What’s home-field advantage worth at the top of the NESCAC? Just enough, apparently. Two battles between contenders on Saturday went right down to the final moments. Both ended with the home team escaping with the win. When the dust from the first week of April settled, every league team had at … [Read more...]
Wesleyan seniors are determined to capture a NESCAC title
Two days before Wesleyan would open its season with a league game at Williams on March 2, its practice, at least in the players’ estimation, ran a little longer than normal. When it was over, pregnant coach Kim Williams gathered her team and left it with these words: “I’ve been feeling contractions. … [Read more...]
The best non-NESCAC team in New England? Coast Guard makes strong case
The term “all-nighter” has a little different meaning at the Coast Guard Academy. “There have been times when I was working on a group lab report in our engineering building, late into the night,” said senior goalie Trey Johnson, “and then we had practice at 5 in the morning. I’d go straight from … [Read more...]
Top 10: Tufts No. 1 as NESCAC heavyweights set to clash
The last weekend of March was one for the NESCAC heavyweights to thump their chests. Four of the five teams in our rankings – Amherst, Tufts, Wesleyan and Bates – all won their league games by at least eight goals. The other, Williams, took a spring break trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., and earned … [Read more...]
Top 10: Western Connecticut State enters, Williams surging
There's nothing like taking care of business right before heading out on spring break. With a two-game trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., on tap, Williams put together its finest week of the regular season, earning wins against two nationally-ranked teams in RPI and Bates. But that's not all to talk … [Read more...]
Top 10: Amherst vaults to No. 1 spot in New England after beating RIT
Amherst did something Saturday that nobody had done for nearly two years – pin a regular-season loss on the Rochester Institute of Technology. The battle between the Mammoths and No. 2 RIT as part of the Mustang Classic in Owings Mills, Md., was an instant classic, with the Mammoths rallying from … [Read more...]
