Amherst women’s ice hockey suffered its first regular-season NESCAC loss in four years on Saturday as the Lord Jeffs fell at Colby 3-2. Colby, which entered the game winless in NESCAC play (0-8-3), scored three times in the first period to send Amherst to its first regular-season conference defeat since a loss to Middlebury on Dec. 2, 2006. The Lord Jeffs had been unbeaten in their last 53 regular-season conference games and had suffered only one loss in their last 62 games against NESCAC opponents overall: a 4-3 overtime loss to Middlebury in the 2009 NESCAC title game.
Bates senior forward Lauren Yanofsky was named Co-Player of the Week by the Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA). Yanofsky helped lead the Bobcats to a pair of NESCAC wins over the weekend, scoring a career-high 23 in a 78-59 win at Conn. College on Friday and adding a team-high 19 in a 61-51 win at Wesleyan the next day. Yanofsky had received MWBCA honors once previously, having been named Rookie of the Week in December 2006.
Bowdoin finished third of six teams at the Maine State Nordic Ski Championship on Sunday in Rumford, Maine. Freshman Hannah Wright took fourth in the 10k freestyle race to earn first-team All-State honors, and four members of the men’s squad—sophomore Scott Longwell (sixth), sophomore Spencer Eusden (seventh), senior Niko Kubota (eighth), and sophomore Chris Sanville (ninth)—were named second-team All-State. Next up for the Polar Bears is the University of Vermont Carnival, which will be held Saturday and Sunday.
Colby senior forward Adam Choice was named NESCAC Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week after leading the Mules to a pair of conference wins. Choice had 27 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four blocks on Friday to lead the White Mules to a 67-54 win over Trinity, then added 19 points—including 15 in the second half—in a 72-68 victory over Amherst. The White Mules ran their winning streak to nine games with a 74-60 victory over Southern Maine on Tuesday. Next up is a Friday night showdown at second-ranked Williams, which is tied for first place with the Mules at 5-0 in NESCAC play.
Conn. College men’s basketball got its first NESCAC win of the year with an 83-81 home victory over Tufts on Saturday. Freshman Rob Harrigan, who had a team-high 24 points, took an inbounds pass with 1.3 seconds left and sank a three-pointer as time expired to give the Camels the victory. Senior Shavar Bernier added 20 points to move into 13th place on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,116 career points.
Hamilton forward Brian Kelly was named NESCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week. Kelly had four goals, including both game-winners, as the Continentals defeated Southern Maine and the University of New England to improve to 7-5-1 in conference play. Kelly had Hamilton’s first two goals on Friday against Southern Maine in a 4-1, with both coming on the power play, and added a short-handed tally in the first period of Saturday’s game against UNE. He also netted the game-winner on Saturday with less than a minute remaining in overtime to lead the Continentals to a 5-4 win.
Middlebury men’s ice hockey, ranked 10th nationally in the latest USCHO.com poll, won its third straight game with a 5-3 win over fifth-ranked Plattsburgh St. on Tuesday. Middlebury mustered only four shots in the first period but scored on three of them for a 3-0 lead at intermission. Plattsburgh scored the next two to cut it to 3-2 in the third, but Middlebury answered back with a pair of goals of its own. Middlebury now sits at 10-3-4 on the season and in third place in the NESCAC standings following weekend wins over Colby and Bowdoin.
Trinity former men’s ice hockey coach John Dunham has been named the 2010 John MacInnes Award recipient by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Dunham coached the team for its first 33 years as a varsity program and won 441 games before retiring following the 2006-07 season. Dunham became head coach at Trinity in 1970 and helped the program achieve varsity status in 1974. The MacInnes Award recognizes individuals who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs.
Tufts senior Jon Pierce became the leading scorer in Tufts basketball history on Tuesday night in a 67-66 loss to UMass Dartmouth. Pierce sank a free throw with 6:34 remaining in the second half for his 1,786th career point, moving him past Greg Davis ’86 into first place on the all-time list. Pierce, who entered the season with 1,434 career points, has scored 93 points in his last three games, including 67 in weekend losses to Wesleyan (4OT) and Conn. College. He was also named NESCAC Player of the Week for the fifth time in his career.
Williams senior men’s ice hockey forward Zach Miller is one of 18 finalists for the Hockey Humanitarian Award, which is awarded annually and seeks to recognize college hockey players who give back to their community in true humanitarian spirit. Miller, a Phi Beta Kappa scholar-athlete who is a Class of 1960 Scholar in economics and history, has appeared in 70 career games for the Ephs, who currently sit second in the NESCAC standings.
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