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Big D continuity and running game too much for young Bulldog side
In their only away game of the regular season, Dartmouth beat Yale 83-5. The Big Green used the match to work on their continuity, support and offensive integration.
2nd XV Princeton Men at Dartmouth Men
Dartmouth Scoring Summary
- 2nd XV dartmouth kickoff against Princeton
- Dartmouth try by freshman Jake Levine. Conversion no good. 5-0
- Turnover recovery and try by Neil Greene for Dartmouth. Conversion no good. 10-0
- Dartmouth try by freshman wing chockley. conversion wide. 15-0
- Dartmouth try by Jake Levine. Conversion no good. 20-0
- Dartmouth try by Shea Smith. Conversion no good.
- Dartmouth leads 25-0 at the end of the first half
Cornell 38 - Columbia 17 - First Ivy Win!
Cornell's Danny Sullivan '12 scored a pair of trys and Michael Hernandez '12, Paulo Reis '12 and Benno Sorenson '14 scored one apiece as Cornell cruises to their first Ivy victory of the season defeating Columbia 38-17.
Cornell's Benno Sorenson also made all conversion kicks and put one through on a penalty kick.
Princeton Men 60 - Cornell 12
Princeton began the match slowly but scored on a kick tap off of a Big Red penalty. The Tigers’ first-half tries came on a combination of several long runs by quick backs and powerful forward tries from 5 and 10 meters out, captain and senior 8-man Spencer Ryan said.
Yet an easy Big Red try to end the first half sent the Tigers off the field determined to buckle down on defense and significantly increase their pressure on the Cornell squad.
Dartmouth 2nd XV 79 - Yale 0
Dartmouth Scoring Summary
- Dartmouth try by John Descalzi. Conversion no good. 5-0
- Dartmouth try by Casey O'keefe. Milligan conversion good. 12-0
- Dartmouth try by Colin Walmsley. Conversion no good. Dartmouth leads 17-0 15 minutes into the first half
- Dartmouth try by Christian Fisch. Milligan conversion good. 24-0
- Dartmouth try by Larry Anfo-Whyte off a poach. Milligan conversion good. 31-0
- 50 meter run by Larry Anfo-Whyte! Milligan conversion good. Dartmouth leads 38-0
1st XV Brown Men at Harvard Men
Brown scored four unconverted tries to Harvard’s one but had to come back in the final minutes of the match to eke out a 20-17 victory in this tense Ivy match-up. The muddy and wet conditions confounded the Bears all day as handling errors and careless penalties caused shifts from potential momentum to lost possession.
Dartmouth Downs Yalies in the Rain 60-0
Now 3-0 in Ivy Rugby Play While the conditions were far from ideal on Saturday for Dartmouth Rugby’s match against Yale, the Big Green was more than up to the challenge presented by the inclement weather.
Playing on a sloppy, muddy pitch and dealing with rain throughout the match, the team still managed to beat the Bulldogs 60-0, impressing a sizable crowd at Brophy Field that included College President Jim Yong Kim. With the win the team is now 3-0 in Ivy Rugby Conference play for the season, heading into next Saturday’s match at Brown.
Brown Men 2nd XV @ Harvard Men
With the field soggy from both the rain and the first XV match, scoring was expected to be low. The only first half points were from the foot of Brown outhalf Blair Cameron who scored 3 points on a penalty kick.
Brown Men 2nd XV 19 - Cornell Men 7
Cornell started out strongly scoring in the 15th minute. The conversion gave Cornell an early 7-0 lead.
Late in the first half prop Ed Freidman picked up the ball at the base of a ruck and through great individual effort dives into the try zone. After a missed conversion Brown is still down by two. (7-5 Cornell)