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Football The Big Green traveled to Ithaca, New York, this past weekend to take on Cornell University. Dartmouth started off strong, with Jake Guidone ’21, J.J. Jones III ’21 and Rashaad Cooper ’19 all finding their way to the end zone. After Dartmouth scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter of play, Cornell answered back in the second quarter by scoring 17 points of their own. With the teams
within four points of each other, quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 recorded two touchdown runs in the third quarter to widen the gap to 35-17. While Cornell scored one last touchdown in the final quarter of play to narrow Dartmouth’s lead, the Big Green was able to bring home a 3524 win. The team will play its last game of the season against Brown University on Nov. 17 in Hanover.
W ICE HOCKEY Women’s ice hockey had a busy week, playing three games and tallying one win, one tie, and one loss. On Tuesday, the Big Green faced off against the University of Ver mont at home. Tess Bracken ’19 opened up scoring in the first period. While UVM was able to score on a power play during the second period, Bracken struck again during the third period to give Dartmouth a 2-1 lead. Sara McClanahan ’22 added a goal of insurance just two minutes later to close out a 3-1 victory. The team faced off against the Rochester Institute of Technology on Friday at home, falling 5-1. Bracken scored her third of the weekend in the
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first period to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead, but RIT came back with five unanswered goals. The team looked to redeem itself on Saturday in a second matchup the Tigers. RIT opened up scoring in the first period, but Rose Falzone ’20 got Dartmouth on the board midway through the second frame. RIT netted its second goal just 21 seconds into the third to open up a 2-1 lead. With 9:25 left in game play, Chloe Puddifant ’22 found the back of the net to tie the game. After five minutes of overtime play, the two teams walked away with a 2-2 tie. The Big Green will play their next game on Nov. 24 against the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
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The men’s soccer team concluded its season under a new coach with a 4-1 victory over Brown University.
Dartmouth men’s soccer finished out the regular season with a 4-1 takedown of Brown University Saturday night, making it a great Senior Night for the team and keeping their National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament hopes alive. Scoring for the Big
Green was led by Eduvie Ikoba ’19, who has had five goals in the last three games, along with one each from Dawson McCartney ’21 and Braden Salvati ’20. Dartmouth finishes the year at 7-5-5 overall and 4-1-2 in Ivy League competition.
W VOLLEYBALL Women’s volleyball ended their season on a sour note, falling to the University of Pennsylvania 3-0 on Friday and Princeton University 3-0 on Saturday. The Big Green finished the year at 10-15, and 5-9 in Ivy League conference play. In the match against the Quakers, Nicole Liddle ’22 led the Big Green with six kills, while Abby Kott ’20 and Elise Petit ’21 notched five of their own. Corinne Cox ’20 was the leader in assists, tallying 15, while 13 digs from Zoe Leonard ’19 and 11 from Liddle led the way defensively. Dartmouth played it close in the
first two sets, falling 25-23 in each, before losing the match out in a tough 25-15 third set. Against Princeton, Kott and Petit were key again for the Big Green, each contributing six kills on the day. Cox remained the leader in assists, with 17, while Lauren Douglas ’21 earned seven digs. Dartmouth started the day off slowly, dropping the first set 25-11, before battling to a close 25-23 mark against the 19-6 Tigers in the second set. However, the Big Green was unable to continue its momentum in the third, falling 25-20.
W Cross COUNTRY The women’s cross country team qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship with a second place finish, edging out Yale University by just six points to claim one of the region’s two automatic berths. Glennis Murphy ’21 finished 10th with a time of 22:09.1, closely followed by teammates Lauren Sapone ’20, Georgia Fear ’20 and Julia
Stevenson ’20 in 11th, 14th and 16th place, respectively. Lilian Anderson ’19 rounded out the top five with a 37th place finish in 22:40.5, with teammate Oliva Lantz ’19 following close behind in 38th. The Big Green will be traveling to Madison, Wisconsin to compete in the 2018 NCAA Championship on Saturday. The team will look to build off its strong performance.
