The Dartmouth College men’s hockey team opened its season in style over the weekend, taking two games from the Alaska Fairbanks at Thompson Arena by a combined 10-0.
The Big Green opened their new campaign with a 6-0 win over the Nanooks on Saturday, led by a hat trick from freshman Drew Stewart, who also added an assist.
In Dartmouth’s offensive explosion, Nikita Nikora had a goal and four assists, and Hank Cleaves and the nation’s leading scorer from a season ago, Hayden Stavroff, each notched a goal and an assist. CJ Foley also had two assists, and Brock Devlin had one. Netminder Emmett Croteau, who was named ECAC Goalie of the Week on Monday, made 13 saves.
Dartmouth followed that shutout with another on Sunday, this time by 4-0. Cleaves had a goal and two assists, and Stavroff had a goal and an assist. Foley and Ryan Schelling each added goals of their own.
Stewart kept the offense going on Sunday as well with an assist. Nikora, Devlin, Joshua Schenk and Eric Charpentier each added one each. Croteau made 28 saves.
The Big Green (2-0-0) open ECAC play this weekend, hosting Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday, both games starting at 7 p.m.
Women’s basketball opens with a win
The Big Green opened their season on Monday, welcoming beating Boston University at Leede Arena, 56-49. Cate MacDonald led Dartmouth with 14 points. Alexandra Eldredge (12) and Olivia Austin (10) also scored in double figures for the Big Green.
Dartmouth (1-0) visits Holy Cross on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Men’s basketball wins in NY
The Big Green opened their season with a comeback win in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Monday, powering through a nine-point deficit with less than 11 minutes left to pick up a 69-62 win over Marist.
Dartmouth had four players score in double figures on its way to a win. Cameron McNamee and Anton Strelnikov shared the team high in points with 12 each. Cam Hiatt (11 points) and Landon Williams (10 points) also contributed on offense to give new coach Brett MacConnell a win in his Dartmouth debut.
The Big Green (1-0) hosts Framingham State on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and Central Connecticut State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Women’s soccer wins on senior day
The Big Green welcomed Yale to Burnham Field on Saturday and blanked the Bulldogs 2-0. Emmanuella Frimpomaa scored both goals for Dartmouth. Stephanie Lathrop had two assists, and Lourdes Lauterborn and Ellie Davidson each added one.
Dartmouth (10-3-2 overall, 4-2-0 league) closes the regular season at Cornell on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Equestrian wins again
No. 1 Dartmouth picked up its sixth straight win and second consecutive against Sacred Heart University, defeating the Pioneers in Connecticut, 6-4.
Cassidy Exner, Camilla Jerng and Mia Thomasson won in fences, and Ellie Sadrian, Lucinda Exner and Jerng — who finished the contest with the award for Most Outstanding Performer — in both disciplines, won in flats to secure the Big Green victory. Jerng was also named the ECAC Rider of the Week in fences.
Dartmouth (6-0) now breaks and won’t resume action until Feb. 13 at Centenary.
Women’s rugby dominates Brown
The Big Green (5-2 overall, 5-1 league) traveled down to Providence, R.I., on Saturday and battered the Bears, 53-5, for their fourth straight win as they wrapped up the regular season. Abygail Lambert had two tries on the afternoon, and Annie Henrich had three conversions. Vasiti Turagavou and Cindy Taulava, among other Dartmouth players, also scored to help pick up the win.
Dartmouth awaits a potential National Intercollegiate Rugby Association tournament berth.
Cross country runs at Ivies
At the Ivy League Championships in Attleboro, Mass., on Saturday, the Big Green men finished sixth and the women finished seventh. Connor Foley (21st/24:27.1) was the top finisher for the men, and Emmy Thornton (27th/21:21.7) led the women.
Dartmouth competes at the NCAA Northeast Regional on Long Island on Nov. 13.
Women’s volleyball splits
Dartmouth started its week off with a 3-0 loss to Yale on Friday at Leede Arena. Jaida Cekic led the Big Green with seven kills in the defeat. But the Big Green bounced back on Saturday, sweeping Brown, 3-0, behind Zori Brown’s 12 kills and Sophia Gagnepain’s 16-assist, 12-dig performance.
Dartmouth (8-12 overall, 2-8 league) visits Princeton on Friday at 6 p.m. and travels to Penn on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Men’s tennis finishes fall
The Big Green hosted the Dartmouth Invitational over the weekend and performed well.
On Friday, the Big Green had four singles wins from Calvin Wang (Williams/7-6 (3), (4) 6-7, 10-7), Enrique Collar (Yale/6-4, 6-1), Puthi Pantaratorn (Brown/6-4, 6-3) and Denny Bao (Yale/4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-8).
The Big Green carried that momentum into Saturday, with singles wins from Malhar Patel (Williams/6-2, 6-3), Adrian Treacy (Bryant/6-1, 6-1), Bao (Yale/6-4, 6-4), and Pantaratorn (Yale/7-5, 6-2). They also had doubles wins from the duos of Leo Pade/Collar (Williams/6-4), Treacy/Bao (Williams/6-1) and Dillon Beckles/Wang (Williams/7-6 (3)).
On the Invitational’s third day, Dartmouth had singles wins from Patel (Bryant/7-5, 6-1), Bao (Brown/6-3, 6-4), Wang (Williams/5-7, 6-0, 11-9), Pade (Yale/6-2, 6-2) and Beckles (Williams/6-3, 6-2). It also got doubles wins from Beckles/Wang (Bryant/6-3), Pantaratorn/Patel (Williams/6-0), Pade/Collar (Bryant/6-2) and Treacy/Bao (Brown/6-3).
Dartmouth will hit the courts again in the spring.
Sailing competes over the weekend
Sailing competed in three regattas over the weekend, finishing sixth at the Dartmouth-hosted Urn Trophy, fourth at the Nickerson Trophy hosted by Tufts and seventh at the Schell Trophy hosted by Vermont.
Dartmouth will compete at the Women’s Singlehanded Nationals at American Yacht Club this weekend.
Women’s hockey drops latest contests
The Big Green are currently riding a three-game losing streak after falling to St. Lawrence, 2-0, and No. 10 Clarkson, 4-1, on Saturday at Thompson Arena.
In its first matchup, the Big Green tallied 31 shots but could not put one past the Saints’ netminder. Dartmouth goalie Michaela Hesová made 26 saves in the loss.
While the Big Green scored against the Golden Knights on a goal by Addy Cowan, assisted by Sydney Putrah, they could not do enough to top the Golden Knights after falling behind 3-0 in the second period. Hesová had 37 saves.
Dartmouth (2-3-1 overall, 0-2-0 league) visits Yale on Friday at 6 p.m. and Brown on Saturday for a 2 p.m. puck drop.
Men’s soccer drops second in a row
The Big Green suffered their second straight loss when Brown shut them out, 2-0, at Burnham Field on Saturday. Dartmouth could not find the back of the net despite firing 15 shots, six on goal. TJ Jeffreys had two saves in the loss.
Dartmouth (4-6-4 overall, 2-3-1 league) wraps up the regular season on Saturday at Harvard at 1 p.m.
Field hockey ends regular season with a loss
The Big Green could not come away with a win in their final regular-season game at Brown on Saturday, falling 3-0. Dartmouth had nine shots on net in the loss, and Kylie McKinley had five saves.
Dartmouth finished the regular season 6-10 overall and 2-5 in league play. Those overall and conference wins are each the most for the program in three years.
