The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 09/21/15

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WOMEN’S SOCCER SWEEPS WEEKEND

FOOTBALL DOMINATES GEORGETOWN IN OPENER

FIELD HOCKEY TAKES TWO STRAIGHT ELIZA MCDONOUGH, KATELYN JONES/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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Women’s soccer burns them at Burnham,

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With two dominating performances over the weekend, the women’s soccer team continued its hot start to the fall season, moving to 5-1-1 on the season. On Friday at Parsons Field in Boston, the Big Green came back from a one-goal deficit in the second half to beat Northeastern University by a score of 3-1. On Sunday, Dartmouth’s offense exploded at its home Burnham Field to take down Sacred Heart University by a lopsided score of 6-0.

In the team’s first six games this year, which came at the end of the match against Northeastern, the Big Green had tallied 14 goals. It took until Oct. 25 last year for the team to score its 14th goal of the season, a milestone which didn’t come until the team’s 12th game. The defeat of Sacred Heart brought the team’s season goal total to 20, one more than the entirety of last season produced.

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“It feels fantastic,” Jackie Friedman ’16 said about the team’s offensive output. “It feels like we haven’t scored this many goals this early in the season, pretty much in my entire Dartmouth career, and I’m a senior, so it’s been pretty impressive so far.”

Last season, the Big Green took on both Northeastern and Sacred Heart but with markedly different results.

Dartmouth beat Northeastern last season as well, but in a much harder fought battle, coming out victorious in double overtime by a 1-0 score.

The Big Green fell to the Pioneers last year in a tightly contested 1-0 game. This year’s 6-0 blowout victory over Sacred Heart seems to augur even greater success for Dartmouth this year than last season’s already stellar second-place finish in the Ivy League.

Northeastern had started the season strong, after defeating six of its first eight opponents, and it showed right off the bat. In the first 10 minutes of the first half, the Huskies seemed to be controlling the pace of play and notched three shots while Dartmouth was unable to tally any. With two corner kicks in the opening 10 minutes as well, Northeastern was spending more time in the offensive third than the Big Green could.

As the first half continued, so did the trendline. Though Dartmouth was able to notch three shots in a five minute span in the first half, including one

by Remy Borinsky ’19 that slammed off the cross bar, the Big Green was not able to put a goal home. Then, in the 43rd minute, Northeastern seized control of the game with a goal that put them ahead by a 1-0 margin.

Off a corner by Northeastern’s junior Breeana Koemans, Mackenzie Dowd took a shot at the net. Her initial parry was blocked, but the rebound came out to junior striker Carina Deandreis who slammed a shot into the top right corner of the net to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.

“Northeastern was a hard game and, you know, that was one where we weathered a lot of pressure from them in the first half and maybe got even a little bit fortunate to get out of the half down just 1-0,” head coach Ron Rainey said. “The group came out really hard in the second half and kind of imposed their will defensively all over the field. Then, when we had our opportunities, we finished on them. We were down 1-0, and then 15 minutes later, we were up 3-1.”

Rainey also praised the team’s resilience in overcoming the first half deficit.

The score held through halftime and in the beginning of the second half, though Northeastern narrowly missed an opportunity to push the lead to two goals when Taylor Caparo’s shot deflected off the crossbar. With just 25 minutes left in the game, Dartmouth was staring a 1-0 deficit and potential out-of-conference loss directly in the face. The Big Green, however, would rally back and show the resilience that carried the squad through much of last season.

“We’re a little more defensive minded in the beginning, making sure that we’re keeping them in front of us and stuff like that,” Friedman said.

“Then, by the second half, it’s time to really turn it up.”

In the 68th minute, Jill Dayneka ’16 headed home a corner kick from Borinsky to even the game at a goal apiece. A well-placed corner by Borinsky into the center of the box set Dayneka up to knot the game up in the final 25 minutes of game action.

About five minutes later, the Big Green would keep the momentum rolling and strike back to take the lead.

Lauren Lucas ’19 wrested control of the ball along the endline and then crossed it into the box. Lucielle Kozlov ’16 slammed it home to put the Big Green up for good. Less than 10 minutes later, Kozlov struck again to give Dartmouth a 3-1 lead. Amidst a chaotic scramble inside the box, Kozlov found the ball and poked it into the goal past Northeastern’s sophomore goalkeeper Jill Quinn. Northeastern proved unable to muster a shot in the final 30 minutes of action, allowing Dartmouth to hold on for the 3-1 win.

Rainey said that scoring a single goal can help the team relax and allow more goals to flood out from there.

“I also think that when you get a goal or you get a second goal, it just totally relaxes you,” Rainey said.

“Then our forwards have been doing a very good job of moving off the ball and creating some real good chances.”

