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Laura Stacey ’16: looking back on life with the Big Green
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NG ’17 AND MATHIS ’18: NO. 21 p.4
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Equestrian Dartmouth outrode Columbia University, Cornell University, Brown University, Princeton University and Yale University to win the Ivy League Championship at Morton Farm on Saturday. The top two riders of the show both rode for the Big Green. Cristiana Salvatori ’17 won both her Novice Flat and Fences classes and finished as the Individual High Point Rider of the show. Meanwhile, Olivia Champ ’19 was Reserve High Point Rider after winning Open Flat and placing second in Open Fences. Lindsay Seewald ’16, who also took fifth in Open Flat, beat out Champ to win Open Fences. The day was filled with similar stories for Dartmouth. Other class winners included Charlotte Johnstone ’17 in Walk Trot, Sophie King ’19 in Advanced Walk Trot Canter, Meg Rauner ’17 and Storey Dyer Kloman ’17 in Novice Flat, Erin McCarthyKeeler ’19 and Claire Bick ’18 in Novice Fences and Staci Mannella ’18 in Intermediate Fences. Dartmouth also had several runners-up: Seewald in the Intermediate Fences Championship, Salvatori in the Novice Flat Championship, Johnstone in the Walk Trot Canter Championship, King in the Walk Trot Canter Championship, Champ in Open Fences, David Cordero ’16 in Beginner Walk Trot Canter, Rauner in Novice Fences, McCarthy-Keeler in both Novice Flat and Novice Fences Championship and Bick and Catherine Conway ’17 in Intermediate Flat. Women’s Track and Field The women were split up to compete at two non-scoring meets this weekend, with some attending the University of Virginia’s Virginia Challenge and others going to Princeton University’s Larry Ellis Invitational. In Charlottesville, Virginia, Dartmouth athletes competed against individuals from 48 other schools, managing six top-10 finishes. Jennifer Meech ’16 shined in two events, taking eighth in the 200-meter and 10th in the 400. Dana Giordano ’16 was seventh in
the 1500, crossing in 4 minutes 20.53 seconds. The 4x400 relay team also showed well and finished sixth. Dartmouth high jumpers put in a good day of work: Allison Frantz ’18 placed third in the high jump with 1.66 meters, while Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16’s 1.76 leap was good for sixth in the high jump invite. Competition at Princeton included all of the Ancient Eight but Harvard University. Dartmouth received top-10 finishes from Reid Watson ’16 (10th in the 5000), Abby Feeney ’17 (10th in the 100-meter hurdles), Kathleen Sprout ’17 (ninth in the 400 hurdles), Stephanie Brown ’16 (eighth in the pole vault) and Moriah Morton ’17 (ninth in the javelin). Men’s Track and Field Men’s track and field split this weekend between Charlottesville, Virginia and Princeton, New Jersey. Dartmouth athletes turned out several top-10 performances at the Virginia Challenge. On the field, Nico Robinson ’17 had a seventh place showing in the long jump. Corey Muggler ’17 also performed well, taking ninth in the triple jump invite and fifth in the long jump invite. Jacob Shippee ’16’s 61.78-meter throw was good for fourth in the javelin. Dartmouth hurdlers excelled, with Parker Johnson ’19 taking seventh in the 110-meter and 400 hurdles, and Alec Eschholz ’19 and Edward Wagner ’16 finishing in the top 10 of the 400. Dartmouth throwers found success on the Princeton field. Colin Minor ’18 placed sixth in the hammer throw and 10th in the shot put, while Lucas Ribeiro ’19 was eighth in the discus. Elsewhere, Alex Frye ’17 leapt to eighth in the high jump (2.00 meters) and Tim Gorman ’16 crossed in 10th in the 1500. The Big Green’s Daniel Salas ’17 ran 14 minutes 19.41 seconds and Peter Geithner ’16 ran 14:26.09 for fifth and ninth in the 5000. Women’s Tennis No. 49 women’s tennis (13-6) wrapped up its regular season at home on Saturday with a 5-2 win over No. 59 Harvard University.
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Women’s lacrosse gave Brown University its first Ivy win this past weekend.
