The Dartmouth 10/22/18

10.22.18

The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3 Not your traditional sport: A glimpse into three clubs that engage with sports in unexpected ways p. 4-5 Jennifer Williams named new softball head coach p. 6 Sticking to Sports: World Series Preview p. 7 One-on-one with heavyweight coxswain Emma Alter ’20 p. 8

Women’s soccer defeats Marist College but falls to Columbia University, looking to close out season strong p. 8 SERGIO CARVALLO/THE DARTMOUTH

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The weekend Roundup

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

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The Dartmouth women’s ice hockey team opened the season with a 3-1 loss to Harvard University.

Dartmouth’s women’s ice hockey started the season with a tough 3-1 loss to Harvard University in Cambridge Friday night. The Big Green opened the scoring in the game with a goal

by Rose Falzone ’20 in the first period, assisted

by Lotti Odnoga ’22 and Sara McClanahan ’22, but were unable to respond to the two goals by the Crimson in the second period and the lone final one in the third. Dartmouth continued to

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The men’s soccer tied against Lehigh 0-0 and lost to Columbia 1-0.

The men’s soccer team had their fifth tied game of the season against Lehigh University (7-5-2) after a final score of 0-0. At the end of the first half, the Big Green had a chance for the one goal advantage, but Ohad Yahalom ’22 missed just wide of the goal post.

Similarly at the end of overtime at the 107th minute, Dartmouth’s Jordan McNair ’19 had an open shot but missed the winning goal

pressure throughout the entirety of the game, with 26 total shots, but the team was unable to make anything connect into the Harvard goal. Despite the points, Christine Honor ’19 put on an excellent performance in goal, with 33 total saves and a .943 save percentage. The Big Green will continue away in upstate New York this upcoming weekend, as they take on Colgate University and Cornell University.

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On Friday, the men traveled to Columbia University (6-4-1), where they lost by a tight score of 1-0 after one period of overtime.

After an erroneous header to Dartmouth’s keeper by a player from the Big Green, Columbia’s Sebastian Gunbeyi had an open shot in the 95th minute for the win.

Dartmouth is now 4-5-5 going into their final weeks of the season.

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The Dartmouth volleyball team lost to Harvard University 3-1 despite winning the first set 25-22.

The Dartmouth volleyball team fell to Harvard University in Cambridge on Friday night 3-1. The Big Green started off strong, winning the first set 25-22, but were unable to hold off the counterattack from the Crimson, who won the next three sets 19-25, 21-25, 15-25 to take the game. Despite the result, Dartmouth had strong performances from several players. Elise Petit ’21 led the team on the day, finishing with 13.5 points and 11 kills, along with one assist, three digs and two

blocks. She was joined in the other categories

by Zoe Leonard ’19 with 20 digs, Annemarie Horn ’22 with 16 assists and Abby Kott ’20 with five block assists. The loss dropped the Big Green to 7-11 overall, and 3-5 in Ivy League conference play, having played every other Ancient Eight team at least once this season.

Dartmouth will look to try and pick up a pair of wins this upcoming Homecoming weekend, as they take on Cornell University and Columbia University at home in Hanover.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

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FOOTBALL

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The Dartmouth football team continues its undefeated streak with a 28-12 win over Columbia University.

The No. 24 Dartmouth football team continued its unbeaten season Saturday with a 28-12 defeat of Columbia University in New York, putting the team at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Ivy League conference play. The game began with a slow first half, which found the Big Green only up by one after a first quarter touchdown and a field goal from the Lions in each quarter, but Dartmouth found its footing at the halftime break. In the second half, the Big Green scored 21 unanswered points, colored only by a touchdown from Columbia in the final minutes of the game. Despite being held to a season-low 356 yards and allowing 314 from the Lions, along with having nine fewer minutes of possession overall, the Big Green were efficient with what they had. Quarterback Derek Kyler ’21 went 9-9 with 75 yards, throwing for one touchdown to Drew Estrada

’20 in the third and being on the receiving end of another from Drew Hunnicutt ’19 in the fourth. On the ground, Rashaad Cooper ’19 went for 82 yards on eight carries, garnering one touchdown in the first, while Jared Gerbino ’20 went for 42 yards. The defensive efforts for the Big Green were led by Rocco Di Leo ’19, who forced three sacks against the Columbia offensive line, and Isiah Swann ’20, who picked off two passes in the fourth to put him at seven on the season. This tally finds Swann as the national leader in interceptions and tied for the single-season record for a Dartmouth player. After defeating Columbia at their homecoming game, the Big Green will look to do the same for themselves this upcoming weekend, as the team hosts Harvard University Saturday afternoon in Memorial Stadium.

