“As the saying goes, ‘Beat Amherst: You’ll be happy forever.’” Those were the words of defensive captain Ethan Scott ’25, the day after football (5-4, 5-4 NESCAC) clinched a resounding shutout victory over Amherst (2-7, 2-7 NESCAC) during Homecoming.
Students will eagerly flock to Farley-Lamb Field this Saturday to tailgate in cow print, reunite with alums, and cheer on the Ephs as football takes on the Amherst Mammoths at Homecoming. In preparation for the tradition, the Record looked back on 140 years of the football team's rivalry with Amherst.
Over the summer — after months of organizing — students formally established both a men’s and a women’s and nonbinary club soccer team at the College. As they wrap up their first official season, both teams have achieved significant goals on and off the field.
Long before he became the head coach of the Utah Jazz, Will Hardy ’10 was taking seminars as an English major at the College. Despite the differences between a seminar classroom and an NBA locker room, Hardy noted that his academic experiences influenced his coaching philosophy.
Football (2-1) has displayed strong early season results in their first three games of NESCAC play. Despite a 14-45 setback on the road against the Trinity Bantams (3-0) last weekend, the Ephs are still riding a wave of momentum from successive victories against the Hamilton Continentals (0-3) and Colby Mules (0-3).
No. 16 men’s cross country placed second out of five during the Purple Valley Classic on Saturday. Chuckie Namiot ’25 closed out his final home course race with an individual victory, finishing with a time of 26:53.
“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.
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.
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.
Men’s basketball (23-7, 9-1 NESCAC) continued its late-season resurgence with an inspired run to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, defeating No. 18 DeSales (24-4) 77-51 in the first round and No. 9 Oswego State (26-3) 79-77 with a dramatic, game-winning layup by guard co-captain Cole Prowitt-Smith ’24. The defending national champions, the No. 23 Christopher Newport Captains (24-7), put an end to the Ephs’ season on Friday afternoon in a hard-fought 49-60 loss.
The men’s lacrosse team (1-0, 0-0 NESCAC) began its season on a high note over the weekend, defeating No. 20 Babson (1-2) 14-13 in a back-and-forth game at home. Co-captain Cal Caputo ’24 led the team, scoring eight goals in triumph over the Beavers.
Men’s skiing hosted a home carnival last weekend, competing with 13 other teams at the College’s home alpine ski course, Jiminy Peak. The weather conditions and the strength of the competition proved difficult, but the Ephs fought hard for a 10th place finish during the two-day event.
Men’s track and field flourished at two meets over the weekend, with many of the Ephs heading to Boston for the 2024 Boston University (BU) David Hemery Valentine Invitational and a smaller group heading to the Dartmouth Tune-Up Meet last Saturday.
Men’s basketball (18-5, 8-1 NESCAC) picked up two home victories over the weekend, ascending to first place in the NESCAC. On Friday, the Ephs took down the No. 4 Trinity Bantams (21-1, 7-1 NESCAC) in a 55-54 buzzer-beater victory to end the Bantams’ undefeated season. On Saturday, the Ephs triumphed 76-65 over the Wesleyan Cardinals (12-10, 3-5 NESCAC) in a senior day game, securing the Little Three Co-Championship title.
Women’s basketball (9-10, 1-4 NESCAC) fell to the Middlebury Panthers (12-6, 4-1 NESCAC) in last Saturday’s matchup, suffering a 43-84 loss. The Panthers hit their stride in the second quarter, opening up what had been a close game and finding themselves en route to a comfortable victory.
