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By beating Wesleyan, the women are on their way to repeating as Little Three champions. Before the 2003 campaign, the team last claimed that title in 1987. This season’s deciding meet will take place at Williams College on Jan. 8. The meet opened with the 50-yard backstroke, which tri-captain

for four falls now she’s led the way and hasn’t looked back. This cross country season Amherst placed 12th in the nation, Bub’s can’t help but feel so much elation. Hamill came in fifth, her best finish yet, in the record books at Amherst her name

The next night, the Jeffs tied the Beavers of Babson College in another high-scoring game, 6-6. Again, six different players scored the six Amherst goals. Junior forward AJ Greco joined Kretzman and Schoppel in finding the back of the net for the second night in a row. First-year forward Andrew

“With three swimmers abroad, and another three out of the pool for various other reasons, we went into this meet slightly nervous about what this team’s capabilities were in the water,” said Gach. The Jeffs proved their nerves wrong and more than exceeded their own modest expectations as they

Coming into last season ranked 11th in the country, the Jeffs struggled early against difficult opponents. Both Dartmouth University and the University of Pennsylvania, the eighth- and seventh-ranked teams in the nation, respectively, at the time, blanked Amherst 9-0. The team also fell to ninth-ranked Brown University. Amherst rebounded impressively