Big Green players receive Ivy League honors
Following Dartmouth’s dramatic 17-16 last-second win over Yale on Saturday, two Big Green athletes were recognized with Ivy League Player of the Week honors on their respective sides of the ball.
Junior kicker Owen Zalc, who has struggled at times this season and had only hit three out of seven field goal attempts before Saturday’s game-winner, came through in the clutch for Dartmouth.
Zalc shook off two misses earlier in the game and hit the game-winning 51-yard field goal as time expired to give his team the win and earn Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
Senior defensive back Sean Williams, who picked off Yale’s quarterback Dante Reno in the fourth quarter to help his team’s comeback efforts, was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week.
Williams also had five tackles and a pass breakup to earn the accolade.
Zalc and Williams join senior running back D.J. Crowther, who won Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after Dartmouth’s opener against UNH, as members of the Big Green’s football team to be recognized with an Ivy League Player of the Week award.
Women’s soccer ties Brown
The Big Green traveled to Brown on Saturday for an Ivy League bout, but both teams came up empty in the scoring department as the game ended in a 0-0 tie.
Dartmouth keeper Ola Goebel had seven saves to help keep Brown off the board.
The Big Green are now 6-2-4 overall and 2-0-2 in the Ivy League.
Dartmouth’s 8 points in the conference standings already match its highest point total since the return to play after COVID. The team finished with 8 points in 2023 when Dartmouth went 2-3-2.
The three Ivy League games remaining are against Princeton, Yale and Cornell, all three of which are in the bottom half of the league standings.
Sailing comes in third and fourth
At the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships hosted by MIT, the Big Green finished in third place (164), which was just behind the runner-up in Harvard (152) and first-place finisher Stanford (136).
The Big Green also hosted the Captain Hurst Bowl, where they finished in fourth place with 75 points. Tufts (68), Stanford (62), and Brown (49) all finished ahead of Dartmouth.
Volleyball snaps losing skid
Coming into Saturday’s matchup with Penn, the Big Green had suffered back-to-back 3-0 losses at the hands of Cornell on Oct. 4 and Princeton on Friday.
However, with the Quakers coming to town, the Big Green steadied themselves and picked up a 3-2 (21-25, 27-25, 25-21, 19-25, 15-13) win. With the victory, Dartmouth moved to 5-10 overall and 2-3 in the Ivy League.
Women’s tennis competes at ITA New England Regionals
The Big Green picked up singles wins on the first day of the Harvard-hosted tournament from Lauren Han (3-6, 6-2, 6-1; over Fairfield), Josephine Lombardi, who won twice (6-4, 2-6, 7-5; over Quinnipiac and 6-0, 6-2; over URI), Valentina Cruz (6-4, 7-5; over Quinnipiac), and Elise Wong (6-4, 7-6 (5); over Le Moyne).
The Big Green had a quieter second day of the tournament; Lombardi and Alexandra Orlins picked up a win in doubles (8-5; over UConn). Orlins also picked up a singles win (3-6, 6-0, 6-0; over Cornell).
Orlins’ strong play continued all the way until Sunday, but she was defeated in the quarterfinals of singles play.
Men’s and women’s cross country runs at NEICAAA Championships
Dartmouth’s cross country teams participated in the NEICAAA Championships, which took place at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds on Friday. Neither squad posted a team score, as the men had only three runners while the women had four.
David Jiang (25:51.27) had the top finish for the Big Green, which was good for 77th in the men’s 8K. On the women’s side, Emmy Thornton (19:08.34) finished 65th, leading Dartmouth in the 5K.
Men’s soccer picks up much-needed win
The Big Green had not won since its Sept. 17 game against Northeastern, dropping three games straight in the process. But Dartmouth snapped out of its funk on Saturday and went on the road to defeat Columbia 2-1, earning its first Ivy League win.
Ben Bilden notched a goal in the matchup, which was assisted by James Wilson, and Eidur Baldvinsson scored what proved to be the game-winner on a feed from Olly Spicer.
The Big Green improved to 2-4-3 overall and 1-2 in the Ivy League with the win.
Women’s rugby dominates
Dartmouth routed Bowdoin 105-0 on Saturday to keep its strong start to the season going. The Big Green had quality performances from the likes of Lauren Cheng and Marley Larkin, who each had multiple tries, and Annie Henrich, who had several successful conversions.
Dartmouth moves to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the Ivy League after the win.
Field hockey drops eighth game in a row
The Big Green’s misfortunes in field hockey continue as they were blanked 4-0 at home by Princeton on Saturday.
The team is now 2-8 overall and 0-4 in conference play, and will look to turn things around on Tuesday at home against Holy Cross.