The Big Green outshot the Huskies for the game by a 10-9 margin for the game, thanks to a 6-2 margin in the second half. Besides the goal scorers, Friedman also delivered a standout performance for the Big Green, tallying four shots with three of them on goal. Goalkeeper Casey Cousineau ’17 had two saves, while Quinn had five saves for the Huskies.

After Friday’s comeback win against the Huskies, the Big Green came to Burnham Field to face off against the Sacred Heart Pioneers.

Though the game started fairly slowly, the Big Green would eventually explode to a blowout win.

Kozlov followed her standout performance Friday with an early goal on Sunday to put the team ahead 1-0. Dartmouth opened up in the 4-3-3 formation and generated a scoring chance early on, once again thanks to a corner kick from Borinsky.

Borinsky’s corner landed near the box and Kozlov emerged from a scrum to put the women on the board.

Off the restart, Sacred Heart nearly managed to tie the game right back up. They quickly earned a corner kick and only a diving save

by Cousineau kept the Pioneers out of the back of the net.

Play was relatively tight through the rest of the first half with neither team managing to notch another goal. Dartmouth seemed to control the pace of play, but whenever there was a lapse in focus by the Big Green, the Pioneers quickly drove upfield and struck. Still, the Big Green entered the second half with a slim 1-0 lead.

The second half would be a completely different story for the hometown team. Just seven minutes into the second half, Kozlov would strike again to double the team’s lead. After Brittany Champagne ’18 sparked a run up the left side of the field, Champagne took a shot on goal.

Though Sacred Heart’s goalie Talia Schwartz managed to deflect Champagne’s sally at net, Kozlov slammed the rebound into the back of the net for her ninth goal of the season in the Big Green’s seventh game.

A two-goal lead could have been comfortable enough for the Big Green, but the onslaught of goals kept coming. Within four minutes, Dartmouth added another goal to its already stalwart lead with this one also coming off of a second-chance opportunity.

Friedman took a shot off the net that drew Sacred Heart’s Schwartz off her line once again. This gave Melanie Vangel ’18 an opportunity to slot the ball in the back of the net.

“It feels really good to finally put them away,” Vangel said. “I think I’ve just gotten a lot more confident to be involved in. We’ve been scoring a lot more this year, and I’m glad that I finally stepped up.”

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dynamic offense propels Big Green Green in rapid succession. Less than a minute later, Vangel tallied an assist on a goal by Lindsay Knutson ’18. In the 65th minute, Vangel added a second goal to push the Big Green ahead by a 5-0 margin.

As the clock ran down in the blowout, Dartmouth notched one final goal to go up 6-0. Gia Parker ’18 scored in the 86th minute off an assist by Jessica Lukas ’17.

Friedman attributed the team’s offensive success to the diversity of options available on the attacking side of the ball.

“I think that we’re really using everyone on the team this year,” Friedman said. “It’s not just us relying on one or two players to score all our goals, we’re incorporating everyone and it’s raising the level of the entire team.

The 6-0 win matched the Big Green’s previous largest win of the season when the team took down the University of Vermont by the same score. Dartmouth dominated the game throughout, outshooting Sacred Heart by a 14-6 margin overall, with a 10-4 margin in the second half.

The Big Green next take the field against the University of Massachussetts at Lowell at Burnham Field on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Friedman cited the fact that the women haven’t lost a home game since October 2012 as a boost of confidence for team going into this week’s game.

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Thanks to an electric offensive effort, the field hockey team came away with two non-conference wins this weekend. On Friday, the Big Green, led by a seven-point, three-goal performance from Julia Donald ’18, dominated Sacred Heart University 8-1.

In a Sunday afternoon matchup, Dartmouth battled all game with Bryant University in a much tighter affair before exploding in the final 10 minutes to come from behind and steal the victory from the Bulldogs, 3-2.

During Friday’s match against Sacred Heart, Donald sparked the Big Green’s offense by slotting the first goal after just five minutes of play. Dartmouth scored thrice more in the first half on the strength of two more goals from Donald and one from Rebecca Hu ’15 for a 4-0 lead.

The second half opened with another flurry of offensive action, culminating with a goal from Eliza Becker ’16, who sent a shot from the top of the circle through a crowd that found its way to the back of the net. The next strike came from Anna Ewasechko ’18 just under five minutes later off a tip from a corner play.

“I think it was a great week of practice, and we really focused on capitalizing on opportunities,” Becker said of the week leading up to the game. “It was a whole team effort, and everyone did their job to put the ball in the net.”

Sacred Heart kept pressure on the Big Green, but failed to translate its efforts into points on the scoreboard. With less than a minute to play, Dartmouth extended its lead to 8-0 after a goal from Morgan Philie ’18.

