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The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3

Football improves to 3-0 with conferenceopener win at Penn p. 6

Women’s rugby, in tough stretch, falls 39-19 to Army at home p. 8

Men’s soccer defeats defending conference champs Princeton, 1-0 p. 4 GRACIE GOODWIN/THE DARTMOUTH

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The weekend Roundup

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Compiled by MATT KRIVAN and elizabeth wilson

M GOLF Dartmouth men’s golf struggled at the Firestone Invitational in Akron, OH this week, coming in 13th place out of 15 teams. The team posted scores of 295, 300 and 295 to finish the tournament at 26 over par.

Despite the disappointing finish, the Big Green had some encouraging individual performances. After finishing the first two

rounds at even par, Jason Liu ’21 had an exceptional third round score of 68 (-4) which put him into a tie for fourth place in the tournament’s final standings. Fellow junior Sam Ohno ’21 posted a 73 (+1) in the final round, leaving him at 6 over par for the tournament and tied for 34th.

The tournament concludes the Big Green’s fall season.

w soccer The women’s soccer team lost in overtime 1-0 to Princeton University on Saturday, its second consecutive loss.

The team still stands at 7-3 on the season but is now 0-2 in conference play.

The Big Green struggled to generate offense with only three shots on goal in the match, compared to nine for Princeton. Goalkeeper Mariel Gordon ’21 kept Dartmouth in the game, saving Princeton’s first eight shots on goal before conceding a header in the 94th minute. Dartmouth seemed to

capture some momentum at the end of regulation with five of the last seven shots, but they could not sustain that pressure in overtime. Allie Winstanley ’23 had five shots (one on goal) for Dartmouth.

The Big Green plays its next three games on the road, the first of which coming against Merrimack College on Tuesday. The team will then look to capture its first conference win of the season on Saturday when they travel to New Haven to take on Yale University.

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The field hockey team suffered a pair of losses in Providence this weekend, dropping to 3-7 on the season.

Dartmouth field hockey was unable to capture its first conference win of the season this weekend, losing on the road 3-1 to Brown University on Saturday and then falling 5-1 at Providence College the next day. The Big Green falls to 3-7 this season, 0-2 in the Ivy League.

On Saturday, after a scoreless first half for both teams, Brown opened the scoring with a goal early in the third quarter. Brown followed up with another goal early in the fourth quarter to extend its lead to 2-0. Tatum Schultz ’21 answered just a minute later, scoring for the second straight game and notching

her second goal of the season. Brown quickly scored another goal — the third for the two teams in the span of just over three minutes — to put the game away.

The Big Green’s luck did not improve against Providence, as the Friars notched five goals on a blistering 24 shots, while Dartmouth could only muster one goal of its own. Holley Cromwell ’23, notching her second goal of the season, provided the only score for the Big Green.

The team will hit the road again next weekend to take on the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday.

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Dartmouth men’s tennis hosted Boston University, Brown University, Bryant University, Cornell University, Harvard University and Yale University this weekend for the Dartmouth Invitational.

The team had a stellar first day, finishing 6-2 in singles and 3-1 in doubles; Dartmouth went 5-0 on the day in singles and doubles against Bryant, and added wins over Ivy League rivals Yale and Brown. The duo of Peter Conklin ’21 and John Speicher ’21 had an undefeated day, winning their doubles match over Bryant 6-4 and singles matches over Yale and Bryant respectively. Only one Dartmouth match went to three sets, a 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 loss for Sacha Pritzker ’22 at the hands of Cornell.

The Big Green struggled to maintain its success on Saturday, winning just five out of 13 matches. Freshman doubles team Alejandro Quiles ’23 and Anders Gibbons ’23 accounted for two of Dartmouth’s victories, one over Harvard and one over Brown. Quiles added a singles win over Cornell, taking the first set 6-2 before his opponent retired.

Things improved greatly the next day, with the Big Green winning four out of six singles matches. Gibbons, Casey Ross ’21, Speicher and Pierce Widdecombe ’22 secured the wins.

The Big Green next travels to Tulsa, OK this week to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America Tournament.

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The Dartmouth women’s rugby team lost its first home game of the season 39-19 on Saturday morning against the undefeated United States Military Academy.