W ROWING Over the weekend, the women’s rowing team competed in the 54th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The race is the largest two-day regatta in the world, attracting around 11,000 athletes and 400,000 spectators annually. The team had a solid performance on day one, taking third in the Club 4+ out of 52 boats after a 18:56.45 finish

and fourth in the Club 8+ following a 17:19.41 time.

On day two, the team’s Championship 8 boat, stroked

by Rhea Enzian ’21 and coxed by Grace Hannam ’21, took 20th place after a time of 18:22.41.

Following a solid performance at the regatta over the past weekend, the team will conclude the fall season at the Princeton Chase next Sunday.

Equestrian Dartmouth equestrian beat out nine other schools on Saturday to win the Colby Sawyer show, putting the team back ahead of the University of Vermont with the regional points lead. The performances on the day were led by Sabrina Jain ’22, who took first in Novice Flat and third in Intermediate Fences, giving her the Reserve High-Point Rider spot in the show. She was

joined by Margot Putnam ’19 and Elizabeth Carroll ’19, who took first in Walk Trot and Beginner Walk Trot Canter, respectively, and Olivia Champ, ‘19, who finished second in Open Fences and Open Flat. The Big Green will look to strengthen its regional lead this upcoming Saturday, as it heads downstate to Durham for the University of New Hampshire show.

Cross country At Friday’s Central Connecticut State University’s mini meet at Stanley Quarter Park, the team finished in seventh out of 12 teams with 166 total points. Liam Jamieson ’22’s 10th place finish in the 5k with a time of 15:15.7 led the charge for the team. Providence College secured first place with 29 points.

The men are preparing for the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship next Saturday, October 27. The men’s team is looking strong across the board as they prepare to go head to head with other Ivy League runners in Princeton.

The women’s cross country team recorded 123 points at the Central Connecticut State

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University 3k course this weekend to place fifth overall. Breanna Glover ’22 finished in sixth (10:17.2) and Rachel Ludwikowski ’21 (10:19.3) finished two places behind to represent Dartmouth in the top ten competitors. The Big Green fell to Providence College (20), Boston College (78), New Hampshire (86) and Central Connecticut State (99) to give the team an overall finish of fifth place. Veronica Winham ’22 (10:56.6), Soleil Gaylord ’22 (11:03.5) and Madaket Nobili ’22 (11:05.6) finished in the top 41. This young group will pose a serious threat to the Ive League schools at this weekend’s Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championship at Princeton.

Dartmouth field hockey took down Columbia University 2-1 Friday in New York City, and followed with a 2-1 win against the University of Massachusetts Lowell Sunday afternoon, putting their record on the season at 6-8 overall and 2-3 in Ivy League conference play. The goals against the Lions were led offensively by Tatum Schultz ’21, who found the net in the 44th minute, and Jessica Valvano ’19, who scored in the eighth minute for her first career goal. Defensively, Hailey Valerio ’19 led the team with five saves, including a nabbed penalty

shot in the final minutes. The win gave head coach Amy Fowler, already the most victorious coach in Dartmouth history, her 150th victory of her career.

On Sunday, the Big Green defeated the River Hawks 2-1 in a hard-fought match. While UMass Lowell raced off to a 1-0 lead right after the half, the Big Green scored two goals later in the half to clinch the win. Dartmouth’s aggressive offensive generated more opportunities than the opposing team, as they recorded 10 shots on goal versus half as many for the River Hawks.

M GOLF Over the weekend, the men’s golf team competed in the Camden Collegiate Invitational in Camden, South Carolina, tying for seventh out of nine participating teams. In the first two rounds on Saturday, the team finished in last place after a score of 30-over 590. John Lazor ’19 led the team in a tie for 16th after carding a 73-72-145 (+5).The

team had a stronger performance the next day, with Jason Liu ’20 leading the way with a 1-over 71 carding. Following the third round, the team’s final score of 887 (+47) boosted them up two places to finish the tournament in seventh place.

The tournament marked the end of men golf ’s fall season.

Sailing Over the weekend, the sailing team competed in three major races, including the Fiske-Harriman-Sleigh Trophy Coed Showcase at St. Mary’s College, Yale’s Women’s Regatta at Yale University, and the Oberg Trophy at Northeastern University.

At the Coed Showcase hosted by St. Mary, the Big Green took 13th out of 18 competing teams after tallying 346

points. At the Yale Women’s Regatta, Dartmouth took sixth out of 14 teams with a final score of 128. The racers faced strong gusts that peaked into the 30’s on Sunday. In the Oberg Trophy, the team took 10th out of 20 competing teams, finishing with a total of 368 points. The University of Rhode Island finished in first with 161 points.

