April 13, 2011 • Vol. 55 No. 8 A NEWSLETTER OF ATHLETIC SPONSOR PROGRAM Nationally-Ranked Women's Lacrosse Off to Best Start in 44 off to Fast Start, Unbeaten in Ivy Play Years With 10 starters returning including every ranked opponent of the season when No. 13 Syra- The last time the Dartmouth nine member of a high-octane offense from a year ago, cuse came to town. After trailing 5-3 at halftime, sported a record of 17-6, players like expectations were rightfully high for the 2011 the Big Green rallied for a 7-1 run in the second Gene Ryzewicz, Mickey Beard, Jim Dartmouth women’s lacrosse team. half to ultimately win, 10-7. Dartmouth’s patient Shaw and Bob Thomas were roaming Other than an exam-week hiccup at Boston offense featured six different goal scorers who the diamond. The Big Green of today University, a 9-7 loss on March 9, the Big Green worked the ball around to burn clock while also would like nothing more than to du- has lived up to those lofty goals so far. Dartmouth building a comfortable lead. Defensively, the Big plicate another feat the 1967 squad currently stands at 8-2 overall and a perfect 4-0 Green frustrated the Orange attack for much of achieved — a conference title. in Ivy play, with its only other loss coming at #3 the game, including a 10-minute stand to end the Dartmouth certainly has put itself Duke on March 19. Since falling to the Blue Dev- first half and a host of caused turnovers in the sec- in the driver’s seat in the Rolfe Divi- ils, the Big Green has rattled off five straight vic- ond. The efforts of the defense helped Giovanni- sion, which it has won in each of the tories, also going a perfect 5-0 on its home field. ello get good shots to save, making 10 stops in all. past three seasons. After sweeping a Dartmouth is scoring an average of three goals Dartmouth’s players have earned rewards for doubleheader at Gehrig Division pre- per game more than its opponents and has picked their play this season, with Collins being named season-favorite Columbia on April 2, up key wins over Oregon and No. 13 Syracuse this the Ivy Offensive Player of the Week on March 28 the Green suffered a bit of a setback at spring. and Giovanniello taking home Defensive Player of Penn the following day when they lost With a host of returning players, the attack the Week honors on both both ends of a twinbill. It was the first took some time to ramp up, but has now scored March 28 and April 11. regular-season series that 10 or more goals in its last six games including a No. 16 Dartmouth Dartmouth had lost since 2007. season-high in a 17-5 win over Brown on April 2. enters the most diffi- But head coach rallied The Bears recently went to take on No. 3 Duke to cult stretch of its sea- his troops in the friendly confines of overtime before falling, 13-12. son this week, how- Dartmouth's offense is led by seniors Kat Col- ever, as its final four Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, tak- lins (Darien, Conn.) and Greta Meyer (Den- opponents are either na- ing all four games from Cornell and ver, Colo.) who have both eclipsed tionally-ranked or re- Princeton the following weekend in 150 career points and 100 career ceiving top-20 votes. exciting fashion. Seniors Jason Brooks goals this season. Collins leads the This also includes (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Jeff On- Big Green with 31 points on 23 playing three other stott (Houston, Texas) each provided goals and eight assists while teams in the top half a walk-off single in the 10th inning of Meyer has 27 points on 20 of the Ivy standings. the first game against those two visit- goals and seven assists. Junior It all starts with a critical Ivy show- ing teams, respectively. midfielder Sarah Plumb (Welles- down at No. 8 Penn, the four-time The pitching staff was tremendous ley, Mass.) continues to be one of defending Ivy champs, this Satur- all weekend as well, surrendering just the most versatile players on day, April 16. Dartmouth then 10 runs total in the four games. Ju- the field, ranking in the top returns home to host No. 12 nior Cole Sulser (Santa Ysabel, Calif.) three on the team in every Princeton on April 23 and a tossed the first complete game of his Joe Sclafani single statistical category week later welcomes Har- career while striking out a personal- (3.7). Sophomore Ennis Coble (Atlanta, Ga.) and including points (23), vard and No. 1 Maryland best 13 without issuing a walk in a 4-2 victory in junior Joe Sclafani (Palm City, Fla.) are among the draw controls (18) and for the final weekend of the second game against Cornell. top five in the Ivy League in batting as they flirt caused turnovers (13). the regular season. But it was senior closer Ryan Smith (Green- with the .400 mark, while Sclafani also leads the Defense was the one Dartmouth has al- lawn, N.Y.) who took home the Ivy League’s Pitch- loop in runs scored and triples. area where Dartmouth ready clinched a spot in er of the Week award as he earned two victories Yet it is the pitching staff that has really stepped lost starters, most no- the Ivy League Tourna- and a save — extending his Ivy League record to up its game this year with three starters among tably in goal with the ment, which will be played 26 in his four seasons — during the weekend. His the top five in the conference in ERA, led by ju- graduation of All-Amer- on May 6-8 at the home field of toughest job came in the extra-inning win against nior Kyle Hendricks (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) ican Julie Wadland ’10. the Ivy League regular season Princeton, entering the game with nobody out and sophomore Kyle Hunter (Palm City, Fla.) at As she has done every four champion. In keeping with and runners on the corners in the 10th of a 3-3 2.12, and Sulser not far behind at 2.41. Both Hen- years since 1999, head coach tradition, the team with the ball game. He was able to wiggle his way out of the dricks and Sulser have struck out 41 batters on Amy Patton has turned to a fresh- best record at the end of the jam without a run scoring, setting up Onstott’s the season at a rate of nearly 11 per nine innings. man to fill the position between regular season is the Ivy heroics in the bottom