Author: Kevin Carpenter Jamie McKenna '09 was nominated as a semi-finalist for the ninth Joe Concannon Award on Feb. 18. The award, sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston, is presented annually to the best American-born D-II/III hockey player. A total of 16 players were nominated as semi-finalists, ...
Author: James Schwerdtman With the indoor track season winding down, some of the best Panthers were in competition at the Division III New Englands this past weekend. The men traveled to MIT for the second weekend in a row - having competed last week in the MIT Invitational - while the women were in ...
Author: Molly West There was no sign of fatigue among the Panther swimmers this weekend in the NESCAC Championships at Bowdoin. The swimmers took to the pool with confidence and poise and finished in fourth place. The team collected 1,047 points, falling just behind Tufts, which took third place with ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter During the lull between periods at an ice hockey match at Middlebury's Kenyon Arena, a murmur can be heard among the crowd as the zamboni cruises by. Spectators have heard countless remarks from those yearning to take a ride on the massive mechanic monster. But the lucky men ...
Author: Martin Breu The Middlebury ski teams seem to have found their winning form just in time for the final two carnivals and NCAAs. Dartmouth took top honors on their home courses but the Panthers were just behind in second, with the University of Vermont accomanying them on the podium in third. ...
Author: Brian Sirkia The Middlebury women's basketball team saw their postseason hopes come to an end after splitting the weekend's games. The team hosted Trinity and Amherst on Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14, respectively. The squad wound up coming away with a 65-54 win against Trinity and a ...
Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The seventh-ranked Middlebury women's hockey team was on the road again this weekend, dropping its first game on Saturday, Feb. 14 with a tough 5-0 loss to the fifth-ranked Amherst College team. The Lady Jeffs' wins this weekend as well as their unblemished NESCAC record ...
Author: James Schwerdtman MIT hosted the final meet of the indoor season for the Panthers and the team continued to look strong against the rest of the NESCAC. It has been a long winter of preparation for the outdoor season, and the squad seems to be peaking at exactly the right time."The team is really ...
Author: Jeff Klein The storybook season the Middlebury men's basketball team has put together so far has been almost entirely the result of hard work, clutch performances and a strong team bond. So you'll have to forgive the Panthers if they got a little lucky this past weekend.After a thrilling 78-76 ...
Author: Peter Baumann With a crucial NESCAC weekend looming on the schedule, the talented Middlebury men's hockey team received a proverbial wake-up call this weekend, squeaking by Babson 3-2 on Friday, Feb. 13 before falling to UMass-Boston by the same score on Saturday, Feb. 14. The games resulted ...
Author: [no author name found] WOMEN'S SQUASH DAZZLESThe women's squash team competed in team nationals at Harvard last weekend. A record of 2-1 in the "B" flight resulted in an impressive 13th place finish for the Panthers. The rank marks the highest national ranking for the squad in the past 10 years, ...
Author: [no author name found] STUNNING SEASON GIVES BEN RUDIN '09 SENIOR SPOTLIGHTBen Rudin '09 was named NESCAC Player of the Week for the second time this season. He has led the way in a remarkable resurgence for Middlebury basketball, which sports a 20-2 record heading into the final weekend of ...
Author: Martin Breu The Middlebury ski teams are nothing if not consistent. When the snow settled this weekend, the Panthers found themselves in fourth place overall, the same position they enjoyed in the first two carnivals of this season. Dartmouth continued its dominance of the college circuit, winning ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter The Middlebury men's ultimate frisbee team competed in the "Trouble in Vegas" tournament in Las Vegas, Nev. from Feb. 6-8. The field consisted of over 90 collegiate teams from across the united States. The Middlebury Pranksters received a #1 national ranking on Saturday night ...
Author: Andrew Deloach The Middlebury women's hockey team split a pair of non-conference games last weekend to settle their record at 12-2-2. On Feb. 7, the Panthers took on Buffalo State (2-13-4) and won handily by a final score of 5-1, extending their unbeaten streak to 10 games. But the next day, ...
Author: Peter Baumann A day after thumping St. Michael's 12-3, the Middlebury men's hockey team established its place as the top Division III team in the state on Feb. 7 with a 4-2 victory over Norwich University. The game, which pitted the sixth-ranked Panthers against the twelfth-ranked Cadets, not ...
Author: Brian Sirkia The Panther women dropped two games on the road this weekend at Bowdoin and Colby. Now with five consecutive losses, the Panthers have fallen to 1-6 in NESCAC play and 7-13 overall. In the Bowdoin contest, despite starting strong and having two players in double figures, the Panther ...