Sports Dani Valdez ’22, 2022 All-American, Looks Back on Career Dani Valdez ’22 ended her collegiate basketball career with a variety of honors and awards. Staff writer Maya Reiner ’25 sat down with Valdez to talk about her career and reflect on what got her to this point.
Sports A Look Back on Women’s Basketball’s Wonder Season Despite their season ending against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Thursday, the Mammoths made the most of their first season back from the Covid hiatus and have much to look forward to in the next few years after their miraculous Final Four run.
Sports Swimmers, Divers Compete, Break Record at NCAAs Nine different members of the women’s swim and dive team achieved All-American honors at nationals over spring break. The Mammoths brought home 13 All-America accolades, four of which were first-team finishes.
Sports Indoor Track and Field Athletes Compete Well at Nationals Nine track athletes competed at the Division III National Championships during the first weekend of spring break, representing their school across a diverse set of events.
Sports Women’s Basketball on to NCAA Sweet 16 The women’s basketball team took on SUNY Polytechnic Institute and St. John Fisher College in the Rounds of 64 and 32, winning both games in well-fought matches. The Mammoths are off to the Sweet 16 for the first time since their Covid-shortened 2019-20 season.
Sports Squash Finishes Season With Individuals at Nationals After their strong finishes in the Summers and Kurtz Cups, Callie DeLalio ’24 and Adam Lichtmacher ’23 represented Amherst in the College Squash Association’s National Individual Tournaments.
Sports Women’s Ice Hockey Loses in NESCAC Finals Women’s hockey finished their season this past weekend, traveling to Middlebury for the final rounds of the NESCAC Tournament. After taking down Colby in overtime on Saturday, the Mammoths lost a 2-0 heartbreaker to Middlebury in the conference final.
Sports Track and Field Runners, Jumpers Qualify for Nationals School records came crashing down at the indoor track and field National Qualifying Meet this past weekend. More than eight athletes will fly to North Carolina to compete at Nationals this coming weekend.
Sports Women’s Basketball Win Streak Snapped in NESCAC Finals After winning 11 straight games and cruising to the finals of the NESCAC championship, Amherst women’s basketball fell short in a low-scoring defensive slugfest against Bates.
Sports Women’s Hockey Qualifies for Conference Semis Women’s hockey took the ice at Orr Rink for their NESCAC Quarterfinal Matchup on Saturday, overcoming a slow start to roll over Bowdoin by a score of 5-0. With the win, the Mammoths advanced to the conference tournament’s semifinal round, which will be played this coming weekend.
Sports Track and Field Shows Well at DIII Championships The women’s and men’s track and field teams took third and sixth place, respectively, at the Division III New England Championships this past weekend. 28 athletes claimed all-New England honors.
Sports Women’s Dive Punches Ticket To Nationals The women’s diving team showed out at the NCAA North/Northeast Regional Championships, taking first and second on the 1-meter board. Two divers will continue on to Nationals.
Sports Women’s Squash Team Finishes Fifth at B-Level Nationals Following a fourth-place finish at the NESCAC tournament, the women’s squash team finished the year with a strong win over Williams — their first since 1998 — to take fifth place in the 2022 Kurtz Cup.
Sports In NESCAC Quarterfinals, Men’s Hockey Falls to Ephs In their third meeting with Williams of the season, the men’s hockey team fell to the Ephs in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC tournament, ending their season with a final record of 9-13-2.
Sports Track and Field Nears New England Championships This past weekend, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams found success at their final meet of the season, the Ruddy Invitational. The New England Championships await for 53 athletes this weekend.
Sports Women’s Basketball Win Streak at 10, Into Semis Amherst women's basketball took down Colby in their first game of the NESCAC tournament, their 10th straight win. The win sets up a semifinal berth and a matchup with Tufts next weekend.
Sports Women’s Hockey Bags Top-10 Win, Quarterfinal Home Ice The Mammoths closed out a strong final stretch of the season, winning one and drawing one of a pair of matchups with Colby, enough to earn themselves home-field advantage in the first round of the NESCAC playoffs.
Sports Missed Opportunities Abound in Men’s Hockey Losses to Midd, Williams Amherst men’s hockey suffered a pair of close defeats this past weekend, falling to Middlebury in overtime before a tough loss to Williams.
Sports Ephs Best Mammoths in Tight NESCAC Quarterfinal Men’s basketball came heartbreakingly close to victory in their first game of the NESCAC playoffs against Williams. They fought back from a number of steep deficits, but ultimately fell just short in the final few minutes.
Sports Men’s Squash Finishes Third at CSA Nationals After a fifth-place finish at the NESCAC tournament, the men’s squash team finished the year off strong, taking third place at the 2022 Summers Cup.
Sports Men Swim for Records, Third at NESCACs Men’s swim and dive took third place overall at the NESCAC Championships. Five swimmers took home All-NESCAC honors.
Winter Sports Women’s Basketball Seeded Third, NESCACs Next Amherst women’s basketball defeated conference No. 1 Trinity and New Jersey City University, extending their win streak to nine games, and placing them at No. 3 in the NESCAC rankings. They enter the NESCAC tournament ranked 11th nationally.
Sports Men’s Hockey Splits Pair of Crucial NESCAC Contests Amherst men’s hockey took a two-game road trip this weekend, traveling first to New London, Conn., to take on the Camels and then to Medford, Mass., to face the Jumbos. The Mammoths returned to Amherst with one win and one loss.
Sports Scoring Runs Define Men’s Basketball’s Two Close Losses The men’s basketball team returned to action this past weekend, closing NESCAC regular-season play with a tough weekend in which they lost close games to Trinity and Connecticut College.
Sports Women’s Swim Finds Individual, Team Success at NESCACs Amherst collected their top-three NESCAC spot for the third consecutive year, bringing home ten All-NESCAC awards among seven athletes. The team also returned with two new school records in the 1650-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly.