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Football thrashes Columbia 59-24, improves to 6-0 on season p. 4 Strong defense leads men’s soccer to scoreless tie with Columbia p. 6 Women’s hockey opens season with 7-4 home loss to Harvard p. 8

Women’s rugby beats Harvard for fourth Ivy League championship p. 5 ELSA ERICKSEN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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Compiled by OLIVIA MORTON AND ELIZABETH WILSON

volleyball This Friday, the women’s volleyball team beat Harvard University and the University of New Hampshire at home. This was the first time since 2009 that the Dartmouth women’s team has beaten Harvard in straight sets, and the first time that the Big Green has ever beat Harvard twice in one season.

The Big Green took the first set with a score of 25-22. Down 20-15, the Big Green went on an 11-2 run, including a nine-point streak, to take the set. Kills from Nicole Liddle ’22 and Grace Wiczek ’23 and an ace from Makenzie Arent ’23 in the second set gave Dartmouth a similar run, this time 6-1, to take the set 25-19.

The final set of the game tied six times after an initial tie at 24-24,

but Dartmouth eventually took the third set with a score of 32-30.

Wiczek had a game-high 18 kills, including two that brought the score from 30-29 Harvard to 3130 Dartmouth, before she shared a block with Francesca Meldrum ’22 to put the game away.

On Saturday night, the team took to its home court again and beat the University of New Hampshire 3-1, losing the first set 21-25, and taking the last three 25-20, 25-14 and 25-23. Wiczek was a key performer in this game again, leading the Big Green with 12 kills.

The Big Green will play two home games next weekend, taking on Yale University and Brown University on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

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Women’s hockey lost 7-4 to Harvard on Saturday but saw three goals from freshmen, including forward Catherine Trevors.

The Big Green suffered a loss in its season opener against the Harvard University Crimson 7-4 this Friday in Thompson Arena.

Despite strong showings from first-year forwards CC Bowlby ’23, Currie Putrah ’23 and Catherine Trevors ’23, along with goaltender Hannah Humphreys ’23, who stood out with 21 saves, the Big Green was unable to recover from a three-goal deficit acquired in the first eight minutes of the game.

Halfway into the second period, Dartmouth began to fight for the lead with Trevors scoring her first career goal for the Big Green and Jennifer Costa ’21 scoring

three minutes later to bring the game within a goal.

Harvard, however, scored once more with just three minutes remaining in the second period to bring the score to 4-2.

The third period was a tough frame for the Big Green, with Currie Putrah ’23 and Bowlby scoring their first career goals, but the deficit extended to 7-4 after a hat trick from Harvard’s Della Rovere.

The Big Green next faces the University of Vermont away on Tuesday and then will return home to take on Yale University on Friday and Brown University on Saturday.

field hockey Dartmouth field hockey faced off against the Columbia University Lions this weekend in a nailbiter of a game which eventually fell in the Lions’ favor, 4-3, after a heartbreaking overtime goal.

Columbia scored the lone goal of the first half, but the Big Green came up big in the second half with three huge goals. With her seventh goal of the season, captain Katie Spanos ’20 made it a tie game on a corner play early in the third quarter.

The next two Big Green goals came from Holley Cromwell ’23 and Myah Pease ’23, the latter on a

penalty stroke. The Lions pulled their goalie in a last minute attempt to tie the 3-1 game, and were successful after Columbia’s Ellie Decker scored two consecutive goals, the tie goal coming with only two seconds remaining in the game. Decker also scored Columbia’s winning goal only 59 seconds into overtime, completing her hat trick and ending the game in favor of the visiting team.

The Big Green face Harvard University and the University of Vermont away from its home turf next weekend.

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Bringing home the conference banner for the fourth time, Dartmouth women’s rugby defeated Harvard University in the Ivy League championship this Saturday.

The Big Green scored first off a penalty kick from Kristin Bitter ’23 and held onto its lead for the next 20 minutes. The Crimson responded at the 26-minute mark and snagged the lead, but the visiting team came back with a try by Idia Ihensekhien ’21 and a conversion by Bitter to take the lead back, ending the half with the score 10-7.

The second half picked up speed and the Crimson quickly took the

lead, but the Big Green bounced back with some slight back and forth before solidly putting some distance between the two with a 29-17 score after two tries and a conversion with 20 minutes left in the second half. From there the Big Green only pushed forward, scoring twice more to Harvard’s one, and finishing the game as Ivy League Champions with the score 41-22.

