Mules Take Down #14 Chicago, #23 Hamilton
Following a brilliant win over Wesleyan at the start of spring break to deliver the Cardinals their only loss of the season, the Mules rode their momentum to two more impressive wins on the week.
Flying to Illinois midweek to take on #14 Chicago, Colby took it right to the Maroons 16-7. Annie Eddy and Paige Saudek picked up five and four goals respectively, while Gianna Bruno recorded four assists.
Returning to Mayflower Hill Saturday to take on Hamilton, Colby outpaced the Continentals from start to finish, taking the victory 11-6. Eddy and Ally Franz each had three goals, and Elizabeth Hennessey had two goals and two assists. Goalkeeper Sarah Hearns turned away 14 shots between the two games, including a career-best eight saves against Chicago.
Colby is now 4-3, good for 6th in the NESCAC. Bruno earned IWLCA National Player of the Week for her efforts against Wesleyan (announced Tuesday), and currently leads the NESCAC in assists/game. Eddy and Saudek rank 2nd and 6th respectively in goals/game.
Baseball Rips Off Four Wins to End Southern Trip
After opening their spring trip with two wins last weekend, the Colby Baseball team dropped a close game to #7 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5-2. Despite the setback, the Mules ran the table in their remaining four games to come away with a 6-1 record for their games in Davenport, Fla.
On Wednesday, Colby used big innings (five runs in the 2nd, four in the ninth) to run away from Wooster 12-8. In Friday's double header against St. Olaf, the Mules scored two runs in the final inning of game 1 to walk-off with a 3-2 victory. Staying hot in game 2, Colby plated runs in five out of seven innings, downing the Oles 9-3.
In Saturday's finale against Augustana, the Mules issued the Vikings only their third loss of the season (16 total games) 6-1.
Marcus Forrester led the Mules with seven hits over the week, four of which were doubles. In Friday's walk-off win over St. Olaf, Forrester doubled in the final inning to knock in the tying run and scored moments later on a sacrifice fly. Ryan Grecco appeared in relief in three of Colby's last five games. The sophomore totaled 4.2 innings of scoreless baseball without allowing a hit.
Colby is now 9-3, looking to begin conference play next weekend in Hartford.
Softball Runs Record to 8-4 Over Break
After beginning their spring break trip 4-0 last weekend, the Mules were able to take a split in their final eight games to run their record in Florida to 8-4.
Despite dropping two games on Tuesday to Wisconsin-Platteville and Grinnell, the Mules bounced back to split on Thursday and Friday, and sweep their last day of games on Saturday. Colby applied the mercy rule to three opponents on the trip (Union, Keuka, Oberlin) and were 3-2 in one-run games.
Amanda Cabral led the Mules with 11 hits in eight games this week (11-25). She went 4-4 against Wisconsin-Platteville and 2-3 against Elmhurst. Abby Orso made six appearances in the circle this week, totaling 28 innings pitched and 18 strikeouts. She threw a complete game in a 3-2 win against Manchester, allowing one earned run and striking out five.
Colby returns to Maine with a 9-5 record. They will host Hamilton next weekend to open NESCAC play.
Men's Tennis Splits Four Games Over Spring Break
The Colby Men's Tennis team competed in Texas all week for a total of four matches. The Mules started off strong taking a victory over Texas Lutheran 8-1 where Joey Barrett, Jake Cohen and Aidan Kwong all swept in their matches 6-0, 6-0. Colby then went on to sweep Schreiner 9-0 for a convincing win as Kwong did not let up a point again.
To end the week, the Mules battled #19 Southwestern coming up just short 4-5, and #13 Trinity (Texas) falling 1-8 with Ben Powis picking up the lone win. Both Powis and Cohen lead the team so far this season with 6-1 records in singles.
Men's Tennis will head back to Maine for a home court matchup against Babson April 1st.
Women's Tennis Heads to Texas for Four Spring Break Matches
Before falling to John Hopkins 3-6, Colby took on Texas Lutheran for a commanding 9-0 sweep. Out of those wins, both Sam Riordan and Syndey Landau gathered 6-0, 6-0 victories in singles in the top two spots, while the duo team of Amelie Gal and Ellie Gershaw won 8-0.
