Dartmouth's Hanover Country Club was the place to be on a glorious Sunday afternoon of sledding. We have 14 inches at the snow stick here on Moose Mountain. (Kelly Wood photo)
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There's big and then there's huge. Whatever comes after huge best describes what happened at Thompson Arena last night.With a sellout crowd of more than 4,500 looking on, the Dartmouth men's ice hockey team drilled the No. 2 team in the nation last night, beating New Hampshire, 4-1, in the 2012 Ledyard Classic. Dartmouth will now face the University of Massachusetts, a 4-3 winner over Bemidji, tonight for the championship of the former Auld Lang Syne tournament.
The young Big Green (8-2-2) woke up this morning tied with Boston College atop the national PairWise rankings. Dartmouth was 10th in the nation in the USCHO.com Division I men's poll in the Dec. 17 ranking.
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Over at Leede Arena, meanwhile, Elena Delle Donne earned MVP of the Blue Sky Classic tournament as she led Delaware to a 60-45 win over Duquesne in the championship of the Blue Sky Classic, the longest continually running women's basketball tournament in the nation. Dartmouth dropped the consolation game to Villanova, 60-37.
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Be safe tonight, everyone!