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W RUGBY Dartmouth women’s rugby came out strong in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association quarterfinals this Saturday, defeating Brown University 75-15. The Big Green were undefeated until a narrow loss to Harvard University in the Ivy League Championship, but remained the No.1 seed going into the tournament, a mark they demonstrated they deserved as they went into the halftime up 51-0. The Bears finally scored their first try 15 minutes into the second half, but it was too little, too late, as Dartmouth was already up an astounding 68 points. Two more Brown tries in the final minutes added some more points to
the board, but the game ended soon after. The offensive effort from Dartmouth came from all fronts, with nine players grabbing at least one try. Ale Ada ’22, Camille Johnson ’19 and Marin Pennell ’21 all had two tries, with Johnson nabbing 25 points in total over the course of the game. Dartmouth will face the winner of the Norwich and Army match this Friday at Brophy Field, setting up a potential return to the national championship against either Harvard, AIC, Notre Dame or Quinnipiac. The Big Green fell in the 2017 national championship to Quinnipiac, 20-29.
W BASKETBALL Big Green women’s basketball opened its 2018-2019 season with a home matchup against Loyola University Maryland on Friday night and an away battle with the University of Vermont, topping both teams to start the campaign 2-0. On Friday, the Big Green fought to a lowscoring 54-41 victory. Defense was key to the Big Green’s win, as Dartmouth held Loyola to a 24.5 percentage field goal rate and forced 18 turnovers. On the offensive end, Isalys Quinones ’19 led the charge with a double-double of ten points and 12 rebounds in her senior season debut. Annie McKenna ’20 led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points, while Anna Luce ’21 poured in 11 points on 5-7 shooting. While Loyola led 12-10 after the first quarter, the Big Green played well on both the offensive and defensive end in the second and third quarters to pull away with a 12-point lead. From there on, the team never relinquished its lead, outscoring the visitors 11-10 after a solid fourth quarter
to clinch the 13-point victory. Fresh off a strong performance in its seasonopener, the team looked forward to its first road test of the season. Against the Catamounts on Sunday, Quinones once again led the way, scoring 22 points on 9-of-17 shooting and adding seven rebounds and three steals. For the second straight game, Luce was one of the most efficient players on the court, scoring a career-high 13 points on 6-8 shooting in just 20 minutes on the court. The Big Green pulled away from Vermont in the second quarter, when they outscored the Catamounts 23-7. The Big Green had a strong second half as well, outscoring its opponent 16-10 in the third quarter and 15-10 in the fourth quarter for a 66-42 victory. After an extended break, Dartmouth returns to action on Nov. 24 against Middle Tennessee State University as part of the Lady Rebel Round-up in Las Vegas, Nevada.
M SWIMMING The men’s swimming team began their season with losses to Cornell University and Harvard University this Friday, with scores of 199-99 and 210-83 respectively. Connor LaMastra ’21 finished in the top four in all three of his events, placing second in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard fly and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle. Joe Moll ’22 competed well at his first collegiate meet, with fourth place finishes in both the 1000-yard
freestyle and 200-yard backstroke, as well as a second place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. Dartmouth rounded out the meet with second and fourth place finishes in the 400yard freestyle relay. The A relay was just two seconds behind Cornell in first, while the B relay finished seven seconds later. The Big Green travels to Providence, Rhode Island next weekend for the Big Al Invitational.
W SWIMMING In a tri-meet with Cornell University and Harvard University over the weekend, women’s swimming and diving bested Cornell 152-248 to earn its first Ivy League meet victory since 2012. Mia Leko ’22 dazzled in her collegiate debut, earning victories in three events: the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard fly and the 500-yard freestyle. The Big Green’s 200-yard medley relay teams took second and third to begin a strong day for Dartmouth. Mackenzie
Stumpf ’21 also took home a win in the 100yard breaststroke, with a quick time of 1:04.11. Teammate Maggie Deppe-Walker ’21 finished close behind in third place. With Cornell and Dartmouth each within winning distance heading into the last race of the meet, Dartmouth bested the Big Red by just two-tenths of a second in the 400-yard freestyle relay to come away with the victory. Dartmouth heads to Brown University next weekend to compete at the Big Al Invitational.
