The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 1/8/18

1.8.18

Women’s basketball surpasses last season’s win total p. 8 Men’s hockey rebounds after disappointing start p. 7 Men’s soccer head coach Chad Riley to depart for Notre Dame p. 6 Skiing teams set their sights on national championship p. 6 The Weekend Roundup p. 8

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The men’s hockey team split matchups against Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Men’s and women’s track and field dominated this past weekend’s Dartmouth Relays, finishing second and first, respectively.

Men’s and women’s track and field hosted the 49th annual Dartmouth Relays this past weekend, hosting various collegiate and high school teams from around the Northeast. The three days of competition culminated on Sunday with the collegiate competition, which featured multiple wins for the Big Green. The women won its eighth consecutive Dartmouth Relays while the men finished in second, losing to Northeastern University.

On the men’s side, Reed Horton ’19 won the men’s mile by four seconds in 4:15.02, while

Trevor Colby ’19 took the men’s 800-meter run in 1:56.98 and Henry Raymond ’20 placed first in the 3,000-meter run in 8:27.20.

For the women, Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 won the 60-meter hurdles (8.48 seconds) and placed second in the long jump with 18-09.00 feet (5.71 meters). Kate Laskoski ’21 won the 400-meter dash in 58.41 seconds, while Julia Valenti ’20 won the pole vault, clearing 12-05.50 feet (3.80 meters). The team of Kayla Gilding ’19, Laskoski, Jacqueline Perron-Smith ’19 and Caroline Walter ’21 won the 4x400-meter relay in 3:59.87.

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The men’s hockey team lost 4-1 against Union College but defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6-5 in overtime this past weekend to bring its record to 5-9-2 overall and 3-5-1 in Eastern College Athletic Conference play. On Friday, Union struck twice in the first period, but the Big Green was able to hold off the Dutchmen in the second. While Union opened up thirdperiod scoring at 4:52 to give the Dutchmen a 3-0 advantage, Quin Foreman ’21 found the back of the net at 15:15 off an assist by Kevan Kilistoff ’19 for Dartmouth’s only goal of the game. Union won 4-1 with a final empty net goal. Dartmouth was outshot 36 to 34, and Devin Buffalo ’18 recorded 32 saves.

The team looked to redeem itself Saturday night against Rensselaer. The Big Green opened up scoring in the game on a goal by Matt Baker ’21 16:43 into the first period assisted by Alex

Jasiek ’19 and Clay Han ’20. Corey Kalk ’18 helped the team strike again a little more than a minute later on a powerplay called against Rensselaer for holding. The men’s momentum continued into the second period with Will Graber ’20 scoring 28 seconds into the period off an assist by Shane Sellar ’20. Sellar found the back of the net after the Engineers scored, bringing the game to 4-1. Rensselaer scored three goals in the second and once again 17:11 into the third. With less than a minute left, the Big Green pulled Buffalo for the extra skater, and Foreman tied the game with his second goal of the night. Over four minutes into overtime, Kilistoff scored the game-winning goal off a deflection from Less and Tim Shoup ’18.

This weekend, Dartmouth will take the ice again when it hosts Quinnipiac University on Friday and Princeton University on Saturday.

WOMEN’S ICE Hockey Dartmouth women’s hockey had a successful weekend away with a 3-2 win against Union College on Friday and a 3-3 overtime tie against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday to bring the record to 4-10-1 overall and 2-7-1 in Eastern College Athletic Conference play. On Friday, the team traveled to Schenectady, New York to face off against the Dutchwomen at Messa Rink. After Caroline Shaunessy ’19 was called for hooking 4:41 in the first, Union was able to find the back of the net to open up scoring for the game. However, the women responded with not one but two goals in the same period. The first was scored by Christina Rombaut ’20, assisted by Kate Landers ’19 and Alyssa Baker ’19, at 12:16, while the second was a power-play goal scored by Shaunessy off an assist by Morgan Turner ’18 and Sydney Hill ’20 less than three minutes later.

Union struck again at the beginning of the second, but Shaunessy found the back of the net for the second time of the night at 15:01. The Big Green was able to hold off the Dutchwomen in the third despite being outshot 13-11 to win 3-2. Goaltender Christine Honor

’19 recorded 25 saves in the victory.

The team was back on the ice Saturday night in Troy, New York to take on Rensselaer. The game remained scoreless until 7:57 into the second when Baker scored on a power-play with the help of captain Hailey Noronha ’18. Baker helped the team find the back of the net once again at 14:38, assisting Megan Cornell ’21’s goal. Rensselaer, however, responded 22 seconds later to bring the score to 1-2. The Engineers started off the third period strong and scored two goals, with the later coming off a powerplay against Bailee Brekke ’20 for hooking. The Big Green did not let this stop them. Linda Essery ’21 scored the game-tying goal at 16:51 with the help of Jennifer Costa ’21 and Taylor Matherson ’21. Neither team could find the back of the net in overtime, and a tie was called after the additional five minutes of play was over. Honor recorded 42 saves in the game, as opposed to Rensselaer’s Lovisa Selander’s 26, for a save percentage of 0.933. This weekend, Dartmouth will face off against Cornell University and Colgate University.

