Sports
Football ends year with a win
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2009The 14 graduating seniors of the Middlebury football team ended the season, and their careers, on Saturday with a dominating win over the Tufts Jumbos. Unfazed by the downpour and the muddy conditions, the Panthers exhibited their strength and talent with a 26-7 victory. “After starting 1-3, I feel ...
Women’s cross country team takes first at NCAA Regionals
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2009As the rain came pouring down Saturday morning, the Middlebury women’s cross country team led the NCAA regional race, and ultimately finished in a tie for first place with rival MIT. The regional championship was held at the Twin Brook Recreation Center in Cumberland, Maine. Middlebury and MIT each ...
Rugby advances on the road back to Nationals
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2009Rugby traveled to the UMass-Amherst campus this weekend for the national semifinal tournament. In their first matchup on Saturday, the Panthers took on the Stony Brook Seawolves. The horrendous weather was not ideal for either team, but the Panthers played a hard first half to gain a definitive lead ...
The Campus Winter sports Preview
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2009Skiing After placing eighth in the 2009 NCAA Skiing Championship, the Middlebury Nordic and Alpine ski teams are gearing up for another successful run in the Eastern Carnival Circuit this winter. Each team can field six men and six women in the events, and hope to qualify all six participants in the ...
Panther athletics adopts environmental outlook
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2009When thinking of the words “sustainable” and “Middlebury,” the word “athletics” doesn’t usually fit in between. The first things to come to mind are usually the biomass plant and maybe Dining Services’ efforts to use local foods; the idea of sustainable athletics — not only the idea ...
Women’s soccer advances to NCAA Sweet Sixteen
By Middlebury Campus
| November 19, 2009
On a rather dreary November weekend, the women’s soccer squad rose above the weather and came out with success on many fronts. Last Thursday, the NESCAC announced its all-conference teams. Each with six players honored, Middlebury and Williams players dominated the elite squads. Anjuli Demers ’10 ...
Field hockey falls to Trinity in NCAA duel
By Middlebury Campus | November 18, 2009After a tremendous season of hard-fought battles and uplifting performances, the 2009 Middlebury field hockey season came to an end last weekend with a 2-1 loss to Trinity in an NCAA regional game at Ursinus. The team had a stellar year, despite a rocky start. It lost to Tufts in the season opener, ...
Sports Briefs
May 6, 2009Author: Dickie Redmond TRACK & FIELD TEAM RACKS UP NESCAC HONORSAfter a successful run at the NESCAC Championships hosted by Connecticut College, the Middlebury track & field team earned over 20 all-NESCAC Honors. First-year Michael Schmidt '12 claimed the Rookie of the Year title with an outstanding ...
Men's tennis triumphs in NESCAC championship
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Martin Breu The Panthers are once again top dog in NESCAC tennis, taking their fifth title in six years this past weekend. Middlebury cruised past last year's champion, Bowdoin College, 5-1 on Saturday. Sunday was a rematch of last weekend's game against always-tough Amherst. While at times ...
Men's lax stunned by Wesleyan
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Jeb Burchenal The men's lacrosse team is still struggling to find their swagger. After a stressful regular season that featured nine games decided by three or less goals and four decided by only one goal, the Panthers dropped their NESCAC semifinal game to Wesleyan 15-14 in overtime.Middlebury ...
Crew team rows in tough, exciting competition
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Jeff Klein This past Saturday the Middlebury men's crew team headed down to Worcester, Mass. to participate in the New England Championship regatta along with a host of rival schools. The men turned in solid performances in what proved to be an overall exhilarating day.The varsity four of Scott ...
Women set themselves apart at Division III New Englands
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Alyssa O'Gallagher This past weekend, the Middlebury track and field team made its second trip to Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts to compete in the Division III New England Championship meet. The Middlebury women finished an impressive third in the team standings out of a total ...
Women's tennis bows out to top-seeded Ephs
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Alex Lovett Woodsum The Middlebury women's tennis team earned the third seed for the NESCAC championship this past weekend at Williams College yet ultimately lost to the host team in the semi-finals. Amherst and Williams, the one and two seeds, respectively, each received a first round bye in ...
Pranksters fall at New England Regionals
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Kevin Carpenter The Pranksters were unable to quell their opponents at New England Regionals this past weekend at Dartmouth as the Middlebury men's and women's ultimate Frisbee teams both fell short of receiving a bid to Nationals. The top two teams from each tournament received a bit to Nationals, ...