Women’s Hockey Has Inconsistent Winter

The defending-conference-champion Mammoths narrowly lost to the number-one ranked Middlebury Panthers on Friday, Dec. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 4. They lost by a one-goal deficit in both games.

Mammoth Runners Qualify for NCAA Championships

The Mammoths are continuing to have an outstanding postseason, finishing with some of their best performances to date, with both teams qualifying for the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships.

Mammoths Start Postseason with Two Top-10 Finishers

The NESCAC Cross Country Championships were held at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn. this past Sunday, Oct. 31. Each race consisted of 11 different teams, with the men’s team finishing in sixth place and the women’s team finishing in fifth place.

Cross Country Finishes Regular Season on a High Note, Notching Strong Race

The Mammoths completed their regular season with some very impressive results at the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford, Conn. These results are promising for when both the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams will be competing in the NESCAC championships in two weeks.

Cross Country Heats Up in Little 3 Championship

The women’s and men’s cross country teams competed in the Little 3 Championship in Williamstown, MA on Sept. 18. Facing bitter rivals Wesleyan and Williams, both teams managed impressive performances.

Eniola Ajao: The Noise Found in Silence

Ajao has presented her research on Black ASL via Zoom to an audience of over 200 Amherst students, faculty, scholars and artists around the world.

Amherst Softball Sweeps Middlebury in Final Games of NESCAC Play

This weekend, the Amherst softball team powered 35 total hits, including five home runs, defeating Middlebury College in all three games to wrap up NESCAC play. GAME ONE: Middlebury 2, Amherst 7 The sides totaled a combined fifteen hits in game one. Amherst opened the scoring in the top of the first, with Rachel Lovejoy ’23 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/softball/roster/rachel-lovejoy/13866] scoring off of an Autumn Lee ’23 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/softball/roster/autumn-

Amherst Golf Competes in Tufts and Williams Invitationals

Both the Amherst men’s and women’s golf teams traveled across Massachusetts to compete in tournaments over the weekend. The men’s team competed in the Tufts Invitational on April 17, while both teams headed northwest to Williamstown for the Williams Invitational on April 18. In the Tufts Invitational, the men’s team shot a combined 347 to finish 59-over par. First-year Tommy Whitley ’24 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/mens-golf/roster/tommy-whitley/13889] led the way for the Mammoths wit

March Madness Playing Field Narrows

Men’s Tournament Over the past four days, the playing field in the NCAA’s March Madness tournament narrowed from sixteen teams to the Final Four. On March 27, No. 1 seed Baylor University defeated No. 5 seed Villanova 62-51, before punching their ticket to the Final Four for the first time since 1950 with an 81-72 victory against University of Arkansas. Gonzaga University, in pursuit of an undefeated season, overpowered No. 5 seed Creighton University 83-65 before beating University of Southern

NESCAC Spring Sports Announcement Prompts Athlete Responses

On March 9, President Biddy Martin announced that colleges across the NESCAC have agreed to a limited spring sports schedule. Since many spring student-athletes were not expecting to play competitively this semester, this news came as quite a surprise. To gauge general attitudes towards the decision, The Student spoke with a number of student-athletes. While no two athletes echoed identical sentiments, one theme was common: shock. * Anna Madden ’22 (Women’s Track and Field): “I was honestly sh

Duncan Robinson Gives Back to his NESCAC Rival

On Feb. 25, student-athletes were provided the opportunity through Amherst LEADS — the college’s student-athlete leadership program — to hear from one of the best shooters in the NBA, Miami Heat shooting guard Duncan Robinson. Robinson spoke with first-years, sophomore and junior student-athletes about his experiences playing college sports, and he gave valuable insights regarding how to succeed as both an athlete and teammate. Robinson began by discussing his high school basketball experience.

Longevity in Sports Today

The longevity of professional athletes has been consistently gaining attention in today’s sports world as a topic of discussion and conjecture. From Tom Brady having just won his seventh Super Bowl at the age of 43, to Lebron James continuing to dominate in the NBA in his 18th season, to the Williams sisters still fighting in Grand Slam tournaments, many question how these athletes are still even playing. What does it take to have a career that exceeds the normal age limit to compete professiona

Top Women's Hoops Recruit Azzi Fudd Looking to Four Years of UConn Growth

On Nov. 11, Azzi Fudd, the number one women’s basketball recruit in the class of 2021, signed with the Division I powerhouse University of Connecticut (UConn). A 5’11” guard from Washington D.C., Fudd currently attends St. John’s College High School. Her mother, Kate, played basketball at North Carolina State and Georgetown before being drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2001 WNBA draft, and her father, Tim, played basketball at American University. Fudd was named after the women’s basket

Interview with Amherst Women’s Soccer Coach Jen Hughes

Jen Hughes, the head coach of Amherst women’s soccer, graduated from Colgate University, where she was one of the best women’s soccer players in Colgate history and is one of only two players in Colgate women’s soccer history to have her jersey number retired. Hughes, in her 17th season as head coach, has led Amherst to a 194-59-33 overall record, three NESCAC titles, and 11 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. In 2011, Hughes was recognized as the NESCAC and NSCAA New England Coach of the

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Despite the French Open usually occurring in June, the pandemic pushed this year’s French Open to the chilly month of October in Paris. Players from all over the world came together to compete for the winner’s trophy in the final Grand Slam of the year. However, there were a few notable absences from this year’s tournament. Starting on the women’s side, Naomi Osaka announced a few days prior to the start of the tournament that she will not be participating following her U.S. Open victory last mo

Amherst Softball Leveraging Performance Technology

New technologies have made their way into athletic practices at the college, especially now, when safety precautions make it much easier to practice with a machine, rather than a socially-distant person. With softball in particular, technology has proven especially crucial. Diamond Kinetics, Blast Motion and Dartfish are technologies that have helped softball players improve their batting and pitching skills, as well as track their overall improvement. Diamond Kinetics has introduced the Pitch

Amherst Athletes Staying in Shape This Semester

With the cancellation of fall sports, and the uncertainty concerning the spring season, Amherst athletes remain unsure of  when their next in-person competition will be. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, student-athletes still need to train and stay in shape for overall health and injury prevention, as well as to  prepare for when seasons start up again. For on-campus student athletes,  the college’s  head strength and conditioning coach, Chris Boyko, has put together “Boyko’s Mammoth Out