WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Senior Kara Sperry had a goal and assist Saturday and Margaret Draper made six stops in goal as the Williams College fied hockey team brushed past conference rival Connecticut College, 4-1, at Williamson Field. 

 

Williams improved to 8-2 overall, 4-2 in the conference, while the Camels dropped to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in the NESCAC. Williams hosts Skidmore Tuesday at 6 p.m.

 

The Ephs led 1-0 at half, but opened the second half by scoring three goals in the first 11 minutes and 37 seconds to build a four-goal advantage they would not relinqiush. 

 

"At halftime, I just told them we need to step it up," Ephs' head coach Alix Barrale said. "We were out of sync and i needed us to be more aggressive in the circle and step up to the ball. Our passing was so much better in the second half, we really executed what we wanted to do out there."

 

Brigid Bruno got the second-half scoring underway when she received a pass from Annie VanWagenen in the circle and fired a shot past Camel keeper Ryley van der Velde just 6;36 into the second frame.

 

The Ephs kept the pressure up, scoring just 2:45 later when Sperry converted a pass from sophomore Alex Bennett for a 3-0 lead. Sperry wasn't done yet as only 2:16 later, she received a pass from Hannah Goodrick off a penalty corner, dealt it back to Goodrick, who fired a shot from the left side of the goal past the Camels' second keeper, Lauren Pianucci, for a 4-0 lead.

 

"I think in the second half we did come out more agressive and just wore their defense down," Barrale said.

 

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.-- Williams (10-5, 4-1 in NESCAC) continued their NESCAC weekend at home with an afternoon game against Colby College (7- 7, 3-3 in NESCAC) in Chandler Gym

 

After beating Bates (5-7, 2-2 in NESCAC) Friday night in three sets (25-17, 25-21, 25-18) the Ephs hoped to continue their run and they did, beating Colby in three sets (25-20,25-21,25-22). 

 

Mia Weinland had 16 kills, and Tori Jasuta had 11 digs to lead the Ephs, who travel to face SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday.

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Jacqueline Simeone and Crystal Lewin scored to give the Williams College women's soccer team a 2-0 win over Connecticut College (1-4-3, 0-2-3 NESCAC) on Saturday.

 

Tressa Palcheck made three saves for Williams (9-0, 7-0), which travels to RPI next Saturday.

 

MEN'S SOCCER

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Harrison Fyke scored for Williams in a 1-1 tie against Connecticut College on Saturday.

 

All the offense came in the last 18 minutes as Fyke gave the Ephs a lead in the 73rd minute, and Conn College (6-2-1, 3-2-1 NESCAC) responded six minutes later.

 

Christian Alcorn made seven savs for Williams (3-4-1, 2-3-1), which travels to RPI next Saturday.

 

WOMEN'S TENNIS

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Williams College women's tennis team hosted rival Amherst on Saturday, blanking the Jeffs, 9-0, to earn its fifth straight win in a series Amherst leads, 39-35.

 

All six singles secured victories, with Korina Neveux, Julia Cancio, and Juli Raventos each battling through extra sets.

 

FOOTBALL

HARTFORD, Conn. -- With 7:09 left in the first quarter, Trinity sophomore quarterback Sonny Puzzo found first year receiver Bryan Vieira with a back corner touchdown pass, giving the Bantams the lead, which would not be relinquished as Trinity would go on to beat Williams 24-0 and hand the Ephs their first loss of the season.

 

The shutout was not due to a lack of Eph scoring chances. Down 14-0 after a Darrien Myers 68-yard punt return for a touchdown; the Ephs were able to drive the ball inside the Trinity five-yard line. It appeared as though the Ephs would be able to get back into the game, but the Bantam defense held strong and caused a turnover on downs after a fourth down tackle by junior safety Patrick Dorsey.

 

The Ephs once more had the ball inside the Trinity five-yard line after a long fumble recovery and run by sophomore linebacker Michael Berry. Again the Bantams were able to thwart the attempt at an Eph comeback as senior defensive back Paul McCarthy intercepted the fade pass to the back of the end zone, wrestling the ball away from the intended Eph receiver.

 

"We were able to move the ball so there was some really bright spots and score isn't really indicative of the way the game actually went. If we were able to tuck it in a couple of those times we were in the red zone, it's a different football game" said Ephs coach Aaron Kelton.

 

The Bantams extended their lead to 24 with a field goal by first year kicker Eric Sachse and a nine-yard touchdown run by first year running back Max Chipouras.

 

The Bantam defense was stout all day, holding the Ephs to 90 yards through the air. Williams finished with 227 yards of total offense. Trinity was able to rush for 152 yards and throw for 156 yards.