Williams Women's Soccer Advances in NCAA Tourney

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GRANTHAM, Pa. -- Claire Tolliver and Alison Lu scored first half goals to send the Williams College women's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Tufts in the NCAA Division III tournament on Saturday afternoon.
 
Chelsea Taylor made three saves to earn the win in goal for the Ephs (11-5-3).
 
Williams plays Messiah on Sunday afternoon for a berth in the Final Four.
 
Women's Cross Country
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Eva Borton finished 17th to lead Williams to a third-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships.
 
Borton covered the 6,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 56.6 seconds. The winner, Ithaca's Parley Hannan, finished in 20:53.8.
 
Williams finished with 168 team points; Johnson Hopkins won the national championship with 125.
 
Men's Cross Country
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Aidan Ryan placed 10th to lead Williams to a third-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships.
 
Ryan finished in 24:40.1 on the 10K course, a little more than 26 seconds behind individual champion Patrick Watson of Stevenson (24:13.9).
 
Pomona-Pitzer won the team title with 164 points. North Central (Ill.) was second with 182, and Williams was just behind with 183.
 
Women's Ice Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Brynn Puppe scored a power play goal midway through the second period to break a 1-1 tie and send Williams on to a 3-1 win over Hamilton.
 
Delaney Szlezyngier and Michaela O'Connor each scored a goal, and Chloe Heiting made 37 saves to earn the win for the Ephs (2-2, 2-2 NESCAC).
 
Williams coach Meghan Gillis earned her 100th career win.
 
The Ephs are home on Tuesday to face Endicott.
 
Men's Ice Hockey
MALDEN, Mass. -- Evan Ruschil stopped 29 shots to backstop Williams to a 2-1 win over Tufts.
 
Tyler Cooligan and Niko Karamanis each scored to give Williams a 2-0 lead midway through the second period.
 
The Ephs (4-0, 4-0 NESCAC) host Babson next Saturday.
 
Women's Basketball
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maggie Meehan scored 13 points to lead Williams to a 47-46 win over Rhode Island College in the championship game of the Morin Memorial Tournament.
 
Meehan hit a jump shot with 1:34 on the clock to give Williams the lead for good in a back-and-forth game.
 
Rhode Island College had three possessions, down 47-46, but failed to score. RIC missed a 3-point try with 2 seconds left.
 
Emily Chang scored 12 points, and Emily Peckham just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds.
 
Williams (4-0) goes to Springfield College on Tuesday.
 
Men's Basketball
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Matt Karpowicz scored 15 points to lead three Ephs in double figures in a 77-52 win over Wesleyan.
 
Henry Feinberg and Jovan Jones each scored 14, and Alex Stoddard came off the bench to score nine.
 
The Ephs (2-1) go to MCLA on Saturday.
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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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