M TENNIS Earlier this week, the men’s tennis team finished strong at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championship in Princeton, NJ. Charlie Broom ’20 took down Cornell’s Lev Kazakov in three sets to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals. Broom then defeated Columbia’s Jack Mingjie Lin in 2 sets (6-4, 6-3) to advance, but lost in the finals to Cornell’s David Volfson (7-5, 6-3). However, Broom’s semifinal win earned him a spot in the ITA National Fall Championship in November, making him the first player from Dartmouth to have competed at fall nationals since 2015.

The men’s tennis team hosted the Dartmouth Invitational from Friday to Sunday. Sid Chari ’22 advanced to the semifinal but lost

to Harvard’s Harris Walker with scores of 7-5, 7-6 on Saturday.

John Speicher ’21 and Roko Glasnovic ’19 similarly fell short of the final with a 6-0, 6-3 loss to Yale and 6-3, 6-1 loss to Buffalo, respectively. John Speicher ’21 and Pierce Widdecombe ’22 won the semifinal match against Yale, but fell to Buffalo’s double pair 8-2.

Dartmouth duo Chari and Pritzker took down two Boston University double teams in consolation games.

On the final day of the tournament, five different Big Green players won matches over the course of the day. Gilbert Jaeger ’21 won his flight, defeating Buffalo 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 in the Flight B Final.

In two weeks, the men’s tennis team will travel to Minneapolis for the Gopher Invitational.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

Not your trad

A glimpse into three clubs that enga

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Formula Racing Team

COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH FORMULA RACING

Dartmouth Formula Racing achieved great success this past year when they entered and won the Formula Hybrid Competition for the first time.

A club with an unorthodox amount DFR achieved great success this past year of necessary athletic skill is Dartmouth’s when they entered and won the Formula Formula Racing Team. This club is based Hybrid Competition for the first time. Before out of the Thayer School of Engineering last year, DFR entered all electric vehicles at Dartmouth. Other than lifting the car into the Formula Hybrid Competition, but for transport, the only athletic part of this have recently transitioned back to a hybrid club is driving the car. vehicle.

The program was “It was an effort since “This past year was founded during the 2016 to go from an all 1995-96 academic the first time we’ve electric car to reentering year and consists of successfully tested a as a hybrid,” McDermott a team of around 20 said. “In 2017 and 2018, students. The team hybrid car since 2012.” we’ve pretty much rebuilt began competing in almost everything on the the Formula Society of car. In 2017, we did a huge -LEINA MCDERMOTT ’19, Automotive Engineers mechanical overhaul, and competition, which EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF last year we did a big consists of designing DARTMOUTH FORMULA electrical overhaul with a a standard formulanew battery pack. Those style race car, but RACING two things combined Thayer began really allowed us to be designing and entering successful last year.” cars in the newly created Formula Hybrid As a result of the changes, the team won Competition in 2007. the hybrid competition for the first time in “There are some years where DFR the history of DFR as well as two awards, did all electric cars, and some years the IEEE Engineering the Future Award and where they did hybrid cars,” said Leina the Fiat-Chrysler Industrial Design Award.

McDermott ’19, an executive member of “The Industrial Design Award was for the DFR. “This past year was the first time battery pack specifically, and the Engineering we’ve successfully tested a hybrid car since the Future Award was for the suspension and 2012.” chassis,” McDermott said. “Those were all

things that we had redesigned for 2017, so that was really cool.”

DFR enters one car per year into one competition that is held either in April or May. “Working backwards from [the spring], our goal is usually to be driving at least two weeks before the competition so we have time to test. Ideally, this would be a month before the competition,” McDermott said. “This means that we have to get all our fabrication done mostly in the winter term. Usually the structure is, in the fall, we do a lot more design work and planning and in the winter we do a lot of fabrication, especially over winter break and spring break. Our goal is for spring term up to the competition to do testing and iterating as necessary.”

In addition to work by the team, DFR also expands its scope to propose projects to Thayer’s capstone project courses, ENGS 89, “Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation,” and ENGS 90, “Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion.”

“Usually we have at least one 89/90 project every year,” McDermott said. “We usually try to propose a project that’s kind of a big undertaking that’s isolated from the rest of the team such that it doesn’t interfere too much with having everyone be involved. In

the past, there’s been a lot of mechanical projects such as suspension design and chassis design. In 2017, we had a carbon monocoque design project, and last year was the battery pack. This year we’re doing a hybrid motor controller. That’s really helpful for projects that require a lot more experience and dedicated effort than people can give part time.”

