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On the heels of a Rookie of the Yea r sea
the postsea son. ALEXIS GRANT '03 fi n i shed the season with a confer
s o n l a st year, BASEBALL outfi e l d e r/
ence best 1 . 55 ERA, STEPHANIE GREEN LEAF '01 was not far behind at
pitcher JON LORD '02 again put together
2 . 6 7 , good for fifth in N ESCAC, and STACY TH URSTON '03 threw 4 7 . 2
solid offe n s ive n u mbers, l e a d i n g the
i n n ings with a 4 . 2 6 ERA. Each o f the three pitchers won s i x games this
team i n batting ( . 434), h its (46) and
season. Third baseman MARCY WAGNER '(12 , Al l-State and Second Tea m
doubles (8) and fi n i s h i ng second i n RBis
All-NESCAC, l e d t h e team i n batting ( . 392), h its ( 3 8 ) , RBis (25), doubles
(23) a n d home runs (5) on his way to
(7) and home runs (6). KATE MAGNUSON '02 , a lso Al l-State, knocked i n
selection to First Tea m All-N ESCAC. Af
24 r u n s and l e d t h e team in triples (4) while hitting .355. Second Tea m
ter dropping their first two games on the
All-NESCAC outfielder K I M CHADWICK ' 02 scored a team-high 28 r u n s i n
annual spring break trip to Florida, the
the leadoff spot.
tea m's three straight wins proved to be
wins over Hartwick, Hobart and H a m i lton, and fi ni shed the season at 8-6.
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M EN ' S T E N N I S fi n i shed t h e spring break a t 3-2, with
the longest w i n n ing streak in their 12-
After facing five h ighly ranked regional N ESCAC tea m s , the team made it
18 s e a s o n , w h i c h i n c l u d e d a 4- 1 1
to the third day of competition at the N ESCAC tournament for the first
Jon Lord '02
N ESCAC conference record . . . . M E N ' S
time i n five years. OWEN PATRICK '01 was a semifi n a l i st in the #2 si ngles
LACROSSE chalked up spring trip wins over Roger W i l l iams and S U NY
fl ight at N ESCACs, and JOHN MCMANIGAL '03 and RICK HARBISON '03
Geneseo before return i ng home and a 6-4 win over Bates to even the
were semifi nalists in the #3 doubles fl ight at N ESCACs before fa l l i ng to
squad's record at 3-3, but the Bates victory would be their last as they
reigning national champion W i l l iams . . . . W O M E N ' S T E N N I S a l so was 3-
ended the 3-10 season on a seven-game skid. Senior attack JEFF BOYER
2 on the spring break tri p, including a tough 5-4 loss to M iddlebury. The
led the M u les in scoring with 12 goa l s and 19 assists, giving him 3 1
M u les rebounded with a win over Sm ith and an excellent showing versus
points o n the seaso n . JEREMY BARRON '00 a l so netted 12 goa l s for the
Williams. BRITT PALMEDO '03 picked u p where she left off in the fa l l ,
M u l e s , and BARRON BUTLER '03 added 1 1 . Sophomore JOHN SHEA was
capping the spring season by w i n n i ng the C B B s i ngles cham pion s h i p a n d
strong in net for the M u l e s , finishing the season with an 1 1 .87 goa ls
teaming with E R I KA GOSS ' 02 to take the C B B doubles title. The women
against average and a . 558 save percentage . . . . A few close losses
fini shed with a record of 6-8.
kept the 18-12 SOFTBALL team from another 20-win season and a trip to
From reports produced by Jon King, Sports Information Director
Championshi p Bid Blocked by Camels Colby junior Ange l a Pappas (Gwynedd Val l ey, Pa.) scored seven goal s and senior 1 icki Furek (VV . H a rtford, Con n . ) a d de d t h ree more to help the fourth-seeded women's lacrosse team topple top seeded Bowdoin 1 8- 1 3 i n a n ECAC tournament se1nifuwl game on M ay 1 3 . \i\Ti t h the v i c tory, Colby advanced to the conference championship game. Sophomore Mary Zito (Manhasset, 1 .Y.), with 1 9 saves, was "superb in goal," ac cording to a Bowdoin press release. T h e fo l l o w i n g d a y F u r e k scored the fi rst three goals i n the championship game against the Connecticut College Camels and helped spot Colby to 4-0 and 5 - 1 leads. The teams went into the fi nal m i nute of the game tied a t 1 2 , but with 5 1 seconds rem a i n i n g Conn ecticut Col l ege's Meghan \tVe lch scored her fi fth goal, giv ing the Camels a 1 3 - 1 2 edge. The Mules did not give up; a Colby shot hit the post with three sec onds left on the game clock, but
it bounced away and left Conn Col lege with the victory and the championship. Zito had another "great gam e " in goal w i th 1 5 stops, and Colby closed the sea son with an 1 1 -6 record. Coach H e i d i Godomsky praised the team's performance i n a tournament h e l d during fi nals week. "They were able to balance the pressure of getting there with schoolwork done well , " she said. \Vhen s p r i n g semester grades were released, 1 3 of the 2 3 ath letes made the dean's list and the team's grade-point average, both for the semester and cumulative, was 3 . 1 , Godomsky said. The Mules opened the ECAC tournament with a 2 2 -7 quarter final victory over \i\Theaton Col l ege on M a y 1 0. In that game Pappas a n d sophomore i\ 1 a rcia I n graham (Georgetown, Mass.), both Second Team All-1 ew En gland selections, scored four goals each, as d i d sophomore Becca Bruce (Exeter, N.H.) and first-year
Lau ren G remelspacher '03, surrounded by opponents in the Trin ity game, is part of a strong corps of lacrosse players ret u r ni n g next season . A l l y King (\V. Hartford, Conn.). Furek, named a Second Team Division i l l A l l-American, broke three Colby scoring records: most career assists (60), most assists i n a season ( 3 9) and most poi n ts i n a season (46 goals, 3 9 assists). She a n d co-capta i n defender Robin Ackley (Gahanna, Ohio) were the
o n l y gra d u a t i n g s e n i o rs , so Godomsky sees a prom ising out look for next year: "The talent is there and these kids have had a taste of how it is to be successful." -Stephen Collins ' 7-1
Press releases proi•ided �)' Jnc Coyne '9.J, Bawdoin s spo11s i11fonnatio11 direct01; con tributed to this m1icle.
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