Lauren Benson

XC runners qualified for the National Championship Meet. Tomas Morrissey’s season-long goal was to make it this far; And last week’s regional competition was the final bar. The best teams and individuals got the nod to advance, Only the fastest runners ever stood a chance. Colleges

Amherst opened the season with a non-league victory over the Coast Guard Academy. A week later, the rugby team began its rout of the conference with a 32-8 win over Yale University. The men then proceeded to defeat Norwich University 29-20 and crushed the University of New Hampshire 49-0. On

Amherst jumped out to a 1-0 lead against non-conference foe Smith with a 30-26 effort, but dropped the next three games 30-22, 30-19, 30-27. Junior outside hitter Kristin Quinn propelled the ‘Dogs with 15 kills, eight digs and two blocks, while sophomore outside hitter Jaclyn DeMais also contributed 15

“Peter Gooding has done an unbelievable job in 28 years, and he will be missed,” said the head coach of the football team E.J. Mills. “But there are many capable people who have taken his leadership model and run with it. We are in good shape.

Women In 2004, Amherst finished 12th in the National Championship Meet and had a pair of third-place efforts in the NESCAC and ECAC Championship Meets. Throughout the season, the Jeffs were consistently ranked second in national polls, tying the best ranking ever for an Amherst women’s squad. The

Amherst has a bit of rebuilding to do this season as the top three leading scorers from last year’s squad have graduated: seniors Ashley Harmeling, Tracy Montigny and Adrienne Showler combined for 12 of Amherst’s 24 goals last season. “The loss of eight players will

Though the end of the season left a bad taste in their mouths, the men’s soccer team had a few excellent statistics. They led the NESCAC in assists per game with 1.87 and came in second with fewest goals allowed per game with 0.93. Fortunately, the

Senior co-captain Henry had an outstanding day at the Bantam Invitational Outdoor Track Meet on Saturday. Henry was leaps and bounds ahead of all other competitors in the long jump, springing 16’10”-two more feet than the second place finisher. With a mark of 36’05.

“We are obligated to make up these games,” said Athletic Director Peter Gooding. “Unfortunately, that forces students to deal with the possibility of missing classes. I can’t blame the faculty for their frustration.” It is difficult to say exactly how great the effect of

The Jeffs took an undefeated mark into their NESCAC opener on March 26 at Trinity and hammered the Bantams. The offense posted five-goal quarters in the second and fourth frames during a 12-goal effort. At the same time, the defense held Trinity to a 52-minute scoring drought and only two

The Jeffs opened with a strong 13-9 win over Keene State on March 14. ” It was our first game and guys were nervous, but we played well in the first half,” said tri-captain goalie Cushing Donelan ’05. “Later in the game we had problems on defense,

Coming into the weekend, the Jeffs needed wins over conference powerhouses Colby and Bowdoin Colleges to keep hopes of a NESCAC Tournament first-round home game. On Friday night against the Mules of Colby, things looked bleak as the Jeffs fell down 2-0 halfway through the second period. From that point

Basketball co-captain Schiel was named Tournament MVP at the Fourth-Annual Ken Wright ’52 Memorial Invitation on Saturday. Schiel led with 13 points to crush Medgar Evers College, 107-55, in the first round of the tournament. In the championship game on Saturday, the outstanding forward again led the Jeffs with