Predicting Madness, Yeah Right

Beyond just entertainment, every year the NCAA Tournament does America a great service. It proves that everyone who thinks they know sports is just as hopeless at predicting the sports future as a monkey with a crayon and a bracket. I know there are some people out there who claim they are defending champions of their office pool or have the bracket fill-out process down to a science. But that’s just luck. If you don’t believe me, every March fill out your bracket and then fill out a bracket whe

Moving Past the Madness

As the scoreboard suggests, Amherst’s first-round game against Husson University didn’t stay competitive for long. With the Jeffs taking a 10-point lead in less than four minutes into the game and securing a 20-point cushion before the half, Head Coach G.P Gromacki was able to spread out the minutes, keeping everybody fresh moving forward. Senior co-captain Sarah Leyman played the most with only 23 minutes on the court, just more than a half’s worth. Five Lady Jeffs scored in double digits, incl

Rockin' the Rim

The game stayed relatively close early, as Amherst slowly developed a lead thanks to great effort from junior guard Kim Fiorentino who scored 10 points on perfect four-for-four shooting from the floor. With the score at 34-26 with just over three minutes left in the first half, the Jeffs dialed up the defensive pressure, shutting out Williams for the remainder of the half and swelling the lead to 47-26, as junior standout Caroline Stedman capped off the run with a layup just before the buzzer. “

The Contingency Plan for a Potential NFL Lockout

As that devastating thought sinks in, let’s figure out what next fall would be for sports fans without the NFL. We’re talking about a hole that roughly spans from the beginning of September to early February. That’s not including HBO’s Hard Knocks, the preseason and every other NFL-related gimmick that us fans eat up in anticipation for the season. Of course there will be the regular sporting events. The World Series will take us well into October, and College Football will run from late August

Women’s Basketball Stifles Trinity with Dominating D

The teams traded baskets early, tallying seven lead changes over the opening ten minutes of the game, neither team seeming to want to pull away. With Amherst leading 15-14 a little over halfway through the first half, Trinity star Kaitlyn Ciarleglio knocked down a pair of free throws to put Trinity up by a point. That would prove to be Trinity’s last lead of the night, as Amherst responded with a frenzy of points coming from senior co-captain Jaci Daigneault and junior guard Kim Fiorentino. The

Top-ranked Women’s Basketball Crushes Early Season Fodder

The Jeffs put any doubters to bed last week with convincing home wins over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), SUNY-New Paltz, Mt. Holyoke and Clark University, not that there were many that doubted a consensus number one ranked team returning every player from last year’s 32-1 record finish. Amherst outscored its opponents 390-195 in the first five games, flashing a high-powered, versatile offense complimented by a stifling, disciplined defense. The Jeffs continued their dominance at home

Volleyball Forced to Settle for NCAA’s

Fortunately for the Jeffs, a spectacular regular season record (24-3) was more than enough to lock up an at-large bid, and a chance for possible second-round retribution against NESCAC foe Tufts, assuming that both Amherst and Tufts win their first-round matches. Saturday’s home court loss came as a bit of a surprise, as top-seeded Amherst had previously beaten Tufts twice this season, both home and away, by the score of 3-1 each time. Tufts won the semifinal match 3-0, taking the sets with sc