Dartmouth grabbed the doubles point on wins by Katherine Yau ’16 and Julia Schroeder ’18 and Jacqueline Crawford ’17 and Lexxi Kiven ’18. Schroeder and Taylor Ng ’17 then posted dominating straight-set singles match victories at No. 5 and No. 1 to put the Big Green up 3-0. Harvard won at No. 6, but Kristina Mathis ’18’s 7-5, 6-4 sealed the Dartmouth win. For the icing on the cake, Yau surged back from a first-set loss to win the final Ivy match of her career. Dartmouth finishes the season 4-3 in the Ivy League, good enough for second place behind Princeton University. Men’s Tennis No. 38 men’s tennis (18-8) finished the 2016 season in style on Saturday, extending its Ivy win streak to six in a 4-1 defeat of No. 49 Harvard University before many Big Green fans in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dovydas Sakinis ’16 and Max Fliegner ’18 won 6-0 in the No. 3 position, while Max Schmidt ’17 and Roko Glasnovic ’19 dispatched their Harvard duo 6-3 to give Dartmouth the first point. Harvard stole the first singles match at the No. 5 spot but that would be its only win of the day. Dartmouth enjoyed victories from No. 85 Sakinis at the No. 1 position, Eddie Grabill ’19 at No. 6, and then the clincher, a 6-4, 6-1 win from George Wall ’17 at No. 4. The Big Green conclude conference play second in the Ivy League, behind the winner Columbia University. Women’s Rugby Dartmouth fielded two squads at the Ivy Sevens Championship, hosted by Princeton University on Saturday. The Big Green’s A-side opened with back-to-back shutout wins, prevailing 28-0 over the University of Pennsylvania and 47-0 against Columbia University. Dartmouth topped its pool with a 17-5 victory over Princeton, put-
ting the team through to the semifinal, where it saw the losing end of a 17-5 split against Brown University. Camille Johnson ’19, Ashley Zepeda ’18 and Kat Ramage ’19 all went down in the game against Brown and did not play for the rest of the tournament. In the cup consolation match, Princeton this time got the better of Dartmouth by a score of 15-10. Dartmouth’s second team enjoyed more success. The B-side won its pool with victories over Princeton-B and Brown-B and then prevailed in the final, a rematch against Brown. Next week, Dartmouth will play in another leg of the Varsity Sevens series at the United States Military Academy. Men’s Lacrosse The Dartmouth men’s lacrosse team fell on Senior Day in its last Ivy League home game against the University of Pennsylvania 11-4 at Scully-Fahey Field. Dartmouth drops to 1-12 and 0-5
in Ivy League play while the Quakers improve to 8-5 and 4-2 in Ivy League play. The Big Green was able to hold Penn to a relatively close first half only trailing 4-2. Jack Korzelius ’18 and Harrison Lane ’19 each scored a goal to tie the score at 2-2 in the first, but Penn added two more to end the half strong. The Big Green outshot the Quakers 19-17 in the first half. The Quakers dominated the second period, scoring seven goals to win 11-4 and holding off the Dartmouth offense. Penn was able to put three in the back of the net to open the third period while keeping the Big Green silent until Richie Loftus ’18 scored at 1:01 to make the deficit 7-3. Penn added four more goals in the fourth while Loftus added a single unassisted goal for the Big Green. Joe Balaban ’19 had nine saves in the loss. Both teams recorded 36 shots each. The Big Green will conclude its season next Saturday at No. 3 Brown University. Women’s Lacrosse Big Green women’s lacrosse fell at Brown University on Saturday in its sixth Ivy League game 8-5. The Big Green fall to 6-8 overall and 2-4 in Ivy League play while the Bears improve to 6-8 and 1-5 in Ivy League play. The Big Green are 0-7 away from home but 5-1 at home. Dartmouth started out the first period much stronger than the Bears with Taryn Deck ’17 scoring two quick goals to lead 2-0. The Bears responded by scoring four goals to lead 4-2 at halftime. Brown outshot Dartmouth 9-5 in the period. The Bears dominated the second half, outscoring Dartmouth 4-3. Jaclyn Leto ’16 and Deck each scored a tally early to tie the score at 4-4. The Bears, however, dominated the latter part of the half outscoring Dartmouth 4-1. Leto scored a final goal at 4:06 to help Dartmouth, but it was too little too late
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Softball picked up its first Ivy losses of the season this past weekend but, at 14-2 in League play, remain dominant.
for the Big Green. The Bears outshot Dartmouth 18-13 overall. Deck led Dartmouth with three goals and Leto scored two more for 49 this season and 147 overall for fourth in Dartmouth’s program history. Netminder Charlotte Wahle ’19 recorded four saves in the loss. The women’s lacrosse team plays its final game of the regular season versus Columbia University on Senior Day this Saturday at home. Thanks to favorable tiebreakers, the Big Green can still qualify for the 2016 Ivy League Tournament with a win against the Lions and a Yale University victory over Harvard University. Baseball The baseball team played Yale University at home in doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. The Big Green lost three out of the four games. On Saturday, the Big Green dropped both matches losing the first 7-6 and the second 5-3. On Sunday, the Big Green lost 4-3 but picked up its only victory of the weekend 10-4. The Big Green fall to 14-23 and 8-8 in Ivy play while the Bulldogs improve to 16-23-1 and 10-6 in Ivy play. Yale became the second team since the college built Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park in 2009 to sweep Dartmouth in a home field doubleheader. With the victories, the Bulldogs take charge of the Red Rolfe Division. In the first game, Beau Sulser ’16 allowed five runs in five innings. Dustin Shirley ’18 had two RBIs to pace the Big Green, and though Dartmouth outhit Yale 9-8 the Bulldogs emerged victorious in a close matchup. In the second game, the Big Green fell again — this time by just two runs. Clay Chatham ’18 allowed three runs in 1.1 innings for the loss. The Bulldogs grabbed four runs in the second inning to grab a commanding lead. Dartmouth got three RBIs, one each, from Michael Ketchmark ’17, Rob Emery ’19 and Justin Fowler ’18. On Sunday, it was another close game which the Bulldogs again won 4-3. The Big Green finished the weekend outscoring Yale by two runs