half. With a 6-2 record in league play, the Big Green the pipes. Rookie Kristen Giovan- Champion, but the team “Our players have come to expect to win and enjoy a two-game lead in the Rolfe Division, ahead niello (Old Brookville, N.Y.) has not that wins the postseason always maintain the attitude that they will put it disappointed, playing every single tournament will receive of both Yale and Brown at 4-4. Dartmouth travels out in the end,” Coach Whalen commented after minute and sporting the nation’s top the league’s automatic to New Haven to take on the Bulldogs April 16- the successful weekend. “We got knocked down a save percentage (54.1 percent), mak- bid to the NCAA Tour- 17 before hosting the Bears in Hanover on Easter peg or two when we lost to Penn, but simply put, ing 93 saves to date. Senior Shannie nament. With the top weekend. The conference slate comes to an end we didn’t play well enough to win either game. We MacKenzie (Riverside, Conn.) leads the four teams in the An- with two doubleheaders against Harvard at the had our backs to the wall a couple of times during defense in front of Giovanniello, posting 18 cient Eight all having a end of the month, and should the Green win their this weekend, and the guys responded well. Win- ground balls and 13 caused turnovers. The strong spring, the Ivy fourth straight Rolfe Division title, they would vie ning four games in a weekend is never easy. But Big Green’s team goals against average of just is a strong contender for their third straight conference crown in the with good pitching and defense, you always have 7.90 ranks seventh in the nation. to get at least one ad- Ivy Championship Series on May 7-8. a chance.” Dartmouth’s play in the last month has fea- ditional at-large bid If Dartmouth has the best record in either divi- The hot start also improved the baseball pro- tured a balanced offensive attack as well as to the 16-team field. sion, it will have the privilege of hosting the best- gram’s all-time record — dating back to 1866 — at stifling defense. The Big Green showed that in (Dara Ely) of-three series. That scenario would give the Big 1,775 victories, 1,773 losses and 24 ties, the first spades in a 17-5 win over Brown on April 2, when Green a decided advantage as they are 33-5 at time Dartmouth has been above .500 in 20 years. Dartmouth rattled off six goals in 10 first-half Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park since renovating And Coach Whalen, the winningest baseball minutes for an 11-4 halftime lead. In all, nine dif- the facility in 2009 and own a 15-game home win coach in Big Green history, bumped his career ferent players scored goals and Dartmouth held a streak, the second longest in the country, entering mark back to even at 420-420-1. 6-1 scoring advantage in the second en route to Greta Meyer the week of April 11. (Rick Bender) the big victory. Giovanniello made nine saves in (courtesy of John Risley) The offense has put some big numbers on the goal. board this year, ranking among the top 10 nation- Two days later, Dartmouth faced its second ally in runs per game (8.3) and scoring margin

Dartmouth Gains Town Approval to Install Lights at Memorial Field will install lights at its House on the east side of the stadium, one will Any event that takes place in the evening will be like natural grass than earlier artificial surfaces. football stadium, Memorial Field, now that the be at each end of the west stands with another scheduled to begin no later than 7 p.m. In 2008, FieldTurf was also installed in Scully- Hanover Planning Board unanimously approved behind the stands, and the seventh tower will be The Memorial Field playing surface was reno- Fahey Field, currently Dartmouth’s only lighted, the project at a meeting on April 5. While the located in front of Leverone Field House. As rec- vated in 2006 with the installation of FieldTurf, an outdoor artificial field. (Rick Bender) primary purpose of the lights will be to extend ommended by the NCAA, the power of the lights infill product that looks and performs much more practice hours on the durable artificial surface, will be 30-foot candles for practices and 50-foot the college will also be able to host up to five eve- candles for games. ning events at the stadium each year. In addition to the lighting project, the college The project is funded by Chris Jenny, Class of will also install a sound system that provides 1977, and his wife, Andi, along with other gen- higher quality sound for stadium spectators. Both erous donors through the Friends of Dartmouth the lighting and sound systems will utilize the lat- Football. est technology to focus each on the stadium and “We’re very grateful to Chris and Andi Jenny, minimize the impact on the neighborhood. and the Friends of Dartmouth Football for fund- The installation of lights at Memorial Field will ing this exciting project,” Athletics Director Har- give the football team — as well as other varsity ry Sheehy stated. “Generations of football players and club teams — a second lighted outdoor ar- and other student-athletes will benefit from the tificial surface on which practices can be held af- expanded practice time, and we hope the entire ter daylight hours. With most classes ending at 3 community will enjoy the excitement of night p.m., this will be particularly useful when Daylight football games.” Savings Time ends in the fall and sunset can oc- The college will install seven light towers that cur as early as 4:15 p.m. Practices under the lights will be no taller than 60 feet from the ground. would not, however, extend beyond 9 p.m., and Three of the poles will sit atop the Floren Varsity the sound system would not be used for practices. DartmouthDartmouth BigBig GreenGreen SportsSports NewsNews SpotlightMen's on Golf Women's LacrosseSpotlight on This college golf him graduate one year before the Big Green won Watch senior will be ever grateful that she opened her eyes to thing isn’t so tough. its first Ivy League tournament in 1978. Shannie MacKenzie Dartmouth. Dartmouth se- It was his father who brought Mullany for a hound the opposi- “I looked at most of the Ivies but I knew I want- nior Davis Mullany campus tour when he started