Three-time All-American runner Kara Patterson '97 knows something about close calls. A senior from Falmouth, Maine, Patterson won the Maine state cross country championship by 12 seconds, and she bested the closest pursuer for the NESCAC title by two seconds. But her narrowest margins of escape were far from wooded cross country courses.
Repeat Performance
For the second consecutive year and only the second time since 1984, the women's soccer team advanced to the ECAC Division III New England playoffs. Seeded third among eight, Colby defeated sixth seed Clark University 3-0 in the quarterfinal round but lost to Wellesley, the tournament's second seed, 3-1 in the semifinals.
Double Trouble
Women's tennis coach Erica Silbersher experienced a rare conflict of interest
at the Rolex Division III Regional Championships, as Colby teammates Sui Kim
Cheah '99 of Penang, Malaysia, and Jessie Anderson '98 of Norwell, Mass.,
played each other for the regional singles title and a national tournament
berth.
Twenty-eight years of frustration ended December 4, when men's ice hockey forward Nick Lamia '97 (St. Louis, Mo.) scored with 40 seconds remaining in the game to give Colby a 5-4 victory over Bowdoin; the Mules' first win in Bowdoin's Dayton Arena since 1968.
"We really didn't think about the streak," said Lamia. "We just needed a big
win."
Head Coach Jim Tortorella, happy to be rid of the "ghost that loomed over us
for 28 years," says the comeback from a two-goal deficit was aided by the
hundreds of Colby fans in attendance.
"After the game, the players skated to center ice and raised their sticks in a
salute to them," he said. "The impact of the win and crowd support on the
individual players is unfathomable. I was proud of the school and the fans that
we won with humility."
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