Spring Sports Roundup

The Big Green baseball team won its second consecutive Ivy League title in May with a 2-1 series victory over Columbia. Dartmouth won the rubber game, 11-5, in New York to secure a berth in the NCAAs. "It has been one of the most resilient and tough-minded teams I've ever had at Dartmouth," proclaimed coach Bob Whalen. His squad came back following a 13-2 loss in Game One and gave Dartmouth (26-17) its first back-to-back titles since 1969-70. Six players were named to the all-Ivy team, and catcher Chris O'Dowd '13 earned Ivy co-Rookie of the Year honors. In other spring sports news, the women's lacrosse team, at one point ranked nationally in the top 10, finished 11-5, second to Penn in the Ivy League, but failed to win a bid to the NCAA Division I tournament. Also, the sailing team (which was ranked as high as eighth nationally this year) sent five women to compete at the Women's Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin, May 25-28.