thinking about col- tion’s top scoring ed to go to a non-city school,” MacKenzie said. “I never said it but no leges. He’d briefly looked into Duke and Wake threat and it is clear felt strongly that I only had four years to be at col- one could have Forest but with no real resume on the national ju- she has the physical lege and I wanted it to be a true college experience blamed him if he had nior circuit he quickly learned he wasn’t on their tools to be a top de- and not blend with what would come after, which fender. I envision being in the city in my 20s. thought it for just a radar. Nor was he all that eager to have to hop a bit because, serious- But listen to the “I loved the coaches and the campus but what plane to get back and forth to school. Dartmouth women’s really put Dartmouth over the top was speak- ly, how many golfers “So I came up with my dad and visited,” he said. lacrosse tri-captain ing with the alumni. I realized in talking with win their first-ever “I stayed with Rob Henley ’09, whose dad was and it quickly be- the alumni that it wasn’t going to be a four-year collegiate golf tour- on the (Dartmouth golf) team with my dad. My comes obvious that experience but something I carried with me my nament? dad introduced me to Rich and he said he’d help those physical tools entire life. Something I took pride in to the very That’s exactly me. I talked to other Ivy League coaches and they are only part of what end. That really is the mindset of the Dartmouth Davis Mullany what the graduate of had already finished most of their recruiting so I Shannie MacKenzie made her a first- alumni. You can’t find one who isn’t still wishing Monument Moun- thought I might as well apply to Dartmouth and team All-America they were back here. It’s just a really special feel- tain Regional High School in Great Barrington, get into the best school that I can.” last year. ing to know that you will always be a part of that Mass., did as a freshman in the fall of 2007. Mul- Mullany has seen the Dartmouth program “I really like the idea of protecting my team- family however many years out of college you are.” lany carded rounds of 70-73–143 at Hanover grow by leaps and bounds ever since. mates and protecting the field,” said MacKenzie, Not that she needs more motivation, but the Country Club to finish one over par and post a “After my freshman year we picked up Pete who anchored the nation’s fifth-ranked defense tie to those who came before her provides extra four-stroke victory that brought the Big Green (Williamson) and when he won the Ivies it really a year ago. “Even playing pick-up games with incentive for MacKenzie. Dartmouth finished an friends growing up I always liked being in the uncharacteristic 7-9 overall and fifth in the Ivy the Dartmouth Invitational championship. It got serious. Now we have a bunch of guys who marked the first tournament title by a Dartmouth back, being the last person between the attack League her freshman year. That improved to 8-8 can really play.” and the goal. It’s just sort of where I feel most and third in the Ivy as a sophomore and to 11-5 golfer since Lee Birchall turned the trick six years And just as importantly, they have somewhere comfortable. I like the pressure. and second last spring. With four consecutive Ivy earlier and the first Big Green victory in its own to do it when the snows of Northern New Eng- “I’ve played against some of the best attackers League wins to start this season MacKenzie is event since Birchall won at Hanover in 2000. land come early and stay late. in the country and they are some of the most con- hopeful the Big Green can reclaim the top spot in Ironically, although Mullany had played a lot of “The new practice facility in Leverone is awe- fident people you will meet but there’s a certain the Ivy League and return to the NCAA’s for the golf in the summer before arriving at Dartmouth, some,” Mullany said. “I will hit maybe once or point when you’ve got them. It doesn’t always first time since 2006 when it played Northwestern he had struggled with his shotmaking prior to his twice a week just to keep loose. I mostly like to happen, but there’s no greater feeling in the world in the national championship game. first collegiate competition. chip at Leverone because the short game goes the than when an attacker stops coming at you and “I feel that the 2010 class really deserved to “I had been playing very poorly for the whole quickest in the long winter. If you have your chip- starts shying away. Intimidating the attack is defi- win the championship and get a ring,” she said. “I preseason,” he recalled. “I normally don’t play ping back pretty quick than ball striking comes nitely a big part of my game and why I like playing would like to be a part of bringing the champion- that well during practice sessions. It’s like a focus back pretty quick.” sports. To get in the other team’s head.” ship back home to Dartmouth after a pretty long thing. If I don’t have competition I mentally slack Among those who have been known to hit a That's a quality veteran Dartmouth coach Amy hiatus. The best thing is I don’t feel alone in that off a little bit. few balls in the practice facility is someone Mul- Patton covets in her recruits. sense of urgency to get this done. My six class- "Shannie is incredibly quick and strong and mates share that determination and sense of ur- “But I ended up playing really well that week. lany has played a round or two with at Hanover. fast," said Patton. "She has the athletic traits that gency to get it done.” It was awesome. I was really confident after that Fellow by the name of Jim Yong Kim who just you look for in a defender, but the thing that I MacKenzie, who interned for the Royal Bank victory.” happens to be the Dartmouth president. think really separates good defenders from great of Canada in New York City last summer, will go Although he hasn’t been able to repeat as an “He’s really impressive but with everything he’s defenders is that edge and Shannie definitely has to work for the RBC after graduation. When she individual champion, Mullany has had his share done, he’s pretty funny. He’s also a really good it. It’s something you can’t really teach." does