No. 13 Scranton stopped Catholic’s undefeated run through the regular season while Colby pulled CBB rival Bates back to the pack in the NESCAC and Ohio Wesleyan topped NCAC leader DePauw.
The only conference that awards its automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament via regular season play did so on Friday night when New York University won the UAA women's title and Emory won the men's title. Elsewhere, the NESCAC and WIAC tournaments tipped off with upsets.
Colby named Chenel Harris-Smith as its new head women's basketball coach. This will be her first foray into Division III basketball after playing and coaching at the D1 level.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Jamie Insel, who spent the past three seasons at MIT, is the new assistant women's basketball coach for Colby College head coach Brittany Gaetano.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Shannon Brady, an All-American and a New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Year, is a new assistant coach for the Colby College women's basketball program.
Brittany Gaetano, head coach at Drew since 2010 and a former assistant at Amherst College, is the new head coach of the Colby College women's basketball program. She replaces Julie Veilleux who stepped down to take a job outside of coaching.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Colby College women's basketball team used an 11-0 scoring run to end the game and held Bates College without a point for the final 5:50 of the contest in a 64-58 victory in the New England Small College Athletic Conference opener for both teams Friday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby College sophomore Haley Driscoll had her best collegiate game with game-highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Mules to a 61-53 non-conference women's basketball victory over Husson University on Monday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine -- Krystal Wells, an assistant coach at Regis College and an NCAA Division I player at Long Island University, was named assistant coach for the Colby College women's basketball team Monday.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Brooke Chandor finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds and MaryKate Caverly hit clutch free throws in the final minute to help the Colby College women's basketball team to a 56-45 win over University of New England on Thursday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --- Brooke Chandor was 6-for-9 from 3-point range on the way to game-highs of 18 points and nine rebounds for the Colby College women's basketball team in an 80-60 win over Alma (Mich.) College on Sunday at Embry-Riddle University.
STANDISH, Maine --- Even a mid-week game against a good opponent could not stop the Colby College women's basketball team from staying unbeaten with a 65-53 victory over St. Joseph's College on Wednesday.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- With the score tied 72-72, Colby College's Carylanne Wolfington (Hallowell, Maine) hit a drive to the basket with 1:24 remaining and then nailed a 3-point shot with 50 seconds left to propel the Mules to a 79-74 season-opening win over University of Massachusetts at Boston in non-conference women's basketball.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --- The Colby College women's basketball team held Maine Maritime Academy to just 20.7 percent field goal shooting in a 55-29 victory in the consolation game of the Naismith Classic on Wednesday at Springfield College.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Carylanne Wolfington (Hallowell, Maine) had 27 points for the Colby College women's basketball team and Meredith Kelly (Cohasset, Mass.) had 12 of her game-high 30 points in overtime as Bates College took an 80-75 win over the Mules in a non-conference women's basketball game Wednesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WALTHAM, Mass. --- Colby College's success at the free-throw line and some help from two first-year players were keys for the Mules in winning the Brandeis University Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday at Red Auerbach Arena.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- The Colby College women's basketball team led 33-17 with 7:43 left in the game, but had to hold off a furious Hamilton College rally to secure a 44-41 win in New England Small College Athletic Conference play Sunday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Jen Nale (Waterville, Maine) scored a game-high 16 points and Desi Smith (Watertown, Wis.) finished with 15 points to lead the Colby College women's basketball team to an easy 92-27 win over Fisher College in non-conference play Tuesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Jayde Bennett (Lynn, Mass.) had the biggest game and the most important shot of her Colby College career when it counted most as the fourth-seeded Mules pulled out a wild 61-59 victory over fifth-seeded Williams College in a New England Small College Athletic Conference quarterfinal game Saturday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College's Jil Vaughan (Wareham, Mass.) and Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) combined for 35 points and 24 rebounds as the Mules took an important 71-56 win over Connecticut College on Friday night in New England Small College Athletic Conference women's basketball action.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) had 16 points, six rebounds, and five assists to help the Colby College women's basketball team hang on for a 56-52 win over Regis College in non-conference play Tuesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) finished with 18 points, nine rebounds, and three assists as the Colby College women's basketball team held off a scrappy Trinity College squad by a 60-56 count in New England Small College Athletic Conference play Friday night.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Diana Manduca (Portland, Maine) had a game-high 15 points and Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) showed her outside shooting form with a 4-for-4 effort from 3-point range as the Colby College women's basketball team took a 70-33 non-conference win over University of Maine at Presque Isle on Tuesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Aarika Ritchie (Lee, Maine) had 14 points and four assists and teammates Jil Vaughan (Wareham, Mass.) and Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) both had double-doubles in scoring and rebounding to power the 23rd-ranked Colby College women's basketball team to a 72-39 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology on Wednesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Rachael Mack (Augusta, Maine) became the 15th player in Colby College women's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points and led all scorers with 20 points as the Mules took a 74-57 non-conference win over rival Bates College on Monday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Jil Vaughan (Wareham, Mass.) had a double-double in scoring and rebounding as the 15th-ranked Colby College women's basketball team earned the biggest win of the season thus far with a 56-41 win over 10th-ranked Bowdoin College on Saturday at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Colby College women's basketball head coach Julie Veilleux will start her first year of coaching the Mules with new assistant coach Bethany Dannelly by her side during the 2011-12 season.
Julie Veilleux was an assistant under Stefaine Pemper at Bowdoin and following her to Division I Navy. But she will return to Maine as Colby's new women's head coach.
Saturday run stoppers
February 03, 2024No. 13 Scranton stopped Catholic’s undefeated run through the regular season while Colby pulled CBB rival Bates back to the pack in the NESCAC and Ohio Wesleyan topped NCAC leader DePauw.
