GO SMITE!

from rsd:

Backdoor finals: MIT vs. Dartmouth. A rematch of the semi's yesterday that MIT narrowly won. The experience of the MIT program (sMITe alumnus Darlene Ferranti and Jin sorry-I-don't-know-your-last-name-and-actually-I'm-not-even-sure-if-you-went-to-MIT coach the team) helped re-center the players after a tough loss in the front-door finals -- to re-warm-up they played a game with a beach ball, which seemed to lighten the mood and loosen everyone up. They come out fired up; Dartmouth, although tired, is determined to join their male counterparts in Boulder. The first half is close. MIT has less trouble with the Dartmouth zone than other teams; they're not afraid to put it over the top of the cup, or put it deep when given the chance. Dartmouth isn't afraid to put it deep either, and there are a couple of exciting exchanges of huck-D-huck-turn-huck-score. In the second half, the backdoor path of Dartmouth begins to show. Their cutters start looking tired and timid again, and MIT is still running strong and making crisp cuts. Catherine Seaborn and Erika Swanson lead sMITe with precise breaks and hucks from the former, and all- around balls-out play on both sides of the disc from the latter. Princess Layout only manages to score 1 point in the second half, as MIT takes the second bid from the NE, 15-8.