The 5th Page
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: [no author name found] [no story text found]
Sports
Panthers storm back to beat Tufts
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Nick Martell The Middlebury football team that had fallen to Trinity College just two weeks ago surged with vengeance in Clinton, N.Y. on Nov. 1, clawing its way to a 31-28 victory against the Continentals. Building off this momentum in the final game of the season, the Panthers came away with ...
Women drop final to Bryant, 24-0
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Brian Swenson The women's rugby team's season came to a close this past Saturday with a loss to a strong Bryant University team in the New England Championship game. The Panthers lost 24-0 to the Bulldogs, who scored four tries and two conversions. Bryant scored three of its tries in the first ...
Thirds' the charm for cross country
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Sarah Bryan The men's and women's cross country teams both finished third in the ECAC championships on Nov. 8 at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I. 55 teams participated in Saturday's event, traveling from all over the East to race in one of the season's last meets, all hoping to earn a championship ...
Panther season comes to a close in Williamstown
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Lise Rosenberger The Middlebury College women's soccer team saw its season come to an end this past Saturday, as it lost to second-seeded Amherst College 1-0 in the NESCAC semifinals. The Panthers end their season with a record of 8-6-2, while Amherst advanced in the tournament to face top-seeded ...
Injury halts winning streak, ends year
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Nicole Lam The Middlebury volleyball season ended in dissappointment this weekend, as the Panthers dropped their first match of the NESCAC tournament 3-1 to the eventual NESCAC champions, the Williams Ephs. The four seniors that will be graduating this year leave behind a rich tradition of leadership ...
Amherst stuns defending national champs
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Kevin Carpenter In somewhat dispiriting fashion, the men's soccer team fell 2-0 to Amherst in the NESCAC Championship this past Sunday, Nov. 9. The Amherst win gives the Lord Jeffs their first NESCAC championship in four appearances and guarantees the team an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. ...
Sports Briefs
November 12, 2008Author: [no author name found] ANDREW MATSON '09 NETS DISTRICT-I ACADEMIC HONORSOne would think that finishing the football season as the NESCAC leader in both catches and receiving yards per game would be hard to top in terms of accomplishments. But for Panther wide receiver Andrew Matson '09, those ...
NESCAC glory evades field hockey
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Sarah Bryan Despite a tough loss this past weekend in the NESCAC semifinals, the Middlebury field hockey team will make its sixth consecutive and ninth overall appearance in the NCAA tournament. The final four of NESCAC play took place at Tufts University Nov. 8-9, as four teams convened to ...
Harsh winter ahead for ski team
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Emma Gardner While the rest of campus is bundling up for what promises to be a harsh winter, the Middlebury Alpine ski team faces a particularly daunting season ahead. It seems that as the temperatures have dropped, so have the number of Middlebury applicants recruited to participate in the ...
Teeing Off
November 12, 2008Author: Peter Baumann It is the nature of sports that they often distract us from what is important. To this day my mother bemoans the fact that I can name the starting nine on the 1995 Colorado Rockies playoff team while simultaneously needing a calculator to figure out 20 percent of my dinner check. ...
Men's rugby mauls Black Bears for Northeast championship
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: James Schwerdtman It seems that every weekend the men's rugby team pulls off another impressive win against another tough opponent, and this weekend was no different. The Panthers clinched the Northeast Finals on Nov. 9, defeating Coast Guard 41-7 on Saturday and topping the University of Maine ...
Women's XC ties for title, men place sixth
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Sarah Bryan The Panthers traveled to Bates this past weekend to compete in the NESCAC cross country running championships. The women brought home the gold, tying for first with Williams and completing their ninth championship. The men's squad also had a stellar performance, taking sixth. It ...
Field hockey edges Ephs
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Maeve McGilloway In a span of 72 hours, the Middlebury field hockey team beat the Williams Ephs on two occasions, winning 3-2 in double overtime on Oct. 31 and then 2-1 on Nov. 2 in the NESCAC quarterfinals. The Ephs are a familiar foe and rival of the Panthers. Looking back at Middlebury versus ...
Sailing vies for Underdog Trophy
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Molly Dwyer While other sports teams dominated the turf this past weekend, the Middlebury sailing club held its own Saturday and Sunday on the waters of Mendum's Pond at the University of New Hampshire. The Panthers finished fifth out of 12 competitive teams vying for the Underdog Trophy. Bates, ...
Soccer blanks Bowdoin 3-0
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Kevin Carpenter The Panthers once again proved dominant in a convincing 3-0 win against Bowdoin in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Tournament on Nov. 3, with an excited crowd of 425 fans gathered by the sidelines of the FieldTurf to watch the match unfold. The game marked the second meeting ...
Women's soccer shuts out Trinity
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Lise Rosenberger Coming off a hard fought 1-0 loss to Williams College on Friday, the Panthers were nonetheless optimistic taking on Trinity, their first opponent in the NESCAC playoffs. "We felt really good coming off of Williams and going into our game against Trinity," tri-captain Tiffany ...
Volleyball team sweeps Colby NESCAC quad
By Middlebury Campus | November 5, 2008Author: Nicole Lam In a week that served as a microcosm for its season as a whole, the Middlebury volleyball team played four close matches, dropping its last home match of the season to Williams 3-1 on Oct. 29 before bouncing back to go 3-0 over the weekend during the NESCAC quad at Colby.Against Williams, ...