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The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3 Where Are They Now? A followup on six Class of 2018 athletes who are playing at the next level p. 4-5 Sticking to Sports: Jim Harbaugh and where Michigan fits into college football today p. 6 Griffith’s Got Stats: Highlights from this week’s college football games p. 7

Women’s rugby takes down threetime defending national champions Quinnipiac University 40-22 p. 8

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the super tiebreaker while Peng lost 6-10. Chuyang Guan ‘20 and Nina Paripovic ‘22 lost in straight sets,with the latter narrowly losing 5-7 in her first set. The duo of Jasmine Abidi ’21and Guan took a 4-8 defeat in their doubles match.

Day two bore better results for the Big Green, who picked up victories in two of three singles matches. Abidi took straight 6-4 sets over Natasha Gonzalez, and Conard won her first match at Dartmouth by winning her first set 6-3 before the match was cut short at 2-3 in the second set. Hwang had a tough matchup in Rachel Eason, losing 1-6, 2-6. Doubles play was a challenge for the Big Green again Saturday as Chiu and Peng fell 5-8 and Conard and Paripovic lost 3-8.

Yale University’s Bulldog Invitational awaits Dartmouth women’s tennis, who will travel to New Haven in two weeks to wrap up the month.

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SAiling

On Sept. 15 and 16, the sailing team competed in three tournaments: Regis Women’s Trophy, Hatch Brown Memorial Trophy and the Nicholas Barnett Trophy. The team had a fantastic weekend, securing first place in two of the three competitions.

In the Regis Trophy at Boston University, the team took first out of 16 teams with 36 points, with

A recording 24 and B scoring 12. In the Hatch Brown Trophy, Dartmouth secured first out of 17 total teams. A and B both scored 7 while C scored 5 for a total of 19 points. In the Barnett Trophy hosted by Bowdoin University, the Big Green finished with 118 points to secure 10th place out of 17 competing teams.

Field hockey

The Big Green opened fall play in the two-day Dartmouth Shootout against Harvard University.

The first weekend of the fall quarter was action-packed for Dartmouth women’s tennis as they hosted Ivy League rival Harvard University in the twoday Dartmouth Shootout. The Big Green were supposed to head south to open their season at the William & Mary Hall of Fame Classic, but inclement weather forced the attending teams to cancel the tournament.

Dartmouth had a tough season-opener Friday evening, dropping all six of their matches.

They fought hard and barely lost several matches, highlighted by an 8-7(4) defeat in a doubles tiebreaker in which Jenna Friedel and Irene Lu of Harvard edged out Madison Hwang ’21 and Nicole Conard ’22. Abigail Chiu ’21 and Jingyi Peng ’22 cruised in their first sets, winning 6-4 and 6-2 respectively, but their opponents bounced back to snag the second set. Chiu fell 8-10 in

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The Dartmouth women’s field hockey team went up against Sacred Heart University in a hard fought game in Hanover on Thursday afternoon, falling in a close 3-2 defeat. In the first half, Sacred Heart’s Colleen McAninley struck first in the 17th minute, but was matched within a minute and a half by a goal from Carmen Braceras ’20.

This back and forth continued into the second 35 minutes, where Marlena Koellner found a point within the first three minutes and was met in kind with a goal from Katie Spanos ’20 in the 43rd minute. The Big Green were unable to respond

to the third Sacred Heart goal in the 54th minute and were forced to come away empty-handed.

The Big Green bounced back on Sunday afternoon against Holy Cross with a 5-2 win. The key statistic of the game was the disparity between goals on target: Dartmouth had a total of 28, compared to only eight for Holy Cross. The team jumped to a 3-2 lead in the first half, and scored two more goals in the second half while shutting out its opponent to clinch the victory.

The team will play its Ivy League opener next Saturday against Princeton University.

W Soccer The Dartmouth women’s soccer team took on University of New Hampshire away on Thursday, earning a 2-1 victory against the Wildcats after two periods of overtime.

Against UNH, a score by Remy Borinsky ’19 just before the half put the Big Green in front, before a response goal in the 82nd minute to tie the game. This tie forced the game into extra time, where the teams appeared evenly matched until a goal by Charlotte Esty ’20 in

the 103rd minute brought things to a fold for Dartmouth.

The team followed up Thursday’s victory with another win on Sunday, defeating the University of Albany 3-2. With the score tied at 2-2, Tracey Mills ’22 broke the tie with the game winner in the 73rd minute.

