Sports Shorts
The football team recovered from an 0-5 start to win its last three games and secure an eighth straight CBB championship. Running back LaWaun Curry '97 (Roxbury, Mass.) was named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Colby's 39-15 win over Bowdoin. He rushed 28 times for a career-high 191 yards, and he set the school single-game scoring record with four touchdowns. Offensive lineman Gregg Forger '97 (Canton, Mass.) was named to the NESCAC All-Star Team for the second year in a row. Middle linebacker James Scribner '99 (Portsmouth, R.I.) was named a New England Second-Team All-Star by the ECAC. . . . Led by Kara Patterson '97 (Falmouth, Maine), the women's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships. Colby ran to a fourth-place team finish at the New England Championships, paced by Patterson, who finished second, and Kathleen Thompson '97 (Lakewood, Colo.), who finished 11th. . . . The men's cross country team finished 15th of 39 at the NCAA Division III Championships. Co-captain Pat Fournier '98 (Bellows Falls, Vt.) placed 12th. . . . The volleyball team won the Maine state title and finished seventh at the NESCAC Tournament. Anna Thomson '97 (Aspen, Colo.) and Jackie Bates '98 (Spokane, Wash.) were named to the Maine all-tournament team, and Bates also was named All-NESCAC first-team. . . . Men's soccer finished the season at 8-6. Midfielder Ross McEwen '99 (Littleton, Colo.) led the team in scoring with seven goals and five assists. Co-captains Brian Dowling '97 (Madison, Conn.) and David Hall '97 (Plainfield, N.H.) were selected to play in the Maine Collegiate All-Star game. Hall also participated in the New England All-Star Game. . . . The field hockey team finished the season at 2-13 but had overtime losses to nationally ranked Connecticut College and the University of Southern Maine. Defender Katie Taylor '98 (Wilmington, Del.) was named a First-Team Regional All-American by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Midfielder Erika Ayers '98 (Gilford, N.H.) and Rachel Palmer '99 (West Chesterfield, N.H.) were named Academic All-Americans. . . . At the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the women's crew team raced to a sixth-place finish, and the men finished 10th of 27 boats. . . . E.J. Anderson '97 (Falmouth, Maine) led the golf team to victory at the Sid Farr Invitational with his first-place finish. Anderson also shot a 75 at the NESCAC tournament to finish in 11th place.