Williams Tennis Wins Double-Header Against Hamilton, Trinity

By Andrée HellerWilliams Sports Info
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Back on home courts for the first time this season, the Ephs (15-0/5-0 NESCAC) swept their back-to-back matches against Hamilton (8-6/1-4 NESCAC) and Trinity (8-5/2-3 NESCAC). Williams won both matches 9-0, maintaining their perfect 15-0 record.

Consistency has been a theme throughout the Ephs spring campaign, and was certainly on view today. In doubles against Hamilton, Williams lost only won game, winning three matches 8-1, 8-0, 8-0 respectively. The story was much of the same in singles. Kara Shoemaker, Kathleen Elkins, Rebecca Curran and Hannah Atkinson each won their matches 6-1, 6-0; while Monica Pastor and Annika Trapness won theirs 6-2, 6-0 and 8-1, respectively.

Later in the day, Williams played Trinity with a slightly different line up, although it was very similar to the one used yesterday. Elkins and Pylypiv, who did not play earlier, were slotted in the number 1 spot to take on Melita Ferjanic and Morgan Feldman. They won their match 8-2. The closest Trinity came to claiming a victory was in the number 3 spot in doubles. Hannah Atkinson and Maya Hart persevered and earned a W, winning 8-6.

"We played very determined tennis today. It was a good day to celebrate Williams tennis on our home courts," said coach Alison Swain.

The Ephs are home against next week, when they take on MIT at 3:30pm.
 
Williams vs. Hamilton

Doubles

Shoemaker/Curran (W) def. Lee/Detwiler 8-1

Shin/Stone (W) def. Khanna/Keyte 8-0

Atkinson/Hart (W) def. Schoning/Shanghnessy 8-0
 
Singles

Shoemaker (W) def. Schoning 6-1, 6-0

Elkins (W) def. Khanna 6-1, 6-0

Curran (W) def. Shanghnessy 6-1, 6-0

Pastor (W) def. Friedman 6-2, 6-0



Atkinson (W) def. Keyte 6-1, 6-0

Trapness (W) def. Pratt 8-1
 
Williams vs. Trinity

Doubles

Elkins/Pylypiv (W) def. Ferjanic/Feldman 8-2

Stone/Shin (W) def. Maphisa/Crias 8-1

Atkinson/Hart (W) def. Gerber/Gagne 8-6
 
Singles

Elkins (W) def. Ferjanic 6-1, 6-1

Shin (W) def. Feldman 6-2, 6-2

Pylypiv (W) def. Maphica 6-2, 6-2

Curran (W) def. Gerber 6-1, 6-1

Pastor (W) def. Gagne 6-0, 6-0

Atkinson (W) def. Wilkins 6-0, 6-1

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WCMA: 'Cracking the Code on Numerology'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) opens a new exhibition, "Cracking the Cosmic Code: Numerology in Medieval Art."
 
The exhibit opened on March 22.
 
According to a press release: 
 
The idea that numbers emanate sacred significance, and connect the past with the future, is prehistoric and global. Rooted in the Babylonian science of astrology, medieval Christian numerology taught that God created a well-ordered universe. Deciphering the universe's numerical patterns would reveal the Creator's grand plan for humanity, including individual fates. 
 
This unquestioned concept deeply pervaded European cultures through centuries. Theologians and lay people alike fervently interpreted the Bible literally and figuratively via number theory, because as King Solomon told God, "Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight" (Wisdom 11:22). 
 
"Cracking the Cosmic Code" explores medieval relationships among numbers, events, and works of art. The medieval and Renaissance art on display in this exhibition from the 5th to 17th centuries—including a 15th-century birth platter by Lippo d'Andrea from Florence; a 14th-century panel fragment with courtly scenes from Palace Curiel de los Ajos, Valladolid, Spain; and a 12th-century wall capital from the Monastery at Moutiers-Saint-Jean—reveal numerical patterns as they relate to architecture, literature, gender, and timekeeping. 
 
"There was no realm of thought that was not influenced by the all-consuming belief that all things were celestially ordered, from human life to stones, herbs, and metals," said WCMA Assistant Curator Elizabeth Sandoval, who curated the exhibition. "As Vincent Foster Hopper expounds, numbers were 'fundamental realities, alive with memories and eloquent with meaning.' These artworks tease out numerical patterns and their multiple possible meanings, in relation to gender, literature, and the celestial sphere. 
 
"The exhibition looks back while moving forward: It relies on the collection's strengths in Western medieval Christianity, but points to the future with goals of acquiring works from the global Middle Ages. It also nods to the history of the gallery as a medieval period room at this pivotal time in WCMA's history before the momentous move to a new building," Sandoval said.
 
Cracking the Cosmic Code runs through Dec. 22.
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