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Swimming & Diving

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Although Big Green swimming and diving had a few standouts this weekend, men and women both fall to Yale and Penn.

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Despite a rough season last year with an overall record of 8-19, the women’s basketball team is off to an impressive start.

The women’s basketball team defeated Harvard University 63-56 at Leede Arena Saturday night in its first Ivy League game of the season, bringing its overall record to 9-5. With the win, the women surpassed last year’s 8-19 overall record. The women led 14-10 after the first quarter of play and held their lead through halftime. The Crimson scored 18 points in the third period but were equally matched by the Big Green. While Dartmouth was outshot 19-14 in the fourth, the team was able to hold its lead to defeat Harvard. Cy Lippold ’19 led the team in points with 19 scored in 28 minutes of play. Olivia Smith ’18 added 12 points in 30 minutes played.

The team will be back in action on Jan. 20 when it travels to Boston to play Harvard again.

In its first game of Ivy play, the men’s basketball team fell to Harvard University with a final score

of 61-51 on Saturday. Despite coming back from Harvard’s 15-point lead early in the second half and briefly taking the lead by three points, the Big Green was unable to hold off the Crimson, who improve to 6-9 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League.

Miles Wright ’18 led the team with a seasonhigh 23 points and seven rebounds. This was Wright’s seventh career 20-point game; he was the only Big Green player to score in the double digits. Taylor Johnson ’18 and Brendan Barry ’20 were the next highest contributing players, each adding seven points respectfully, while Aaryn Rai ’21 trailed with an additional six points.

Dartmouth has lost its last 11 Ivy League openers, which have all been against Harvard. The Big Green will host the University of Vermont this Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Skiing

Dartmouth Nordic skiers hit the trails from Jan. 3 to 8 at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage, Alaska. It was their first time on the snow since a training trip to Canada’s Silver Star in early December. Lauren Jortberg ’20, the top Big Green women’s Nordic performer in the 5-kilometer classic at last year’s NCAA Championship, led the way for the Dartmouth women. Jortberg took 13th in both the 10-kilometer freestyle and 20-kilometer classic and advanced to

the semifinals of the freestyle sprint. Lydia Blanchet ’19 was next up for the Big Green in all three races, including 14th place in the 20km classic.

On the men’s side, Gavin McEwen ’19 topped the Dartmouth leaderboard with a 26th-place finish in the 15-kilometer freestyle and a 29thplace performance in the 30-kilometer classic.

Callan DeLine ’18 advanced to the quarterfinal of the freestyle sprint and placed 20th in the 30km classic.

Swimming returned to the water this weekend in its first meet since Dec. 3 in a conference-in-meet against the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.

Saturday’s events began with the 200-yard freestyle relay, where Carter Jacobsen ’19, Brandon Liao ’21, Gabriel Mathews ’21 and Henry Patrick ’19 swam to third place, touching just a second in front of fourth-place Yale. Justin Sodokoff ’21 highlighted Day 1 for the men with his first-place finish on the 1-meter board. The men trailed Yale 14442 and Penn 125-61 heading into Sunday.

The women also had a successful 200-yard freestyle relay, finishing third behind the efforts of Katherine Cane ’21, Alie Hunter ’21, Summer Martin ’21 and Sophie Smith ’20. In one of her three events on the day, Mackenzie Stumpf ’21 placed third

in the 100-yard breaststroke. The women trailed Yale 154-32 and Penn 134-52 after Day 1.

On Day 2, Connor LaMastra ’21 had a pool-record-breaking secondplace finish in the 400-yard IM. LaMastra, Penn’s Mark Andrew and Yale’s Jonathon Rutter each broke the 37-year-old record. Dartmouth lost 249-104 to Penn and 277-76 to Yale in its first meet of 2018.

Stumpf swam well again for the Big Green on Saturday with a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke and a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Dartmouth ended the day with a third-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. In the end, women’s swimming fell 235-118 to Penn and 296-57 to Yale.

Men’s and women’s swimming returns to the pool in two weeks when the Big Green hosts the Dartmouth Invitational.

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Last season, the women’s ice hockey team finished 5-17 in the Eastern College Atlantic Conference.

While most Dartmouth students were enjoying their six weeks winter break between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Big Green winter sports were in full swing.

Women’s basketball has best start to season in over a decade The women’s basketball team is off to an explosive start this season with a 9-5 record, its best start in more than a decade.

The last time the team started the season so well was during the 2005-2006 season where Dartmouth finished with a 23-7 record.

