 poll
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Solid defense gives football team an edge over Cornell University By JAKE PHILHOWER The Dartmouth
As the season comes to a close, each matchup becomes a do-or-die for the football team. Saturday’s matchup with Cornell University was no different — a loss would have ended any realistic hopes for a piece of the Ivy League crown. This week, the defense starred, holding together a 10-0 shutout at Memorial Field on Saturday. “It’s certainly nice to win again,” football head coach Buddy Teevens ’79 said after the game. “I’m very proud of our defense [in producing] a shutout against a very physical football team.” The matchup was a battle between two of the better defenses in the Ivy League. The Big Green and Big Red are second and third in the Ivy League in points allowed, respectively. The best indication of the defense’s strength: how little they were on the field. Throughout the game, the defense showed an ability to play soundly and get off the field before Cornell was able to put a long drive together. The decisive blow in the game came early, something that Dartmouth had not done this season. On the second
drive of the game, Jack Heneghan ’18 connected with Hunter Hagdorn ’20 for a 23-yard touchdown pass, giving the Big Green an early first-half lead. Running back Ryder Stone ’18 had a career-high 119 yards on 28 carries to help the team possess the ball for over 35 minutes. He credited his success on Saturday to effective blocking from the offensive line. “We knew we needed to run the clock out, and we knew we just needed to get the job done,” Stone said. “The guys up front were blocking really well today — it was awesome.” In a game that featured 23 punts between the two sides, the matchup became all about field position and grinding down the clock. While Cornell had several drives that started in Dartmouth’s half of the field, the Big Green defense was consistently able to come up with the plays necessary to keep Cornell off the scoreboard. As the game progressed, neither team seemed to make much headway or show signs of producing an explosive play. Dartmouth suffered an interception as well as a crucial turnover on downs but was still able to preserve the 7-0 lead going into
halftime. In the second half, neither team gained advantage; the third quarter and much of the fourth featured drives that ended exclusively in punts. Neither team displayed any threat to produce a game-changing blow, despite Cornell’s good field position after short punts. However, with just over 6:44 left in the quarter, the Big Green was in a bit of trouble. After a three-and-out, Dartmouth punted from its own 23-yard line, but only netted a punt of 21 yards, giving the Big Red the chance to put together a touchdown drive and tie the game. However, with 6:07 left in the game, Isiah Swann ’20 intercepted a pass by the Big Red’s quarterback Dalton Banks to give the Big Green the ball with six minutes remaining. “Wewereinman-to-mancoverage,” Swann said. “I was closing in on my guy, and the ball went right through his hands, and I just stuck a hand up and it stuck on my hand and my shoulder pad when I came down with it.” With the ball and the ability to run the clock down, Dartmouth was in a good spot. The offense needed to execute a long drive to clinch a
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The football team still has a chance to earn a share of the Ivy League title.
victory. In a drive that featured six rushes from Stone, the offense was able to produce an 11-play, 37-yard drive which concluded with a 33-yard field goal from David Smith ’18. This kick all but sealed the fate of the Big Red, finishing Dartmouth’s first shutout in four years. “As a defense, we really wanted to put together a complete game,” defensive lineman Rocco Di Leo ’18 said. “Today was the first day we were able to put everything together.” Di Leo had a standout performance for the Big Green, delivering eight tackles. Collectively, the defense was able to record two sacks while only allowing 12 first downs, but these numbers fail to describe how truly dominant the Big Green’s defensive
front was throughout the game. The Big Green still has hope for the Ivy League crown. Yale University currently stands alone with only one loss in Ivy League play, but the Bulldogs have two tough games to finish out their schedule against Princeton University, who has the Ivy League’s most prolific offense, and Harvard University. Dartmouth is in a dead heat for second place with Columbia University, Cornell and Harvard. In order to have a shot at claiming part of the Ivy League title, the Big Green needs to win its last two games against Brown University and Princeton. Dartmouth returns to action this weekend against Brown at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Kickoff is set for Friday at 8 p.m.
