College Sports

Amherst men, women fall in NCAA Division III tennis semifinals

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

It was a tough day for Amherst College at the NCAA Division III tennis championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday. The top-ranked women’s team fell behind, rallied to take a lead but eventually fell 5-4 to No. 4 Emory in the semifinal round. Meanwhile, the third-ranked men’s team never recovered from difficult doubles matches and fell 5-0 to No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the semifinals. Women’s semifinal The Lord Jeffs (20-3) fell … 0

Kevin Ziomek, Tyler Beede lead Vanderbilt into expanded SEC tournament

Monday, May 20, 2013

Vanderbilt and LSU are the favorites to win this week’s Southeastern Conference tournament after mowing through regular-season play with uncommon ease. The real intrigue, however, is the new single-elimination format in the opening round of the tournament. Instead of the usual double-elimination format, the league’s coaches say the sudden-death round was added because of scheduling and the expansion of the tournament field from … 0

Amherst College men’s, women’s tennis advance to NCAA Division III semifinals

Monday, May 20, 2013

The top-ranked Amherst College women’s tennis team cruised into the NCAA Division III Tournament semifinal round with a 5-1 victory over No. 12 Washington University-St. Louis Monday in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Lord Jeffs (20-2) will face No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Amherst led 2-1 following the completion of doubles play and took a 3-1 lead when Zoe Pangalos won No. 6 … 0