Since then, the Big Green has attempted to get winning records by steadily picking up momentum over the course of the previous season, improving in both Ivy League and non-conference play.

However, after multiple injuries last season left the team last in the Ivy League, a preseason conference poll predicted the team to finish eighth this season.

Early in the season, the Big Green held strong with a strong 4-0 home stand in November against the University of Vermont, Boston College, the University of Rhode Island and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The 68-57 win over Boston College marked the first time in the program history that the team defeated an Atlantic Coast Conference team. The notable victory was not the only major win this season though; Dartmouth beat the University of Colorado, its first win over a Pac-12 team in program history.

The Big Green also beat the University of New Hampshire for the first time in seven years.

So far, several players have excelled, including Cy Lippold ’19, who scored a career-best 24 points against Colorado in addition to seven assists and half of Dartmouth’s steals. Key players Kate Letkewicz ’18 and Emily Slagle ’18 and defensive specialists Isalys Quiñones ’19 and Olivia Smith ’18 round out a well-balanced team.

The women currently have the third-best overall record in the Ivy League behind Brown University and Princeton University. After Saturday’s 63-56 win against Harvard University, the Big Green is tied with Princeton for first place in the conference standings.

With the statement victory against the Crimson, predicted to finish third in the preseason poll, the team is looking forward to an exciting 2018 season.

With offensive leader out, men’s basketball tries to scrape together wins The men’s basketball team has had a shaky start to the season, beginning with a record of 4-8. After playing tough games, the team suffered yet another blow when it lost offensive leader Guilien Smith ’19 to a hand injury. Although the injury is on his non-shooting hand, Smith is out of commission indefinitely.

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After going 10-7 last year, men’s squash went 4-1 in its early December matches.

Last year, the junior was responsible for 324 points, averaging 12 points per game. Despite being down one man, the Big Green has continued to fight against its opponents, including a 10-point loss to the University of Notre Dame on national television. “[The non-conference games] are really important for Ivy League play and seeing where you are as a team,” co-captain Cameron Smith ’18 said.

Since Evan Boudreaux ’19 announced in November that he would forego his junior season, several players have stepped up to lead the offensive strike. Brendan Barry ’20 has proven his strength downtown, shooting 43.9 percent from behind the arc for fifth in the Ivy League. Co-captain Miles Wright ’18 and Taylor Johnson ’18 have also stepped up to lead the offense. Wright is well on his way to becoming the 29th player in program history to score 1,000 career points, entering the year with 795 career points and tallying 158 thus far this season for a total of 953. Johnson has led the team in scoring multiple times this winter, including a career-high 29-point effort against the University of Maine to lead the team to victory.

With a stretch of home games ahead, where the team is 3-1, the Big Green will look to pick up momentum on its path to the Palestra.

Men’s hockey starts break cold, finishes hot If the Big Green men’s hockey team could start the season on Dec. 15 instead of Oct. 24, it would probably jump at the chance to do so.

Dartmouth was outscored 10-3 by the College of the Holy Cross and Harvard University in its opening weekend. Its woes continued during a winless streak that lasted nearly a month, punctuated by a 9-2 loss at Princeton University on Dec. 1. The absence of veteran netminder Devin Buffalo ’18, who started the first six contests before sustaining an injury in a Nov. 11 loss to Colgate University, compounded the team’s problems.

But Buffalo’s return and a series of ranked opponents has seemingly breathed new life into the Green and White. On Dec. 15, Buffalo’s first game back after missing four contests, Dartmouth lost 1-0 to then-No. 2 University of Denver. Buffalo made 31 saves and allowed a single power-play goal in a strong effort. The second game of the series against the defending national champions was a night to remember for Dartmouth hockey. The Pioneers scored three goals in the first period to put Dartmouth in a big hole. The middle period was all Big Green, however, as Will Graber ’20, Shane Sellar ’20 and Cam Strong ’20 each found the back of the net. Dartmouth took its first lead on a Collin Rutherford ’21 goal with 1:37 remaining and held on for the 5-4 win, its first victory over a top two-to-five team since 2012 and its first win over Denver

since the series began in 1954.

The Big Green’s hot play continued into the Ledyard Classic on Dec. 29 and 30. Facing then-No. 16 University of New Hampshire, then the team with the nation’s second-best penalty kill, Dartmouth netted a pair of man-advantage goals on seven opportunities and won 3-1. The Ledyard Classic title game will be recorded as a 2-2 tie with No. 17 University of Minnesota, Duluth, last year’s Frozen Four runner-up, though the trophy went to the Bulldogs on a shootout victory.

Dartmouth’s strong end to December can’t erase the season’s rocky beginning. The Big Green’s only 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference wins came against Brown University and Yale University on the second weekend of the season. At 3-5-1 in the conference, the College sits tied for ninth in the ECAC standings. With eight ECAC contests in January alone, a top-four spot (with its accompanying tournament bye) is still in sight, but the Big Green will need to shift into a higher gear.