The Big Green will begin Ivy play next Saturday with a home game against Brown University.

M Soccer The Dartmouth men’s soccer team played against Boston University and the University of New Hampshire at home this past week, finishing with ties against both. On Tuesday, the Big Green finished 2-2 against the Terriers, despite two additional overtime periods.

Dartmouth started off strong, with two goals from Tiger Graham ’21 before the half, but were met by a goal from BU’s Matt McDonnell in the second. An unfortunate own goal from the Big Green in the last 10 minutes of the

match forced the overtimes, and neither team was able to capitalize on offense during the extra time.

The Saturday matchup against the Wildcats was a scoreless affair. Neither team able to find the back of the net over regular time and two overtimes, despite 14 shots on the part of the Big Green. Now 0-3-2, the team will look to find a win this upcoming week in away matches at Hofstra on Tuesday and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday.

football The Dartmouth football team began their season with resounding success Saturday after noon, dismantling the Georgetown University Hoyas 41-0 in the first home opening shutout for the Big Green since 1976. Derek Kyler ’21 went 15-21 in his debut for the varsity side, passing for 177 total yards and a touchdown along with a running touchdown. The running game was the source of much of the Big Green’s success on the day, with Rashaad Cooper ’19 accounting for 112 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries and Miles Smith ’19 contributing 51 yards and

one touchdown on 11 carries. Caylin Parker ’20 added the remaining touchdown on the ground in the fourth quarter. The receiving game for the Big Green was led by Drew Hunnicutt ’19, with 102 yards on four passes, including one touchdown.

The defense was an equally important part of the Dartmouth success, holding the Georgetown offense to only 112 total yards and forcing four turnovers off the Hoyas over the course of the game. The Big Green will look to continue their success this upcoming weekend against Holy Cross.

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The Big Green split its games 2-2 at the Hofstra Asics Invitational and the Battle of the Big Apple.

This past week, the Dartmouth volleyball team competed in the Hofstra Asics Invitational and the Battle of the Big Apple for a total of four games over 26 hours. At the competition hosted by Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, the team went 1-1, defeating Seton Hall University 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-23) but falling to Hofstra 1-3 (25-20, 20-25, 19-25, 23-25). In the victory against Seton Hall, Nicole Liddle ’22 led the team’s offensive charge with a careerhigh 21 kills, five digs and 21 points. The Pirates rebounded after losing the first set 25-19 to take an early 8-1 lead in the second set, but the Big Green survived the initial onslaught to win the game 25-22. The Big Green performed well in the clutch again in the third set to win 25-23 and secure the victory. In the second game against Hofstra, Olympia Nagel-Caland ’21 recorded a team-high 14.5 points along with 13 kills and three blocks, while Liddle repeated her earlier dominant performance with 13 kills and five digs. Annemarie Horn ’22 secured a teamhigh 19 assists to round out the team’s offense.

Although the Big Green won the first set, they were unable to carry the same momentum into the following matches, losing the match 3-1.

In the Battle of the Big Apple, the team

split their two matches again, defeating St. Francis of Brooklyn 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-19) but losing to Fordham University 1-3 (25-27, 21-25, 25-20, 20-25). Although the Terrier took early leads in both the first and second set of the match, the Big Green rebounded in both to pull away near the end. Outside of the fast starts by St. Francis, Dartmouth was in control the majority of the match, with four players hitting over .500. The victory marked head coach Gilad Doron’s 200th career win.

Against Fordham, Liddle led the team with 18 points through her double-double of 17 kills and 13 digs. Although the Big Green had a golden opportunity to take the first set after securing a 24-21 lead, the Ram went on a 6-1 run to steal the set away. Another big run, this time 8-2 after the teams were tied at 16 apiece in the second set, clinched the second set for Fordham as well. Although Dartmouth took the third set 25-20, the Ram led throughout the match in the final set and held on to take the victory.

Following the results of the two invitationals, the volleyball team is now 4-6 overall this season. The team will open Ivy League play by hosting Harvard University next Friday.

W Rugby On Sept. 15, the Big Green dismantled No. 9 Brown University 98-7 in its home opener.