DFR, although based in Thayer and consists mostly of engineers, is open to any student with an interest in the club.

“There’s a couple people who are more interested in the business and management aspect of the team, which has been really helpful,” McDermott said.

“We have a lot of work to do in terms of getting corporate sponsorships and project management.”

McDermott also notes that there are quite a few freshmen who are using DFR as a way of seeing if they’re interested in engineering.

Although the team accomplished a lot last year, there’s a lot more the team can work on.

“This year it’s been really awesome because there’s a lot of freshmen who are really interested,” McDermott said.

“Even though we were successful last year, there’s a lot more we can do.”

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

ditional sport

age with sports in unexpected ways

AND JUSTIN KRAMER

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Archery

Woodsmen’s Team

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Dartmouth archery, founded by Mikey Steel ’21 last winter, is one of the youngest clubs on campus.

Dartmouth archery is the one of the newest clubs on campus as Mikey Steel ’21 founded it last winter. What started with a Facebook post in the Class of 2021 group and a flurry of emails to the campus listserv has since evolved into a 15-member team. Archery is a competitive subsidiary club of the Dartmouth Outing Club’s Bait and Bullet sub club.

“I’ve been doing archery since eighth grade, and I wanted to do it here, so I got it started,” Steel said. “I talked to Rory [Gawler], the club advisor at the DOC, and the DOC was great to give us funding to purchase bows to use at the DOC Bait and Bullet shooting range. We just started up [with] our practices two days a week, and it’s grown.”

Last year, Dartmouth archery did not have official competitions, though Steel earned second place on his own for Dartmouth at the fall Ivy League Invitational Tournament. The team will be returning to the invitational this year on Nov. 10 with a full squadron aiming to take first place. The rest of their tournament schedule is not yet set because they are in the process of registering nationally as an official archery team.

Steel, a certified Level 2 coach, explained the ranking-style format of the upcoming competition, one of two distinct styles.

“You have your standard archery target with 10 rings,” Steel said. “You shoot three arrows per round — each round is called an ‘end.’ The center ring is worth 10 points, going out to one point at the end. You score all of your [points] up to 30 points, and those points are tabulated

at the end and you shoot 10 to 20 ends of arrows.”

This is a ranking-style competition, where competitors shoot, the points are scored and shooters are ranked against everyone else.

To prepare for their competitions, Dartmouth archery practices two days per week, on Thursday and Saturday.

The team first checks out their bows from Safety & Security and heads to the Bait and Bullet shooting range across from the Dartmouth Organic Farm. After setting up cones, targets and equipment, the archers will typically shoot for one to two hours. In the winter, the club will likely practice at Grafton Fish & Game as they did last year. Steel described the relaxing effect team practice has for the members.

“I love the sport. It’s really fun, [and] it’s really calming,” Steel said. “[For] a few of the people on the team, rather than [not coming] before a midterm, they come so that they can destress.”

Though not the most mainstream sport, archery provides an excellent alternative for those looking to try something new.

“Archery is a cool sport because everybody is like, ‘Baseball, basketball that’s a sport,’ but archery is not limited by your physical abilities; anybody can participate,” Steel said. “It’s kind of an unattainable sport for most people: ‘Oh that’s a cool thing. I wish I could do it.’

Then, when they have the opportunity it’s like, ‘Yeah, why not?’”

Hopefully, the archery team will continue to grow and thrive as they cement their place on campus as a competitive yet relaxing athletic outlet for Dartmouth students.

COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH WOODSMEN’S TEAM

The woodsmen’s team holds practices four to five times a week at a “playpen area” at Oak Hill.

A more unorthodox athletic group that might be of interest for those who like the outdoors is the Dartmouth woodsmen’s team. This club team is open to anyone who is interested and has a lax time commitment; team members come to practices when they’re available. Dartmouth formed the first intercollegiate woodsmen’s team in the country, according to team captain Lauren Mendelsohn ’19. Soon after that, other colleges followed suit, such as Colby College, Duke University and McGill University. Unlike many of these other schools, where the woodsmen’s team is a varsity sport and holds tryouts, the Dartmouth team has remained a club sport. “[The team is] open to everyone and it is as much of a time commitment as you make it,” Mendelsohn said. “However, it’s one of those things where you have to practice to be good.”

The woodsmen’s team holds practices four to five times a week at a “playpen area” at Oak Hill. Dartmouth prepares for competitions every term.

