BIG GREEN SPORTS NEWS

M ARCH 13, 2002 • VOL. 46 NO . 7 A NEWSLETTER OF THE DARTMOUTH ATHLETIC SPONSOR PROGRAM DÉJÀ VU — MEN’S HOCKEY HEADS TO LAKE PLACID; WOMEN HOST ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP Men’s Hockey Thrills Crowd with Sweep of Colgate

On March 9, head coach celebrated his birthday With 15 seconds remaining, Chris Taliercio with a 4-1 victory against the Colgate Raiders, ensuring the Big (Farmingdale, N.J.) wrapped up the scoring with Green its second straight trip to Lake Placid, N.Y. to compete an empty netter. for the ECAC Championship. “We played a really solid game and I In fact, Gaudet almost won twice on his birthday. thought we played a great third period,” Gaudet Dartmouth eked out a victory in Game One, 5-4 in double over- said. “We had another gear in the third where the time. The matchup, which started at 7 o’clock, didn’t conclude guys really got after it and got it done. We’re until well after 11 p.m. and lasted 94:15. excited.” “It was a classic,” Gaudet said of the longest game in Chris Baldwin (Glastonbury, Conn.) added, Dartmouth hockey history. “It was just a great hockey game. It’s “Something about this is even sweeter than last a shame that somebody had to lose.” On Friday night, Pete Summerfelt (Anchorage, Alaska) year. “It was such a chippy series and we had a netted the gamewinner at the 14:15 mark of the second overtime double overtime win. To come back in Game Two session when he took a cross-ice feed from Kent Gillings and sweep in front of the big crowd was pretty (Saskatoon, Sask.) at the top of the circle and fired the puck special.” over the shoulder of Raider goalie David Cann. In , Darren Gastrock (Anchorage, Dartmouth had battle back three times to tie the score at Alaska) stopped 85 of the 88 shots he faced and two, three and then four with just 14.2 seconds on the clock. was named one of the three stars in each game. Freshman Lee Stempniak (West Seneca, N.Y.) showed “We’re right where we want to be,” Gastrock poise when he took a Gillings feed in front of the cage and said. “We have momentum, we’re feeling good danced around Cann for the third Big Green equalizer. about scoring and we’re feeling good about “With 40 seconds remaining and a face-off at center ice, defense. We’re looking forward to Lake Placid.” there was just a feeling on the bench that we were going to get On Saturday night, the eight seniors skated a it done,” Gaudet said. “The guys did it. It was a huge win for us.” lap around the Thompson ice to salute the fans. Game Two was different from the opening minute. “Over the four years, the fans have gotten Stempniak gave the Big Green a 1-0 lead when he fired a shot better and better as the team has gotten better,” that beat Cann to the stick side just 51 seconds into the contest. senior Gary Hunter (Castlegar, B.C.) said. “That With the score tied, 1-1, in the third, Dartmouth took over as Frank Nardella (Melrose Park, Ill.) netted the eventual game- means a lot to us. It was nice to be able to take winner and Gillings added another just 1:49 later for a 3-1 lead. that lap. It was a way of saying ‘Thank you.’” “It felt awesome to score,” Nardella said. “It felt great to And those fans will get to follow the Big go on top. Then Gillings put us up by two and we knew we Green to Lake Placid for a second straight year. would win. It’s very satisfying.” (Bill Garfield) ■ Jamie Herrington, in the middle of a collective bear hug.

Women’s Hockey Advances Deep Into Saturday, March 16 at Dartmouth’s Playoff Picture . The other matchup features Post-Season Play No. 2 Brown and No. 3 St. Lawrence and will The Dartmouth women’s hockey team is on a roll, both on and off the ice. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams start at approximately 4:00 p.m. The Big Green had quite a finish to the regular season, clinching both the Ivy League title and were still moving right along in the ECAC On Sunday, March 17, the 2002 the No. 1 seed in the ECAC-North playoffs. playoffs as BGSN went to press on Sunday, JPMorgan Chase Hockey Championship Dartmouth used that top seeding to its advantage, routing Colgate twice in the best-of-three March 10. game is slated for noon. The game will be on quarterfinal series, advancing to the semifinals of the 2002 JPMorgan Chase Hockey Championship. The Dartmouth men will be in action on Empire live and will be shown on tape delay In addition, the honors and awards are already starting to roll in for the Big Green players. Thursday, March 14 in the play-in game by NESN on Wednesday, March 20. There is Junior forward Carly Haggard (Port Alberni, B.C.), who is a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier between the tournament’s fourth and fifth no consolation game on the women’s side. Memorial Award, was honored as the Ivy League Co-Player of the Year for 2001-2002. seeds. The ECAC men’s championship fea- Dartmouth Broadcasting — WDCR 1340 Haggard, who leads the nation in points per game and goals per game, had a league-best 13 tures five first-round series with the winners AM and WFRD 99.9 FM — plans to both air points in 10 Ivy contests. She shared the honor with Brown’s Kristy Zamora. all advancing to Lake Placid. and webcast all playoff games. Please consult Linemate Kristin King (Piqua, Ohio), a senior and one of the squad’s two captains, joined Seeded No. 4, the Big Green will take on their website for more information. Haggard on the All-Ivy first team. She had 11 points in league play. No. 5 Rensselaer at 7:30 p.m. Junior goaltender Amy Ferguson (Pictou, N.S.), who played nearly every