Men's basketball wins Colby Invitational
With two wins at the Colby Invitational, the Mules won the three-team tournament.
Robert Yee
Sports Editor
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- Class year: 2012
FOOTBALL
Head football coach resigns after 23 years
After 23 years at Colby, Ed Mestieri resigned Friday, Dec. 2 after eight seasons as the head football coach.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Women's ice hockey begins season 1-2-1
Colby women’s ice hockey opened its season with two tough losses to Middlebury College and a strong win over the University of Southern Maine.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Men's basketball loses first two games
Colby men's basketball team opened its season at the New York University Tournament.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Mistakes and volleyball
Last December, I wrote an article in the Echo’s Joke Issue about Colby’s volleyball team. The idea of the article was to imitate a piece from The Onion in which I would joke about the team’s lackluster season. It was a mistake.
TRACK & FIELD
XC races at NESCACs
At the NESCAC Championships, the women placed fifth overall, and the men placed 10th, their best finish at the meet since 2006.
BASEBALL
World Series of whatever
Whether you’ve realized it or not—and you probably haven’t—this World Series has been (forgive the tired word) epic.
FIELD HOCKEY
Field hockey earns first NESCAC win
Colby field hockey found its way into the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) win column this past weekend with a victory over Hamilton College on Sunday, Oct. 16.
TENNIS
Women's tennis wraps up season
Colby’s women’s tennis team hosted a slew of matches over Fall Break to wrap up the short fall season.
Sports in brief
A look at the rest of Colby's weekend performances.
FIELD HOCKEY
Field hockey falls to Tufts
Colby field hockey took ninth-ranked Tufts University to the brink this past Saturday, Sept. 24, but ultimately fell 2-1 in a heartbreaker at Bill Alfond Field.
TRACK & FIELD
XC races at Williams
Colby men’s and women’s cross country each competed at Williams College this past weekend for the Purple Valley Classic.
TRACK & FIELD
Lauer places second in Maine
Colby women’s cross country placed second at the Maine Women’s Cross Country Invitational held at Bowdoin College, and the men finished seventh.
TENNIS
W. tennis defeats Colby-Sawyer
Colby women’s tennis opened up its season with a solid 8-1 victory over Colby-Sawyer College on Sunday, Sept. 11.
TENNIS
Women’s tennis, seniors close out season with win at Hamilton
The Colby women’s tennis team finished its season with a strong 7-2 win over Hamilton College in Utica, N.Y. on Saturday.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Division III Playoffs
The Polar Bears earned their spot in the exclusive NCAA tournament with a rout of Williams in the NESCAC final. Bowdoin scored twice in the first 66 seconds and never trailed. First-year goalie Steve Messina stopped a career-high 47 shots and was named the NESCAC Player of the Week.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NESCAC playoffs
The Middlebury Panthers claimed their second New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s basketball championship behind 14 points and 12 rebounds from Ryan Sharry.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NESCAC basketball
The nation’s top-ranked Ephs move to 24-1 on the season as they demolished the Polar Bears in Williamstown, Mass.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Men's basketball closes out season
The Colby men’s basketball team’s New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) playoff chances were dashed on Friday, February 11, as they were unable to overcome the Wesleyan University Cardinals in Middletown, Conn.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball preview
Following a heartbreaking double-overtime loss to Babson College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament last winter, the Colby women’s basketball team begins the new season ranked 23rd in Division III.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Season preview: men's basketball
The men’s basketball team will look to improve on last year’s New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament bid as they begin their season November 19 at Brandeis versus Curry College.
PRO SPORTS
NBA noise: top five PGs
A couple of friends and I got into a semi-heated argument before heading to the Celtics game last Friday night. There is an abundance of great, true point guards in the league, yet none of us could agree on who is the best.
PRO SPORTS
October's sports roundup
A lot has happened in the sports world in the past month. The NBA season, with several new-look franchises, is under way. The NFL season is heating up and playoff pictures are taking form. Hockey’s been happening for a while now, but nobody seems to have noticed. And some other major American pastime just held its annual champagne dousing.
CREW
Crew squads race in Mass. regatta
The Colby College men’s and women’s crew teams had their season opening regatta in Lowell, Mass. this past Sunday. Competing at the Textile River Regatta, the men placed two boats in the top seven, while the women took home 12th place.
TENNIS
Win for first-years Bryant and Carroll at ITA's
The Colby men's tennis team started off their fall season this past weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association New England Small College Championships (ITA's) at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. Colby sent four players to the tournament, which is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective in all of college tennis.
SOCCER
Women's soccer gets non-league win, NESCAC tie
Colby's women's soccer team moved to 1-0-2 after Saturday's 2-2 tie against Wesleyan University. Earlier in the week, the Mules defeated the University of New England 1-0 on a goal by first-year midfielder Carly Dee.
TENNIS
Women's tennis competes at ITA's
Colby College's women's tennis team began its fall season this past weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's New England Small College Championships (ITA's) at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
PRO SPORTS
Red Sox rewind
GM Theo Epstein's flawed approach to building a team around pitching and defense left the Sox without the firepower to win games on nights when the pitching wasn't there.
CREW
Men's Varsity Crew Comes in Second at Event
The men's and women's crew teams competed in a regatta on Oyster River in Durham, NH this past Saturday, April 24.
CREW
Crew Teams Compete in Massachusetts
The men's and women's crew teams competed in an event on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. this past Saturday, April 17. The men's varsity eight captured second place in the 2000-meter course while the women placed sixth.