but came away with just one victory to show for it. Joe Purritano ’16 grabbed two RBIs to help the Big Green. The Bulldogs grabbed three runs in the sixth after the Big Green leveled the score 1-1 in the second inning. Dartmouth scored two runs in a rally in the seventh inning that ultimately fell short. Yale outhit Dartmouth 7-4. The Big Green dominated the second Sunday game. Dartmouth scored 10 runs with Ketchmark’s five RBIs and Thomas Roulis ’15’s three leading the charge to wrap up the 10-4 victory. Dartmouth plays Siena College this week on Wednesday at home. Softball The softball team continued its Ivy League play this weekend in a pair of Saturday and Sunday doubleheaders against Yale University. Dartmouth beat Yale 4-0 and fell 4-2 on Saturday and fell 1-0 and won 6-1 on Sunday. The Big Green improved to 26-12 and 14-2 in Ivy League play, taking its first two losses in Ancient Eight play against the Bulldogs. In the Big Green’s first game Saturday versus Yale, Morgan McCalmon ’16 pitched a complete game, allowing zero runs in the 4-0 victory. McCalmon only allowed a single hit while the Big Green offense supplied four runs. Maddie Damore ’17 had two RBIs with Kelsey Miller ’16 and Katie McEachern ’16 each adding a single RBI to help the Big Green. The Big Green outhit the Bulldogs 6-1. The second game versus Yale proved difficult for the Big Green as the Bulldogs scored four runs while the Big Green only managed two. Bulldog pitching limited the Big Green just enough for the victory. Kassidy Williams ’19 had the two RBIs for the Big Green. The games on Sunday played out differently with Yale winning 1-0 in the first game and the Big Green outpowering the Bulldogs 6-1 in the second game. In the first game, a tight pitching duel saw the Bulldogs win 1-0 with the Big Green recording just three hits. The Big Green dominated the second game. Breanna Ethridge ’18 and Lauren
Stone ’19 limited the Bulldogs to one run while Chloe Madill ’17, Williams and Karen Chaw ’17 contributing to the offensive output to win 6-1. The Big Green are currently first place in Ivy League Division North play. The team will play second place Harvard University (13-3) next weekend. The split home-and-away doubleheaders will crown a division champion. Women’s Rowing The women’s rowing team traveled to Carnegie Lake in Princeton, New Jersey to compete for the Class of 1984 Plaque against Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Bucknell University on Saturday. In the first, second and third varsity eight races, the Big Green placed third in each race. Princeton took first in all three varsity eight races. The Bison placed second in the third varsity eight and came in fourth in the first and third races. The Big Green placed second in the varsity four, coming in 12 seconds behind Princeton at 8 minutes 2.1 seconds. In the second varsity four race,
The No. 10 men’s heavyweight rowing team faced No. 6 Brown University on Saturday at the Atlanta Cup in Providence, Rhode Island and placed second in all four races. On Sunday, the team faced Syracuse University in the Packard Cup and fell just short in the varsity eight. At the Seekonk River, the Big Green heavyweight rowing team barely fell to the Bears in the third and fourth varsity races. Dartmouth had a lead in both races, but fell by 1.4 seconds and by half a second. In the second varsity, the Big Green placed second finishing in 5:36.5 behind the Bears by almost five seconds. The Big Green placed second in the final varsity eight race by nearly 10 seconds. The Big Green heavyweight team faced Syracuse in the Packard Cup and the varsity eight finished just two tenths of a second behind the Orange. Dartmouth won the second and third varsity eight races. Men’s Lightweight Rowing The No. 9 men’s lightweight rowing team hosted No. 1 Yale University in the Durand Cup on Saturday. On Sunday, the lightweight team faced Columbia University at the Subin Cup. The lightweight rowing team placed second behind Yale in the varsity eight, second varsity eight and in the third varsity eight Dartmouth was closest in the varsity eight finishing in 5:47.9, 10 seconds behind the Bulldogs. On Sunday, the Big Green placed second behind Columbia in all three races: the varsity eight, second varsity eight and third varsity eight. Women’s Golf Dartmouth shot a 987 (+111) to finish in last place at the three-day Ivy League Women’s Championship, held at the par-73 Stanwich Club
Course in Greenwich, Connecticut. Harvard University, tournament leaders throughout, took the crown with a 919 (+43). After beginning the tournament in fifth, ahead of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, the Big Green slipped to sixth on Saturday and then to seventh when the threeday tournament concluded Sunday afternoon. Sunday’s 333 (+41) was the worst team round of the tournament. Jessica Kittelberger ’18, Dartmouth’s best individual performer, managed to crack the top half of the 35-woman leaderboard, shooting a 243 (+24) to tie for 17th. Isabelle Kane ’18 and Julia Calbi ’19 were close behind, tying for 22nd after both shot 245 (+26) for the tournament. Calbi’s 78 (+5) in the opening round was a team best. Catharine Roddy ’19, 254 (+25) and Radi Sauro ’18, 265 (+46), also competed for the Big Green. Men’s Golf Men’s golf came within four shots of the lead at the Ivy League Men’s Championship but had to settle for second place behind Harvard University. The Big Green shot a collective 911 (+47) at Jackson, New Jersey’s Metedeconk National Golf Club. Round 1 saw Dartmouth begin in second place on a strong score of 301 (+13), the second-best team round of the weekend. A 309 on Saturday dropped the men to third behind Yale University, but the team regained form Sunday with another 301. Yale finished eight shots back in third place at 919 (+55). Ian Kelsey ’18 made four birdies on Friday en route to a first-round-best 72. He followed that with a 77 and 73 to finish the weekend +6 in second place overall. Charles Cai ’16 also cracked the top 10, as his three-day score of 229 (+13) was enough for ninth place. Scott Jaster ’17 and John Lazor ’19 finished with 231 (+15) and 232 (+16), respectively, while Sean Fahey ’17 was well back after shooting 248 (+32).
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The heavyweight varsity eight experienced a devastating loss, finishing .2 seconds behind Syracuse University.
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Ng ’17 and Mathis ’18 finish at No. 21 Laura Stacey ’1
87 Career points for Stacey ’16 with the Big Green
9 Consecutive losses for men’s lacrosse
1 Hit against McCalmon ’16 in complete game
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1 Loss for Ng ’17 and Mathis ’18 in 2016 as doubles partners in 12 matches played for the Big Green
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Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 dominated this season.