minute of every game The winner advances to the semifinals http://www.dartmouth.edu/~brdcast/sports for the Big Green this season, was voted to the second team. against No. 1 Cornell on Friday, March 15 at Ferguson was third in both goals against average, with 7:30 p.m. The championship and consolation 3.01, and in save percentage, at .907. games are slated Saturday, March 16 at 4 and Senior Kim McCullough (Toronto, Ont.) and sopho- 7:30 p.m. more Louise Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, Ont.) rounded out Dartmouth's All-Ivy representation with honorable Meanwhile, the No. 1 Big Green mention nods. McCullough, the team's other captain, women’s hockey team hosts No. 4 Harvard in had nine league points (6g, 3a), while Pietrangelo had the ECAC-North semifinals at 1 p.m. on eight (1g, 7a). The Big Green went 8-2 in the Ivy League this year to win its second straight title. News & Notes Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame in Dartmouth (23-5-2) also finished first in the ECAC- February. Candidates can be inducted in one North League with a 13-3-0 record. The Big Green beat sec- Carly Haggard (Port Alberni, B.C.),a of three categories — player, coach and con- ond-place St. Lawrence, 4-2, in the final regular season game junior forward on the Dartmouth women’s tributor — and Harper was honored for her to finish a point ahead of the Saints in the standings and hockey team, was named one of three finalists efforts in all three. clinch first place. for the 2002 Patty Kazmaier Award, the top The top finish meant that the Big Green drew eighth- honor in women’s hockey. ∆∆∆ seeded Colgate for the quarterfinals, held at Dartmouth’s Minnesota’s Ronda Curtin and Jerry Daly,the only four-time All-America in Thompson Arena. Northeastern’s Brooke Whitney are the other Dartmouth men’s golf history, died February 9 The Raiders offered little resistance against the two finalists. The winner will be announced at after losing a battle with brain cancer. Big Green Machine, as Dartmouth beat Colgate, a dinner held March 23 at the Frozen Four in Daly, 48, played in four NCAA golf 11-1, on Friday before shutting out the Raiders, Durham, N.H. championships for the Big Green and was 6-0, on Saturday. ∆∆∆ Haggard had an Bruce Lingelbach,the women’s alpine coach captain of the 1975 and 1976 Dartmouth eight-point weekend, at Dartmouth, will resign at the end of the squads. including a hat trick on A 1976 graduate of Dartmouth, Daly Jillian Rockoff season for personal reasons. Under Friday. Backup netminder Kate Lingelbach’s tutelage, four different skiers made his mark in the golf industry, working Cochrane (Hancock, N.H.) started earned All-America honors, including four- for several companies including Foot-Joy, both games, and has a 3-0 record in 2001-02. time honoree Jen Collins ’99, who won the Etonic and Acushnet, the parent company of With the two-game sweep, Dartmouth moves on to the giant slalom at both the U.S. National and Titleist. semifinals of the ECAC-North playoffs. NCAA championships. Gusty Swift ’01 also Daly leaves his wife, Anne, and five chil- Big Green head coach Judy Oberting thinks her team is picked up All-America honors four times. dren, including Jeremiah, a member of the ready. Lingelbach and his wife, Cindy, have three Class of 2004 at Dartmouth and a member of “We’re in good shape,” she says. “You can’t help but be small children, and they will take over the the varsity men’s golf team. Father and son up for the ECAC-North semifinals. We’re healthy and ready management and operation of the legendary to go.” paired up in the 2000 Tommy Keane Pierce’s Inn in Etna. Invitational at the Dartmouth-owned Hanover A pair of victories in that event could propel ∆∆∆ Dartmouth back to the NCAA Championship, slated Country Club and were medalists after the March 22-24 at the University of New Hampshire. Josie Harper,Dartmouth’s senior associate opening day of qualifying with a nine-under (Jarratt Clarke ’01) ■ director of athletics, was inducted into the par 60. ■ DARTMOUTH BIG GR soccer, but never really considered Dartmouth as McArdle Named Outstanding Performer at Indoor Heps SPOTLIGHT ON a real possibility. Junior Tom McArdle (Brookline, Mass.) was Verdeyen had a personal best of 46-3 1/2, WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD However, at that fateful N.H. state track named the meet’s outstanding male performer as while Shaina Damm (Meredith, N.H.) was seventh meet, Wallin realized the kind of potential that Shaina Damm is the Big Green men’s track and field team tied for with 41-5 1/4. Damm opened the meet by winning Damm had, and kept pushing her to consider second at the Heptagonal indoor championship the pentathlon with 3,862 points, the third highest yet another suc- being a member of the Big Green squad. hosted by Cornell University. total in Heps history and a school record. cess story in a “Coach Wallin kept insisting that I come The Big Green and Penn both totalled 81 In the mile run, junior Jessie Allen-Young long line of points, while Princeton won its fifth straight indoor (Loveland, Colo.) was fourth in 4:57.28, while visit Dartmouth,” Damm says, “and, after sever- Dartmouth multi- title (and eighth in the last nine years) with 127 freshman Kristen Ettensohn (Cumberland, R.I.) al phone calls, I finally agreed. points. was fifth in the 3,000 at 9:57.80. event athletes. “I had a wonderful time on my recruiting “This was the best men’s performance in the Seniors Lara Niell (Harvard, Mass.) and At the Heptagonal trip. The food was great, the campus was won- last 10 years,” said coach Barry Harwick. “To fin- Dagny Dingman (Salt Lake City, Utah) were fifth Championships ish second in the most competitive meet of season and sixth, respectively, with times of 17:28.14 and derful and all the girls on the team were very held at Cornell in was a great team effort.” 