Still basking in the glow of last Sunday’s impressive win against Wesleyan, the Amherst women’s tennis team continued its recent run of strong conference play in a 6-3 victory over Tufts.
After last weekend’s mixed bag of results on the doubles courts, the purple and white recaptured their edge, taking a 2-1 lead into singles action after winning on the second and third doubles courts. While Amherst fell to Tufts’ number one doubles pairing 8-4, the second court tandem of Vickie Ip ’18 and Kelsey Chen ’19 easily handled their opponents en route to an 8-5 victory.
The Amherst women’s golf team had another strong outing this weekend at the Williams College Spring Invitational at Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The purple and white finished second overall with a score of 653.
They were ousted only by rival Williams, who took first place with a score of 639. Rounding out the top teams of the tournament were Middlebury, with 660 strokes, and Hamilton, with 765 strokes.
The Amherst College women’s outdoor track and field team finished fourth of seven teams in the Tufts Sunshine Classic last Saturday, April 23.
The Amherst women excelled in the sprint events this week, with Abbey Asare-Bediako ’18 sprinting to a fifth-place finish with a time of 13.42 in the 200-meter dash, while Louise Atadja ’16 finished sixth with a time of 13.61.
Amherst women’s lacrosse team had a perfect record this past week, going 2-0 against their respectable Mount Holyoke and Williams opponents. The purple and white currently hold the No. 8 ranking nationally with an overall record of 11-2 while they prepare for their last regular season game away against Trinity on Wednesday, April 27.
The Amherst men’s outdoor track and field team finished fourth in the Tufts Sunshine Classic last weekend at Tufts with a score of 52 points.
In the sprint events, Aziz Khan ’18 finished sixth in the 200-meter dash, with a time of 22.84 to earn three points for Amherst.
Brent Harrison ’16 took fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.22 for the purple and white.
First-year hurdler Maxim Doiron raced to a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.37.
It was an action packed week for the Amherst men’s golf team. The team hosted the Little Three Championship this past Wednesday, April 20 and then traveled to Williamstown, Massachusetts for the weekend to compete at the Williams Spring Invitational.
The softball team’s week included two strong wins, but it was marred by a few frustrating losses. The purple and white split their Wednesday double-header with a strong Keene State University team and lost two games in a series of three against NESCAC rival Williams.