We went to Paul Smith’s [College] last week, and we’re going to [the University of New Hampshire] in a couple weeks,” Mendelsohn said. “We have a meet at McGill in the winter, while spring meets [are hosted here and at Colby]. Because we started the conference, [our] spring meet is the big culminating meet of the year.”

According to Mendelsohn, a meet consists of anything you can think of to make wood smaller in a limited time.

“There’s a lot of different sawing events, a lot different chopping and splitting events, but then also weird things like fire builds and log rolling and [events] where you run on a log in water,” Mendelsohn said. “Really anything that’s competitive involving wood.”

Despite having a less strict time commitment than other athletic teams, the woodsmen’s team nonetheless fosters a sense of community among its members.

“I joined the woodsmen’s team my freshman fall, and I’m a senior now, so, it’s been one of the biggest time commitments and sort of social groups for me on campus,” Mendelsohn said.

“I’m also the [Dartmouth Outing Club] vice president so woodmen’s was kind of the club that brought me into the DOC.” The sense of camaraderie that the woodsmen’s team has comes in part from a quote on their website, attributed to David Hastings ’00, “Half the fun of a forestry meet lies in cheering on your teammates, in screaming yourself hoarse to encourage someone to keep going even though their arms burn and tremble . . .

Then your axe severs the last fibers and you collapse, surrounded by a whooping and hooting circle of friends.”

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

Jennifer Williams named new softball head coach

By Lili stern

The Dartmouth Staff

On Friday, Oct. 12, the Dartmouth Athletics Department announced the hiring of Jennifer Williams as the seventh head coach of the Dartmouth softball team. Williams steps into the position to replace Shannon Doepking, who took the head coach position at Syracuse University on Sept. 14th.

Williams heads to Hanover after a stint at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she served as head coach of the softball team for eight years and director of sports performance for six years. At MIT, she racked up more wins than any other coach in the softball program’s history, with an overall record of 168-122-1. This past season, the Engineers finished seventh at the Division III College World Series, in addition to winning their first New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference championship.

The Dartmouth softball team also took home a conference championship last year, their third since 2014, winning the Ivy League with a 16-5 conference record. Both Williams and the Dartmouth softball program hope to continue their success in this upcoming season, and according to Williams, can do so through supporting the team as people, and

not just as student athletes. you’re going through, she’s always “To me, it’s more important to be going to look at you first as a person, able to provide support to the student instead of how you’re doing on the athletes, help them through their field or how you’re doing in class.”

Dartmouth experience as successfully Williams has a personal background and empowered as possible, and in participating in athletics at an then be able to build that family and elite academic institution. She community with them to be able to completed her undergraduate studies do things right at Middlebury eve r y d ay, ” “I’m excited to get College, where Williams said. she pitched for “A n d w h e n back to the smaller the softball team you do things community, the feeling for four years. She r i g h t eve r y graduated with of being a part of a day, and you’re program records as capable as college town. The in career wins (32), D a r t m o u t h Dartmouth feeling — innings pitched student athletes (327.1) and are, that’s going the community feel, complete games to result in wins the academic feel — (41). Williams and good things grew up in Maine, this place has always on the field as and her time there felt very good to me, well.” as well as in college T h i s it’s felt very much like in Vermont make sentiment came her excited to through during a home to me.” return to living in Williams’ a small town. interview “I’m excited to get -JENNIFER WILLIAMS, process. back to the smaller “One of the DARTMOUTH SOFTBALL community, the main things she HEAD COACH feeling of being a said to us is that part of a college she wants to town,” Williams care for the girls on a personal level said. “The Dartmouth feeling — the first, and then academics, and then community feel, the academic feel — athletics,” assistant coach Olivia this place has always felt very good to Watkins said. “So regardless of what me, it’s felt very much like a home to

me.” in a more consistent way than they According to Williams, this already do,” Williams said. sentiment will aid her in her ability Martinelli isn’t worried that to recruit athletes to the Dartmouth Williams will completely transform softball program. the way the team currently operates.

“I really strongly feel that I have “I think a lot of the good things are to be on board with the school and going to continue,” she said. “It seems the academic environment in order like she has the mentality of ‘I’m not to be able to sell it from a recruiting going to fix what isn’t broken,’ which is perspective, and that’s probably one reassuring going into my last season.” of the most important parts about Williams’ perception of what being a successful Division I coach,” she can offer the team, according she said. to Williams, matches what the team The current softball team, wants from a new coach. according to team captain Morgan “I think the team is wanting Martinelli ’19, is already on board development of culture, they want with what Williams has to offer the development of competitiveness team, and has faith in her ability to and they want to have a team and motivate the team to continue its a program that they’re proud of recent success. and that the alumni are proud of,” “I think having a new person to Williams said. “Those are things that prove yourself to and show what you’re very much fit with my vision for where about is going to light a few extra fires women’s softball could be. I’m excited under certain to be able to get girls, which “I think having a going with them will carry and to learn what t h r o u g h o u t new person to prove all of our collective the season,” yourself to and show priorities are and Martinelli said. move forward on what you’re about As far as them together.” c o a c h i n g is going to light a Williams will strategy goes, few extra fires under take the field Williams says with the softball it’s too early to certain girls, which will team for their first tell how she will carry throughout the practice together run the team. on Wednesday.

