Williams Women's, Men's Soccer Teams Win in OT

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Kristi Kirshe scored in the 103rd minute to give the Williams College women's soccer team a double-overtime win over Wesleyan on Saturday.
 
Tressa Palcheck stopped five shots for Williams (12-0, 8-0 NESCAC), which hosts Tufts on Saturday.
 
MEN'S SOCCER
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Mark Sisco-Tolomeo knocked in a rebound off a shot by Mohammed Rashid just :39 seconds into the second overtime to give the visiting Williams College men’s soccer team a 1-0 win over Wesleyan Saturday afternoon.
 
The win moved the Ephs to 5-4-2  overall and 3-3-1 in NESCAC, while the Cardinals dropped to 7-4-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the conference.
 
Williams hosts Hamilton on Wednesday.
 
FIELD HOCKEY
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Julianna Kostas and Meredith Wright scored to give the Williams field hockey team a 2-1, come-from-behind victory over Wesleyan on Saturday.
 
Margaret Draper made two saves for Williams (9-3, 5-2 NESCAC), which hosts Hamilton on Wednesday.
 
FOOTBALL
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Middlebury outscored Williams, 27-7, in the second half on the way to a 36-14 win on Saturday.
 
Matt Milano threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers (3-1).
 
Austin Lommen was 20-for-38 for 194 yards and two touchdowns for the Ephs (2-2), who host Tufts next Saturday.
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Bowdoin blew a 2-0 lead but rallied for a 15-13 win in the fifth set for a 3-2 win over Williams on Saturday.
 
Ryan Farley had 45 assists, and Morgan Richman and Tori Jasuta each had 15 kills for the Ephs (14-6, 6-2), who travel to face Babson on Friday.
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
AMHERST, Mass. -- The Williams men’s cross country team continued its Little Three winning streak on Saturday, making it 28 straight over Amherst and Wesleyan.
 
The Lord Jeffs entered the meet ranked second in the nation in the latest USTFCCCA poll, and thus were favored to beat seventh-ranked Williams.
 
“Little Threes brings out the best in our team,” Williams coach Peter Farwell said. “Watching the guys warm up today, I saw a high level of energy and focus. They looked ready to win.”
 
The 8-kilometer race went out quickly with athletes from all three schools fighting at the front. Inevitably, Mohamed Hussein of Amherst and the Ephs’ Bijan Mazaheri ’16 broke away from the field and battled to the finish. At the Purple Valley Classic in late September, it came down to the final strides as Hussein edged Mazaheri by a second. On Saturday, Hussein was once again the victor, finishing in 25 minutes, 47 seconds to Mazaheri’s 25:51. 
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Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday signed off on more than $1 million in cost cutting measures for the planned Main Street fire station.
 
Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future.
 
The committee, which oversees the Fire District, also made plans to hold meetings over the next two Wednesdays to finalize its fiscal year 2025 budget request and other warrant articles for the May 28 annual district meeting. One of those warrant articles could include a request for a new mini rescue truck.
 
The value engineering changes to the building project originated with the district's Building Committee, which asked the Prudential Committee to review and sign off.
 
In all, the cuts approved on Wednesday are estimated to trim $1.135 million off the project's price tag.
 
The biggest ticket items included $250,000 to simplify the exterior masonry, $200,000 to eliminate a side yard shed, $150,000 to switch from a metal roof to asphalt shingles and $75,000 to "white box" certain areas on the second floor of the planned building.
 
The white boxing means the interior spaces will be built but not finished. So instead of dividing a large space into six bunk rooms and installing two restrooms on the second floor, that space will be left empty and unframed for now.
 
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