The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 1/9/17

1.9.17

NARP Meets World with Matt Yuen ’19 p. 6 Coaches hope for strong future p. 6-8 The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3

The Big Green Winter Recap A summary of Big Green performances during December p. 4-5

By Evan Morgan and Sam Stockton

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The weekend Roundup Compiled by JONATHAN KATZMAN AND EVAN MORGAN

WOmen’s HOCKEY The women’s hockey team dropped its first two contests of 2017, falling by a score of 4-0 at Princeton University on Friday evening and 3-1 at Quinnipiac University the next night. The team currently has a 2-12 overall record and is 1-8 in the conference.

Despite the shutout, goalkeeper Robyn Chemago ’17 remained alert against an aggressive Tiger offense, making 40 saves in the loss. She made key stops to keep the game scoreless until Carly Bullock deflected a shot home for Princeton on its first power play of the evening. Cassidy Turner put Princeton up 2-0 in the second, and the Tigers added two more in the third. Dartmouth was out-shot on the evening 44-10 and finished 0-2 on the power play, while Princeton capitalized on one of its three power play opportunities.

Despite Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17’s fifth goal of the season during the game against Quinnipiac, Dartmouth ended the weekend with a 3-1 defeat

to the Bobcats. Chemago produced a 40-save effort for the second consecutive evening.

The early parts of the first period played out quietly. Dartmouth generated some chances, with most unable to find the net after Quinnipiac defenders blocked the shot. Randi Marcon broke the scoreless tie in the first period to put the home squad up 1-0.

Dartmouth registered four quality chances in the second yet could not capitalize. Taryn Baumgardt added to the Bobcat lead when she beat Chemago to make it a 2-0 game with under two minutes to go in the period. Ottenbreit’s tally was the perfect response to another Quinnipiac goal in the third period, but additional chances proved fruitless.

Dartmouth returns to Thompson Arena for three games next week. The women will play the University of New Hampshire on Tuesday, Union College on Friday and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday.

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MEN’S BASKETBAll The Big Green dropped a pair of games last week, breaking its three-game win streak.

Dartmouth lost 64-60 to California State University, Bakersfield on Tuesday and fell 74-58 in its Ivy League opener against Harvard University on Saturday.

Tuesday’s contest seemed out of reach until the closing minutes, as CSU Bakersfield maintained an edge of seven or more points for much of the game. The Roadrunners led by 12 with 3:21 to play, and while a Dartmouth rally brought the deficit down, the effort was not enough.

Miles Wright ’18 scored 18 points on 6-of-

12 shooting, but his accuracy was not matched by the rest of the team, which shot just 33.3 percent overall.

On Saturday evening, Evan Boudreaux ’19 led both teams with 15 points. The game was tight through much of the first half, but the Crimson had opened up a seven-point lead by the break.

In the second half, Harvard widened the gap and cruised to its seventh win of the season.

Dartmouth again struggled from the floor, converting just 19-of-50.

Currently, the Big Green is last in the Ivy League in field goal percentage.

Track & Field

WOMEN’s BASKETBALL The Big Green hung with a hot Harvard University squad on Saturday afternoon but ultimately lost 70-65. It was the Crimson’s 12th straight win.

Dartmouth answered a 9-0 Harvard opening with a 7-0 run of its own as the game entered the second quarter. The teams traded blows for the rest of the period, and Harvard led 38-35 at the half.

The Big Green came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders and took a 52-47 with an 11-3 run.

Dartmouth held the advantage

until the 1:28 mark in the fourth quarter, when a pair of free throws gave Harvard the 66-65 lead, and eventually the victory.

Fanni Szabo ’17, the lone Big Green senior, paced the team with 16 points, while Kate Letkewicz ’18 and Isalys Quinones ’19 added 12 apiece. The 65-point outing was one of the Dartmouth’s best offensive performances of the season.

The team will return to play on Jan. 21 with another game against the Crimson.

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Photo by SAPHFIRE BROWN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF The men’s and women’s track and field team competed in the Dartmouth Relays this past weekend.

At home in Leverone Field House, the Big Green won the Dartmouth Relays handily.

The men finished with 189 points, besting the runner-up University of Massachusetts Lowell’s 126. Dartmouth’s women scored 202 points, 109 points ahead of the second-place finisher, the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

On the track, Dartmouth dominated the long-distance events. Dartmouth men, led by Connor Clark ’17, took the top six spots in the 3000-meter run, and Dartmouth women finished second, third and fourth in the same event. In the 800-meter run, both Dartmouth squads occupied scoring positions one through five, paced by Claire Dougherty ’20 on the women’s side and Henry Raymond ’20 for the men. Bridget O’Neill ’18 won the women’s mile run, and Dominic Carrese ’19 took the top spot in the men’s event.