17:30.77 in the 5,000 meters. friendly and had great stories to tell about the February, Damm McArdle won the 5,000 meters on Sunday, In the 60 meter hurdles, freshman Beth Smith coach and the team. February 24, with a time of 14:18.83. The day (Lakeville, Mass.) was sixth in a time of 9.27, won the women’s “The trip convinced me that Dartmouth before, he was first in the 3,000 meters in 8:19.57. while Verdeyen was sixth in the weight throw at pentathlon with a Shaina Damm was the place for me.” McArdle’s winning margin in the 3,000 was 50-0 3/4. school record five seconds, and in the 5,000, he was 13 seconds With 113 points, Cornell won the team title So Damm ended up in Hanover, and that ■ 3,862 points, the third highest total in Heps his- ahead of Columbia’s Steve Sundell who finished in for the first time since 1995. (Kathy Slattery) was the beginning of a beautiful friendship 14:31.44. tory. The last Dartmouth athlete to garner outstand- Brown Wins NCAA Slalom Title Impressive, certainly. A surprise? In many between coach and athlete. ing male performer honors was Sam Wilbur, who ways, no — Big Green athletes have a way of They are both dedicated and determined, doubled in the 3,000 and 5,000 during the 1995 Sophomore Roger Brown (Norwich, Vt.) won the winning the pentathlon, heptathlon, decathlon, and they feed off each other’s desire to win. meet. slalom as Dartmouth finished seventh at the etc. “She works so hard,” Wallin says of Senior Taylor Smith (Sandown, N.H.) could NCAA ski championship, March 6-9, in What is surprising, though, is the way Damm. “She’s great to work with, and she has have just as easily been voted the outstanding per- Anchorage, Alaska. former. He was Dartmouth’s only other multiple such a positive impact on our team. It amazes Brown overcame first-run leader Pierre Damm even ended up in Hanover to begin with. winner, sweeping the pentathlon and long jump. The senior from Meredith, N.H. tells the me what can happen when she makes up her With a score of 3,858 points, Smith won the Olsson of Utah to win by .35 seconds. “I didn’t mind to beat someone.” make any big mistakes,” said Brown. “In the first story with a laugh. multi-events title for the third straight year, contin- The admiration is mutual. uing the streak of four straight by Greg Johnston run I had a little trouble with the top of the bot- “Coach Carl Wallin is the reason that I ‘99 from 1996-99. tom pitch. For the second run, I knew I’d need decided to attend Dartmouth,” she says. “We “I am so happy I ended up with a coach Smith also won the long jump by more than a big turns, so I tried to get ahead of it a little bit, actually joke about it a lot. During my junior who pays attention to all the technicalities of half-foot with 24-7. and it worked out.” year in high school, I was competing in the N.H. the events,” Damm says of her coach. “He really “Track and field is both a team and individual Brown is Dartmouth’s first national colle- state heptathlon, and there was another girl in cares about his athletes, and you can tell.” sport, and two individuals — Smith and McArdle giate ski champion since David Viele ’98 won — did a great job of making the team performance my flight of the javelin whose coach was really All their work has paid off. Damm placed the giant slalom in 1997. possible,” said Harwick. intense with her. second and third, respectively, in the pentathlon Sophomore Matt Hoisington (Kingfield, Also scoring in the pentathlon were sopho- “At the time, in high school, I wasn’t used (indoors) and heptathlon (outdoors) last year, more Mustafa Abdur-Rahim (Brookline, Mass.), Maine) was seventh in the slalom, earning All- and her win in the pentathlon this winter has her America honors. to that style of coaching at all and said to my third with 3,833, and junior Joe Kimpel (Newton, eyeing a first-place finish in the heptathlon this Mass.), seventh with 3,487. Senior Alison Keller (Malibu, Calif.) fin- dad that I was glad I didn’t have a coach like Sophomore Joe Marucheck (Raleigh, N.C.) ished her collegiate career with a 13th place that. spring. She’d also like to qualify for the NCAA placed second in the triple jump at 48-3 3/4, while showing in the slalom after taking 11th in the “When I finally met Coach Wallin for the championship in that event. junior Tyler Haney (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) was the run- giant slalom. first time, I recognized him as the big, white- Without question, Damm has loved her ner-up in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.01. Racing on her home course at Kincaid Park, time at Dartmouth. Also second was freshman Brian McCarthy haired man who’d been so intense with his ath- (Malvern, N.Y.) in the high jump. He cleared 6-10 senior Erin Quinn-Hurst (Anchorage, Alaska) lete — who was actually his daughter, Lisa — at And what does that intense, white-haired 1/4, while senior Justin Griggs (Salem, Conn.) was was 11th in the 5K classical race. the meet. So I guess I did end up with a coach man from the high school meet think? fifth at 6-5. Denver won its third consecutive title, just like that after all!” “I’ll hate to have her graduate,” Wallin 2.5 points ahead of Utah. Vermont was the top Junior Meagan Verdeyen (Hagerstown, Md.) Even after meeting Wallin, Damm took a says. “The whole coaching staff will miss her. won the shot put by more than two feet as the Eastern team in fifth place. Next year, the Big roundabout route to Dartmouth. She was recruit- And so will the team. She’s a joy to coach.” Dartmouth women and Navy were tied for seventh Green will host the 2003 NCAA Championship ■ with 32 points. at the Dartmouth Skiway and Storrs Pond. ■ ed by several smaller schools for basketball and (Jarratt Clarke ’01)