By ASHLEY DUPUIS The Dartmouth Staff
After starting the weekend ranked fifth in the Ivy League, the women’s tennis team rallied to defeat Harvard University 5-2, improving its league ranking to a second place tie with Columbia University, Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. The team finished the 2016 regular season with a record of 13-6 and 4-3 in the Ivy League. As the team wraps up its season, it is impossible to overlook the indomitable duo of Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18. The pair made the rankings every week since the start of the season in January and finished at No. 21 in the country. “They complement each other well, and are consistently aggressive,” head coach Bob Dallis said of the two’s performance. “They work hard, they take a lot of pride in how they play doubles, and they are always looking to get better, so I’m certainly not surprised at all by their success.” Mathis and Ng first began playing together in January 2015. Less than a year later they went on to win the Intercollegiate Tennis Associations Regional Championship doubles title, which marked the first time a Big Green pair had ever claimed the title. Ng echoed Dallis, stating that her and Mathis’s play includes an element of chemistry and complementary strengths and weaknesses. “Even just looking at some of the other teams we’ve played you can kind of get the picture that they’re either both good at the net and neither is very strong at the baseline, or that they’re really strong singles players, but don’t have much chemistry in doubles,” Ng said. Mathis’s baseline game coupled with Ng’s net play has proven to be a deadly combination on the courts. However, the two players highlighted
their focus on looking to improve further as players and as a doubles team. The two have been working on the weaker parts of their respective games, Ng said, pushing them forward as a pair. It’s clear to see that this duo’s chemistry transcends off the courts, another element of their success. “We’ve gotten to really know each other,” Mathis said. “I think that last fall, at the ITA Championships, was the point where we really got close, really got to know each other on a deeper level — on and off the court — which I think has helped our game even more because we understand each other more know. Once you’ve played with someone for while you just begin to understand their play and every move.” The two also highlighted how they make sure to play off of each other and to balance each other on the courts. “When I get stressed or nervous I have my own coping mechanism, but my energy will get very low, but
Kristina can identify that very quickly and help me refocus,” Ng said. “So we help keep each other on the same level and ready to play, both physically and mentally.” The two emphasized the importance of remembering who they play for as student-athletes at Dartmouth and playing their best, no matter the outcome. “There are a lot of unique opportunities that we’ve had together, and I think it’s just recognizing how much of a privilege it is to get to play, to play together, and to play for Dartmouth,” Ng said. As they look ahead for next season’s prospects, both Mathis and Ng expressed enthusiasm for the new additions to the team. According to tennisrecruiting.net, the team is set to add Catherine Cable ’20, Chuyang Guan ’20, Racquel Lyn ’20 and Allison McCann ’20 next season. This season, the team only added one freshman player, Allison Chuang ’19. “I think they’ll only add to our team, and I think they’ll also add a lot to our culture [as a team] — it’s exciting,” Mathis said. Even as the season winds down and they began to look ahead, Mathis and Ng remain focused on the NCAA tournament. While Ivy League play has come to a close, Ng and Mathis stand poised to receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament, which will be announced in early May. Each conference that has one or more doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 automatically qualify. NCAA subcommittees will apply specific criterion to determine the automatically qualifying doubles pair from those conferences with multiple doubles teams within the ITA Top 60 rankings. The remaining teams will be chosen at-large. “The goal is take it one day at a time, one point at a time,” Mathis said in regards to the possible NCAA appearance. “We always leave it all out on the court.”
Laura Stacey ’16 captained the Big Green as a s
By MARK CUI The Dartmouth Staff
Hailing from Kleinberg, Ontario, Canada, Laura Stacey ’16 always knew that hockey was her sport. Stacey started on the ice as a figure skater when she was three or four years old. But she hated figure skating, and recalls sitting on the ice and crying as she watched the boys play hockey. “I kept fighting it, and finally my parents let me play hockey,” she said. “I loved it, and have never looked back ever since.” Stacey then continued her budding hockey career as a member of the Toronto Junior Aeros of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League, one of the biggest leagues in Canada. In the league, she was able to learn from and compete against top players from the same age group. The experienced coaches also opened her eyes up to possibilities in the United States, and after official visits to five schools, she chose Dartmouth for its intimate hockey team dynamic.
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The doubles pair of Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 lost only three matches in the 2015-16 season.
It is not typical for a freshman to come in and play a major role in a team’s success, but that’s exactly what John Lazor ’19 has been doing since he stepped on campus in the fall. In the spring, he surpassed a strong fall season that saw him create a young 1-2 punch with teammate Ian Kelsey ’18. Lazor’s game this term has been consistently at the top of the League, perhaps peaking at the Yale Invitational. Lazor took home honors as the top golfer in the 36-hole tournament, firing a 73-70 that placed him at the top of the field and guided
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“I just wanted to find a place where uld call home and fall in love with,” said. “What set Dartmouth apart s the culture of family that the team d.” Since arriving at Dartmouth, Stacey left an enduring legacy in the ice ckey record books. Bursting onto
the scene in her rookie year, she scored 22 points on eight goals and 14 assists, concluding the successful season as the team’s Rookie of the Year. While she excelled on the ice, she found classroom life to be a bit of an adjustment. “The school was the biggest shock for me,” Stacey said. “I had done pretty well in high school, but coming here, I was no longer one of the smarter kids in class, and I had to get used to accepting lower grades and working a lot harder to get grades that I really wanted.” Using her rookie campaign as a learning experience and seeking advice from tutors and teammates, she learned to balance academics with her social life and hockey. Throughout her ice hockey career at Dartmouth, Stacey continued to build upon her brilliant rookie year, shattering records and becoming a captain in the process. “On the ice, she’s incredible competitive [and] very talented athletically,” former head coach Mark Hudak said. “She’s also a very good teammate and leader. She’s also someone who cares deeply about the team that she’s on and her teammates.” Reflecting on her career, two particular games stand out to Stacey.