Also on the track, Amos Cariati ’18 and Myles Holt ’20 placed second and third in the men’s 400-meter run, while Aliyah Gallup ’17 and Marissa Evans ’18 finished third and fourth for the women. In the 60-meter hurdles, Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 took first place for the women, and Alec Eschholz ’19 took second on the men’s side.

Rothwell also placed second in the 60-meter dash.

The Dartmouth women dominated the relay portion of the meet. Dartmouth’s A and B teams took first and second place in both the 4x400and 4x800-meter relays. Meanwhile, the men finished second in the 4x400-meter relay but did not finish the 4x800-meter event.

On the field, Dartmouth won four events: Rothwell the women’s long jump (5.95 m), Corey Muggler ’17 won the men’s long jump (7.24m), Max Consculluela ’17 won the men’s high jump (5.05m) and Tim Brennan ’17 won the men’s 35-pound weight throw (18.05 m). Folasade Akinfe ’20 took second place in the women’s triple jump (11.80m), and Dartmouth women also took second and third in the pole vault. In shot put, Melissa Dunham ’17 placed fifth for the women and Lucas Ribeiro ’19 was second for the men. Other top-five finishers were Amelia Ali ’19 and Dunham in the women’s 20-pound weight throw.

This weekend’s victories were the sixthstraight Dartmouth Relays triumph for the men and the seventh-straight for the women.

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MEN’s HOCKEY Photo by SAPHFIRE BROWN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF The men’s hockey team shutout Princeton University 5-0 in Thompson Arena this past Friday night before dropping Saturday’s match against Quinnipiac University 4-2.

“It’s tough coming off the Princeton [University] game where there’s a lot of energy and a lot of fans there, and then coming to Quinnipiac [University] where there’s still a good amount of fans but just not the energy that there was, but you can’t really make that excuse.”

-CARL HESLER ’18, CO-CAPTAIN The men’s hockey team started off 2017 by splitting a homestand, defeating Princeton University 5-0 on Friday night before losing 4-2 to No. 15 Quinnipiac University.

Propelled by a raucous student section and soldout crowd at Thompson Arena, the team clobbered Ivy League foe Princeton 5-0 in the first game of the weekend. After a hard-fought loss to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in the Ledyard Classic final last week, the Big Green played with urgency from the beginning, with a series of big hits keeping the visiting Tigers on their heels from the beginning of the contest.

It was Cam Strong ’20 who got the tennis balls raining 9:13 into the game when he buried a Corey Kalk ’18 pass past Princeton goalie Colton Phinney to score his sixth goal of the season. Kalk made it 2-0 just minutes later when he beat Phinney high and glove-side after a

nifty move in between the circles on a Dartmouth power play.

The second period would see Dartmouth add two goals to its lead when Daniel Warpecha ’20 deflected a Kevan Kilistoff ’19 pass past Phinney, and Graber, playing his first game of the season on defense, helped chase Phinney from the game with his second of the season.

Graber would add a tally in the third to finish off the scoring for Dartmouth and help preserve goalie Devin Buffalo ’18’s second shutout of the year at home. Despite facing Princeton scoring opportunities, Buffalo was sharp all night, turning aside all 32 shots. His counterpart Phinney turned aside 18 shots before being lifted for Ben Halford, who made 12 saves. Dartmouth finished 1-1 on the power play and was a perfect 2-2 on the penalty kill.

The next night, Dartmouth fell behind against

Quinnipiac, the reigning ECAC Hockey Tournament Champions, and was unable to bounce back, eventually falling 4-2.

The Big Green played the visiting Bobcats evenly during a back and forth first period until Quinnipiac’s Alex Whalen snuck one past Devin Buffalo ’18 with 1:39 remaining in the opening frame. The visitors would add one more goal less than a minute into the second period to extend its lead to 2-0 just 38 seconds into the third.

Despite recording a 17-9 advantage in shots, Dartmouth only got two goals back in the final frame.

Strong scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season, beating Quinnipiac goalie Andrew Shortridge five-hole after collecting a Cam Roth ’19 pass in the neutral zone.

After the Bobcats added an empty net goal, Troy Crema ’17 tacked on one final tally with 10.8 seconds to go.

SWIMMING AND DIVING The Dartmouth men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania in a tri-meet in New Haven, Connecticut on Jan. 7. The women lost 252-48 to Yale and 214-86 to UPenn, while the men fell by margins of 236-63 and 233-66, respectively.

The meet began with diving on Friday evening, when the Bulldog women swept the top six places in the 1-meter contest on the women’s side. Allison Green ’19 and Maggie Pionzio ’20 placed seventh and eight, respectively.

