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Skiing teams to compete at NCAA Championships p. 8 Men’s hockey to rebuild after tough season p. 6 Track teams finish indoor seasons p. 7 NARP Meets World with Matt Yuen ’19 p. 6 The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3
Looking back at the rookie coaches of winter sports A review of first-year coaches and their teams’ performances p. 4-5 By Nathan Albrinck, Samantha Hussey & Jonathan Katzman
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Compiled by Mark Cui, GAYNE KALUSTIAN, JONATHAN KATZMAN AND EVAN MORGAN
SAILING A week after the women’s sailing team placed fourth in the Charleston Women’s regatta, several sailors traveled to Charleston, South Carolina for the Bob Bavier Team Race on March 4 to 5. Dartmouth’s coed contingent included skippers Charles Lalumiere ’17, Jack McGraw ’20 and Christopher Williford ’19 and crews Rebecca McElvain ’19, Mary Amis ’19, Sophie Kerr ’17 and
Nate Greason ’17. The Big Green went 4-5 in the first round but picked things up with a 6-3 record in the second round, including a win in a matchup against the United States Naval Academy. The Big Green competed in the round robin event but lost to the University of Charleston, Georgetown University and the Navy to place fourth out of 10 teams.
SQUASH Four members of the men’s squash team competed in the College Squash Association Individual Championship held at the Berry Squash Courts. On Day one, the Big Green split its matches 2-2. Carson Spahr ’19 and Sam Epley ’19 both claimed victories, while Brandon De Otaduy ’20 and Alvin Heumann ’18 both lost. Heumann was the only Big Green player to compete in the Pool Division of the top 16 seeds in the country. On Day two, De Otaduy was the only Big Green player to advance, defeating both Hobart College’s Felipe Pantel and Josh Oakley. Heumann defeated Yale University’s T.J. Dembinski, who was forced to retire due to an injury, before barely falling to Trinity College’s Michael Craig 3-2. Epley fell to Yale’s Spencer Lovejoy. Spahr defeated the United States Naval Academy’s Jack Herold, then fell to Lovejoy as well. On Day three, De Otaduy defeated Yale’s Pierson Broadwater 3-1 to claim the consolation round of the Molloy South Division. On the women’s side, five Dartmouth
players competed in Day one of the CSA Individual Championship. Jacqueline Barnes ’17 and Annie Blasberg ’20 both won with final scores of 3-1 and 3-0 to advance to the next round. Julia Potter ’20, Becky Brownell ’18 and Janel Gaube ’18 all lost. On Day two, Barnes defeated Princeton University’s Madison Soukup 3-1 but was forced to retire against Alexandra Toth due to an injury. Blasberg lost to Trinity’s Jennifer Haley to conclude her rookie season. The three Big Green participants who lost on Day one all won on Day two. Potter defeated both her opponents to advance to the consolation round finals. After falling behind 2-0, Brownell rallied to defeat Drexel University’s Fiona Power 3-2 to advance to the consolation round. Gaube beat both Wellesley College’s Meera Nayar and Denison University’s Anandita Gupta to advance to the consolation round. On Day three, all three Big Green members who advanced to the consolation finals lost. Potter dropped her match 3-2 while Gaube lost 3-1.
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After dropping two road games this past weekend to Yale University, the men’s hockey team ended its season.
The men’s hockey team (10-18-3) ended its season by dropping a pair of road games to Yale University Bulldogs in the first round of the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. The Big Green came out shaky on Friday night, losing to the Bulldogs 6-1, before skating to a 2-2 tie on Saturday and ultimately losing on an overtime goal by Yale sophomore Andrew Gaus. Assistant captain Grant Opperman ’17 was the only senior to score — his eighth goal of
the season — in what turned out to be the final weekend of play for Opperman, Troy Crema ’17, Josh Hartley ’17 and Kyle Nickerson ’17. Crema, in 32 games played, lead the team with 29 points on 17 goals and 12 assists. The Toronto, Ontario native is the only Big Green player on the team to earn All-Ivy honors this year, making the first team. Among Ivy League skaters, Crema took second in conference points, behind only Harvard University’s sophomore Ryan Donato, also a member of the first team.
TENNIS
The men’s tennis team downed Boston University 7-0 on Friday in its last dual match for two weeks. The duos of George Wall ’17 and David Horneffer ’20 and Diego Pedraza ’17 and Roko Glasnovic ’19 secured the doubles point for the Big Green. Wall’s singles match against BU’s Mario Sandoval was the only one that needed a third set, but he defeated 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The rest of the Terriers were dispatched in straight sets. During spring break, the men will head south for a five-match road trip through Texas and Louisiana. The team will face ranked teams such as No. 34 Rice University and No. 20 Tulane University.
The women’s tennis team came closest to losing a set at the No. 3 doubles position, where Jacqueline Crawford ’17 and Allison McCann ’20 snagged a 7-6 win. That followed an easy 6-0 victory by Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 at No. 1. The Big Green clinched the match early in singles after Ng, Racquel Lyn ’20 and Chuyang Guan ’20 triumphed in straight sets. The women will spend spring break on the California coast with matches against the University of San Diego, San Diego State University, California State University, Long Beach and the University of Denver.