she will put to work lessons learned not just of highlights since winning the Dartmouth Invi- golfer,” Mullany said. “He was hitting driver off MacKenzie and her teammates have won eight in Dartmouth classrooms but also on Ivy League tational, most notably a second place at the New the deck on 18 and no one does that. He just has a of their first 10 games and ranking seventh of 92 lacrosse fields. England Intercollegiate Golf Association Cham- really athletic swing.” teams nationally in scoring defense in front of “The head of the desk I worked on was an ath- pionship last year. Aided by a 5-under par 67 over After doing several finance internships Mul- freshman goalie Kristen Giovanniello. lete at Northwestern and he is a huge believer that the first 18 holes – the low round of the tourna- lany decided on a psychology major and is now That MacKenzie is spearheading such a sti- the characteristics you develop and the things you ment – he missed taking medalist honors by just thinking about a post-baccalaureate year to catch fling defense would have come as no surprise to learn in sports carry on,” she said. “His main take- one stroke while helping the Big Green place third up on the science classes he would need for med Maureen O’Shea, her late mentor growing up in away is that there are a lot of smart and really suc- in the 12-team field. school. Greenwich, Conn., and one of the reasons she cessful people at these jobs and a lot of them don’t In each of his three years at Dartmouth Mul- Before then, though, there’s the unfinished ended up playing college lacrosse and doing it at know what it’s like to fail and to lose. lany has been the Big Green’s second finisher at business of chasing that elusive Ivy League cham- Dartmouth. “As an athlete you know what it’s like and you “She coached me since I was in first grade and know how to rebound. You can’t let failing scar the Ivy League championships. Dartmouth was pionship. seventh his freshman year, third the next spring started playing lacrosse,” MacKenzie said. “She you for the next ‘X’ amount of years. You give it “I think we have a really good shot at it this was my Connecticut Lacrosse Futures coach all that 10 minutes or two hours of thought and then and fourth last year. He’s optimistic that the Big year,” he said. “It would be amazing. We’ve been through high school. I still remember the day that you bounce back.” Green has what it takes to get over the hump and trying to do it for a long time. I don’t know how she sat me down and told me, ‘If you want to play Which is exactly what MacKenzie has helped dethrone three-time defending champion Co- long it’s been. It is always our goal at the begin- lacrosse in college you can do it.’ That was the first the Dartmouth women’s lacrosse program do. lumbia in this year’s Ivy League championship at ning of every season. It would just mean a lot. time somebody exhibited that belief in me. (Bruce Wood) Galloway National Golf Club in New Jersey later “We haven’t really done it yet, but what we need “She came up with me my first visit here and this month. is four or five guys to play well at once. We always drove me out to the Columbia-Dartmouth game Shannie MacKenzie's recruiting trip to Dart- Should Coach Rich Parker’s charges do it and have two or three and can never quite put it to- my senior year after I had committed. She was a mouth was made possible by the generosity of the Big Green manage its first Ivy League title gether. So we’re hoping it will happen one of these great lady.” Mrs. Don (Margaret) Radasch W35 and Jenkins since 1983 Mullany will be one up on his father, days. A couple of them, actually.” (Bruce Wood) O’Shea, who died of cancer in March of 2010, C. Marshall '84 through the Athletic Sponsors Tom ’77, whose own Dartmouth golf career saw knew her stuff. She knew MacKenzie could play Program. at the college game’s highest level and MacKenzie Dartmouth Men's Lacrosse Starts Season off Right After winning three of its first four, Fahey Field. Dysenchuk scored in the captain Rhett Miller (Dallas, Texas) is third the men's lacrosse team has dropped last second of regulation to give Dart- with 13 goals and four assists for 17 points. four of its last five games to fall to mouth a 9-8 victory. On the last pos- Junior Drew Tunney (Greenwich, Conn.) 4-5 on the season and 1-2 in the Ivy session, Dysenchuk had the ball with is fourth on the team with 16 points on 12 League. The Big Green are in a four- 4.7 seconds remaining. From behind goals and four assists. Perkins has 15 points way tie for fourth place in the confer- the Crimson's net he attacked from the on 12 goals and three assists. DeChiaro has ence. The top four teams in the league right side, and fired a shot that beat the 12 points on five goals and seven assists. make the Ivy tournament, which Dart- goalie as time expired. Dysenchuk was Sophomore Chris Costabile rounds out the mouth just missed out on last season able to provide the last second heroics, double-digit scorers with 11 points on nine finishing in a tie for fifth. because of the play of Campbell. The goals and two assists. The Big Green won at Holy Cross goalie slowed down a Harvard offense Junior Fergus Campbell has started all on March 9, 16-7. The win avenged that came in to the game averaging nine games at goalkeeper and has an 11.43 Dartmouth's loss to the Crusaders last 12.67 goals per game. He also tied a goals against average, a 4-5 record and a season. Freshman Jeff Perkins (Dal- season high by making 17 saves. .503 save percentage. In 493:28 minutes, he las, Texas) led the team with five goals In a battle of Ivy unbeatens, the Big has made 95 saves, including a game high 17 and an assist for six points. Junior Kip Green traveled to Ithaca to take on two different times. Dooley (Minneapolis, Minn.) contrib- seventh-ranked Cornell on April 2. The team is averaging 10.11 goals per uted five points on two goals and three The Big Red controlled most of the game, while allowing 11.44. The Big Green assists. contest and won, 19-8. Dysenchuk led take 36.8 shots per game and grab 29.22 Dartmouth next took a trip to the Dartmouth with three points on three ground balls per game. Dartmouth is 10- state of