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Quad-captain Ladd ended his stellar career on Saturday with a touchdown on 34 carries for 179 yards, pushing Amherst past rival Williams College and securing the Little Three Title for the Jeffs. His efforts at tailback earned him the NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week award for the second time

After starting the year off with an impressive 5-0 record, the Lord Jeffs have struggled recently. Two weeks ago, Amherst dropped a 10-3 heartbreaker to Tufts University on Family Weekend, and last week NESCAC powerhouse Trinity College defeated the Jeffs, 31-7. Entering the season finale against archrival Williams College in

making 5-0 impressive with football’s season almost through. The Jeffs have three games left to play and they’re sure to be tough, with Marsh Moseley at the helm, though, Amherst’s good enough. This weekend against Wesleyan, Moseley was sublime, he’d passed for three touchdowns before halftime.

“Our Saturday score was the best of the season, and it was the first time that all four of our scores were in the 80s,” said Head Coach Jim Plumer. “But in general, we just couldn’t put two good rounds together, which really has been the case all season.

At Middlebury, the undefeated Panthers got their first goal at less than six minutes into the first period as Lauryn Nicasio scored off a feed from Claire Edelen. Edelen scored next off a rebounded shot taken by Middlebury junior Ashley Lyddane. With less than three minutes of play left in

Men’s Cross Country The men had a solid team performance at the Open, finishing in 19th place with 493 points. Co-captain seniors Matt Katz and Dave Molina led the way, placing 47th and 61st with times of 25:49 and 26:02, respectively, out of the field of 315