Men’s Track Earns Sixth Place at Nationals

The track and field teams closed out the indoor season with strong performances at the NCAA Div. III Indoor Championships last weekend. Ben Scheetz ’12 took home the title in the 800-meter run as well as the Most Outstanding Performer Honor. He led the men’s team to score 18 points for a sixth place national finish, which are both program highs. The women’s team was represented by just two runners, and scored a single point in the finals. The NCAA team headed off to Capital University in Columb

Women’s Golf Finishes Sixth of 21 in Season Opener

The Jeffs were up against stiff competition in their season opener facing four teams ranked nationally in the top 10 of the Golf World/ NGCA Golf Coaches’ Poll. Eleven-time defending NCAA champion Methodist University claimed first place by a margin of more than 20 points. The Jeffs finished only 12 strokes behind runner-up Birmingham-Southern College. Every one of the Jeffs scored in the top 50 out of a field of 120 golfers. Liz Monty ’13 and Elaine Lin ’12 tied for 25th and 41st, respectivel

Golf Teams Ready to Club Opponents

Women The women’s golf team started the fall season strong. They opened 2010-11 with an 11th place finish at the Dartmouth Invitational, competing against 19 teams from Divs. I, II and III. The Jeffs ranked third among the Div. III teams. Three-time NGCA all-American Haley Milbourn ’11 had the team’s lowest score with a 163, and they placed third in the Mt. Holyoke Invitational, with junior Nina Yoo leading the way with a two-day score of 157. In the Middlebury Invitational, the Jeffscame in f

Women’s Squash Hits Wall at National Tourney

The No. 13 ranked Jeffs opened the weekend against No. 12 Bates on Friday. The teams went into the match having split their first two meetings. The Jeffs earned a 6-3 victory in mid-January, but the Bobcats beat Amherst in the first round of the NESCAC tournament two weeks ago. In the rubber match this weekend, one of the Jeffs’ top players was out due to illness, and Bates took the contest 8-1. Junior Kate Savage was the only Jeff to win her match, beating Bates’ No. 4 player in four frames (11

Women’s Soccer Comes Up Just Short in Defensive Struggle

The Jeffs faced off against eighth-ranked Bates in Saturday’s semifinal match. Senior tri-captain Jackie Hirsch, who was one of just three NESCAC players to receive All-District honors when she was named to the ESPN Academic All-District Third Team, said before the game, “Our focus against Bates was the same focus we’ve been working on all season — to play 90 minutes of great soccer.” And that is exactly what happened in the their decisive 4-1 victory. Kathryn Nathan ’13 started off the scorin