North Carolina to play at Duke goals. for-29 in man-up situations for a 34.5 per- and UNC. Against the seventh-ranked On April 9, the Big Green played cent conversion rate. Blue Devils on March 20, the Big at 17th-ranked Yale, trying to bounce The Big Green played 19th-ranked Dela- Green were outscored in the second back from the loss at Cornell. The Bull- ware on Tuesday, April 12, and next play quarter, 10-2, and lost the game 18-10. dogs enforced their will for much of the against Princeton on April 16 at Gillette Sta- Junior John DeChiaro (Port Jefferson game, and despite a late four-goal rally dium in the New England Lacrosse Classic. Station, N.Y.) tallied three points on by Dartmouth, Yale won, 9-7. Camp- (Chip Whipple) three assists to lead the team. bell played the best game for the Big At sixth-ranked North Carolina Green, making 15 saves. It marked the on March 22, Dartmouth led the Tar fourth time this season he has recorded Heels in the third quarter, but UNC double-digit saves, and the third time ended the game on a 7-1 run to win he has had at least 15 saves. the contest, 12-7. Sophomore Nikki Dartmouth has seven players who Dysenchuk (Darien, Conn.) led the have recorded double-digit points team with three points on two goals through nine games. Dooley leads the Kip Dooley and an assist. team with 22 points on nine goals and (courtesy of John Risley) The Big Green returned home on a team-high 13 assists. Dysenchuk March 26 to open Ivy League play is second on the squad with 12 goals against 17th-ranked Harvard at Scully- and seven assists for 19 points. Senior

ForFor up-to-dateup-to-date scheduleschedule ininfformation,ormation, visitvisit wwwwww.d.dartmouthartmouthSSports.comports.com BigBig GreenGreen BulletinBulletin BoardBoard The NCAA Zone AD iving Championships took the third-best mark in Dartmouth's history. Two Indiana in May. At the Tufts nover, N.H.) earned her second. place on March 11-12 and Dartmouth had two competitors placed in three throwing events with Invitational on April 2, Dart- Wiens also was named All-Amer- athletes compete. Freshman Katy Feng (West- senior David Irving (Manchester, N.H.) taking mouth finished third out of ica for the second year in a row. ford, Mass.) represented the women's team and third in the hammer throw (58.67 meters), was 15 schools with three indi- senior Michael Brown (Newton, Mass.) partici- tied for fifth in the discus (45.92 meters) and fin- viduals placing first in their Chris Hanson (Greenwich, Conn.) pated for the men. After placing 10th in the pre- ished fifth in the shot put (15.54 meters). At the events. Junior Laura Hempel of the men's squash team earned liminaries, Feng finished eighth (260.65 points) Tufts Invitational on April 2, Dartmouth finished (Tallahassee, Fla.) crossed the his second All-America award af- in the finals of the three-meter competition, fourth out of 12 teams. The Big Green did well in line first in the 5000 meters ter being named second team this and was the highest scoring Ivy League diver the 110 hurdles taking the top two spots. Sopho- at 17.55.41, Tanner took the season. Hanson finished the year in the event. On day two, Feng placed 22nd in more Jacob Evanter (Marblehead, Mass.) was first top spot in the 400 hurdles at the No. 1 spot with a 9-4 re- the women's one-meter competition and Brown at 15.24, and senior Chris Fletcher (Annapolis, at 1:01.27 and Junior Megan cord. He also earned All-Ivy hon- placed 40th in the men's three-meter event. Md.) placed second at 15.34. In the 800, freshman Faeth (Katonah, N.Y.) placed ors for the second year in a row. The conclusion of the event marked the end of John Bleday (Westwood, Mass.) took second with first in the javelin with a Brown's diving career at Dartmouth, he was an a time of 1:58.34. Senior Donald Kephart (Lafay- throw of 38.36 meters. On Dartmouth softball has racked academic All-America his final three years. ette, Calif.) had a top-five finish in two throwing April 9, the Big Green com- up an 11-4 overall record, 4-4 in events placing third in the discus at 41.93 meters peted at the UNH Invitational the Ivy League already this sea- The 75th-ranked women's tennis team is peak- and fourth in the shot put with a throw of 13.57 and had nine winners. The son. Sophomore Noelle Ramirez ing at the right time with four straight wins to meters. At the UNH Invitational on April 9, the event the Big Green domi- Sarah Spangenberg (Pompton Plains, N.J.) was named improve its record to 12-7 overall and a perfect Big Green had nine winners. Sophomore Connor nated the most was the 1500 the Ivy player of the week for April 4-0 in the Ivy League. The Big Green went on its Reilly (Niskayuna, N.Y.) dominated the sprinting meters. as the team took the 5. Ramirez tallied four hits in dou- Spring Break trip on March 19-24. Dartmouth events, winning the 100 and 200. The Big Green top six spots and seven of the top eight. Both Vai- bleheader victories against Columbia. She tallied played four matches in six days and went 2-2. took five of the top six spots in the 1500 meters las and D'Agostino qualified for ECAC's with their the game winning RBI single in the fourth inning The team won its first two with Bleday crossing the finish times. In the 400 hurdles, Dartmouth took the top to help the Big Green record a 1-0 shutout victory matches over Bowdoin, 7-0, line first at 3:57.41. In the 400 two spots and the 4x100 relay team finished tops in its league opener. In the win, Ramirez was the and Cal Northridge, 6-1. The meters, Dartmouth again took with a time 49.03. Dartmouth found similar suc- only Dartmouth player to record more than one Big Green returned to the five of the top six spots. In the cess in the field events as sophomore Cara Ver- hit, going 2-for-3. All told, she batted .571 on the east coast to open Ivy League 5000 meters, junior Dylan Sum- nacchia (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) finished in the weekend, knocked in three runs, registered eight play on April 1st at Columbia. mers crossed the finish line first top three in two events. She took the top spot in hits and one stolen base. Recently the Big Green Dartmouth lost the doubles at 14:53.83 and in the 3000-me- the