This marked Dartmouth’s second highest score ever, only behind its 110-0 win over Columbia University in 2016. While Emily Henrich ’22 led the team with three tries and six conversions for 27 points, the team’s overall offensive attack

was balanced, with nine different members all scoring 14 tires. The team led Brown 64-0 by the end of the first half, and only continued the onslaught in the second half for a final score of 98-7. With the win, the Big Green improves to 3-0 and 1-0 in Ivy League play, and will host No. 2 Harvard University next Saturday.

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A follow-up on six Class of 2018 athle

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Jack Heneghan After a successful senior season with the Big Green, Quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 walked away from his college career with plenty of accolades. Heneghan was an All-Ivy Honorable mention quarterback and won several other awards with his dominant senior year performance.

He led a Big Green team that took second place in the Ivy League, dealing the eventual champions, the Yale Bulldogs, their only loss of the 2017 season. Heneghan went undrafted but was signed as a free agent by the San Francisco 49ers and performed well in camp. He had a

notable game in the fourth and final preseason game when he completed 8 of 9 for 58 yards. He did not make the 49ers practice squad, but time will tell as to whether Heneghan will get another chance. He showed plenty of promise in the opportunity he was given.

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Alvin Heumann Alvin Heumann ’18 had a memorable accolade-filled career on the Dartmouth squash team, as he was named to both the All-Ivy First Team and the College Squash Association All-American team twice. Since graduating from Dartmouth, he has gone

professional by competing as a player within the Professional Squash Association. In the past year, he has par ticipated in tournaments such as the Life Time Chicago Open 2017, ILT & Community Trust NZ Southern Open 2018, Squash XL Open

2018, South Australian Open 2018 and the City of Greater Bendigo International 2018. In the most recent competition, he reached the quarterfinals before falling to E. Corigliano 3-0. He currently has a world ranking of 260.

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Ryder Stone

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RYDER STONE ’18

A year ago, Ryder Stone ’18 was a force for the Big Green, carrying the load for Dartmouth out of the backfield as running back. This Canadian Football League season however, Stone has made a name for himself on the Montreal Alouettes as their second back. He has rushed for 105 yards on 22 touches, caught three balls out of the backfield and even recorded 225 kickoff-return

yards. He has made a much larger role for himself in the Montreal offense and has been able to start getting regular touches. With an increased workload, Stone has the chance to become a permanent staple in the Alouette offense.

Stone got his first opportunity in a catch out of the backfield in week four of the CFL season. Since then, he started to get a more regular workload out of the backfield

starting week 11. In week 12, Stone had 14 carries for 81 yards, a very respectable number for the rookie. Stone has shown promise when given the opportunity, as he has averaged 4.8 yards per rush.

The sample size is quite small, but if Stone can continue to take advantage of opportunities that are sure to come his way, he can continue his push to become a solid running back in the CFL.

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They Now?

etes who are playing at the next level.

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Morgan Turner Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Morgan Turner ’18 was drafted by an expansion team of the Ca n a d i a n Wo m e n’s H o c k e y League, the Worcester Blades, on Aug. 26. Only days before the draft, the team moved from Boston to Worcester, after originally coming to Boston in 2010. Turner is

coming off a senior season with the Big Green in which she was an alternate captain who scored once and had four assists for five points total. Over her Dartmouth career of 103 games, she was a well-respected leader and tallied a total of four goals and five assists for nine points total. Turner was

signed before the draft and was drafted in the second round, much like her teammate Ailish Forfar ’16, who was signed by the Markham Thunder. Turner is looking to play a big role in the foundation of the expansion team in the growing professional league for women’s ice hockey.

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Defender Wyatt Omsberg ’18 was drafted by the Minnesota United FC 15th overall in the 2018 SuperDraft and officially signed on Feb. 28, 2018. The MLS was once known for hosting European super stars past their prime, but Omsberg is part of a group of young American soccer players who are trying to find

success in this rapidly growing league. With fan bases such as Atlanta’s exploding over the past year or so, the prospects for the league as a whole are looking bright. However, Omsberg needs to make the most of his limited appearances with Minnesota United going forward. He has not recorded any goals in the

season’s six games so far, but he has started in four games and been given more opportunities after not starting the first two. Omsberg was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year twice and was on the All-Ivy first-team three times.

During his senior year, he was a crucial component of a defense that only allowed 12 goals.

WYATT OMSBERG ’18

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Devin Buffalo

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After a year as one of the best goalies in the East Coast Athletic Conference, Devin Buffalo ’18 has moved on to minor league hockey, joining the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the East Coast Hockey League. He is going into training camp as one of two new goalies.

