The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 10/23/17

10.23.17

Men’s and women’s soccer take on Columbia University at home p. 8 Charlie Broom ’20 hopes to improve on strong first season p. 7 Dartmouth rowing competes at the Head of the Charles p. 7 Ice hockey teams hope to exceed expectations this winter p. 6 The Weekend Roundup p. 2–3

Despite second half comeback, football falls to Columbia University p. 4-5 HOLLYE SWINEHART/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

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The weekend Roundup Compiled by NATHAN ALBRINCK, EVAN MORGAN AND CHRIS SHIM

TENNIS The Big Green was stymied in singles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regionals, which began Wednesday, but sent two of three doubles teams through to the semifinals.

The opening day was sparkling for the Big Green, who went 11-0 through four singles qualifiers, five first-round singles matches and a pair of first-round doubles matches. Charlie Broom ’20, Dan Martin ’21, Ciro Riccardi ’18 and John Speicher ’21 all had singles wins the following day, as did doubles pairings Broom/Roko Glasnovic ’19, Martin/David Horneffer ’20 and Max Fliegner ’18/Peter Conklin ’21. Broom and Speicher fell in the round of 32 but Riccardi beat his Cornell University opponent in straight sets and Martin won when his Columbia University opponent retired. Riccardi and Martin were both downed in straight sets in the round of 16.

The Big Green’s Regionals jour ney ended on Sunday.

Columbia University opponents downed all three Dartmouth doubles teams, Horneffer/Martin in the quarterfinals and Fliegner/ Conklin and Glasnovic/Broom in the semifinals.

The women’s tennis team competed over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regionals, which began Thursday, as well as the Brown Invitational.

Dartmouth went 5-2 on the first day of ITA Regionals. Doubles

teams Abigail Chiu ’21/Julia Schroeder ’18 and Kristina Mathis ’18/Racquel Lyn ’20 each won their two opening-day matches and Allison McCann ’20 picked up a win in singles. Chiu, Lyn, McCann and Schroeder fell in singles on day two while Mathis bested opponents from Sacred Heart University and Yale University to enter the round of 16, where she defeated Olaya Inclan Solis from St. John’s University on day three. Both doubles teams won their round of 16 and quarterfinal matches to advance to the semifinal.

On the final day, Mathis lost her singles quarterfinal match. In the doubles semifinal, Schroeder and Chiu downed a Columbia University duo in a three-set match.

Mathis and Lyn also defeated their Harvard University opponents in three sets, leaving the two Dartmouth teams to play each other for the Northeast region title.

This match too went to a super breaker. Mathis and Lyn won the first set 6-3 but Schroeder and Chiu rallied to win the next set by the same score. In a very close super breaker, Schroeder and Chiu won 11-9 and took the title.

The other half of the team played at Brown University. Dartmouth’s doubles teams of Chuyang Guan ’20/Jasmine Abidi ’21 and Allison Chuang ’19/Shannon Mukerji ’18 defeated their Boston College challengers on Saturday but lost to their Brown counterparts. In singles, Dartmouth was 1-3 against both the Eagles and the Bears.

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Philip Rasansky ’18 Publisher

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FIELD HOCKEY Dartmouth came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Columbia University 3-2 on Saturday, earning its second conference win of the season.

Columbia leapt out front in the first half. The Lions’ first goal came on a penalty corner after 11:07 of play when a shot was deflected past goaltender Hailey Valerio ’19. Columbia found the net on another corner play just before the 25-minute mark. Dartmouth’s first opportunity, also on a penalty corner, came two minutes later.

Katie Spanos ’20 was left unguarded in the slot and she easily knocked in a pass from Gemma

Bautista ’19 at the top of the circle. Spanos was not finished, as she made the assist on the gametying marker in the 55th minute. Taking the ball up the far side of the field, Spanos hit Tatum Schultz ’21 in stride and Schultz snuck a shot past keeper Katie Dempsey. The 2-2 score sent the game to overtime, where Taylor Hantman ’21 took a rebound from the middle of the circle and finished off the Lions with her first career goal. The Big Green has a chance to win three in a row for the first time this season when it faces the College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday.

VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S GOLF

Harvard University handed Dartmouth its fifth loss in eight league games this season in a tight three-set affair in Hanover.

Dartmouth had the lead early in the first set, but after the teams battled back to an 11-11 tie, the Crimson opened up a narrow lead and held it until the end of the set. Both teams hit well, Harvard finishing with a hitting percentage of .455 and Dartmouth a mark of .364. In the second set, kills by Tori Dozier

Men’s golf traveled to Camden, South Carolina over the weekend to compete in the Camden Collegiate Invitational hosted by the University of South Carolina. The Big Green played two rounds of golf on Saturday and one on Sunday to complete the invitational.

Ian Kelsey ’18 led the way for Dartmouth on Saturday, carding a four-under 66 in his first round, second best in the field, and a three-over 73 in his second round. Kelsey finished the day tied for ninth. Jason Liu ’21 had a consistent

’20 and Sara Lindquist ’18 helped Dartmouth to a 12-10 lead. Harvard inched back ahead, however, and rode a small lead to a 25-22 win.