LACROSSE The women’s lacrosse team split the week, defeating Boston University 19-7 on the road Wednesday but falling to Columbia University 1710 in the Ivy League opener on Sunday. The loss to the Lions was the Big Green’s first of the season. Minutes into the game on Wednesday, the Big Green pulled ahead of BU and never looked back, scoring 10 goals in the first half alone. Elizabeth Mastrio ’19 and Taryn Deck ’17 led the team in scoring against the Terriers with five and four goals, respectively. Against Columbia, Kathryn Giroux ’19 drew first blood, opening the scoring just seconds into the game. The two teams mostly traded goals, ending the first half at 8-6 with a two-goal advantage for Columbia. In the second half, the Big Green faded, scoring just four goals to Columbia’s nine. The women’s lacrosse team will take a break from games until after finals when it will host the University of Southern California in Hanover on March 17 at 3:00 p.m. The men’s lacrosse team emerged victorious over visiting University of Vermont 11-9 last Tuesday before dropping a heart breaking double-overtime road tilt 7-6 to Wagner College in Staten Island,
New York this past Saturday. Going into the fourth stanza on Tuesday, the Big Green led the Catamounts 10-5 with Dartmouth’s Richie Loftus ’18 leading the field with five goals. Vermont staged a comeback attempt in the final quarter, notching four goals — two from Ben French, who, by the final whistle had five goals of his own. Goalie George Christopher ’20 came up big for Dartmouth with seven saves in the fourth quarter of what was only his third collegiate game. Cameron Nolting ’19 tallied the Big Green’s final goal of the game, giving Dartmouth a bit of breathing room in the final minutes to stave off the surging Catamounts. Against Wagner on Saturday, it was Dartmouth that staged a comeback in the closing quarter, knotting the score at 6-6 with three goals in the final ten minutes — two coming from Ben Martin ’20. After an overtime stalemate, the game pushed into double overtime when Wagner’s Paul DeVita found the back of the net to end the game. The Big Green, now 1-3 overall, will fight through finals next weekend to play its next game at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday, March 18.
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BASKETBALL The women’s basketball team wrapped up the 20162017 season with a two-game homestand against the top two teams in the Ivy League standings. League-champion University of Pennsylvania visited Leede Arena on Friday and dealt the Big Green a 60-47 loss. In the opening quarter, Dartmouth had an edge on the Quakers, and the quarter ended with a 19-14 Dartmouth advantage. But the visitors found life in the second quarter and led 31-24 at halftime. Down 45-30 with 4:01 remaining in the third quarter, Dartmouth mounted a 15-0 offensive and tied things up at 45 apiece. That was the end of the upset bid as Penn’s Michelle Nwodeki scored the next eight points, putting the game out of reach for the home team. Saturday was Senior Night and a fitting sendoff for Fanni Szabo ’17, the Big Green’s lone senior. In a 58-56 win over Princeton University, Szabo tallied 12 points, passing Liz Walter ’89 for 10th on Dartmouth’s all-time scoring list with 1,286 points. For the second night in a row, Dartmouth had a quality defensive start. The Tigers were just 6-of-34 from the field in the first half, while the Big Green sank 10-of-22 on its way to a 24-18 halftime lead. Dartmouth held the advantage for the rest of the contest, and though Princeton’s Taylor Brown brought the Tigers’ deficit down to two with 0:44 left, the Big Green defense held on for the win. After splitting its last two games, the women finished the season 8-19 overall and
3-11 in the Ivy League, sharing the conference basement with Columbia University. In order to make the first-ever Ivy League men’s basketball tournament, Dartmouth needed strong play and a lot of help. The Big Green got both on Friday night. Saturday was not so kind. The single playoff scenario was straightforward: Dartmouth needed to win out, and Penn and Columbia each had to lose their remaining games. The Big Green kept its dream alive on Friday night in a thrilling 76-74 win at Penn. As usual, Evan Boudreaux ’19 was Dartmouth’s offensive leader, racking up 16 points and 12 boards for his Ivy Leagueleading 15th double-double of the season. In a back-and-forth affair at the Palestra, Dartmouth sank 13-of-27 from behind the arc while holding the Quakers to 26.7 percent on 3-point shooting. With 1:19 to play, a Penn jumper tied the game at 72. But the Big Green defense forced Penn’s Darnell Foreman into a difficult shot as time wound down, giving Dartmouth the win. With the season on the line at Princeton, the Big Green’s miracle playoff bid went off the rails. The Tigers led by as many as 43 points on their way to the first perfect Ivy League season in nine years. Even with a win over Princeton, Penn’s victory against Harvard University would have denied Dartmouth a spot in the Ivy League tournament. After losing 85-48 to the Tigers to end its season, the men’s team finished with a 7-20 overall and 4-10 in league play, tying with Cornell University and Brown University for last place in the Ancient Eight.
SOFTBALL In the Dr. Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tour nament in Kennesaw, Georgia spanning from Friday to Saturday, the softball team finished 0-4. In its fi rst match, the team fell to University of Alabama at Birmingham 11-5. While the Big Green rallied to come within three runs by the bottom of the fifth, the Blazers put the game away by keeping Dartmouth scoreless and scoring three of their own in the seventh inning. In the same day, the team also lost to Kennesaw State University 9-0. The home team’s Alley Cutting pitched a perfect game with eight strikeouts.
On Saturday, the team fell again to Kennesaw State 9-5. The home team scored six runs off of Morgan Ebow ’20 in the first inning. While the Big Green scored three in the second inning, fueled by Calista Almer ’20’s two-RBI double, the home team’s fast start was too much to overcome. In its final match of the tournament, the team fell to the University of Akron 4-0. Maddie Damore ’17 hit a double in the fourth with only one out to give the Big Green its best scoring chance of the game, but the team was unable to capitalize. After the weekend, the team is now 0-8-1.