The Bulldogs also dominated the 3-meter contest,

taking the top four spots. Pionzio, who placed in fifth, was the lone top-10 finisher for the Big Green.

Dartmouth fared much better on the men’s side. On the 1-meter board, AJ Krok ’19 had the top score with Ray Neistat ’20 right behind in third. Krok and Neistat also took second and seventh on the 3-meter board, while Taylor Clough ’17 placed fourth.

Yale and Penn continued their domination in the pool on Saturday afternoon in the swimming events. Caroline Poleway ’19 and Amy Sun ’17 had strong performances in multiple events. Poleway took fifth in the 100-yard

butterfly and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke, while Sun finished ninth in the 200-yard freestyle, eighth in the 50-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle.

On the men’s side, Josh Hendell ’20 placed fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle as well as seventh in the 500-yard freestyle. Delaney Hall ’19 finished seventh in the 200yard breaststroke and William Belmont ’20 was seventh in the 100-yard butterfly.

The Big Green returns to the pool when it hosts the annual Dartmouth Invitational at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Junction, Vermont.

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Big Green sports open winter seasons, face tough matches and meets at home and away in December

By EVAN MORGAN and SAM STOCKTON

Men’s Track and Field The men’s track and field team competed in two meets over the course of December. Distance runners tend not to compete during the month of December, while some mid-distance runners, sprinters and field athletes do. The team began the 2016 indoor season at Boston University for a non-scoring meet hosted by the Terriers. Myles Holt ’20 led the charge for the Big Green, finishing as the top college runner in the meet and second overall in the 400-meter dash, running the event in 49.65 seconds. The team then hosted the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maine on Dec. 10. Nico Robinson ’17 won six of the seven pentathlon events to take home the overall pentathlon title.

Holt followed up his strong start to the season at BU by winning the 400m against Maine and UNH with Alec Eschholz ’19 and Parker Johnson ’19 taking the second and third spots in the race.

Women’s Track and Field Like the men’s side, the women’s track and field team competed in a pair of December meets. Cha’Mia

Rothwell ’20 finished second in the 60-meter race at the BU meet before taking home victories in three different events at the tri-meet against UNH and Maine, winning the 60m dash, the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump. The Big Green women won its tri-meet against the Wildcats and the Black Bears.

Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team played a busy December slate, dropping the month’s first four games before winning the next three. The team’s four-game skid began with an 18-point road loss against Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Four days later, the team dropped another road contest, this time at the hands of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. The Big Green then hosted the University of Maine but fell in a tight 73-68 game. The team then went back on the road, losing at the University of Hartford in another tight contest, by a score of 70-66. The Big Green registered its first win of the season on December 13th, trouncing LIU Brooklyn, 82-68.

Miles Wright ’18 had his secondstraight strong performance against

LIU Brooklyn. Wright notched a 39-point performance against the Blackbirds a season ago, then scored 25 against them this year. Next, the team travelled to Smithfield, Rhode Island for a match-up with Bryant University, which it won 75-69. The Big Green extended its win streak to three with a dramatic 63-62 win over the University of New Hampshire.

The team trailed late, but a clutch three-pointer from Brendan Barry ’20 with just 2.8 seconds left on the clock ensured a victory against the in-state rival. In the game, Evan Boudreaux ’19 registered his fifth double-double of the season, continuing right where he left off on the heels of a strong freshman campaign.

Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball team was even busier than the men’s squad, playing eight games in December with mixed results. The Big Green began the final month of 2016 with a game against the College of William and Mary on the road in Williamsburg, Virginia, only to fall by a score of 63 to 50. Kate Letkewicz ’18 and Emily Slagle ’18 led the team in scoring with 11 points apiece in the losing effort. The

following week, the squad travelled to Boston University and knocked off the Terriers 61-49. Letkewicz’s 17 points and 12 rebounds led the charge for the Big Green in the non-conference showdown. A few days later, the team fell to the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, before returning to Hanover where it lost to Marist University 66-61. After a two-game losing streak, the Big Green earned a ten-point win over the University of Rhode Island in South Kingston, Rhode Island. The team then made its second trip to Boston of the month, this time falling to Boston College.

However, the Big Green did not allow itself to fall into another losing streak, pulling off a 69-61 overtime win in Hanover over the University at Albany.

Once again, Letkewicz led the team in scoring, this time with 19 points. The team ended its turbulent December with a 64-47 loss on New Year’s Eve at the University of New Hampshire.