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w did it feel to win your first rnament and to do it as a shman?
JL: It feels really good. It definitely gave me a lot of confidence going into this week. Knowing that I can play at a top level gave me a lot of confidence in my game. It was a one day tournament playing 36 holes, which meant 10 hours on the golf course. It was pretty tough mentally but being able to play well through that gave me confidence that I can push through mental fatigue. Did you expect to win a tournament outright as a freshman? Was that your goal heading into the season? JL: I mostly try to focus one round at a time. Going into the tournament I knew I had a chance to do really well — I had been doing well the week before and putting really well. Playing
One of them was during her rookie year, when the team played Harvard University. She fondly recalls the game as having an electric atmosphere and the largest supporting crowd during her four years at Dartmouth. The second was senior night of this season. Although the team had been frustrated and struggling all year, the team still beat Brown University 5-0. Although Stacey never had the opportunity to fulfill her dream of winning an NCAA championship or an Ivy League title, she has made many lifelong friends from the team and learned determination. “That determination is something I’ve definitely taking into the real world,” she said. “As a leader of the team that struggled to score goals and get wins, it definitely opened my eyes that you can still be positive, still love the sport and do amazing things.” Ailish Forfar ’16, Stacey’s teammate since high school and also a member of the Dartmouth women’s hockey team, noted that Stacey always stayed positive despite the losses and played a crucial role as a leader early on. This past season, the team finished 6-19-3 and fifth in the Ivy League. Forfar said this season was a tough one, in which the team struggled to produce the results it wanted. Yet Stacey remained positive and motivated, Forfar said, leading the team by example and continuing to demonstrate her leadership abilities that emerged during her freshman year. While playing hockey for Dartmouth, Stacey also competed as a member of the Canadian National Women’s Development Team, which provided lessons she took back to Dartmouth. “It’s an honor to wear the Maple Leaf,” Stacey said. “Playing with the best people in the world, and bringing what I’ve learned from them and top coaches back to here definitely helps out. It’s always been my dream and I hope to continue on that path.” Stacey’s humility, according to
36 holes is tough for a lot of people to do, but [it helped] to know that I have been strong there and played a lot of rounds like that through the years. It’s not something that you expect, but mentally you need to have the confidence to know that it can be done. How has the spring season compared to the fall? Do you feel like you hit your stride early on in the season? JL: Fall and spring feel completely different. In the fall you’re coming off the summer, where you’re playing almost every day and playing in competitive tournaments. In the spring, we really only get to do lifting and some indoor hitting and putting — so spring trips down south at the start of the season were really helpful in getting back to
Forfar, defines her even more than her success. “You wouldn’t know that she had such a great role on the [Canadian National Women’s Development Team] just by running into her on the street,” Forfar said. “As teammates, to see her go and win gold medals and then pretend that nothing happened almost, it was just like ‘Wow, we are really lucky to have her as a teammate.’ It never got to her head, and I think that’s why she’ll continue to be successful. She doesn’t take anything for granted, and she deserves it.” Following her astounding hockey career at Dartmouth, Stacey looks to continue competing as part of the
Canadian team. She already signed up for the Canadian Women’s Hockey League Draft, and wants to try out for the senior national team. Ultimately, she hopes to make the centralized roster for the Canadian Olympic team. A secondary option for Stacey is going to graduate school and using her economics degree to pursue a related career. “Basically I have a year to train and do whatever I can to crack that roster and see what happens,” Stacey said. “Depending on what happens with the national team, I may consider going back to school and getting an MBA, and pursuing a career in sales and marketing [that is] related to sports.”
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Laura Stacey ’16 has played for the Canadian Development team for multiple years.
speed quickly. The course opened a few have been putting really well the last weeks early, which gave us great chance three weeks. I’ve been able to make a lot more putts inside of 30 feet, to get work in around the greens. which is really important for my game How helpful were those trips to in order to make a few more birdies and saving some pars. So, I would the South early in the season? say [the strongest parts are my] putJL: In the past, the team didn’t go ting and short game, which has been South too many times, so it seemed a what coach has stretched this season. lot different this year. We’d be gone Before we can hit the range, he makes four to five days a week, so we would us start practice with a lot of wedge, get a lot of time to practice, especially chipping and putting drills. Coming when our course wasn’t open. It defi- out of that, my short game has really nitely helped with strengthening our excelled this spring even more than game early so that we hit the ground the fall. It was pretty surprising, since I had all this time to practice and play running in the summer. I definitely put a lot What do you think has been the more time in the winter into practicing strongest part of your game this my putting, which I think has paid off this spring season. season? JL: I think it has been my putting. I This interview has been edited for clarity.
