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Both basketball teams qualified for their respective ECAC Tournaments. Men's basketball, 19-7 overall, reached a number of milestones. Not only did head coach Dick Whitmore pick up his 500th win but Ken Allen '00 scored his 1,000th point and finished his career as the 10th leading scorer in Colby history. Led by Allen and Sam Clark '01, the White Mules advanced to the ECAC final, where they fell to Tufts 74-73 in overtime....Women's basketball went 17-9. On the last day of the regular season Colby played Bates in Lewiston for the right to advance to the NCAA Tournament. When the Bobcats won 60-57, the White Mules took their game to the ECAC Tournament, defeating Emmanuel in the first round but losing to Trinity in the semi-finals. Erin Cole-Karagory '00 and Jenn Freese '00 finished stellar four-year careers with the Mules. Cole-Karagory is second on Colby's career scoring list, and Freese is on top in career steals and assists....Men's ice hockey, 16-9-1 in the regular season, advanced to the semi-finals of the inaugural NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The White Mules were led by All-NESCAC Second Team performers Fred Perowne '01 and Scott Richardson '00 and NESCAC Rookie of the Year Sean O'Grady '03....Anchored by the ECAC's Goaltender of the Year, Josie Chapman '01, women's ice hockey went 11-7-1, finishing just short of the playoffs in their first season playing in Division III. With no graduating senior on the roster, the team expects to make a run at a post-season position next year....Women's swimming and diving finished 7-1, including their first victory over Middle-bury in 10 years....Men's swimming finished 3-5, with a pair of first-year swimmers pacing the squad. Jonathan Eck '03 set four new school records on his way to qualifying for the NCAA's in Atlanta. Eck qualified in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke and the 200 individual medley.... Mindy Williams '03 also earned the right to represent Colby at the national meet in Atlanta. Williams qualified in the 1650, the 400 IM and the 500 freestyle....The women's indoor track distance medley relay recorded a school record 12:01.62 and finished fourth in the NCAA Track and Field meet in Illinois in March. The four seniors, Nicole Neault, Katie LaRochelle, Jeannine Bergquist and Sarah Toland (all from Massachusetts), all were named All-Americans for the event. Toland also earned individual All-American honors for fifth place in the 1500 (4:39.72)....Men's indoor track finished the season with a second-place finish at the USM Quad Cup and a third place finish at the Bowdoin Quad Cup....Alpine skiers David Riss '01 and Elizabeth Festa '01 both qualified for the NCAA Championships held in Park City, Utah. |
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