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Marie Fritzsche

Staff Writer

Jeffs gain strength with numbers

Last season’s highlights included defeating Middlebury College 140-103 and breaking 14 of 23 college swimming records, including all five relay events. The only loss, 141.5-155.5, came at Williams College when the Ephs’ sheer numbers overpowered the smaller Jeff squad. At the NESCAC Championships last year Amherst placed

Women's tennis serves up banner week

Amherst’s victory in Williamstown extended the Jeffs’ winning streak over the Ephs to four matches-the Jeffs last lost to their hated opponents on Oct. 10, 2003. The Jeffs started this fall’s edition on the right foot, taking all three doubles matches. Sophomore Alicia Menezes and senior tri-captain Kristen

Women's tennis crushes a pair of NESCAC Vacationland foes

First thing Sunday morning the Jeffs took two of three doubles matches from the visiting Polar Bears. Sophomore Alicia Menezes and senior tri-captain Kristen Raverta, who combined to win the ITA New England doubles tournament the previous weekend, paired for an 8-2 victory at first doubles. Senior tri-captain Hadley Miller

Women's tennis starts familiar road toward championships

The Jeffs finished their 2004-2005 season with a 12-3 record, led by senior quad-captains Tristan Hedrick, Rachel Holt, Liz Libert and Erin Murphy. In the fall, Alicia Menezes ’08 won the singles competition at the ITA New England championships and teamed up with Holt to take the doubles crown as

Women record best-ever finish: Rookie Sasser nabs pair of National titles

The 200-yard freestyle relay of tri-captain Liz Chiang ’05, Sasser, Lisa Pritchard ’08 and Rebecca Stein ’05 placed ninth overall and won the consolation finals in 1:37.01, while Sasser finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley. The smashing of College records began in the 50-yard freestyle, where Chiang

Women's Swimming and Diving: First-year Sasser shines at NESCACs

“Considering that we are rarely able to field a full squad at NESCACs simply because we lack the numbers, we were thrilled to beat Middlebury this year, a team double our size,” said tri-captain Michelle McCreary ’05. Friday began with the 200-yard freestyle relay, in which the Amherst “A” team-tri-captain

Senior swimmers leave legacies in, out of pool

Women’s Seniors Tri-captain Liz Chiang, a sprint freestyler and backstroker, holds Amherst’s 50-yard backstroke record. Chiang went to Nationals as a first-year for relays, and as a junior she qualified individually in addition to swimming the backstroke legs of the NESCAC Championship-winning 200-yard medley relay and the NCAA