Last sports update for the week

The Big 2 sports in action today.

Football: Dartmouth loses another close one, this one cause by 2 missed PAT’s and a failed 2-point conversion, as they fall to previuosly winless Brown 21-18. This marks the fifth time this year Dartmouth has lost by less than a touchdown (losses by two, three, three, four, and five points). This also marks the 2nd week in a row that missed PAT’s have come back to haunt Dartmouth. Last week at Cornell they lost by 2 points after missing a PAT early and then being forced to go for 2 in the 4th quarter (and failing).

Dartmouth (3-6, 2-4) finishes its season against Princeton in New Jersey next Saturday.

Hockey: Dartmouth pulls ahead 3-1 after a strong second period, then manages to hang on with some help from the ref as Cornell dominates the third. After 2 empty-netters, the final ended up 5-2, but the score was not indicative of the closeness of the game. Cornell appeared to tie the game at 3-3 late in the third period but the referee ruled the net had come off its moorings before the puck went in. Dartmouth improves to 3-3-0 (2-2-0 in ECAC), while #9 Cornell loses its first game of the year to fall to 4-1-0 (3-1-0). Dartmouth extended its unbeaten streak against Cornell to 8 games (7-0-1), and that will be put on the line when the team makes the return trip to Ithaca in the 2nd half of the season.

The hockey team returns to action next weekend when they host Yale on Friday and Princeton on Saturday at Thompson. Be sure to bring your tennis balls on Saturday to throw at Princeton’s goalie after the first goal.