long jump at 5.42 meters (17-09.50 feet) and split doubleheaders with Cornell and Princeton. point, but won four of the six ter steeplechase, junior Jake finished third in the high jump at 1.62 meters (5- Pitcher Hillary Barker (Duvall, Wash.) not only singles matches to secure a 4-3 Shoemaker (Sudbury, Mass.) 03.75 feet). In the throwing events, the Big Green was stellar the plate but in the circle. She hit .450 victory. The next day at - Cor placed first at 9:22.52, and fresh- finished one-two in the shot put and the discus. with two home runs while winning two games nell, the Big Green followed man Henry Sterling (South for the Big Green. Dartmouth recorded seven a similar pattern of losing the Freeport, Maine) took third at The Big Green sailing team began its spring home runs in the two games against the Big Red, doubles point but winning its 9:35.80. The quartet of Beaulieu- season on April 2 at four different events. Dart- taking a 9-5 Game Two victory. Barker is lead- four singles matches to win the Jones, Bishop, Bryant and senior mouth finished sixth of 14 teams at the race for ing the team in hitting with a .342 average and is contest, 4-3. Dartmouth re- Tyler Ford (Penfield, N.Y.) won the BU Trophy, seventh of 17 at the Dellenbaugh second with three home runs. Sophomore Katie turned home to play Princeton the 4x400 relay at 3:20.35. Irving Women's Regatta, seventh of 16 at the Southern Adams (Kent, Wash.) leads the squad with five and Penn with the Big Green won the discus with a throw of NE Team Race and went 9-14 at the Mystic Lake long bombs as she had three in six games last garnering a huge upset over Georgie Smyser 49.53 meters. Team Races. On April 9, the team competed in week. the 49th-ranked Tigers with a four more events and improved even more on its 4-3 victory. It marked the first The women's track and field first week. At the Marchiando/Friis Team Races, Men's golf co-captain Peter Williamson (Ha- time Dartmouth beat Princeton in Ivy-league team began its outdoor season at the Sham- Dartmouth finished 8-6. The team took seventh nover, N.H.) finished among the top 10 in each play since 1995. On April 10, Dartmouth hosted rock Classic on March 18-19 and in the running of 16 teams at the Women's President's Trophy of the first two spring tournaments for the men’s Penn and won its fourth straight match, beating events, Dartmouth had its best performance in and placed second of 14 at the Admiral Alymers golf squad, tying for 10th at the Yale Spring the Quakers, 5-2. The Big Green are tied for first the 400 meters. Senior Alex Tanner (Baltimore, and finished first of 20 teams at the Greater New Opener before placing third at Princeton with in the conference with Brown at 4-0. Md.) took fourth at 57.45 and freshman Megan York Open. a three-round total of two-under par. His fellow Krumpoch (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was fifth at 57.63. co-captain, senior Davis Mullany (Great Bar- Men's tennis team enters the final stretch of The Big Green also achieved a lot of success in The Dartmouthequestrian team began its spring rington, Mass.), was solid in the opener as well, its season with an 11-6 overall record and a 2-2 the field events as senior Christina Alexander season at the UNH Show on March 12 and fin- just one stroke behind Williamson in a tie for mark in the Ivy League. On March 19-24, the Big (Austin, Texas) took fifth in the shot put at 12.68 ished third out of 10 teams. At the UVM Show 13th. The Big Green finished each invitational in Green went on its Spring Break trip to Califor- meters (41-07.25 feet). At the on March 19, the Big Green was the middle of the pack — fifth out of 11 teams at nia, and played four matches in five days. The Raleigh Relays on March 25- fifth of eight teams. Dartmouth Yale and sixth of 12 at Princeton. team went 2-2 with wins over Portland, 4-3, and 26, the Big Green had multiple then hosted the Regional Show Utah, 5-2. Dartmouth returned home on April 1 competitors place. Dartmouth for the first-time ever at the The women’s golf team has fallen into a bit of a to take on Columbia. The Big Green controlled won the 6000-meter relay with Dartmouth Riding Center. Three pattern so far this spring, feeling its way through the match and won easily, 5-2. Against 49th- a time of 18:28.52. The quar- riders finished first or second, the course in the first round before coming on ranked Cornell, Dartmouth lost the double's tet of freshman Lindsay Walsh qualifying to go on to Zones strong in the second. Down in Florida at the point and it proved to be the difference in a 4-3 (Swampscott, Mass.), senior competition. At Zones, Sarah spring opener hosted by Siena College, Dart- loss. The Big Green played at Princeton on April Andrea Imhof (San Francisco, Spangenberg (Atlanta, Ga.) was mouth finished sixth out of eight teams, but 9 and won the doubles point to gain the early Calif.), junior Alexi Pappas (Al- tops in Novice Fences and was improved 18 strokes from the first round to the advantage, but the Tigers won four of the six ameda, Calif.) and freshman second in Novice Flat, allowing second. After defeating USC-Beaufort in a dual singles matches to win the contest, 4-3. The Big Arianna Vailas (Manchester, her to qualify for Nationals for tournament, the Big Green went up against most Green bounced back the next day with a 4-3 win N.H.) beat teams from Kent the first time since 2009. of the rest of the Ivy League at Brown, placing over Penn. Dartmouth is tied for third in the Ivy State, North Carolina, Charlotte ninth out of the 13 teams. Again that second League with a 2-2 record. and Delaware. Freshman Abbey Two members of the women's round score was much better, this time by 16 D'Agostino (Topsfield, Mass.) squash team were chosen All- strokes. Freshman Sarah Knapp (Ponte Vedra The men's track and field team opened its out- placed third in the 5000 meters Ivy as senior Hannah Conant Beach, Fla.) shaved off nine of those strokes door season at the Shamrock Classic on March in 16:23.50 as her time marked (Greenwich, Conn.) won her Peter Williamson alone, going from a nine-over 81 to an even-par 18-19. In the javelin, senior Daniel Ostrovsky a personal best and