January 29, 2024

Men's Squash Takes Down Rivals Bates and Bowdoin

For the first time in over 20 years the Colby Men’s Squash team defeated Bates College, a 9-0 sweep in their final home match of the season. Of the nine wins, eight of those matchups concluded in 3-0 victories. The women's team came up just short falling to the Bobcats 5-4 with hard fought wins coming from Andrea Lee, Abhisheka David, Aileen Dominguez and Juliette Love.

On the road in Brunswick on Saturday, the men swept the CBB and their fourth straight victory topping the Polar Bears 7-2. Victories in the match came from Inwoo Lee, Seif Ashraf, Jonathan Sosa, Youssef Mostafa, Sen Subramaniam, Carlos Zendejas and Avery Rosenburg. The women's team again came up just short 6-3 with victories from Lee, David and Dominguez in the top three spots. .

#14 (9-3) Men’s Squash and #19 (3-7) Women’s Squash will wrap up their regular seasons this weekend in a three game road trip with Haverford up first on Friday.

Women's Basketball Secures Victory over Conn. College

In their lone match of the week, the Mules hosted the Camels of Conn. College, securing their second conference win by a final score of 66-57.

The first two quarters were defense heavy for both teams as the Mules kept the Conn. shooting at bay (the Camels were 0-6 from three and 7-32 overall from the field). In the third quarter Colby started to pull ahead, building on their eight point halftime lead for a 48-29 score going into the final frame. Although the Camels had their best scoring quarter in the fourth it was not enough to threaten Colby's lead.

Lydia Mordarski led the charge netting 15 points along with three steals followed by Kate Olenik with 11 points and Ana Von Rumohr with 10. Amelia Hanscom played great inside totaling 14 rebounds.

The 10-9 Mules (2-4 NESCAC record, good for 8th) will now go on the road to faceoff against Tufts Friday and Bates Saturday.

Swimming & Diving Takes Care of Wesleyan in Middletown

Against the Cardinals Saturday afternoon, Colby's Swimming & Diving teams came away with victories placing both of their overall records at 5-2 on the season. The men won 182-98 and women dominated in similar fashion 178-120.

Women’s Event Winners:

• 200 Medley Relay - Gabriella Landau, Kellen Mottl, Anna Coleman, Emma Cheung
• 200 Freestyle Relay - Alex Mayo, Mottl, Tahila Crowley, Cheung
• Lily Moy - 100 Freestyle
• Meagan Englert - 400 IM & 500 Freestyle
• Crowley - 100 Backstroke
• Sarah Michael - 200 Backstroke
• Mottl - 200 Breaststroke
• Avery Rappaport - One Meter Dive
• Eleanor McGrath - Three Meter Dive (Colby record)

Men's Event Winners:

• 200 Medley Relay - Brandon Xiong, Jerome Wiater, Neil Mortimer, Ethan Chang
• 200 Freestyle Relay - Xiong, Niels Wu, Allen Zhu, Jack Forstot
• Xiong - 50 Freestyle & 200 Backstroke
• Carson Rehkopf - 100 & 200 Freestyle
• Nathaniel Chon - 1000 Freestyle
• Spencer Cohen - 100 Backstroke & 400 IM
• Max LaRoche - 100 & 200 Breaststroke
• Skylar Yoham - 200 Butterfly
• Tate Weltzin - One & Three Meter Dive

Up next, the women’s team will host the CBB meet on February 3rd while the men head to Bates the following weekend.

Men's Ice Hockey Tops USM, Falls to Bowdoin

With a victory over Southern Maine Tuesday and a setback in Brunswick against the Polar Bears Saturday, Colby earned a split on the week.

Welcoming the USM Huskies early in the week to close our their non-conference schedule, Colby used goals from three different scorers to move to 4-2-0 in non-conference games this season. Derek Hessinger opened the scoring halfway through the first period and Griffin Grise tallied the eventual game-winner early in the second. Clay Korpi netted his first of the season to put the game out of reach with seconds remaining in the third. Colby has outscored the Huskies 13-5 in the last four meetings.

In a rematch of the early season draw in December, the Mules traveled to Brunswick Saturday to face a hot Polar Bear team that is ranked second in the NESCAC. Bowdoin scored three times in the first period and added another in the second before Grise earned one back for Colby. The tally came with only minutes left to play and with an empty netter tacked on, Bowdoin earned their first victory over the Mules in Brunswick since 2015.

The Mules are now 6-9-3 and rank 8th in the NESCAC. This coming weekend they host Hamilton and Amherst, the 4th and 5th-ranked clubs in the conference respectively.

Men’s Basketball Faces Conn. College

In New London Sunday the Mules battled the Camels in hopes to build on their NESCAC record. Ranked third in the NESCAC standings, the Camels sent Colby home with a 81-53 defeat.

The two teams remained neck and neck through the first nine minutes of play for a 21-21 scoreline. However the Camels began to pull away going on a 21-7 run to close out the first half. Max Poulton gathered 16 points alongside six rebounds and two assists while Marcos Montiel contributed 13 points, two steals and three assists. Poulton, a sophomore, has scored in double-digits in all but two games this season and sits one point shy of 600 for his career.

Colby now with a 9-10 overall record (ninth in the NESCAC) will host Tufts Friday followed by Bates Saturday.