Williams Volleyball Opens 7-0

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BRISTOL, R.I. -- Lauren Kauppila passed out 31 assists Saturday to lead the Williams volleyball team to a three-set win over Roger Williams.
 
Christina Confortti had nine kills and 10 digs for Williams, which improved to 7-0 win the 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 win.
 
Williams hosts Hamilton on Friday.
 
Football
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Robert Maimaron ran for 162 yards and a pair of touchdowns Saturday to lead Williams to a 41-13 win over Middlebury in the season opener for both teams.
 
Maimaron also completed nine of 17 passing attempts for 136 yards and a score for Williams, which goes to Tufts next Saturday.
 
Field Hockey
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Catherin Torres scored to break a 1-1 tie and send Williams on to a 2-1 win over Wesleyan.
 
Shea van den Broek also scored a goal, and Carson Stephenson and Gates Tenerowicz combined to make three saves for Williams (4-1, 1-1 NESCAC), which goes to Wellesley on Sunday.
 
Men's Cross Country
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Elias Lindgren and Grahm Tuohy-Taydos tied for first place to lead Williams to a Little Three Championship at Mount Greylock Regional School.
 
Williams finished with 15 points to beat Amherst (50 points) and Wesleyan (77).
 
Williams hosts the Purple Valley Classic at Mount Greylock next week.
 
Women's Cross Country
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williams women won their 13th straight Little Three title, outpointing runner-up Amherst by a margin of 27-38.
 
Alex Bettez led Williams with a fourth-place finish.
 
Men's Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Daniel Zhang scored in the 68th minute to erase a one-goal deficit and give Williams a 1-1 tie with Wesleyan.
 
Michael Davis made four saves for Williams (2-1-1, 0-1-1), which hosts Babson on Sunday.
 
Women's Soccer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Wesleyan's Grace Devanny scored in the fifth minute, and the Cardinals went to a 1-0 win over Williams.
 
Chelsea Taylor made three saves for Williams (1-2-1, 0-2-1), which hosts Springfield College on Sunday.
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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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