Cross Country Dominates Wesleyan Invitational

The men’s and women’s cross country teams hosted the season-opening Wesleyan Invitational on Saturday, and both came away with dominant victories, attaining the best-possible score of 15 points. The Cardinal men placed eight runners in the top ten—including the top six—while Cardinal runners held the top 11 spots in the women’s race.
NESCAC Women’s Performer of the Week and captain Ravenna Neville ’10 finished the five-kilometer course in 19:08.04, just ahead of Julia Mark ’13 (19:08.37). Rose Keogh ’13 placed third with a time of 19:39.02, followed by Tess Crain ’12 (19:47.70) and Jessica Levin ’11 (19:49.91). The scoring five were followed by Sarah White ’11 (20:07.03), Ceili Brennan ’13 (21:04.58), Amanda Jacob ’10 (21:22.39), Hannah Zimmerman ’13 (21:29.42), Nellie Triedman ’13 (21:36.13), and Jessica Sherry ’13 (21:50.62). Chloe Lalonde ’13 and Sarah Hensiek ’13 took 13th and 14th place, respectively, and Dessie Stefanova ’12 (18th) and Nicole Lepre ’13 (19th) rounded out the Cardinals’ action on the day.
Wesleyan ran away with the team title, finishing 40 points ahead of second-place St. Joseph’s (L.I.). SUNY-Farmingdale placed third with 85 points, and Mitchell took fourth with 101.
The Wesleyan men had a similarly dominant performance, led by Charles Lang ’11, who took first in the 8-kilometer run with a time of 26:56.17. After Lang came co-captain Justin Spring ’10 (27:06.05), Marc Whittington ’13 (27:27.95), Matt Katz ’11 (27:33.25), Skyler Cummins ’13 (27:40.77), and Bryan Marsh ’13 (27:41.56). Sam Roth ’13 (28:26.36) and Seth Hafferkamp ’12 (28:29.23) took ninth and 10th, respectively. Wesleyan placed four more runners in the top 20: Mac Schneider ’12 (13th), Julian Applebaum ’13 (14th), Sydney Berkman ’10 (17th), and Austin Cotant ’13 (18th). Sam Ebb ’13, Sunil Chulani ’12, and Henry Molofsky ’13 placed 23rd, 24th, and 28th, respectively, out of 37 finishers.
The Cardinal men were even more dominant in the scoring column than the women, finishing 42 points ahead of second-place SUNY-Farmingdale. St. Joseph’s took third with 79 points, and Mitchell finished fourth with 94.
Both teams return to action on Oct. 10 with the annual New England Open Championship, which will be held on the Franklin Park course in Boston.

Field Hockey Falls to Third-Ranked Tufts
The field hockey team suffered a 3-1 home loss to Tufts, ranked third nationally, on Saturday, its fifth straight loss to the Jumbos. Ashley McLaren ’13 gave Wesleyan an early lead, but the Jumbos pulled away for the win despite 17 saves from Tori Redding ’13. Wesleyan fell to 1-3 on the year and 0-3 in NESCAC play, while Tufts, the defending NESCAC and NCAA runner-up, remained undefeated (5-0 overall, 3-0 NESCAC).
McLaren fired home a shot off a corner at 7:37 for her first career goal, but Tufts answered back six minutes later. The Jumbos shot a loose ball in front of the net past Redding at 13:06 to tie the score, and moved ahead 2-1 just over four minutes later. Tufts outshot Wesleyan 18-3 in the period but held just a one-goal lead at halftime thanks to Redding’s 13 first-half saves.
The Jumbos outshot Wesleyan 7-3 in the second half, but another four saves from Redding helped keep the Cardinals in the game. Tufts moved ahead 3-1 at 57:51, concluding the scoring in the contest. Wesleyan took six penalty corners to Tufts’ two in the half but was unable to capitalize.
Wesleyan is back in action with a Tuesday game at Wheaton, before a key weekend that includes games at Trinity and Middlebury. The last four games between Wesleyan and Wheaton have been decided by one goal, dating back to 2005, with the Lyons winning three of the four matchups.

Men’s Tennis Competes in ITA Championships
Four members of the men’s tennis team headed to Williams over the weekend for the ITA Regional Championship: Jeff Legunn ’13, Ravy Uong ’13, John Parsons ’13, and Michael Piderit ’12. Legunn and Uong teamed up for a 1-1 doubles record; Legunn also went 1-1 in singles play, while Uong had an 0-2 mark. Parsons and Piderit also split a pair of doubles matches.
Legunn won his opening match against Coast Guard’s Nicholas Martin 6-0, 6-3, but fell to third-seeded Spencer Feldman of Trinity, 6-3, 6-1. Uong fell to Simon Miller of Brandeis 6-1, 6-7, 6-3, and fell to Tymor Hamamsy of M.I.T. 6-3, 6-1. In doubles play, Legunn and Uong fell to the eighth-seeded Williams duo of Jeremy Weinberger and Kevin Shallcross 8-4 but recovered to defeat the Brandeis pair of Miller and Steven Nieman 9-8. Parsons and Piderit also dropped their opening doubles match to the Springfield duo of Trevor Romanzi and Tim Tunis 8-6, but defeated Adrien Malosse and Robert Random by the same score.
The team returns to dual-match action on Thursday with a home match against Babson.

Golf Finishes 18th in Duke Nelson Invite
The golf team competed in the Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury over the weekend, finishing 18th out of 20 teams in attendance with a score of 672. Salem State took the individual title with a 606 score, while the hosts finished third with a score of 621, two strokes behind Trinity.
Pete Taylor ’12 led the Cardinals with a 78-75-153 performance on the par-70 Ralph Myhre Golf Course, tying for seventh among 105 participants. Dan DeRienzo ’11 was next, tying for 52nd with a 79-83-162 score, and A.J. Ferraro ’12 shot an 86-83-169 to tie for 73rd. Sam Robinson ’10 (92-96-188) and Jeff Beck ’10 (94-101-195) finished 102nd and 103rd, respectively, to round out the Cardinals’ showing.
Wesleyan heads back to Williams this weekend for the two-day NESCAC Championship Qualifier, which will be held Saturday and Sunday.