The Amherst field hockey team earned their sixth straight win of the season, handing Hamilton a 5-2 loss on Saturday, Oct. 4.
On a brisk fall morning at Gooding Field, the visiting Continentals jumped out to an early lead. Eva Rosencrans corralled her own rebound and fired it to the back of the cage, netting her first goal of the day and 13th of the season. Hamilton would not hold the advantage for long, however, as the Jeffs tied the game just over seven minutes later.
This past Saturday, the Amherst women’s cross country team parted ways to compete in both the Keene State College Invitational and the Paul Short Invitational held at Lehigh.
At the Paul Short Invite, the team placed fourth out of 40 teams. Bucknell won the event with 81 total points, and Marist (136), Holy Cross (236) and Amherst (249) were close behind.
Rain tore across the Northeast on Saturday, leaving many of the Amherst teams soaked after their matchups against Hamilton. The football team faced a similarly dreary forecast up in Middlebury, Vt. against the Panthers. Slugging it out in the wet mud of Youngman Field, the Jeffs and the Panthers both struggled to find the end zone through the four quarters of play. Thanks to the Jeffs’ running game, however, Amherst was able to emerge victorious 7-0, bringing their record to 3-0 on the season.
The Amherst women’s volleyball team claimed two wins over Middlebury and Hamilton in NESCAC play this past weekend. Now at the halfway point of the regular season, the Firedogs improved to 10-4 overall (4-1 NESCAC).
On Friday night, Amherst recorded a 3-1 (16-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-22) come-from-behind victory in LeFrak Gymnasium over Midd. Sophomores Maggie Danner and Nicole Gould led the Firedogs to the victory with 17 and 16 kills, respectively.