Men’s soccer team wins fourth Ivy title, women win first Ivy game By MICHAEL CLEARY The Dartmouth
Dartmouth soccer had its best weekend of the season as both the men and women defeated Cornell University at home. The men’s team clinched a share of the Ivy League title with a 1-0 win, while the women overcame frustrating results earlier in the season with a 1-0 win to get their first conference win to close out the season. Both teams had their final home games and celebrated their seniors during Senior Day. The seniors on the men’s team, including tri-captains Matt Danilack ’18, Tyler Dowse ’18 and Wyatt Omsberg ’18, as well as Yima Asom ’18, have had a decorated four years playing for the Big Green, helping the team to an Ivy League crown all four years. This senior class is the only class in Dartmouth history to win four Ivy League titles. “They’ve contributed a lot during their time at Dartmouth,” Eduvie Ikoba ’19 said of the senior class. “I am happy to have shared a lot of my time with them, and there are sentimental feelings all around. They’re leaders, and I’m grateful to have shared time with them.” The women celebrated the end of the season by honoring the team’s seniors, Zainab Bakrin ’18, Brittany Champagne ’18 and Lindsay Knutson ’18, as well as captains Gia Parker ’18 and Bianca Ribi ’18. “It’s a hard time on me as a coach,” women’s soccer head coach Ron Rainey
said. “These players have put in four years of hard work. It’s tough to lose them, because they really pushed the rest of this team to improve, but I’m excited to see what they do next with their lives.” The men recognized Saturday’s game as a crucial point in their season with the Ivy League title on the line. The team returned to its early season success by hanging onto a clean sheet and winning on Ikoba’s header. With his eighth goal, Ikoba extended his team lead in goals to three. “We’ve watched a lot of Cornell, and we knew they would challenge us,” men’s head coach Chad Riley said. “It was like a cup final. We had the automatic bid on the line, and we were a bit nervy but we got a good start to the game with some early chances. Cornell pushed back but never threatened too much. In the second half, we knew we had 45 minutes to get a result, and we kept pushing until we got the goal we needed.” Ikoba’s goal came on a header off a pass from Dawson McCartney ’21 in the 74th minute. “Wehadacounterattackopportunity that started with Justin [Donawa ’19] coming down the side, who did well to make space,” Ikoba said. “I made a run to the near post initially, but it went to [Danilack] instead. He passed it back out, and that movement created some space that led to me getting a free header. I was lucky to get such a good chance and glad I scored.” The win against Cornell was a great demonstration of the men’s
consistency, both over the course of this season and over the last few seasons. The team seldom had a poor performance, especially in its five Ivy League wins this season. In addition, the team’s conference win for the fourth consecutive year shows the ability to consistently reach an impressive level of play. “We’ve done so well not based on individual strengths, but as a group we’re really united,” Ikoba said. “It helps a lot when you have not just the starting 11 but four, five or more guys off the bench that each have something to contribute. Even those who don’t play work hard in practice and push each other. It doesn’t seem to be that important but adding it all up, it can be the difference in games against other good teams. It goes a long way.” The women had a good amount of control in their game against Cornell and took 16 shots, 10 more shots than the opposition but knew that this was no guarantee of success. Despite strong play in some other Ivy League games, the women had yet to win a game in conference play, suffering tight losses at the end of games. “We’ve had some tough ones in overtime, but everybody on the team has just stayed patient and kept trying to do what we do well,” Rainey said. “You can have a lot of chances, a lot of pressure and still not score.” This was not the case against Cornell. The breakthrough came from Erin Kawakami ’21 on an assist from Ribi in the 22nd minute. “It was a great play by Ribi,”
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The men’s soccer team clinched its fourth straight Ivy League title.
Rainey said. “It’s something we’ve been working on, making runs forward when somebody doesn’t have pressure on them. We get behind the defense, and this time it worked as it was supposed to.” Ribi found Kawakami from her advanced position, and Kawakami finished impressively. “I’m proud of the goal,” Rainey said. “It was a real highlight goal, a great finish by Kawakami.” Although the result seems to stand out from the rest of the season, the flow of the game was not unlike other games this year. “I think [the win] had been coming for a while,” Rainey said. “Everything evens out over time, and that’s what happened when we were losing games where we played well. We just had to be resilient, and eventually we got the win in a close game. Hopefully it will continue to next season, and we can win a few more games like this.” After going ahead, it took a good defensive showing for Dartmouth to get the shutout and hang on to the win after a second goal proved elusive. “Defensively, we really tried to snuff out counterattacks,” Rainey said. “We either tried to cut it off immediately or be patient and slow down the attack
while we got numbers back. With a one goal lead, we always want to get a second goal, but we couldn’t get it, so we made sure our defense was strong at the end of the game. They needed something special for a tying goal and couldn’t find it.” The men have exciting play coming up this week against Brown University and then in the NCAA tournament. A win against Brown could place them into the top-16 teams, which grants them home-field advantage and firstround byes. “Next week is a really big game,” Ikoba said. “We want a first-round bye and home field advantage in the tournament, and we need to get a win and make sure we have a place in the top 16. We have finals week to worry about, so everybody is motivated to play well and get a first round bye.” The team recognizes that despite the win, it isn’t time to celebrate. “The entire team is excited,” Riley said. “We’re really proud of the focus of the entire group to make it this far, not just the players on the field. At this time of year, it’s important to focus and these guys live to compete. The NCAA tournament is going to be on the back of people’s minds; the team knows we still have a lot to play for.”