With that said, season.”

Martinelli believes she does have in her team’s goals for how -MORGAN MARTINELLI ability to succeed, to strengthen regardless of how what s h e ’19, SOFTBALL CAPTAIN the coaching considers an turnover affects already strong the way things run. and defined culture.

“At the end of the day, you still “I’m going to help them realize have to field the ball and throw what their standards are, define them it,” Martinelli said. “We just keep and articulate them even more than reminding ourselves that softball they already have, and then be able to is softball, regardless of who’s hold each other accountable to them coaching.”

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

Sticking to Sports with Sam Stockton ’19

Sticking to Sports—World Series Preview On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugged their way past the Milwaukee Brewers to clinch the National League Pennant and set the stage for a World Series matchup with the Red Sox, beginning on Tuesday night in Boston. For Major League Baseball, it seems hard to imagine a better match-up.

You have the massive Los Angeles market going up against the Red Sox and their vast national fan base: two of the league’s most storied and wealthy franchises getting together in baseball’s biggest event.

The storylines abound. Red Sox fans have fond memories of Dodger manager Dave Roberts, whose famed Game 4 steal of second base sparked the Sox’s miraculous rally from down three games to none against the mighty New York Yankees en route to their first World Series title in 86 years.

Meanwhile, Red Sox manager Alex Cora once played with Roberts for the Dodgers. There’s Manny Machado, the Dodgers’ prized deadline acquisition, who found a way to somehow infuriate even the gentlest of Midwestern fans in Milwaukee during the NLCS. Just last season, while a member of the Baltimore Orioles, Machado’s questionable slide against Dustin Pedroia of the Red Sox earned the wrath of Red Sox nation and led to two Red Sox pitchers, Chris Sale and Matt Barnes, throwing at him. There’s Mookie Betts, the Red Sox perfect-game-bowling, former MVP right fielder, who has emerged as one of baseball’s most exciting and likable stars. Both teams have a heavily paid pitcher with a reputation for falling short in the playoffs in Clayton Kershaw and David Price. In LA this week, it will be in the 80s and sunny. An early look at Tuesday night’s forecast in Boston shows cold and rain. While the rivalry between the two cities exists primarily on the basketball court, I’m sure neither side will have a hard time transferring that to the diamond.

For a fan base long tortured by the ghosts of Buckner and Boone, 2018 must have been a remarkably easy year. The Red Sox have been

the best team in baseball since the season began, cruising to a leaguebest 108 wins, marching over their arch-rival Yankees in the ALDS and steamrolling the defending champion Astros to clinch the AL Pennant. In a sense, the Red Sox have become the Yankees. They spend big money in free agency, boast legions of fans who expect nothing short of a championship every year and win that championship more than anyone else. The Sox have three World Series rings to their name in the last 15 seasons, to say nothing of the other championships Boston has earned in every major sport during that run. And yet, there is something decidedly more likable about the 2018 Red Sox than there ever was about the Yankees of the early 2000s. The outfield triumvirate of Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Andrew Benintendi brings the kind of joy to the game baseball traditionally lacked. Watching David Ortiz, who has authored many of the greatest moments in Red Sox and postseason baseball history, react to the biggest moments of the post-season seems the most tangible proof that, no matter how many times your team or your city climbs the mountain, each ensuing trip through the postseason feels, at least in the moment, just as climactic as the first.

On the flip-side, 2018 felt like a much more difficult year for the Dodgers. Coming off a home loss in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers dragged their feet to a 16-26 start to the season. Star shortstop Corey Seager played in just 26 games before going down for the season to Tommy John surgery. Kershaw dealt with injuries all season.

However, the addition of Machado and the general resurgence of key bats like Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger carried the Dodgers to a one-game playoff with the Rockies for the NL West Crown. Walker Buehler offered a strong start and home runs by Bellinger and Max Muncy gave the Dodgers enough for their sixth straight NL West title. While the Dodgers took care of the Braves with relative ease in the NLDS, they looked incredibly vulnerable in the Championship Series against the Brewers. In their three losses, they looked downright bad, and yet they survived all that and slugged their way to a Game 7 win. Like the Red Sox, the Dodgers at their best demonstrate what makes baseball great in 2018. They have a team full of players like Yasiel Puig, whose crotch-chopping run around the bases following a decisive threerun homer in Game 7 showed that baseball can easily be both fun and exciting.