The Big Green has two weeks to prepare for the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association postseason. The team will head into the Nov. 9 semifinal with a 3-2 overall record in the fall season.

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After a slow start, Dartmouth football exploded in the second quarter en route to a 59-24 victory over Columbia Saturday.

The Big Green continued its undefeated season with a 59-24 rout of the Columbia University Lions, and is now 3-0 in Ivy League play and 6-0 overall.

An average start for both teams led to a 10-10 tie well into the first half, but the Big Green responded with a fire that led to four consecutive touchdowns.

The first touchdown of the game came in the first quarter from wide receiver Drew Estrada ’20 off an 87-yard punt return, the second longest in program history. The second-quarter scoring spree was supported by a strong Dartmouth defense, with a pick-six from Isaiah Swann ’20 and a big fourth down stop that gave the offense the opportunity to capitalize and go into halftime with a 38-10 lead.

Early in the second half, Jackson Perry ’19 forced a fumble, which the Big Green capitalized on by

scoring a touchdown on the next play. Quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 scored the next touchdown on a five-yard run, bringing the score to 52-10 in favor of the home team. Columbia fought back and was able to score two touchdowns before the end of the third quarter, but nothing was enough to stop the Big Green. The final nail in the Lions’ coffin came late in the fourth quarter with a touchdown from Noah Roper ’23 — the first of his Dartmouth career.

The Big Green face Harvard University, the thirdranked team in the Ivy standings, in Cambridge this coming Saturday before its big game at Yankee Stadium against Princeton University — last year’s Ivy League champions and the only other remaining undefeated team among the Ancient Eight.

cross country This weekend, the men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to New Britain, CT, to compete in the Central Connecticut State University Mini Meet.

The women’s team came in 9th out of 16 teams at the meet with 191 points. Leading the women was Isabella Chao ’22, who came in 19th with a time of 10:31.6 on the 3k course. One second behind her was her teammate Claudia Lane ’23, who came in 20th overall.

The men’s team came in third at the meet out of 13 teams, posting 85 points. James Lawrence ’23 was the top finisher for the men on the 5k course with a time of 15:09.5. Behind him, in 11th and 12th overall with times of 15:10.2 and 15:11.1 were Brendan Balthis ’23 and Thomas Lingard ’22.

Next Friday, the teams head to New York’s Van Cortlandt Park to compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

The women’s soccer team tied Columbia University 1-1 in a double-overtime match this weekend.

Columbia had a strong offensive start to the game. In the 14th minute, Emily Koe of the Lions put the team’s third shot of the game into the Big Green’s net on a cross. The remainder of the first half saw shots from Dartmouth and Columbia, as well as a yellow card on Columbia’s Taylor Penn.

Seven minutes into the second

half, Dartmouth tied the game.

Hayley Soriano ’20 put the ball into the net, assisted by Mollie McGorisk ’20. In the first overtime period, each team had a shot blocked by their opponents, and in the second, each team had a shot go wide.

The tie, with a 5-0 victory over the University of Southern Illinois on Tuesday, gives the Big Green a record of 9-5-1 for the season, and 0-4-1 in conference play.

Dartmouth takes on Harvard next on Saturday.

m soccer This weekend, the men’s soccer team tied 0-0 with its conference rival Columbia University.

Columbia outshot the Dartmouth team 17-9, with the Lions making seven shots on goal and the Big Green three. However, exceptional performances from the Dartmouth defense and another shutout for Alex Budnik ’22 allowed the Big Green to keep the game scoreless. Budnik tied his career high for saves in a game, stopping five shots in the first half and two in the second. Kota Sakurai ’21 led the Big Green’s offensive efforts

with three shots and one on goal.

In the 25th minute of the game, Matthew Swain of Columbia was called for a foul, giving the Big Green its best opportunity of the game to score: a penalty kick. Braden Salvati ’20 missed, however, and the game remained scoreless.

After this game, the Big Green is now tied for second place in the Ivy League with the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University with a 2-1-1 record in conference play. Next Saturday, the team plays at Harvard University.

