Mule Weekly Recap January 30, 2023

Mules Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Sweep of Trinity

The Colby Women's Ice Hockey team hosted the Trinity Bantams for a two-game set this weekend, sweeping their guests 2-0 and 9-3. The 11 goals marks the highest tally of the season for a weekend of play, and with the victories the Mules begin their ascent up the conference rankings.

Friday night's match was tight from the start, as Trinity's goaltender made numerous key saves to keep the Bantams in reach. Audrey Shirer broke the deadlock in the second period and Tate Senden added an empty net goal late to secure the win.

By Saturday, the Mules had figured out the Bantam netminder... to the tune of nine goals, matching a season-high. Seven different skaters for Colby tallied a goal, with two apiece coming from Bri Michaud-Nolan and Breanna Studley.

Colby welcomed back alumni for the celebration weekend, holding a puck drop from legends of Colby Women's Ice Hockey Susan Conant '75 and Lee Johnson '79.

Colby is now 11-5-0, ranked 5th in the NESCAC.

Women’s Basketball Notches Victories Over Thomas and Conn. College

Colby got back in the win column Tuesday hosting cross-town rival Thomas College. The Mules tallied a season-high 82 points, led by Lily Nagy with 18 points. Carter McGloon added 14 points and just as many rebounds, securing her second double-double of the season.

On Sunday at Conn. College, the Mules took the Camels to the wire. Tied at 46 and holding the ball for a final possession, Caroline Smith charged the lane, inviting a last-second foul that sent her to the line with only .1 seconds remaining in the contest. Connecting on her first attempt, Smith gave the Mules their third conference victory heading into the final weeks. McGloon led Colby in scoring, collecting her second double-double in as many tries with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Colby improves to 8-10 overall and an even 3-3 in NESCAC play, good for 4th place.

Men’s Basketball Defeats a Strong Conn. College Team

Colby played its lone game of the week Sunday versus the Camels where both teams came out ready to battle. Conn. played a well organized zone defense which the Mules started to break down late in the first with some great team passing. Both teams shot the ball well in the second half as the Mules ended the game with a 47.2% shooting percentage. Late in the game the Camels brought the score within four, but Colby held on for the victory 75-71.

Max Poulton finished with 20 points and six rebounds, followed by Jonah Obi netting 14 points and eight rebounds and Lucas Green right behind at 13 points.

Men’s Basketball is now 15-5 overall and 2-4 in the NESCAC, good for 9th place.

Colby Completes Sweep of Bowdoin in Brunswick

After skating to a tie midweek on the campus of USM, the Mules traveled to Brunswick Saturday to cap off the Colby-Bowdoin series, looking to take another step up in the conference standings. With the December 3 victory over Bowdoin a distant memory, Colby silenced the sellout crowd of Watson Arena to the tune of a 4-0 victory.

John McElaney and Jake MacDonald got the scoring started in the second frame, tallying a goal apiece. In the third stanza, Colby extended its lead with scores by Griffin Grise and Ryan Doolin, sending the crowd to the gates early. Andy Beran was perfect in net, earning his second consecutive Peter Shue '96 Memorial Award, given to the MVP of the Colby-Bowdoin game held in Brunswick.

The Mules are now 10-6-2, good for 4th in the conference.

Nemeth and Young Score Top-10 at UNH Carnival

With the UNH Carnival marking the midway point in the EISA season, Colby traveled across state borders to Jackson, N.H. this weekend. The men placed 3rd in the Classical and 4th in the Freestyle, while the women placed 7th and 8th in the same events.

Zach Nemeth earned his first career podium by placing 3rd in Saturday's Classical race behind two Catamounts of UVM. In Friday's Freestyle race, Jack Young was the top skier for the men, placing 7th and earning his second top-10 result of the season. For the women's team, Gretta Scholz was the top Mule both days, finishing 12th in the Classical and 18th in the Freestyle.

