Sports
Men's tennis dominates its opponents in home opener
By Middlebury Campus | March 18, 2010Missing St. Patrick’s Day festivities in their own front yard? Disappointing. Going 26-1 in overall match play to open the spring season? A decent consolation prize. The Middlebury men’s tennis team swept the visiting competition this past Saturday, dominating New York University 9-0, Oneonta 9-0 ...
The Campus Spring Sports Preview
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2010Women's Tennis The Middlebury women’s tennis team kicks off its official season this Saturday with a doubleheader, facing Brandeis at 8 a.m., followed by Wellesley at 2 p.m. After a winter of training spent confined to the Bubble, the recent advent of spring weather has the team excited to return ...
Men's basketball can't hold on in NCAA play
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2010A.J. Gordon founded Gordon College in 1889 as a Catholic school “to prepare the people of God to do the work of God in bold and creative ways.” On Friday, however, either the school basketball team was not as prepared as Mr. Gordon intended his students to be, or getting out of Pepin Gymnasium ...
Women's hockey falls to Trinity in four overtimes
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2010For family, friends and fans, the NESCAC semifinal women’s hockey game on Mar. 6 was nothing if not a nail-biter. Sitting on the edge of their seats for almost four and a half hours — more than twice the length of a normal game — the crowd at Amherst’s Orr Rink watched as the Panthers battled ...
Panthers surge past Bowdoin in title game
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2010The men’s hockey team successfully returned to the top of the NESCAC as they won the title last Sunday afternoon, skating against Bowdoin on Maine ice and defeating the Polar Bears 3-2 with a last-minute goal by tri-captain Charlie Townsend ’10. Going into the tournament, the Panthers certainly ...
Men’s lacrosse squeaks by Bates
By Middlebury Campus
| March 10, 2010
Coming into Saturday’s home opener, the men’s lacrosse team had an all-time record of 21-0 against Bates. Couple that with preseason rankings of #3 and #4 from InsideLacrosse and LaxPower, respectively, and it seemed a given that the Panthers would crush the Bobcats. But thinking back to the NESCAC ...
Men miss NCAAs for second straight year
By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2010The Middlebury men’s hockey team saw its season come to an end this weekend, as they beat Williams 4-1 on Friday, March 6 but fell to Amherst in the NESCAC championship game the following day by a score of 5-2. Amherst received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA championships, while Middlebury ...
Individuals post good results at ECACs
March 10, 2010The winter indoor season continued for three of the Panthers’ best track athletes this past weekend. Adam Dede ’11 was the only athlete for the men, competing in the pole vault. “There was a really big field,” he said., with “about 30 vaulters in the competition,” he said. “These were ...
Men’s b-ball stunned by home loss
By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2010As quickly as success and glory can come, it can also be taken away in the blink of an eye. The Panthers are all too aware of that reality right now. Stace Garrick hit a long three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining that sent Middlebury to a heartbreaking 78-76 defeat at the hands of visiting Bridgewater ...
Sports Briefs - 03/11/10
By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2010Men’s basketball earns top honors across the board After winning the NESCAC Championship — decisively — over the weekend, the men’s basketball team could only expect to earn top NESCAC honors. Ben Rudin ’09 was named Player of the Year, Tim Edwards ’10 was named Defensive Player of the ...
Spring Sports Preview
March 10, 2010BASEBALL After what Coach Bob Smith called a “disappointing” season last year, the Middlebury Panthers baseball team is looking to rebound this season and achieve the same kind of success that brought them their first NESCAC championship in 2006. The Panthers finished 14-16 last year. “Last ...