Despite close games, just one winter break win for women’s ice hockey Last season, the Big Green women’s ice hockey team entered January at 2-10. Entering 2018, the team was 3-10, and the story seems much the same as last year. Despite new faces on the ice (six first-years have seen the ice this season) and behind the bench (interim head coach Joe Marsh came out of retirement while Laura Schuler coaches the Canadian Olympic team), Dartmouth has continued to struggle to finish games.

The season has not been without bright spots. In a 1-0 win over Quinnipiac University, now tied for first in the ECAC, goalie Christine Honor ’19 broke the NCAA record for most saves in a shutout with 61. And the Big Green opened an eight-game November-to-December homestand with a 3-0 win over the University of Maine, a squad which now sports a 13-6-3 record with two wins over top-10 teams.

Over winter break, the Big Green played close games to tough opponents but came away with just one win to show for it. The break began on a high note, a 4-3 win over the College of the Holy Cross the day after Thanksgiving. Kate Landers ’19 had two goals and an assist as Shannon Ropp ’19 got her first career win and Dartmouth improved to 3-6. A series of narrow losses followed. On Dec. 1, the Big Green let a 2-1 second-period lead get away against Princeton University. The relentless Tigers fired 23 third-period shots at Honor before getting an equalizer, and the late goal gave Princeton the win. Honor stopped 39 shots the following night, but Quinnipiac left Thompson Arena with a 2-1 win. Tess Bracken ’19 scored the goal for the Green and White, her first of the season. Four days later, though Honor let in just

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Track and field spent winter break in Hanover, competing in two meets, including one scoring meet.

one goal on 32 shots from fourth-place Harvard University, none of Dartmouth’s 28 shots found its way past the Crimson’s Beth Larcom. It was the third straight one-goal loss for the Big Green.

The string of close losses came to an end on New Year’s Eve as the University of Connecticut dealt Dartmouth a 5-2 home defeat. The Huskies scored twice in the first seven minutes of the first period and the Big Green got no closer than a two-goal deficit.

Dartmouth’s scoring output has increased from 1.36 goals per game last season to 1.80 goals per game in 2017-18. But that figure still ranks second-to-last in the ECAC, and if the Big Green — currently 2-7 in conference play — continues to concede nearly three-and-a-half goals per contest, even a .500 conference record could be hard to reach.

No. 10 women’s squash knocks down four opponents, falls to Harvard The women’s squash team went 4-1 in a string of early December matches, losing just once to No. 1 Harvard University.

Dartmouth took down George Washington University in the first game of the season on Dec. 2. Co-captain Zainab Molani ’18 and Emma Roberts ’19 won in three games. Later that day, the Big Green took down Franklin and Marshall College 8-1, winning at every spot but the No. 1 position.

Harvard came to Hanover for a midweek tilt on Dec. 6 and defeated the Big Green 8-1. Tough Crimson opponents won all but two matches in three games. Julia Potter ’20, playing at No. 5, took the second game from Harvard’s Sue Ann Young but fell in four games. Ellie Gozigian ’21, taking the court after seeing eight of her teammates dispatched by the Crimson, fought her way to a 3-1 victory at No. 9.

On Dec. 9, Dartmouth concluded its December schedule with a 6-3 win over Williams College and an 8-1 victory over Middlebury College.

No. 10 men’s squash plays surprise-free December schedule In a busy stretch from Dec. 2 to Dec. 9, men’s squash bested five teams ranked 11-20 and lost once to No. 2 Harvard University.

Three five-game wins powered the Big Green past the United States Naval Academy 7-2 in the season opener on Dec. 2. Reg Anderson ’21 clinched the game for Dartmouth in the third round of matches. Hours after downing Navy, the Big Green dispatched George Washington University 6-3. The Colonials took a 2-1 lead after the first round of matches before Dartmouth evened things up at 3-3. In the final round, Anderson, Matt Giegerich ’19 and Alvin Heumann ’18 each won their matches to seal the victory.

The men traveled to Franklin and Marshall College the following

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Training in Hanover has the swimming and diving teams recharged for conference competition.

day and beat the Diplomats 8-1. Three Big Green players won in three games, and the lone loss came from Toby Harding ’21 at No. 3.

Harvard visited Hanover on Dec. 6 and blanked the home team 9-0. Brandon de Otaduy Nam ’20 nearly upset his Harvard opponent before falling 11-9 in the fifth game. Heumann came close to nabbing a match from the Crimson at No. 1, but his opponent won the fifth match 12-10 on a tiebreaker.

The men moved to 5-1 on the season with easy 9-0 wins over Williams College and Middlebury College on Dec. 9. Just two Ephs took Big Green players past three games, and only one game went that far against the Panthers.