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Football thrashes Columbia 59-24, improves to 6-0 on season B y DEVAN FINK

I could make one guy miss. After I made that guy miss, it was clear and open to the end zone.”

Estrada finished the night with After Dartmouth’s 49-7 victory over Marist College last week, wide a total of 142 punt return yards, receiver Drew Estrada ’20 did not breaking a 52-year-old single-game overlook the importance of the Big program record. He entered Friday’s game with 689 all purpose yards this Green’s upcoming games.

“Columbia just whacked Penn, so season, ranking second in the Ivy it’s going to be another tough game League. All told, he added another coming up,” Estrada said after the 172 versus Columbia, bringing him up to 861 on the year.

Lions beat the Quakers, 44-6.

“Estrada — he’s Last Friday very snake-like,” night in Hanover, “Estrada — he’s very Te e ve n s s a i d . however, looked snake-like. Just very “Just very elusive. anything but You see that as a t o u g h . T h e elusive. You see that wide receiver, the N o . 1 6 B i g as a wide receiver, subtle nuances, Green football how he dips and team (6-0, 3-0 the subtle nuances, weaves. He’s got Ivy) overcame how he dips and vision. He’s a a s l ow s t a r t weaves. He’s got great great very, very effective before doing football player.” some whacking vision. He’s a very, Dartmouth added t h e m s e l v e s , very effective football a n o t h e r s c o re defeating before the end of C o l u m b i a player.” the first quarter University (2-4, on a 31-yard field 1-2 Ivy) by a -BUDDY TEEVENS ’79, goal, but things score of 59-24. really got going in “ I t w a s a HEAD COACH the second, when, strange game,” following a 16-play head coach Buddy Teevens ’79 said. “A lot of Columbia scoring drive, Dartmouth scored four unanswered touchdowns stuff just happened.”

The night s t a r t e d to enter halftime up 38-10. Isiah uncharacteristically slow for Swann ’20 returned an interception Dartmouth football, with the Lions’ — the 14th in his college career, a new defense unit forcing a punt and an program record — for a touchdown interception — quarterback Jared late in the second.

Then, the last of the four Gerbino’s ’20 first of the season — on the Big Green’s first two offensive consecutive scores was set up thanks drives. Columbia’s offense struggled to to a beautiful 31-yard pass from turn these early fortunes into points, quarterback Derek Kyler ’21 to wide however, kicking only a field goal to receiver Hunter Hagdorn ’20. Kyler and Hagdorn connected on the very take a 3-0 lead.

Then, the tide quickly turned in next play from 10 yards out to put an favor of the Big Green. Columbia was exclamation point on the first half.

“I think it’s crazy for a guy who’s on forced to punt following the Gerbino interception, and Estrada sparked life the sidelines the whole game, comes in the crowd at Memorial Field with in at two minutes [left in the half], an 87-yard punt return touchdown. and puts a drive like that together,” It was the second-longest punt return Estrada said regarding Kyler. “He’s a great player. He makes the right reads, in program history.

“We do a really good job on special puts the ball on the money. That throw teams,” Estrada said after the game. to Hunter on the sideline was a crazy “We pride ourselves on that. Tonight, throw.”

Overall, the second half of play was the guys were getting their blocks and holding up just enough to where more competitive than the first, but

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The Big Green offense posted 59 points against Columbia Friday evening.

by that point, the game was already out of hand. Dartmouth scored two more touchdowns to open the half, going up 52-10 just seven minutes into the third quarter.

“It started with the momentum shift with the punt return,” Columbia head coach Al Bagnoli said. “While playing against a good team at home, you find yourself a lot further down than you thought you should have been at that point. Somewhere in that sequence we threw a pick-six, and gave up a big, explosive play. The next thing you know, you’re down 24 points in five minutes. It certainly didn’t go the way we wanted it to go.”

Columbia’s offense did not see a true jumpstart until late in the third, when a 10-play, 71-yard drive capped by a Mike Roussous one-yard rush cut the lead to 52-17. The Lions scored again late in the third to cut the lead to 18.

“We talk about finishing,” Teevens said. “These guys take it to heart, but you’re up 52-10 in the third quarter, you can say a lot of different things, but people, they lighten up. We’re

excited about the win, but there are teaching opportunities as well.”

In the fourth quarter, Dartmouth responded once more. Running back Noah Roper ’23 scored his first career touchdown, an eight-yard run, to put the icing on the cake for the big win.