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The Big Green nearly pulled off a shut out, but in the last seconds of the game Sacred Heart got on the board with a goal off a corner play.

“We’ve had one star in the past,” Brooke Van Valkenburg ’16 said. “This year it’s really just like a lot of stars as a team. Each person can score. Every single one can do it.”

The Big Green kicked off Sunday’s game against Bryant with intense man-to-man pressure. Scoring chances arrived quickly, but the Dartmouth players, despite getting some shots off, failed to finish early.

Failure to finish became an issue through out the game, as the women trailed Bryant for the majority of the game. The Big Green would ultimately have 17 corner plays, and 22 shots, before getting on the board.

Bryant’s Victoria Danby scored just over seven minutes into the first after a costly defensive turnover from the Big Green. After play resumed Dartmouth quickly earned a set piece in the offensive end, although nothing came of it.

“I think a few games before we’ve let frustration get the best of us,” Becker said. “But I think we’ve learned from those mistakes and really stayed focused on this game. We knew we had good opportunities and that one was going to fall.”

Bryant did not spend the first half without additional scoring opportunities, but a combination of good defensive recoveries and quick saves by goalkeeper Paige Duffy ’17 eliminated the threats. Duffy ended the game with four saves and two goals allowed.

Dartmouth continued to dominate the tempo, but found itself down 1-0 going into the second half.

The second half opened with a reinvigorated the team, itching to get on the board. After another unsuccessful Big Green offensive push, Bryant struck back with a two-man breakaway, leading to a set piece and eventual goal.

The Big Green hustled and produced several corner opportunities. Still unable to put a point on the board, head coach Amy Fowler called a time out with eight minutes and 20 seconds remaining in the game.

Just after play resumed, Van Valkenburg connected with the back of the net, scoring high off the top bar and finally putting the Big Green on the board down 2-1.

“I think we just changed our mentality,” Ewasechko said. “We knew we had the skill there and the pieces just weren’t fitting at first, but once we [used each other] we just became a force.”

Fired up with the first goal, the Big Green team managed to keep the ball in Bryant’s defensive zone, forcing mistakes with high pressure. After yet another set piece, Ewasechko played the ball in directly to Hu who slotted a shot low into the corner to tie the game with less than four minutes left to play.

Aggressive pressure from Donald forced a Bryant turnover, which led to another goal for Dartmouth, scored by Van Valkenburg and assisted by Becker. With only a couple minutes left to play, Dartmouth maintained possession and let the time wind down, concluding an exciting come-from-behind victory, scoring all three goals in the final 10 minutes of the match.

Dartmouth will take the Chase AstroTurf Field again on Sunday against Princeton University for their Ivy League opener.

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Football opens season with resounding win over Georgetown B y ALEXANDER AGADJANIAN The Dartmouth Staff

Crucial plays from the Big Green defensive and special teams units paved the way for an 11-point halftime lead, topped off by a second-half offensive improvement, as the Big Green (1-0) convincingly defeated Georgetown University (1-2) 31-10. It wasn’t quite the dynamic offensive performance one might have expected from the football team, but that didn’t matter much in the team’s season opener against the Hoyas on Saturday.

The result in Washington, D.C., made it six consecutive seasonopening victories for the men, a streak which coincides with the program’s surge back to prominence over the last several seasons.

Through its first two offensive drives, Georgetown found early success. Senior quarterback Kyle Nolan guided his team well in third-down situations in the first quarter, throwing for five first downs.

Facing third-and-nine from Dartmouth’s 31-yard line, Nolan fired a pass deep down the middle to tight end Matt Buckman to open up the scoring at 4:57 in the first quarter.

The Big Green floundered on its ensuing offensive possession, but the special teams unit stamped its mark on the game the next time it received a punt. Ryan McManus ’15, a 2014 All-Ivy First Team selection at both receiver and return specialist, weaved his way 63 yards up the field until he was brought down inside Georgetown’s 10-yard line. McManus’ return offered a key jump start for a stagnant offense, which wasted no time making use of its best starting field position on the day.

Two plays later, Dalyn Williams ’16 took the shotgun snap, and feeling pressure from both sides, sprung forward and maneuvered his way into the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown rush. The quarterback scramble evened the score at seven with 2:27 left to play in the first quarter.

The Big Green onslaught did not cease there. On the Hoyas’ following possession, Troy Donahue ’15 jumped in front of a Georgetown receiver and picked

off Nolan near midfield, returning the ball 35 yards to the Hoyas’ 13-yard line.

Gifted an excellent starting point for a second straight possession, the Dartmouth offense once again capitalized immediately.