The two teams were back and forth for the lead during the first half. Army scored without a conversion eight minutes into the game for a score of 5-0, but the Big Green responded with its own try and a good kick to put Dartmouth up 7-5 halfway through the first half. To close out the first half, Army had one more try, and the half closed with a score of 10-7.

Army gained some momentum in the second half, scoring three tries and two conversions, with only one

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Dartmouth football opened its conference play on the road with a 28-15 victory over Penn.

The Dartmouth football team continued its undefeated season with its first in-conference game on Friday night against the University of Pennsylvania, taking the evening 28-15. The Big Green started strong in the first quarter, with a 57-yard pass from Jared Gerbino ’20 to Zach Bair ’22 for the first touchdown of the game. Lineman Jack Traynor ’19 followed up this touchdown with another; he completed a 17-yard fumble recovery to put Dartmouth ahead 14-0 by the end of the first quarter.

Penn responded to Dartmouth’s strong start at the beginning of the second quarter with a 43-yard run for their first score of the game. Dartmouth responded with a run of its own, Bair’s second

touchdown of the game, and the score was set at 21-7 through the halftime and a scoreless third quarter.

The fourth quarter saw additional running touchdowns from both sides, with Gerbino of Dartmouth and Karekin Brooks of Penn earning seven points for their respective teams. In their last six head-to-head matchups, Dartmouth has taken five wins against the Quakers. This 28-15 win for Dartmouth gave Buddy Teevens his 99th as head coach of the team.

Teevens will be looking to secure win No. 100 as the Big Green, now 3-0 on the season, takes on Yale University Saturday afternoon on Homecoming weekend.

m SOCCER The Dartmouth men’s soccer team came out of this week with some exciting results, tying the University of Connecticut on Tuesday and defeating Princeton University on Saturday, Against UConn, the game went to double overtime before finishing in a 2-2 tie. Goals from Jordan Bailon ’22 and Tiger Graham ’21, as well as tough defending against a physical team, allowed the Big Green to go into its first conference game of the season with a 3-3-1 record.

On Saturday, the Big Green faced the Princeton Tigers at home. The game remained scoreless

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through the first half, and then just over 71 minutes into the game, Dartmouth scored its first, and only, goal. Eric Sachleben ’23 put it into the net, assisted by defender Ahria Simons ’22 and midfielder Ohad Yahalom ’22. This conference win is a huge one for a team on the hunt for the Ivy League championship.

The team now stands at 4-3-1 on the season and a 1-0 record in conference play — with all of the Big Green’s wins coming at home.

Next Tuesday, the men will play the University of Vermont at home, then travel to play Yale University on Saturday.

try and conversion from Dartmouth, to put them up 29-14 shortly into the second half. Although Dartmouth kept fighting and got within 10 points of Army, the Big Green proved unable to close the gap.

Ariana Ramsey ’22 was the offensive star for the Big Green in the game, leading the team in scoring — as she has in the past three games — with 10 points. Her spot as top scorer was almost toppled in this game, however. Kristin Bitter ’23 was a close runner up with the game’s other nine points.

Looking ahead, Dartmouth will face the 2-2 Quinnipiac University Bobcats next Saturday at home.

volleyball The volleyball team was defeated 3-1 by Brown University on Friday and then lost by the same score the next day at Yale University. The team now holds a 1-2 conference record and a 5-7 overall record so far this season.

The Big Green was off to a strong start against Brown; Dartmouth took the first set of the match by a wide margin of 25-13. Makenzie Arent ’23 was a valuable asset on the court for the team, earning an impressive 17 assists and 15 digs for the match, a double-double. Nicole Liddle ’22 and Francesca Meldrum ’22 had 11 and 10 kills respectively, leading the team in that statistic for the match.

Although the team had a good

start, they could not hold off the Bears. Brown took the next the sets with scores of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-18 to get their first in-conference win at home against the Big Green.

On Saturday against Yale, the Big Green suffered a similar fate, dropping the first set 25-15, then recovering to win a close second set 25-23 before dropping the final two sets. Carly Tower ’20 led the team with 11 kills, with Arent picking up 17 assists and Liddle pacing the team with 12 digs.

The Big Green will continue its road stretch next weekend, taking on Cornell University on Friday and then Columbia University the next day.

cross country This weekend, the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Paul Short Run in Lehigh, PA, one of the most competitive meets of the year.