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M BASKETBALL Dartmouth men’s basketball began its 2018-19 campaign with a mixed bag of results, decimating Newbury College 11439 on Tuesday before falling to Davidson College 76-71 on Friday and outlasting Loyola University Maryland 82-80 on Sunday. Dartmouth set a number of records in their opener against Division III Newbury, with 22 3-pointers and 31 assists. The offensive performance was led by Brendan Barry ’20, with 26 points on 9-11 shooting and five assists. He was joined by James Foye ’20, with 18 points and eight rebounds, and Chris Knight ’21, who nabbed 11 points and 10 rebounds to finish with his first career double-double. Dartmouth started off the night strong against the Nighthawks, jumping out to a 31-5 lead. The team maintained its offensive prowess efforts for the rest of the half, ultimately leading 61-24 at the break. The Big Green built on this in the second half, running away to a 50-point margin with 15 minutes left, before ending with a margin of 75 points at the final buzzer. The Big Green found themselves against a much tougher opponent at Davidson on Friday and ran with them for the whole 40 minutes, before the North Carolina
opposition pulled ahead on three consecutive free throws in the final seconds of the game. Dartmouth’s points came from all fronts, with five players scoring more than 10 for the game. Adrease Jackson ’21 led the way with 16 and Ian Sistare ’20 was close behind with 15. Jackson also led the team with eight rebounds, followed by Knight with six rebounds to go alongside 13 points. The team carried a 4033 lead at the half, and even built it up to 12 points six minutes into the second, but Davidson clawed their way back to an eight point game at 76-68 with under four minutes to go. Dartmouth was unable to score for the rest of the game, however, and the Wildcats did just enough to pull ahead and win by three. In its second consecutive onepossession finish of the weekend, the Big Green bested Loyola to improve to 2-1. With 25 points on 7-of-14 shooting, Jackson led the Big Green in scoring for his second time in as many days. Knight supplemented the Big Green attack with 19 points and 8 rebounds. The Big Green led 4843 at the half. Despite a consistent effort from the Greyhounds to stay close to the Big Green, Dartmouth prevailed 82-80 after Lloya missed a potential game-winning three.
M ICE HOCKEY Men’s ice hockey hit the road this weekend, bringing in one win and one loss. On Friday, the team traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, to take on Brown University. Brown scored once during the first period and took a 2-0 lead 2:44 into the second frame. Will Graber ’20 responded to the Bears goal just 55 seconds later, putting the Big Green on the board and cutting the lead in half. Brown struck again halfway through the third, but Quin Foreman ’21 found the back of the net with under four minutes remaining in the game to bring Dartmouth within one. While the team pulled Adrian Clark ’20 to give them an extra
skater in the hopes of tying up the game, Brown scored on the empty net to seal their 4-2 win. The team was back on the ice Saturday against Yale. Carl Hesler ’18 opened up scoring at the beginning of the first to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead. The team held their lead for the entire game, and with slightly over a minute remaining in the third, Yale pulled its goalie in a lastminute attempt to get on the board. The team was able to hold off the Bulldogs, with Graber and Foreman both scoring empty net goals to take home a 3-0 win. The team will be back in action on Nov. 24 against the University of Vermont.
M CROSS COUNTRY The men’s cross country team finished fourth overall at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet. Quinn Cooney ’19 led the way with a 10th place finish (33:09.5), followed by teammates Marco Pompilj ’19, Henry Raymond ’20, Owen Ritz ’21 and Patrick
O’Brien ’21 in 18th, 29th, 42nd and 45th places respectively. The Big Green will now wait to find out if they will earn an at-large berth to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Meet in Madison, Wisconsin next Saturday.
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In front of a formidable crowd of students and alumni, the Big Green beat Harvard 2417 during homecoming for their first win against the Crimson in 15 years and their first at home since 1993. Memorial Field was cold and wet on the historic Saturday afternoon, and, accordingly, the Green and White played most of the game on the ground. Dartmouth’s two quarterbacks, Jared Gerbino ’20 and Derek Kyler ’21, threw for a combined 11 passes, 4 of which were completed for just 49 yards. The Big Green rushed for 320 yards, including a career-high 183 from Gerbino. Rashaad Cooper ’19 also rushed for a career
Football Beats Harvard University for First Time in 15 Years high, posting 117 yards on the game. The Big Green scored 21 of their 24 points in the first half. Cooper was on the board first, rushing 82 yards for the Big Green’s first touchdown on their second play from scrimmage. Later in the first quarter, Kyran McKinneyCrudden ’18 Th’19 forced a fumble, and DeWayne Terry ’21 picked up the ball and ran it 62 yards into the end zone for the
Big Green’s second touchdown of the afternoon. This was only one of Harvard’s five first half fumbles that the Big Green were able to capitalize on. With less than two minutes left before the intermission, Gerbino ran the ball 20 yards into the end zone to secure a comfortable 21-point lead heading into the second half. In the second half, the Crimson cleaned up their offense,
scoring two touchdowns and a field goal without any turnovers. Connor Davis ’22 knocked in a field goal to give the Big Green a little more of a cushion, and the Green and White held onto their lead to secure the win. “The energy was crazy, and I think [beating Harvard] meant a ton to me; but especially to the seniors, having been here for four years and not had a chance to beat Harvard, it meant everything,” Davis said. “Fifteen years is a long time to go without beating a team, and it’s been 25 since we beat them at home — I mean, that’s a quarter of a century. So I think it just speaks a lot to this team we have.”
