It Could Be "D" Day in Boston

It has taken a while to sort through the specifics, but here they are: For as successful as they have been, no Dartmouth women's team has won an NCAA-sanctioned national title. The Big Green gets the chance today at noon in Boston when it plays defending champion Northwestern for the title in women's lacrosse. If you get CSTV you can watch the game live. I'll be there on assignment. ... A couple of tidbits quoted from a Dartmouth release:

• Dartmouth and Northwestern have faced off six times since 1983, and the Wildcats lead the series, 5-1.
• All games have been at neutral sites, including last year's matchup that the Wildcats won, 8-4, in the NCAA semifinal at Navy.

Also according to the Dartmouth sports information office, Dartmouth is bidding for its fifth NCAA-sanctioned national title. The others:

• golf in 1921
• football in 1925
• skiing in 1958 and 1976.

More from Dartmouth: "There have been other national banners -- 21 in all -- but the only women's were the AIAW Ski Championship in 1977 and ICSA sailing titles in 2000 and 2002."

Sophomore cross country skiing and track standout Ben True qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championship by finishing second in the 1500 meters at the NCAA East Regional Meet in North Carolina in a time of 3:52.75. The NCAA's are slated for June 7-10 in Sacramento. True is a terrifically talented and unassuming kid who, to reach his full potential, might have to choose one sport over another before long. Here's a story I wrote about him last year.