If my past predictions are any indicator, I am remarkably inept at picking postseason baseball games.

About a month ago, I foresaw a Cubs-Astros World Series. When I look at Dodgers-Red Sox, I don’t see dramatic differences in the two sides. Both teams have strong

starting pitching and a deep lineup.

Both teams have a dominant closer.

In forecasting the series, one of the few major questions that comes to my mind is how the Red Sox will confront playing in Dodger Stadium, where they will not have the benefit of the designated hitter. Boston’s DH, J.D. Martinez, is perhaps their most potent bat. This lineup has looked radically more fearsome since his arrival via free agency last offseason. It seems hard to imagine a scenario in which Cora doesn’t find a place for Martinez even in LA. However, Martinez, officially an outfielder, has been one of baseball’s worst defenders throughout his career. Boston derives tremendous strength from its outfield defense with Betts, Benintendi and Bradley Jr., so putting Martinez out there seems a major risk. So where else could Martinez fit? Maybe first base, but he has never played the position before in the majors, so again, this feels dangerous. Fortunately for the Red Sox, they have home-field advantage, but this will likely be the dominant storyline for the three games in Chavez Ravine.

With that being said, there seems to be something about this Red Sox team that will not be denied. Just as in their 2013 run, they simply feel like a team that will find a way to win. While the Dodgers have shown spells of inconsistency throughout the season, the Red Sox have never faltered. Boston in six.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

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into Dartmouth.

with Emma Alter ’20

By Addision dick The Dartmouth

On Saturday, the Dartmouth heavyweight rowing team started its season by finishing with boats in first and third place at the annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For Emma Alter ’20, the coxswain of the winning team in the Men’s Club 4+, the race was the pinnacle of a lengthy expedition.

After a high school concussion that prevented her from rowing in college, Alter made the switch to coxing when she walked onto the heavyweight team at Dartmouth.

How did you first get involved in rowing?

EA: I was a lightweight women’s rower in high school and I started rowing my freshman year of high school. I was on the team at New Trier High

School, so that was kind of how I heard about rowing. I just decided to try out my freshman fall because I was very uncoordinated and didn’t have any other sports to play. I actually got a really bad concussion at the end of my junior year, so I was concussed for a year and I had to take senior year off but I decided I wanted to come back to it at Dartmouth in a different role.

Did rowing play a factor in deciding which college you would attend?

EA: Before I was concussed, I was getting recruited as a lightweight to schools but once I was concussed and decided to stop rowing, I don’t think rowing was a huge factor for me. I wanted to go to Dartmouth since I was a sophomore in high school. It was my dream school. I knew they had a good rowing team. I actually didn’t decide that I wanted to walk on until I got

How did you end up becoming a coxswain? What do you enjoy about coxing?

EA: I was not able to row anymore because of my first bad concussion, and the weight limit was the same as the women’s rowers so I figured it would be a good switch. For me, I was always more timid and shy when I was coming out of high school and I wanted to be a more outgoing person. I think that coxing was a way that I could slip out of my comfort zone and start to be more of a leader.

What was your mindset going into the Head of the Charles regatta this weekend?

EA: I was pretty nervous, I’m not going to lie. I’d studied the course a few times, but that was actually my first time ever racing the Head of the Charles. It’s kind of hard because the Charles is a very distinct river. There’s a lot of turns and a lot of different buoy lines. There are a lot of different rules that you have to know about getting to the start line, at

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the start line and through the course. It was just a lot of studying to get there, which was nerve-racking, but I felt a little more secure going into it because I put in so much work.

Did your team outperform your expectations for the race?

EA: We definitely outperformed. We started second, and there was a boat behind us. We were hoping to catch them by the powerhouse stretch but we finished our first few strokes of the race and it’s 200 meters in and we’ve already closed two lengths of the water, so I was like, “Wow, let’s just take it before the turn and get the right line.”

What did winning the race mean to you and the team?

EA: For me, it was the culmination of all of the work I’ve put in to be a coxswain. Especially for the guys in my boat, I think we killed it. It was really big to show how much depth we have.

What is the most memorable experience you have had with the rowing team?

