Four football teams remain undefeated in the NESCAC

After the first two weeks of the season, only Middlebury and Trinity split their first two games. Amherst Tufts, Wesleyan and Williams have all stormed out of the gate with blazing 2-0 starts, and are tied for first place in the conference. At the bottom of the NESCAC are Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and Hamilton. After two consecutive defeats to start their season these school will no doubt look for answers this week.

In soccer action, Connecticut College is off to a rough start as its soccer team is winless, going 0-3 in the NESCAC and 0-5 overall. Bowdoin and Wesleyan lead the conference with impressive 3-1 records in NESCAC play thus far. Chris Feige of Wesleyan was awarded NESCAC player of the week honors as he scored a goal in each of the team's three games against Tufts, Connecticut College and Clark. Feige scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 decision over Tufts and added an assist and a goal against Clark.

Familiar names appear at the top of the Conference in women's soccer as Bowdoin leads by a narrow margin over Williams and Tufts. Perhaps more impressive than Bowdoin's 3-0 NESCAC start is its 7-0 start overall. The Polar Bears appear to be the beast of the NESCAC in women's soccer so far this season. To the surprise of few, Bowdoin was honored by having its goal keeper, sophomore Anna Shapell, named NESCAC player of the week as she stopped 13 shots on her way to recording two consecutive shutouts.

The volleyball season has been kind to the NESCAC, as eight of its 11 teams have overall winning records at this point in the season. Amherst and Colby are tied for the lead in the NESCAC and share 3-0 records. Amherst has a 10-1 record overall while Colby is not far behind, with 11 victories and only 3 losses. Williams, although in a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the NESCAC, has an impressive 12-3 record overall.

Bowdoin, Bates and Middlebury have all had nice starts to their field hockey seasons producing 3-1 records in the NESCAC. Bowdoin has the best record overall with six wins compared to only one loss. After single-handedly defeating the Lord Jeff's of Amherst Bowdoin's Leah McClure earned Player of the Week honors. McClure had scored the only goals in a 2-0 victory. She also scored two more goals, including the game winner in a 3-2 squeaker over the Middlebury. Trinity has not had the level of success it would have liked thus far and has stumbled, losing in all of its first six contests. Colby, Tufts, Williams and Wesleyan are all tied for fourth place with 2-1 records in the conference.