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Laura Schuler
women’s ice hockey Previously: assistant coach at University of Minnesota-Duluth
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Rebuilding and progress were the two overlying themes of women’s icy hockey head coach Laura Schuler’s initial season at the helm of a program that lost three of its top four scorers from 2015-2016 2016-2017 the previous season. By analyzing her team’s performance at the beginning of Record Record the 2016-2017 season, it was clear that 6-19-3 7-21 the transition to the top of the ECAC Goals per game Goals per game standings would take time. Quality 1.82 1.36 shot attempts were limited, the defense Penalty kill % Penalty kill % sometimes looked a step behind its 86.6 88.2 opponent and impressive goal tending from Robyn Chemago ’17 was typically the only reason most scores were not more lopsided. Chemago finished with a career-high .928 save percentage this season, which ranked top-25 nationally. Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17 eclipsed a career high in goals with 11 en route to earning second Team All-Ivy honors with Chemago. Statistically, this season’s measurements would hardly infer progress during a 7-21 season. The Big Green recorded lower totals for shots on goal, power play conversion and goals per game than last year’s team, though it did pick up an additional victory. All hope lies in strategic changes to Dartmouth’s game plan. Among the notable foundational changes that Schuler installed were offensive zone play contingent upon maintaining possession, taking quality shots and taking more pucks to the net, as well as adding a layer to the defensive zone. The philosophy behind the defensive change is that an additional defensive player off the puck, the “layer,” is quicker to provide support and take possession of the puck if the first player pins an opponent in the corner. Both showed toward the end of the season, particularly in tight losses to No. 3 Clarkson University and No. 5 St. Lawrence University, as well as in the team’s 4-1 win over Yale University in its final game. “We are finally starting to click in her systems, and she provides such great coaching,” forward said Alyssa Baker ’19 after the team’s heartbreaking one-goal loss to St. Lawrence on Feb. 4. “Schuler has been fantastic, and we are definitely excited about the future.” Assistant-captain Eleni Tebano ’17 also noted the positive changes attributed to Schuler’s coaching style. Schuler herself has been insistent that her returning players are on board with her emphasis on smart yet aggressive play. Despite the visible progress and returning players confident that Schuler’s systems and coaching style will bring more wins to Hanover, it is tough to argue with a 7-21 overall record. An arrival of Olympic-caliber talent from Canada, which Schuler should be in a position to attract given her position as head coach of the Canadian national team, will also make a big difference.
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Jamie Holder
men’s and women’s swimming and diving Previously: head coach at Georgetown University, assistant coach at Princeton University
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Entering his first season with Dartmouth swimming and diving, head coach James Holder inherited a last place Ivy League program for both the men’s and women’s teams. 2015-2016 2016-2017 Though both squads continued this trend, finishing last in the Ivy Ivy Championship Ivy Championship League for the third and fourth year points points in a row respectively, Holder did not concentrate on standings in his 532.5 (women) 358 (women) inaugural season. Instead, he chose to 491.5 (men) 561 (men) focus his attention on what his teams can control, specifically work ethic and race strategy. “We finished where I expected us to,” said Holder in a previous interview with The Dartmouth. “I didn’t anticipate that we would beat anybody this year, but I was really pleased by how we swam for both the men’s and women’s teams. We swam a lot of best times, which is what we’re measuring ourselves on.” Holder came to Hanover after six years as the head coach of Georgetown University swimming and diving, adopting the team from Jim Wilson, who retired after 23 seasons with Dartmouth. Despite the expected learning curve between Holder and his swimmers, the transition process between coaches was relatively trouble-free. “We tried to communicate well to establish what we wanted to get done and how we wanted to do it, and to align our goals and processes with [Holder],” Jack Cardwell ’18 said. “I think it really paid off and made for a smooth transition.” Assistant coaches Athena Miller and Eliot Scymanski were also in their first seasons with the team. With almost a complete coaching changeover, the new staff sought to revitalize a program that had become despondent in recent years. “My expectations [this season] were to start to change the culture and get us thinking a better mindset, in terms of being more competitive within our league, and I think we did a good job of that,” Holder said. Though the team did enjoy a home win over University of Massachusetts at the Dartmouth Invitational in January, success for Dartmouth swimming this season is seen most readily through the team’s intangibles. As the season progressed, Holder’s positive attitude and mentality rubbed off on the rest of the swimming program, specifically the upperclassmen who were accustomed to Wilson’s coaching system and style. “There is a definite rise in morale,” Hayley Winter ’18 said. “Holder brought a whole new excitement and energy to the team that I haven’t seen in a long time. People were a lot more optimistic and more engaged, which was exciting to see, whereas in previous years, it seemed kind of like a hopeless situation. Now, everyone’s getting back to why they enjoy swimming.”