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The Legend of Big Papi A week ago today was Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts, a commemoration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and also the annual running of the Boston Marathon. Two years ago, the holiday was marred by a tragic bombing. Five days later, the Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park after the bombings, trading in their traditional home jerseys with “Red Sox” across the front for ones with “Boston.” Prior to the game, David Ortiz addressed the crowd, proclaiming, “This is our f---ing city, and no one is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.” Six months later, Ortiz backpacked the Sox to a World Series championship, taking home the Series’ Most Valuable Player award along the way. For most people, this would make a career. For Ortiz, it was just one chapter in an extraordinary career. Ortiz, a native of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, was unable to find a niche in Minnesota playing with the Minnesota Twins over the course of six seasons. When he arrived, confusion over Spanish naming customs led to some concern that they had traded for the wrong guy. Ortiz had previously gone by Arias, his maternal family name, before switching to Ortiz, his paternal family game, prior to his tenure in Minnesota. The Twins cut him in December of 2002 and, thanks to a chance encounter with then-Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez at a restaurant in the Dominican Republic. The Sox picked Ortiz up. His Boston career got off to a slow start, initially struggling to earn more than the occasional at-bat as a pinch hitter, but by the end of the season, he finished fifth in American League Most Valuable Player voting with 31 home runs and 101 RBI. In 2004 Ortiz’s play thrust him into Red Sox lore. In the American League Division Series against the Anaheim Angels, Ortiz hit a walkoff, series-ending home run. Then, after trailing 3-0 in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, Ortiz hit a walk-off home run in Game 4 and a walk-off single in Game 5 and added a homer in the decisive Game 7. He followed
that up with a three-run homer in the first inning of Game 1 of the World Series, a series in which the Sox ended the infamous 86-year Curse of the Bambino. The legend of “Big Papi” was born. In 2007, Ortiz and the Sox took home another World Series on the strength of another four-game sweep, this time knocking off the upstart Colorado Rockies. Next game, his legendary 2013 performance. Five home runs, 13 RBI, and .353 average, including hitting a whopping .688 in the World Series. Ortiz and the Sox certainly had some rough patches. In 2009, allegations surfaced that Ortiz had failed a drug test back in 2003, allegations which Ortiz has vehemently denied, and even the MLB has never confirmed. Since their 2013 title, the Sox have finished dead last in the AL East every year. That said, these rough patches do little to diminish what has been an extraordinary career. Ortiz has spent his best years with an organization known for its history — a history characterized by beloved figures. Ted and Yaz. Pesky and Fisk. But while Ortiz has brought home three rings, none of those men has even one. During Ortiz’s tenure and the team’s renaissance beginning in 2004, there have been other stars. Pedro and Manny. Curt Schilling. But none of them have had Ortiz’s staying power. The fact is Ortiz has been as good as anyone to ever don a Red Sox uniform. He has been as clutch as anyone during his time in Boston. Whenever the Red Sox need a big hit, it’s Ortiz who comes through. I can remember checking the scores of the 2004 ALCS in the newspaper each morning after a game — my mom having sent me to bed before the games ended — and Ortiz’s ability to keep the Sox alive stunned me. I have little doubt that without Big Papi, the Sox wouldn’t have won championships in 2004 and 2013, and I’m skeptical that they would have been taken home the 2007 title either. On top of his outstanding onfield performance, any discussion of Ortiz’s legacy would be incomplete without a mention of his tremendous charisma. Whether it’s been “This is SportsCenter” commercials with rival Jorge Posada and the Red Sox mascot or his speech before the Sox return to Fenway after the Marathon Bombings, Ortiz has been consistently endearing and entertaining. I’ve never considered myself a Red Sox fan but always found it impossible to root against their star slugger. This November, on his 40th birthday, Ortiz announced that 2016 would be his final season, one last ride in a career that began in 1997. If the past is any indicator, Ortiz’s final lap through the MLB gauntlet will be a memorable one.
Each week The Numbers Game will break-down one Dartmouth sports statistic. This week’s number: 5.02- Kyle Hendricks ’12’s 5.02 ERA differential between his sophomore and junior seasons During last year’s MLB postseason, former Dartmouth pitcher and current Chicago Cub Kyle Hendricks ’12 was at the center of the baseball universe. The now-26-year-old was given the opportunity to start Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets. The Cubs were down 2-0 in the best of seven series and were hosting their first NLCS game in 12 years. If you told scouts after Hendricks’ sophomore season in Hanover that the right-hander would be starting a must win game in the NLCS, they probably would have laughed in your face.
