Lyons Tales: A Review & Preview of Mount Holyoke Athletics for Mar. 20th

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RIDING

MHC, which has won six of their seven regular season shows, returns to action on Sunday at the UMass Show.

 

TRACK & FIELD

Mount Holyoke is idle this weekend, but returns to action on April 1, competing at the Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational, hosted by Fitchburg State.

 

LACROSSE

Mount Holyoke posted a 1-1 record last week, falling to Western Connecticut State (12-9), before rebounding with a 16-15 victory over the University of New England. Senior captain Charlotte Wagner (West Chester, Pa.) paced the offense on the week, recording a team-high eight goals. Mount Holyoke (1-4) returns to the turf on Wednesday when it travels to Western New England for a 4pm contest. The Lyons close out the week at home on Saturday, welcoming Skidmore at 12pm.

Fans can also follow along live via stats and video all season at http://athletics.mtholyoke.edu/sports/wlax/2016-17/schedule.

 

TENNIS

The Lyons picked up a pair of wins last week in Puerto Rico against the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez and Bayamon. First year Catherine Peabody (San Francisco, Calif.) went 4-0 on the week, including a match-clinching victory over Maya at fourth flight singles. Mount Holyoke (10-5) is now idle until April 1 when it hosts Connecticut College (10:30am) and Colby-Sawyer (1:30pm).

GOLF

The Lyons opened up its spring schedule with a pair of matches in Florida, competing against William Smith and Hamilton in non-scoring contests. Mount Holyoke returns to the links on April 8 when it travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to compete at the Vassar Invitational. The event runs through April 9.

 

ROWING

Following a spring trip to Georgia, the Lyons return home to open the 2017 season on Saturday at the Amherst Regatta starting at 10:15am.

 

RJB SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY

The official photographer of Mount Holyoke Athletics, RJB Sports Photography has an array of action photos, team photos and headshots available to family, alumnae and fans to purchase. Photo galleries will be added as teams are photographed. For all available galleries, including 2015-16 and this season, click HERE.

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