Men’s Swimming and Diving The men’s swimming and diving team had a relatively quiet month of December in terms of competition, though it did enjoy a training trip to Hawaii. The Big Green competed in

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The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in a non-scoring meet and a tri-meet during winter interim.

the Bruno Invitational over the course of three days in early December in Providence, Rhode Island. The meet featured Ivy League foes Brown University, Columbia University and Princeton University along with Rider University and Rutgers University.

The Big Green placed last at the meet.

However, the finish was not without silver linings, as Josh Hendell ’20 cut over 20 seconds off his seed time to finish second in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

Hendell also won the 500-yard freestyle on the competition’s first day. During the two-week training trip in Hawaii, the team lost a dual meet against the University of Hawaii in Honolulu by a score of 184 to 113. Again, the disappointing result featured a number of strong swims by the Big Green. This included an impressive performance by the 200-yard medley relay of Tony Shen ’18, James Flood ’20, Henry Patrick ’19 and Tang-e Tan ’20. The relay completed its swim in 1:36.01, taking second place. Flood went on to win the 200-yard backstroke for the Big Green with a time of 2:07.58.

Women’s Swimming and Diving The women’s swimming and diving team also took a training trip

to Hawaii but not before competing at the Bruno Invitational. At the meet hosted by Brown University, Dartmouth beat out Rider University and Columbia University to place fourth behind Brown, Princeton University and Rutgers University.

The women sat in third place after the first day of competition, but despite sending 15 swimmers to finals on the meet’s second day, they slipped to fourth at the conclusion of the meet.

AnnClaire MacArt ’18 impressed throughout the meet, taking sixthplace in the 500-yard freestyle and third in the 1,650-yard freestyle. In a quad meet against the University of Hawaii, University of California-Los Angeles and Oregon State University, the Big Green lost to all three competitors. However, Dartmouth posted top-ten finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay. Molly Brickman ’19 took fifth in the 1,000-yard freestyle, and the Big Green had three top-ten finishers in the 200-yard freestyle.

Women’s Squash The No. 9 women’s squash played three games in the first seven days of December: a two-game homestand

and a match at No. 1 Harvard University.

On Dec. 3, Dartmouth lost its season opener 7-2 to No. 3 Trinity University. Emma Roberts ’19 and Maddie Fraser ’17 were bright spots in the loss, with each downing her Trinity opponent in straight sets.

Jacqueline Barnes ’17 and Annie Blasberg ’20 also impressed with strong performances against talented opposition.

The next day, Dartmouth downed No. 14 Franklin and Marshall College 8-1 to earn its first victory of the season. Dartmouth’s lone loss came at the No. 1 position, where Barnes lost to the Diplomats’ Fiona Murphy.

Blasberg and Julia Potter ’20 provided some drama in an otherwise uneven match. Both Blasberg and Potter played games that went to extra points, but each notched her first collegiate victory in four-set fashion.

The Big Green wrapped up December with a 9-0 loss to Harvard.

Roberts played the closest game of the match, taking her Harvard opponent to extra points before losing.

Dartmouth resumes winter play on Jan. 14 at Princeton University.

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The men’s hockey team went 2-4-1 in its seven games between the end of fall term and the new year.

14 at Princeton University.

Men’s Squash The No. 8 men’s squash team had mixed results during winter interim, going 2-3 during an eight-day period.

Dartmouth opened the season with 9-0 defeats to No. 3 University of Rochester and No. 1 Trinity College.

Carson Spahr ’19 came closest to a victory against Rochester, stretching his match to five games before an 11-3 loss put the match away. Likewise, Jack Harvey ’18 forced a fifth game against his Trinity opponent but lost in extra points.

The Big Green followed the two losses with a pair of wins on Dec. 4.

Alvin Heumann ’18 and Brandon De Otaduy ’20 won their matches at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions against Franklin & Marshall College, each win coming in five games. The rest of the victories in Dartmouth’s 8-1 triumph came in straight sets.

Dartmouth beat the United States Naval Academy 7-2 later in the afternoon.

The Green and White defeated Harvard last season for the first time in nearly 70 years but could not do it again on Dec. 7, losing 8-1.

The men will play again on Jan.

Men’s Hockey Dartmouth played seven contests between the end of fall term and the new year, going 2-4-1 over that span .

The Big Green split a two-game series with Robert Morris University in late November, playing to a 5-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena the night after a 3-0 loss to the Colonials.

It was Dartmouth’s first road victory of the season .

The road trip continued with a swing up north through New York, where the Big Green’s road woes resumed. The team lost 4-2 to Clarkson University and 5-1 to No. 19 St. Lawrence University.

On Dec. 10, the Green and White returned to Thompson Arena for the first time in more than a month. Home ice was a welcome sight as Dartmouth thumped rival University of New Hampshire 5-1.