Samantha Bozoian ’19 opened the third set strong for Dartmouth with three straight kills as the Big Green stormed out to a 7-1 lead, the largest by either team at any point of the match. But Harvard clawed back the deficit to tie things up 14-14. With the set tied 22-22, a 3-1 Harvard run ended the night.

Saturday, turning in one-over 71s in both of his Day 1 rounds, putting him at 21st overall.

Dartmouth ended the day ninth in the 17-team field.

On Sunday, James Turner ’21 played his best round of the tournament, leading the Big Green with a two-over 72. Kelsey concluded his weekend with a six-over 76 to finish tied for 17th in the field. As a team, Dartmouth placed tied for ninth in the invitational, while host South Carolina won.

WOMEN’s ICE HOCKEY Caroline Shaunessy ’19 put in Dartmouth’s first goal of the 2017-18 season but Dartmouth lost its opener 4-1 at Harvard University on Friday.

Harvard opened the scoring with four minutes remaining in the first period. Crimson first-year Lexie Laing’s initial shot was saved by Christine Honor ’19 but rebounded back to Laing, who put it between the pipes. Harvard’s Kat Hughes capitalized on a five-on-three power play in the second period, firing from long range to make it 2-0. Shaunessy’s tally came at the 11:24 mark of the third period. Christi Rombaut ’20 won the faceoff and passed to Shaunessy at the

point, who spun and fired into the back of the net. However, Harvard quickly put in two more goals to ice the game and hands Dartmouth a season-opening loss for the second straight year.

T he next day, Shaunessy ag ain had Dartmouth’s lone goal in a non-conference road matchup at the University of New Hampshire.

This time out, Honor was pulled after allowing four goals in the first 24 minutes. Shannon Ropp ’19 came on to relieve Honor during the second period. Shaunessy’s goal came on a five-on-three power play with less than six minutes remaining in the game. UNH scored twice more before the period ended for a final score of 6-1.

Sports Editors

Nathan Albrinck ’20

Associate Sports Editor Eliza McDonough ’18 Hollye Swinehart ’18 Tiffany Zhai ’18 Photography Editors

CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com for corrections.

Correction Appended (Oct. 22, 2017): The Oct. 20 article “Newly-recognized clubs focus on STEM fields” was updated to clarify Detweiler’s statements.

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FOOTBALL Saturday’s matchup with Columbia University followed a script that has become familiar this season: fall behind early and rally in the second half. But this week the comeback fell short.

Quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 was sacked on first and goal in the final seconds, letting the Lions escape with a 22-17 win. Columbia’s miracle season continues while Dartmouth falls one game back in the Ivy League standings with four conference games left on the schedule.

The offense started slow, leaving Dartmouth behind 16-0 at halftime and down 22-7 at the end of the third quarter. A David Smith ’18 field goal with 14:11 remaining made it a twopossession game. Columbia marched down the field on the ensuing possession and was threatening to score, driving to the Big Green’s 14-yard line. But Bun Straton ’19 plucked an Anders Hill pass out of the air in the end zone to put Dartmouth’s offense back on the field, and the Big Green looked to be heating up for its customary fourth-quarter comeback. With Dartmouth in Columbia territory, Heneghan lofted a pass to Drew Estrada ’20 out of the backfield and Estrada scampered down the sideline to make the score 22-17. Columbia went three-and-out on the next possession and Dartmouth drove within 11 yards of the end zone but was forced to turn the ball over on

downs. The Big Green got the ball back at its own 31-yard line for a final drive with 58 seconds remaining. Heneghan’s terrific fourth-quarter play continued as he marshaled Dartmouth down to the Columbia seven. But a blind-side sack

by Columbia’s Mike Hinton drove Dartmouth back and time expired as the referees fumbled to spot the ball for the next play.

Dartmouth had plenty of missed opportunities before the final play. The Big Green was 0-for-9 on third down, converted two of five red zone opportunities and lost the time of possession battle by nearly 10 minutes. Heneghan had a 300-yard day and was Dartmouth’s leading rusher with 48 yards. Wide receiver Hunter Hagdorn ’20 totaled 100 yards on eight catches, including an athletic one-handed grab in the fourth quarter. The Dartmouth defense kept Columbia’s ground game in check, holding the Lions under three yards per carry. The Lions did the bulk of their offensive damage through the air and finished with one passing touchdown and a pair of rushing scores.

With the loss, Dartmouth no longer controls its own destiny in the Ivy League. The Big Green is tied with Princeton University, Yale University and surprise contender Cornell University for second place and will look to get back on track against Harvard University next weekend.

ROWING

While part of the men’s and women’s cross country teams pre pare for the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships next weekend, some team members competed at the Central Connecticut State University Mini Meet at Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, Connecticut.

The women placed second with 72 points, while the men finished 10th with 314 points.

Rachel Ludwikowski ’21 finished third overall, completing the 3-kilometer course in 10:19.5.

