Williams Women's Soccer Wins League Title in OT

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. –- Williams College's Alison Lu scored in overtime Sunday to lift the Ephs to a 2-1 win over Tufts in the New England Small College Athletic Conference women's soccer championship game.
 
The first half saw relatively few chances, as play was concentrated in the midfield. Eph senior forward Natasha Albaneze had the best opportunity of the period, when her shot from distance hit the left goal post in the 13th minute. Freshman forward Liz Reed had a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute for the Jumbos, but Williams junior goalkeeper Olivia Barnhill made the save.
 
The game was scoreless at halftime, and the Ephs held a 4-3 edge in shots.
 
Tufts found a breakthrough in the 59th minute. Freshman forward Sophie Lloyd found space on a counterattack, and she played a ball forward for junior Alessandra Sadler. Sadler took a touch and chipped a shot past the keeper and into the net, putting the Jumbos up 1-0.
 
Williams equalized in the 81st minute. Players crowded around in Tufts’ penalty area, and Jumbo goalkeeper Emily Bowers saved a shot from Eph midfielder Natalie Turner-Wyatt. The ball bounced out to midfielder Victoria Laino, who sent the ball back in to Turner-Wyatt. Unmarked, Turner-Wyatt slipped a shot inside the near post to knot the score at one.
 
Despite an increased intensity in the final minutes regulation, the score remained 1-1 after 90 minutes.
 
The game went into overtime, and sophomore Lu notched the decider for the Ephs 4 minutes, 30 seconds into the extra period. Albaneze made a run into the box and played a through ball to Lu.
 
Williams claimed the eighth NESCAC title in school history. The Ephs finished with a 17-8 shot advantage. Bowers made eight saves for Tufts, while Barnhill had two for Williams.
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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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