The Big Green last scored 59 points in a victory over Cornell University in 2007. The win was also Dartmouth’s second straight against Columbia, moving the all-time series record to 71-17-1 in favor of the Big Green.

Despite the 35-point margin of victory, the 24 points allowed by the Dartmouth defense was a season high. The Big Green unit came in to Friday’s game allowing just 8.2 points per game, the least in the FCS. “Guys are legitimately upset that we allowed too many yards, that we allowed too many points, that we turned the ball over,” Teevens said.

When they’re self-critical like that, it makes it easier to coach. There’s an awareness. We’ve been in this position before, and we didn’t finish.”

This time, however, Dartmouth hopes to stay strong down the stretch.

With the Big Green’s undefeated march continuing on Friday, pressure continues to build to what is shaping up to be the marquee matchup of the season in the Ivy League: Dartmouth vs. Princeton University on Nov. 9 at Yankee Stadium, as the two programs celebrate the 150th anniversary of college football. Both the Big Green and the Tigers remain undefeated, with Princeton narrowly defeating Harvard University 30-24 on Saturday.

Even with this big game looming, Dartmouth looks to stay focused on their next opponent: the Crimson, who have not been an easy out this season with their 4-2 record (2-1 Ivy).

The two squads will match up in Cambridge next Saturday.

“We’re not thinking at all about Princeton right now,” Estrada said.

“Next game is Harvard. If we don’t win that one, then that game [against Princeton] doesn’t really matter. All focus will be towards playing Harvard.

They’re a solid team. They have a solid record, and it’s at their place. It’ll be fun.”

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Women’s rugby beats Harvard for fourth Ivy League championship B y KAITLYN LEES

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Women’s rugby defeated Harvard University 41-22 on Saturday after noon to claim its fourth Ivy League rugby championship, improving its fall season record to 3-2.

Dartmouth won the title three years in a row from 2015-17, but the last year, the Big Green fell to Harvard in the Ivy championship before ultimately defeating the Crimson a few weeks later to become the 2018 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association champions. The Big Green will face the Crimson for a third time this season in a few weeks in the NIRA semifinals.

The first half was a tight contest between the two teams.

“It was a huge group effort.

Everyone was really in it and checked in,” said co-captain Marin Pennell ’21. “We were feeling pretty solid the first half.”

Dartmouth was able to get on the board first with a penalty kick

from Kristin Bitter ’23 to take a 3-0 lead. Harvard briefly took over the lead before Idia Ihensekhien ’21 and Bitter provided a try and a conversion to give the Big Green a three point edge. The half ended in dramatic fashion with Pennell preventing a last minute score from Harvard by holding them at the try line.

Harvard gained the lead in the beginning of the second half but Ihensekhien and Bitter came through big again with a try and a kick to put Dartmouth ahead by five. Abby Schill ’22 and Ihensekhien both added to the Big Green’s score with tries while Bitter provided yet another conversion.

The 60-minute mark was where head coach Katie Dowty said the momentum shifted for the Big Green. A try from Becca Jane Rosko ’20 brought the score to 34-17.

Harvard was able to score once more before Bitter put it away with a try in the final seconds of the game.

Bitter continued her strong effort and lead the team with 16 points.

Ihensekhien also built upon her solid season and trailed just behind Bitter with 15 points.

Dowty said she was impressed with the team’s ability to deal with the lead changes and stay in the game throughout and with the performance of some of the team’s younger players who stepped up.

“The league is very competitive so you can’t take any minutes off,” Dowty said. “You have to be out there competing for the full 80 minutes.”

Harvard is annually one of the Big Green’s toughest competitors.

In the second game of the season, Dartmouth got behind early during their first match up with Harvard and suffered a tough loss despite a thrilling second half comeback effort. Since then, the team has been working to improve upon what let them down in September, particularly the mental game.

Pennell said the team was not checked in mentally during the first Harvard game and made “rogue decisions.” Going into this game, the

players continued to focus on using mental checklists to zero in on their performance and working together as a cohesive group. Checklists help the team stay focused on both their individual and team goal and plan.

Their progress showed in a wellfought game against Army West Point and a victory in its last regular season game against Quinnipiac.

The season long hard work paid off big time in Saturday’s matchup.