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This would have been no disrespect to Hendricks but rather a fair assessment of the pitcher’s chances of making an impact in professional baseball at that point in his collegiate career. In 2010, his sophomore campaign, Hendricks went 4-6 with a less-than-impressive 7.49 ERA in 57.2 innings. Then, in 2011, Hendricks made an incredible leap and posted a 5-3 record with a 2.47 ERA in 62.0 innings. Hendricks improved his ERA by 5.02 between these two seasons, propelling him to first-team All-Ivy honors and earning Dartmouth’s Pitcher of the Year. Soon after his junior year, Hendricks was drafted in the eighth-round of the MLB’s First-Year Player Draft by the Texas Rangers, going 264th overall. Earned Run Average, or ERA, is the best measure for evaluating a pitcher’s overall effectiveness. It is obtained by dividing total earned runs allowed by total innings pitched and then multiplying this number by nine. Although this may seem a bit confusing, the statistic is merely how many runs a pitcher would give up on average if they were to pitch a full nine inning game. In the case of Hendricks, seeing a pitcher improve his ERA by over five runs during his college career, let alone in a single calendar year, is almost unheard of. Current Dartmouth baseball workhorse Duncan Robinson ’16 significantly improved between his sophomore and junior season but certainly not to the extent of Hendricks. In 2014, Robinson went 7-3 with a 2.96 ERA in 54.2 innings pitched. Then, in 2015, he posted a 2.62 ERA in 65.1
innings to go along with a 6-2 record. As validation for his improvement, Robinson was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Year. Robinson’s career path mirrors more closely that of a dominant pitcher with dramatic improvement between his freshman and sophomore year with incremental improvements for the rest of his careers. It is very rare that we see a pitcher suddenly develop into a dominant force in their junior year as we saw with Hendricks. If we compare Hendricks’ college career to other MLB pitchers’ college career arc, the Dartmouth alumnus still stands out. Former Vanderbilt University and current Boston Red Sox starter David Price is possibly the most dominant pitcher in recent college baseball memory. In his sophomore year, the lefty flame thrower posted a 4.16 ERA in 110.1 innings. In a more prominent role during his junior year the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner won 11 games with a stingy 2.63 ERA in 133.1 innings pitched. The point is that though Price did improve, we just do not see the type of improvement in pitchers that go on to pitch in the majors that Hendricks experienced from his sophomore to junior season. In Game 3 against the Mets, Hendricks battled through some early butterflies and ended up pitching four innings and giving up two earned runs. The game was an encapsulation of a very solid 2014-2015 season with the Cubs for the former Big Green standout in which he posted an 8-7 record with a 3.95 ERA during the regular season.
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Power sports and golf: frontrunner Jordan Spieth’s losing battle By MAXWELL KANEFIELD The Dartmouth Staff
A little more than two weeks ago, Jordan Spieth was running away with the lead at the Masters. The 22-year-old phenom had just finished out the ninth hole at Augusta National with his fourth straight birdie, vaulting him five shots ahead of the field with just nine holes to play. The reigning Masters champion, the youngest to win the tournament since Tiger Woods, looked primed to fill the massive void left by Wood’s descent. With golf ’s popularity and success often tied to a preeminent player drawing people to the sport, the golf world turned to Spieth in hopes of returning to the modern peak of golf ’s popularity under Wood’s reign. What followed in the next few holes, however, grabbed the spotlight for all the wrong reasons for golf, ultimately allowing the power sports — basketball, football and hockey — to refocus the public’s attention in the week that followed. The smallest crack appeared on the 10th hole, with a misguided iron shot leading to a bogey. On the 11th, an errant tee shot found the pine straw off the fairway and behind the trees, leading Spieth to
his second bogey in as many holes. On the 12th hole, the cracks gave way and exploded. Spieth plunked his tee shot into
The golfer, who rubbed shoulders with Tony Romo and Steph Curry and recently signed a new 10-year deal with Under Armour, lost out on a chance to grab the spotlight of the national sports scene. the water twice on the par-3 12th before hitting into the sand beyond the green. He finished the hole with a seven, which dropped him from first to third and rattled him enough to prevent a comeback. It was an opportunity lost for the rising star. Spieth shattered records in 2015 — becoming the youngest player to win the FedEx Cup playoffs, securing the most wins on the PGA Tour and becoming the youngest player to reach $20 million in career earnings. The golfer, who rubbed shoulders with Tony Romo and Steph Curry and
recently signed a new 10-year deal with Under Armour, lost out on a chance to grab the spotlight of the national sports scene. In the week that followed, Spieth’s collapse, the Masters, and the world of golf became buried under an avalanche of big-ticket news from America’s marquee sports. The basketball world was the first to overshadow the Masters with two massive storylines. First, it was the Golden State Warriors’ final game in their quest for a record-breaking 73 wins in their bout against the Memphis Grizzlies. The game had all the trappings of an NBA playoff game, with the fans dressed in a blue-out as Steph Curry did Steph Curry things and led the Warriors to their win, surpassing the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls’ 72-win season. Yet somehow, even with the Warriors breaking a decades old record and cementing themselves as the greatest regular season NBA team in history, a game featuring a then-40-41 team eliminated from playoffs and one of the league’s worst teams overshadowded the historical game. What happened between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz that night, the final contest of Kobe Bryant’s career, can be described only as a spectacle of extravagance.
The night featured pregame speeches and video montages befitting a championship celebration. And once the game began, the Lakers’ mission was clear — feed Bryant the ball and get out of the way. The 37-year-old put up 60 points, the highest total of the year for the league, on 50 shots — the most in the modern era. It was, truly, the only way for the man universally known as the world’s biggest ball hog to end his career. As Bryant carried the Lakers, aching knees and all, to a comefrom-behind win, the nation took notice. The ratings for the game, which featured zero playoff teams stood at 3.4 million viewers — just .2 million behind the Warriors. Bryant did not only capture people’s attention. He also captured their wallets. His final game at the Staples Center generated $1.2 million in merchandise sales, the most ever for a one-day event at any arena. He beat out rock and roll legend Led Zeppelin, who held the previous record with $1 million in sales during a 2007 reunion concert in London. Not to be outdone, the NFL quickly followed the NBA’s big day with a massive announcement of its own. After delaying their announcement for a day “out of respect for
Kobe Bryant playing in his final NBA game,” the Los Angeles Rams and Tennessee Titans announced a trade that sent the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to the Rams. In a deal many pundits are calling a win-win for both teams, the Titans received a treasure trove of draft picks including the Rams 2016 and 2017 first rounders — among many more. Finally, the NHL kicked off its playoffs alongside the NBA. With several high powered teams, the return of superstars Alex Ovechkin’s and Sidney Crosby’s teams to the top of the hockey world, and recent powerhouses Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks in
As Bryant carried the Lakers, aching knees and all, to a comefrom-behind win, the nation took notice. the mix, it’s shaping up to be an electric postseason for the National Hockey League. The world of sports is one with constantly emerging headlines, but it was Spieth’s collapse that signaled golf ’s return to the shadows behind America’s power sports.
