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College Sports

Bogey Means Nothing to Worry-Hardened Auburn Women

Monday, May 20, 2013

Montgomery, Ala. — The Auburn University women’s golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships. Coach Kim Evans was diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer May 7. One of the Tigers’ top players, Victoria Trapani, missed much of the spring after doctors found her mother’s breast cancer had returned in December. Assistant coach Margaret Shirley left in …

Ex-Thetford Star Leaps High at UConn

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The spring semester recently ended at the University of Connecticut, but junior track and field athlete Jesse Chapman is still hard at work. Handpicked by kinesiology professor Jeff Volek to assist with an on-campus lab study, Chapman, an exercise science major, is in the midst of testing how various sugar alcohols react to …

NCAA Quarterfinals Have Ivy League Flavor

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Syracuse, n.y. — When top-seeded Syracuse faces off against Ivy League-champion Yale in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament, the Orange will be staring at a mirror image of sorts. Just like Syracuse (14-3), the Bulldogs (12-4) seem to thrive when they’re down. Just ask Penn State. Yale trailed the No. 8 Nittany Lions 5-1 at halftime last week, …

Sophomore Balances Two Sports at Dartmouth

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hanover — Dartmouth College football coach Buddy Teevens and his baseball counterpart, Bob Whalen, occupy offices about 40 yards apart on the third floor of Floren Varsity House. The men share not only a friendship and a trademark …

Change In Game Plan

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hanover — During the next two weeks, Dartmouth College sophomore Jvonte Brooks will learn about running routes and releases off the line of scrimmage as a newly-minted tight end on the football team. He will refine his receiving …

Big Green Batters Brown

Monday, April 15, 2013

Hanover — The Dartmouth baseball team appears to be hitting its stride just in time for the Ivy League season’s stretch run. Yesterday, the Big Green walloped visiting Brown 7-0 and 7-2, pinning a pair of defeats on …

Big Green Softball Completes Sweep

Monday, April 15, 2013

Hanover — The Dartmouth College softball team made like its baseball bretheren yesterday, taking 5-0 and 9-1 wins to complete a four-game Ivy League weekend sweep of Brown at the Dartmouth Softball Complex. The Big Green (19-17 overall, 8-4 league) allowed just six hits over the series. Pitcher …

Big Green Baseball Buries Bears

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park had to be plowed of snow yesterday morning in order for the Dartmouth College and Brown baseball teams to stage an Ivy League doubleheader. A few hours later, the Big Green completed a sweep of the Bears, handing the visitors …

One to Shout About

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hanover — Cam Lee’s black mouthguard is emblazoned with white teeth and a pair of fangs. Yesterday, the Dartmouth College men’s lacrosse player took a lethal bite out of visiting Princeton, scoring the winning goal with 4:40 remaining …

Bulldogs Bark Loudest

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Pittsburgh — Jeff Malcolm stopped 36 shots and Yale won its first NCAA hockey championship with a 4-0 victory over top-seeded Quinnipiac last night. Clinton Bourbonais, Charles Orzetti, Andrew Miller and Jesse Root scored for the Bulldogs (22-12-3), …

Charging Onward

Sunday, April 14, 2013

The ball slips out of Dartmouth’s John Descalzi’s hands during yesterday’s match against Brown in Hanover. Dartmouth won 32-3 to take the Ivy League 15s title. Valley News — Libby March …

What Bad Weather?

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Dartmouth rower Christian Chai and his fellow crew members bring in their boat after a practice on the Connecticut River in Hanover yesterday. Crews from Dartmouth, Harvard and MIT will come together for the annual Biglin Bowl on …

Dartmouth Suffers First Ivy Loss

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Philadelphia — The Dartmouth women’s lacrosse team was edged by Penn, 8-7 in a battle of Ivy League unbeatens yesterday at Dunning-Cohen Champions Field at Penn Park. A back-and-forth affair saw the Big Green fight their way to two separate ties in the second half only, to see …