“You could really feel the energy we all were buzzing with going into and throughout Saturday’s game,” Rosko said.

With the Ivy championship under its belt, the Big Green heads into the final leg of the fall season with cautious confidence as they seek to defend the 2018 national championship title.

“The win is important to us, to bring back the Ivy championship, but I’d say we still have a lot of gas to burn the rest of the season,” Rosko said.

With this mindset, the Big Green returns to action on Nov. 9 in the NIRA National Championship semifinal match against Harvard for the third time this season.

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The Big Green finished its fall season with a 3-2 record.

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Strong defense leads men’s soccer to scoreless tie with Columbia B y EMILY LU

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Effective defense and quick saves from the Dartmouth men’s soccer team kept Columbia University off the board in its game on Saturday night, finishing with a scoreless draw in double overtime. The Big Green is now in a three-way tie for second place in the conference with a 2-1-1 record.

“It was a grind, I wouldn’t say it was our best performance in a soccer sense, but our guys [were] believing and closing up defensively and just grinding a result out against a really good Columbia team,” said head coach Bo Oshoniyi.

Yale University, the current leaders in the Ivy League, lost its first conference game of the season against the University of Pennsylvania the same night from an overtime penalty kick. As a result, Dartmouth’s championship hopes remain alive heading into its final games against Harvard University, Cornell University and Brown University.

Earlier in the week, Dartmouth lost 1-0 to the University of Hartford in its last non-conference game of the season. While the teams finished level in shots and shots on goal, Hartford found the back of the net

early into the second half for the game-winner. Goalkeeper Henry Stusnick ’20 made his first start of the season and saved five shots.

The Big Green came into the first of its four final conference matches looking to gain points toward the top of the Ivy League ladder. The draw gave the team one point, which places the Big Green in second along with Princeton University and Penn.

With Yale’s first loss, there are now only two points separating the first and second place teams.

“Everyday we’re going to keep chiseling away and chiseling away,” said goalkeeper Alex Budnik ’22. “I know [Yale has] some tough games on the road that they could drop points; it’s all in our hands now to take care of business.”

The Lions took control of possession early into the first half and capitalized on a short pass from Budnik to a defender in the third minute. Intercepting the pass, Columbia slotted the ball into the back of the net; the play, however, was ruled offside and the score remained 0-0. Budnik was called into action in the ninth minute and came up with a double save following a Columbia free kick and a lower left corner rebound. The Big Green goalkeeper was crucial in the back end, tying his career high with seven

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The Big Green fought hard but none of the team’s shots found the back of the net against Columbia Saturday.

saves. “[I had] to keep giving our team a chance,” Budnik said. “Goals are hard to come by and we do our best in the back to make sure that we give our team the best chance to score a goal and win the game.”

Attempts on offense were less effective, as Columbia outshot Dartmouth eight to three in the first half. The Big Green’s best goalscoring opportunity came in the 25th minute after Tiger Graham ’21 was fouled in the box. Braden Salvati ’20 stepped up to take the penalty kick — the first for Dartmouth of the season. His lower left shot was read well and unfortunately saved by the Columbia goalkeeper, who committed early to the left side to make the stop.

“Us just being able to keep possession of the ball was a little bit of a struggle,” Oshoniyi said. “We just got the ball into the attacking third but we weren’t dangerous enough. We didn’t have any real mature chances.”

Budnik again had back-to-back

saves in the 32nd minute, first getting low and then coming out from the box to knock the ball away. After a patient buildup in the 37th minute, Zach Kalk ’20 was able to turn and take a shot through traffic only to find the hands of the Columbia goalkeeper.

The offensive picture remained similar in the second half with Dartmouth again producing three shots to Columbia’s eight. A chance came in the 50th minute after Jordan Bailon ’22 sent in a free kick, which eventually found Salvati on the right side of the field. Salvati’s cross was punched away by the Columbia goalkeeper, but Patrick Murphy ’21 was able to get a foot on the rebound before his attempt was deflected at the top of the six. Kota Sakurai ’21, who led the team in shots for the match with three, fired one from outside the box in the 69th minute which also found the hands of the Lions’ goalkeeper. “[We wanted to be] very clinical in the final third during the game,” Sakurai noted. “I took a lot of shots,

but I need to be better. We were working on crossing and finishing, so hopefully we’ll get a lot of goals against Harvard.”