Close behind in sixth was Grace Thompson ’19, finishing in a time of 10:30.1. Dartmouth’s remaining three scorers finished within four seconds of each other, as Anna Clark ’19 (10:40.4), Angela Ortlieb

’19 (10:42.2) and Anna DiMarcello ’21 (10:44.5) finished 19th, 21st and 23rd, respectively.

The men’s team fielded a scoring team full of first-years. Sam Morton ’21 shined, finishing 12th to cover the 5-kilometer course in 15:27.9.

Brian Mass ’21 finished 53rd in 16:06.4, while Griffin Mackey ’21 completed the race in 16:36.8, good for 75th place. William Phinney ’21 (17:00.7) and Tim Zepf ’21 (17:05.6) rounded out the scoring runners for the Big Green, finishing in 85th and 89th places, respectively.

Next week, both men’s and women’s teams will compete at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Oct. 27 at Van Cortlandt Park in New York, New York.

SAILING

The sailing team competed in multiple locations across New England, hosting the Mrs. Hurst Bowl and sending sailors to Brown University’s Sher man Hoyt Trophy and Northeastern University’s Oberg Trophy.

Day one of the Sher man Hoyt Trophy brought war m temperatures and a 6 to 8 knot southeast breeze that shifted throughout the day. A light 5 to 7 knot southerly allowed several more races on Sunday.

Christopher Williford ’19 and

Rebecca McElvain ’19 represented Dartmouth in division A and finished as the top crew of the regatta. McElvain and Williford earned three wins and totaled just 75 points across 14 races. In division B, Duncan Williford ’18 and Paige Clarke ’20 sailed to an 11th-place finish. Dartmouth finished fourth overall with 220 points, 26 points behind the regatta winner, College of Charleston.

Full results for the Mrs. Hurst Bowl and the Oberg Trophy were not available at press time.

SOCCER

COURTESY OF RICHARD ALTER

Dartmouth rowing teams competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend.

Men’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing and women’s rowing competed at the historic Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday and Sunday. The Big Green had a strong Saturday, finishing in the top 10 in each of their four races for the day. The men’s club fours began the day for Dartmouth, finishing second in the 52-team field with a time of 16:32.740. The women’s club fours followed up the men’s club fours with another strong race, finishing in 18:29.893 to place fourth. In Dartmouth’s third race of the day, the men’s club eights crossed the finish line in ninth with a time of 15:06.594. Rounding

out the day for Dartmouth, the women’s club eights ended the race in 17:12.228 to place eighth out of 40 teams.

On Sunday, in their first race of the day, the men’s lightweight fours placed sixth out of 17 teams with a time of 16:13.805. The men’s championship eights finished in 13:56.202 to cross the finish line in 10th place. Ending the weekend for the Big Green, the women’s championship eights ended their race in 21st with a time of 15:49.135.

Men’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing and women’s rowing will compete next weekend in the Princeton Chase in Princeton, New Jersey.

The Big Green tightened its grip on first place in the Ivy League with a 2-1 win over Columbia University on Saturday. By knocking off the Lions, whose 2-0-1 league record previously had them tied with the Big Green for the league lead, Dartmouth took a big step toward securing its fourth straight Ivy League title.

Dartmouth got on the board first in the 14th minute when Eduvie Ikoba ’19 took a Dawson McCartney ’21 cross in front of the net and headed it in toward the right post. Ikoba leads the team with seven goals, three more than Matt Danilack ’18 and Wyatt Omsberg ’18. The header was the only goal of the first half as Dartmouth held the Lions without a shot. Two minutes into the second half, Noah Paravicini ’19 padded the lead with right-footed shot off a centering pass from Zach Kalk ’20. Christopher Palacios ’21 held onto a shutout through 85 minutes and was inches away from his

seventh clean sheet of the season, but a shot from Columbia’s John Denis barely crossed the goal line with less than five minutes to go.

Columbia upped the pressure in the second half with seven shots to Dartmouth’s five, but the Big Green held on for the 2-1 win.

Dartmouth lost 3-0 to leagueleading Columbia University on Saturday, the fourth shutout in five Ivy League games for the Big Green.

Columbia’s Emily Koe put Dartmouth in a hole in the 11th minute, barreling into the box to put away a pass from Amaris Hemmings. Hemmings did the work herself on Columbia’s next goal, crossing in a ball from the right side of the box to putting the Lions up 2-0 in the 66th minute. An own goal by the Big Green in the 82nd minute gave Columbia the final 3-0 margin. The Lions have yet to allow a goal in conference play, while Dartmouth has scored just one Ivy goal.

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Despite second half rally, Dartmouth falls to Co

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T.A. Addison ’20 made the tackle on the game’s final kickoff. Dartmouth fell behind in the opening half but pulled within five points late in the fourth quarter.

It was an afternoon filled with frustration and untimely mistakes for the Big Green against Columbia University at Memorial Field on Saturday. Despite mounting a strong comeback in the latter half, Dartmouth fell to the Lions, 22-17, in a matchup that came down to clock

management and officiating. With its perfect record tarnished, the Big Green no longer controls its destiny in the Ivy League Championship race.

