Have a weekend Tyler Brand.

Coming off an individual third-place finish at Dartmouth’s opening tournament of the fall, Brand shot 17-under across three rounds in Lake Placid, N.Y., to break the tournament’s scoring record and secure the individual title at the Columbia Autumn Invitational. The sophomore finished nine strokes clear of the second-place finisher, Columbia’s George Rubelsky.

Propelled by Brand and an 8-under display in the final round, the Big Green carded a 13-under to finish in second place, three strokes behind tournament victor, Columbia. Freshman Colin Keith nabbed a 12th-place finish after shooting 3-under, while Fin Szafnauer used a 4-under, 67 final round to push him into a tie for 22nd.

Here’s how Dartmouth’s other fall sports programs fared this past week:

Football remains undefeated, squeaks past Merrimack

Owen Zalc just kicks it. There’s not much more to it, he said following his game-winning boot Saturday against Merrimack.

Zalc’s 32-yard field goal, his third on the day, secured a narrow 16-14 victory for Dartmouth. The dogfight that ensued in North Andover, Mass., was nothing like the Big Green’s dominant season-opening display against Fordham, but Zalc’s late heroics kept coach Sammy McCorkle’s squad unbeaten through two games.

The sophomore kicker was honored with the conference’s special teams player of the week honors. It is the second consecutive week the Ivy League has bestowed the honor on a Dartmouth player — senior cornerback Jordan Washington won it for his efforts against the Rams.

Men’s soccer sweeps pair of games

Make that three consecutive wins for Bo Oshoniyi’s squad.

Propelled by sophomore forward Trenton Blake’s one goal and pair of assists across the two contests, Dartmouth (4-3-1, 1-0 Ivy) knocked off Merrimack 2-1 last Tuesday before beating Brown 2-1 at Burnham Field in the Big Green’s Ivy League opener. Blake’s efforts secured him Ivy League offensive player of the week honors for the second time this season.

Dartmouth, which was pegged to finish seventh in the conference in the preseason poll, last won an Ivy League title in 2017. The title capped a four-year conference championship run under coach Chad Riley, who Oshoniyi replaced after the former departed for South Bend, Ind., to take the head coaching job at his alma mater, Notre Dame.

The Big Green will attempt to remain unbeaten in conference play when they face Cornell (5-1-2, 0-1) at 1 p.m. at Berman Field on Saturday.

Women’s golf nabs fourth at second tournament

Playing at the Princeton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, Dartmouth shot 10-over in the final round to leapfrog Penn for fourth place, finishing behind Princeton, Georgetown and Yale.

Junior Sophie Thai was the highest Big Green finisher for the second tournament in a row, once again finishing in a tie for 11th place. Freshman Olivia Cong and sophomores Caroline Chung and Alissa Xu all finished inside the top-26 at the tournament among the 72 golfers whose scores were counted.

Women’s tennis hosts Fall Foliage Fest

Dartmouth welcomed UConn, Gonzaga and Boston College to the confines of the Boss Tennis Center over the weekend..

Sophomore Peyton Capuano, slotted at the first singles position against UConn and Boston College and in second against Gonzaga, won all three of her singles matches, dropping just one set over the weekend. 

Sophomore Caroline Lemcke also won all three of her singles matches, including straight-set wins on Saturday and Sunday. She emerged victorious in her two doubles matches as well.

The Big Green return to action on Thursday, Oct. 10 in Cambridge, Mass., at the ITA New England Regional.

Field hockey splits weekend home games

With less than four minutes remaining in overtime, junior Olivia Galiotos darted down the center of the pitch. She played a pass to sophomore Lucia Campano, who took a couple touches before cutting inside and rifling a shot past the Bryant goalkeeper, securing a 3-2 win for the Big Green.

The victory marked the second of the campaign for Dartmouth, breaking a recent two-game skid. Hosting Cornell at Chase Field last Friday, the Big Green lost 3-1, falling to 0-2 in conference play this season.

Dartmouth will travel to Brown on Friday before returning to Hanover to host Vermont at Chase Field at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Women’s soccer drops Ivy League opener

Hosting Yale at Burnham Field on Saturday, the Big Green dropped their Ivy League opener 2-1, conceding a late tally to the Bulldogs’ Ellie Rapolle in the 85th minute.

Daisy Granholm, who provided the equalizer for Dartmouth in the 56th minute, recorded her seventh goal of the 2024 campaign. She leads all Ivy League players in goals, points (15), shots (32) and shots on goal (19). 

The Big Green will travel to Cornell (1-5-4, 0-1 Ivy) on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sailing competes in three regattas in Fall Weekend Five

Sailing in a trio of regattas over the weekend, Dartmouth earned its highest finish in the first round of the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship, finishing in fifth.

At the George Warren Smith Trophy and Danmark Trophy, the Big Green finished in eighth- and 12th-place, respectively. 

Volleyball drops both weekend contests

On the heels of a three-game sweep at the Dartmouth Invitational, the Big Green (7-4, 0-1 Ivy) suffered consecutive 3-1 defeats to Harvard and Bryant, their last nonconference opponent of the season, last Friday and Saturday.

Now squarely in conference play for the remainder of the year, Dartmouth welcomes Cornell (7-3, 1-0) on Friday and Columbia (3-7, 0-1) on Saturday to Leede Arena over the weekend.

Alex Cervantes can be reached at acervantes@vnews.com or 603-727-7302.