The team closed out 2016 with the 28th edition of the Ledyard Classic.

Its first game ended in regular time as 2-2 tie with the United States Military Academy, but the Big Green won the shootout 1-0 and advanced

to the championship against the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

The championship game was locked at 4-4 with 8:56 remaining in the third period when UMass Lowell broke the tie. Two empty net goals from the River Hawks made the final score 7-4 .

Women’s Hockey Between the conclusion of the fall term and the end of December, the Big Green went 1-5, including losses to two ranked opponents.

After more than two weeks off the ice in mid-November, women’s hockey notched its second victory of the season, a 4-0 shutout of the University of Maine. The next night, the Black Bears avoided a sweep with a 3-2 win the next night.

A pair of 2-1 defeats, first to No. 7 Colgate University and then to Cornell University, finished up Dartmouth’s road trip.

The Big Green returned to home ice on Dec. 7 only to be dispatched 6-1

by No. 6 Boston College. Three days later, despite Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17’s two goals, the Big Green lost a fifth straight decision, this time 4-2 to the University of Vermont.

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The men’s basketball team found streaky success during winter interim, dropping the first four games of December before three straight wins.

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Nonsense It seems like it’s that time of the term again. As the temperature outside continues to drop, our hearts for each other only grow warmer. We are reunited with the familiar faces of our friends, unabashedly running across the halls of Baker Lobby for the sweet embrace of friendship. And as we are greeted by a fresh set of classes, with our grades still undetermined, we fix our gaze at the green light

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at the end of the dock — inspired to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. But in the midst of this quixotic naiveté, we forget about the darkness we must traverse through in order to reach that light.

Don’t be fooled for even a second, as this is only the calm before the storm.

I wasn’t always this jaded, for I too was once a freshman. I fondly recall the sweet eagerness I embodied at the beginning of each term. I was propelled forward by the hopes and dreams I set up for myself, whether it was becoming an academic superstar or not getting golden tree-ed each time I went out, I stood by these ideals adamantly.

But with each visit to Dartmouth’s Banner Student and frat row, my tender heart would only grow harder each time I looked back on my lackluster performance. Now in my sixth consecutive term on campus, I have come to discover a timeless truth that those ideals are ubiquitous across this hellhole we call home: we are trapped in a vicious cycle of cynicism and

disappointment.

But this is not grounds for unfettered nihilism, nor is it an excuse to be irretrievably depressed for the rest of our undergraduate experience. There has to be something that keeps us moving forwards — something that grounds us in our exhausting pursuit for excellence. As I mentioned at the beginning, there is a light at the end of the tunnel: NARP Meets World.

If you are new to this column, or perhaps a fan returning from last fall, there is one standard and one standard alone that I will painstakingly adhere to no matter the circumstance: providing novel and creative content for your pleasure. Even today, the Sunday of my first week back on campus, I have been burning the candle at both ends for the sake of your entertainment. But I wonder how long I can continue providing respite in this lonely town. If we are to be a bit honest with ourselves, it is clear that this column is growing a bit stale.

Each week, it’s the same recipe. I

haphazardly pump out 800 words of pure nonsense that revolves around the same central themes: academic rigor, the stacks, overdue deadlines and self-deprecating humor. And if you take the time to search online how many times I have said the words “nonsensical banter,” you’d come to realize that this column is reaching the end of its journey. I can’t fool you guys, nor can I fool myself. I’ve hit a wall, and I’m not sure how much further I can continue going.

For five consecutive weeks last term, I exhausted all the creativity my feeble mind was capable of producing. But what propelled me forward wasn’t a rich pool of genius lurking in my mind, nor was it the stardom that followed me everywhere I went. The equation was simple: stick it to the man.

The very core of NARP Meets World was supposed to be a symbolic movement representing freedom of speech within a tyrannical organization known as The Dartmouth. With each article revolving around everything but

sports, I was waging warfare against the corrupt leaders from inside of the organization. It was an arduous ten weeks, but I had won that battle.

With the instatement of a fresh pair of executives and editors who could not care less what I write about, the battle had been won. I am now able to write about anything I want. Yet why do I feel so empty?

Even now, as I am writing this article, I have lost the fire in my soul to keep going. It’s simply not fun anymore. I am beating a dead horse that has already lead me to victory.

I can literally write anything I want, about anything I want and I know it will get published. NARP Meets World has lost its rebellious nature, making it as banal as the rest of the articles posted in The Dartmouth.

From boom to bust, I have become a pile of dust, blown away by the harsh winds of Hanover.

Where do I go from now? What do I write about to entertain the fan base I built from nothing over the course of ten weeks? It’s possible that from now on, I just might start writing about sports.

