Spring Sports Summary

Baseball

Record: 24-19 (14-7)

3rd in Ivy League

            The Dartmouth Baseball team has somewhat of a disappointing season considering the level of talent on the team, but the future still looks bright for the Big Green. They finished with a record of 24-19 overall and a conference record of 14-7. Some of the bright spots of the campaign were a series sweep of the Princeton Tigers and series wins against Harvard, Yale and Cornell. They even went on to win the final series of the season against Columbia in a wild 10-inning instant classic, ending with a walk-off hit by Peter O’Toole ‘23. The series win was not enough as by then the Big Green were out of Ivy contention mostly due to a tough series against the Manhattan College Jaspers right before the series against the Lions. The game did have some meaning as it meant that the Columbia Lions were not going to finish the season as the outright champions of the Ivy League and had to play Penn in a three-game playoff to eventually secure their Ivy Championship. The Big Green finished 3rd in the Ivy standings. The highlight of the season was having Tyler Cox ‘24 win Rookie of the Year and Kade Kretzschmar ‘24 win Player of the Year in the Ivy League.

Women’s Rugby

Record: 9-0 (7-0)

2nd in Collegiate 7s National Championship

            As a mainstay of Dartmouth sports and a successful program that has produced national championships and Olympians, Women’s Rugby is revered on campus. They won the 15s championship in the fall and their 7s season in the spring was a very successful one as well, unfortunately coming up short of a championship despite a valiant effort. The season consisted of three tournaments which began with the Crimson Sevens. In this tournament the Dartmouth Women were strong in pool play, coming out first but losing to Army in the semifinals. Next came the Ivy Championships. In round-robin play, they were on fire out of the gate, winning all their games and beating Brown, Princeton, and Harvard. Unfortunately, in what was cast as an objectively horribly refereed final, the women would lose to Harvard. They cited multiple suspect yellow cards and penalties which put the women at a considerable disadvantage. Despite this, they ultimately lost by only one try. The last tournament of the season for the women was the National Championship tournament. After pool play, the team was ranked sixth out of 12 teams. This made the road to a championship quite difficult as they would have to play the hardest lineup because of seeding in order to win their tournament. They fought well and defeated Army and Harvard in what were incredibly close and riveting matches. At the end of the day, they unfortunately lost to Lindenwood, completing their season. In spite of this disappointing end, there was a lot to build on in the season, and the women should be back to their winning ways in the fall.

Track and Field

5th in Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (Men)

6th in Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (Women)

Track and Field had quite a season of records and success. At almost every other competition, it seemed that Dartmouth records were getting broken or dangerously close to being broken and that both the men and women were running strong in the Ivy League standings. Their spring season began right after spring break with a meet at Florida State University. The warm weather in Florida proved to be quite the wind in their sails as they hit the ground running in Tallahassee. Joy Enaohwo ‘25 and Bridget McNally ‘24 put up times in the women’s 100m that were good for 2^nd and 10^th all-time performances at Dartmouth, respectively. However, this was only the beginning of the success for them that weekend. Anoush Krafian ‘22 put down the 6^th best time in school history in the 100m hurdles, and Will Daley ‘24 made a name for himself with the 10^th best all-time performance in the 5000m. The women’s 4X100 team performed well enough for a 5^th best all-time performance. In the throwing sports, Julia Reglewski ‘25 finished 3^rd all-time in discus, while Lily Lockhart ‘21 and Captain Myles Schreck ‘22 finished 10^th in school history in the hammer competitions. This was not the last success for Reglewski and Lockhart as they would go on to put up big numbers in the shot put, cementing 4^th and 3^rd best all-time performances in school history, respectively.

Men’s Golf

5th in Ivy League

Men’s Golf had a less-than-stellar season this spring led by Charles Petrie ‘22 and Mark Turner ‘22. A seventh-place finish at the Princeton Invitational was worse than was hoped for, and it proved to be a sign of results to come. Just about two weeks after the invitational, the men would go on to finish 5^th in the Ivy Championship (out of seven teams as Brown did not compete). In the Ivy Championship, the men shot a collective +52 over par while Yale won with a +35 over par.

Women’s Golf

4th in Ivy League

The Women’s Golf team had more success than their male counterparts this season. A few weeks before Ivies, they won the Prospect Bay Intercollegiate tournament. It was no easy feat however, as their dominance over the 15-team field came under fire late and the women had to win a tiebreaker to claim the trophy. As for the Ivy Championship, Dartmouth tied for 4^th overall out of six competing teams, with the bright spot being Katherine Sung ‘24 who took 3^rd in individual scoring at the Championship. In fact, Sung was dominant this season for the team, taking All-Ivy First Team honors while teammate Samantha Yao ‘23 took All-Academic.

Men’s Lacrosse

Record: 4-9 (0-6)

8th in Ivy League

Unfortunately, it has been a harsh reality for the team over the past decade and this season was no different. The Men’s Lacrosse team had a promising start with a four-game win streak after a close loss to Merrimack in the opener, but the season took a subsequent nosedive. The team got beat by every other opponent they played in the year. Their efforts were good for an overall record of 4-9 and a 0-6 record in conference play, which left them nowhere near contention for a championship. Their issues seem to stem from the fact that lacrosse at the Ivy League level is nationally ranked and the team is far from that level. Princeton (3^rd), Penn (4^th), Yale (6^th), Brown (10^th), and Harvard (15^th) were all ranked in the top 25 and at an elite level while Dartmouth finished with a ranking of 33^rd.

Women’s Lacrosse

Record: 3-12 (1-6)

7th in Ivy League

The Women’s Lacrosse team had similar woes this season. The team had a promising start with an 11-3 stomping of UNH, but eventually got beat by the fourth-best team in the nation 3-20 and lost to every Ivy League opponent except for the notoriously bad Columbia Lions, winning that match 22-6. Their efforts were good for an overall record of 3-12 and a 1-6 record in conference play, which left them nowhere near contention for a championship. We wish them a better next season.