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Behind a career-high 183 rush yards from Jared Gerbino ’20, the Big Green got out to an early lead and held on for a 24-17 win over Harvard University, ending a 15-year drought against the Crimson.
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Wo m e n’s S o c c e r D o u b l e Overtime Winner in Season Finale to Earn First 10-Win Season Since 2012 The women’s soccer Class of 2019 hung up their cleats last Saturday, but not before a memorable double-overtime win against Ivy League competitor Cornell University. The Big Green dominated the game, accumulating 12 shots on goal compared to the Bears’ two shots on goal. Dartmouth earned 8 more corner kicks than Cornell, continually providing itself quality opportunities to score. However, the Cornell goalie’s 10 saves kept the game competitive. Despite Dartmouth’s unwavering attack, the Bears scored the first goal of the match and, heading into halftime, the Big Green trailed by one. But the women in green were not ready to accept defeat, especially for those playing their last games in their collegiate soccer careers. The underclassmen had a different motivation — to give justice to
the contributions their captains and older teammates had given to this program. Just when the game seemed over, Remi Borinsky ’20 sent a beautiful cross to teammate Hayley Soriano ’20 who placed the ball in the back of the net with under two minutes left in regulation time. With the 90 minutes gone but no winner decided, the Big Green still had some work to do. The first half of overtime saw little action and fatigue was setting in on both sides of the field. However, the Dartmouth women rallied to find one last goal in the 2018 season. In the 104th minute, Izzy Glennon ’22 scored the gamewinning goal. This impressive doubleovertime performance in Ithaca gave Dartmouth their fourth win in the Ivy League, to end the season with a 4-2-1 record in the
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tops Cornell University for Team’s First Win at an Ivy League Meet Since 2012 On Saturday, Nov. 10, the women’s swimming and diving team defeated Cornell University in Ithaca for its first win at an Ivy League meet since 2012. The Big Green edged past the Big Red 152-148, while losing to Harvard 114-186 in the same conference tri-meet.
The Big Green placed first in six individual events, as well as one relay. Mia Leko ’22 led the team with three individual wins: in the 200-yard freestyle, the 200yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle. She was also the anchor for the team, who finished first in the 400-yard freestyle relay. With
conference and a 10-5-2 record overall. When the players in the Class of 2019 stepped off the field at the end of their first collegiate seasons in 2015, the Big Green had just one conference win to show for their season. Three years later and the mood is quite different. The Dartmouth women recorded their first double-digit win count since 2012 and finished 3rd in the Ivy League — the highest they have placed win the rankings since 2014. The Class of 2019 has set a new standard for the Dartmouth women soccer teams of the future to follow. The Big Green had increased the
intensity over the last two weeks of the season in its matchups against Harvard and Cornell after a difficult 1-0 defeat versus Columbia University, which hurt any chances the Big Green had for postseason play. After this difficult loss, the Big Green responded with a 3-1 win over Harvard on Senior Night. The next weekend, on the road, Dartmouth’s exhilarating finish was driven by the team’s effort to honor the graduating seniors and give them a win in their last game playing for the Big Green. The Class of 2019 leaves Dartmouth with a legacy that will be challenging to fill.
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Women’s soccer finished the season with 10 wins after a 2-1 win over Cornell Univeristy.
a time of 10:27.05, Sarah Minnigh ’22 also began her collegiate career well, placing third in the 1000yard freestyle. Mackenzie Stumpf ’21 secured the Big Green’s other two individual wins, taking first in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke. While the Crimson had a clear lead over both the Big Green and the Big Red, the meet came down to the final relay for the latter two teams. In the final leg of the relay, Leko finished twohundredths of a second ahead of Cornell’s anchor, bringing home the win for the Big Green. At the 2018 Ivy League Championship in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cornell finished 131 points ahead of the Dartmouth
team, who rounded up 475 points in the meet. The Big Green’s ability not only to top the Big Red in its home pool, but to close the skill gap shown at last year’s championship shows an exceedingly hopeful future for the Big Green. With a promising group of freshman swimmers, the Big Green will look to end a five-year streak of placing at the bottom of the Ivy League. After a win against the University of New Hampshire in their first meet of the season and splitting in the tri-meet, the team has a winning record (2-1), and will look to continue its success into the rest of the season.