Women’s hockey seeks late-season success under new coach

By SAMANTHA HUSSEY The Dartmouth

In April 2016, Laura Schuler was named the next Dartmouth women’s ice hockey head coach. In addition to coaching at Dartmouth, Schuler is also in her second season as the head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Team. With all of this experience, many hockey fans were highly anticipating Schuler’s Dartmouth debut and the prospects of the 2016-17 season after coming off a tough 2015-16 season with a 6-19-3 record. Unfortunately, this season has not been going as well as many fans had hoped or expected.

The team is currently 2-12-0 and on a seven-game losing streak.

“I think with any transition you’re going to have some rocky parts, but I think everything has gone as smooth as it possibly could have,” team captain Mackenzie St. Onge ’17 said.

Goalie Robyn Chemago ’17 agreed, noting that it will take time for the team to adapt to the new coach.

“It has been difficult in some respects [like] getting adapted to her expectations,” Chemago said. “With our old coach, you kind of knew every year what you were getting into. This year it has been a lot of feeling it out, but I think we are finally getting used to it — so that’s good. It’s been a good transition, but at the end of the day we’re still playing hockey — so it’s the same.”

Adapting to new ideas can be hard for any team. A new coach means new concepts, training and ways of thinking.

With different systems and points of emphasis, it is understandable that the transition has been a bit bumpy.

On top of the coaching change, the team has also played several top-10 teams, including No. 4 St. Lawrence

University, No. 3 Clarkson University, No. 8 Quinnipiac University and No. 6 Boston College. Schuler emphasized that as long as the team continues to play hard and learn, the positive results will start to show up in its overall record.

“These are highly intelligent women who really care about one another and their continued development as a team,” Schuler said. “They are learning a lot right now and in time these new ways of approaching the game will become habits of play for them. We have played many of [these teams and the games have been] close.

If we can continue to play with pride, we’re going to start seeing some ‘W’s’ in the win column.”

The team gave several different answers as to what they needed to improve on.

“I wouldn’t really say there is one standout thing,” Chemago said. “I think right now we are just focused on making sure that we are prepared to be on our game right from the very first puck drop.”

St. Onge, on the other hand, emphasized the importance of the little things in the game that will eventually build up to the results to come.

“It’s easy to get caught up in the big picture and say we’re not doing this big aspect of the game, but when you break it down it comes down to making solid passes, on ice awareness and being mentally prepared,” St. Onge said.

This past weekend’s matches marked the beginning of the second half of the season. The team lost against Princeton University and Quinnipiac, 4-0 and 3-1, respectively.

In order to finish the season better, Schuler calls on the team to continue practicing hard.

“A big focus for us moving forward is making sure that we come ready to

battle everyday in practice and if we can do that, we will continue to make positive strides in games. Right now, we are working on playing with focus, discipline, relentlessness and work ethic.”

For St. Onge, it’s about having faith that their hard work is going to pay off and sticking to the game plan.

“The energy level and the team morale is definitely still high and we’re just rolling with that,” St. Onge said.

As for the future of the team, the

next few years should be exciting with a roster of 13 freshmen and sophomores.

For Schuler and the team, the ultimate goal for this year and the next is to establish a solid base to grow on.

“We definitely have a lot of freshmen and sophomores — a lot of youth, but a lot of hard workers, people with heart and talent,” St. Onge said. “I think as they continue to learn and grow and transition into playing college hockey more and more, there will be good things in it for [the team]

in particular.”

According to Chemago, we can expect good things from recruits this year and in the years to come.

“I know they are working really hard with recruiting and we have some really good recruits — there is a lot of potential,” she said.

Up next, the women will take the ice at Thompson Arena this Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7:00 p.m. against the University of New Hampshire, which holds a record of 9-12-1.

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Dartmouth squash continues Ivy League play this weekend

By NATHAN ALBRINCK The Dartmouth

Entering Coach Hansi Wiens’ eighth season at the helm of Dartmouth squash, one year after the men’s team finished seventh in the country and the women’s team won the Kurtz Cup to finish ninth, both the men’s and women’s teams have high expectations. In the process, Wiens also won Ivy League Coach of the Year in 2016.

“Our main target is to be in the top eight and compete for the national championship and have a chance to upset some teams and really play well,” Wiens said.

“Everything is open.”

For the men’s squash team, the Potter Cup is an eight team bracket-style playoff used to determine the national champion.

The Howe Cup is the women’s equivalent.

In the previous six years under Wiens, the men’s and women’s sides have each finished in the top eight in the regular season in three times. As of the latest polls, both teams are currently ranked ninth in the country, with key Ivy League matches against Princeton University on Jan. 14 and the University of Pennsylvania on Jan. 15.