WINTER & SPRING SPORTS DIGEST (FEBRUARY 11 TO MARCH 9)

MEN’S BASKETBALL (9-18 Overall, 2-12 Ivy) MEN'S HOCKEY (14-12-5 Overall, 9-8-5 ECAC) WOMEN’S LACROSSE (1-0 Overall, 0-0 Ivy) Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 2: at Princeton, L 79-68; at Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 9: Cornell, W 1-0 ot; Colgate, W 4-3; Results from Mar. 4: New Hampshire, W 9-7. Pennsylvania, L 100-62; Columbia, L 62-58; Princeton, T 1-1 ot; Yale, L 4-2; at St. Lawrence, L 3-2; at Upcoming: Mar. 17 vs. Colgate in Orlando; Mar. 19 at Cornell, L 70-61; at Brown, L 85-70; at Clarkson, L 3-2; Colgate, W 5-4 2 ot; Colgate, W 4-1. Maryland; Mar. 23 vs. Yale; Mar. 24 vs. Columbia. Yale, L 88-59. Upcoming: Mar. 14 vs. Rensselaer at ECAC Championship Senior Jen Newitt (Radnor, Pa.) scored two goals, including the In the final weeks of the season, three dif- at Lake Placid. gamewinner, to help Dartmouth to a 9-7 win in the season open- ferent players were named to the Ivy Senior Jamie Herrington (Cornwall, Ont.) picked up er. Senior Alison Moulin (Alexandria, Va.) also had two goals. League honor roll. Junior Charles Harris ECAC and US College Hockey Online player of the The Big Green is ninth in the latest national poll. (Memphis, Tenn.) scored in double fig- week recognition after scoring the gamewinning ures at Princeton and Penn, totaling 24 goals in dramatic fashion against Cornell and SKIING (0-0 Overall, 0-0 Ivy) points and shooting 63 percent from the Colgate. Herrington later appeared on the ECAC Dartmouth was second to the University of Vermont at the floor. Senior Flinder Boyd (Los Angeles, honor roll after a two-goal performance against St. Williams Carnival as sophomore Roger Brown (Norwich, Vt.) Calif.) netted the 1,000th point of his colle- Lawrence. Senior Mike Maturo (Manchester, won the slalom and senior Erin Quinn-Hurst (Anchorage, giate career with a 21-point night against N.H.) and junior Trevor Byrne (Hingham, Alaska) was first in the 10K classical. The Big Green also won Cornell and was accorded Ivy honor roll recog- Mass.) were tabbed first team All-Ivy, while the women’s 3 x 5K relay. At the Middlebury Carnival, nition. In the final week of the regular season, freshman junior Kent Gillings (Saskatoon, Sask.) and Dartmouth finished third as UVM was first and the Panthers Mike McLaren (Memphis, Tenn.) earned Ivy honors classmate Pete Summerfelt (Anchorage, Alaska) second. Brown won the slalom for the fourth straight carnival with 11 points at Brown and 13 at Yale, including six 3- were voted second team. and was seventh in the giant slalom. Senior Anna Harrington point baskets. (Duluth, Minn.) was first in the 5K classical. WOMEN'S HOCKEY (23-5-2 Overall, 13-3 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (11-16 Overall, 7-7 Ivy) ECAC) Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 5: Princeton, W 76-57; Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 9: at Cornell, W 3-0; at Pennsylvania, L 64-60; at Columbia, W 86-55; at Colgate, W 4-1; at Yale, W 6-1; at Princeton, W 5-1; St. Lawrence, L 4-2; St. Lawrence, W 4-2; Colgate, W Cornell, W 78-71; Brown, W 70-52; Yale, W 69-67; 11-1; Colgate, W 6-0. Harvard, L 58-42. Upcoming: Mar. 16 vs. Harvard at ECAC Dartmouth’s juniors were tabbed for Ivy League Championship at Dartmouth. player of the week honors late in the season. Junior Carly Haggard (Port Alberni, B.C.) was named Katharine Hanks (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) aver- ECAC player of the week for her hat trick in the 4-2 win aged 27.0 ppg and 12.5 rpg in the victories over over St. Lawrence, giving Dartmouth the regular-season Brown and Yale. In the week prior to that, Keri ECAC title. Freshman Cheryl Muranko (Cambridge, Downs (Everett, Mass.) scored 26 points at Ont.) earned the same honor for a five-point weekend Cornell and had 15 points and six assists at against Princeton and Yale. Named to the ECAC honor Columbia. Hanks also earned Ivy honor roll roll after the Colgate-Cornell weekend were a quartet of recognition with a career-high 34 points players, including Haggard. She was joined by goalie Amy against Princeton and 10 points/10 Ferguson (Pictou, N.S.), sophomore Sarah Clark (Novi, rebounds vs. Penn. Mich.) and senior Kristin King (Piqua, Ohio). Greg Friel EQUESTRIAN (0-0 MEN’S LACROSSE (2-0 Overall, 0-0 Ivy) Overall, 0-0 Ivy) Results from Mar. 2-6: Colgate at New Canaan, Conn., W 11- Dartmouth was third out of nine 2001-02 4; Quinnipiac, W 7-6. teams at the Bates/Bowdoin Show Upcoming: Mar. 13 vs. Albany; Mar. 16 at Duke; Mar. 23 at on March 2 and second of nine at Sacred Heart. Middlebury on March 9. At Bates/Bowdoin, Freshman Ben Grinnell (Waccabuc, N.Y.) scored four goals and senior Rebecca Freeman (Berkeley, Calif.) was added an assist to help the Big Green to an 11-4 victory over first in walk-trot, while senior Zoe Landers (San Colgate in the season opener. Senior Connor Price (Alexandria, Diego, Calif.) earned a blue ribbon in novice fences at Middlebury. Va.) had three goals and two assists. In the home opener against Quinnipiac, junior Jake Dwyer (Weston, Mass.) had