The Dartmouth College field hockey team has caught fire down the stretch, winning its second straight game against Cornell and its third straight game against Bryant last week.
The Big Green opened things up with a 4-2 win over the Big Red on Friday at Chase Field. The victory marked Dartmouth’s second Ivy League decision, giving the squad its most conference wins since 2023.
Ruby Walsh scored twice for the Big Green, while Ella Bowman and Georgia Thornton each recorded a goal and an assist. Riley Dumigan added two assists, and Lucia Campaño added one. Kylie McKinley had eight saves for the Big Green, which overturned a 2-0 deficit in the third quarter with a three-goal fourth.
Dartmouth followed up with a 2-1 overtime win at Chase Field on Sunday against the Bulldogs. Bowman scored the game-winner for the Big Green, assisted by Ava Russo and Dumigan.
Alex Sewell, who was assisted by Campaño, also scored for Dartmouth, notching her first varsity goal on her senior day. McKinley had two saves.
Dartmouth (6-9 overall, 2-4 league) wraps up the regular season at Brown on Saturday at noon.
Women’s tennis duo dominates Ivy League qualifier
The pairing of Peyton Capuano and Michela Moore is headed to the ITA Conference Masters next week after winning the doubles portion of the Ivy League qualifier, which wrapped up Monday in New York.
The duo won against Penn (8-4), Brown (8-5), Yale (7-5, 6-1) and Penn again (7-6 (7-6), 6-1) in their sweep.
The Conference Masters begin Nov. 5 in San Diego.
Equestrian keeps on rolling
The Big Green got their fifth straight win to open the season, defeating Sacred Heart 7-2 at the Riding Center at Morton Farm on Sunday.
Top-ranked Dartmouth had big performances on the flats from Ellie Sadrian, Cassidy Exner, Grace Russo and Lucinda Exner, each with a win. Sadrian, Cassidy Exner and Camilla Jerng picked up the wins in fences to seal the win.
Sadrian won Most Outstanding Performer in fences, while Lucinda Exner won it in flats. The pair were also named ECAC Riders of the Week on Tuesday.
The Big Green (5-0) run it back with Sacred Heart on Saturday at 10:45 a.m., this time on the road.
Swimmers perform well in scrimmages
Both the Big Green men and women visited Bryant on Friday for a scrimmage with several standout performances.
For the men, Jihoon Jung set a pool record in the 200-meter individual medley (1:51.23) and won the 200-meter breaststroke (2:03.24). Additionally, David Gal won the 200 freestyle (1:41.25) and 200 butterfly (1:52.21), among other top finishes. McCoy Lyman won the 1- and 3-meter dives.
For the women, Carinn Bethea won the 200 freestyle (1:53.55) and 50 free (24.72). Gloria Kuang (200 backstroke/2:04.18) and Kathy Jia (200 IM/2:06.01; 200 breaststroke/2:19.56) also picked up wins. Maggie Lambdin won the 1- and 3-meter dives.
The combination of Kate Douglas, David Kushnirsky, Jagger Stachtiaris and Bethea won the 400 mixed medley relay with a time of 3:36.14.
The men and women will compete in New York against Princeton and Columbia on Nov. 6.
Women’s hockey winless against Holy Cross
The Big Green hosted Holy Cross on Friday and Saturday but couldn’t come away with a win in either contest.
Dartmouth fell to the Crusaders on Friday in a shootout after a 1-1 tie. Kayla Gerson scored the Big Green’s lone goal, assisted by Miami Jones and Addy Cowan. Michaela Hesová made 27 saves in the loss and stopped six of Holy Cross’ seven shootout attempts, but the Big Green couldn’t get on the board in the tiebreaker.
The squads went to overtime again on Saturday, with Holy Cross ended it in extra time for a 2-1 win. Hamilton Doster scored Dartmouth’s goal, assisted by Nikita Danchak and Bridget Pringle. Hesová had 15 saves.
The Big Green (2-1-1 overall) host St. Lawrence on Friday at 11 a.m. for Education Day and Clarkson on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Women’s soccer falls to Princeton
The Big Green tried to battle back against the Tigers in New Jersey on Sunday but fell 2-1. Dartmouth, which had just two shots on net, got its only goal from Lykke Ihrfelt on a penalty kick in the 87th minute. Ola Goebel had three saves.
Dartmouth (9-3-2 overall, 3-2-0 league) hosts Yale on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Men’s soccer drops one to Cornell
The Big Green visited No. 23 Cornell on Saturday and was beaten 3-1. Trenton Blake scored Dartmouth’s only goal, and TJ Jeffreys made four saves.
Dartmouth (4-5-4 overall, 2-2-1 league) hosts Brown on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Women’s volleyball comeback falls short
The Big Green hosted Harvard on Saturday and pushed the visitors to the brink but could not come away with a win in a five-set loss, its second against the Crimson this season.
After dropping the first two sets, Dartmouth won the third (26-24) and fourth (25-22) before falling 15-11 in the fifth. Zori Brown played well in the loss, tallying 19 kills.
Dartmouth (7-11 overall, 1-7 league) hosts Yale on Friday at 6 p.m. and Brown on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Women’s cross country athlete recognized
Last week, Virginia Kraus was named the Ivy League’s Co-Women’s Athlete of the Week after her performance at the ECAC/IC4A Cross-Country Championships on Long Island on Oct. 17. Kraus was the Big Green’s top finisher, placing fifth with a time of 20:30.3.
Women’s rugby wins third in a row
The Big Green picked up their third straight win on Saturday, defeating Sacred Heart 38-22 at Brophy Field.
Dartmouth trailed 12-7 at halftime and again 17-14 in the 56th minute, then scored 24 consecutive points to build a big lead before Sacred Heart added a late score to set the final tally.
Vasiti Turagavou, Abygail Lambert, Cindy Taulava, and Maura Hough each scored tries on the Big Green’s scoring run, while Annie Henrich added some conversions.
Dartmouth (4-2 overall, 4-1 league) finishes its regular season by visiting Brown on Saturday at noon.
Sailing competes over the weekend
The Big Green competed in several regattas over the weekend and had some solid performances. At the Open Atlantic Coast Championship hosted by Brown, Dartmouth finished eighth. It was also eighth at the Yale Women’s. Finally, the Big Green placed sixth at the Oberg Trophy hosted by Northeastern.
In regattas that begin on Saturday, Dartmouth will compete at the Schell Trophy in Vermont, and the Nickerson Trophy at Tufts. It will also host the Urn Trophy.
Women’s golf performs well in latest tournament
The Big Green finished tied for second (+11) at the Battle at the Beach in Newark, Del., that wrapped up on Sunday. Sophia Li and Olivia Cong led Dartmouth, each shooting +2 to tie for 12th.
Men’s tennis has solid performance at Ivy Qualifier
The Big Green opened the event in Princeton, N.J., on Friday with wins from Denny Bao (6-3, 6-1) and Kornel Halmos (6-2, 6-3) in singles, both over Harvard. Halmos then teamed up with Leo Pade to beat Harvard 8-5 in doubles.
Dartmouth’s final wins of the event came on Saturday in singles: Adrian Treacy (7-5, 6-4) and Pade over Yale, along with Bao’s 6-3, 7-5 win against Brown.
The Big Green host the Dartmouth Invitational beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.