The Dartmouth men’s squash team, led by co-captains Glen Brickman ’17 and Nick Harrington ’17, opened its season with two

of its toughest matches of the to train and how well they have season, against No. 3 University to play to be right up there at the of Rochester and No. 1 Trinity top of the nation.”

College, who have been the winners In the team’s two subsequent of 15 of the last 18 National matches, it earned its first wins Championships. of the season, Though the beating No. team lost 9-0 in “There’s never 1 3 Fr a n k l i n b o t h m a t c h e s , an easy day in a and Marshall Harrington Univer sity 8-1 college squash still values and No. 14 t h e m a t c h u p s match. You need to United States a s c r u c i a l f o r go into every match Navy Academy the team’s 7-2. On Dec. 7, with the same development. the Big Green “It’s great to intensity and the opened up Ivy get experience League play same focus.” playing those guys a g a i n s t N o. 5 because it might Harvard with an be a 9-0 or 8-1 -NICK HARRINGTON 8-1 loss. The lone score, but a lot win was by Brian of those matches ’17, MEN’S SQUASH Giegerich ’18 are a lot closer CO-CAPTAIN over Harvard’s individually, and Mandela Patrick. then when you With all eight play UPenn or Ivy league teams Princeton or teams near us, it gives ranked in the top 16 in the country, us a chance to assert ourselves,” each match has been a battle.

Harrington said. “We always have “There’s never an easy day in a a chance to play and beat good college squash match,” Harrington teams.” said. “You need to go into every Wiens reinforced the importance match with the same intensity and of facing tough competition for the the same focus. A lot of our training team’s growth. has been geared toward holding “We want to move up the back the teams one, two, three rankings and get better,” Wiens spots behind us and also looking said. “To do that, we have to beat to grab a few matches against the tough teams above us, so we try to teams ahead of us. We’ve trained schedule tough matches to show hard, spent a lot of hours together our players how hard they have and are really excited about the

next eight or so weeks.” is beatable. [UPenn] is very strong.

T h e D a r t m o u t h wo m e n’s [Against] Columbia [University], squash team, led by captain we h ave a ch a n c e. C o r n e l l Jacqueline Barnes ’17, opened its [University] — who we haven’t season at home on Dec. 3 against beat in many years ­— I think we No. 3 Trinity, losing 7-2. Emma can beat this year. Yale is also pretty Roberts ’19 and Maddie Fraser strong. I think we have a chance ’17 for the Big Green. The next against most of them. A lot of it day, the team notched its first depends on the day.” win of the season against No. 14 Over winter break, the teams Franklin and Marshall 8-1. In its traveled to Boca Raton, Florida to third match of the season and last take their minds off exams, enjoy before winter break, Dartmouth the warm weather and start to faced off against Harvard, losing focus on the rest of the season.

9-0.

“It was tough. We had two Julia Herman sessions every day, ’ 2 0 i s l o o k i n g “Our main target hitting every day,” forward to the Wiens said. “They is to be in the top rest of the season. were training very “I t h i n k eight and compete h a r d . We w i l l everyone wants for the national see how much it to do at least helps to finish our as well as they championship and season strong over did last season have a chance to the next five to six because a lot of weeks.” upset some teams the freshman The squads will recruits are really and play really well. play at home on strong this year,” Everything is open.” Feb. 4 to 5 against Herman said. conference With the bulk opponents Cornell o f c o n f e r e n c e -HANSI WIENS, MEN’S an d Co l u mb i a, play ahead, Wiens respectively. In AND WOMEN’S feels confident addition, at the about each of SQUASH HEAD COACH end of the season the upcoming following the team matchups. ch amp i o n s h i p s, “On the Dartmouth will w o m e n’s s i d e, host the Men’s Harvard is very strong — they and Women’s Individual Squash beat us,” Wiens said. “Princeton Championships from Mar. 3 to 5.

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Men’s basketball team sees rough start with first-year head coach team faced a one-possession game with three minutes or less left that The Dartmouth Senior Staff could have gone in the Big Green’s On Jan. 7, Dartmouth’s men’s favor. To address this, McLaughlin basketball team fell in its Ivy League noted that the team must become opener to heavily favored Harvard more comfortable with each other University 74-58. Despite beginning and continue to work on the defensive the season with a new head coach, end.

