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Williams' Football Team Opens 2-0
05:29PM / Saturday, September 23, 2017
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WATERVILLE, Maine. -- Bobby Maimaron threw for 166 yards, and Justin Nelson had 98 receiving yards Saturday to lead the Williams College football team to a 24-7 win over Colby.
 
The Ephs (2-0) travel to Trinity next Saturday.
 
Men's Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Amherst scored in the 51st minute to erase a one-goal deficit and earn a 1-1 tie with Williams on Saturday afternoon on Cole Filed.
 
Malcolm Singleton scored for the Ephs (3-1-1, 2-1-1 NESCAC), who host Bates on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
Women's Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams women's soccer team built a 3-1 half-time lead and hung on for a 3-2 win over Amherst on Saturday.
 
Natasha Albameze, Victoria Laino and Kristina Alvarado scored for the Ephs, who got five saves from Oliva Barnhill.
 
Williams (6-0, 5-0 NESCAC) host Bates on Sunday at 11 a.m.
 
Field Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Masss. -- Amherst's Elizabeth Turnbull scored the tying goal in the 60th minute of regulation and the game-winner in overtime to give the visitors a 3-2 win over Williams on Saturday.
 
Alex Bennett had a goal and an assist for the Ephs (4-2, 2-2 NESCAC), who host Bates on Sunday at 10 a.m.
 
Men's Cross Country
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. --The  Purple Valley Classic did not disappoint, with convincing team performances all around, and a few excellent individual showings.
 
In the men's 8k, SUNY Geneseo won with a cool 87 points, followed by RPI (95), Amherst (109), and Middlebury (117). The Ephs came in fifth with 136 (12-15-29-34-46-54-59), led by captain Ben Decker '18 who placed 12th in 26 minutes, 47 seconds.
 
In another demonstration of pack running, captain Liam Simpson '18 (26:51), Mitchell Morris '19 (27:08), Austin Anderson '19 (27:14), Peter Kirgis '20 (27:27), Nick Gannon '20 (27:39) and Sam Wischnewsky '20 (27:44) all came in less than a minute apart. Gannon ran the second fastest 8k of his collegiate career, approaching his 2016 Little Three result of 27:11 on a much more challenging course. 
 
Women's Cross Country
WILLIMASTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams women placed 4th overall in a very strong field of 26 teams at the Purple Valley Classic on Saturday.
 
Senior captain and returning all-american Victoria Kingham led the team with a fifth-place finish and a time of 22: minutes, 22 seconds. Sophomore Audrey Rustad raced her first 6k, showing the extra distance was not a problem, with an 11th place finish and great personal record of 22:49.
 
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