The Final Results

The surprise was the women's soccer team. After going 9-8-2 a year ago, second-year coach Kelly Blaisius Knudsen '91's troops marched through the nation's third-longest unbeaten streak (15 games) all the way to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. The run ended there, against the best college team in the world, the North Carolina T ar Heels, winner of 15 of the past 18 national championships. Dartmouth's final record of 16-2 -2 included its first Ivy League title since 1993 and the first two NCAA soccer tournament games ever hosted in Hanover (a 1 -0 win against Wisconsin and a 2 -1 win against Georgia). The Georgia game attracted more than 2,000 fans to Chase Field.

Does all this mean that Dartmouth has now joined the nation's elite? "Well, there's no way that we'll take teams by surprise again," saysKnudsen. "And it's still UNC and then the rest of the country. But two things have changed. For the first time we're getting invited to tournaments by Clemson, Florida, and other teams in the Top 20. And all of a sudden we're hearing from some of the best high school athletes in the same athletes who wouldn't give us the time of day last summer. They're felling us now how much they want to play for Dartmouth."

Here's a round-up of how all of the teams fared last fall.

Sport Coach Overall Ivy Notable Football John Lyons 2-8 1-6 Brad Verber '99 earns first team All-Ivy and All-NewEnglandMen's Soccer FranO'Leary 10-6-1 4-3-0 Bobby Meyer '99 becomes second Big Green player inhistory to earn first team All-Ivy three timesWomen's Soccer Kelly Blasius Knudsen'91 16-2-2 6-0-1 Ivy Champions; NCAA quarterfinalist; school record forwins; Kristin Luckenbill '01 Ivy Player of the YearField Hockey Julie Dayton 8-9 3-4 Lauren Worley'99 receives first team All-Ivy for secondstraight yearWomen's Volleyball Ann Marie Larese 19-8 5-2 Second in Ivy regular season and at Ivy Championships;school record 14-match win streakMen's Cross Country Barry Harwick '77 NA NA 15th at NCAA national meet; Second at HepsWomen's Cross Country Ellen O'Neil'87 NA NA Third at Heps despite missing three of top four runnersMen's Rugby Wayne Young'72 12-1 NA Northeast Rugby Union champions; outscored opponents 582-142Women's Rugby DebArchambault'85 6-2 NA Northeast champions, Premier DivisionR'd'ng Sally Boillotat NA NA Second of 13 at Dartmouth show on October 17Sailing Peter Spaulding NA NA Women win Atlantic Coast championship, ranked #1 inthe nationNA = under "Overall" represents the fact that official won-lost records are not kept in that sport; under "Ivy" represents the fact thatthe Ivy League does not keep standings in that sport.