The Mules finished the week falling to #20 Southwestern 3-6 and #16 Trinity (Texas) 2-7. Gershaw and Riordan lead the team with 6-2 records in singles, and the pair of Riordan and Landau also hold a 6-2 record in doubles.
Women's Tennis will return to Mayflower Hill on April 2nd for a NESCAC matchup against Wesleyan.
Mules Play Close with Widener, Hamilton
Traveling to Philadelphia midweek to take on Widener, the Men's Lacrosse team played even with the Pride in the first half entering the break tied 7-7. Despite four goals from Max Solmssen and three from Henry Popko, Widener used a six-goal third quarter to outpace Colby 16-14.
Playing in Clinton Saturday against Hamilton, Colby once again found itself in reach at the midway point. The Continentals outscored the Mules 5-2 in the final frame, securing the win 16-11. Jack Goller continued to provide a spark on offense, tallying a season-high five goals and adding two assists.
Colby is now 1-5 on the season. Goller is ranked sixth in the NESCAC in goals/game.
Track & Field Competes at Emory Thrills in the Hills Open
After opening the spring season at Emory last weekend, the Mules competed again at Emory this weekend for the "Thrills in the Hills" Open. To add to their bronze medal from the last meet, the Women's team grabbed silver (84 points) with a plethora of top performances against the 25 competing teams. This includes placing four in the top-10 in the 400m race and sweeping the podium in the 400 hurdles. The Men also saw highlights over the weekend, including placing three in the top-10 in the 400m, leading to an 11th place finish (35.5 points) out of 28 total teams.
Women's Top-10 Finishers:
- 400 Hurdles - Fiona Mejico 1st, Erin Daugherty 2nd, Haley Wims 3rd
- 400m - Mejico 1st, Olivia Doherty 4th, Olivia Tomlin 5th, Kristina Pizzi 7th
- 100 Hurdles - Daugherty 2nd, Kassie Brink 4th
- High Jump - Isabel Llach 2nd, Sierra Guite 7th
- 4 x 400 Relay - 3rd (Tomlin, Daugherty, Anna Mackey, Doherty)
- Triple Jump - Brink 4th, Llach 8th
- 4 x 100 Relay - 7th (Lottie Franck, Mejico, Daugherty, Pizzi)
- Javelin - Guite, 8th
- 800m - Mackey 9th, Wims 10th
Men's Top-10 Finishers:
- 400m - Ren Zanze 2nd, Markus Christie 5th, Raghav Kadambi 8th
- Pole Vault - Logan Lehnert 2nd, Myles Thorton-Sherman 4th
- 4 x 400 Relay - 4th (Peter Martel, Coelho, Zanze, Kadambi)
- Triple Jump - Kevin Yan, 7th
- 800m - Jackson Coelho, 7th
- 200m - Martel 8th, Zanze 9th
- 400 Hurdles - Kyle Dube 8th, Levi Biery 9th
- Javelin - A.J. Feldman, 9th
The Mules will head to Bates April 1st for their next meet of the season.
Crew Kicks off Spring Season in Gainesville, Georgia
The Men’s and Women’s Crew teams ended their spring training trip competing in the John Ferris Lanier Sprints Regatta on Saturday.
The Women competed in the Varsity 8 and 2nd Varsity 8 against five other teams. The Mules came way taking the top spot on the podium with a time of 7:42.647, a whole nine seconds faster than second place, while Colby’s 2nd Varsity finished fifth.
On the Men’s side, Colby competed in the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4, grabbing first place in both. Varsity 8 totaled a time of 6:39.260, seven seconds in front of the next boat. The Varsity 4 faced challenging conditions in the last race of the day but pulled through for the top podium spot.
Men’s and Women’s Crew will next race at WPI on Saturday, April 8th.
Special thank you to the photographers who helped make this production possible: Cole Burkhart '24, Steve Cheney P25, Stephen R. Clouthier, Ashley Conti, Nancy Dauphinais '25, Paula Dauphinais '25, Jamie Fiedorek '25, Steve Fuller @flyingpoint, Michael Garrett P23, Andrew Hearns P24, Peter Li '26, Michael Maher, Joshua McKee, Dustin Satloff '15, Ellie Sawyer P25, Isadora Wells '26, Ansley White '26