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Sticking to Sports with Sam Stockton ’19
Sticking to Sports: The Four Nations and the state of U.S. women’s hockey Heading into the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship, an event hosted by the United States in Plymouth, Michigan, the future of U.S. women’s hockey appeared uncertain. In protest of the failure of USA Hockey to adequately compensate and support its female athletes, the women of Team USA announced their intention to sit out the tournament. The team had not exactly struggled going into the tournament, having won three straight world championships and a silver medal in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, yet their support from USA Hockey remained negligible.
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At the time, USA Hockey spent important for the women of USA about $3.5 million each year on Hockey than for the men, as the its men’s under-20 development men’s national team is generally team. Meanwhile, the women had comprised of millionaire National no equivalent Hockey League d e v e l o p m e n t “While both the players, who are program, and National Women’s perfectly able the organization to afford to Hockey League and spent just $1 spend the whole million annually Canadian Women’s calendar year to support training and t h e w o m e n’s Hockey League, play in g. T h e national team. the two premier U. S. w o m e n While the world professional women’s decided they j u n i o r m e n’s would not play team seemed to hockey leagues, until they were boast a limitless recently began paying compensated supply of sticks, with a living players, neither league members of the wage that wo m e n t e a m has the income to allowed them sometimes had to dedicate offer players much t o bu y t h e i r themselves o w n . P l a y e r more than a part-time to their sport compensation job’s wage.” and ref lected also reflected an their on-ice utter disregard achievements. for USA Hockey’s women athletes. Fortunately for the sport of The organization did not pay the hockey, USA Hockey, with funding women a thing in non-Olympic coming in part from the NHL years, and players received just and the United States Olympic $6,000 in years leading up to the Committee, offered the players Olympics. a new compensation plan. A While both the National Women’s settlement between the two sides Hockey League and Canadian allotted about $71,000 per player Women’s Hockey League, the per season. The USOC would two premier professional women’s provide a pool of around $850,000, hockey leagues, recently began which would be divvied up via a paying players, neither league has tiered system in which star players the income to offer players much like Hilary Knight would earn more than a part-time job’s wage. around $21,000 and lesser-known As such, funding proves more players would make closer to
$14,000. The NHL offered a flat rate of $25,000 per player, and USA Hockey would come up with the rest. The team also gained performance bonuses for Olympic gold. When the U.S. women took to the ice for the 2017 World Championships, they returned to their dominant form, going undefeated in their pool before routing Germany 11-0 in the semifinals. In a finals match-up with Canada, Knight scored the OT winner to give the U.S. a 3-2 victory and gold medal. About 10 months later, 20-year-old American netminder Maddie Rooney stonewalled Canada’s Meghan Agosta in the final round of the shootout, and the U.S. women won their second ever Olympic gold, ending a run of four consecutive Canadian Olympic golds. Flash forward to Saturday night in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The U.S. women met up, as they always seem to, with Canada in the goldmedal game of the 4 Nations Cup. The Four Nations is certainly not the most prestigious event of the hockey calendar, but any event featuring the U.S. and Canada is sure to bring fireworks. In their first performance since their PyeongChang gold medal, the U.S. women marched with relative ease to the final. In their opening act, the team hammered Finland by a score of 5-1, with all five U.S. goals coming in the second period. Then, a late Sydney Brodt tally lifted the team to a win over Canada before another 5-1 win, this time over Sweden, propelled the U.S. to the gold-medal game. In a repeat of the 2018 Olympic final, Knight put the U.S. on the board before the game was 90 seconds old, and despite a response from Canada’s Laura Fortino a few minutes later, the U.S. would head into the first intermission with a lead on the strength of a Melissa Samoskevich marker. In the second, Brianna Decker made it 3-1, then Knight added a fourth, and the U.S. would cruise to a 5-2 victory.