Winter “stay-cation” helps swimming & diving gear up Although the swimming and diving teams usually travel to warmer climates for their winter break training trip, they stayed in Hanover this year for a “stay-cation.” The women’s usual winter training trip was cancelled following sanctions from the athletic department after a violation of the College’s hazing policy last July. The women’s team hit the ground running in the fall, in preparation for the winter season with what co-captain Hayley Winter ’18 noted as one of their most intensive training sessions.

The women’s training culminated with their “stay-cation,” which the freshman approached with a positive mindset to help motivate the team. The team offset the rigorous training with team-bonding activities to keep morale high. Using an idea taken from Winter’s previous club swim team, the captains divided the swimming and diving teams into three teams: black, green and red. Each team received points for performance in practice as well as team spirit, implementing Instagram and other social media platforms to promote a light and happy atmosphere.

This method of training appeared effective as both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams started the season off with a bang. In November, the men hosted Boston College and finished with an 84-point victory at home. During the meet, the Big Green took the top three spots in four different events including both 3-meter and 1-meter diving and the 100- and 500-yard freestyle.

Connor LaMastra ’21 led the team in the 200- and 100-yard fly and the 200-yard IM with three of the team’s 12 first-place finishes.

Six other athletes won their events, including Justin Sodokoff ’21, who qualified for NCAA Zone Diving Championships on the 3m along with AJ Krok ’19.

Overall, the men are excited about their strong start.

“A couple of school records have already been broken, many people have [set] lifetime bests and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves,” co-captain Henry Senkfor ’18 said.

The women’s team started off well when it traveled with the

men to the Big Al Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey. With 319 team points, three women took home individual titles. Cathleen Li ’21 shattered the previous record from 2011 by .55 seconds with her time of 54.11s. Summer Martin ’21 took first in the B Finals of the 100-yard free (50.80s), while Mackenzie Stumpf ’21 fell short of the program record for the 100-yard breaststroke by less than .3 seconds with her sixth-place finish time of 1:03.84. The Big Al Invitational ended with a few victories for the men as well.

LaMastra broke the Dartmouth record for the 200-yard fly by over a second (1:47.62). In addition, Carter Jacobsen ’19, Bruno Korbar ’18, LaMastra and Tony Shen ’18 came close to beating the program title for the 800-yard freestyle relay, finishing fifth and falling a second and a half short.

“This year has been the most exciting,” Winter said. “We’ve had a lot of changes, and this is the first year the team has gotten really engaged with training and competing.”

By carrying this momentum forward into the rest of the season, the team can set themselves up for one of the more successful seasons in a long time.

Men’s and women’s track and field open season over winterim The men’s and women’s track and field season, which will stretch until the Outdoor Heptagonal Championship in May, officially began on Dec. 2.

The track and field teams traveled to Boston to compete in the Boston University Season Opener meet. Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 and Kate Laskoski ’21 highlighted the afternoon with eventwinning performances for the women. Rothwell won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.46 seconds while Laskoski took first in the 400-meter run, clocking in at 57.01 seconds to win her first-ever collegiate race. High finishers on the men’s side included Adam Couitt ’18 and Donovan Spearman ’21, who both finished in the top six of the 200-meter dash. Benjamin Ose ’19 tied for fifth in the pole vault.

Both teams faced the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire and University of Vermont a week later. UNH edged the Dartmouth men 157-151. Spearman won the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash, while the Dartmouth runners went one-two in the 400 and 500-meter runs. The men’s 4x400-meter relay team also took first as did Alec Eschholz ’19 in the 60-meter hurdles, Reed Horton ’19 in the 3,000-meter run and Ose in the heptathlon. The women won the home meet with 172 points including 10 event wins. Rothwell and Laskoski again took first in the 60m hurdles and 400m, dash respectively. The Green and White also posted one-two finishes in the mile, pentathlon, pole vault, shot put and 400m.

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Chad Riley, historically successful men’s soccer head coach, to depart for the University of Notre Dame

By EVAN MORGAN

The Dartmouth Senior Staff

After five seasons as the head coach of men’s soccer, Chad Riley was named men’s soccer head coach at his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.

“My wife and I are excited to come home, not only to Notre Dame but to the South Bend community,” Riley said in a Notre Dame press release. “This is our home, and we look forward to getting back involved with this wonderful community.”

Riley had a historically successful run on the Big Green sidelines. He joined the program in 2012 as an assistant to then-head coach Jeff Cook. After a 9-7 season in which Dartmouth finished second in the Ivy League, Cook left to pursue coaching opportunities in Major League Soccer and Riley took the reins.

