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Williams Field Hockey Edges Bates
05:55PM / Sunday, September 24, 2017
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Libby Dolan scored twice, and Alex Bennett had two assists Sunday to lead the Williams College field hockey team earn a 3-2 win over Bates.
 
Abby Lloyd and Emma Santucci split time in goal, combining for four saves.
 
The Ephs (5-2, 3-2 NESCAC) go to Springfield College on Wednesday.
 
Women’s Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Victoria Laino scored in the 53rd minute to help Williams salvage a 1-1 tie against Bates.
 
Olivia Barnhill stopped three shots for Williams, which remained unbeaten at 6-0-1 (5-0-1 NESCAC).
 
Williams hosts Connecticut College on Saturday.
 
Men’s Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Andrew Matthew scored midway through the first half to erase a one-goal deficit and send the Williams men to a 1-1 tie with Bates.
 
Bobby Schneiderman stopped four shots for Williams (3-1-2, 2-1-2).
 
Williams hosts Skidmore in a non-league game on Wednesday at 4:30.
 
Men’s Golf
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Trinity College Bantams shot the lowest team score of the weekend (290) to pull away from the 19-team field and win the 2017 Williams College Invitational Tournament at Taconic Golf Club.
 
The host Ephs fell short by five shots this year, recording a 294 on Sunday that placed them in second with a score of 589.
 
No other team cracked 600 on the weekend, with the next best score being a 601 from Western New England College.
 
Women’s Tennis
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. --  In its first match of the year, Williams’ women’s tennis team overcame rival Amherst by a score of 7-2 on Saturday.
 
"Williams versus Amherst is special and both teams always bring a little extra something to the court," Williams coach Anik Cepeda said.
 
"What I saw today was some gritty tennis," said Cepeda, "It wasn't perfect, it wasn't consistently pretty, and still we found a way."
 
The Ephs secured wins in two of three doubles matches to start the day with Chloe Henderson and Rachel Cross pairing up to defeat their opponents, 8-1. Senior duo July Raventos and Julia Cancio battled to a 9-7 win. Amherst bounced back in the third doubles slot, however, as sophomores Camille Smukler and Maddie Dewire beat the team of Mia Gancayco and Sasha Cayward.
 
Play shifted to singles with Williams needing three wins to clinch. After Raventos fell to Smukler 7-6, 6-2 in first singles, the Ephs did would not lose another match. Cross and Gancayco each picked up wins in two sets, while Cayward and Henderson battled through three in order to ultimately emerge victorious. Leah Bush also picked up her first official win of the day with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Amherst's Vickie Ip.
 
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