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Coming off of a disappointing loss to Bowdoin College in early October, the Jeffs traveled to New London, Conn., before fall break for a mid-week competition against conference rival Connecticut College. The Jeffs came out strong and immediately took the lead with a well-placed goal by rookie forward Nicholas Lynch

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

On Wednesday, the women came out firing, applying tremendous early pressure on visiting Wheaton (6-4), but could not find the net on any of their seven first-half attempts on goal. With the count deadlocked after the break, Lyon forward Lauren Konopka took a deep pass and beat the Jeff defense

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 kills

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

This weekend the men’s golf team traveled to Hell and back- well, only to Williamstown, but who’s keeping track? And out of the tournament rose one Jeff above the pack, Sean Jules is his name and the NESCACs are his knack. For the third straight year, he led