November 16, 2007

The post season

Though football is over and the Sports Information page lists lots of winter teams in the upcoming games box, three teams of fall-sport Jeffs are still active, expecting to wrap up their seasons this weekend.

Volleyball wrapped up last night, losing their NCAA quarterfinal game to Illinois’ Juniata College but finishing their season with the best record in program history.

The NCAA sectionals in men’s soccer will be the easiest to reach from the Amherst area; they will play York College of Pennsylvania at 1:30 PM on Saturday at Middlebury. Should they win, they will play the winner of the Williams-Middlebury game at 1 PM on Sunday. If the Jeffs win both games, they will head to Florida next weekend for the four-team national tournament.

AD Suzanne Coffey will be at the Division III Cross Country Nationals, hosted by St. Olaf’s College in Northfield, Minnesota, and so will we. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams qualified for nationals, for the first time since 2003, with the men beating Williams by one point in last weekend’s New England championships to earn their spot. The Amherst women were second by one point to Middlebury in 2006, and with five of last year’s seven returning, are heavily favored to win their first national title tomorrow. Captain Heather Wilson ‘08, a three-time NESCAC runner of the week, is considered a possible individual challenger, but defending champion Heather Zerzan of Willamette University is the defending champion and is running well so far in 2007. The women’s race will be at 11 AM; the men at 12 noon.

Parker Morse '96 | November 16, 2007 05:23 AM | Athletics