Nick Bayley '05

Women's basketball finished the season 18-7 after losing in the NESCAC quarterfinals. Point guard Bianca Belcher '03 had 915 career points and 296 assists. Wendy Bonner '05 averaged 13.2 points and 8.8 rebounds for head coach Patricia O'Brien. A young men's basketball finished 6-16, with just one senior and three juniors on a team of 17. The Mules won the CBB title, beating Bates twice and splitting with Bowdoin. Patrick McGowan '05 averaged 13.2 points and Kevin Crosman '03 was second in scoring at 12.7 points a contest. Men's hockey finished the regular season at 17-5-1 and 14-4-1 in the NESCAC. Nick Bayley '05 was the conference's leading scorer with 16 goals and 20 assists. Brian Chisholm '04 (12 goals, 18 assists) and Cory Ernst '05 (14 goals, 12 assists) were other top scorers. Head coach Jim Tortorella became the all-time wins leader among Colby men's hockey coaches with No. 127 against Amherst on Feb. 22. With just three seniors women's hockey finished the regular season at 8-13-1 and made the NESCAC Tournament. The Mules were 6-9-1 in NESCAC. Heather DeVito '05 ended the regular season fifth in the conference in scoring with 13 goals and 18 assists for 31 points. Besides the Lathrop sisters, women's alpine skiinghad as top skiersNicole Wessen '05 , Caroline Riss '03 and Caitlin Healey '06. Coach Mark Godomsky was named Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Coach of the Year for alpine skiing. Men's alpine skiing was consistent during thel season and took three skiers to the NCAA Championships. Rob Saunders '05 was an EISA All-East second-team selection and went to the NCAA national championships with Warner Nickerson '05 and Charlie Reed '06. In Women's Nordic skiing Anna Carvill '03 was the top finisher for coach Tracey Cote. Kris Dobie '06 had the top finishes for the men's Nordic ski team at the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association championships. Women's squash finished 11th in the country after a 5-4 victory against Amherst in the national tourney. Julia Benedict '05 led Colby with a 17-3 record playing mostly at the seventh spot. Rachel Luskin '05 was 15-5 at the ninth spot. Men's squash finished the season strong with a 2-1 record at the national tourney. Chris Reigeluth '03 led Colby with nine victories. Xavier Garcia '05 was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week and then later in the season the Field Athlete of the Week. He won the 400 meters (50.05 seconds) and the triple jump (45'-11") at the New England Division III Championships. Karima Ummah '04 broke school records in winning the triple jump (38'-11") and the high jump (5'-5") as women's indoor track and field took a strong third at the New England Division III Championships Connie Beal '03 broke the school record in the weight throw at the NE Division III competition. In men's swimming Jonathan Eck '03 had the best time in the 100-yard individual medley (54.85) of all NESCAC swimmers during the regular season. Laura Miller '05 automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in women's swimming with her school-record time of 57.19 in winning the 100-yard butterfly at the NESCAC Championships. Miller had the second-fastest time in the nation heading into the national meet. Mindy Williams '03 was second in the 1,650-yard freestyle.