The men’s team placed ninth with 298 team points on the eight kilometer course. The top individual finished on the team was Quinn Cooney ’20, who came 37th with a time of 24:06. Sam Morton ’20 was only seven seconds behind, finishing in 53rd at 24.13, and Benjamin Matejka finished 57th with a

24.15.

The women’s team finished in 17th on a six kilometer course, finishing with 459 points. Rachel Ludwikowski ’21 was the team’s top finisher, coming in 62nd with a time of 20:58. Julia Stevenson ’20 was nine seconds behind, coming in 82nd, and Lauren Sapone ’20 came in 88th with a 21:09 finish.

Next Saturday, the men’s and women’s teams will compete at the New England Championship in Boston.

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Men’s soccer defeats defending conference champs Princeton, 1-0 B y DEVAN FINK The Dartmouth

The best birthday present Eric Sachleben ’23 received this year was the one he gave himself: a game-winning goal against the reigning Ivy League champions.

Behind Sachleben’s goal in the 72nd minute, the Dartmouth men’s soccer team (4-3-1, 1-0-0 Ivy) opened Ivy League play with a 1-0 win versus Princeton University (5-3-0, 0-1-0) on Saturday. And, like most freshmen still acclimating themselves to life at Dartmouth, Sachleben was not sure what to do next.

“To be honest, I didn’t know what to do,” Sachleben, who turned 19 on Saturday, said after the game.

“Apparently, we’re supposed to run straight to the fans. I was just so shook.

I just kind of looked around, like, ‘Holy smokes ... I just scored.’ I just ran over to the stands and jumped up there, and I was just not even thinking.”

The win extended the Big Green’s unbeaten streak versus Princeton to six games, as the Big Green is now 4-0-2 in those matchups. The two programs have been the recent gold standard in the Ivy League, with either program winning at least a share of the conference championship in each of the last five years. The Big Green and the Tigers shared the title themselves as recently as 2014.

“Give a lot of credit to Princeton,”

DartmouthheadcoachBoOshoniyisaid.

“They’re a good team, great program.

Jimmy Barlow’s an unbelievable coach, and they were prepared. I give them credit. They played really well tonight.”

Sachleben’s goal was the differencemaker on what was generally a tough day for the Big Green offense.

Dartmouth struggled to get scoring chances, particularly in the first half, when it was held without a shot for the first 22 minutes of the game. Oshoniyi acknowledged that “our legs were a little heavy,” attributing the Big Green’s slow start to the double-overtime marathon the team played on Tuesday against the University of Connecticut which concluded in a 2-2 tie.

However, even with the game seemingly tilted in Princeton’s favor, the Big Green defensive unit stepped up in a big way. Goalkeeper Alex Budnik ’22 stopped all four Tigers’ shots on goal, en route to his second shutout of the season.

He also received help from the defense in front of him, particularly when faced with the Tigers’ nine corner kicks.

“From day one of preseason, we’ve made that a staple of the defending,” Budnik said. “Everybody knows their roles, everybody’s in the right spot, so it makes my job a lot easier. I remind them if they’re out of position, but they have a good sense of where they need to be and then we clear the ball and move on from that.”

Notably kept off the scoreboard was Walker Gillespie, the Princeton

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A late goal propelled the Big Green to a big victory over Princeton on Saturday.

freshman who came into Saturday’s game with an Ivy League-leading five goals and 11 total points.

“With every team, we highlight a couple of key players,” Budnik said.

“He was one of them. It’s always a good thing when we have an idea going into the game knowing who we should worry a little bit more about. As it showed, he didn’t really have much of an effect on the game. Our defenders held him off pretty well, our midfielders screened him very well, and it worked out.”

Princeton’s best chance to score came nearly immediately after Sachleben’s tiebreaker, with shots in both the 72nd and 74th minutes, but thanks to a bit of luck and a Budnik save, the Big Green held its ground. The most pivotal moment, however, arguably happened just 13 minutes prior, when the referees issued Braden Salvati ’20 a yellow card in the 59th minute, causing Oshoniyi to substitute Sachleben into the game.

The decision proved shrewd.

“All credit to him, he finds a way to get the game-winner,” Oshoniyi said.

“As a freshman, that’s huge. He’s been training really, really well. He’s a great

kid, hard worker, and I’m happy for him.”

Now, the Big Green turns its attention to the second-half of its schedule, starting with a midweek contest against the University of Vermont on Tuesday.