Buffalo is looking to make a name for himself as a good goaltender in

this mid-level professional league.

The Swamp Rabbits are a fairly new addition to the ECHL, as they are still looking for American Hockey League and National Hockey League affiliates. If Buffalo is able to establish himself as a dominant goalie in camp and during the start of the season, he has the opportunity to put his name out there and quickly

get noticed by AHL and NHL scouts, both with the impending affiliation and other scouts around the league.

While Buffalo has a chance to move up the ranks as the 2018-19 season approaches, time will tell if the recent graduate will be able to capture the starting job and begin to move up the ranks in North American hockey.

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Sticking to Sports: Jim Harbaugh and Where Michigan Fits Into College Football Today If you were to ask college football fans across the country, “Which fan base is least realistic about the current state of its program?” I’d be willing to bet one school would come up significantly more often than any other — the University of Michigan. The Wolverines boast one of the most impressive resumes in college football: the most wins in the country, 42 Big Ten Championships, 11 National Championships and three Heisman Trophy winners. However, much of this success dates to an era long since bygone. One doesn’t have to think very hard to come up with differences between today’s game and that of 1901, when Fielding Yost led the program to a perfect season and outscored opponents 550 to zero.

At this point, Michigan’s vaunted history seems an albatross of expectation and black-and-white memory more than something relevant to the contemporary college football landscape. As I see it, four programs currently exist in a different stratosphere from the rest of the sport, and Michigan is neither in this group nor particularly close to it. Since the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Ohio State have dominated the sport. I am defining this somewhat loosely, but think something along the lines of multiple CFP appearances, consistent national championship contention and rosters composed of five-star recruits across the field that reflect dominance on the recruiting trail (I think Georgia’s SEC title and run to the National Championship Game, along with the flood of touted recruits to Athens, indicate that Kirby Smart has the Bulldogs on the precipice of joining this group, but I have chosen not to include them on the grounds that they have not yet sustained this level of success).

While Michigan fans tend to still consider the program one of the sport’s blueblood programs, the onfield results indicate that this team dropped out of the sport’s top tier.

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Meanwhile, since he took over a laughingstock program into a the program in 2015, Jim Harbaugh national powerhouse. A few days has failed to win the Big Ten, failed after his Orange Bowl victory, to beat his rivals (a 1-6 record Harbaugh agreed to take over the against Ohio State, Michigan San Francisco 49ers, inheriting a State and Notre Dame) and failed team that hadn’t had a winning to qualify for the CFP. Harbaugh season in nine years. In his first inherited a program that had been three years, Harbaugh made it to in the doldrums since the tail end the NFC Championship Game of the Lloyd Carr era and guided it every year, including a run to Super to a 10-3; however, he lost to both Bowl XLVII that came up one Michigan State and Ohio State. Kaepernick-to-Crabtree fade away In year one, fans had no trouble from a title. The most cursory of forgiving losing to his rivals; the looks at Harbaugh’s resume shows a Michigan State game was as strange repeated ability to turn mediocrity a loss as you will see (if you don’t or worse into championship-caliber believe me, find the highlight on football.

YouTube), and while Ohio State This resume represents the dominated in Ann Arbor, the biggest reason why calls for Wolverines’ 41-7 romp over Florida Harbaugh’s job are premature. in the Citrus Bowl left a satisfying Let’s say you fire Harbaugh — who taste in their faithful’s mouths. The could you possibly find with such a following season, the Wolverines track record of success? Harbaugh were a dubious would be able spot on a fourth- “Over the course to find another down J . T. premier job Barrett run in of three seasons, much more overtime away Harbaugh went from quickly than from making Michigan could senior status being, t h e p l ayo f f s. replace him H o w e v e r , to according to many with a similarly l a s t s e a s o n , fans, in the hot seat.” successful Harbaugh’s coach. Any team went just Michigan fan 8-5 and again who wants failed to win a Harbaugh out rivalry game. By the time the clock has lost his sense of where Michigan ran out on a disappointing 31-20 fits into college football today. Yes, home loss to the Buckeyes, calls Harbaugh has not beaten Ohio for Harbaugh’s job flew freely, State, but no Michigan coach has of an idea that would have seemed unthinkable when he was hired.

