Williams Women's Basketball Improves to 8-0

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maggie Meehan scored 22 points Saturday to lead the Williams College women's basketball team to a 64-45 win over Babson as the Ephs improved to 8-0 this season.
 
Mikaela Topper scored 15 points, and Emily Chang had eight points and eight rebounds.
 
The Ephs are off until Dec. 18, when they meet Delaware Valley in Miami, Fla.
 
Men's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Springfield's Heath Post hit two free throws with 16 seconds left, and Williams missed a pair of shots in the final 16 seconds as the Pride earned a 76-75 win.
 
Jake Ross scored 26 points, and Post finished with 23 for Springfield (7-0).
 
Williams (4-3) got 29 points and 20 rebounds from Matt Karpowicz.
 
Williams is off until Dec. 29 when it goes to the Salem State Holiday Tournament.
 
Men's Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. -- Mac Carso scored a pair of goals, and Nick VanBelle had three assists as Wiliams beat Amherst, 3-1.
 
Nick Altmann scored a goal, and Evan Ruschil made 37 saves to earn the win in goal.
 
Williams (6-2, 5-1 NESCAC) is off until Jan. 3, when it goes to Oswego State to play the University of New England.
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Williams Seeking Town Approval for New Indoor Practice Facility

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week gave Williams College the first approval it needs to build a 55,000-square foot indoor athletic facility on the north side of its campus.
 
Over the strenuous objection of a Southworth Street resident, the board found that the college's plan for a "multipurpose recreation center" or MRC off Stetson Road has adequate on-site parking to accommodate its use as an indoor practice facility to replace Towne Field House, which has been out of commission since last spring and was demolished this winter.
 
The college plans a pre-engineered metal that includes a 200-meter track ringing several tennis courts, storage for teams, restrooms, showers and a training room. The athletic surface also would be used as winter practice space for the school's softball and baseball teams, who, like tennis and indoor track, used to use the field house off Latham Street.
 
Since the planned structure is in the watershed of Eph's Pond, the college will be before the Conservation Commission with the project.
 
It also will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals, on Thursday, for a Development Plan Review and relief from the town bylaw limiting buildings to 35 feet in height. The new structure is designed to have a maximum height of 53 1/2 feet and an average roof height of 47 feet.
 
The additional height is needed for two reasons: to meet the NCAA requirement for clearance above center court on a competitive tennis surface (35 feet) and to include, on one side, a climbing wall, an element also lost when Towne Field House was razed.
 
The Planning Board had a few issues to resolve at its March 12 meeting. The most heavily discussed involved the parking determination for a use not listed in the town's zoning bylaws and a decision on whether access from town roads to the building site in the middle of Williams' campus was "functionally equivalent" to the access that would be required under the town's subdivision rules and regulations.
 
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