a three-goal game. Goalie Mike Gault (Wilton, Conn.) made 17 saves. Bill Reisner REEN SPORTS NEWS thought it would be,” said Wedmid. “It’s the ebration of his bronze in parallel giant slalom SPOTLIGHT ON daily interaction with the players and coaches Olympic Perspective snowboarding, just 18 months after a liver trans- MEN’S LACROSSE that I really like. It’s a big responsibility, but I By Jennifer Wiehn ’01 plant. Switzerland’s Simon Ammann — to call think it’s really interesting. I’m in a position him a long shot doesn’t even cover it — grab- His name will I made one deal with my boss at Sports Illustr- where I can deal with the younger players and ated prior to taking a temporary position at the bing double gold in ski jumping. Belarus’ upset never appear help them the way I thought I needed when I Olympics: my fanny would be firmly planted in of Sweden in the men’s hockey quarterfinals — much in the was a freshman.” the arena for the women’s gold medal hockey a “Miracle on Ice” for the new millennium. newspaper. He’s Sarah Hughes’ refreshing innocence and disbe- Being a captain takes on a life all its own. game. I forgot to never scored a lieving face after her gold-medal winning perfor- It’s not just about being a rah-rah type. It’s ask about the pay, I goal. He’s like an mance. Tristan Gale, Jimmy Shea, hometown about playing hard and leading by example. didn’t inquire about offensive lineman the hours, I didn’t hero Joe Pack, the list goes on and on. And, according to head coach Rick Sowell, on a football team even get full details It was a whirlwind 17 days (to be honest, I Wedmid is doing all those things and more. or a defensive of the work I would was thankful there wasn’t an 18th), but worth stopper on the “Anatole is the type of player who is work- be doing. But rest every second. I ended up assisting a Sports basketball floor ing hard, while making it look easy,” said assured, I was going Illustrated photographer in all her endeavors. It Sowell, who took over the program during meant early mornings and long hours, but also a Anatole Wedmid — an unsung to be in attendance hero who makes Wedmid’s freshman season in 1999. “He’s for women’s hock- ticket-to-paradise media pass that got me into his team better. He’ll probably never get the always under control, always aware of the situa- ey’s biggest rivals any event. In those cold, crack-of-dawn morn- recognition he deserves, but for a certain tion. He is a leader by example.” — the U.S. and ings I discovered why people give up any sem- Dartmouth senior, it’s not about awards or honors. Wedmid grew up in one of the hotbeds of Canada — duking it blance of normal life to train in places like Lake Placid for little fame and even less money. They Anatole Wedmid, a defenseman on the lacrosse — Bridgewater, N.J. In 1998, he helped out on their sport’s greatest stage. leave their moms, their husbands and their free- Dartmouth men’s lacrosse team, just wants to I got what I asked for — a ticket to the Bridgewater-Raritan to its first state champi- doms in warmer and softer places — all for a do his job and help put the Big Green on the Ivy onship in the sport, as the school defeated game and a Canada-U.S. final. I also got a big case of heartbreak when the Americans lost, 4-2. chance to march in the opening ceremonies in League map. Mountain Lakes HS. As a senior, Wedmid Canada outplayed and outworked the Americans, front of the world, to walk around the athlete vil- “Playing defense is never going to be a enjoyed his finest campaign. He earned All- lage with their country on their backs and to glory position,” said Wedmid. “You’ll rarely see and much as I wanted to weep with the U.S. America accolades and was selected the New players, what these Olympics taught me was to compete with the world’s best. my name in the paper — just the guys who Jersey high school player of the year. stand up and clap for the Canadians. They And maybe if they are lucky, they’ll put score goals. I don’t play this game for the per- But winning the state title is something played a better game, they deserved the gold and together the best performance of their life during sonal recognition. It’s more of an inner sense of that’s still ingrained in Wedmid’s memory. — cliché as it sounds — wasn’t the whole point the 30 seconds or the one run or the one game pride. I get satisfaction when I hold the other “My senior year was the first year our high just to compete anyway? that matters the most. Forget the Jean Racines team’s top scorer scoreless or to a goal.” school won the state championship game,” said By the women’s gold medal game, Day 14 and the Johann Muehleggs; they are the excep- To date, Wedmid and his teammates have tion. Even a spoiled brat or two can’t crash this Wedmid. “We’d been contenders several other of 17, I had learned a thing or two about what stifled the opposition, as the Big Green has party. times. It was a fairy-tale ending to our senior the Olympics were really about. Shannon raced out to a 2-0 start after wins against For every Racine there are 10 Brendan year. