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April 13, 2011 • Vol. 55 No. 8 A NEWSLETTER OF THE DARTMOUTH ATHLETIC SPONSOR PROGRAM Nationally-Ranked Women's Lacrosse Baseball 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. Ivy League 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 Bob Whalen 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.