Dartmouth College men’s hockey continued its strong start to the season over the weekend, picking up Thompson Arena wins over Yale and Brown.
The Big Green beat the Bulldogs 3-2 on Friday, thanks to Drew Stewart’s second goal of the night, which broke a 2-2 tie with five minutes remaining in regulation.
Stewart, who was named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Monday, also had some help from CJ Foley, who found the back of the net and added an assist. Hank Cleaves, Nikita Nikora, Nathan Morin, Colin Grable and Hayden Stavroff also had an assist each.
Dartmouth followed that win up with another on Saturday, 3-1 over the Bears. Cleaves, Stewart and Tim Busconi lit the lamp. Stavroff notched two assists, and Morin, Foley and Nikora each had one.
The Big Green (4-0-0 overall, 2-0-0 league) — who on Monday bumped up a notch to No. 11 in the U.S. College Hockey online national poll — hit the road for the first time this season, visiting No. 5 Quinnipiac on Friday and Princeton on Saturday, with both games starting at 7 p.m.
Women’s soccer standout recognized
Stephanie Lathrop, who scored the first goal in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Cornell to help clinch Dartmouth’s first outright Ivy League regular-season women’s soccer title since 2003, was chosen the Ivy League’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
The Big Green, who are hosting the Ivy tournament as the top seed, will battle with No. 4 seed Brown on Thursday at 7 p.m. The winner of that match will play the winner of Thursday’s Columbia-Princeton semifinal in Sunday’s title game, which will determine the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
Men’s soccer closes season with a draw
Dartmouth had the opportunity to clinch a spot in the Ivy League men’s soccer tournament on Saturday with a win at Harvard, missing its chance in a 3-3 draw.
Scores from Trenton Blake, Bo Robbins and Eidur Baldvinsson put the Big Green up 3-2, but Harvard evened the match the 88th minute to set up the deadlock. Robbins, Eli Granda and Olly Spicer added assists.
The Big Green finished 2026 at 4-6-5 overall and 2-3-2 in the Ivy League.
Women’s tennis in weekend action
After a strong run, Michela Moore and Peyton Capuano wrapped up their play in the quarterfinals of the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Ga. The pair picked up wins over Long Beach State (6-1, 6-1) and Southeast Missouri State (6-1, 6-2) before falling to Kansas (6-2, 7-5).
Back in Hanover, Dartmouth hosted the Big Green Invite over the weekend, getting a singles match victory from Josephine Lombardi (Brown/2-6, 6-3, 10-3). In doubles, the Big Green had wins over Brown from the pairs of Caroline Lemcke-Lombardi (6-3) and Kylie Liu-Audrey Feng (6-2), along with wins over UMass from Lemcke-Lombardi (7-5) and Prisha Lingam-Sam Grosjean (6-4). Liu and Feng also had a doubles win over Rutgers, 6-1.
Dartmouth returns to action on Jan. 16 at home against Army.
Dartmouth sailor 10th at nationals
Alders Kulynych-Irvin finished 10th overall at Women’s Singlehanded Nationals, which wrapped up on Sunday at American Yacht Club. Kulynych-Irvin picked up a win in her first race, her top finish.
Swimming and diving hit Gotham
Dartmouth took on Princeton and Columbia in New York over the weekend and had solid performances from the men and women.
On the men’s side, McCoy Lyman won every diving event, Zhao Kaideng was second in the 200-meter breaststroke (1:59.61) and Andrew Chou was third in the 100 backstroke (47.78).
As for the women, Maggie Lambdin also swept in diving. Carinn Bethea (200 freestyle/1:48.91), Sena Bozkurt (100 butterfly/55.66), Lindsay Forebaugh (200 butterfly/2:02.75) and Madeline Crawford (500 freestyle/4:56.98) had wins over Columbia. Kathy Jia (100 breaststroke/1:03.24) and Erika Ilkiu (200 breaststroke/2:17.54) added wins over Princeton.
