Do you remember when…? Take a look back at a few highlights from the The Williams Record and The Williams Advocate of past winter Eph teams from 10 (2015), 25 (2000), and 50 (1975) years ago.
10 Years Ago (Winter 2015)
- Basketball (Men’s): Men’s hoops tops Conn. in 83-81 thriller (Feb 18, 2015) – “Last weekend, men’s basketball (14-9, 5-5 in the NESCAC) took on Conn. College on Friday before facing Wesleyan on Saturday in the last regular season conference content of the year.” Continue reading here.
- Basketball (Women’s): Women’s hoops wins NESCAC nail-biter (Feb 25, 2015) – “Women’s basketball (20-5, 7-3 in the NESCAC) pulled off a dramatic 45-44 victory against Conn. College last Saturday to start postseason play.” Continue reading here.
- Ice Hockey (Men’s): Men’s hockey holds up against NESCAC rivals (Feb 11, 2015) – “Despite three hard-fought periods and exceedingly intense game, men’s hockey (13-5-2, 6-2-1 in the NESCAC) fell to Trinity, the top-ranked team in the NESCAC, last weekend.” Continue reading here.
- Ice Hockey (Women’s): Women’s hockey eagerly heads into conference championship (Feb 11, 2015) – “Women’s ice hockey (8-9-2, 5-5-2 in the NESCAC) faced off against rival Amherst last weekend.” Continue reading here.
- Skiing: Skiing speeds to fifth in Vermont (Feb 11, 2015) – “Skiing has continued to ski fast and place well over the past three carnivals of the season – University of Vermont, St. Michaels and Dartmouth.” Continue reading here.
- Squash (Men’s): Men’s squash battles to second (Feb 11, 2015) – “Last weekend, men’s squash played exceptionally well in the NESCAC tournament. Williams finished second in the tournament for the ninth-consecutive season behind Trinity.” Continue reading here.
- Squash (Women’s): Women’s squash takes second in NESCAC championships (Feb 11, 2015) – “Women’s squash (14-7) valiantly took on its conference rivals in the NESCAC Championships at home last Saturday and Sunday. The women started out strong, sweeping past Bowdoin in the quarterfinals and beating Middlebury in the semifinals before ultimately losing to Trinity.” Continue reading here.
- Swim & Dive (Men’s): Men’s swimming takes 13th-straight NESCAC title (Feb 25, 2015) – “Last weekend, men’s swimming and diving (7-0-1, 4-0 in the NESCAC) won its 13th-consecutive NESCAC title, beating out rival Amherst, who took second, and Conn. College, who went home with the bronze.” Continue reading here.
- Track & Field (Men’s): Men’s track clinches third in regional championship (Feb 25, 2015) – “Men’s track and field traveled to Springfield College last Friday and Saturday to pit its best against the best of Div. III New England at the Regional Championships. After two days of back-and-forth competitions, the Ephs finished third overall with 71 points, only two points behind second place.” Continue reading here.
- Track & Field (Women’s): Women’s track notches second at New Englands (Feb 25, 2015) – “Women’s track and field took second last weekend at the Div. III New England Conference Championships at Smith.” Continue reading here.
- Wrestling: Wrestling finishes third at Div. III Northeast Regionals (Mar 4, 2015) – “Competing against 17 other teams last weekend at the NCAA Div. III Northeast Regionals, wrestling (18-2) continued its strong record of success this season.” Continue reading here.
25 Years Ago (Winter 2000)
- Basketball (Men’s): Men’s hoops on a roll, in position for NCAA bid (Feb 22, 2000) – “The Williams College Men’s Basketball team has been on a roll, winning eight straight games. At 19-3 with one game left, Williams has positioned itself for a possible NCAA tournament invitation.” Continue reading here.
- Basketball (Women’s): Women’s basketball wins four of five (Feb 15, 2000) – “The Williams women’s basketball team has won four of its last five games, including a sensational 71-57 victory against Amherst that avenged a 53-50 loss earlier in January.” Continue reading here.
- Ice Hockey (Men’s): Men’s ice hockey riding a five-game winning streak (Feb 15, 2000) – “Playoff time is approaching for the Williams men’s hockey team, which is playing its best and most consistent hockey of the season.” Continue reading here.
- Ice Hockey (Women’s): Women’s hockey wins first-ever tourney game (Feb 29, 2000) – “With a stellar effort from senior tri-captains Alexis Scott and Cara Shortsleeve, the Williams women’s ice hockey team defeated Bowdoin 5-2 to win its first-round ECAC playoff game and catapult itself into the ECAC Final Four.” Continue reading here.
- Skiing: Skiers perform well at Carnival on home courses (Feb 22, 2000) – “Since the end of Winter Study, the Williams ski team has been travelling all over New England to compete in different colleges’ carnivals. This past weekend was Williams’s turn to host a ski carnival.” Continue reading here.