Over the course of three seasons, Harbaugh went from senior status being, to according to many fans, in the hot seat. Prior to his hiring, Michigan fans yearned for their former quarterback to return to Ann Arbor and restore the program to national relevance. Three years later, the same fans have grown impatient, tired of losing to Ohio State and Michigan State, disappointed that the team has yet to win the Big Ten. After a season opening loss in South Bend at the hands of Notre Dame this year, Harbaugh’s critics have new ammunition. A new stat emerged in the community of Harbaugh haters — Michigan had lost 17 consecutive games on the road against ranked opponents.

Let’s set this stat aside for a moment and consider Harbaugh’s resume as a whole.

In 2004, Jim Harbaugh received his first head coaching job at San Diego. Not San Diego State, but the University of San Diego, the Toreros. In three years there, Harbaugh went 29-6, including back-to-back 11-1 conferencechampionship seasons to close out his tenure in Southern California.

From USD, Harbaugh took over a Stanford program coming off a 1-11 season. After four years, Harbaugh had the Cardinals at 12-1 and won the Orange Bowl.

It took just four seasons to turn

late. The Wolverines boast just one a year-to-year basis despite sending win against their archrivals since so many players to the NFL. His 2003, and that came in the awkward offense may have finally found the Luke Fickell transition season quarterback it lacked for much between the consistently dominant of his first four seasons in Shea Jim Tressel and Patterson.

Urban Meyer eras None in Columbus. As “Without a doubt, of this is for the 17-straight success at Michigan to say that road losses to Harbaugh’s ranked teams, that lies in beating Ohio tenure at streak dates back to State and winning the Michigan 2006, Harbaugh’s has been Big Ten.” final season in San perfect, D i eg o ; t o f au l t or that Harbaugh for the Harbaugh failings of Lloyd Carr, Rich should feel no pressure to beat his Rodriguez and Brady Hoke seems rivals. Without a doubt, success at least a bit unreasonable. For at Michigan lies in beating Ohio closing in on 20 years, Michigan State and winning the Big Ten. has not won the requisite games However, before Michigan fans to be considered a college football kick Harbaugh to the curb, I’d elite in terms of on-field product, encourage them to have a bit more so Wolverines fans must set aside self-awareness about the state of the pride that accompanies their their program. tradition-steeped program and Ultimately, the greatest reason accept that building sustained for Michigan fans to continue success will take some time. to support Harbaugh has to do While Harbaugh’s win-loss with the stakes of his hypothetical record since his return to Ann future dismissal. If Jim Harbaugh, Arbor is unexceptional, he has taken who is both turnaround specialist significant strides toward restoring and a “Michigan Man” as wellMichigan to something resembling versed in the program’s traditions the powerhouse programs of Yost as anyone (which Rodriguez can or Harbaugh’s coach from his attest is a prerequisite for success playing days in Maize and Blue, in Ann Arbor), cannot restore the Bo Schembechler. With the help Wolverines to national prominence, of Don Brown, Harbaugh has built then who can? That question is one a dominant defense, churning out I very much doubt Michigan fans NFL draft picks and improving on will ever want to wrestle with.

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Blue Devils. Harvard University State hired former University of took down the University of San Oregon head coach Willie Taggart Diego 36-14 with running back to try to give the program a new Aaron Shampklin rushing for jolt of energy. The Seminoles have, 178 yards and four touchdowns so far, lost to Virginia Polytechnic (that’s 41.8 fantasy points). The Institute in their team’s season University of Pennsylvania beat opener 24-3, and scraped by Bucknell University 34-17, and with a win against FCS opponent Cornell University lost to the Samford University 36-26, in a University of Delaware 10-27. game that was much closer than The game of the day was most the score indicated. Taggart is now definitely Yale 1-2 at Florida University, the State and t e a m p i c k e d “The game of the day winless in the t o w i n t h e was most definitely Athletic Coast Ivy League in Yale University, the Conference, so with Evan Griffith ’18 the 2018 Ivy this team needs League Media team picked to win the a tur naround Griffith’s Got Stats: Highlights Po l l , a g a i n s t Ivy League in the 2018 q u i c k l y. from this Week’s College the College of S y r a c u s e Football Games the Holy Cross. Ivy League Media Poll will host the The Bulldogs against the College of University of jumped out to Connecticut No, it isn’t basketball season the Holy Cross.” next week while yet, and yes, I can still find enough an early lead in F lorida State to talk about with respect to the the first quarter, faces Northern college basketball off-season, putting up 21 more popularly known as football points in 12 minutes. Yale would Illinois University before resuming hold its lead until late in the fourth ACC play against the University season.