We have entered a golden age in American women’s hockey. Heading into this spring’s 2019 IIHF Worlds in Finland, the U.S. has won four straight world titles in addition to their 2018 Olympic gold. Saturday’s victory marked the team’s fourth straight 4 Nations as well. Canada has not beaten the U.S. in a tournament final since the 2014 Four Nations in Kamloops, British Columbia. Of course, none of this is to say that the fight for equality in hockey is over. As Knight explained in an October interview with ESPN, the American women have had three goals since their 2017 boycott: visibility, programming and funding. While the team has certainly seen improvement on these fronts, thanks in no small part to their exemplary international performances in recent years, they continue to struggle for improved funding and support. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, scorer of the go-ahead goal in the gold-medal shootout against Canada in 2018 on a spectacular backhand-forehand deke, challenged USA Hockey to improve its development program for women. She also encouraged the organization to hire more people specifically focused on developing women’s hockey, something it has never really done in the past. With fan interest burgeoning and the team producing unprecedented on-ice results, the time for USA Hockey to move forward in the world of women’s hockey is now. The organization must implement a radically more robust development program to capitalize upon and maintain the success brought about by the women currently playing. While fans should certainly revel in the team’s present success, assuring that it will continue requires a greater commitment to the athletes who have performed so admirably in the American sweater. As the American women take over their sport, the challenge remains at the feet of USA Hockey; the players did their part, and now the organization must reward them for their effort.
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Griffith’s Got Stats with Evan Griffith ’18
Griffith’s Got Stats: What was up on Nov. 6? The first five days of college basketball season came and went, and now everyone’s talking about that one team from Durham, North Carolina. Nov. 6 was an interesting day. The start of the college basketball season across the United States, highlighted by two marquee matchups with 10th-ranked Michigan State University playing against the topranked University of Kansas and fourth-ranked Duke University playing against the second-ranked University of Kentucky, coincided with Election Day this year. For me, basketball always provided an escape throughout college. I listened to Syracuse University hold its own in its Final Four matchup it had no business being in on the drive home from a performance in Boston in 2016. I watched Trae Young and the University of Oklahoma, on my phone, light up the court as I was in an operating room waiting to have my appendix taken out in 2017. This year, I was watching Duke’s freshmen make Kentucky’s team look like Western Kentucky as I refreshed my local news website to see my dad’s election results. He successfully ran for my county’s Family Court Judge position for the third time and I have this sport to thank for lowering stress during that time. If you don’t have an escape, take a look at basketball to take your mind off things. Back to the Duke game. This season, Duke has a trio of highlytouted freshmen that forms the best recruiting class for any D1 school: RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish and the 6-foot-7, 285-pound recruit you’ve probably heard about from his dunking videos on Instagram, Zion Williamson. When the initial AP Poll rankings came out, Duke was ranked fourth in the country, behind Gonzaga University, Kentucky (the team Duke would play to open its season against) and Kansas. Focusing on Kentucky, most people thought there was a good reason Duke was ranked behind them. Kentucky had a very strong mix of talented freshmen and returning players, including sophomore PJ Washington, who held his own as a freshman starter
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last year, and Stanford senior transfer private, Catholic, Division II school Reid Travis. Kentucky had depth, in Austin, Texas, 76-77. UTSA was while Duke’s freshmen, although up by one point with 14 seconds left talented, were unproven. Injuries after a three-pointer from senior kept the public from seeing all three Nick Allen when freshman Luke play together during preseason Pluymen drew a foul and made matchups, but that soon changed. both of his free throws to solidify Duke beat Kentucky 118-84. the upset for the D-II school. Duke led by 17 points going into Even Dartmouth Basketball has halftime and that lead became things to look forward to. Predicted as large as 37 points before the to finish last in the Ivy League by game was over. Not only that, but the Ivy League Men’s Basketball if you only consider the freshmen Preseason Media Poll in part because on the team — Barrett, Reddish, the team lost its two leading scorers in Williamson and Tre Jones — those Miles Wright ’18 and Taylor Johnson four still would have beaten Kentucky ’18, Dartmouth opened its season 89-84. The Blue Devils shot 46.2 with a 75-point victory against percent from three, which dispels any D-III Newbury College. Dartmouth notion anyone in then played a the media might competitive “Duke beat Kentucky have about game against Duke being a 118-84. Duke led by Davidson streaky shooting 17 points going into University on team. Duke’s the road, a halft ime and that freshmen mesh team that made so well together lead became as large the NCAA that Kentucky’s To u r n a m e n t as 37 points before defensive l a s t ye a r a s s t r a t e g y the game was over. a 12-seed. e v e n t u a l l y Not only that, but if Dartmouth led turned into a t h e Wi l d c at s pick-and-choose you only consider the for 19:06 in over which star freshmen on the team the second half player to guard. before some — Barrett , Reddish, All three players clutch threeostensibly played Williamson and Tre pointers and free positions all over Jones — those four throws would the court, with seal the game for sti ll would have beaten Re d d i s h a n d Davidson, 79Barrett shifting Kentucky 89-84.” 