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David McLaughlin
men’s basketball Previously: associate head coach at Northeastern University
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David McLaughlin took over the men’s basketball program in April 2016 after three years as an associate coach at Northeastern University. With him, he brought an entire new 2015-2016 2016-2017 coaching staff, a defensive mindset and a positive season outlook. Record Record From the outset, McLaughlin 10-18 7-20 demanded high-intensity practices FG% FG% and full effort. Based on their workouts .436 .432 in the offseason and preseason, the Scoring margin Scoring margin team had high expectations going into +0.1 -7.7 the regular season. Despite the team’s extensive preparation, the 2016-2017 Dartmouth men’s basketball season was very similar statistically to the disappointing 2015-2016 season. In both years, the team finished 4-10 in conference play and tied for sixth place overall among the Ancient Eight. The team averaged 1.7 less points per game this season, while giving up 3.1 more points per game. Dartmouth basketball lost its first nine out-of-conference games this season and headed into Ivy League conference play scrambling. “My coaching staff and I have been preaching that it’s a process and a daily improvement,” said McLaughlin in a previous interview with The Dartmouth toward the beginning of the season. “That’s what we’re striving for, and we’re looking to get better every day.” With the first ever four-team Ivy League Tournament looming at the end of the regular season, Dartmouth basketball could have started afresh heading into conference play. “Making the Ivy League tournament was one of our goals,” Guilien Smith ’19 said. “We didn’t accomplish it, but that was always in the back of our mind, whether we just played or had another game the next day.” Within Ivy League play, Dartmouth remained eligible for the postseason tournament until the last day of the regular season, when the team lost to Princeton University 85-48. Though the team posted a 4-10 record, eight of the matchups were decided by single digits, while all but one were decided by 16 points or less. McLaughlin maintained positivity through the frustrations this season. “He was super positive no matter happened,” Smith said. “Even if it seemed like a negative, he looked at it as a positive or a growing point. That actually helped us a lot with our confidence and to develop as players and people.” Heading into next season, the team looks to use this year as motivation and incorporate McLaughlin’s system more effectively. “I think we’re going to win more games because we’re more comfortable with the coaching style, and the coaches are more comfortable with the players that we have, so I think the adjustment period is almost over,” Smith said.
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Brayton Osgood
men’s Nordic skiing Previously: professional cross-country ski racer, World Cup wax technician
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A new addition to the coaching staff, men’s Nordic head coach Brayton Osgood ’03 competed for the Big Green, served as team captain and was a twotime NCAA All-American. He had an impressive 2015-2016 2016-2017 eight-year career from 2003 to 2011 as a professional cross-country ski racer, competing in an Under-23 Carnival record Carnival record (men’s Nordic) (men’s Nordic) World Championship, World Cup and multiple 0-6 4-2 U.S. Ski Team European Continental Cups. Prior to Podiums Podiums being named head coach, Osgood served as Nordic 7 15 assistant coach for the 2011-2012 season and worked in various positions around New England. Coming in as a new head coach, Osgood wanted to bring energy and love for the sport, characteristics he picked up as a Dartmouth undergraduate. “A lot of it feels similar [to when I was a student],” Osgood said. “It’s still very dedicated. People are still willing to go outside and work hard in all sorts of weather and tough conditions. There’s a great legacy of Dartmouth skiing and the tradition, and I really wanted to continue that. I don’t think it was so much bringing new as foster the ideas and attitudes that were prevalent when I was an undergrad.” Nordic team captain Fabian Stocek ’17 appreciates the perspective Osgood brings as a former Dartmouth student and skier. “[Osgood] understands the D-plan and the way classes and professors work at Dartmouth,” Stocek said. “Hence, he is very understanding of the time skiing already requires us to commit to and is sensitive to adding any extra on top. He also has great connections in the skiing world since he has waxed at the World Cup.” The skiing team as a whole is dominating the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association competitions consistently finishing in first place in majority of the EISA competitions. “They’ve been really good,” Osgood said. “I think one of the guys totaled it up and as a team we have won seven of the 12 EISA competitions for team score. We’ve had six or seven different guys score points for the team which means being in the top three on any given day. Our captain, Fabian Stocek has won eight of the 12 races this winter, which is just phenomenal. [Coming in,] I wanted to have high but realistic expectations coming in, and they’ve met and exceeded those. That’s just a testament to the hard work that they are willing to put in more than just me saying this is what you need to do. They are doing it and doing it well.” According to team members, this season Osgood has been focusing on the technical aspect of skiing. “He is very good about ski handling and waxing which makes a lot of a difference in races,” Stocek said. “He is also interested in the individual performances and does a good job remembering if someone wants to get better at something and helps them out with it a lot.” As for the future outlook of the team, the Big Green will see the return of some of its best skiers for the 2017-18 season, including Luke Brown ’18, Callan DeLine ’18 and Gavin McEwen ’19. As for short-term improvements, Osgood hopes the team will continue to establish itself as one of the best teams in the east, and looks forward to more tough competitions between other universities, such as Williams College, this season to continue to push the team to improve.