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending. Bahrke’s surprise silver in moguls was one. Colgate and Quinnipiac. Dorans — a U.S. ski jumper whom you’ve never When I get together with my friends from that Standing with 50 of her friends and family, all “We fully expect to have a great year,” said with “GO SHANNON” embroidered on their heard of and probably never will. Doran finished team, we still get teary-eyed, recalling the Wedmid. “We have talent. We just need to put it matching hats, I watched her tear up the hill in 45th of 50 in the 90K and failed to qualify for moments from that season.” all together and keep building this program.” the finals and take first place with the top five the finals of the 120K hill. The responsibility of keeping the Big This spring, Wedmid hopes his Dartmouth skiers yet to race. When the last skier grabbed Brendan just smiles and says, “Well, I’m Green heading in a positive direction falls on teammates can create some memories of their the top spot and left Shannon in second, her exu- not very good.” But he competed in the ■ the burly shoulders of Wedmid — one of the own. (Rocco Gasparro) berance and smile were still nothing short of Olympics, he loved it and he’ll be back in Torino team’s co-captains. golden. After the awards ceremony, she bounded in 2006. Me, too, I told Brendan. Hopefully, me, too. The 6-4, 225-pounder shares the leadership Anatole Wedmid’s recruiting trip to Dartmouth over a fence and straight into her family’s arms. role with fellow senior Connor Price. While it’s was made possible by the generosity of You would never have guessed there was a per- A four-year letterwinner on the Dartmouth a new line in Wedmid’s “job description,” it’s a Matthew P. Dwyer Jr. ’75 and William P. son at the venue who was supposed to be hap- women’s hockey team, Jennifer Wiehn ’01 led task he’s certainly capable of. Rich ’68 through the Athletic Sponsor Program. pier than she was. I saw wonderful, child-like happiness the Big Green to its first-ever NCAA appearance “It’s actually more responsibility than I ■ everywhere I turned. American Chris Klug’s cel- in that sport.

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MEN’S SQUASH (13-5 Overall, 3-3 Ivy) WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING (3-9 Overall, 0-7 Ivy) WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD (2-0 Overall, 2-0 Ivy) Results from Feb. 22-Mar. 3: National Team Championship, 5th; Results from Feb. 21-23: at Ivy League Championship, 8th of 8. Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 3: USA Track & Field at Boston; at at NISRA Individual Championship. Senior Danielle Fritze (Eagan, Minn.) began the Ivy League meet Heps Championship, 7th of 9; at ECAC Championship. Dartmouth moved up a spot in the NISRA championship, defeating with a fourth-place finish in 1-meter diving and then finished fifth Upcoming: Mar. 22-23 at Williams, 5-4. The Big Green was seeded sixth and the Ephmen in 3-meter. Junior Emily Barsky (Newton, Mass.) was seventh on Arizona State fifth when the three-day tournament began on February 22. the low board. Swimming the first leg of the 400 free relay, sopho- Invitational; Mar. 30 Dartmouth lost the opening round match to Yale, 8-1, and then beat more Lauren Gilhooly (Manhasset, N.Y.) had a time of 53.27, the vs. Vermont, New Cornell, 5-4. Against Williams, sophomore Andrei Prokopiw third fastest in school history. Hampshire, 12 noon. (London, Ont.) and senior Bill Reisner (St. Louis, Mo.) had 3-0 Senior Lara Niell wins at Nos. 3 and 8, respectively. MEN’S TENNIS (8-3 Overall, 0-0 Ivy) (Harvard, Mass.) Results from Feb. 16-Mar. 2: at Tulsa, L 6-1; Oklahoma State at posted a time of WOMEN’S SQUASH (10-4 Overall, 3-3 Ivy) Tulsa, L 4-2; Connecticut, W 7-0; Vermont, W 7-0; Massachusetts, 9:54.59 in the 3,000 Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 3: at Howe Cup, 5th; at WISRA W 7-0; Colgate, W 7-0. meters at the ECAC Individual Championship. Upcoming: Mar. 16 Central Florida at La Jolla; Mar. 18 Iowa at Championship. She fin- Senior Sarah West (Philadelphia, Pa.) won the decisive match at La Jolla; Mar. 19 Denver at La Jolla; Mar. 20 Nebraska at Loyola ished 12th. No. 1 to lift Dartmouth to a 5-4 win over Williams. That gave the Marymount; Mar. 23 at Loyola Marymount. Big Green fifth place at the Howe Cup. Dartmouth opened the tour- Dartmouth closed the winter season with four straight 7-0 victories. nament with a 6-3 loss to Princeton and then beat Cornell, 8-1. Against the Raiders, senior Jeff Sloves (Aspen, Colo.) had a straight set win against Colgate’s Reed Hagmann. In the Oklahoma MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING (3-9 Overall, 0-9 EISL) State match, Sloves won at No. 1, 7-6, 7-6, and sophomore Borko Results from Feb. 28-Mar. 2: at EISL Championship, 9th of 10. Kereshi (Sturbridge, Mass.) had a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 3. At the EISL Championship, sophomore Thomas Sanford (Kamuela, Hawaii) turned in a fifth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke and WOMEN’S TENNIS (9-3 Overall, 0-0 Ivy) was 12th in the 200 yard IM. Senior Scott Brown (Rye, N.Y.) was Results from Feb. 16-Mar. 4: Vermont, W 7-0; Connecticut, W 7-0; 11th in 3-meter diving and 13th on the low board. In the 50 Providence, W 6-1; at Maryland, L 7-0; at Virginia, L 7-0; freestyle, senior Nathan Fidel (Phoenix, Ariz.) was eighth. Massachusetts, W 7-0; Charleston Southern, W 7-0. Dartmouth’s 200 medley relay of Sanford, Fidel, freshman Mike Upcoming: Mar. 16 at Georgia State; Mar. 18 at Mercer; Mar. 20 Hipps (New Bern, N.C.) and sophomore Chris Toepp (Fayetteville, at Georgia; Mar. 23 at Furman. N.Y.) took sixth. Senior Sarita Yardi (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and senior Carly Meagan Verdeyen Bashleben (Neenah, Wis.) teamed up for an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles against Charleston Southern, and then both won their singles matches at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in straight sets, as Dartmouth won five of seven matches this winter.