The Big Green finished the 2013 season in eighth. But the pieces were in place

for a turnaround, and the fully healthy the Big Green became the first team Big Green went 12-5-2 the next season, in 31 years to win three consecutive scoring 35 goals and allowing just five league championships. Dartmouth Ivy League goals on its way to the first of posted a dominant 12-3-2 record in four consecutive 2017, Riley’s fourth Ivy League “My wife and I are year as head coach. crowns. Riley Wyatt Omsberg was named Ivy excited to come ’18 and Dawson League Coach home, not only to McCartney’21won of the Year Defensive Player Notre Dame, but for his efforts. of the Year and D a r t m o u t h to the South Bend Rookie of the Year repeated as community.” conference honors, champion in respectively, and 2014, finishing Riley was honored with a 12-6-1 -CHAD RILEY, FORMER for a third time as mark, and Riley Coach of the Year.

MEN’S SOCCER HEAD also repeated as The Big Green won Coach of the COACH 45 games in Riley’s Year. Riley’s time as head coach, team dipped to the best four-year 9-5-5 in his fourth season as head coach, stretch in program history. Dartmouth but a 5-1-1 mark was enough to give also earned NCAA championship Dartmouth the Ivy League title, as victories against Fordham University

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Former men’s soccer head coach Chad Riley went 51-26-14 in Hanover.

(2014), Hartwick University (2015) and St. Francis College (2016) and earned the No. 15 seed in last season’s tournament.

Before coming to Dartmouth, Riley paced the South Bend sidelines from 2006 to 2011 as an assistant for

the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame went 71-37-21 in that time and appeared in five NCAA tournaments, winning the Big East title in 2007 and 2008.

Riley, a former Notre Dame midfielder, graduated in 2004 and has the secondmost assists in Fighting Irish history.

Skiing teams set their sights on national championship

By SABA NEJAD

The Dartmouth Staff

Last year, the Dartmouth ski teams reclaimed the east from the University of Vermont. This year, they’re aiming higher.

“It was great to be back in the mix last year, winning regionals and coming fourth at nationals, but I think everyone there felt we could have done better,” men’s alpine team captain Thomas Woolson ’17 said.

The carnival season, dominated last year by the Big Green, begins this weekend with cross-country competition at Colby College.

The Nordic team has not been resting. It will take on the snow at Waterville, Maine fresh off competition U.S. Nationals this weekend in Anchorage, Alaska.

According to women’s Nordic cocaptain Zoe Snow ’18, nationals allowed the team to settle back into serious racing against the majority of the strongest skiers in the nation.

Lauren Jortberg ’20, an impact rookie last season, was the top women’s performer for the Big Green, finishing inside the top 15 in the 10-kilometer freestyle, 20-kilometer classic and freestyle sprint. On the men’s side, Gavin McEwen ’19 landed in the top 30 of the 15-kilometer freestyle and 30-kilometer classic.

Men’s Nordic captain Luke Brown ’18 looks forward to pushing his teammates — and in turn being pushed by them — during the season. He is also excited by the prospect of racing on Dartmouth’s home course.

“With this early snow, we should be able to host our home races at Oak Hill, which I’ve never actually raced at, so that would be sweet,” Brown said.

While the Nordic teams traveled to Silver Star, British Columbia to train, the alpine teams took a training trip to Colorado.

“Just having the entire team there, both men and women, was a great opportunity for us,” men’s alpine skier David Domonoske ’20 said.

Dartmouth alpine skiers also split time between British Columbia and the east coast for the opening non-collegiate races of the season. Brian McLaughlin ’18 and Tanguy Nef ’20 each picked up North American Cup wins at Panorama, British Columbia in mid-December, success which has bolstered the Big Green’s confidence for the season to come.

But despite a deep roster, only six members of each squad can start a given carnival, meaning Big Green skiers fight an ongoing battle for spots on the carnival team.

“Showing up to training every day, you’re competing with one another but also pushing each other and with a big team, you’re honestly teaching each other and helping each other too,” Domonoske said. “Being able to watch and pace yourself off athletes who are close to racing at the top level of the sport is a luxury that few skiers outside of national teams have.”

The Winter Olympic season is an especially exciting time to be a Dartmouth skier, according to

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Despite some slips at the Dartmouth Carnival last year, Dartmouth skiing posted its best season in five years.

Snow. Historically, the entire team has woken up early on important race mornings to watch the events live and cheer on current and past teammates. While none of the current Dartmouth skiers will be in the Olympics this year, it is fully expected that a handful of racers will be contenders in the 2022 Olympics.

Some skier s have already made their mark in international competition. In October, Foreste Peterson ’18 made her debut in

the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Soelden, Austria. McLaughlin also made his World Cup debut at a Dec. 3 race in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Dartmouth’s veteran leadership, including Peterson and McLaughlin, should be an asset this season. The Big Green will return its entire NCAA Championship team with the exception of Fabian Stocek ’17.