To start, Dartmouth put on a quarter, when Holy Cross receivers of Louisville.

The other major upset of the clinic this past Saturday against Martin Dor sey and Spencer Georgetown University in the Gilliam each scored a touchdown day was that the University of team’s home opener, winning 41- to send the game into overtime. Wisconsin, previously ranked 0. Quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 The Holy Cross defense stopped sixth in the nation and the top had won the starting job in the Yale at the five-yard line and would team not selected to participate preseason, but Derek Kyler ’21 go on to kick a field goal on the in the College Football Playoff started for the Big Green, throwing ensuing possession to clinch the last year, fell at home to unranked for 177 yards and a touchdown, victory 31-28. Holy Cross will host Brigham Young University 21-24. while rushing for one more. The Dartmouth next Saturday, while This was the Badgers’ first nonBig Green was also without star Yale will travel to Cornell to open conference home loss since 2003 and the loss snapped the longest receiver Hunter Hagdorn ’20, Ivy League play.

I would be remiss in talking non-conference winning streak in but Drew Hunnicutt ’19 rose up about the other games in the college the nation at 41 games. This loss to the occasion, football world greatly hurts the perennial Big recording four to omit what Ten West powerhouse’s chances catches for 102 “The last time that my hometown of making the College Football yards and one Syracuse beat Florida s q u a d Playoff, and it opens the door for touchdown.

S y r a c u s e the Ohio State University to make Ru n n i n g b a c k State was in 1966, U n i v e r s i t y the Playoff if the Buckeyes win the Rashaad Cooper when, according to d i d a g a i n s t Big Ten. ’19 also had head coach Dino perennial We also got a real doozy of himself a 100f o o t b a l l a game in the University of yard game, with Babers, ‘the Beatles p o w e r h o u s e Kansas against Rutgers University.

1 1 2 y a r d s o n were hot ... [and] the Florida State These two programs have been 16 carries and U n i v e r s i t y. bottom-feeders in their respective one touchdown. ’66 Mustang was the The Orange conferences for a long time; in the Dartmouth had baddest thing on the overcame the past five years, Kansas’ record is three different road.’”

Seminoles by 9-51 with no bowl appearances. r u n n i n g a score of 30- The Jayhawks, however, finally b a c k s s c o re a 7. T he last snapped their 46-game winless touchdown in addition to Cooper. The Hoyas’ time that Syracuse beat Florida streak on the road with a win against running game, comparatively, was State was in 1966, when, according Central Michigan University last not as effective, finishing with 40 by to head coach Dino Babers, “the weekend. Kansas ended this game the end of the game. Georgetown Beatles were hot ... [and] the ’66 not only with a win, going 2-1 also ended the game only gaining Mustang was the baddest thing on and winning back-to-back games for the first time since 2011. The three first downs on offense, while the road.”

Syracuse also picked up the Jayhawks won the game 55-14, the Big Green picked up 21.

Around the Ivy League, six win with the team’s backup rushing for 400 total yards on of the other schools played their quarterback playing most of the the ground and recording two first game this past Saturday, with game because starter Eric Dungey pick-sixes. There is reason for Brown University falling to Cal left the game after being poked in optimism in Lawrence after the Poly, San Luis Obispo on Friday, the eye. Backup Tommy DeVito long period of futility since the 15-44. Princeton University beat entered the game and threw for Jayhawks went 12-1 in 2007 and Butler University 50-7 after Butler, 144 yards and a score. In the reached number two in the polls a school that does not give out win, Syracuse picked up four (future NFL stars Aqib Talib and athletic scholarships, pulled off an sacks and held Florida State’s Chris Harris Jr. played on that team upset against the then-25th ranked offense to just 240 total yards. as well). Kansas opens up Big 12 Youngstown State University two After longtime head coach Jimbo play against Baylor University next weeks prior. Columbia University Fisher, who led the Seminoles to an week, while the Scarlet Knights beat Central Connecticut State undefeated season and a national host the University at Buffalo, University 41-24, from the Lions championship in 2013, left for SUNY, before resuming Big Ten recovering three fumbles by the Texas A&M University, Florida play against Indiana University.

