Laura Turner

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

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 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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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&