Dr. Nirav Shah to Join Colby College Faculty

The former principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will teach several courses and help advance the College’s public health initiative

Dr. Nirav D. Shah, the epidemiologist who rose to national prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic as director of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, will join Colby in the fall as a visiting professor in the Department of Statistics. Shah will teach courses on public health and will help the College develop its public health program.

Shah, who received an honorary doctoral degree from Colby in 2022,

Colby College: Eight Faculty Members Receive Tenure

These new associate professors come from across disciplines with unique expertise in their fields

By Laura Meader

February 11, 2025

On the recommendation of President David A. Greene, eight faculty members have recently been promoted and granted tenure.

Those receiving tenure and a promotion to

Class of 2020 Celebrates with In-Person Graduation

Speaker Cheryl Townsend Gilkes tells the students, “Mighty causes are calling you”

Family and friends gathered to celebrate the Class of 2020. which had its in-person graduation June 11, 2022

By Bob Keyes (Colby College)

Photography by Knack Factory

More than 300 members of Colby’s Class of 2020 triumphantly returned to campus June 11 to celebrate their graduation, two years after the pandemic abruptly sent them home.

The graduates had received their diplomas and participated in virtual

Hartnett has homer for softball team in setbacks to Jumbos

WATERVILLE, Maine -- Paige Hartnett had a home run for Colby College, but Sofia Molina went 6-for-7 in two games and drove in five runs to lift the Tufts University softball team to 10-3 and 11-1 wins in NESCAC East softball Friday night.

The two teams will play the third game of the series on Saturday at 11 a.m. With good weather Friday, Colby and Tufts agreed to play two games on Friday instead of one and play a single game Saturday.

 

Game 1 highlights

* Hartnett (pictured) had a two-run homer to left field in the sixth inning to cut the lead to 9-2 and force a seventh inning. Emily Dougherty came in on the long ball with the other run.

 

* Holly Lallis had a single and scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning for the Mules. Carly Swartz, Ella Hommeyer, and Lucie Cunningham had the other Colby hits.

 

* Molina had three hits and three RBI, while teammate Kristen Caporelli had two hits and drove in three runs. 

 

* Raven Fournier scored three runs, had one hit, and drove in a run for the Jumbos (17-6 overall,  6-2 NESCAC East). Kelsey Dion homered for the winners.

 

* Kristi Van Meter pitched all seven innings for the Jumbos, striking out eight and walking two.

 

Game 2 highlights

* Samantha Siciliano homered to lead off the game on the way to three hits, four RBI, and two runs scored for the Jumbos.

 

* Molina finished 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs, while Reegan Coleman added two hits, two runs, and an RBI. Molina had a pair of doubles, Sicilliano also tripled, and Edie Huling added a triple.

 

* Kristina Haghdan allowed two hits over five innings to earn the win. She struck out 10 and walked three.

 

* Hommeyer had an RBI single to score Lallis with Colby's run in the fifth inning. Lallis had singled with one out to break up the no-hitter.

 

Boxes

 

Game 1 -- http://gocolbymules.com/spo rts/sball/2017-18/boxscores/20 180413_vub5.xml

 

Game 2 -- http://gocolbymules.com/spo rts/sball/2017-18/boxscores/20 180413_b2y3.xml

Recap, photo courtesy of Colby College

Fritts, Brokaw shine for Colby College women's lacrosse in tough loss

WATERVILLE, Maine -- Colby College's Sasha Fritts scored four goals and defender Jackie Brokaw had a big game, but Bowdoin College scored three of the final four goals and then held on for a 12-11 NESCAC women's lacrosse win Wednesday at Bill Alfond Field.

Katie Miller scored with 4:16 left in the game from Kate McAloon to break an 11-11 tie and send Bowdoin to the victory.

 

The two teams traditionally play a tight game and Wednesday was no exception. The Polar Bears improved to 9-3 overall and 4-3 in the league, while the Mules dropped to 6-5 overall and 2-5 in the league.

 

By the numbers

* Miller finished with four goals and one assist, while Natalie Rudin and Hannah Hirschfeld both had one goal and two assists for Bowdoin. Kara Finnerty and McAloon both had one goal and one assist.

 

* Sasha Fritts tied Miller for a game-high four goals, while teammate Taylor Moore had two goals and one assist. Emma Banks and Kendall Smith also had two goals. Robyn Pirie dished two assists.

 

* The Polar Bears had a 16-9 advantage in draw controls, with Eliza Denious and Finnerty both earning five. McAloon and Allison Williams both had two draws.

 

* McGara DeWan led the Mules with three draw controls. Grace Crowell and Grace Langmuir each had two draws.

