October 23, 2010

UMassacre Update: Day 1

First day of the of the first tourney for the 2010-2011 Dartmouth Pain Train. A lot of learning was done, especially on our zone looks. More details (and some pics) will come later with the Day 2 post. For now the results:

1) Dartmouth 9 Tufts 13
After taking half 7-6, we let our foot off the gas and Tufts ran away.

2) Dartmouth 13 Cornell 6
Our zone d was looking better with each point we played. There was essentially no wind, so it was particularly awesome to force some turns.

3) Dartmouth 13 ARHS 9
Once again, we rode our zone d.

4) Dartmouth 13 Wesleyan 8
The wind picked up during this game. After building up an 11-2 lead, we let our foot off the gas and Wesleyan came back. We got there eventually.


Overall, 3-1 on the first day. A lot of good stuff from the train, but also a lot of room for improvement. We have UMASS B tomorrow morning to finish up pool play and then bracket play later in the day.

A huge thank you to the Diamonds, parents of Spencer Diamond '14, for inviting us into their home, making us pasta, and collecting blue glass. You are our sunshine.