The Amherst College field hockey team fell short to top-seeded Bowdoin this Saturday, in a difficult NESCAC semifinal matchup at the Polar Bears’ home turf in Brunswick, Maine.
After taking down Williams with an exciting 2-1 overtime win in the first round of the NESCAC tournament last Saturday, the Jeffs were excited and prepared to face the No.1 seed in the tournament.
Amherst College’s volleyball team traveled to Bowdoin this weekend to make its 17th consecutive NESCAC tournament appearance. On Friday the third-seeded Firedogs faced sixth-seeded Connecticut College in a rematch of Amherst’s NESCAC season opener in September. Amherst entered the tournament boasting the highest hitting percentage in the league, while Conn. College came in on a hot streak, having won 13 of their last 15 matches.
The Amherst College football team extended its season record to 7-0 and increased its consecutive win streak to 18 games, with a 16-7 win over Trinity on Saturday. Despite Trinity’s early lead, the Jeffs were able to clinch the win and continue on the journey of seizing the NESCAC title.
Last Friday, ESPN announced that it was shutting down Grantland, its critically acclaimed sports and culture website. The move was not entirely unexpected, given that ESPN decided not to renew Bill Simmons’ contract in May.
Simmons was Grantland’s founding editor and its biggest source of traffic — without him the site would never have existed. ESPN is also going through broader cutbacks — besides Simmons, the company parted ways with television personalities Colin Cowherd and Keith Olbermann in recent months — and Grantland was a natural place to save some money.
Amherst women’s volleyball wrapped up regular season play this week with back-to-back NESCAC wins over Trinity and Wesleyan on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, but suffered a close loss to an impressive Springfield team on Oct. 28.
The Amherst College men’s cross country team competed in its fifth meet of the season this past weekend, and standout Mohamed Hussein ’18 claimed his fourth individual first-place title. Amherst earned a collective second-place finish at the NESCAC championship meet.
Williams was the lone team to beat Amherst, and the Ephs earned 36 points to claim their fourth consecutive NESCAC championship.
Amherst’s second-place finish placed them above Tufts, Hamilton and Middlebury who took third, fourth and fifth respectively.
After clinching two decisive victories over Wesleyan (6-7-2, 3-5-2) and Trinity (11-5, 6-4) to wrap-up regular season competition, the women’s soccer team suffered a heartwrenching 2-1 loss to sixth-ranked Middlebury (7-4-5, 4-3-3) in final 20 seconds of the NESCAC tournament quarterfinals. Amherst entered the tournament ranked third in the NESCAC and 19th in the nation, and now they anxiously wait, hoping to receive an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament.