- Squash (Women’s): Women’s squash finishes second at D II Nationals (Feb 22, 2000) – “The Williams women’s squash team came in second place in the Division II national team championships this past weekend at Yale. Because of this impressive performance, the Ephs ended their season ranked 10th in the nation.” Continue reading here.
- Swim & Dive (Men’s): Ephmen win 13th straight N.E. title (Feb 29, 2000) – “The Williams men’s swimming and diving team topped the scoreboard at New Englands for the 13th consecutive year as it won the three-day competition, compiling 1602 points, the second-highest point total ever.” Continue reading here.
- Swim & Dive (Women’s): Women’s swimming and diving extends N.E. winning streak (Feb 22, 2000) – “When the dust settled at Bowdoin’s Pool Sunday night, there was little doubt about who was the best team. Scoring 1609 points over the course of the three-day meeting, Williams walked away with the title by a margin of 436 points.” Continue reading here.
- Track & Field (Women’s): Women’s track and field second in New England (Feb 22, 2000) – “The women’s track team capped off a remarkable season with an exciting second place finish at Division III New Englands at Bowdoin College on Saturday. The Ephs finished with 127 points, only 18 points behind Wheaton College (145 points).” Continue reading here.
- Wrestling: Wrestling second at New Englands (Feb 22, 2000) – “For the first time in several years, a healthy Eph wrestling team headed to the New England Championships.” Continue reading here.
- Various: Rock climbers converge on Williams (Feb 15, 2000) – “This past Saturday, Williams hosted its third annual Intercollegiate Climbing Competition. Sponsored by the Williams Outing Club, this competition featured over 40 climing ‘routes’ on the Nate Lowe Memorial Wall in the Towne Field House. This year, the competition was attneded by over 40 climbers from 10 different schools around the Northeast, including Middlebury, Dartmouth, Cornell, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.” Continue reading here.
50 Years Ago (Winter 1975)
- Basketball (Women’s): Women’s winter sports finish year undefeated: Hoopsters beat Radcliffe with last minute stall (Mar 5, 1975) – “The Williams women’s basketball squad emphatically proved that they don’t mess around by culminating their 12-0 season with an exciting 48-45 victory over Radcliffe last Saturday.” Continue reading here.
- Basketball (Men’s): Sheehy breaks scoring record; cagers win two (Feb 19, 1975) – “‘All it means,’ joked a weary Harry Sheehy, ‘is that in three years here I’ve taken more shots than anybody else in Williams College history.’ ‘It,’ of course, is the Williams career scoring record, which now belongs to reliable no. 31.” Continue reading here.
- Ice Hockey (Men’s): Ephs gain 7th hockey victory over Jeffs (Mar 5, 1975) – “The Williams hockey team closed out its season on Saturday evening with a 4-1 victory over Amherst at Chapman Rink. It was the seventh consecutive Williams victory over the Lord Jeffs, and gave coach Bill McCormick’s skaters a clean sweep of Little Three competition for the third year in a row.” Continue reading here.
- Skiing: Townsend elected to hall of fame (Feb 26, 1975) – “Ralph J. Townsend, ski coach at Williams College since 1950 and former Olympic competitor, was named to the National Ski Hall of Fame.” Continue reading here.
- Skiing (Men’s): Skiers 6th in Carnival (Feb 19, 1975) – “Strong individual performances by Gary James in the cross country (6th) and Toby Hubner in the slalom (8th) paced the ski team to a sixth-place finish in last weekend’s Winter Carnival.” Continue reading here.
- Squash (Men’s): Racketmen are 5th in nation (Mar 5, 1975) – “Riding the crest of a season-ending five match win streak, the Williams squash team improved their national dual match ranking of sixth with a strong performance by the top six players to finish behind Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Army in the National Intercollegiate tournament held at Princeton this past weekend.” Continue reading here.
- Squash (Women’s): Women’s winter sports finish year undefeated: Squash may be 2nd nationally (Mar 5, 1975) – “The women’s squash team followed up an 8-0 regular season with a strong showing in the Women’s Intercollegiate Squash Championships held at Radcliffe over the weekend.” Continue reading here.
- Swim & Dive (Men’s): Mermen batter school marks; grab third in New Englands (Mar 12, 1975) – “Shaved down, psyched up, and determined to defeat many of the larger, recruiting colleges in New England, the Williams swim team broke almost every school record in finishing third last weekend in the fastest New England Championships in history.” Continue reading here.
- Track & Field (Men’s): Sports Round Up: Track (Mar 5, 1975) – “Senior co-captain Mike Reed made the wrap-up of the indoor track season a solo effort with a first and a second at the New Englands last weekend.” Continue reading here.
- Wrestling: Matmen 7th in New England (Feb 26, 1975) – “The Williams College wrestling team, under coach Joe Dailey, completed their 1974-75 season by finishing seventh in the New England Championships held this past weekend at Mass. Maritime.” Continue reading here.
To see more stories from the archives, check out Williams Digitized Archives or the Special Collections Website for old issues of The Williams Record and The Williams Advocate.