Amherst College

Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. It has been coeducational since 1975. It is particularly distinguished by the unusual nature of its governing charter, in which operational

Athletics

The school's sports teams are known as the Lord Jeffs; women's teams are sometimes referred to as "Lady Jeffs", though the official title covers all teams. (The women's volleyball team calls itself the Firedogs, the men's ultimate frisbee team calls themselves Army of Darkness, the women's ultimate frisbee team is called Barely Legal, and the men's water polo team is called the Yo-Ho Penguins.) The school participates in the NCAA's Division III, the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

Related Topics:
Ultimate frisbee - Water polo - NCAA - New England Small College Athletic Conference - Eastern College Athletic Conference

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Amherst is also one of the "Little Three", along with Williams and Wesleyan.

Related Topics:
Little Three - Wesleyan

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Amherst has one of the best Division III athletic programs in the country, placing in the top ten of the NACDA Director's Cup five of the last ten years.

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• The first intercollegiate baseball game was played between Williams and Amherst on July 1, 1859. Amherst won, 66-32.
• The first Harvard College loss on Soldiers Field was in 1903. They lost 6-0 to Amherst.
• The last tie in an NCAA football game was on November 11, 1995, when Amherst and Williams tied 0-0 on Weston Field in Williamstown.
• Amherst College had an official mascot on the sidelines from 1999 until 2003. Tripp Whitbeck 2003 played "Lord Jeff" for all four of his years at Amherst College. The official mascoting tradition began and ended with Whitbeck. An earlier portrayer of Lord Jeff, John Whitney, acted as an unofficial mascot in the early 1980s.
• In 2003, the Amherst Women's Lacrosse team won the Division III National Championship, by a score of 11-9, over NESCAC rival Middlebury College. It was the second National Championship for Amherst (in all sports).