 

* Finnerty had four ground balls and Paige Brown had three ground balls. McAloon added two caused turnovers. 

 

* Jackie Brokaw had a big game defensively for Colby with three caused turnovers and five ground balls. Kelsey Otley added two caused turnovers and four ground balls, while fellow defender Melinda Edie had five ground balls. Fritts also had four ground balls.

 

* Bowdoin goaltender Kayli Weiss stopped 10 shots, while Mule keeper Izzy Scribano made nine saves.

 

Game highlights

* The Mules went up 10-9 after Moore scored with 13:45 remaining in the game. However, the Polar Bears scored three of the final four goals. Finnerty tallied on a free-position shot just 30 seconds after Moore's goal to tie it at 10-10.

 

* Miller put the Polar Bears on top 11-10 with her third goal from Hirschfeld with 12:28 to play. The Mules, though, bounced back to tie it at 11 when Smith tallied from Moore with 9:59 remaining.

 

* The Polar Bears had a fine start and took a 4-1 lead after 11 minutes. The Mules spent most of the half in comeback mode and finally tied the game at 6-6 on a Smith goal with 6:57 to intermission. Maddie Hatch put Colby up 7-6 with 4:09 remaining, but McAloon tied the game at halftime with 1:52 remaining.

 

* Bowdoin helped its own cause in the second half with an 8-2 margin in draw controls.

 

Box

http://gocolbymules.com/ sports/wlax/2017-18/boxscores/ 20180411_3ukd.xml

Lynch's late goal lifts Colby College men's lacrosse past rival Bowdoin, 8-7

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Tucker Dietrick tied the game with 1:33 remaining and then assisted on Charlie Lynch's game-winning goal with just five seconds left to lift Colby College to a thrilling 8-7 win over rival Bowdoin College in NESCAC men's lacrosse.

The Mules needed a victory and came up big on the road. Colby is 4-5 overall and 2-5 in NESCAC play heading into Saturday's 1 p.m. road game at Williams College. The Ephs are ranked eighth in New England.

 

"Our guys showed tremendous grit and battled for 60 minutes," Colby head coach Guy Van Arsdale

Colby College Baseball drops non-conference game to USM

GORHAM, Maine -- Will Phillips tripled and was hit by a pitch for the Colby College baseball team in an 8-0 loss to University of Southern Maine in non-conference play Wednesday.

The Mules (4-12 overall) will play host to Trinity College on Friday at 4 p.m. (new time start).

 

William Wessman had a hit and a walk for the Mules. Matt Treveloni and Jackson Ward had the other hits.

 

The Huskies scored two runs in the first inning to take control early. USM added a lone run in the fourth, two more in the fifth, one in the seventh, and two in the eighth inning.

 

Box

http://gocolbymules.com/ sports/bsb/2017-18/boxscores/ 20180411_08or.xml

WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Colby College baseball team exploded for nine runs in innings three to five and had 15 total hits in a 13-1 win over Thomas College in the second of three games between the two local rivals on Tuesday night.

The Mules (4-11 overall) took a 7-2 win over the Terriers (2-16) in Florida on March 26. The two

Colby College Women's tennis program ranked nationally for first time in 15 years

WATERVILLE, Maine -- The Colby College women's tennis team made the national rankings for the third time and the first since 2003 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll released Thursday.

Colby is ranked 40th in the country under head coach Jason Cohen. The Mules were previously ranked in 1996 and 2003.

 

"This is a big step for our women's team in a lot of ways. Just three years ago this team was 5-12 and 0-7 in NESCAC and not regionally ranked," Cohen said. "Every year the team has worked hard and continued to make incremental improvements and always get better. It's all part of believing in the process and getting better everyday. If we stick to that this is just the start for us." 

 

Colby is 7-4 overall and will play host to Connecticut College on Saturday at 10 a.m.

 

Oracle/ITA Division III Women's National Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
April 12, 2018
Through Results of 4/8/18
Rank	School	Previous Rank
1	Emory	1
2	Williams	2
3	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	3
4	Middlebury	5
5	Wesleyan	4
6	Tufts	6
7	Pomona-Pitzer	7
8	Amherst	8
9	Carnegie Mellon	9
10	Chicago	10
11	Sewanee	11
12	Wash U St. Louis	12
13	MIT	13
14	Bowdoin	14
15	Washington&Lee	15
16	Case Western	16
17	Skidmore	17
18	Mary Washington	19
19	Trinity TX	20
20	Johns Hopkins	18
21	NYU	23
22	Brandeis	21
23	Kenyon	22
24	Christopher Newport	24
25	Linfield	27
26	Redlands	25
27	Bates	28
28	Trinity CT	29
29	Chapman	30
30	Vassar	31
31	Southwestern	26
32	Whitman	32
33	Wellesley	33
34	Lewis and Clark	34
35	Gustavus Adolphus	40
36	UT-Tyler	37
37	Denison	NR
38	Carleton	NR
39	UW-Whitewater	NR
40	Colby	NR

Colby College Softball team gives No. 8 Luther a battle in second game

CLERMONT, Fla. -- The Colby College softball team gave eighth-ranked Luther College one of its best games of the season in a 3-0 setback in the final game of the Florida spring break trip on Friday.

