Monday, April 16, 2012

All-Ivy Overview

A look at the number of All-Ivy League football players graduating this spring and returning next fall for each school*:

First-Team All-Ivy returnees:
2 - Brown, Princeton
1 - Cornell, Harvard, Penn
0 - Columbia, Dartmouth, Yale

Second-Team All-Ivy returnees:
5 - Harvard
3 - Yale
2 - Cornell, Princeton
1 - Columbia
0 - Brown, Dartmouth, Penn

HM All-Ivy returnees:
4 - Harvard
3 - Columbia
2 - Penn
1 - Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth
0 - Princeton

Total All-Ivy returnees:
10 - Harvard
4 - Columbia, Cornell, Princeton
3 - Brown, Penn, Yale
1 - Dartmouth

First-team All-Ivy graduating:
6 - Dartmouth
4 - Brown, Harvard
3 - Cornell, Penn
1 - Columbia, Yale
0 - Princeton

Second-team All-Ivy graduating:
5 - Yale
4 - Brown, Princeton
2 - Harvard, Penn
1 - Cornell, Dartmouth
0 - Columbia

HM All-Ivy graduating:
3 - Cornell, Dartmouth
2 - Brown, Harvard
1 - Penn, Yale
0 - Columbia, Princeton

Total All-Ivy graduating:
10 - Brown, Dartmouth
8 - Harvard
7 - Cornell, Yale
5 - Penn
4 - Princeton
1- Columbia

Net All-Ivy change:
+3 Columbia
+2 Harvard
0 Princeton
-2 Penn
-3 Cornell
-4 Yale
-7 Brown
-9 Dartmouth

* Because it is unknown at this point which seniors might have a medical redshirt year all are considered to be graduating.
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A reminder that Dartmouth spring football practice resumes Tuesday afternoon with coverage on BGA Premium Tuesday night.
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Baseball and women's lacrosse have been the most successful of Dartmouth's spring programs over the past decade-plus and the two stalwart programs sit atop their respective standings after successful weekends.

The women's lacrosse team won a showdown for the top spot in the Ivy League standings with a 9-7 win over Penn. The Big Green is now 5-0 in the conference with two regular-season conference games remaining against Princeton and Harvard (both 3-2). Standings

The baseball team took three of four games against Brown over the weekend and has opened up a three-game lead in the Red Rolfe Division standings. The baseball team has four games against Yale (2-10 in the league) next weekend in Hanover and home-and-home doubleheaders against Harvard (4-8 league) the following weekend.

The defending-champion women's lacrosse team has won eight Ivy League titles since 1997.

The baseball team is bidding for its eighth Red Rolfe title and third Ivy League championship since 2000.