Individual Top-30 Performances:

• Nemeth - 3rd Classical, 17th Freestyle
• Young - 7th Freestyle, 12th Classical
• Scholz - 12th Classical, 18th Freestyle
• Victor Sparks - 16th Freestyle, 22nd Classical
• Maggie McGee - 21st Freestyle, 28th Classical
• Isabel Seay - 23rd Classical
• Natalie O'Brien - 26th Classical
• Cooper Anderson - 27th Classical
• Cooper Jones - 29th Classical
• Rose Clayton - 30th Freestyle

Nemeth's podium marks the first of the season for a Colby skier. As a group, the Nordic team has placed in the top-5 of the circuit six times in the 12 races.

Next weekend's EISA races will be Alpine events only, and the Nordic team will return to Carnival competition the following week at the Harvard Carnival.

Women's Alpine Skiing Second Only to Dartmouth at UNH GS

Fresh off great performances at last week's World University Games and local FIS Eastern Cup races, the Alpine Ski team returned to Carnival action for the UNH Carnival. With events moved from Franconia, N.H. to Burke Mountain in Vermont due to snow conditions, Colby's women's team placed three different skiers in the top-10 over the weekend, finishing 2nd in Giant Slalom and 4th in Slalom. The men's team finished 6th in Slalom and 9th in GS in the 13-team field.

Individual Top-30 Performances:

• Cassie Lieblein - 5th Slalom
• Lydia Riddell - 7th Giant Slalom, 13th Slalom
• Ella Spear - 8th Giant Slalom
• Carissa Cassidy - 14th Giant Slalom
• Hannah Soria (photo right) - 16th Giant Slalom
• Molly Mueller - 18th Slalom
• Brooks Reed - 20th Slalom
• Chauncey Morgan - 21st Slalom, 25th Giant Slalom
• Teagan Turner - 22nd Slalom
• Patrick Coughlin - 24th Slalom
• Tucker Strauch - 25th Slalom

The Mules will open second semester at Smugglers Notch for the Alpine events of the Saint Michael's Carnival.

Track & Field Competes at Middlebury’s New England Small College Invite

The Mules headed down to Boston, Mass. Sunday to compete at the track at New Balance in a battle against all other NESCAC schools. Colby came away with some great finishes and highlights on the day on both the Women’s and Men’s sides.

Women’s Highlights:

• 4 x 400m Relay - 2nd (Tally Zeller, Olivia Doherty, Fiona Mejico, Kristina Pizzi)
• Isabel Llach - 2nd, High Jump
• 400m - Mejico 3rd, Pizzi 8th
• Zeller - 8th (of 56), 200m
• Anna Mackey - 8th (of 43), 800m
• Kassie Brink - 9th, Triple Jump

Men’s Highlights:

• 4 x 400m Relay - 2nd (Peter Martel, Jackson Coelho, Matt Long, Raghav Kadambi)
• Pole Vault - Martel 3rd, Logan Lehnert 4th, Myles Thornton-Sherman 7th
• Ben Mellor - 4th, 5000m
• Kevin Yan - 5th, Triple Jump
• Coelho - 11th (of 46), 400m

Squash Heads on the Road for a Busy Week with Four Matches

The Colby Men’s and Women’s Squash teams started the week against in-state rival Bates where the Men came up just short 4-5 while the Women edged out the hosts 5-4. Winners against Bates include Dylan Tymkiw, Jonathan Sosa Uranga, Sen Subramaniam, Sebastian Campos, Andrea Lee, India Spencer, Mehak Dey-Kohil, Juliette Love, and MacKenzie O’Shea.

Later in the week on Sunday both teams faced St. Lawrence as the Women pulled out a dominant victory 8-1 while the Men fell 3-6. Winners on the women’s side include Lee, Aileen Dominguez, Celine Odegard, Clara Lehv, Amanda Miller, Spencer, and Love while the men’s victors include Uranga, Subramaniam, and Campos.

Also on the New York trip, the women’s team fell to William Smith while the men faced a double-header against Hobart and Rochester, coming up short in both matches.

Women’s Squash improves to 7-9 on the season with an even 4-4 NESCAC record.

Men’s Squash is now 6-10 overall while also having an even 4-4 record in the NESCAC.