“It isn’t something that happens too often,” Woolson said. “It’s really nice when you’re able to

keep the core together and add some young talent to help push the team ahead.”

Another point in Dartmouth’s favor, according to Woolson: Many other top teams have skiers taking the winter off or missing significant time for the Olympics, which could cause some to miss the NCAA Championship in March.

“I think that we are serious NCAA title competitors, and I am excited to see where our racing takes us,” Snow said.

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Men’s hockey rebounds after disappointing start to season accomplished during the trip to Denver.

“The first game we did Hanover has always been a everything right, [we] just couldn’t haven for hockey, hosting several put one past their goalie,” Buffalo great teams including a few NCAA said. “The second night we found Frozen Four squads. Coming into ourselves down 3-0. We ended up the 2016-2017 season, expectations coming back and winning. To be were high for Dartmouth’s men’s ranked No. 58 and beat No. 2 really hockey. In the past few years, gave our team confidence.” the Big Green has struggled, but To close out 2017, the men the team’s goals never change. hosted the Ledyard Classic, with a The Eastern College Athletic pair of games against then-No.16 Conference University i s ye t a g a i n “To be ranked No. of New loaded with H a m p s hire 58 and beat No. 2 top ranking and then-No. t e a m s , b o t h really gave our team 17 University Ivy and non-Ivy confidence.” of Minnesota, League, but the Duluth. The veteran core of team came the Big Green -DEVIN BUFFALO ’18 out strong is determined against New to make some Hampshire noise in the in the first conference this year. After going matchup, delivering a decisive to the ECAC semifinals two years 3-1 victory and showing its strong ago, the Big Green is hungry for defensive abilities in the second more. and third period by shutting out Forward Corey Kalk ’18 was the New Hampshire offense. very clear about his expectations In the second matchup against for the team this year: winning the Minnesota, Duluth, the team ECAC Championship and getting struggled more, losing in a shootout a bid to the national tournament. after tying 2-2.

“Getting a taste of Lake Placid “Following the [Denver] series two seasons ago, we know this year up with a win against the University we have the depth and the guys of New Hampshire and a tie with to get there and learn from two the University of Minnesota, seasons ago,” Kalk said.

Duluth really showed what we This year’s group of players were capable of,” Buffalo said. were certainly Though the very excited to “We need to be Big Green has prove they were shown flashes ready to step up able to play a full 60 of elite hockey to advance the minutes and not let throughout team to the top up when things don’t tt hh ee r es e ahs aovne, of the ECAC. This, however, go our way. That has been struggles proved to be been our biggest putting together difficult for a complete the team out struggle this season.” d o m i n a n t of the gate. In perfor mance the first part on a regular -COREY KALK ’18 of the season, basis. This past the Big Green weekend, for went 2-7-1 with example, the large losses to Bentley University, Big Green dropped a crucial ECAC Cornell University and Harvard matchup against Union College University. in a 4-1 loss. If the team wants to Heading into the team’s Winter be a contender for the ECAC title break, the Big Green traveled to and beyond, delivering a complete Denver to play the reigning NCAA 60-minute game on a regular basis champions University of Denver in is critical, regardless of opponent. a two-game series. In the first game, When asked about which areas the Big Green played a tough game, the Big Green needs to improve, battling it out with the then-No. 2 endurance seems key. team in the nation and coming up “We need to be able to play a just short in a 1-0 loss. However, the full 60 minutes and not let up when Big Green regrouped and delivered things don’t go our way,” Kalk said. a 5-4 win in the second game of “That has been our biggest struggle the series. this season.”

Traveling to Denver and proving The road for the Big Green does it could play with the best teams in not get any easier looking forward. the country looked to be a possible Being a part of the ECAC, the Big tur ning point for the team’s Green will be facing top-notch season. Goalie Devin Buffalo ’18 talent on a weekly basis. With was excited about what the team the guidance of head coach Bob

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Ryan Blankemeier ’20 matches up against Union’s J.C. Brassard in 4-1 loss at Thompson Arena.

Gaudet ’81, the young team has potential, but consistency cannot continue to be a lingering issue going into the latter parts of the season if it intends on reaching some of its lofty goals.

This weekend, the Big Green will be hosting ECAC rivals, Princeton U n i ve r s i t y a n d Q u i n n i p i a c U n i v e r s i t y. T h e s e E C A C opponents, though unranked, are always challenging foes who will

be looking to come into Hanover and steal a conference win. This homestand will give the Big Green a chance to defend its home ice and start racking up in-conference wins. Veteran defenseman Tim Shoup ’18 understands how vital this weekend as well as other upcoming conference matchups are and expects a big weekend for the team.

“Every game for the rest of the

season is a league game so they are all very big games for us, but Princeton this upcoming weekend is always very enjoyable to play in and all of the boys are very excited to bring the tennis balls out,” Shoup said.