In the 83rd minute, Budnik kept the game scoreless with a diving save for his third clean sheet of the season. The Big Green defense effectively shut the Lions out for the rest of the half and into both overtime periods. The Dartmouth offense persisted late into the second overtime, generating strong attacking opportunities with shots from both Sakurai and Graham.

“Our boys believe and they fight and they battle so that’s something that can’t be lost,” Oshoniyi said.

“Now we just have to build on that a little bit so that we can take care of some of our chances.”

The Big Green will hit the road to next face Harvard on Saturday, which has not won a single game this season. Gaining points in Dartmouth’s next three games to push up the tight Ivy League ladder is critical in order for the Big Green to have a shot at the conference title.

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Women’s soccer earns first Ivy point in 1-1 draw with Columbia B y ANNA MAY MOTT The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth women’s soccer’s hard-fought battle with Columbia University this past Saturday ended in a stalemate after double overtime.

The teams parted ways with a goal each, resulting in the Big Green’s first tie of the season and its first point in Ivy League play.

After twin losses to conference rivals Yale University and University of Pennsylvania last weekend, Dartmouth came home to Burnham Field last week hungry for a win. The team dominated Southern Illinois University on Tuesday, outshooting the Salukis 17-5 for a final score of 5-0, but they still had a score to settle with the Lions.

Last year, Columbia defeated the Big Green 1-0 near the end of the season, effectively knocking the Big Green out of the running for the Ivy League championship. Dartmouth placed third in the conference behind Penn and Princeton University. One more win would have made it a threeway tie for first. According to captain Haley Soriano ’20, the team was ready to avenge the loss last Saturday.

“They handled us pretty easily last year,” Soriano said, “so [we had] a lot of vengeance coming out and just really wanting to battle.”

And battle they did. Columbia wasn’t an easy opponent to face. The Lions came into Saturday’s matchup with an overall record of 8-3-1, and two conference wins against Penn and Cornell University. They claimed the lead in the 14th minute with a goal by Emily Koe. Dartmouth maintained pressure and had a few good chances, but the ball did not bounce their way.

Koe’s would prove to be the only goal in the first half.

The Big Green went into the second half strong, and Soriano evened the score after 52 total minutes of play. She made her second goal of the season off an assist from Mollie McGorisk ’20.

“A super heads up play from [Allie Winstanley ’23] gets the ball across, [McGorisk] has a phenomenal touch and then finishing up with a run to put it to the right side of the keeper,” said Soriano of her goal. “It was definitely

a team goal for sure. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

The goal was overdue for Dartmouth, which finished the game with six shots on goal to Columbia’s four. Midfielder Erin Kawakami ’21 was among those that created notable chances, the last of which, a major breakaway and sprint to the net, ended with an apparent injury.

Dartmouth played one athlete down for a few minutes until play was stopped and Kawakami could be helped off the field. For the next few minutes following the injury, Dartmouth struggled to maintain possession with its unsettled lineup.

For the rest of the 110-minute game, the battle turned into a stalemate. The Big Green fought hard and generated plenty of attacking chances, but to no avail. Winstanley was a critical actor in many of these plays. The freshman forward ended the game with three shots — all on goal. She credited the team’s determination to avenge their recent losses to Yale and Penn, as well as their longer history with Columbia, with fortifying their efforts on Saturday.

“After our previous games we wanted to come out today with anger … and with fire, and that contributed to the team’s play on the field as a whole today,” Winstanley said.

Overall, Dartmouth proved itself a match for the Lions. The team felt confident that they had atoned for last year when, according to Soriano, Columbia outplayed them. Head coach Ron Rainey agreed.

“I love how we played today,” Rainey said. “I thought we gave them everything they could handle.”

The Big Green looks forward to two more games this season, both against conference opponents. The team will travel to Harvard University this Saturday and returns home the following week for its Senior Day contest against Cornell University.

Harvard is currently second place in the conference, and the contest won’t be an easy one, but Rainey feels certain the momentum generated last Saturday will carry through the remainder of the season.

“Our team will practice hard this week,” Rainey said. “And we will get better.”

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After a 5-0 victory against the Southern Illinois Salukis on Tuesday, the Big Green tied Columbia 1-1 on Saturday.