Both teams travel to Hamden, Conn., for competition against Yale and Cornell on Friday and Saturday.
Men’s basketball splits
The Big Green followed up its season-opening win over Marist on Nov. 2 with a 107-50 pummeling of Framingham State in their home debut last Wednesday.
Six Dartmouth athletes scored in double figures in the blowout: Ernas Valauskas (18 points), Cameron McNamee (16), Nikola Abusara (13), Tyler Garrett (13), Cam Hiatt (12) and CJ Aldrich III (12).
The Big Green couldn’t make it three straight wins in their next matchup, falling to Central Connecticut State 78-71 in overtime on Sunday at Leede Arena.
McNamee (20) and Anton Strelnikov (15) were the only Dartmouth players to score in double figures. After Wednesday’s matinee at Albany (N.Y.), Dartmouth will hit the road for a Sunday 1 p.m. tip-off at Boston University.
Cross country athletes recognized
After the Ivy League Championships wrapped up over a week ago, two members of the Big Green received conference honors.
Connor Foley, who led the Dartmouth men at the Ivies and finished 21st in 24:27.1, was named Academic All-Ivy. Esme Daplyn, who finished 29th at the Ivies with a time of 21:25.7, was also named Academic All-Ivy.
Men’s golfer shared Ivy award
Benjamin Wang, who was a standout for the men’s golf team in October, was named the Ivy League Co-Golfer of the Month last week.
Wang finished tied for second (5 under par) at the Columbia Autumn Invitational and tied for sixth (8 over) at the Metropolis Intercollegiate.
Equestrian receives NCEA honors
Cassidy Exner was named the National Collegiate Equestrian Association’s Rider of the Month for fences for October last week. Exner was unbeaten in fences for the month, picking up five wins. Dartmouth’s Candy was also named NCEA’s Horse of the Month for October.
Cimino tabbed for Hall of Fame
Women’s basketball head coach Linda Cimino, who recently signed a contract extension with the Big Green, was inducted into athletics hall of fame at New Jersey’s Caldwell University last week.
Cimino coached the Cougars’ women’s hoops program from 2006-2014 and amassed 128 wins, the most in program history.
Women’s basketball drops close one
Dartmouth could not pick up its second straight win to open the season, losing at Holy Cross 49-46 last Thursday.
The Crusaders’ Colleen Phiri scored the go-ahead bucket with 1:31 left, and a late free throw put Holy Cross up three as Dartmouth couldn’t sink a shot from beyond the arc to tie it. Alexandra Eldredge led the Big Green offense with 13 points. Zeynep Özel also had a strong day with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Following Wednesday’s home game with New Hampshire, Dartmouth stays home to take on NJIT on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Women’s hockey continues losing skid
Dartmouth dropped its fourth and fifth games in a row over the weekend, losing at No. 11 Yale on Friday 2-1 and falling by the same score at Brown on Saturday in overtime.
The Big Green’s lone goal against the Bulldogs came from Sophia Chard, assisted by Anne Averill in the third period to cut into a 2-0 deficit. Sydney Putrah, assisted by Ellie Zakrajsheck, gave Dartmouth the lead against the Bears in the second period, but Brown tied it and took the victory in the extra session.
Dartmouth (2-5-1 overall, 0-4-0 league) visits No. 8 Colgate on Friday at 6 p.m. and No. 14 Cornell on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Women’s volleyball loses two in a row
The Big Green opened last week with a 3-0 loss at Princeton on Friday. Jaida Cekic led Dartmouth in the loss with 12 kills.
Dartmouth was closer in its matchup at Penn on Saturday but ultimately fell 3-2 after the programs traded wins in the first four sets. Zori Brown was a standout for the Big Green against the Quakers, notching 16 kills, two aces, and 23 digs.
The Big Green (8-14 overall, 2-10 league) wrap up the regular season at home with matches against Columbia on Friday at 6 p.m. and Cornell on Saturday at 5 p.m.
