The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Sports

In men's lacrosse, Trinity stunned previously undefeated Middlebury over the weekend with a 6-5 road win. The Panthers went into the game as the No. 3-ranked team in the national DIII poll, owning a 19-2 series lead over the Bantams, yet Trinity managed to pull out the win even while being outshot 40-25 by the Panthers. Bantam junior goalie Alex Palma had 17 saves in the game, with two in the final minute to preserve the upset. The victory marks the second straight year Trinity has taken down Middlebury, last year having beaten the Panthers 11-10 in double overtime in Hartford…In a battle of Little Three archrivals in women's lacrosse, nationally 8-th ranked Amherst beat Williams 14-6 in Williamstown on Saturday, thus claiming the 2008 Little Three title (the other college is Lesley University in Cambridge.) With the win, the Lord Jeffs improved to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the NESCAC…In softball, the Wesleyan women showed their endurance in sweeping Middlebury in a rare triple-header on Saturday in Vermont. Sophomore Meaghan Dendy, last week's NESCAC Player of the Week, lead the Cardinals' brooms in pitching two complete-game victories as the bookends to the triple-header. In chronological order, Wesleyan won 10-4, 7-1, and 5-1…On Saturday in baseball, Tufts scored 13 unearned runs for a doubleheader sweep of Bowdoin in Brunswick. In the opening game, the Polar Bears managed to rally from 7-0 and 10-5 deficits to force extra innings, only to fall to the Jumbos 13-12 in eight innings. In the second game, Tufts scored five unearned runs in the first innings to grab an early lead, and hung on to win 9-2.

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