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Women’s hockey opens season with 7-4 home loss to Harvard B y MATT KRIVAN The Dartmouth

The women’s hockey team fell in its season opener to Eastern College Athletic Conference and Ivy League rival Harvard University on Friday.

The Big Green relinquished three goals in the first eight minutes of play and were never able to even the score in an eventual 7-4 defeat.

Harvard came out of the gates on the attack, scoring less than two minutes into the first period and adding two breakaway goals shortly after. In total, three of Harvard’s first five shots on goal found the back of the net.

The Big Green shifted the momentum with a penalty kill midway through the first period and continued to battle heading into the second period. The team made some key adjustments at the intermission which allowed them to generate opportunities on offense.

“We decided that we needed to get pucks deep, needed to get pucks on the net, and I think that our shots increased a ton, and obviously that led to a lot of goals in our favor” said alternate captain and defender Bailee Brekke ’20.

Dartmouth finally capitalized on its many scoring chances with a goal by forward Catherine Trevors ’23 on the team’s 14th shot on goal. Forward Jennifer Costa ’21 followed up with another goal just three minutes later to bring the Big Green within one, but Harvard scored again to extend their lead to 4-2 heading into the break.

Dartmouth came out on the offensive again to start the third period, as forward Currie Putrah ’23 snuck one around the post just over a minute after the intermission. This was the closest the Big Green would

get, however, as Harvard scored twice more to put the game out of reach.

Both teams added another goal in the final minute, with Dartmouth’s coming off the stick of yet another freshman, this time forward CC Bowlby ’23.

The Big Green received a lot of help from its rookies, as three of the team’s four goals were scored by freshmen. Bowlby and Trevors both earned two points with a goal and an assist each. This was an encouraging sign for a team with six freshmen compared to just three seniors on the roster.

“The freshmen have been fitting in really well; as you can see by this past game they’ve been contributing so much, they’ve been contributing in the locker room as well, they fit in great with the team,” said captain and forward Christina Rombaut ’20.

“Having the freshmen feel that they are a crucial part of the team, I think that’s the key component,” Brekke added.

A point of emphasis for the Big Green moving forward will be improving on defense. The team allowed 28 shots on goal, forcing goalie Hannah Humphreys ’23 to make plays throughout her career debut. Despite a rough start in which she relinquished three early goals, Humphreys made some crucial stops that allowed the Big Green to get back in the contest. She finished the game with 21 saves.

“We need to close harder and quicker, and just be stronger on our puck clears; we have to not give up as many shots as we gave up,” said head coach Laura Schuler.

Another area of focus for the team will be avoiding early deficits like they faced on Friday night.

“What we need to improve on is

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Three freshmen players got their first college goals but the Big Green could not top Harvard in its season opener.

starting strong; we had a little bit of a slow start, took a little while for our feet to get under us,” Rombaut said.

“So just working on coming to the rink ready to play and starting right from the get-go.”

Despite the loss, the team showed big signs of improvement compared to its last exhibition game, a 6-0 defeat at the hands of McGill University on Oct. 13.

“We did a significantly better job of closing quicker [than against McGill], and not giving Harvard as much time and space,” Schuler said.

The Big Green is looking to put a disappointing 2018-19 campaign behind them. Dartmouth finished

with a record of 5-21-3 and placed 10th out of 12 teams in the ECAC. The top eight teams in the conference qualify for the playoffs, a mark the team has its eyes set on this year, but has not reached since the 2014-15 season.

“We want to become a winning program again; ultimately, we want to make playoffs,” Schuler said.

In order to claim a spot in the playoffs, however, Dartmouth will need to overcome tough competition.

Five ECAC rivals finished in the top 15 in the nation in last year’s NCAA rankings: No. 4 Clarkson University, No. 6 Cornell University, No. 7 Princeton University, No. 11 Colgate

University and No. 14 St. Lawrence University.

Although the Big Green was unable to add any points to the conference standings on Friday, the team is confident moving forward.

“We are in pretty high spirits,” Brekke said.

The team will look to turn its improving play and confidence into positive results during a busy week on the schedule. The Big Green travels to Burlington to face off against the University of Vermont on Tuesday, before playing returning home to face Yale University and Brown University in back-to-back conference games on Friday and Saturday, respectively.