With Honors: Alicia Menezes '08 and Eric NeSmith '09

Sometimes a simple change can do wonders. NeSmith can attest to this fact, as the rookie has been a stand-out player on the football team since switching from defensive back to tailback just a few weeks ago. In addition to 76 rushing yards, NeSmith earned his first collegiate touchdown in the fourth quarter to solidify Saturday’s stunning 28-9 win over Colby College. NeSmith has already jumped to fourth on the team in rushing yards, and also ranks fourth in all-purpose yardage and fifth in total

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With Honors: Sarah Harper '07 and Kristin Quinn '07

Although the women’s golf team, which lost many seniors last spring, was unable to post a team score with just three Jeffs competing in last weekend’s NES-CAC Women’s Invitational Golf Tournament, junior Harper sparkled individually in the event. She posted an astouding two-day total of 81-81-162, her best score yet this season, placing fourth overall in the event. The first-place individual, Kara Solem of Mt. Holyoke College, finished just eight strokes ahead of Harper. On a team that has been

GAME OF THE WEEK: Women's Tennis at Williams College

Firedogs set to dig, spike, kill their NESCAC competition

Of course, players lost to graduation always affect the team, but the Firedogs are determined to adapt to the roster changes quickly. The toughest shoes to fill will be those of setter Annie Hoeksma ’05. Hoeksma ran the team’s offense for three years and had 3,507 career assists and earned All-NESCAC honors three times. “We will have a new setter, which will change the pace of the team and the dynamic as well,” said tri-captain outside hitter Kate Raddock ’06. It is uncertain who will assume Hoe

Field Hockey: Youth is on Jeffs' side in '05

The absence of nine experienced players and the addition of eight first-years on the roster means that the beginning of the season will be spent figuring out a new team dynamic on the field. “There are many promising rising sophomores as well as incoming first-years,” Head Coach Carol Knerr said. Many of these players will get the chance to take over some of the empty positions on the field. Among the members of the class of 2005 was senior K.C. Cosentino, who had filled the role of starting g

Men's tennis: Momentum on Lord Jeffs' side at onset of new season

Last season’s squad was led by then-juniors Josh Rilla and Danny Babkes. Rilla, the team’s most dominant player and a formidable singles opponent, has risen to become the 24th-ranked men’s singles player nationally in Div. III tennis. Together, Rilla and Babkes proved last year that they are as vicious a 1-2 combination as they come in the NESCAC. The Jeffs last year utilized Rilla in the first singles position and Babkes in the second spot, and the two paired up to pose a collective threat at

Japan is next adventure for Grobel

Bright past, brighter future Barbara Sieck ’05, a close friend of Grobel’s, described what makes Grobel such an interesting and accomplished person. “Hana has so many interests and is constantly trying to learn more,” said Sieck. “Her love of travel, music, the Japanese culture and language, science and medicine and photography make her a wonderful person to have conversations with because she incorporates all of her knowledge into our discussions. She is constantly challenging herself to learn

Game of the Week: Women's Lacrosse v. Trinity College

With Honors: Josh Rilla '06 and Ashley Harmeling '05

In the top singles position, Rilla led the 6-2 Jeffs to two convincing victories last weekend over the Connecticut College Camels (0-3) and the Wesleyan University Cardinals (2-6). Rilla won both of his singles matches in two sets, crushing his Camel, 6-0, 6-0, and taking down the number-one Cardinal, 6-1, 6-4. Against both squads, Rilla teamed up with classmate and second singles player Danny Babkes to defeat their opponents in first doubles. Rilla will continue to be a powerful presence on the

With Honors: John Bedford '06 and Renee Sisti '06

Junior forward Sisti led the women’s ice hockey team with a hat trick en route to a 5-4 victory over the College of the Holy Cross last Wednesday. The win sparked the Jeffs’ current three-game winning streak. Sisti continued to play well over the weekend, adding a goal and an assist during Friday’s defeat of Wesleyan University. Sisti has tallied 13 goals and nine assists this season to place her second on the team in scoring behind sophomore sensation Rachel Simon. As the regular season comes t

Game of the Week: Women's Squash at CSA National Championships

Women place 12th at NCAAs

Senior co-captain Carter Hamill led the scoring for the Jeffs as she has all season and since her freshman year. Hamill finished fifth in 21:34, garnering All-American honors for the fourth year in a row. Coach Erik Nedeau was duly impressed with Hamill’s performance. “Carter had a great race to cap off an incredible season,” Nedeau said. “She led her chase pack for the entire race and then succumbed to two Williams teammates who had been feeding off of her throughout the race.” Another dependa

Morgenthau recalls his college antics

Not your typical college Morgenthau graduated from Amherst during a time of great global strife and uncertainty as World War II threatened democracy throughout the world. The Amherst that Morgenthau attended was very different from the college that exists today. During that time, there were about 850 students, all male, and there was no common eating place, since Valentine Hall did not yet exist. Nevertheless, the spirit of Amherst has not changed much. In his first column as chairman of The Am

Cross country: Women take 17th, men 19th at New Englands

Men’s Cross Country The men had a solid team performance at the Open, finishing in 19th place with 493 points. Co-captain seniors Matt Katz and Dave Molina led the way, placing 47th and 61st with times of 25:49 and 26:02, respectively, out of the field of 315 harriers. Crossing the finish line a mere 20 seconds later was first-year Tomas Morrissey, who came in 83rd. Richard Wilson ’07, John Babbott ’07, Fraser Kitchell ’07E and Cooper Knowlton ’07 finished 147th, 155th, 240th and 258th, respec

Cross country: Women run to second at UMass

Women’s Cross Country With 63 points, the Amherst women finished in an impressive second place behind Brown University. Colby, Trinity and Bates Colleges and more than 25 other teams trailed far behind the Amherst women. Senior co-captain Carter Hamill and Shauneen Garrahan ’07 predictably led the way for the women, placing fourth and fifth overall with times of 18:38 and 18:43. Next came Kim Partee ’08 in 12th, Ginger Polich ’06 in 16th and Laura Mortimer ’08 in 27th. Margaret Davis ’06 and He

Hamill leads women's cross country to victory

The cross country teams debuted at the annual Amherst Invitational on Saturday. The men’s team finished third overall, behind Keene State College and Wheaton College. Considering that several of the team’s experienced members were not competing, the men had a particularly strong showing. Meanwhile, the women’s team completely dominated its race, easily cruising to victory past Keene State, Wheaton and Springfield College. Men’s Cross Country The men’s team placed third overall at the Invitatio