Dartmouth has strug g led throughout the season with playing its best football in the first half of

games. The Big Green have taken a lead into halftime only twice this year and had faced severe deficits at halftime in the last two games prior to Saturday’s matchup. First half play was clearly an area where Dartmouth needed to improve.

This Saturday, however, the Big

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The official crowd of 5,237 included a strong, loud group of fans on the Columbia University side.

Green were shut out in the first half the offense quickly. Quarterback Jack while Columbia was able to put up Heneghan ’18 threw a strike to tight end 16 unanswered points on the board. Stephen Johnston ’18, who ran a seam Dartmouth had possession for 10:44 route nearly uncovered down to the seventhe entire first half and was repeatedly yard line. Two plays later, Jared Gerbino unsuccessful ’20 delivered a one-yard in stringing touchdown run to put the Big f i r s t d o w n s “It happened again.

Green on the board early in together to piece We need to just the second half. together a drive.

The offense looked come out and play Everything that sharp on the drive as the could have gone fast, but the one coaching staff appeared wrong did for thing I love about to go after Columbia with the Big Green as more aggressive play-calling.

David Smith ’18 this team is we Heneghan served as a missed a 21-yard never quit.” rushing threat in the second field goal with half, opening up receivers two seconds left who were being covered by -ERIC MEILE ’18, in the first half. linebackers stuck between “It happened LINEBACKER defending the run and the a g a i n , ” pass. The Big Green offense linebacker Eric has a lot of firepower, with Meile ’18 said. a strong quarterback and an “We need to just come out and play fast, array of weapons successful in both screen but the one thing that I love about this play and route running. team is we never quit.”

Finally, with 6:57 left in the game, Though the team is confident in Heneghan broke through with a 38-yard its second half play, the Big Green touchdown pass to Drew Estrada ’20, underperformed in the first. Without pulling the Big Green within one possession Heneghan’s two scrambles for 24 yards, for the first time since midway through the the backfield only produced 25 yards second quarter. The defense then delivered on seven rushes in the first half. The yet again, forcing a three-and-out and shortcomings in the run game limited getting the ball back in Heneghan’s hands Dartmouth’s ability to string together with 5:18 left in the game. Dartmouth was first downs. able to orchestrate a drive with several key The defense came out with a strong first down completions. However, after a start in the second half, forcing a three- false start penalty on first down and a key and-out and getting the ball back to offensive pass interference call on third

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olumbia University 22-17, ending winning streak

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Dartmouth stymied the Lions on the ground, holding Columbia University below three yards per carry. Just over half of Columbia’s total yards came through the air in the first half.

down, Heneghan had two incomplete scramble by Heneghan. With 17 seconds passes on third- and fourth-and-goal from left in the game on the Columbia seventhe Columbia 27-yard line, resulting in a yard line, disaster struck. Columbia dialed up a blitz on first-and-goal, turnover on downs.

The Dartmouth defense had to make resulting in a sack for a loss of 10 yards. a stop, and quickly, to give the offense any With no timeouts to call, the sack caused sort of chance to win the game. After a mayhem on the field as the officials and key illegal block penalty on Columbia on Dartmouth offense scrambled to reset and get another snap second down, it seemed off before the end of likely that the defense had “I’m not exactly the game. However, another three-and-out in the ball appeared to them. After a four-yard sure what be mishandled as Lions rush on second- happened. It was officials attempted and-18, however, Teevens to reset, resulting in waited several seconds pretty chaotic time expiring before before calling his second but it was out of Dartmouth could timeout, costing the Big my hands and we run another play.

Green precious time.

“I’m not exactly sure “I screwed that up,” never stopped what happened,” Teevens said of the delay. fighting, so that’s Johnston said. “It was “With six or eight seconds pretty chaotic but it more at the end, maybe we all we can really was out of my hands could have gotten another ask for.” and we never stopped play off.” fighting, so that’s all With 58 seconds left we can really ask for.” in the game, the Big -STEPHEN JOHNSTON Coaches and players Green got the ball back ’18, TIGHT END alike appeared once more, giving the thoroughly upset on offense one last chance the field by the way to deliver a decisive score. the game ended.

Having exhausted all of its timeouts in order to preserve time for Looking forward, every game is the last drive, however, the Big Green had a must win for the Big Green. For to operate with no stoppages remaining. Dartmouth to have a shot at being the Dartmouth was both productive and sole winners of the Ivy League title, the fortunate, driving the ball down the field Big Green would have to win the rest of efficiently with consecutive first down its games and Columbia would have to completions followed by as a 15-yard sustain two losses. Additionally, Cornell

University, Princeton University and Yale University would all have to lose at least one game. Columbia has two tough opponents in Harvard and Yale in the next two weeks. But for Dartmouth, the game-by-game mentality is crucial as the team travels to Cambridge and attempts to

bounce back from this week’s defeat.

“We have four more games and we have to play well,” Teevens said during the post-game press conference. “If you win out, you get a chance.”