Then, Ivy League play begins to ramp up further, with games against Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania on each of the following Saturdays.

At the midpoint of their season, Oshoniyi said he is happy with where the team is at, though he does believe there is room for improvement as the competition becomes centered around in-conference opponents.

“We need to find a way to win on the road,” he said. “We’re struggling a bit on the road. So, going to Yale, we’re going to look to right that.”

All four of Dartmouth’s wins this season have come in Hanover, with the team holding a 23-game home winning streak. All three losses, meanwhile, have come away from Burnham Field. In order for the Big Green to remedy this trend, the team will have to be more successful at creating offensive chances,

something it struggled to accomplish on Saturday.

“We just have to continue to work on keeping possession of the ball,” Oshoniyi said. “Defensively, we’re pretty good, but I just think [we need to be better] on the ball and creating chances to score goals.”

Sachleben echoed those sentiments.

“We had trouble getting and maintaining possession,” he said. “I think just settling down, keeping the ball and playing our game is something we’ve got to keep doing. We’re doing a good job, but we could do better in the future.”

Still, a win is a win, and Saturday’s victory was undoubtedly a big one, coming against the reigning league champions.

“Obviously, that wasn’t our best body of work out on the field, but we have a bend-don’t-break mentality,” Budnik said. “We bent and we bent and we bent, but we never broke, so it’s something to take away that we’re always ready, we’re always up for a fight. They took what’s ours, we want it back, and that’s a good way to start.”

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Women’s soccer drops close match to Princeton in overtime

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The Big Green withstood an onslaught of 21 Princeton shots, but with one of those finding the back of the net, the Tigers emerged victorious on Saturday, beating Dartmouth 1-0.

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The Big Green had three corner kicks in the game but could only muster 10 shots on goal.

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Football improves to 3-0 with conference-opener win at Penn B y ADDISON DICK

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The Big Green football team produced a well-rounded offensive and defensive effort in its first game of Ivy League play, winning 28-15 on the road at the University of Pennsylvania.

After both teams went scoreless on their opening drives, quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 connected with Zack Bair ’22 for a 57-yard touchdown. Fewer than four minutes later, the Big Green defense extended the lead. Linebacker Jack Traynor ’19 recovered a fumble and returned it to the end zone to give the Big Green a 14-0 lead.

“It’s important to set the tone for the rest of the game,” Gerbino said.

“After those drives, Penn noticed that we were coming at them and bringing some stuff that we haven’t done this season. Once we got going, the flow of the offense really picked up.”

Penn responded in force and began the second quarter with a nine

play, 75-yard touchdown drive to cut the Dartmouth lead in half. The ensuing Big Green drive was another nine play, 75-yard touchdown drive, finished with Bair’s second touchdown of the first half.

Following the offensive success Dartmouth saw in the first few drives of the game, the defenses of the Big Green and the Quakers settled in and neither team scored for over 30 minutes.

Maintaining a 21-7 lead in the fourth quarter, the Big Green offense began a drive at its own 16-yard line.

Dartmouth went on a long 15-play, 84-yard drive that spanned over eight minutes. The drive contained 13 rushing attempts, and the Big Green picked up five first downs.

With fewer than four minutes remaining in the game, Gerbino concluded the game-sealing drive with an nine-yard touchdown run.

Penn quickly found the end zone in less than two minutes and recovered the ensuing onside kick.

Trailing by 13 points with two minutes to play, the Quakers were

stifled by the Big Green defense, only allowed one sack through 180 which forced a turnover on downs minutes of game action this year. that concluded the contest.

The Dartmouth defense The Big Green has won its first continued to frustrate its opponent. three games Despite gaining of the season, “Sometimes things fo u r m o re t o t a l and started yards than the Big happen, but we conference Green with 321, p l a y w i t h remain calm and the Quakers only the victory collected. We make had one red zone over Penn. opportunity. The The offense sure that the plays Big Green defense f e a t u r e d a that need to be made w a s p a r t i c u l a rl y balanced successful on matter ... We have to a t t a c k , third down plays, gaining 167 make the other team holding Penn to four yards rushing earn their yards and conversions on 15 and 150 yards attempts. i n t h e a i r. first downs.”