David McLaughlin, the team has yet “I think we just have to be a better to show major improvements in its job of becoming experts on each win-loss column from last year’s final other,” McLaughlin said. “On the record of 10-18, as the team’s overall defensive end, we’re learning how record so far this year now stands at to get stops more consistently and 3-11. preventing teams from getting easy Evan Boudreaux ’19 led all players looks, and that’s how you win late in points and rebounds with totals in games. That’s a growth for any of 15 and 14, respectively. Brendan team, and we’re learning from every Barry ’20 and Miles Wright ’18 situation we are in.” contributed 12 points each for the Big In the face of the mounting number Green. However, of losses, c o m p a r e d t o “We’re still playing M c L a u g h l i n the Crimson’s has stressed to nine turnovers, c o m p e t i t i v e the team that Dartmouth basketball.

W e winning is a committed 17. process that Following the didn’t really play any w o u l d t a k e 16-point loss, the differently in when we time. team’s Ivy League “ M y record stands at lost to when we won. coaching staff 0 - 1 , m a rk i n g We just wanted to trust and I have been the second that the process, allow us preaching consecutive game it’s a process that Dartmouth to coach the team, and and a daily has dropped come to the gym with improvement,” after losing 64McLaughlin 60 to California a competitive nature said. “That’s State University, what we’re every day.”

Bakersfield. striving for and A key factor in we’re looking to the team’s poor get better every overall record is day.” that teams are -DAVID MCLAUGHLIN, Despite focusing more MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD the poor team on defending record, the COACH Boudreaux, team remains who was the Ivy optimistic about League Rookie of the future and the Year after posting an outstanding has bought into McLaughlin’s 17.7 points and 9.4 rebounds on 45.5 emphasis on the process. percent shooting. Although he has “I think we’re growing, we’re maintained a league-leading seven getting more comfortable playing as double-doubles this season, his overall a group,” Boudreaux said. “Lately numbers have dropped across the especially we’re playing the right way board this year. The biggest decline is and we’re getting better as the season in field goal percentage, as Boudreaux goes on.” is shooting only 36.9 percent thus far. Based on record, the team has “Teams are focusing on me a little indeed improved as the season has bit more this year,” Boudreaux said. “I progressed. The team began the think I have to do a better job with the season with nine consecutive losses ball in my hands more. I just need to before rallying for a three-game win continue to play the right way, which streak. will go a long way.”

“Just because you’re losing some Another possible factor in the Big games doesn’t mean you’re not getting Green’s current record is the team’s better as a team,” McLaughlin said. poor play in the final minutes of each “We’re still playing competitive game. For six of its eleven losses, the basketball. We didn’t really play any

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Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team now holds an overall record of 3-11 after falling to Harvard University 74-58.

differently in when we lost to when excited about them.” we won. We just wanted to trust The upperclassmen have played a the process, allow us to coach the key role in facilitating the freshmen’s team, and come to the gym with a transition and promoting a culture competitive nature every day.” that encourages team chemistry.

Another key to “The the team’s recent “ I t h i n k w e ’ r e leadership from success has been its our seniors and g r o w i n g , w e ’ r e upperclassmen improved defense.

“The big thing g e t t i n g m o r e [has] been that has changed really great,” during the winning comfortable playing M c L a u g h l i n s t r e a k i s t h a t as a group. Lately said. “It starts defensively we’re with how they playing a lot better e s p e c i a l l y w e ’ r e a p p r o a c h and cohesively as a playing the right way each day and team,” Barry said. it starts with As the season and we’re getting them showing has prog ressed, better as the season accountability the freshmen have and how to lead goes on.” continued to develop themselves. If chemistry with the you have all rest of the team and -EVAN BOUDREAUX ’19 those things have begun to play combined, a pivotal role in the you have team development of the chemistry.” squad.

The upperclassmen have trust in “The freshmen have been fitting the freshmen to take and make big in great,” Boudreaux said. “They shots. Perhaps the biggest late-game work really hard. They’re getting shot from a freshman this season was more minutes, and they have the by Barry, who hit a three-pointer potential to play a lot. We’re really with 2.8 seconds left to win the game

63-62 against the University of New Hampshire on Dec. 31.

“That’s a play we practice often,” Barry said. “When I caught the ball, I knew that I had a little space and there wasn’t much time left. I had to shoot it, and I was really excited after hitting it.”

Despite the squad’s losing overall record, the team looks forward to improving and believing in the process that McLaughlin has emphasized.

“We want to approach practice with a certain attitude and competitive nature and those two things are what you need for great practices,” McLaughlin said. “I feel like we’ve made those stride in practices and as a result we’ve made those strides in games.”

By the end of the season, the team hopes that its hard work in practices will begin to show up in its final box scores.

“Our main goal for us this season is to make the Ivy League Tournament,” Barry said. “That’d be a good expectation for us, and I think we can do it as long we keep playing with each other and with defensive intensity.”