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Powerlifting Club sends seven to Nationals in inaugural season By MATT YUEN
The Dartmouth Staff
Every great thing starts off as a small idea. In the fall of 2015, Tony Choi ’16 had a dream: to start a Powerlifting Club at Dartmouth. From the notorious breakfast bomb to the daily Late Night Collis ventures, one oftentimes encounters certain obstacles when attempting to maintain one’s fitness. There’s a reason why many college students find they can no longer fit into their clothing, and it’s not because they shrunk in the wash. The fact of the matter is it’s not easy to stay in shape. “Fitness in college is a struggle, it’s hard to stay motivated,” Choi said. “You kind of need some kind of goal, or at least I did. I struggled for the first three years, but last summer I discovered powerlifting as a sport, and I started training. Having that competitive goal in your mind makes you want to go every day. It makes you reevaluate your goals for fitness and almost makes you OCD about your training.” In Choi’s mind, the benefits of having a goal in mind were just too good to be kept to himself. He wanted to be able to powerlift with other students who struggled on campus to maintain their fitness. And just like that, the Powerlifting Club was created. Like any other club or student organization, there were a lot of skeptics. Choi said that people had told him powerlifting was not interesting enough to gain devo-
tees, because it was unlikely that people would add on powerlifting to their academic and extracurricular priorities. However, Choi was determined, and he persisted to grow and develop his club. That being said, Choi admits that his initial recruiting tactics were a bit unconventional. “I was a pretty creepy dude,” Choi said. “Literally, whenever I saw a dude doing a lot of weight, I’d basically hit on [him]. I’d say, ‘Ayy, that’s a lot of weight. You been training for a while and stuff?’ It was the most awkward thing, especially before this was established as a competing team.” Although the Powerlifting Club may have started off with questionable recruiting tactics, it steadily grew, eventually holding information sessions. It was at these meetings that the club really grew in size and credibility. The club’s inclusivity and welcoming environment attracted members, rather than the sport itself. “I’ve tried everything here, and I think that the reason why I wanted to be part of the Powerlifting Club was because at the first informational session we had it was really inviting,” Yesenia Mejia ’18 said. “These were buff dudes, but they really wanted me to be able to be comfortable and happy. They said if I’m having a bad day, they’d be there for me. Everyone was so inviting and everyone was really happy that people wanted to be part of it.” In addition to the information sessions, the club’s GroupMe adds another layer of inclusivity and
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Drake Corbin ’17 pulled 232.5 kilograms during the U.S.A. Powerlifting Collegiate National Championships.
support to the club. “I wanted a lifting family,” Choi said. “Whenever someone reaches a new max, we just say it in the GroupMe and everyone is like ‘Good job!’ It’s an amazing support group. The bromance is kinda crazy.” Furthermore, the Powerlifting Club offers a rich experience of diversity because of the universal appeal of health and fitness. “I think health and proving yourself is something everyone is inherently interested in,” Choi said. “Everyone can go to the gym and be healthy and exercise, so you end up having a lot of people from different backgrounds. I’m pretty
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Devin Lin ’16 hit 172.5 kilograms on his squat, competing in the 83 kilograms weight class.
confident if it weren’t for this club, think really the main goal was to go some of my friends on the team I as a cohesive unit and to cheer each would have never met because you other on and make sure we handle don’t really cross paths.” [each other’s] attempts well. We just Nevertheless, the Powerlifting want to build a foundation that we Club is much more than just a can build on moving forward.” supportive and inclusive group of Logistically speaking, going to students. The club has demonstrated Nationals was also a huge accomits ability to not only talk the talk, plishment for the Powerlifting Club. but also walk the walk as it had Unlike many other schools competseven members qualify for the ing at the tournament, the club does U.S.A. Powerlifting not have a Collegiate National I was a pretty creepy coach. As a Championship in result, there Providence, Rhode dude. Literally, whenwas no one Island. Given that ever I saw a dude doat the top the club was foundto organize ing a lot of weight, I’d ed in September, the trip to a c t u a l l y h av i n g basically hit on [him]. Rhode Ismembers qualify land. Corbin for Nationals is a said that huge achievement -TONY CHOI ’16 Choi really in and of itself. The stepped up relative youth of the club posed to the plate by organizing the trip, many logistical and experiential keeping in touch with everyone and difficulties for Dartmouth’s club. holding everyone responsible. Many of the teams Dartmouth As predicted, no one did excepcompeted against had years of tionally well at the tournament, powerlifting experience, coaches but no one came at the last of their to instruct them and many more division. All in all, the journey of members. For example, powerlifting the Powerlifting Club really is one is a varsity sport at the United States of dedication and passion. When Military Academy at West Point with the Powerlifting Club was first creover 30 members. Dartmouth’s club ated, no one thought that it was had realistic goals going into the going to be a club that sent people tournament. to nationals. But after having seven “For us, it was just the chance to people qualify, the team learned to get people participating and kind of dream and expect the unexpected. figuring out how to start a culture Contemporary rapper Drake would of powerlifting at Dartmouth and be proud of what the team has aca culture of just being a team in complished. They started from the general,” Drake Corbin ’17 said. “I bottom, but now they’re here.