The End of NARP Two weeks ago we saw one of the g reatest retur ns ever experienced in sports history: like “Michael Jordan stepped out of retirement” great. If you haven’t guessed it by now, I’m talking about the spectacular return of NARP Meets World. But if you thought distance would make the hearts of my editors warmer, it is with a heavy heart that I inform you that is fake news. One would have assumed that writing one of the most authentic, if not the most popular series this paper has ever seen would be enough to appease the ravenous demands of the wolves I call my editors. I mean, such a refined
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product could only be the result of the soul I put into this NARPly column. Yet time and time again, we see that the greed of King Midas can never be satisfied. After a particularly long hiatus from the sports section, I finally decided to go to the sport’s section’s weekly story assignment meeting. I eagerly walked into the decrepit meeting room, expecting a warm greeting from two comrades I had not seen in a very long time — my sports editors. But true to the parable of the prodigal son, I quickly realized from their menacing snarls that these brothers were not looking forward to the lost son’s return. The room was brimming to the top with hostility and passive aggressiveness, feeling almost like I walked into the lion’s den itself. I personally think that this is faulty logic, but apparently not showing up to any meetings this whole term and writing non-sports-related columns on a haphazard basis is considered rude in the eyes of my editors. Petty, am I right? Yet I couldn’t help but sympathize with them — after all, they are mere mortals. To be honest, I should’ve expected this kind of reaction, for my absence had created a gaping hole in the very fabric that held the
sport’s section together. A pillar itself had been removed from The Dartmouth. How many times must we be reminded that a table cannot stand without its legs? Yet I hoped with all my heart that perhaps, just this once, my editors would show mercy on my pathetic being. I thought that my last column, with its particularly excellent quality and jokes, would have been enough to atone for my sins. I couldn’t have been more wrong. “So Matt, how about wrapping up the column this weekend?” “Yeah sure … Wait, you mean for good?” As my editors coldly stare into my soul, “Mhm.” I now know what King Claudius must have felt as he was stabbed in the back by his own kindred. Every single fiber in my body resisted. I tried counter arguments, appeals at pathos, peaceful protest. Alas, my efforts were in vain. These two sports editors finally did what the past editors could not: terminate this column. Like a chicken without its head, I mindlessly roamed the campus the next week with no particular aim or direction. We are all placed into this world for a reason, but with the termination of NARP Meets World, what’s left to tether me to this ethereal existence we call life?
In all seriousness, I will concede that the fate of this column is not (entirely) my editors’ fault. To be honest with you, it is because I will be taking orgo the next two terms, and I need to devote a bit of my soul to that class (surprise, I’m pre-med!). But as I wrap up this column, I would like to share some real thoughts that I’ve been mulling over while I still have a medium to do so. If we take a look at the trajectory of this column, a few classic themes appear: stacks, rigor and grimness. Overall, each column article capitalizes extensively on this idea of struggling. While I am a bit of a hypocrite for taking advantage of this ubiquitous struggle, I’d like to say this mentality isn’t necessarily healthy. I think there’s a bit of this false idea of success propagating throughout this campus: this idea that we have to always be busy in order to be a good student or that we also have to be working toward some goal to be a contributing member of society. We keep our eyes fixated at the finish line, but when will we take a moment to ask ourselves: “How am I doing?” Probably not often. Instead, how many times have we said to ourselves, “If I just graduate,” or “If I just get an A
in that class” or “If I just land that job,” everything will be all right? I’ll raise my hand to that one. If the idea is to do whatever it takes to reach the finish line then focus on ourselves, we’re never going to get there. The finish line keeps moving, further and further away, as we continue through our life journey. The sobering reality of the human condition is that we’re inclined to always want more after reaching these short-term goals. They’re nothing more than mere baton passes in this lifelong race, and in no time we’re going to be focusing all our energy on getting to the next checkpoint. I’m not telling you to abandon your goals or aspirations because dreaming is what keeps us moving forward. But at the same time, slow down the pace and take a moment to look at your surroundings. Spend time with your friends. Make that phone call to your parents you’ve been meaning to do all term. Ask that prof you’ve been meaning to get to know better to get lunch or coffee with you. As a single tear rolls down the cheek of your favorite NARP, I conclude this column with a quote: “Nothing gold can stay.” Life’s too short not to enjoy it, so enjoy it. NARP out.
Men’s hockey team to rebuild with the help of underclassmen By JONATHAN KATZMAN The Dartmouth Staff
If fans knew that a team would feature 11 freshmen in its upcoming season, only one term should come to mind: rebuilding. While the 2016-2017 men’s hockey team’s play showed that its players preferred not to fall victim to the “rebuilding” motto, flashes of progress were accompanied by frequent growing pains. The team’s thrilling 3-2 victory over then-No. 11 University of Michigan in its first game of the season provided hope for not only a successful start to the season but also encouragement that the newcomers would be immediate contributors and college hockey level. While Troy Crema ’17’s game winner late in the third period got the attention, Cam Strong ’20, Will Graber ’20 and Ryan Blankemeier ’20 all recorded their first career points. Despite a mid-season scoreless streak, Strong would proceed to score 10 goals and 13 points total in his initial campaign in the Green and White, the second highest goal total for a Dartmouth freshman since Tyler Sikura ’15 netted 11 in his first season in Hanover. Graber finished third on the team with 19 points (five goals, 14 assists) , while Blankemeier’s nine points placed him in a tie with
classmates Charley Michalowski ’20 and Daniel Warpecha ’20 for ninth on the squad. Goaltender Adrian Clark ’20, who saw action in seven games, established himself as a reliable second option for head coach Bob Gaudet ’81, consistently exhibiting an aggressive presence and strong post-to-post movement to rival incumbent goalkeeper Devin Buffalo ’18 next season. To captain Carl Hesler ’18, the fact that numerous freshmen have emerged as contributors so early in the season was not a surprise. When asked about the new freshmen skaters prior to the season-opener against Michigan, Hesler noted that the newcomers had already settled in. “All 11 freshmen look like they can contribute right away,” said Hesler in an interview with The Dartmouth in October. “They are really good players, and we are looking forward to having them. It looks like we are starting where we left off last season, looking strong.” This is not to say that the season was a smooth ride. After all, the Big Green finished ninth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference regular season standings as predicted in the preseason coaches’ poll. Though Dartmouth plays in a competitive conference featuring four top-20 teams according to the USCHO. com poll, a loss to lowly Brown