Brian Grove ’16 received the handoff from Williams and scampered down the right side for the score, granting his team a touchdown lead seconds before the conclusion of the first quarter. Within the first quarter of play, the opportunities generated by the Big Green defense and special teams helped offset Georgetown’s substantial advantages in first downs, yardage and possession time.

Folarin Orimolade ’17, the lone junior starter on the Big Green’s experienced defense, had a particularly strong impact on Saturday afternoon. Coming off a 2014 season in which he led the team in sacks, Orimolade got a quick start to the new campaign — the linebacker brought Nolan down twice in the first quarter, added another sack in the third and had a QB hurry as well. He and Dartmouth’s other rushers increased the pressure on Nolan as the half wore on and threw a Hoyas passing game off that had looked formidable early on.

“A lot of people on the team were getting pressure, so it made it easier for me,” Orimolade said about pass-rushing efforts. “Also, the [Georgetown] quarterback was unable to get out of the pocket.”

The Big Green continued its strong performance on special teams in the second quarter. After Orimolade pressured Nolan into a failed third-down conversion forcing Georgetown to punt, McManus went to work again. This time, McManus only picked up 23 yards on his return, but represented a huge lift in setting up the offense at the opposing 34-yard line. The fifth-year senior would later end a stellar day on special teams with three punt returns for 102 yards.

While that field position produced by McManus didn’t lead to points, it did help to pin Georgetown back to its own three-yard line off a punt by Ben Kepley ’17. Two plays later, as Georgetown desperately trying to get some offensive breathing room, one of the game’s defining blows struck. Sensing the

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Led by dominant defensive and special teams efforts, Dartmouth took down Georgetown University by a score of 31-10.

Big Green rush, Nolan shuffled to his left while inside the end zone, and threw a pass batted into the air

by Will McNamara ’16, who was eyeing the quarterback the entire play. The linebacker proceeded to bring down the interception and easily run into the end zone, extending Dartmouth’s lead to 21-7.

Georgetown later engineered a scoring drive toward the end of the half, but could only tack on a field goal. Despite being outgained by 145 total yards, out-possessed by almost 16 minutes and having 11 fewer first downs, the Big Green remained ahead at the half, a testament to the well-rounded nature of the team — even though its supposed strong suit, the offense, had languished a bit.

Within the first few drives of the second half, though, Williams and company came to life and established efficiency. The opening minutes of the third quarter saw the Dartmouth offense execute its strongest drive of the game at the time, collecting four first downs and 72 yards, 50 of which came off the arm of Williams, who went 5-7 on the drive and had extra support from two backup running backs.

Although the team stalled at the Hoya three-yard line and settled for a chip-shot field goal, positive signs for the offense abounded.

The next time it received the ball, the Big Green sealed the game for good with an eight-play, 72-yard touchdown drive toward the end of the quarter, adding another impressive layer to a revitalized offensive display in the second half. But prior to a 27-yard connection between Williams and receiver Dylan Mellor ’19 for the score, McManus — who already had three receptions for 51 yards in the quarter — suffered an injury that took him out of the game.

After the game, McManus said his ankle was rolled up on, but it was not serious. He also noted the progress made by the offense as the game went along.

“I think in the first game we all came out a little overexcited, and once our nerves calmed down as the game went on, we started getting our rhythm,” McManus said.

“After a few drives under our belt, we kind of got on a roll and got in our rhythm and where we want to be. It wasn’t our best football, but we’ll take a [win] any day of the week.”

Though Georgetown still possessed an edge in first downs and total yards by the end of the contest, Dartmouth left D.C. with a comfortable 31-10 win. Notably, the Big Green had the better perplay offensive stats — 4.8 yards per play to the Hoyas’ 3.9 — as well

as a critical +3 turnover margin.

From the two interceptions to a goal-line Georgetown fumble in the fourth quarter, the turnover battle essentially resulted in a 21-point swing.

Williams did not have the best of games by his lofty standards in going 17-28 for 138 yards, but the ground game excelled on Saturday.

No single runner exceeded 43 yards, but between five different players — ranging from Williams to running backs of all graduating years — the Big Green had 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns at a 4.7 per-rush clip.

Head coach Buddy Teevens said that the unusual first half flow had an effect on his offense, but he also noted how more chances with the ball in the second allowed the unit to settle into the game.

“It was really kind of a disjointed game, a couple of turnovers, a couple of big returns. The offense really wasn’t on the field at all [in the first half],” Teevens said. “The time of possession was really warped. The second was a little bit more indicative, we drove the football more successfully and ended up doing what we needed to do to win.”

This Saturday, the Big Green will head home to play Sacred Heart University in its first game in Hanover.