“Sometimes Gerbino led things happen, but the offense we remain calm -NIGEL ALEXANDER ’20 with nine and collected,” said completions linebacker Nigel on 12 passing Alexander ’20. “We attempts for 119 passing yards. He make sure that the plays that need also contributed 79 rushing yards. to be made matter. We had a few The offensive line, which only issues with Penn, missed assignments returned one starter from last and stuff. We have to make the season, allowed no sacks and has other team earn their yards and first

downs. If they beat us, they beat us, but we can’t shoot ourselves in the foot.”

Friday’s win marked Dartmouth’s fifth win in the last six games against the Quakers. Through its first three games of the season, the Big Green has yet to trail any of its opponents.

The team will face its toughest test of the season to date next weekend when Yale University comes to Memorial Field. The homecoming showdown features the top two teams in the Ivy League preseason poll, and Buddy Teevens ’79 will look for his 100th win as head coach of the Big Green. The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon and will be streamed on ESPN+.

“There’s going to be a lot of hype around it — we’re two top-tier teams,” Gerbino said. “It’s going to be a great game, but we need to stay focused. We’re ready to show everyone how good we are. We just need a good week of preparation, and it should be the outcome we’re looking for.”

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Former football coach Callie Brownson hired by Buffalo Bills B y EMILY LU

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After making national headlines last year as the first female full-time NCAA Division I football coach, Callie Brownson has joined the Buffalo Bills as a full-time offensive coaching inter n. Her stint at Dartmouth, albeit brief, not only earned her the respect of players and coaches alike, but also spearheaded efforts towards the inclusion of women in the sport.

Brownson first came to Big Green football as an intern during the 2018 preseason. Brownson met head coach Buddy Teevens ’79 earlier that summer at the Manning Passing Academy, a prestigious youth football camp. 2018 was the first year the camp hosted a women’s clinic, and Brownson was one of 16 female coaches invited to participate. Impressed with her knowledge of the game, Teevens quickly offered Brownson a twoweek internship with Dartmouth football.

The two weeks escalated to a full season as players took it upon themselves to ask Teevens to consider hiring her full-time.

“What said it all to me was when towards the second week, our players went to Teevens and asked if it was possible that she could have a chance to stay on,” assistant coach Dave Shula ’81 said. “They were very sincere about that; she earned their respect with her knowledge and her energy and the way she communicated.”

While Brownson’s preseason internship entailed taking part in all of the team activities — ranging from game planning to the recruiting process — she was hired as the offensive quality control coach to focus on offensive strategy. The Big Green football team went on to finish second in the Ivy League after a projected sixth place finish.

Brownson worked closely with the wide receivers, including Drew Estrada ’20, who cited her love for the game as something the players were immediately drawn to. With

handshakes and catchphrases for her group, she bonded with her players in a way unique from other coaches.

“She’s always been that type of person that loves the game and wants to do anything she can to be a part of the game,” Estrada said.

“As football players, we respect that so much because love for the game is one of those intangible things you can’t force on someone.”

Brownson’s passion for the game is not without experience. Her own career began as a standout in youth football, only to be turned away during high school and college because of her gender. However, she made her way back into the sport as a free safety and running back for D.C. Divas of the Women’s Football Alliance, leading her team to two national titles. Brownson has also won two gold medals with Team USA Women’s Football.

While the players quickly took notice of Brownson’s passion towards the game, Estrada referred to another trait as something he learned from Brownson: her energy

and excitement about her job.

“For her it was exciting to go to work everyday and exciting to take on new tasks,” Estrada said. “That’s something I’m going to take on with my life down the road, just to appreciate everything you have and every day that you have. She never took a day or minute for granted so I really admire that about her.”

The Big Green football team does not shy away from pioneering changes in the sport. Teevens has led the program to be the first to eliminate tackling in practice and implement mobile virtual players as tackling dummies. Bringing Brownson on only continued to inspire change for other teams.

“It says that we’re forward thinking, that we’re accepting,” Shula said. “We talk about equality and we back it up with our actions.

We have to give Coach Teevens and the College tremendous credit for having that foresight and the willingness to follow through on that.”

Estrada described the moment he

found out Brownson was hired by the Bills as bittersweet, explaining that as much as the team loved having her as a coach, “you can’t be mad about it because if you’re in that position, obviously you take that next step in your career.”