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Mental and physical preparation helps rugby to three Ivy titles By LAUREN BROWN The Dartmouth
With last Saturday’s 22-8 victory over Harvard University, the rugby team has now won three Ivy League Championships in the three years since it became a varsity program in 2015. Since the women’s rugby club transitioned to varsity status, the team has never looked better. The women are still undefeated, boasting a 15s campaign in which the Big Green won four games by more than 20 points. The championship match was the second meeting between the Crimson and the Big Green this season. Dartmouth won the first matchup in Cambridge, Massachusetts by a score of 39-10. The championship match was closer. “It was definitely a tough match,” co-captain Morgan McGonagle ’18 said. “It always is against Harvard.” Head coach Katie Dowty spent the past two weeks after the mid-October match against Brown University drilling the team on offensive play. But against the Crimson, the Big Green found itself often playing defense more often than not. Even while winning the possession battle, Harvard struggled to make headway against a determined Big Green side. Three of the Crimson’s eight points came on a kick at the end of the first half. A lone try as time expired in the second half
made up the other five points. When Dartmouth did have the ball, it did not waste an opportunity to score. Co-captain Frankie Sands ’18 scored the first try on an interception just six minutes in and tacked on another in the 34th minute. “When [Sands] intercepted a pass and scored a try, that’s what got the momentum going,” Kat Ramage ’19 said. “We were all like, ‘All right, we can do this.’” Then the team began to work together more fluidly. Any rust from the two-week break had been brushed off. Becca Jane Rosko ’20 got into the try zone in the 24th minute following a Harvard penalty, before Sands scored her second of the game. “Everything was coming together,” Idia Ihensekhien ’21 said. “We were playing more for each other … we tried to put ourselves in a position that was better for our teammates to succeed.” Physically, the team worked on improving its fitness with every practice, incorporating strengthbuilding and cardiovascular training, Ihensekhien said. The group paid particular attention to the movements of the game, tightening footwork and fixing small mistakes. “We have a really good defense; that’s what we pride ourselves on … so [we’re] trying to clean that up and be as good as we can be,” Ramage said. “Offense is what we’ve been
spending a lot of time on, trying to get everyone comfortable with moving the ball around the field.” Mental preparation is also critical. To help the player find a balance between getting excited for a big game and getting carried away, the coaching staff makes sure the players have time to breathe, relax and visualize the upcoming competition. “It’s like meditation,” Ihensekhien said. “We lie down and [assistant coach Stacey] Bridges will talk to us. We did it before the game, too, in the locker room … it slows your heart rate down [and] lets you focus.” In addition to Dartmouth’s sustained success, Ihensekhien said the team focuses on having a high rugby IQ. “We have a really good knowledge of the game,” Ihensekhien said. “There’s different parts of the game that we’re looking at that other teams aren’t.” The team also makes a point of preparing heavily for the fall season months before the heavy competition, hammering out leadership details and internalizing motivational slogans during the spring. By the time the first-years arrive, the team identity is already set up and well-structured, so the real obstacle is helping them fit in with the team, whether they are recruits adjusting to college play or walk-ons learning the sport for the
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The rugby team won its third consecutive Ivy League Championship.
very first time. “The freshmen aren’t joining a newly-developing team,” Sands said. “They’re walking into a place with solid values and a consistent, developed team atmosphere, and it doesn’t take long to catch onto the identity of the team.” The players strive to build a program tied together by shared values. “We obviously focus on being the best team and the best players, but we go about that by building really great people,” Sands said. “We really want to focus on your character and who you are as a person, because that’s
what will transition over onto the pitch when we’re playing for 80 minutes. I want to play next to someone I trust 100 percent.” The team atmosphere is one constant in the rugby team’s third year of varsity success. It’s not just a positive side effect of a great team — it’s a factor that really counts in deciding the strength of a team. “All of us really vibe and love each other,” Ramage said. “I think that’s what sets us apart from other teams. When we’re out there on the field, we’re playing for each other, and that’s why we can push and play with so much heart.”
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Idyllic fall scenes from Morton Farm, home of the Dartmouth equestrian team By SABA NEJAD The Dartmouth
Winning first place at a show earns a rider seven points followed by five points for second place, four points for third place and so on through sixth place. The team manager keeps track of the points at the show and throughout the season. Only the designated point riders on a team earn points in a show. Each class can only have one point rider per team. “A truly great rider is one that can adapt the correct riding habits to each horse in a sympathetic way,” Nathalie Ferneau ’18 said. The equestrian team has competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association since 1980. The team operated under the Dartmouth Outing Club for years but moved to the athletic department in 2010, according to head coach Sally Batton. Batton, who has coached the team for 27 years, has an unconventional roster-building approach. “Unlike other sports where recruited athletes have an automatic spot on the roster, all riders, even returning and recruited athletes, have to go through tryouts each September,” Batton said. Potential incoming riders submit a video and a riding bio to Batton for evaluation.
Equestrian riders compete in eight classes on the flat and over fences. The fall season consists of seven or eight shows followed by the Ivy League Championship show, regionals, zones and nationals in the spring. “When we host a show at home, the whole team has to work together to make the show run smoothly,” Holly Langley ’19 said. Riders are responsible for holding the horses and getting them ready at the right time. They also play other roles, from horsemaster to ringmaster to announcer.
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