Dartmouth will need to snap Harvard’s 13-game win streak in the series to keep its Ivy League title hopes

alive. Harvard is off to a 3-3 start and is 1-2 in conference play after a 52-17 loss against Princeton. The Big Green can still give Columbia a run for its money in the Ivy League championship race, but the team must address its poor first half performances.

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The weather for Saturday’s game was unseasonably sunny. The Big Green takes on Harvard University next Saturday.

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Ice hockey teams hope to exceed expectations this winter Connor Yau ’19 returns as the team’s top defensemen, The Dartmouth which included 11 assists last Hockey season is returning to year. Cameron Roth ’19, who Hanover. Women’s ice hockey contributed two goals and six kicked off this past weekend, while assists last season, should also be a the men begin play this coming major force on defense. The team weekend. returns all three of its goaltenders Both teams have two preseason from last season. Devin Buffalo games under their belt. The men ’18, who led the team with 1,621 had a strong preseason start with minutes in goal, figures to start for a 2-1 win against the University of the Big Green in the net. Adrian Windsor on Oct. 8 at Thompson Clark ’20 and Dean Shatzer ’20 Arena. Despite dropping its latest will also be in the hunt for playing exhibition game with a 3-0 loss to time throughout the season. the United States National Team The team is looking forward U-18s, men’s hockey head coach to key matchups against Ivy Bob Gaudet ’81 is impressed by League opponents, including the team’s preseason performance Yale University and Harvard and training.

University. Dartmouth faces off “I thought the guys played really against the Crimson in its second well in the Windsor game with that game of the season on Sunday, Oct. close 2-1 win,” Gaudet said. “Our 29 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. team has really done a great job “Harvard is one of our biggest of preparing for the season this rivals,” alternate captain Tim fall. I’ve seen a lot of physical Shoup ’18 said. “It’ll be a huge and emotional game for us, maturity from like all the this team.”

Ivy games T h e t e a m “Last season was a bit are, and we’re e n t e r s t h e of a rebuilding year incredibly 2017-18 season excited to get r a n k e d n i n t h with such a young the season in the Eastern team. But there’s a started.”

College Athletic lot more experience T h e Conference by team is gearing both the media on the team this year, up to play the a n d c o a ch e s, and I think we have a College of the a ye a r a f t e r Holy Cross finishing ninth good chance at the Ivy in its season in the league League championships opener on standings. A Fr i d a y, O c t . and ECACs.” year after taking 2 7 , aw ay i n 11 first-years, Wo r c e s t e r, the Big Green - COREY KALK ’18 Massachusetts, had a weaker before heading 2016-17 season to Cambridge (10-18-3) than on Sunday.

2015-2016 (18 T h e 16-1). w o m e n’s i c e Alternate captain Corey Kalk hockey team, ranked No. 10 in ’18, fresh off his strongest collegiate ECAC polls, kicked off its season season as the team’s second best this weekend with two tough losses, scorer with a career high 11 goals including 4-1 loss to Harvard on and 12 assists, is enthusiastic about Friday, Oct. 20 and a 6-1 loss to the the team’s growth from last season. University of New Hampshire on “Last season was a bit of a Sunday. Despite the slow start, the rebuilding year with such a young women’s team is optimistic about team,” Kalk said. “But there’s a the upcoming season. lot more experience on the team “It’s really exciting to get the this year, and I think we have a season started, and we saw some good chance at the Ivy League great effort in the preseason championship and ECACs.” games,” alternate captain Morgan The team lost forward Troy Turner ’18 said. “I really think Crema ’17 to graduation. Crema, we have a chance at Ivies and it’s who was named First Team All-Ivy definitely something our team League and led the team with 17 could accomplish.” goals and 12 assists, recently signed The Big Green had a mixed with the Orlando Solar Bears in preseason performance, going 1-1 the ECHL. However, Kalk looks to overall. The team took a tough take the helm on the attack. Will 7-2 loss to McGill University, but Graber ’20, who led the team with picked up a win against Holy Cross 14 assists last season, and Cam in a dramatic 3-2 overtime win on Strong ’20, who put up 10 goals Oct. 13. Cecilia Lopez ’20 scored in his first year for the Big Green, two goals on the day, including the figure to provide consistent support game winner just 37 seconds into on offense. overtime.

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The Big Green fell 3-0 against the United States National Team U-18s in its final preseason game at home on Friday.

“The preseason was a good indicator of what we need to work on, especially with the McGill game,” captain Hailey Noronha ’18 said. “But we also saw some great things out there too with that awesome win against Holy Cross.”

T h e w o m e n ’s t e a m h a s undergone some dramatic changes this season. The team graduated seven seniors last year and more than half of the team is made up of underclassmen, a much younger squad in comparison to recent years.

“Graduating those seniors was a tough loss for the team, but the freshmen have been doing a great job of filling in their roles and working hard,” Turner said.

There has also been a dramatic change in leadership as well with head coach Laura Schuler temporarily stepping down to coach the Canadian women’s national team for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Former St. Lawrence University men’s hockey head coach Joe Marsh has stepped in as the Big Green’s interim head coach, the team’s third coach in three years.

