Photo Courtesy of Geoff Bolte
Believe it or not, the fall sports season is coming to its conclusion. Many Connecticut College sports teams look to continue their success as they prepare for the important end-of-season matchups and NESCAC championships.
Connecticut College’s men’s and women’s soccer teams are having very successful seasons thus far. The men’s team is the number one team in the NESCAC following their victory over now second-place Tufts on Saturday, Oct 23, 2-0. The women’s soccer team only has lost twice in their season, with an overall record of 9-2-2. Goalkeeper and co-managing editor of The College Voice Sam Maidenberg ‘23 and forward Mya Johnson ‘23 were both recently honored in the NESCAC’s men’s and female soccer players of the week respectively. Maidenberg had a four-game shutout streak, which included three NESCAC opponents, while Johnson has scored a team-leading and fourth-best in the NESCAC seven goals this season, with three of those goals being game-winners.
The #13 nationally ranked coed sailing team has qualified for the Atlantic Coast Championship at St. Mary’s College of Maryland following them finishing seventh out of 15 teams at the Captain Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth last weekend. The competition will pit the Connecticut College coed sailing team against the best collegiate sailing schools in the country. The team is led by skippers Tommy Whittemore ‘22 and CJ McKenna ‘23.
Christian Jacobsen, ‘23, has been a bright spot for the men’s water polo team, scoring a career-high six goals in the team’s most recent game, continuing his consistent offensive contribution, as well as helping out on the defensive end as a goalkeeper.
Rowan Galanis, ‘25, is leading the field hockey team in goals and points. The team has been playing hard, including shutting out Smith College by a score of 5-0 in one of their earlier wins this semester.
Jeffrey Love ‘23 and Matt Carter ‘23 have carried the men’s cross country team to success this season. Carter was recently recognized as the “NESCAC Men’s cross country athlete of the week” and Love placed second overall out of over 175 racers at the team’s most recent event, the Connecticut College Invitational, hosted at Harkness State Park, where the men’s team finished 5th out of 26 teams. At the same meet, Emi Schwab ‘22 finished in 25th place out of nearly 200 racers, helping lead the Connecticut College Women’s Cross Country team to a 10th place finish out of 26 teams. Both teams will look to find success in the upcoming NESCAC Championships.
Avery Light, ‘22, has led the women’s volleyball team with 122.5 points, and 103 kills in 53 sets played. Katherine Randall ‘25 has been a welcome addition with 103.5 points, 86 kills in 46 sets played. The women’s volleyball team looks to find success in the tail end of the season and the NESCAC post-season.
Club sports have also been going strong. Club baseball, led by Chase Fitchner ‘22 and Liam Patrick-Hughes ‘22, has played seven games thus far, which included a fantastic win against Yale. Club Ultimate Frisbee has had a successful season thus far, recently competing in their sectionals tournament, and not losing a single game against an opponent from another school at their Lemony Tournament earlier this semester. They most recently traveled to Portland, Maine to compete in the annual “Lobster Pot” tournament. Club golf also recently officially began, allowing members to golf for free at the local Shennecossett course in Groton.
As the fall sports season wraps up we look forward to cheering on our Camels in the high stake games and matches ahead, and we will eventually shift our focus to supporting our winter sports teams, including the men’s and women’s basketball and ice hockey teams.