Luther (19-1 overall) took a 17-1 win over the Mules in the opener.

 

The Mules had five hits, three walks, and made no errors in the second game. Meanwhile, Colby right-hander Wiley Holton pitched all six innings, struck out two, and allowed three earned runs.

 

Carly Swartz (pictured) had one hit and two walks for the Mules in the nightcap. Lolo Niemiec, Julia Saul, Vanessa Warshaw, and Paige Hartnett also had hits.

 

In the opener, Warshaw tripled and scored the lone run of the game off an RBI single by Niemiec. Saul had the other hit for the Mules (1-9) and Ella Hommeyer had a walk.

 

Game 1: http://gocolbymules.com/ sports/sball/2017-18/ boxscores/20180330_l1yf.xml

 

Game 2: http://gocolbymules.com/ sports/sball/2017-18/ boxscores/20180330_lzol.xml

Colby College Baseball falls in final game during spring break trip

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- The Colby College baseball team led early and had 12 hits in the game in a 10-5 setback to University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point on Friday.

Andrew Russell had three hits, scored a run, and drove in a run for the Mules (2-8 overall). Tommy McGee (pictured) also had three hits and scored a run. 

 

Chris Romano had two hits and an RBI for Colby. Matt Treveloni also had two hits and walked, Will Phillips scored twice and walked, Jonah Katz singled and scored, and Keenan Iuliano had one hit and an RBI. Treveloni hit .469 during the spring break trip.

 

The Mules got off to a 2-0 lead after the first inning.

 

Emery Dinsmore started and allowed three earned runs in five innings. He struck out three and walked just one.

Recap, photo courtesy of Colby College

Fritts scores her 100th goal for women's lacrosse in win over Union

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Colby College's Sasha Fritts (Darien, Conn.) made it two 100-goal career scorers in two days after scoring her 100th in a 16-8 non-conference women's lacrosse victory over Union College on Tuesday in Florida.

Fritts, who is the 15th player in program history to reach 100 goals, came into the game with 97 and left with 104 after scoring seven times and dishing an assist. Colby teammate and fellow senior Kendall Smith reached 100 career goals in Sunday's win at Wellesley College.

 

"I’m really happy for Kendall and Sasha on an incredible accomplishment," Colby head coach Karen Henning said. "Scoring 100 goals is difficult and having two teammates, classmates, and friends share a moment days apart makes it that much sweeter."

 

Fritts and Smith are the closest teammates in days to reach 100 career goals. Jen Lally '90 and Margaret Mauran '91 scored their 100th goals three days apart in April 1990. Marcia Ingraham '02 and Angela Papas '01 both reached 100 goals in 2001,  while Kate Pistel '13 and Lindsey McKenna '14 reached the milestone together in 2013.

 

Fritts moved her season totals to 25 goals and two assists for the Mules (5-3 overall). She has scored 22 goals in her last four games.

 

Meanwhile, Smith kept scoring as well with three goals and one assist against Union. Emma Banks had two goals and one assist, Maddie Hatch added two goals, Grace Crowell had one goal and one assist, and Kelsey Bowen scored once. All-Region defender Melinda Edie picked up her first collegiate point with an assist. McGara DeWan and Kate Burkett also had assists.

 

Colby goaltender Izzy Scribano stopped eight shots for the Mules. 

 

100 Career Goal Scorers

Name	Date	Opponent
Sasha Fritts '18	3/27/18	vs. Union
Kendall Smith '18	3/25/18	vs. Wellesley
Kate Pistel '13	4/18/13	vs. Colorado College
Lindsey McKenna '14	3/23/13	vs. Tufts
Amy Campbell '10	3/20/10	vs. Tufts
Becky Julian '09	4/4/09	vs. Wesleyan
Kate Sheridan '09	3/20/08	vs. Southern Maine
Lauren Barrett '08	4/28/07	vs. Amherst
Ally King '03	4/13/03	vs. Trinity
Marcia Ingraham '02	4/21/01	vs. Conn. College
Angela Papas '01	4/7/01	vs. Trinity
Jen Lally '90	4/21/90	vs. Tufts
Margaret Mauran '91	4/18/90	vs. Bridgewater St.
Lalyn Ottley '86	1986
Emily Batehelder '83	1983