HANOVER — At long last, the Dartmouth College men’s hockey team is back in the win column.
A night after dropping a 3-2 decision to Brown at Thompson Arena, the Big Green (4-17-3, 2-13-2 ECAC Hockey) picked up a 1-0 victory over Yale on Saturday, winning in regulation for the first time since Dec. 30.
Junior Mark Gallant scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season in the first period, and sophomore goaltender Clay Stevenson made it stand up with 37 saves for his first shutout of the year.
In Friday’s loss to the Bears, Dartmouth found itself trailing less than four minutes in and never quite recovered. Freshman Sean Chisholm, the Big Green’s points leader, scored Dartmouth’s first goal early in the second period, and a power play goal by senior Jeff Losurdo in the third again narrowed the deficit to one, but the equalizer never came.
Following a makeup game at Princeton on Monday night, Dartmouth will host Quinnipiac on Friday before welcoming the Tigers to Hanover on Saturday.
HANOVER — Playing three games in as many days, Dartmouth (8-18-1, 2-17-1 ECAC Hockey) came up well short each time, falling 7-2 to Quinnipiac on Friday and 4-0 and 4-1, respectively, to Princeton on Saturday and Sunday.
Freshman Lauren Messier’s fine season continued with a power play goal against the Bobcats, and sophomore Tiffany Hill scored her team-leading eighth of the year. Freshman Kenzie Bachelor was the only Big Green player to score in either game against Princeton.
Dartmouth concludes the regular season with road games against Union on Friday and RPI on Saturday.
PRINCETON, N.J. — The Big Green suffered their worst conference loss in 55 years with Saturday’s drubbing at the hands of the Tigers.
Dartmouth (5-15, 2-7 Ivy League) was a paltry 1-for-20 from 3-point range, a recipe for disaster for a team that relies so heavily on the deep ball. Fifth-year forward Aaryn Rai was the only Big Green player in double figures, with 12 points.
Dartmouth will return to Leede Arena this weekend, hosting Columbia on Friday and Cornell on Saturday.
HANOVER — The Big Green (2-20, 1-9 Ivy League) were smothered by the conference-leading Tigers, who remained perfect in Ivy League play.
Dartmouth trailed by eight at the half before being outscored 26-8 in the third quarter. The lone bright spot was freshman guard Victoria Page, who came off the bench and scored 16 points.
The Big Green head to the state of New York this weekend, playing at Cornell on Friday and at Columbia on Saturday.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Dartmouth suffered a 5-0 setback against Harvard on Friday and lost 4-2 to Brown on Saturday but salvaged a 4-3 win over host Cornell on Sunday.
Senior Jinyi Peng was the only member of the Big Green to win a set against the Crimson, but Harvard clinched the overall match before hers was finished. Dartmouth won the doubles point against the Bears, but freshman Elizabeth Fahrmeier recored its only win in singles.
The Big Green had to come from behind Sunday against the Big Red. They lost the doubles point, then the first completed singles match at No. 1. Freshman Chloe Yoo gave Dartmouth its first point at No. 5 singles and sophomore Katie Weber won at No. 3. The Big Green won it with a pair of three-setters, with Fahrmeier winning at the No. 4 position and freshman Ujvala Jupali winning at No. 6.
Dartmouth (5-4) heads to the Old Line State this weekend, taking on Maryland on Saturday in College Park and Navy on Sunday in Annapolis.
HANOVER — Both Big Green squads won 8-1 on Saturday, with the No. 11 men beating the No. 18 Bears and the 12th-ranked women topping a No. 10 Brown squad.
Seven of the eight victories for the women came in straight sets, while on the men’s side, senior Jason Montima earned his first victory of the season at the No. 9 position.
The men head to the team championships this weekend at Penn. The women are off this weekend before their team championships the following week in Cambridge, Mass. at Harvard and MIT.
HANOVER — Dartmouth won all four Nordic events at its home carnival over the weekend at Oak Hill, but a lackluster performance in the women’s Alpine race dropped the Big Green to second place overall, behind Vermont.
The Catamounts tied the Big Green for first in the men’s 10-kilometer Nordic freestyle race and won both Alpine races.
Freshman Luke Allan took first individually in the men’s 10K freestyle, and fellow freshman Jasmine Drolet was second in the women’s event.
Dartmouth is back in action at the Middlebury Carnival this weekend.