101         Wins at Wesleyan by wrestling coach Drew Black; a 33-9 victory over Coast Guard Sunday provided Black with win number 100.

 

100            Total points scored by the women’s basketball in an overtime win over Montclair State on Jan. 20, tying the team record set (in regulation) against Emerson in 1988.

 

35         Points scored by Lucy Spring ’08 against Montclair State, tying Allison Palmer’s ’95 record.

 

66         Saves by women’s ice hockey goaltender Rachel Stemerman ’09 in a 6-1 loss at Sacred Heart on Jan. 20.

 

4         Players who scored in double figures during the men’s basketball team’s 68-52 win at Trinity on Jan. 17.

 

Did You Know…?

Some notes from the hardwood this week:

·      Just ten days after a resounding 86-45 home victory over Williams that equaled the largest margin of victory ever in the now 70-game series, Wes women’s basketball suffered a 75-68 loss in Williamstown last Friday. Astute followers likely recall that the Cardinals fell to Williams 73-68 in the first meeting between the two teams in 2007-08, only to defeat the Ephs by 18 and 19 in two home games later in the season. These struggles are not a recent phenomenon: since the 1999-2000 season, the Cardinals are 3-8 in Chandler Gymnasium but 8-2 in home games against the Ephs. Wesleyan has not won in Williamstown since Nov. 1, 2001—a 52-41 victory that made it three in a row in Chandler (and four straight overall) over the Ephs.

·      The Wes men opened their NESCAC slate with a 76-46 loss at Amherst—a result markedly different from the thrilling 72-69 home win over the Lord Jeffs the previous week. The Cardinals, however, rebounded to thrash Trinity 68-52 the next day. The last NESCAC team to lose a conference game by 30 and win its next NESCAC game by double digits was Tufts, which fell to Amherst 94-61 on Feb. 12, 2005 but defeated Colby 99-88 in a home NESCAC Championship quarterfinal game on Feb. 19. (Tufts also won in Waterville 78-57 to open its 2005-06 conference slate). Wesleyan is the eighth NESCAC team overall to lose to a conference foe by 30 and win its next NESCAC game, but is the only one to win its next game by double digits on the road:

 

Team	First game	Second game
Williams (2001-02)	Jan. 26 at Bowdoin (L 84-54)	Feb. 1 vs. Wesleyan (W 71-66)
Bates (2001-02)	Feb. 8 vs. Middlebury (L 101-66)	Feb. 9 vs. Williams (W 87-83)
Bowdoin (2002-03)	Jan. 18 vs. Amherst (L 86-56)	Jan. 24 vs. Conn. (W 93-72)
Colby (2002-03)	Feb. 1 at Williams (L 87-44)	Feb. 7 at Bates (W 68-64)
Bowdoin (2003-04)	Jan. 17 at Amherst (L 93-63)	Jan. 23 at Conn. (W 86-78 (OT))
Tufts (2004-05)	Feb. 12 vs. Amherst (L 94-61)	Feb. 19 vs. Colby (W 99-88)
Middlebury (2006-07)	Feb. 3 vs. Bates (L 81-48)	Feb. 9 at Wesleyan (W 64-58)
Wesleyan (2008-09)	Jan. 16 at Amherst (L 76-46)	Jan. 17 at Trinity (W 68-52)

 

·      Finally, the Cards’ win over Trinity was Wesleyan’s second ever against a defending NESCAC champion. The first came in 2004-05 against then back-to-back NESCAC champ Williams, which the Cards took down 72-71 on Jan. 14, 2005 in the Ephs’ first visit to Silloway Gymnasium—where they have not lost since.