Lee Rankin '03

MEN'S LACROSSE made it to the NESCAC championship game by upsetting higher-seed Bowdoin 10-7 in the semifinals. In the final, against two-time defending NCAA Division III champion Middlebury, the Mules kept pace in the first half but lost 14-8. Coach Rob Quinn, in his first year at Colby, was named NESCAC Coach of the Year after the 11-5 season. John Shea '02 and Gabe Duncan-Roitman '02 were named first-team All-NESCAC. . . .

WOMEN'S LACROSSE drew defending national champion Middlebury in the NESCAC tourney semifinals. Despite strong play the team never recovered from an early Panthers' onslaught and lost 20-9 to end with a 10-4 record. Marcia Ingraham '02 was named first team All-NESCAC. . . .

BASEBALL's most dramatic victory came on a home run to break a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the last inning against NESCAC powerhouse Trinity. The team scored a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Brandeis and ended 9-22 overall, 3-9 in NESCAC. . . .

SOFTBALL finished with a 13-13-2 record after leading all opponents in nearly every offensive category, including hits, runs, RBIs, team batting average and slugging percentage. Highlights included double-header wins over USM, 13-2 and 2-1, and a win over St. Joe's, 2-1. . . .

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD saw seven individuals hit provisional qualifying standards for the NCAA Division III national championships. Four made the cuts, three of them in the hammer throw. In the hammer event, Michelle Keady '03 finished seventh in the nation to earn All-America honors while Connie Beal '03 finished ninth and Meg McCusker '02 13th. Also at the nationals, Karima Ummah '04 finished 11th in the triple jump. The team placed third in the NESCAC and New England Division III championship meets. . . .

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD placed fifth in the NESCAC meet and seventh in the New England Division III spring championship. Lee Rankin '03, a three-time NCAA national meet participant, led throwers while Nat Brown '04 and Justin Sukiennik '03 anchored the middle and distance events. . . .

MEN'S CREW ended with a 7-1-1 dual racing record, defeating UNH for the first time in seven years. The men's and women's teams were victors in the CBB Championships. . . .

MEN'S TENNIS achieved a top-12 ITA regional ranking and upset Brandeis and NYU, both higher ranked. Number-one singles player Rhett Silverstein '05 upset Bowdoin's Colin Joyner, who was ranked 26th in the nation. . . .

WOMEN'S TENNIS beat Mt. Holyoke 6-3 and moved up from 15 to 12 in the rankings. Number-one doubles duo Sara Hughes '05 and Christina Pluta '05 upset Middlebury on route to the NESCAC Championship semifinals. The pair claimed the CBB doubles title. . . .

The highlight of the WOMEN'S RUGBYseason was winning the "Beast of the East" tournament in Rhode Island. Competing in the Division II bracket the Mules came in first among 32 teams, outscoring opponents 150-7. They also played host to a small tournament, played UMO and URI and won both games. In the fall, they won New England's and Mortheastern's. If Division III were allowed to go to the Nationals they would have qualified. Instead they got moved to Division II for the coming fall season.