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Williams Women's Soccer Defends Its National Title

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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Williams kept a 1-1 tied game with Middlebury throughout regulation, then defeated the Panthers 3-2 in penalty kicks to claim the national title. The win gives the Ephs back-to-back national championship titles and third in the past four years.
 
Williams got on the board first with a goal from Aspen Pierson just under 28 minutes into the first half. The game was tied up late in the second half with just over 10 minutes remaining when a Williams defender scored on her own team, kicking the ball off the Williams' goalkeeper a few yards out in the box.
 
Two slates of extra time ended without scores, and the championship final went into penalty kicks. After three successful PK attempts from Victoria Laino, Aspen Pierson and Rain Condie, Williams goalkeeper Olivia Barnhill stopped a final Middlebury attempt to secure the win.
 
Williams finished the season with a 19-1-4 record while Middlebury fell to 19-2-3.
 
Men's Basketball
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Williams College men's basketball team Saturday held Wesleyan to 36 percent shooting from the field in an 80-65 Little Three win over the Cardinals.
 
James Heskett scored 22 points to lead four Ephs in double figures, and Kyle Scadlock scored 14 to go with nine rebounds.
 
Williams (7-0) hosts Union College on Thursday.
 
Women's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Jac Knapp scored 18 points to lead Tufts to a 67-41 win over Williams.
 
Maggie Meehan scored 14, and Katie Brule added 11 for the Ephs (3-3).
 
Williams goes to MCLA on Tuesday.
 
Men's Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Connecticut College scored a late power play goal to earn a 2-2 tie against Williams.
 
Peter Christie and Nick Altman each scored for the Ephs, who got 28 saves from Cosimo Lazzarino.
 
Williams (3-2-1, 2-1-1 NESCAC) hosts Amherst on Friday.
 
Women's Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Wesleyan scored midway through the first period and went on to a 3-0 win over Williams.
 
Marissa Anderson stopped four shots for the Ephs (3-2, 1-2 NESCAC), who host the Cardinals again on Sunday afternoon.
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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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