Sports in brief
Field hockey fell in two New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) matchups this past weekend. The Mules fell 1-0 to Trinity College Saturday and 4-0 to Wesleyan University on Sunday.
Women’s tennis competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association New England Region Championships this past Friday. Sarah Wiener ’13 and Kathryn Vergeyle ’12 lost a tough doubles match 9-8 (4) to Bates College. In singles, Wiener fell to a Tufts player 6-2, 6-1, and Tess Perese ’14 fell to an MIT opponent 6-2, 6-2.
The Colby crew teams opened their seasons at the Textile River Regatta in Lowell, Mass. The men’s club 8 boat placed 11th with a time of 19:18.876, and the women’s club 8 placed 15th at 22:08.251. In the men’s open 4 race, the Colby ‘A’ boat took third out of 25 at 19:51.731, while the ‘B’ boat took eighth with a time of 22:08.619. The women’s open 8 boat placed fourth of four at 21:07.038.
Colby men’s cross country won the Colby Invitational on Saturday over St. Joseph’s College, Unity College and Thomas College. Tom Letourneau ’13 won the race with a time of 29:28.
Women’s cross country won the Colby Invitational as well with a score of 21. St. Joseph’s placed second with a score of 41. Anna Doyle ’15 placed second, clocking in at 20:50.