76. Dartmouth between forward played well in and guard and the loss, with Williamson, the largest of the three, Adrease Jackson ’21 leading the shifting between a more traditional Big Green with 16 points and center role and forward. Will Duke eight rebounds. Before its Sunday keep this streak up? Probably not. Six afternoon matchup with Loyola Duke players had at least three fouls, University Maryland, Dartmouth which may represent some issues for was among the top-30 D-I schools a team without much upperclassman in the country in three-point field leadership. Still, I expect the Blue goal percentage, shooting 45.5 Devils to jump up a few spots in the percent as a team through two polls and I wouldn’t be surprised if games, good for 28th in the country. the team ended up ranked first. If Dartmouth can keep this shooting We also had our first few upsets up, the team might make some noise of the season! Baylor University, in Ivy League play. Dartmouth’s predicted to two toughest finish in the “Six Duke players tests coming up middle of the on its schedule had at least three pack in the Big are road games 12 Conference, fouls, which may against the fell to Texas represent some issues University of Souther n Buffalo (ranked Univer sity, a for a team without 53rd in Adjusted h i s t o r i c a l l y much upperclassman Efficiency black college, in Margin per leadership.” a come-fromKenPom.com ) behind game and another 72-69. Texas Southern was a 16-seed road trip to the University of San in last year’s NCAA Tournament Francisco (ranked 95th). after winning the Southwestern Good luck with finals everyone; Athletic Conference last season, here are some last-word predictions but Baylor is a quality team. The on who’ll make the College Football game ended on a 34-14 run for the Playoff. As boring as it is, I’m Tigers, ending Baylor’s streak of predicting chalk for the rest of winning its previous 46 consecutive the season, as the current top four regular season non-conference look too good to be upset. So to home openers against unranked jinx everything, I’m predicting the opponents. An even crazier upset University of Alabama, Clemson happened earlier this week when University, Notre Dame University the University of Texas-San Antonio and the University of Michigan to lost to St. Edwards University, a make the Playoff.
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Final wins earn both soccer teams third place in Ivy League
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Dartmouth’s men’s and women’s soccer teams both had strong 2018 seasons, with each finishing third in Ivy League play and the women’s team recording its best overall finish since 2012. Men’s soccer Men’s soccer finished with a 7-5-5 overall record and a 4-1-2 conference record. While the Big Green managed a top three conference finish, its streak of four consecutive Ivy League championships was snapped. Dartmouth was one of only two teams not to lose to league champion Princeton University, who finished 5-1-1 in conference play, but a loss to Columbia University and a tie with Yale University prevented the Big Green from keeping pace with the Tigers. However, there were a lot of positives in head coach Bo Oshoniyi’s first season in spite of difficult circumstances. Oshoniyi took over after four years as the East Tennessee State University head coach and inherited a team losing two Major League Soccer draft picks, including Wyatt Omsberg ’18, the first Ivy Leaguer ever selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft. Furthermore, Oshoniyi was hired over three months after the end of the 2017 campaign, so he didn’t get an entire offseason to shape the program. “[Oshoniyi] was brought in to a very difficult condition,” Eduvie Ikoba ’19 said. “We went the whole winter without a coach, and [the entire staff wasn’t assembled] until the preseason.” Additionally, an injury to star forward Ikoba put a damper on the team’s season. Despite leading the Big Green with five goals on the season, he was only healthy for seven games in total. “It was a season full of adversity, and the guys did a great job of battling through it,” Oshoniyi said. “We went seven wins, three ties and one loss in our last 11 games. This is something the guys should be proud of.” The loss of Ikoba meant that the Big Green had to rely on strong goalkeeping to contend. Dartmouth used four goalkeepers during the season, starting Christopher Palacios ’21 for 10 games, Henry Stusnick ’20 for six games, Alex Budnik ’22 for one game and using Max Lurie ’19 in reserve. Stusnick finished the
season with a save percentage of .840, Palacios posted a .775 save percentage and Budnik a perfect 1.000 after a shoutout in his lone start of the season. Dartmouth finished the season with five shutouts, with Stusnick posting three and one apiece coming from Palacios and Budnik. While Ikoba only recorded points in the final three games of the season, he still finished the campaign as the team leader with 11 points. He scored five goals in the team’s last three games, including the only two goals in a 2-0 victory over Harvard University and a particularly memorable overtime winner against Cornell University. “It was great to score the gamewinning goal against Cornell and to see how happy everyone was for me,” Ikoba said. “They knew how much it meant to me, so it’s definitely something I’m going to cherish for a long time.” Oshoniyi also highlighted a few other players for their stellar performances throughout the season. “Jonny Nierenberg [’18] was an absolute warrior for us and a true leader for the team,” Oshoniyi said. “Matt Pickering [’22] came on as a freshman and did great things for us on defense and Max Heffron [’19] gave us great leadership on the backline.” Even though Dartmouth was unable to win the Ivy League championship, there was a lot to appreciate from the season. “A lot of the upperclassmen told me that these would be the best four years of my life and they would go by quickly,” Ikoba said. “I’m starting to realize more and more how much of a pleasure it is to get to experience these days. I’ve been thankful to make memories with this team.” While the loss of 10 seniors will leave big shoes to fill, the outlook for the 2019 season is positive. The team’s primary three goalkeepers are returning, in addition to star defenders Henry Baldwin ’20 and Braden Salvati ’20. On top of that, Oshoniyi will have a full offseason to prepare the program for the upcoming season. “It was great to see the team embrace the change and buy into my philosophies and keep the rich tradition of Dartmouth soccer success alive,” Oshoniyi said. “I like the team we have coming back and the recruits we have coming in for 2019.” Look for the Big Green to seek revenge and a fifth Ivy League title in six years during Oshoniyi’s second season in Hanover.