The players are excited to work with Marsh, who brings a wealth of experience to the Big Green.

Before coming to Dartmouth, Marsh served as head coach for St. Lawrence’s men’s hockey team for 27 years, winning two regular season ECAC hockey titles and five tournament championships,

while receiving awards such as of the season. Shaunessy, Noronha the National Coach of the Year and Bailee Brekke ’19 look to lead in 1989 and 2000. the Big Green’s defense.

“We absolutely love working The preseason games provided with Marsh, it’s been an absolute the team with good insight into pleasure to have him,” alternate their strengths and weaknesses captain Caroline Shaunessy ’19 before the season started. said. “He knows how to push us “The McGill game showed and he’s a fantastic coach.” us plenty of things we need to With a seeming ly smooth work on, and we need to find transition, ways to improve Marsh is our control in enthusiastic terms of mental a b o u t t h e “We absolutely preparation t e a m ’ s and managing love working with prospects. our mistakes,” “ I t ’s b e e n [women’s interim head M a r s h s a i d . f a b u l o u s coach Joe] Marsh, “But the effort working with from this team these incredible it’s been an absolute has been great kids and they pleasure to have him. and I’m excited give me a great about this e f f o r t e v e r y He knows how to push season.” day,” he said. us and he’s a fantastic B oth the men’s “The captains coach.” a n d wo m e n’s are doing a ice hockey terrific job and teams, despite I’m confident -CAROLINE SHAUNESSY having younger we’ll be able ro s t e r s, h ave to have a great ’19 d e m o n s t r at e d season.” some great Fo r w a r d preseason Christina play and an Rombaut ’20 eager ness for is the team’s Ivy League play. top returning Both teams play scorer with on the road this four goals and weekend, with five assists last season. Thus the men traveling to Holy Cross far, defender Shaunessy has and Harvard and the women singlehandedly provided all the going to Quinnipiac University team’s goals in the first two games and Princeton University.

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Dartmouth rowing competes at the Head of the Charles

By CAIT MCGOVERN The Dartmouth

The weather in Boston this weekend was unseasonably warm, but the competition at the Head of the Charles Regatta was anything but mild. The historic race gave Dartmouth’s rowing teams their first tough test of the 201718 season. With 2,271 entries and 790 clubs competing in a variety of races, this is the largest two-day rowing event in the world.

The women’s team faced a serious challenge for the first time after cruising to victory in every event at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Hadley Chase. Meanwhile, the men’s heavyweight and lightweight teams traveled to the Charles River to test their mettle for the first time this season.

“We have a very young, new group, so we’re excited about the group we have in the boathouse,” men’s heavyweight head coach Wyatt Allen said.

The fresh faces were on display this weekend in men’s club fours, in which Dartmouth — stroked by Harrison Taylor ’21, coxed by Avery Salumbides ’20 and manned by a team that included two first-years and a senior — took second place.

“It was a good race overall,” Taylor said. “We definitely went out very hard,

which goes along with the culture of the program. We’ve always been taught in our boathouse to try and win the race early, to really press out.”

The heavyweight varsity eight has changed significantly after graduating five seniors. This year, three freshmen are among the eight rowers in the top boat.

“It’s a much different crew, much different experience level, but I think the team as a whole came into the year with a good base fitness,” Allen said.

“We’re excited about this year and the next couple years.”

The Big Green, stroked by Evin Dwinell ’21 and coxed by Jake Rauh ’18, finished 10th out of 26 competitors in Sunday’s championship 8+, ahead of Boston University, which edged Dartmouth in last year’s Eastern Sprints, but behind Brown University. The finish was a one-spot improvement over last year’s Head of the Charles. “[The results were not] a really good representation of what our speed was going into the regatta,” said Liam Keane ’21, who raced with the club 8+. “It’s definitely really special to have the D on my chest and I’m really looking forward to more of it now.”

Inthewomen’sclubfours,Dartmouth took fourth place, two spots behind the University of Pennsylvania but ahead

of Boston College. The Big Green also placed eighth out of 40 entries in women’s club eights.

In the championship eights, the women finished 21st in a field of 36.

Dartmouth beat Columbia University, who finished one spot ahead of the Big Green at last year’s Ivy League championship, by nearly 20 seconds.

The gap separating Dartmouth and Penn was just four seconds.

The men’s lightweight team entered one boat in the men’s lightweight four.

“This fall we’ve made a lot of good changes both in terms of our rowing ability on the water and fitness but even beyond that at a more base level in terms of how we’re approaching practice, how we’re approaching everything we’re doing,” lightweight rowing head coach Sean Healey said. “It’s those little changes that have added up and have helped us gain what we feel like has been a lot of speed so far this fall.”

To decide who to put into the boat racing in the four-plus this weekend, the coaching staff has been tracking athletes’ performance since the first day of practice. Training in the early part of the fall, in combination with seat racing, helps determine which combinations of athletes can move a boat the fastest.

Generally, the four favors more technically sound rowers while the

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Men’s lightweight rowing placed fourth in the men’s club fours race.

eight favors more powerful athletes. But these are subtle distinctions, according to Healey.