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Women’s rugby takes down three-time defending national champions Quinnipiac University 40-22

BY CAITLYN MCGOVERN The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth women’s rugby took down three-time defending national champions Quinnipiac University 40-22 in Hamden, Connecticut on Saturday, Sept.

8. Last November, Quinnipiac defeated the Big Green 29-20 in the NIRA Championship. This loss was their only defeat last year, as they finished the 2017-18 season 8-1. Entering this season, Dartmouth was second in the NIRA preseason rankings behind Quinnipiac. After this victory, the team is now ranked first, with Quinnipiac falling to third.

While avenging last year’s heartbreaking defeat was certainly on the team’s mind, the players tried to focus more on the present rather than past.

“We tried not to focus too much on last year — different team this year, different experiences for us and them — and we just really wanted to focus on doing what we do to the best of our abilities,” Camille Johnson ’19 said. “No matter who you’re playing against, all it comes down to is how you perform on that day. You can never take the other team’s performance or experience into too much consideration.”

Casey Smerczynski ’20 echoed a similar sentiment on focusing more on the team’s own capabilities.

“The team’s mindset going in was to not under or overestimate them,” Smerczynski said. “We really wanted to focus on our own game and not get inside our heads about what kind of team they were going to have this season.”

The previous weekend, the team opened its season by defeating Notre Dame College 74-5, gaining momentum as it looked to take on the Bobcats once again.

“We were obviously expecting two very different types of games,” Johnson said. “For Notre Dame, we came in wanting to give our best performance and give everyone an opportunity to get some experience and time on the field to really learn how to play together and mesh well and get our system going.

Quinnipiac was one of our biggest challengers last year; obviously

we fell to them in the national championship after beating them earlier in the season, so we really just wanted to focus on taking the things that we learned in our Notre Dame game about how to play together, how to work through what we learned in our system and really applying that to the best of our abilities against Quinnipiac.”

In the first half of the match, Johnson, Sophie Ragg ’22 and Kat Ramage ’19 all scored for the Big Green, with Henrich and Ragg each tallying two tries and Ramage five conversions.

“It was an amazing feeling scoring the first tr y ag ainst Quinnipiac because it was a huge team effort and scoring early meant that we started the game off on the front foot,” Ragg said.

“Personally, I think it boosted my confidence because I was pretty nervous when the game started.

I guess I didn’t want to let the team down, especially as I know how hard the girls work to get the results we do.”

R a g g, a f u l l b a c k f ro m Wilsborough Green, England, is playing in her first season for the Big Green.

“I feel so blessed to be part of a team who are not only so good at what they do, but also such a nice group of people,” Ragg said.

“I am looking forward to learning from the more experienced girls as the season goes on. We have some great leaders in our team, and I know I can learn a lot from them both on and off the field. I also feel lucky to be able to play four more years with the other freshmen in our team. They have so much talent and resilience, it really is incredible.”

At the end of the first 40 minutes of play, the Big Green led 28-10.

While Quinnipiac attempted to rally back, Margot Généreux ’21 sealed the deal for Dartmouth by scoring her first try in the final minutes of the game to bring home a 40-22 victory.

Looking toward the rest of the season, the team hopes to continue its success.

“We definitely have things that we have learned in the past few games that we need to work on, and all it comes down to for us is focusing on what we do and not

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Women’s rugby took down three-time defending national champions Quinnipiac University 40-22. Last November, the Big Green was defeated by them 29-20 in the NIRA Championship.

worrying about anybody else,” Johnson said. “[It’s] just brushing up on what we do and really focusing on the basics and getting handling errors and our system.

This team has so much potential and so much talent on it [that if] we can get everybody on the same page [and] work together toward the same goals, then I think we’ll be unstoppable.”

Smerczynski emphasized

that the team looks forward to improving upon weaknesses from last season and the team’s overall discipline.

“I think this season so far has really been about finding what’s been working for us in the past seasons, but also finding what hasn’t been working and capitalizing on solutions as a group,” she said. “I think what we’re improving on for this season

is having discipline on and off the pitch, whether it be discipline in a defensive line or discipline in getting in eight hours of sleep every night.”

The team is already well on track, with a hot 3-0 start after overwhelming No. 9 Brown University this Saturday 98-7.

The Big Green will face another test next Saturday against No. 2 Harvard University.

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Currently ranked No. 1, the Big Green will face another test next Saturday against second-ranked Harvard University.