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The men’s and women’s soccer teams finished off their seasons this weekend, each earning their fourth conference win.
Women’s soccer The women’s team consistently found itself at the bottom of the Ivy League pack in head coach Ron Rainey’s last three seasons, finishing with just two conference wins in those three seasons combined. However, the team broke into the upper half of the conference with a tremendous 2018 season. Dartmouth finished 10-5-2 overall and 4-2-1 in Ivy League play, just behind the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton. The Big Green impressively tied cochampion Princeton and defeated Brown University, Cornell, Harvard and Yale. Rainey indicated that the Big Green did a better job winning the close games that they often fell short in during the 2017 season. “I thought the season went great,” Rainey said. “We competed and battled like we did in 2017, but we got results out of it. That was from a lot of hard work and a lot of team sacrifice.” Dartmouth racked up a few notable wins throughout the season. In out-of-conference play, the Big Green established the type of team they were going to be from the start with a gritty overtime victory over the University of Rhode Island. “It was nice because we had lost a few overtime games [in 2017],” Rainey said. “To win that game put our team in a great mindset.”
Dartmouth finished 6-3-1 against non-league opponents, including a critical double-overtime road triumph over the University of New Hampshire. The Big Green kept its positive momentum rolling in the Ivy League, racking up another statement victory in its first game against Brown. Among the four in-conference victories, Rainey specifically mentioned the Harvard game, a 3-1 victory on Senior Night. “We went down a goal and came back in the second half and scored three,” Rainey said. “I think that was a great moment for us.” Midfielder Remy Borinsky ’19 capped off her Dartmouth career on a stellar note, finishing the season with 18 points from six goals and six assists. Forward Izzy Glennon ’22 finished second on the team with 11 points, including some critical goals in Ivy League play. Her goal against Yale was the lone score in a 1-0 victory, and she ended the season on a strong note with a gamewinning goal in double overtime in the Big Green’s season finale against Cornell. Borinsky and four other players received All-Ivy League recognition for their success this season. Borinsky and defender Bonnie Shea ’21 were voted First-Team All-Ivy League, while goalkeeper Mariel Gordon ’21, midfielder Erin Kawakami ’21 and midfielder Alyssa Neuberger ’20
were named Honorable Mentions. While these individual standouts certainly helped the team, both Rainey and Gordon emphasized that the strong team culture is what led to the team’s success this season. “We focused on implementing a strong team culture which created a solid foundation for us in the off season,” Gordon said. “We also made it a priority to be ‘all in.’ This saying really refocused our team on the ultimate goal in training each day.” Gordon had a phenomenal season in net for the Big Green, starting all 17 games for the second straight year. She improved significantly from her freshman season, posting a save percentage of .835 this season as opposed to a .732 mark last season. With a strong 2018 season in the books, the Big Green now look forward to a promising 2019 season. Nine of its top 10 point-scorers will return next season, including Glennon, Kawakami and Tracey Mills ’22. “If improvement was linear, we could really look forward to 2019,” Rainey said. “But we know how much effort and work we have to put in to start off 2019 the way we want to.” With such a talented group of returning players, the Big Green can certainly be expected to contend for the 2019 Ivy League championship.