University, three throbbing defeats and 2-2-1 when even with its to Yale University and end-of-season opponent, after two periods. Such statistics, however, do not losses to St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University yielded capture the heart and resilience of evidence of inconsistency that this year’s team. The Big Green can haunt a young, inexperienced appeared noticeably fitter late team. Long-term injuries to veteran in games this season and often players River Rymsha ’18, Kevin exhibited increased puck possession Neiley ’20 and Tim Shoup ’18, and quickness in the final 10 to 12 brought Graber back to play minutes of most games, a credit to fir st-year full-time on strength coach the blue line from the Jan. “The guys battled so N a t e S t r a h . 6 P r i n c e t o n hard and played the A m o n g t h e and game onward. game the right way.” showcases grit were the 2-2 Dartmouth tie at Princeton also lost the U n i v e r s i t y, f o r m i d a b l e -MEN’S HOCKEY HEAD w h e r e presence of Dartmouth was c e n t e r m a n COACH BOB GAUDET ’81 forced to play the Kevan Kilistoff final 39 minutes ’19 for the final with just four regular-season game against Clarkson as well as defensemen, an 8-4 win over thenthe Yale series. Kilistoff displayed No. 6 Harvard University, a 2-1 effectiveness on both the forecheck hold off of Rensselaer Polytechnic and power play throughout the Institute and the 3-2 overtime loss at Yale in Game 2 of the team’s season. An additional theme from ECAC first round matchup. After Hanover this season was slow starts. a 6-1 meltdown in Game 1 and Dartmouth found itself down after without Alex Jasiek ’19, who was the first period in 15-of-31 games sidelined by a wrist injury suffered this season and came back to win the prior evening, Dartmouth came just three of those contests. Its out firing, scoring just 1:19 in and record did not improve after finding hustling down the stretch before itself down after two periods either, succumbing to the Bulldogs on a finishing just 1-15. On the contrary, bad bounce. When seemingly down Dartmouth was 7-1-2 when ahead and out, the Green and White just
kept clawing back. “The guys battled so hard and played the game the right way,” said Gaudet after the season-ending loss to Yale. “We matured so much as a team, and I am so proud of how we rebounded after last night. It is disappointing because we are not able to play anymore and keep building.” Despite losing just four seniors to graduation, the returning skaters will have to make up their share of offensive production. Crema’s offensive performance this season — 29 points off of 17 goals and 12 assists — earned him a spot on the All-Ivy First Team. Dartmouth also loses Grant Opperman ’17, who recorded 16 points this season and departs Hanover after racking up 71 points over four seasons. Defensive leader Josh Hartley ’17 also found himself on the score sheet from the blue line, recording 14 points this season. But Connor Yau ’19 and Graber should be able to keep the blue line involved offensively after adding a cumulative 31 points. With a few more good starts and more consistency, Dartmouth could have found itself in a better position entering the ECAC playoffs. While the Big Green has room to improve before heading into next season, the good news is that there is already a strong foundation of skilled young players eager to hit the ice again.
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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017
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Track and field teams finish indoor seasons, men place third By MARK CUI
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
A t t he 2 017 Iv y L e a g ue Heptagonal Indoor Championship last weekend, Dartmouth’s men’s track and field team finished in third with a total of 82 points, and the women’s track and field team finished with 62 points to claim sixth. The event took place at the Armory Track in Manhattan, New York, an exciting environment for the Dartmouth athletes to compete in. “What gets me hyped is traveling for long periods of time and building up the suspense,” Max Cosculluela ’17 said. “Thousands and thousands of people have competed on this track, so it’s pretty sweet to be able to compete where they’ve competed.” Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 echoed a similar sentiment. “Electric is the one word I can use to describe it,” Rothwell said. “All the Ivies are really competitive, and that translates into the athletic arenas as well. People were loud and hyped-up, and it was great to perform in that environment.” Despite the added pressure of competing in a world-renowned environment, both teams finished with strong performances across the board. “One of the things we set out to do as a team was to score in as many different events as we possibly could there [out of the 20 events],” men’s track and field head coach Barry Harwick said. “As it turns out, the men and the women scored in 14. That’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good.”
On the men’s side, Harwick was particularly impressed by Tim Brennan ’17and Cosculluela, both of whom exceeded expectations in their respective events of weight throw and pole vault. In the weight throw, Brennan placed in third with his 65-1.5 feet/19.85 meter throw, securing six points for the Big Green. In the pole vault, Cosculluela tied his season best of 16-6.75 ft/5.05m to finish in second place for the second consecutive year, bringing home eight points. His season best had only been enough to secure the sixth best performance in the league going in, but it was good enough for second in the meet. “A lot of the guys who were projected to do better just had a bad meet, but that’s the way the pole vault goes — whoever shows up that day is the one who wins,” Consculluela said. In addition to Brennan and Cosculluela, Nico Robinson ’17, Corey Muggler ’17, Alex Frye ’17 and Justin Donawa ’19 recorded impressive performances in field events. Robinson earned second team All-Ivy honors after placing second in the men’s heptathlon. In the long jump, Muggler earned fou r t h place w it h a 23 -11.0 ft/7.29m jump. In the high jump, Frye secured fourth place with a 2.04m jump, earning four points. In the triple jump, Donawa and Muggler took third and fourth place respectively, earning six and four points. T he men’s tea m a lso had outstanding performances in track events. In the 500-meter dash, Phil Gomez ’17 finished in fourth place. In the 3000-meter run, Connor
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Max Cosculluela ’17 placed second with a 16-6.75 feet/5.05 meters pole vault.
