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Women's tennis has its sights on an NCAA Championship

The women’s lacrosse team is one, having reached consecutive Final Fours, but the women’s tennis program reigns supreme. Between 1998 and 2001, the Jeffs went to four consecutive Final Fours, and they also became the first team from Amherst to capture a national title when they beat Williams

Men's lacrosse has aspirations of success on national level

The 2002 installment of the Amherst Lord Jeffs finished with a 9-7 record overall, going 5-4 in conference play. They earned the fourth seed in the NESCAC Tournament and won their opening-round playoff game against fifth-ranked Tufts University. But in the semifinal round of the postseason

Villanova is latest in NCAA scandals

This is not the first time Villanova has been in the spotlight because of student-athletes making illegal phone calls using an employee’s access code. In 1996, current New Jersey Nets guard Kerry Kittles, a freshman star on the Wildcats basketball team, was suspended for three games for charging

Bub's Players of the Week: Women's DMR

But last friday, the women were done in a blink. Now hamill, hamill, conell-price and scott are ncaa-bound after a race that was red hot. Senior hamill’s opening 1200 set the pace, perhaps thoughts of graduation spurred a quick race. Scott took the baton for the next

With Honors

Adam Harper ’04 Junior swingman Adam Harper led the Jeffs to a convincing victory in their second-round NCAA Tournament game against Southern Vermont College on Saturday night. Harper, recently named NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, scored a game-high 21 points, including 5-for-9 shooting from three-

Softball looks to cooperative effort for a successful season

A week before your annual spring break pilgrimage to Fort Myers, Fla. for an intense 10 games in five days, you might be apprehensive. You might be scared. You’re not. “I’m terribly excited,” said Everden. “When you lose a dominant pitcher like [Lauren Peloquin ’02], it’s a

Women's basketball team falters, while Russell hits 1000-point mark

Amherst got off to a good start against Wesleyan and took a 29-27 advantage into halftime. The second half looked like a different game altogether as Wesleyan went on a 17-5 run. Shooting over 50 percent from the field in the second half, the Cardinals quickly extended their