qualified her first-ever postseason award and 72. (Wellesley, Mass.) finished second and recorded for the NCAA regional meet at sophomore Valeria Wiens (Ha- Men's Hockey Ends Season Just Shy of NCAA Bid The Dartmouth men's hockey team was on the overtime victory. Despite playing a fairly even first period with team. outside looking in as the Big Green's season came Owsiak's goal came on his only shot of the game both teams having their share of chances, the Big Nick Walsh and Gaudet were each named as to a close. just 97 seconds into the extra-frame. Estoclet had Green looked like it was starting to gain the edge the team's most improved players with Lindblad For the third time in the last six years, Dart- given Dartmouth the early lead after he ripped but Cornell grabbed the momentum with un- picking up the Booma award for the team's best mouth finished just one spot out of the NCAA one home from the left-side circle with under der two minutes left in the frame as the Big Red rookie. Tournament as the Big Green was 17th with the 6:00 to play in the opening period. Evan Stephens scored twice in a matter of twenty seconds to take Despite their careers at Dartmouth being over, top-16 teams making the tourney. (Bessemer, Mich.) pushed the puck up along a quick lead. An empty net goal put the capper on five players signed professional contracts as soon Dartmouth's season hung in the balance up un- the boards, passing across ice to Scott Fleming the evening as Cornell headed to the champion- as the season ended. Smith, Estoclet, Stephens, til the last weekend of the individual conference's (Plainfield, Ont.) who was waiting to the right of ship game against Yale and Dartmouth headed to Stejskal and Matt Reber all had the chance to play tournaments. the cage. Fleming immediately passed back to the the consolation game against Colgate. pro for a couple of weeks. The Big Green made its way to the ECAC other side as Estoclet waited with his stick down. Five different players scored goals in the 5-3 vic- Hockey Championship in Atlantic City after tak- Freshman Matt Lindlbad (Winnetka, Ill.) broke tory over the Raiders as the Big Green knew going ing two-out-of three from Harvard in the ECAC out of a five-game scoring slump in the third anf into the game that the season was essentially over quarterfinals. Dartmouth had earned its first first- final game as he tallied two goals in the third pe- but with pride on the line, Dartmouth got the job round bye since the 2005-06 season after taking a riod, to lift Dartmouth to a 4-3 victory as the Big done to end the season on a winning note. win over St. Lawrence on the last weekend of the Green headed to the ECAC Hockey Champion- Five players were given All-Ivy honors with two regular season. ship weekend. receiving All-ECAC awards. Mello was the only Finishing with a 19-12-3 record, the Big Green Lindblad and Stephens both proved heroic unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team was poised for its first-ever NCAA appearance in the final period of play as the Big Green ral- while Lindblad was the co-Rookie of the year. since head coach Bob Gaudet was a senior in lied from a 2-1 deficit to take a 4-2 lead with one Scott Fleming (Plainfield, Ont.) and Joe Stejskal net in 1979-80. Dartmouth had won its share of minute remaining on the clock. Harvard was not (Grand Rapids, Minn.) were placed on the second big games during the season and with a national going to go down without a fight as head coach team while Estoclet and Lindblad were honorable ranking of 15, the Big Green needed to do well in Ted Donato pulled his goalie in favor of the ex- mention. the conference tournament to solidfy its chances tra skater with over two minutes remaining. The Mello and Stejskal were both named All-ECAC in the national tournament. Crimson were able to get one back at 19:40 with a with Mello second team and Stejskal third team. Harvard came into after de- power play strike but the Big Green held on with Recently Gaudet announced the team awards feating Clarkson in two games in the first round. both the defense and netminder James Mello (Re- and captain for next season. Defenseman Mike With fresh legs after having the week off, Dart- hoboth, Mass.) coming up big in the waning sec- Keenan (Weymouth, Mass.) will lead the squad in mouth was not prepared for a scrappy Harvard onds. the 2011-12 season with Jim Gaudet (Etna, N.H.), team as the Crimson came in and took the first Dartmouth was then poised to meet up with Connor Goggin (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and Doug Jones game, 3-2. Cornell in the semifinals at Atlantic City's Board- (Marietta, Ga.) serving as assistant captains. In a must-win game in the second meeting, se- walk Hall. The leading scorer award went to Fleming for niors proved how much they wanted to even the The most important scoring in the game be- the second straight year with Rob Smith (Brooks, quarterfinal series against the Crimson, as Adam tween the Big Green and the Big Red was in the Alta.) getting the Smoyer Award as the team's un- Estoclet (Orono, Minn.) and Andrew Owsiak first period as the Big Red took a late 2-0 lead it sung hero. Stejskal was given the McInnis Award Matt Lindblad (Moose Jaw, Sask.) potted the two goals in the 2-1 never relinquished, defeating Dartmouth 3-0. for his camaraderie, loyalty and dedication to the (courtesy of David Silverman) ForFor up-to-dateup-to-date scheduleschedule ininfformation,ormation, visitvisit wwwwww.d.dartmouthartmouthSSports.comports.com RecruitingEdge Dartmouththe Giving Coaches • B • L • April 13, 2011 13, April 03755-3512 NH Hanover, Gym Alumni 6083 Athletics College Dartmouth N a ights a se tio ball nall A

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Michael Donelan and the Dartmouth men's soccer team hosted the Haitian men's national team in an international friendly game that served as a fundraiser for Partners in Health's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. The Haitians outlasted the Big Green, 2-1, in front of a packed house at Burnham Field. All together the $5,600 raised went entirely to the cause. To find out how you can help Dart- mouth Stand with Haiti, visit PIH.org.