Clark ’17 ran an 8:15.87 to take sixth place overall, contributing one point to the Big Green. In the 1000-meter run, Henry Raymond ’20 and Reed Horton ’19 finished in third and fifth with respective times of 2:25.10 and 2:25.47. In the mile run, Patrick Gregory ’18 finished fourth with a 4:13.19, earning four points. In the 5000-meter run, Kyle Dotterer ’18 finished in third with a 14:19.25. In the 60-meter hurdles, Parker Johnson ’19 secured sixth in the finals by finishing in 8.19 seconds, earning one point. In the 4x800 meter relay, Trevor Colby ’19, Horton, Raymond and Gregory finished with a 7:35.51, earning six points. The Big Green distance medley team of Dominic Carrese ’19, Johnson, Miles Irish ’18 and Michael Thurston ’20 finished with a 10:00.34 time, placing fifth. Next year, Harwick looks to improve upon the team’s thirdplace f inish. While Princeton University surged ahead to win its fifth straight title with 135 points, Harwick noted that surpassing second-place Cornell University was within reach. “This year, Princeton won with a pretty hefty total, but Cornell was in second at 101,” Harwick said. “They were only 19 points ahead of us there. I think we’ve made a lot of strides in closing the gap on Cornell, and I like to think we will continue doing so.” While Cosculluela shared a similar optimism for the future of the team, he also cautioned that the team may experience a down year due to the loss of senior jumpers. At Heps, the senior jumpers scored 20 of the 82 points. With the conclusion of Heps, t he tea m pre pa res to move into the outdoor season for the spring, hoping to build upon the momentum established during the indoor season. “Our coach put it best: you shouldn’t be happy with where you’re at,” Conscuelluela said. “For most people, there is still improvement to be made, so going into the outdoor season, we stand a pretty good chance of doing better.” On the women’s side, Rothwell was the star for the women’s team, single-handedly scoring 24 of the team’s 62 points. She set a new Dartmouth record for the long jump with a 20-3.0 ft/6.17m jump and an all-time Ivy League record of 8.30s in the 60-meter hurdles. Additionally, Rothwell was fourth in the finals of the 60-meter run, earning four points. For her brilliant performance, Rothwell won the Most Outstanding Female Field Performer. Receiving accolades early in her undergraduate career, Rot hwel l has ma inta ined an outlook of never staying satisfied.
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The men’s track and field team finished its indoor season tied for third.
“I always go out there with the mindset to set another personal best, so having however many records is never really satisfying to me, as selfish as that may seem,” Rothwell said. “I’m always wanting to get better and to set another record – not just a school record but an Ivy record, not just an Ivy record but beyond that. That’s what keeps me going – never being content.” Women’s track and field head coach Sa ndy Ford- C enton ze credited Rothwell’s matur it y, confidence and willingness to learn as being integral to her success. “She doesn’t have the mentality of a freshman,” Ford-Centonze said. “What I mean by that is she doesn’t have that naivete when it comes to preparing to compete, when it comes to going to a big meet ... She really and truly believes in herself and what she can do, and the main thing with that is she does trust and believe in her coaches, which makes it so easy to coach her. She’s a sponge – she just sucks everything up and puts it into action as soon as you tell her to do something.” In the pole vault, Julia Valenti ’20 cleared 12-7.5 ft/3.8 5m on her first try, tying for third and earning five points for the Big Green. In the weight throw, Amelia Ali ’19 earned six points by securing third place with a 60-9.25 ft/18.52m throw. I n t he pent at h lon, M a r ia Garman ’19 and Miranda Lawson ’17 each picked up two and one points respectively, as Garman was fifth and Lawson sixth. Shanthi Hiremath ’20 placed sixth in the triple jump with her final jump measuring 38 -1.5 ft/11.62m. In the track events, Helen
Schlachtenhaufen ’17 won the mile run for the second year in the row, finishing with a time of 4:46.25. Claire Dougherty ’20 finished in sixth in the 500-meter f inal, running a 1:14.90. Both Schlachtenhaufen and Dougherty were part of the women’s distance medley relay with Aliyah Gallup ’17 and Eliza Dekker ’19, winning second place in the event. In the 800-meter run, Bridget Flynn ’18 took sixth with a time of 2:11.01. In the 200-meter final, Nicole Deblasio ’19 secured sixth with a time of 24.93s. Harvard University won its fifth straight title with 125 points. Although the Big Green finished in sixth, the team remains optimistic about its future. “Everyone felt okay; there’s just a lot of room for improvement,” Schlachtenhaufen said. “Part of that comes from having a really young team. We have a lot of talent, but we’re working toward seeing that at these bigger meets.” The team looks to build upon its success in the upcoming outdoor season. “We want to keep building on what we’ve done,” Rothwell said. “On top of that, just staying hea lt hy, stay ing focused and knowing that we’ve got a whole other season left.” According to Ford-Centonze, there is a large countdown clock at Leverone that details the number of days until outdoor Heps. The clock serves as a constant reminder of the limited amount of training time before the next outdoor Heps. “The mindset is we really don’t have time to rest,” Ford-Centonze said. “There’s not a lot of time you can take off.” Evan Morgan contributed reporting.
