Sports
Swimming, diving heat up the pool
By Middlebury Campus | February 11, 2009Author: Molly West The Middlebury swimming and diving team participated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invitational this past weekend against four other schools: MIT, Tufts, Williams and St. Michael's. Team scores for this meet were not calculated, as the meet was intended as an ...
Squash NESCACs wrap up the season
By Middlebury Campus | February 11, 2009Author: Kevin Carpenter Middlebury squash squared off against conference opponents in the NESCAC tournament on Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. The weekend saw several close matches and slim margins of both victory and defeat. The men's team started off strong with a win over Wesleyan before falling to Bates and, ...
Men's basketball in uncharted territory as team earns 20th win
By Middlebury Campus | February 11, 2009Author: Jeff Klein The victories keep piling up. Records keep being broken. And people are taking notice.Taking on two of its more challenging NESCAC foes from Maine, the Middlebury men's basketball team continued its torrid play by defeating Bowdoin 62-50 on Friday night and Colby 78-73 the following ...
Men's & women's squash victorious at Yale Tourney
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Kevin Carpenter Middlebury men's and women's squash teams return from the Yale Round Robin Tournament in good spirits after a victorious weekend. The men's squad won four of five matches while the women came away on top in three of their four matches.The men opened up the weekend with an 8-1 ...
Men's hockey moves to first in NESCAC
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Peter Baumann Despite not yet having strung together 60 minutes of perfect hockey, the Middlebury men's hockey team emerged from a crucial week of NESCAC play atop the conference with a NESCAC/ECAC record of 7-1-1 and an overall record of 10-2-1.A 4-4 tie against the upstart Williams Ephs on ...
Swimming and diving upends Hamilton, wins third straight
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Molly West The Panther swimmers and divers continued their winning streak this weekend at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Both the men's and women's teams won their third meet in a row - the men by a 151-133 score and the women by a dominating 212-88 final.Although Middlebury felt slightly ...
Men's basketball opens up NESCAC play with two wins Overtime thriller vs. Bates and blowout win over Tufts extends win streak to 10
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Jeff Klein Make it double digits now for the Panthers.With several alumni on hand and the Pepin Palace rocking, the Middlebury men's basketball team edged Bates in overtime 73-65 and then blew out Tufts 104-68 to extend its winning streak to 10, and more importantly, begin NESCAC competition ...
Women's hockey routs Trinity in rematch
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The Middlebury women's hockey team rallied after a 2-2 tie against the Trinity Bantams Friday night, Jan. 16, to soundly defeat them in the rematch on Saturday, 6-1. The first game marked the second straight 2-2 tie between the two teams, who last met one year prior to Friday's ...
Women drop two to open NESCAC play
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: Jeff Klein The women's basketball team lost a pair of road games this weekend, falling to Bates 80-67 and to Tufts 60-41. The two defeats drop Middlebury's record to 6-8, a disappointing setback for a team that, before the weekend, had reached the .500 mark and was looking to begin NESCAC play ...
Indoor track excels at Wesleyan
By Middlebury Campus | January 21, 2009Author: James Schwerdtman A week of hard work can really show when it comes to competition. Nowhere was this more apparent than this past weekend in Middletown, Conn., where Wesleyan College hosted the Wesleyan Track and Field Invitational. Coming off of their season opener at Dartmouth the weekend ...
Men's hockey takes out frustration on Skidmore Middlebury power play gives Panthers early lead against Thoroughbreds
By Middlebury Campus | January 14, 2009Author: Peter Baumann Even in a game where the margin of victory seems to indicate a blowout, it is often difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when the tide turned and the outcome was decided. While the scoresheet says the Skidmore Thoroughbreds lost to the Middlebury Panthers 4-1 on Jan. 10, in truth ...
Indoor track opens season at Dartmouth
By Middlebury Campus | January 14, 2009Author: James Schwerdtman The Middlebury track team traveled to Dartmouth this past weekend for the 40th annual Dartmouth Relays. The Dartmouth Relays attract schools from all over New England and Canada, and even some running clubs and schools as far as Wheaton. The Relays were not only the first meet ...
Women salvage weekend for squash teams
By Middlebury Campus | January 14, 2009Author: Kevin Carpenter The men's and women's squash teams finished a tumultuous weekend against a set of seasoned opponents. Both squads took loses to Williams and Dartmouth on Saturday with the men going down 9-0 and 9-0, and the women falling 8-1 and 8-1, respectively. The men's team fell 9-0 to ...
Women's basketball helps local girls
By Middlebury Campus | January 14, 2009Author: Nicole Lam This weekend, the Middlebury women's basketball team came away with a 69-57 victory over Skidmore. But head coach Noreen Pecsock did not make the practices any easier for the week just because of the win - it was just another week of work as usual. However, there was one special surprise ...
Men's basketball tops Skidmore, wins eighth straight
By Middlebury Campus | January 14, 2009Author: Jeff Klein The Panthers are in the zone right now.Thwarting several comeback attempts by its opponent, the Middlebury men's basketball team bent but did not break in a 72-62 home win over Skidmore this past Saturday, Jan. 10. With the victory, the Panthers have now won eight games in a row heading ...