Williams Women's Basketball Advances in League Tourney

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Katie Brule scored 17 points Satuday to lead the Williams College women's basketball team to a 65-56 win over Trinity in the quarter-finals of the NESCAC tournament.
 
Maggie Meehan scored 15, and Maddy Mandyck had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Ephs, who shot 45 percent from the field.
 
Williams (18-7) heads to the league semi-finals next Saturday at Tufts.
 
Men's Basketball
AMHERST, Mass. -- Garrett Day scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Amherst to an 89-86 overtime win over Williams in the NESCAC quarter-finals.
 
Williams (13-12) got 20 points from Spencer Spivy and 15 points and 10 rebounds from Jovan Jones.
 
Men's Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Tyler Scott and Mac Carso each scored a pair of goals to lead Williams to a 5-2 win over Amherst in their regular season finale.
 
Niko Karamanis also scored for the Ephs, who never trailed in the win.
 
Evan Ruschil made 28 saves to earn the win in goal for Williams (16-7-1, 13-5).
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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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