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Following regional victory, the ski teams prepare for NCAAs carnival season, including two victories each in the slalom and The Dartmouth Staff giant slalom, and will headline With its strongest carnival the men’s alpine group at NCAAs. season in years, Dartmouth’s ski Joining McLaughlin will be teams are headed to the NCAA Woolson and Tanguy Nef ’20. Championships. One of the headlines of the The Big Green will be bringing men’s Nordic season was the a full complement of 12 skiers — dramatic success of Fabian Stocek three each from men’s and women’s ’17, who won a race in every Nordic and men’s and women’s carnival this season and topped alpine — to nationals. All four the podium in both events at the teams qualified more than three University of Vermont Carnival. team members for NCAAs, so the DeLine noted that the Nordic final picks for nationals were made team gave consistently strong by the respective head coaches. performances this year. “Team selection is always hard “Some of the standout for the coaches,” men’s Nordic performances in the college season skier Callan DeLine ’18 said. were Luke [Brown ’18] and Gavin “Generally it’s just determined by [McEwen ’19] taking the team the points list, which is how you’ve sprint victory [at the Middlebury done over the whole season.” Car nival] and [Stocek] and The women’s alpine team is [Brown] going one-two the next perhaps the strongest and deepest day in the 20-kilometer skate,” of the four Big Green skiing squads. DeLine said. “And then Dartmouth Eight skiers competed in carnivals went one-two in the team relay [at for the women, coming away with the Dartmouth Carnival], so we 10 podiums. had the strongest six skiers of the “Ten podiums is pretty strong, day, which was pretty cool to see.” and you know all of them made Brown will represent the men’s some gains, so it’s pretty good Nordic team with DeLine and overall,” women’s alpine head Stocek. coach John Dwyer said. The Big Green women’s Nordic Foreste Peterson ’18, who team is sending Lydia Blanchet won the giant slalom at three ’19, Abby Drach ’20 and Lauren of five carnivals she competed Jortberg ’20 to compete in Jackson, in, will compete at the NCAA New Hampshire. Each has three Championships. Alexa Dlouhy ’19 2017 podiums to her name. and Kelly Moore ’18, each with “We’ve had six girls in the top three podiums on the season, will 10, six girls in the top 12 pretty join Peterson at m u c h nationals. every race “It’s been cool to watch On the men’s except for alpine side, the all of the guys competing a few this s t o r y o f t h e at a high level week in ye a r, ” season has been Blanchet s i m i l a r. Fo u r and week out. To have said. “So, m e n’s a l p i n e this kind of depth on a i t ’s j u s t skiers made the if we team is something that is even podium in the don’t have carnival season, pretty unique for us.” anyone and five of the on the team members podium q u a l i f i e d fo r or on top NCAAs. of the -THOMAS WOOLSON ’17 “ I t ’s b e e n podium, cool to watch w e ’ r e all of the guys still just competing at a a d e e p, high level week in and week out,” strong team.” alpine skier Thomas Woolson ’17 This year’s 15-point loss to said. “To have this kind of depth on UVM at the Dartmouth Carnival a team is something that is pretty was a close one. The Big Green unique for us.” still performed well, with Stocek Brian McLaughlin ’18 made placing first in men’s 10-kilometer the podium six times during the classic and Drach taking second in
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After winning the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Championship, the ski teams will seek an NCAA Championship on March 8.
the women’s 5-kilometer classic. “It was definitely bittersweet,” Woolson said. “It’s been a while since we’ve been able to win a home carnival. We’ve always joked about it being the curse that we never really perform on our own hills.” There certainly seemed to be a curse on the Skiway’s Thomas Trail during the slalom on the carnival’s second day. Both Nef and McLaughlin fell on their second runs, leaving Woolson as Dartmouth’s remaining hope at a podium spot. After a blistering run, it looked like Woolson had won — until video replay showed him straddling a gate near the bottom of the run, and he was disqualified. The overall car nival perfor mance “was kind of a realization of where our level is because we blew it so hard, and we still lost by” just a small margin, Woolson said. Coming off a season with only one loss, the team is confident going into nationals. “I think the team is feeling really good,” Blanchet said. “The team dynamic just is really positive and excited.”
Preparing for NCAAs has actually provided a breather for the team after six weekends of backto-back carnivals. The two-week break has given the skiers more time to rest and get ahead on school work, according to Woolson. They are still training, though for a shorter amount of time each day, Blanchet said. The NCAA Championships differ from nor mal car nivals because Dartmouth will travel to the location days beforehand and have a chance to see — and ski — the course. “[It’s important to] make sure that we don’t get complacent in free-skiing the hill or training on the hill, and that when it comes down to race day that we continue to race our game and be confident,” Dwyer said. The depth on all four teams makes placing at NCAAs a definite possibility. Although high expectations bring pressure, the skiers believe they are handling it well. Woolson compared the team’s mindset to that of an underdog. Dwyer added that any pressure on the teams comes from their own
desire to perform well, especially after such a strong carnival season. The teams’ confidence is helped by the fact that this year’s national championships will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire because the New England terrain is very familiar to the Big Green. Dartmouth skiers are used to eastern conditions such as icy runs and have competed on the hills before. On the alpine side, the western skiers are more used to soft, powdery conditions because they get more snow, according to Woolson. For the Nordic skiers, the low altitude could be an advantage. “When NCAAs were in Steamboat Springs [Colorado] last year, the altitude has a big impact on how you ski and breathe and everything,” DeLine said. “So, I think with it being down at sea level, and just knowing the course and knowing the conditions out here, we can be better than some of those western skiers.” The NCAA championship will be held at UNH from March 8 to 11, beginning with alpine and alternating with Nordic for the remaining days.