This Day in Dartmouth History: June 13
6/13/2020 2:00:00 PM | Baseball, Women's Track & Field, Athletics
June 13, 1970 — Baseball wins opening game at the College World Series
Having swept the District I Regional handily by defeating Providence (7-2) and UConn twice (8-2 and 12-3), the Dartmouth baseball team not only extended its winning streak to a school-record 20 games, but it also advanced to the College World Series in Omaha for the first (and thus far only) time in program history. Senior outfielder Bruce Saylor '70 was the driving force of the offense, hitting .359 that season (.435 in league play) while earning All-EIBL First Team honors along with junior third baseman Craig Conklin and senior pitcher Chuck Seelbach '70, who went on to earn 14 saves in 75 appearances for the Detroit Tigers over four seasons in the big leagues.
The 23-8 Big Green were matched up against an Iowa State team that went 18-9 during the season and swept Tulsa in the District 5 Regional. Dartmouth struck quickly in front of a CWS record crowd of 12,798, plating a run in the top of the first, only to be answered by two Cyclone runs in the bottom half off of Seelbach. In the third, Iowa State hurler Larry Corrigan succumbed to wildness (seven walks in two-plus innings) and was lifted after the first four Big Green batters reached base. All four scored as Dartmouth took a 5-2 lead, but the Cyclones battled back with two more runs in their half.
The score remained 5-4 in the Big Green's favor as Seelbach settled down and Iowa State reliever Bob Thomas matched zeroes through the seventh. The lead would be lost in the eighth, however, as the Cyclones managed to push a run across the plate and send Seelbach to the showers. Junior relief ace John Prado '71 took over on the mound, recording the final two outs of the inning to keep the score knotted at five.
The top of the ninth belonged to Saylor as the right fielder clubbed a two-run homer — his fourth hit of the game and team-leading third four-bagger of the season — to put Dartmouth back on top, 7-5. But Prado still needed to get three outs to secure the victory. Iowa State rallied for one run and had the tying run on second base, yet Ray Wood, who had two hits in the contest, could not solve Prado as the junior recorded the final out to earn his third victory of the year and extend the Big Green's winning streak to 21 games.
Saylor finished the day 4-for-5 with two runs and four RBIs, while junior center fielder Tom Hanna '71 had two of Dartmouth's nine hits and senior first baseman Bud Dagirmanjian '70 scored twice. Seelbach did not figure into the decision, though he provided 7.1 innings of work, allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits and eight walks while striking out seven. He did get a bit of help from his defense, which turned three double plays.
The following day, Florida State blanked the Big Green, 6-0, and USC sent Dartmouth home the next afternoon in a 6-1 decision. Both opponents had five future major leaguers on their rosters (compared to two for the Green — Seelbach and Pete Broberg '72), most notably 15-year veteran Johnny Grubb (FSU) and power hitter Dave Kingman (USC).
June 13, 2014 — Megan Krumpoch '14 finishes strong to earn All-America First Team honors in the 800 meters
During a week in Oregon in which five members of the Dartmouth track & field team reached the NCAA Outdoor Championship, senior Megan Krumpoch might have had the most impressive and memorable performance of the week.
In her last race of her Dartmouth career, the Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, native posted an incredible finish in the national final of 800m at Oregon's Hayward Field.
Krumpoch passed three other competitors in the final 100 meters to take fifth place in the event and earn All-America status for the third time in 2014 (sixth in the indoor 800m eighth with DMR). In the last straightaway, she passed Tennessee's Alexis Panisse and Stanford's Amy Weissenbach, putting herself in the heart of the pack and earning the first points of the meet for the Big Green women, picking up four with her placement on the podium.
In front of 10,104 spectators in the facility known as 'Track Town USA,' Krumpoch ran out of lane 1 after earning the final at-large spot during Wednesday's semifinals. Krumpoch set a school record with a 2:03.82 mark, eclipsing her own previous record of 2:04.61 set two weeks before at the regional meet.
Her time in her final race made Krumpoch just the seventh Ivy League woman to run a sub-2:04 during a collegiate career at that time.
