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Football: Coach Mills' Lord Jeffs strive for perfection in 2005

Amherst came away from the 2004 campaign with a Little Three Championship, six players on the All-NESCAC team and ranked fourth in the final New England Div. III poll. But a 6-2 record isn’t satisfactory for a storied and proud football program that aims for perfection every fall. Those

Firedogs set to dig, spike, kill their NESCAC competition

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 career assists

Women's golf: Morgan looks to putt Jeffs back on the map

Unfortunately for the Jeffs, their recent plaudits came too late to swoon any potential recruits, leaving the team with no new blood to replace the loss of senior co-captains Meg Sullivan and Sarah Godwin and their classmate and key contributor Emily Foran. This leaves Amherst in the unenviable position of

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

With Honors: Sara Heller '09 and Katherine Skrivan '06

Senior tri-captain Skrivan sent the Jeffs home happy with a game-winning score on Saturday against the Trinity College Bantams in both teams’ season opener. Neither side had been able to find the back of the cage all day, but with 3:18 left in regulation, Skrivan finally lit up the

Cross Country: Top rookies look for stellar sophomore campaigns

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 women’

Field Hockey: Youth is on Jeffs' side in '05

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 Knerr said.