Rugby 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 ...
Skiing 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 ...
When 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 ...
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 ...
After 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, ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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 ...
Author: 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, ...
Author: Tommy Mayell Count another championship for the rugby men of Middlebury. The Middlebury Rugby club defeated Georgetown 45-18 in the semifinals and Wisconsin-Madison 27-11 in the finals to capture their second Division II national championship in three years. The Panthers overcame a halftime ...
Author: Emma Gardner Lacrosse legend Peter Kohn has passed away.The Middlebury lacrosse field manager failed to recover after a heart attack on Aug. 1 that hospitalized him. Kohn - part of the Middlebury family for over two decades - left an indelible impression upon those he met and inspired. Before ...
Author: Julia Ireland After a season of highs and lows, the Middlebury women's lacrosse team ended their NESCAC run with a loss to rival Colby College in the semifinals this past Saturday.The first half saw back and forth action from both sides. Middlebury struck first with two goals by Sally Ryan '11, ...
Author: Ted Silberman John Illig's love of the mountains blossomed out of his childhood summers at camp in the Adirondacks. Coaching collegiate squash gave him free summers to pursue this love and complete the hiker's "Triple Crown." During three summers spaced six years apart, Illig hiked America's ...
Author: Dickie Redmond WOMEN'S GOLF WINS WILLIAMS INVITATIONALMiddlebury women's golf cruised past the competition this past weekend and took first place in the seven-team Williams Spring Invitational. Strong individual performances from veteran Julie Ellenberger '09 and rookie Flora Weeks '12 paced ...
Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The women's tennis team closed out its regular season at home on Saturday with a tough 7-2 loss to Amherst, the number two-ranked team in the region. On a sunny afternoon that saw temperatures climb into the mid-80s, the women fought hard and demonstrated the skills they ...