“I don’t think I’ll ever experience a high like that again in my entire life,” Kristi Kirsche ’17 said of the moment she and her teammates became Olympic medalists by clinching a 14-12 last-second thriller against Australia in the rugby sevens bronze medal match.
On Saturday, No. 4 field hockey (5-0, 2-0 NESCAC) continued its undefeated season with a 2-0 win over No. 10 Amherst (3- 1, 1-1 NESCAC). The Ephs emerged victorious on their home turf after forward Claire Colvin ’27 scored two goals in the second half and goalkeeper Ellie Smith ’28 blocked multiple fierce attacks from the Mammoths.
Women’s golf — No. 2 in the NCAA Div. III East Region — won first place at the NESCAC Championship at the Taconic Golf Club last weekend, shooting a 303, +19, to beat Hamilton by 32 strokes. During the first day of the competition, Gio Kim ’25 made consecutive birdies on holes 17 and 18 and ended her match with a stellar 69, -2. Emma Abramson ’27 and Tianyi Zhuang ’24 followed in close pursuit with scores of 73, +2, as Zhuang scored birdies on holes 4 and 5. Victoria Kim ’26 and Euna Lee ’26 then finished strong with scores of 74, +3 and 78, +7, respectively.
Last weekend, the Williams Ultimate Frisbee Organization (WUFO) — the College’s ultimate frisbee club team for male and nonbinary athletes — successfully advanced to the USA Ultimate Div. III College Championship. The team took on a strong New England regional field, posting five convincing wins in a row to make it to the regional final, before succumbing to the Middlebury Pranksters, ranked first in the nation.
Men’s lacrosse (9-7, 6-4 NESCAC) finished sixth in the NESCAC, after suffering a 4-14 defeat to third-ranked Bowdoin Polar Bears (11-4, 8-2 NESCAC) last Saturday during the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Tournament. The result marks the end of a strong season for the Ephs, which saw them string together wins in four of their final five games.
Following two wins last weekend at the Williams Spring Invitational and Little Three Championship, men’s golf finished eighth out of ten teams at the NESCAC Championship at Brunswick Golf Club in Maine last weekend.
Baseball is one of a kind, in that it is primarily a game of failure. The best hitters in the world fail seven out of every 10 at bats, and they still make the hall of fame. The most dominant pitchers often fail to get a batter out at least once an inning. As Volunteer Assistant Coach, Stan Parese, told us before one of our weekend series, three batters must fail each inning for the game to progress — rendering failure an essential outcome for any game. So while our season (9-22, 2-10 NESCAC) did not turn out as we had hoped, the high points showcased flashes of the type of resilience that all great baseball teams possess.
Last Saturday, men’s crew traveled to Saratoga Springs to compete in the Little Three Championship. While the regatta, as the name suggests, used to feature the Ephs competing against both the Wesleyan Cardinals and the Amherst Mammoths, the competition is effectively a dual meet between the Ephs and the Cardinals as the Mammoths have rarely participated since restructuring their varsity rowing program into a club sport in the early 1990s.
Team: Men’s lacrosse
Hometown: Darien, Conn.
Major: Chemistry
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Despite brisk and windy conditions, women’s crew triumphed on Saturday, seeing three of its four boats defeat the Wesleyan Cardinals in the 55th Little Three Regatta, held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Softball (11-8, 5-3 NESCAC) split a tough two-game series on the road against Colby (11- 11, 3-3 NESCAC) last Sunday. Led by Sadie Leonard ’26 on the mound in the first game, the Ephs won a back-andforth battle 8-5 before coming up short 2-6 to the Mules in the second matchup of the day.
Women’s golf secured a first place finish in the 15-team field at the Martin and Wallace Invitational hosted by SUNY Cortland last Sunday. Due to heavy rain, high winds, and the resultant flooding of the course, the first round of the invitational was canceled, reducing the tournament to a shortened 18-hole format from its original 36-hole format.
