Williams Softball Falls in College World Series Opener

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TYLER, Texas -- The Williams College softball team's debut at the 2019 Div. III national championships was a case of missed opportunities, as they fell to Texas Lutheran University, 7-1, on Thursday afternoon. 
 
The loss will pit the Ephs, now 38-6, against St. Thomas Friday at 11 a.m. in an elimination game. 
 
Madisyn Cates went 4-for-4 to spearhead the Bulldogs' attack, which included home runs from Kayla Oliveira and Phoebe Snow. The Ephs managed six hits, but left 10 runners on base in the contest, including four in the opening two innings when the game was still scoreless. 
 
Williams, the away team, had runners on first and second in the top of the first when Rebecca Duncan and Jessica Kim reached on errors by Bulldog infielders. But Lutheran starter Oliveira wiggled out of the jam by retiring the next three batters.
 
In the Ephs' second, Casey Pelz drew a lead-off walk and Riley Salvo followed by grounding a single through the left side to put runners on first and second with no outs. Jenny Hickey put down a beautiful sacrifice bunt to move the runners over, but Oliveira again got out of a jam by retiring the next two hitters.
 
Men's Track and Field
GENEVA, Ohio -- Tristan Colaizzi and Aidan Ryan competed Thursday on the first day of the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, held at the SPIRE Institute. Each athlete competed in the preliminary rounds of the 1,500 meters.
 
Both athletes were in the first heat of two in the 1500. Each heat features 10 athletes, with the top four in each heat and the next four fastest times qualifying for the 12-man final on Saturday. Ryan came in seeded eighth overall, while Colaizzi was seeded 11th.
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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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