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The two-time national championship Dartmouth defeated Notre Dame, 19-17, and tied Kutztown, 14-14, to make it out of pool play at the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia. The Big Green takes on UCLA today at 11.Madison Hughes' difficult and dramatic conversion from the right sideline at the end saved the day against Kutztown. Hughes' late score on an offload by former wide receiver Clay Robbins provided the difference in the comeback win over Notre Dame.
Former wide receiver Robbie Anthony and onetime football recruit Zack Fowler also were in the starting lineup. Anthony chipped in his second try against Notre Dame.
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In other non-football news, the Dartmouth women's sailing team matched the Rugby 7's feat of 2011 and '12 by winning its second consecutive national title in the Sperry Top-Sider National Championships in Annapolis Friday. (LINK)
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On the track, senior Abbey D'Agostino won her heat in the 5000 meters at the NCAA East Regionals in Florida and is heading to Oregon to try to win the event for the third consecutive year . Sophomore Dana Giordano advanced in the same event while senior Megan Krumpoch qualified in the 800.On the men's side, 5000 runners John Bleday and soph Curtis King both advanced to the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon. They are the first Dartmouth men to make it to the outdoor championships since 2008.
The NCAA's are June 11-14.