“We’re looking at how to make the boat fastest, and for the most part the guys who make the four go can also make the eight go, and vice versa,” Healey said.

This fall, the lightweight team has focused on volume of rowing in practice.

“We’re just doing a lot more meters this year, probably upping our volume upwards of 30 or 40 percent of what we did last year, which is pretty significant,” Healey said.

Chris Duan ’21 made his collegiate debut at the Head of the Charles.

“It’ll be real exciting to see what I can contribute to the boat,” Duan said ahead of the race.

Meanwhile, lightweight captain Robbie Van Voorhis ’18 raced in his final Head of the Charles with Dartmouth.

“This is probably the best spot I’ve ever seen the team in,” Van Voorhis said.

Together, Duan, Voorhis and teammates Will Allan ’18, Henry Cawthorne ’19 and coxswain Kiana Outen ’18 placed sixth out of 18 boats with a time of 16:13.81.

All three teams will be on the water once again next weekend at the Princeton Chase in Princeton, New Jersey.

Charlie Broom ’20 hopes to improve on strong first season

By JUSTIN KRAMER The Dartmouth

Having grown up with tennis courts practically in his backyard in Hertfordshire, England, Charlie Broom ’20 was put on the fast track to tennis prominence at a young age. With two college athletes for parents — his father played squash and his mother played field hockey — Broom became involved in tennis very early on.

“I started playing pretty much since I can remember,” Broom said.

“I used to go with my mom and dad and play against a wall. I played all the way from one or two years old when I picked up a racket all through the juniors and now I’m here.”

Broom finished the past season playing number one singles for Dartmouth, winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Rookie of the Year and the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

He entered this season ranked No. 100 by the ITA in men’s singles, but Broom has had a long road to get there.

Broom began playing tournaments at age 14. Beginning at 16, Broom made the rounds of the International Tennis Federation Junior Circuit, earning enough points to qualify for what he calls his greatest youth achievement, Junior Wimbledon at age 17.

“It was an amazing experience, surreal to play at my home grand slam,” Broom said. “You get the honor to play at Wimbledon and then to experience seeing the pros playing and practicing — I had never really been that close to anything like that.”

Broom scraped his way into the tournament with a wildcard entry into the qualifying round, where he convincingly knocked off players hailing from Taiwan and Denmark.

Unfortunately, he was knocked out of Wimbledon by a talented American. Though his Wimbledon hopes were dashed, NCAA tennis beckoned.

Broom cited head coach Chris Drake and assistant coach Tom Boysen as primary reasons for his decision to come overseas to Dartmouth.

“I got along with them really well,” Broom said. “They’re just really good people and they’ve helped my game so much over the last year.”

Drake was thrilled to have Broom come on board as well.

“He already is a leader by example — he’s very organized with his time, he’s a good student,” Drake said. “The academic workload is a real challenge, but he handles it really well. He stays on top of his schoolwork, he’s focused for his practices, he’s always looking to

improve.”

Broom explained how he manages to stay focused academically amid a busy training schedule. The transition to Dartmouth has been a hard-earned success for Broom both on and off the court.

“It was strange,” he said. “I came here for [First-Year] Trips and I think that was a really good thing to get me settled into Dartmouth’s life, meeting new people and getting used to the surrounding environment. I think just trying to get into a daily rhythm of going to class and practice was very different to how I had experienced things before.”

On the court, Broom has found his groove after a challenging start.

“The volume of tennis was a bit of a shock at the start,” he said.

“We play and train for about 20 hours a week, [but] coming in I had only played eight to 10 at most.

Mentally, I was pretty tired, and the work was tough, so I was being hit from a lot of different angles, but I felt like I dealt with them fairly well. Coming back now this year and being a sophomore, it felt like I hadn’t really left, and I just got back into the routine of what I was doing last year.”

Last year, Broom started in the fourth singles position but clawed his way up to the top.

“He was winning at the spots he was playing,” Drake said. “He

played the last four matches at one and did well there — finished the year playing competitively at that spot as well.”

Along the way, Broom had some impressive matches, taking down fellow Englishman Tom Colautti of Princeton University and Kyle Mautner, the University of Pennsylvania’s No. 1, both in three sets. His most impressive match, however, was against senior Colin Sinclair of Cornell University, according to Drake and Max Fliegner ’18, Broom’s doubles partner.

In what finished as a 4-2 loss to the No. 25 Big Red, Broom downed Sinclair 6-3, 6-4.

“I just played a really good quality match and ended up coming through that one in two tight sets,” Broom said. “While we didn’t necessarily win the match, I gave them a good chance and belief.”

Broom shined with Fliegner on the doubles court as well in the fall and spring. The combo beat Columbia University’s sibling duo of Richard Pham and Victor Pham, then ranked No. 36 in the country, in No. 2 doubles by a score of 6-1.

“That was probably the best match that we’ve played collectively,” Fliegner said. “[Spring was] when our team chemistry clicked.”

According to Drake, Broom’s combination of technical ability and mental tenacity makes him a unique

player.