Winter Academic All-Ivy Is Announced Skiing Finishes Third at NCAA ChampionshipsTHE ATHLETIC SPONSOR PROGRAM The Ivy League re- women's hockey rep- The men’s and women’s country skiers. Both Koons and Brennan placed leased its annual list resentative after help- ski teams finished third at the NCAA Skiing seventh in their respective classic races — 20K of student-athletes se- ing lead the team to Championships, held in Stowe, Vt., totaling 643 for the men, 15K for the women — while both lected for Academic the NCAA playoffs. A points. The third-place showing is the Big Green’s Colorado and Utah enjoyed strong finishes to All-Ivy honors in win- biomedical engineering best finish since winning the national title in 2007. take command of the team standings. Dart- ter sports and the Big major, she was an assis- Colorado took home the title with 831 points, mouth was clinging to third place, however, just Green had 10 start- tant captain and played comfortably ahead of Utah in second at 750.5. a few points ahead of New Mexico and nearly 50 ers or key reserves in 34 games. She scored The first day of competition provided near- points ahead of the East favorite, Vermont. on a varsity team that 11 goals and tallied 14 perfect conditions, and with the forecast predict- For the final day of the championships, the earned the honor. assists. It was her first ing rain the following day, the NCAA decided to men and women’s alpine teams would be com- Each winter, student- time earning the aca- have the first four events take place on the first peting in the slalom. Junior Annie Rendall athletes that make a demic honor. day instead of just two. The format worked well (South Burlington, Vt.) had a terrific first run on major contribution A history major and for Dartmouth as it concluded the day in second the slopes with the fourth fastest time, but she to their team and are Hannah Conant a member of the men's (courtesy of Tom McNeill) place after terrific performances, particularly could not finish her second run, leaving Ham- able to maintain a 3.0 swimming team, Ahern in the Nordic events. Sophomore Sam Tarling mond and junior Erin Fucigna in the standings grade point average are appeared on the team (Cumberland, Maine) won the individual title in 14th and 17th respectively. Needing a strong eligible for Academic All-Ivy honors. Dartmouth for a second time. He finished fifth in the 200 in the men’s Nordic 10K freestyle race, while se- finish from the men to maintain its spot in third had four seniors and four juniors along with two backstroke at the Ivy Championships, and set a nior Nils Koons (Sidney, Maine) finished fourth place, Dartmouth got what it needed as Leafe sophomores on the squad. Senior Hannah Conant new school record in the event. He was also part and sophomore Eric Packer (Anchorage, Alaska) zoomed to fourth place with sophomore Evan (Philadelphia, Pa.) made the team for a third time of the 400-medley relay team that placed second came in fifth. By placing among the top five, each Diamond (Cheshire, Conn.) in 13th and junior and junior Michael Ahern (Old Westbury, N.Y.) at the Ivy Championships. skier earned first-team All-America recognition. Peter Ankeny (Wayzata, Minn.) in 14th, giving appeared on the team for a second time. Women's swimming and diving junior Kelsey The Dartmouth women’s Nordic team also had the men the second best team score in the sla- Conant of the women's squash team posted Pinson (Portland, Ore.) was named to the team a strong showing with three top-10 finishers, with lom to fend off New Mexico for third. a 9-8 record at number two and earned All-Ivy for the first time. The biology major placed eighth junior Erika Flowers (Bozeman, Mont.) leading Each top-10 finisher was awarded All-America honors. The psychology major reached the conso- at the Ivy Championships in the 100 butterfly, the Big Green pack in fourth place. Senior Rosie status, and those in the top five were named to lation quarterfinals of the Individual Champion- which gave her the second fastest time in the pro- Brennan was fifth — just three-tenths of a second the first team. The Big Green had a combined 11 ships. gram's history. She also has the fourth-best time behind Flowers — and junior Sophie Caldwell All-America performances between the men’s Senior Clive Weeden (Stow, Mass) of men's in the 200 butterfly. (Peru, Vt.) placed 10th. and women’s teams, and Brennan finished her basketball made the team for the first time. The Junior Eric Packer (Anchorage, Alaska) of the In the giant slalom, Dartmouth got top-10 fin- career as a rare eight-time All-American, earn- sociology major started every game and tied a men's Nordic skiing team made the team for the ishers in Trevor Leafe (Monroe, N.H.) in ninth for ing the distinction in each NCAA Champion- Dartmouth record by playing in 109 games in first time. The Engineering major was first-team the men and Courtney Hammond (Mercer Island, ship race of her career. (Rick Bender) his career. He was seventh in the conference in All-American in the 10K freestyle for finishing Wash.) in 10th for the women. blocks and 13th in rebounding. fifth at the NCAA Championship. He also won The rain did not stop when the competition A psychology major and a member of the wom- three races during the carnival season. resumed two days later, but on trudged the cross en's alpine skiing team, senior Courtney Ham- A psychology major and a member of the mond (Mercer Island, Wash.) earned a spot on women's basketball team, Faziah Steen (Kalama- The Athletic Sponsor Program comprises the team for the first time. She was a five-time zoo, Mich.) made the team for the first time as BIG GREEN SPORTS NEWS more than 1,300 Dartmouth alumni, par- All-American during her four years for the Big a sophomore. She was second team All-Ivy, and ARTMOUTH ents and supporters who are committed to Green. She finished 10th in the giant slalom at the averaged 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and a league- Dartmouth Big Green Sports News is published by helping Dartmouth coaches recruit excep- NCAA Championships in March to earn second- best 2.2 steals per game. the Dartmouth College Athletic Department as a tional student-athletes. The Program provides team All-America honors. Rounding out the Dartmouth athletes was newsletter for members of the Dartmouth Athletic vital recruitment resources for all funded varsity Sponsor Program. Senior Joe Stejskal (Grand Rapids, Mich.) of the sophomore Chris Hanson (Greenwich, Conn.) of sports at Dartmouth, and is the sole source of funds for bringing top athletic prospects to the men's hockey team made the team for the first the men's squash team. An undeclared student Big Green Sports News Staff...... Rick Bender campus for recruiting visits. For more information time. The sociology major was named second- athlete, he is a two-time All-American and was Heather Croze Dara Ely about the Sponsor Program, call (603) 646-2463 or team All-Ivy and third-team All-ECAC as a de- named first-team All-Ivy. He advanced to the con- Chip Whipple write: Dartmouth Athletic Sponsor Program, 6083 fenseman. He signed a professional contract with solation finals of the Pool Division of the National Cindi Mansell Alumni Gymnasium, Hanover, NH 03755-3512. the Montreal Canadiens after the season. Individual Championships. (Chip Whipple) Junior Jenna Hobeika (Alpine, N.J.) was the Program Director . . . . . Bob Ceplikas Alumni Coordinator . . . . John Engelman ’68