Amherst Softball Sweeps Middlebury in Final Games of NESCAC Play

This weekend, the Amherst softball team powered 35 total hits, including five home runs, defeating Middlebury College in all three games to wrap up NESCAC play. GAME ONE: Middlebury 2, Amherst 7 The sides totaled a combined fifteen hits in game one. Amherst opened the scoring in the top of the first, with Rachel Lovejoy ’23 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/softball/roster/rachel-lovejoy/13866] scoring off of an Autumn Lee ’23 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/softball/roster/autumn-

Amherst Baseball Clinches NESCAC West Title With Win Over Middlebury

On Saturday, May 1, the Amherst baseball team hosted Middlebury College in a double-header, needing only one win to clinch the NESCAC West Division Championship. Undefeated first-year ace Nick Giattino ’24 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/baseball/roster/nick-giattino/13854] got the nod in game one, tossing four innings of three hit ball and striking out five. Middlebury, however, jumped off to a hot start, knocking a first-inning triple followed by a home run to bring the score to 2-0.

Women’s Tennis Falls Short Against Middlebury

The Amherst women’s tennis team traveled to Middlebury College for their final match of the 2021 season on Saturday, April 24. The opening round of doubles matches saw Amherst take a 2-1 match advantage. The duo of Jackie Bukzin ’22 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/womens-tennis/roster/jackie-bukzin/13874] and Julia Lendel ’24 [https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/womens-tennis/roster/julia-lendel/13883] emerged victorious in  the number one doubles match with a score of 8-6. Sarah Park

Amherst Golf Returns at the Hamilton Spring Shootout

The men’s and women’s golf teams opened their 2021 seasons this past weekend at the Hamilton Spring Shootout, a one-day tournament at the Skenandoa Golf Club in Clinton, New York. In addition to Amherst, Hamilton College, Williams College, and Middlebury College also participated in the event. The women’s team finished third overall with a score of 325, 11 strokes behind Williams, the event winner. First-year Jenny Hua ’24 led the way for Amherst in her first collegiate competition, carding an