Colby Magazine - Winter 1998 Sports Shorts
All-American goalkeeper Graham Nelson '98 and All-NESCAC backfielder Matthew Sawatzky '99 paced the men's soccer team to a 9-5-1 record and a number nine ranking in the New England Division III coaches poll. The Mules went to the ECAC Championships for the first time since 1994, losing in the first round, 2-0, to Babson. Highlights included a 1-0 sudden-death overtime victory at Middlebury and a 3-2 win over Amherst when the winning goal was scored with 11 seconds to play. Assistant coach John Osbourne was inducted as the first member of the Maine State Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. . . . Farrell Burns '98 placed 17th at the women's cross country national meet to earn All-America status. Burns's time of 19:06 put her two seconds behind Middlebury's Katy Masselam, the only NESCAC finisher to place higher. . . . Wilson Everhart '99 was the most valuable runner for the men's cross country team. He ran a team-best 25:48 at Boston's five-mile Franklin Park course. . . . Senior Jessie Anderson led the women's tennis team with a 7-3 record at number one singles and teamed with junior Kim Cheah to go 7-3 in number one doubles, including victories over highly ranked Smith and Williams. The squad defeated MIT 6-3 to avenge last year's 0-9 drubbing. . . . Despite a disappointing 3-11 season, the field hockey team boasted one of the nation's standout players in defensive specialist Katie Taylor '98, who earned All-America honors and a place on the North/South senior all-star team. A tri-captain, Taylor also was first team All-NESCAC. She holds Colby records for most defensive saves in a career (28) and a season (12). . . . Jackie Bates '98 was a first team All-NESCAC selection for the volleyball team, which finished 16-15.
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