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD (1-1 Overall, 1-1 Ivy) Results from Feb. 15-Mar. 3: USA Track & Field at Boston; at Heps Championship, 2nd of 9; at IC4A Championship. Upcoming: Mar. 22-23 at Arizona State Invitational; Mar. 30 vs. Vermont, New Hampshire, 12 noon. Junior Tyler Haney (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) broke Dartmouth’s indoor record in the 400 meters at the IC4A Championship, posting a time of 48.23. He was sixth in the race.

Kelly Cameron ■ RAME s F dsworth, Carl Swenson ’92) 1:34:05.5 men’s 15K cross country 15K cross men’s country 10K cross men’s country (classical) 5K cross men’s pursuit) country (free 5K cross men’s country relay cross 4x5km men’s country 30K cross men’s record for 3-point baskets made — the previous record for 3-point baskets the most accurate 3-point 218 — and was mark was According to the shooting squad since 1988-89. NCAA and ESPN statistics, Dartmouth is second in the nation in 3-pointers made per game with 9.7. from the floor,Overall group combined this year’s to be the best shooters since 1996-97. (Kathy Slattery) Dartmouth at the Olympics Medalists: Cherie Piper ’05 deferred — gold medal, women’ medal, ’98 — silver Tueting Sarah women’s ice hockey Other Finishers: Wo ’92 30. Nina Kemppel 44. Barb Jones ’99 country 30K cross Men’s 42:53.1 58. Carl Swenson ’92 45:04.3 downhill Men’s ’0129. Scott Macartney Wo ’92 40. Nina Kemppel 1:21:17.3 Wo 1:41.86 ’9227. Nina Kemppel 30:51.9 Wo ’9232. Nina Kemppel giant slalom super Men’s ’0125. Scott Macartney 13:58.1 country 4x10km relay cross Men’s 5. USA (John Bauer, Kris Freeman, 13:29.8 Justin Wa country sprint cross Men’s 1:25.80 Carl Swenson ’92 (placed 31st in qualifying, to to advance failed round) quarterfinal slalom giant Men’s 2:58.56 AUS ’02 Wall 33. Brad Wo Wagner, 13. USA (Wendy Barb Jones ’99, ’92,Nina Kemppel Aelin Peterson) 53:23.4 2:30.28 Wo ’9215. Nina Kemppel 35. Barb Jones ’99 1:38:08.7 1:45.18.7 REEZE F Four women’s basketball players try for a better vantage point — from left are Four women’s Demann, Jennifer Johnston and Katie Frett. The Big Green Michelle Strong, Yah won four of the last five Ivy League games, including a sweep of Columbia and Cornell on the road. Junior Katharine Hanks earned first team All-Ivy recognition for (Photo by Mark Austin-Washburn) the second straight year. the surprise of absolutely no one, Boyd

ith a roster featuring a total of nine freshmen ith 263, Dartmouth smashed the school or the second straight year, earned the Harris W 7-6 in non-conference games, Dartmouth was W “This is the end of the season for two special “This is the end of the season for two liter- words The freshman class took Faucher’s to chance, anything But not leaving Faucher “Doggie”Alvin F. for spirit The Award Julian F “They will be outstanding leaders,”“They said To rd as Dartmouth’s most valuable player. The player. most valuable rd as Dartmouth’s ucher. “Charles is a wonderful representative of representative “Charles is a wonderful ucher. nn.) and Greg Friel (Durham,nn.) and Greg N.H.). John DiIorio ’56 Award for hustle,Award John DiIorio ’56 and deter- drive A three-year starter,mination. Dartmouth’s he was second leading scorer (10.8) and rebounder (4.1) this season. and sophomores, the season the Big Green finished losses were by 9-18 mark. Five with a deceptive points. eight or fewer The 2- since 1996-97. best showing the Big Green’s of an anomaly somewhat 12 Ivy League record was as the conference currently has an RPI ranking of 13th, a 15-place jump from last season. It matches by a conference since the greatest improvement tracking the data in began www.collegerpi.com 1993-94. At the end of the annual banquet at Pierce’s Inn, At the end of the annual banquet at Pierce’s pulled his team together Faucher head coach Dave thoughts. for some final seniors,” said Faucher, referring to Flinder Boyd Osmanovic,Vedad and for the rest of us, “but it’s year.” of next the beginning ally, day,The next not figuratively. all six of them were together,Alumni Gym’s out in working weight room. Manley team will year’s announced that the captains of next be a pair of juniors, Charles Harris (Memphis, Te Angeles,(Los presented the Dolly Stark Calif.) was Awa point guard is the only player in Big Green history and the fourth in the Ivy League to reach 1,000 points, 500 assists and 150 steals. He is 22nd all-time scorer with 1,026 points, Dartmouth’s the career assist leader and third in the Ivy League with 585, all-time for the Big Green and is fifth with 150 steals. (Banja Luka, and enthusiasm went to Osmanovic A starter,Bosnia). 8.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg, he averaged and he helped Dartmouth to a road win at Columbia with a season-high 17 points. Fa basketball and the men’s both Dartmouth College program, in his has matured and grown and Greg three years here. I’m proud of them both.” Men’s Basketball Graduates Two Seniors as Basketball Graduates Two Men’s Freshman Class Shows Improvement