Brownson joined the Bills staff in August as a coaching intern. As the third woman to be hired by the Bills in the past four years, doors are slowly swinging open for diversity among football coaches.

Last August, when Dartmouth football hosted its fifth annual Football 101 camp for young athletes in the community, the girls who participated had someone like them to look up to amongst the coaches and players. NFL senior director Sam Rapoport tweeted a picture of Brownson alongside one of the girls, concluding with #RepresentationMatters.

“I think that’s one of the coolest things, when little girls are like I want to be like her,” Estrada said. “I think that means a lot to her — she’s changing other people’s lives too.”

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Women’s rugby, in tough stretch, falls 39-19 to Army at home B y KAITLYN LEES

Harvard as the Golden Knights had since taken down both Quinnipiac University and Notre Dame College Women’s rugby fell to the without letting a single point go. undefeated United States Military To Ada, the game flowed much Academy at home Saturday better than the team’s previous afternoon, 39-19. After a season outing. Against Harvard, the Big opening routing of Brown University, Green struggled after the Crimson the Big Green faced two tough took a big early lead but came back competitors in with an incredibly H a r v a r d second half “Harvard was a tough strong University performance. Of and Army and loss so we wanted to the hard-fought ultimately fell go into Army’s game first half, Bitter to both. Despite said, “Both teams the loss, the with a mindset of came out there and 2018 national intentionality.” everyone knew this champions was the time to set h ave s h ow n the tone for the progress since -ALE ADA ’22 game.” their first loss At the half, of the season only three points two weekends ago to Harvard. separated the teams, with Army Going into the Army game, the leading 10-7. Ramsey and Bitter team worked hard on its mental then came through again for the Big ELSA ERICKSEN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF game.

Green with another try and kick to “Harvard was a tough loss so we put Dartmouth ahead early in the Army only led 10-7 at halftime, but broke away in the second half to gain an insurmountable lead over the Big Green. wanted to go into Army’s game with second half. a mindset of intentionality,” said Ale Army, however, also started try from Bitter put Dartmouth within we wanted, we played with heart and Intercollegiate Rugby Association Ada ’22. team. Harvard also fell to the Black 1 0 bu t A r my ’s 100 percent grit,” Ada said. the second The team had several sessions h a l f s t ro n g Head coach Katie Dowty said she Knights earlier this season 34-10. performance focusing on their mindset on the field w i t h t h r e e “Despite losing, I think proved too much was pleased with how the players Dartmouth’s overall record against and doing things with purpose. They tries and two it showed that we are for the Big Green have progressed since the Harvard Army is now knotted at 3-3. developed a check list to help them c o nv e r s i o n s The Big Green returns to action match in the final game and the mental toughness they very much postseason to accomplish this. The three questions t h a t showed on the field. next weekend with a home game minutes. put — “Where are we? What’s the goal? D a r t m o u t h contenders if we “Despite losing, I think it showed to round out the regular season Despite the loss, What’s my goal?” — were designed down by 15 continue like we did. both Ada and Bitter that we are very much postseason against Quinnipiac University. to help the Big Green stay present with a quarter spoke about how contenders if we continue like we Last year, Dartmouth defeated the on the field. the team left the did,” Dowty said. “We are really Bobcats 40-22. After that matchup, of the game We are really excited The Big Green kept the game t o g o. T h e moving forward.” the Big Green will look forward field with positive excited moving forward.” close throughout the first half. Army Black Knights T h e d e f e n d i n g n a t i o n a l to a rematch with Harvard at the takeaways and scored first to take the game to 5-0. were able to having achieved champions’ back-to-back losses Ivy Rugby Championship in late Ariana Ramsey ’22 and Kristin capitalize on -KATIE DOWTY, HEAD their goal of an speaks to the fact that despite the October, followed by postseason Bitter ’23 responded with a try and m o m e n t u m improved mental small number of programs within play in November, which likely bring COACH a conversion to give Dartmouth its from having women’s collegiate rugby, there is a about a rematch against Army. Last game. first lead of the game at 7-5. It was most of the “We went out high level of competitiveness. Army year, Dartmouth faced Army in the the first score Army had allowed since possession time and keeping the Big there knowing what we wanted to has come out strong this season and first round and knocked them out of its first game of the season against Green down in its defending half. A do and although it didn’t go the way remains the only undefeated National the postseason with a 26-7 victory.

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