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EA: Honestly, I think Saturday was pretty memorable. Getting a gold medal at the Head of the Charles, I think I peaked probably, which was fun. We also did a team-building exercise my freshman year, where we drove into the middle of the woods and had to divide into two teams. For some reason, my team picked me as one of the team captains, and the other team had our actual team captain, who was Spencer Furey ’17, an incredible rower. I just remember being honored that I was trusted enough to lead that, and my team ended up winning which was fun.

What are you looking forward to for the remainder of your rowing career at Dartmouth?

EA: We’re going to Princeton next weekend, so I’m hoping to race there and have some good races and beat some boats. I’m looking forward to spring season and then my senior year on the team and just continuing to get better.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

Women’s soccer defeats Marist College but falls to Columbia University, looking to close out season strong

BY JAKE PHILHOWER The Dartmouth

This past week, the Dartmouth women’s soccer team faced both Marist College and Ivy League rival Columbia University in two key matchups for the Big Green as their season begins to wind down.

The Big Green faced adversity in its Monday game against Marist early on as the visiting team scored in the 18th minute. Despite the Big Green outshooting Marist 8-4 in the first half, the team struggled to put the ball past the Marist goal keeper. Although players were frustrated by their failure to convert these opportunities, they continued to play solid soccer to keep the score tied at 1-0.

“Going down 1-0 in a game is tough because opponents tend to change their style of play and become much more defensiveminded,” said Remy Borinsky ’19, a veteran and leader of the team throughout the year.

In the early stages of the second half, the Big Green thundered back with an explosion of offense.

Ten minutes into the second half, Dartmouth midfielder Zoe Boocock ’20 found the back of the net on a strike assisted by Alyssa Neuberger ’20. The Big Green’s fortunes had changed in an instant, and Dartmouth was right back in the match. The Big Green looked fantastic in the second half, as the team was producing quality chances while also playing solid defense to keep the Marist attackers at bay.

The Big Green wasted no time putting more pressure on the Marist defense after Boocock netted her first goal of the year.

Around two minutes later, Borinsky found rookie Izzy Glennon ’22 for a huge go-ahead goal. In the blink of an eye, the Big Green had seized control of the match.

The tide of this game seemed to change at breakneck speed, but in many ways these two consecutive goals made the score much more representative of how gritty the Big Green had played throughout the match.

Before the Big Green players had the opportunity to catch their breath and settle back in, Borinsky

converted on a penalty kick that came merely 22 seconds after the tie-breaking goal. Dartmouth’s defense was able to hold its own throughout the second half, only allowing two shots on goal and never giving Marist an opportunity to recover from the three goals in three minutes.

“The win against Marist for us was extremely representative of how we’ve developed as a team,” Hayley Soriano ’20 said after the win. “Resiliency has been one of our core values since the first day of the season. After going down 1-0 in the first half, we were able to regroup in the locker room and come out with three goals in a span of less than three minutes.

It was just a matter of collecting ourselves, demanding the best of one another, and having the confidence and resiliency to control the rest of the game.”

On Saturday, the Big Green headed to New York for an i m p o r t a n t m at ch u p a g a i n s t Columbia University in Manhattan. Columbia has proven to be a beatable team this year as its record was below .500, but the

Big Green still needed to play a sound game in order to defeat its Ivy League rival.

Saturday’s match proved to be a far tougher experience for the team. Columbia was able to score an important goal late in the first half and never looked back. The Big Green struggled to possess the ball and create chances offensively throughout the entire matchup. Dartmouth was outshot by the Lions 15-2, and the Big Green only mustered one shot on goal each half. Even more telling of how this match went, the Big Green did not take any corner kicks during the game while Columbia took seven. The Big Green did not have a terrible game defensively, but if the team wants to finish the season on a high note, it must do a better job of protecting the ball and consistently building up offensively to create important chances.

Heading into the final two weeks, the Big Green is certainly a bit disappointed that the team has been eliminated from contention in the race for the Ivy League championship. However, this has

not kept the team from being optimistic about its final two games against Harvard University and Cornell University.

“These last two weeks, it’s important for us to continue to work to improve, but also just enjoy each other and our seniors,” goalie Mariel Gordon ’21 said. “If we can work hard for each other, play some good soccer and end on a high note, we will close out the season nicely.”

Seniors are particularly sentimental this time of year, as they are approaching their final games of their collegiate careers.

“For me these final two weeks mark the last of my collegiate soccer career, which is obviously emotional,” Borinsky said. “But it is important that I give it everything I have. I will be enjoying every moment and appreciating all those around me, including my teammates and coaches.”

Dartmouth will kick off against Harvard University in Hanover next Saturday for the team’s final home game of the season. The team will then visit Cornell on Nov. 3 to conclude the season.