The Big Green are set to host Quinnipiac this Friday at 7 p.m. and the annual “Tennis Ball Game” against Princeton on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Thompson Arena.

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time.”

Forward Isalys “Ice” Quiñones ’19 has also played a large individual Women’s basketball hung on role in the Big Green’s early success for a 63-56 victory over Harvard as the third leading rebounder and University on Saturday, starting off scorer. She has focused on the team’s conference play on the right foot and overall attitude as well as her own. bringing its overall record to 9-5. “All the way down, 13 players, The win over the everyone wants Crimson brought “Everyone is trying to be here, the women one wants to get better, we’re everyone over their total to contribute in wins from the all getting in the whatever way they previous season. can,” Quiñones gym. For me it’s “What you’re said. “Everyone is seeing from this been a lot mental trying to get better, team is all five we’re all getting stuff. Just staying players who are in the gym. For on the floor, all positive and me it’s been a lot 13 players who pushing through mental stuff. Just are on the roster staying positive and are threats,” fifth- when I’m tired or pushing through year head coach mad at myself.” when I’m tired or Belle Koclanes mad at myself.” said. “They are D a r t m o u t h ’s working on their -ISALYS QUIÑONES ’19 deep roster includes skills every single senior starters Kate day so that you Letkewicz ’18, can see team co-captain Andi basketball. You Norman ’18 and see extra passes, co-captain Emily you see everyone touch the ball, Slagle ’18. you see everyone making decisions. Letkewicz, an All-Ivy Honorable That’s the kind of basketball Mention last year, has continued to [Dartmouth] plays.” help carry the team, leading the pack Many players, such as Paula with 6.3 rebounds per game and Lenart ’20 and Olivia Smith ’18, scoring an average of 12.3 points per have taken a big step forward this game. She starred alongside Lippold year, but none has taken as big a step in wins against Boston College forward as point guard Cy Lippold and the University of Colorado, ’19, who has filled the void left by Dartmouth women’s basketball’s Amber Mixon ’18. first wins against the Atlantic Coast “The reason we recruited Conference and Pac-12, respectively, [Lippold] is because she’s an in program history. offensive scoring threat, and it’s “We just came out and really really important to have a point executed our game plan,” Letkewicz guard who can score the ball said. “Everyone was contributing because it helps them create better both offensively and defensively, [chances],” Koclanes said. “That putting the ball in the basket and point guard position is critical. The getting stops. Overall, it was a huge ball is in her hands most of the time, team effort.” making decisions.”

Dartmouth also defeated local Lippold has broken out this year, rivals the University of Vermont and leading the team with 14.1 points and the University of New Hampshire 4.9 assists per game, while shooting for the first time in four and seven an impressive .416 overall and .426 years, respectively. from behind the arc.

As a senior, the wins over “ I t ’s b e e n awe s o m e, I ’ m Vermont and UNH were especially enjoying it a lot,” Lippold said. meaningful for Letkewicz.

“My teammates are really building “Those were two huge wins for the most confidence in me. I’m just us, Letkewicz said. “First time that trying to still work on myself and our senior class had beaten them in build the team more at the same our four years. Especially [against] The Dartmouth Staff

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After losing to Columbia University twice last year, the Big Green looks to improve its conference record.

UNH we’re playing for the state memory, the Big Green want to championship. It was a full on battle carry its momentum into heart of until the end.” their season.

Heading into “Coming conference play, the Big “Whether we out of the nonGreen will utilize the win the game conference games lessons it has learned after beating both or lose the thus far.

[Boston College “ We p u l l o u t game, the ‘L’ and Colorado] lessons from every really got us going stands for game,” Koclanes said. and made us see “Whether we win ‘lesson’ not our potential as the game or lose the a team,” Lippold ‘loss.’” game, the ‘L’ stands for said. “If we know ‘lesson’ not ‘loss.’ We we can play like learned about pressure -BELLE KOCLANES, that, we can do the and physicality — those same and translate are major points of WOMEN’S it to conference emphasis as we move BASKETBALL HEAD play.” into Ivy League play.”

Letkewicz COACH After one of its maintains high strongest nonhopes for the rest conference campaigns in recent of the reason as Dartmouth

searches for its 18th Ivy League Championship.

“We have the same ‘Mind On 18’,” she said. “That starts with putting day to day work in and focusing on every weekend as it comes.”

Dartmouth’s next game is at Harvard on Jan. 20, after which the women will be home for a twoweekend, four-game stand against Ivy League rivals Brown University, Yale University, Cornell University and Columbia University. The Big Green is 6-1 at home so far this season.

The team is counting on large crowd turnouts.

According to Koclanes, the women’s games drew a large crowd to Leede Arena.

“We’re trying to get more people in the arena to support our program,” Koclanes said. “You have got to create a home court.”