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6083 Alumni Gym ith 517 points this year, is she ith a roster featuring a total of ird on the team in scoring at 9.3 Hanover, NH 03755-3512 Your Newsletter from the Dartmouth Athletic Sponsor Program W Sophomore Samantha Burnham (Lyme,Junior Katie Skelly N.H.), W fth in blocked shots with 112 and sev- fth in blocked in Dartmouth history to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds, and only the third to meet those standards as well as all- fifth 100 blocks. She is the school’s time leading scorer with 1,359 points, fi a enth in rebounds at 649. She averaged 20.7 ppg and 8.8 rpg in 25 career-best games,All-Ivy acco- team earning first lades for the second straight season. only the second Dartmouth player to surpass the 500 point plateau. Koziara performed the feat twice, scoring 588 points in 1980-81 and 549 in 1979-80. (Sharon, presented the Larry Vt.) was for spirit and cama- Award Leavitt 3.0 ppg and raderie. Burnham averaged Also returning as 1.8 rpg in 25 games. The 5- part of a solid nucleus is Downs. 15.0 ppg a career-best 4 guard averaged one of the top 3-point shooters and was in the league at 42.5 percent. in the Class of another contributor 2003, She is a solid inside post player. was th ppg. and sophomores as well freshmen seven juniors,as five the finished Dartmouth 11-16 overall season with a deceptive mark, of those 7-7 Ivy League. Seven points. losses were by six or fewer (Rocco Gasparro)

March 13, 2002 Those wins catapulted the team to bigger we ended our season, the way “I liked out- two The Big Green acknowledged Hanks, last year, the award also won who cept for the loss to Harvard,”Wielgus. said EWS N played one of our best defensive games. In the played one of our best defensive Cornell contest, though we lost some big even leads, the composure down our players showed stretch, and we were able to pull out a big win in the maturation of this that will go a long way young team.” things as the Big Green closed out its season by games. winning four of the last five ex a couple of tight games that we might won “We the way lost earlier in the season. I liked have to a our players hung in there after getting off start in the Ivy League.” slow performances at its banquet standing individual on March 6. Junior Katharine Hanks Hills,(Bloomfield recognized as the was Mich.) player. McInnis most valuable Gail Koziara/Phil concluded her third season as the fourth player IG GREEN PORTS B ■ McArdle Repeats as All-America in Indoor Track S

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■ Men’s Track & Field 2 nd at Indoor Heps Jack DeGange Cindi Mansell ’01 Jarratt Clarke wns (Everett, Mass.) stepped up, scor- Dartmouth avenged an early-season one- Dartmouth avenged night,The following the Big Green “I thought we matured a lot on that trip,” omen’s Hoops Works omen’s Program Director ’78 . . . . .Bob Ceplikas Alumni Coordinator . . .John Engelman ’68 Editor ...... Kathy Slattery Associate Editor ...... Bill Garfield Assistants ...... Rocco Gasparro PhotographerStaff Austin-Washburn . . . .Mark Designers Grace . .Roger Farmer/Marge ...... oward Next Season T in store for the 2002- a sign of what’s If there’s team, basketball 03 women’s it came during an in late February. Ivy League weekend point, loss to Columbia by pum- buzzer-beating meling the Lions, 86-55, gym on in their own much this young how February 22. It showed in a short of seniors — had grown team — void period of time. its mettle by winning a tight game, showed defeating second-place Cornell, 78-71. Junior Keri Do “Against Wielgus. said head coach Chris Columbia, we played our most complete game, scoring a season-high 86 points, we also but W ing a game-high 26 points. The Athletic Sponsor Program comprises more than 1,300 The Dartmouth alumni, parents and supporters who are com- mitted to helping Dartmouth coaches recruit exceptional vital recruitment provides The Program student-athletes. sports at Dartmouth,resources for all funded varsity and is the sole source of funds for bringing top athletic prospects more information to the campus for recruiting visits. For about the Sponsor Program, call (603) 646-2463 or write: Athletic Sponsor Program,Dartmouth Alumni 6083 Gymnasium, Hanover, NH 03755-3512. G IVING D ARTMOUTH C OACHES THE R ECRUITING E DGE is published by the Dartmouth Big Green Sports News Athletic Department as a newsletter Dartmouth College Athletic Sponsor Program. for members of the Dartmouth