“He’s very solid, he doesn’t have a lot of weaknesses,” Drake said. “He’s technically pretty good with all of his shots: his serves, groundstrokes and net play. He’s tough mentally, he’s a good fighter, he’s confident.”

Drake also praised Broom for his drive even on breaks. The coaching staff expects players to improve their tennis skills during breaks from school.

Broom spent the summer training in his hometown and playing in professional International Tennis Federation Futures Tour tournaments in New York, Belgium and Austria before a hamstring injury cut his break short.

In the coming NCAA season, Broom has his goals set high.

“I just want to try improve from where I was at last year, and try to get my level up to the top 30, top 40 guys in the NCAA,” he said. “That would be a really amazing achievement if I could get to that at that point, but I’m not too worried about where my ranking ends up.”

With a strong understanding of the steps he needs to take to reach that level, Broom could be headed for a breakout season.

“Often in college tennis, the better player doesn’t always win ­— it’s the one who competes the hardest and is the toughest,” Broom said. “It’s about being mentally prepared for a battle every time you go out on the court.”

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Men’s and women’s soccer takes on Columbia University at home

By MICHAEL CLEARY The Dartmouth

Men’s soccer turned in a formidable defensive performance in its 2-1 win against Columbia University on Saturday following a midweek loss in a top-20 battle against the University of New Hampshire. Also facing the Lions, women’s soccer fell 3-0.

Women’s soccer head coach Ron Rainey pointed out the similarity of the Columbia game to the game against Princeton University. On Sept. 30, the No. 14 Tigers dealt Dartmouth a 2-0 home loss that was contested by both sides before Princeton managed to finish some of its chances in the second half.

“We need to be more dangerous in the final third,” Rainey said. “[Columbia was] the team that took care of [its] chances. The first goal was a real classy finish.”

On that goal, Columbia’s Emily Koe came flying into the box and hammered home a ball from Amaris Hemmings. Dartmouth’s Mariel Gordon ’21 had no chance to save the shot.

The second and third goals were not the result of precise buildup and a clinical finish — they were the product of a few plays that turned disorganized moments into opportunities for

Columbia. In particular, the final tally was an own goal conceded by Dartmouth.

“They scored some fluky goals.”

Rainey said. “Own goals like that are part of the game and our players have been there before and know how to respond. That being said, we don’t want it to happen again this season.”

While Columbia’s second and third goals were not beautiful plays, they effectively took Dartmouth out of the game.

“The lesson is, service into the box can provide positive results.” Rainey said.

The men’s team fared better over the course of its game.

Dartmouth controlled the first half in the men’s game for stretches, and its play was rewarded with an early goal for Eduvie Ikoba ’19.

Dartmouth held Columbia without a shot in the first half. The Lions’ lone opportunity came off a corner kick that the Big Green struggled to clear.

“It was a good game for me and a great one for the team.” Ikoba said.

“We looked at them and how they were going to play. Our coach did a good job of giving us an idea for attacking them and also a good plan to defend.”

For men’s head coach Chad Riley, the second goal in a game is a crucial one. Against the Lions, Dartmouth

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Men’s soccer takes sole possession of first place in the Ivy League with its victory over Columbia University, 2-1, Saturday.

grabbed the second goal early in the second half, forcing its opponents to chase the game from behind.

“Columbia was pushing, and we almost got that third goal when they

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Two quick goals by Columbia University in the latter half quickly put women’s soccer in a hole in its 3-0 loss to the Lions.

put too much of their team forward.” Ikoba said. “Wyatt [Omsberg ’18], Riley said. “Balls into the box are Tyler Dowse [’18], Henry Baldwin dangerous, and it is always possible [’20] and [Palacios] have all done for a team to put some in, so we did a a great job this year. We’re a strong good job dealing with it.” team and scoring one goal on us is Columbia did manage to get a goal very difficult.” in response, in a controversial play Palacios, who saw his first collegiate that barely had the ball cross the line. action against then-No. 13 Michigan The ball slipped through the hands of State University and has started freshman keeper every game but C h r i s t o p h e r “One of the challenges one thereafter, is Palacios ’21, but second in the Ivy Palacios thought in goalkeeping is League in goals he had pulled it that you never get against average off the line and and ranks in the recognized until you began to play top 20 goalkeepers on when the make a mistake. in the nation. He assistant referee Mistakes get is tied for 20th in declared that it the nation with six magnified. That’s why shutouts. was a goal.

“One of the the second goal was “[Palacios] is not challenges in really a freshman really important.” goalkeeping is anymore.” Riley that you never said. “He has a get recognized -CHAD RILEY, MEN’S lot of experience. until you make He’s been in three a mistake.” Riley SOCCER HEAD COACH or four top 20 said. “Mistakes games already, get magnified. and he has That’s why the handled it well second goal was really important.” and been mature.”

The goal was not enough for The men play Tuesday against the Columbia to come back, as the University of Connecticut to finish Dartmouth defense never yielded its out-of-conference schedule. The another goal scoring chance. men and women take on Harvard “Defensively, I’m very confident,” University on the road next Saturday.