Author: Kevin Carpenter The Bowdoin Polar Bears proved more like frightened cubs in their 1-0 loss to the Panthers last Saturday, Oct. 4. The Panthers extended their unbeaten streak - now standing at 5-0-1 overall - and booked another shutout for keeper Brian Bush '09, who now has four on the season. ...
Author: Peter Baumann Let me start out by saying that I would consider myself a pretty tolerant and open-minded sports fan. I have my teams, for sure, but I usually confine my time spent watching games to rooting for a certain team, rather than rooting against the other. This all changed after I moved ...
Author: Sarah Bryan The Middlebury cross country teams traveled to Castleton this past weekend to compete in their fourth race of the season. Both Panther teams came home with second-place team finishes in the State Meet, trailing closely behind the University of Vermont. "Despite being the 'Vermont ...
Author: Nicole Lam This past weekend the volleyball team took part in the Amherst Classic, earning a Friday night 3-0 win against Westfield State before losing a 3-1 against the host school on Saturday and coming back for a 3-1 win against Brandeis to top it all off. In this particular tournament, control ...
Author: Nicolas Martell In just the second game of the season, the Panthers' endeavor into Colby College's Alfond Stadium ended in a stunning 24-19 defeat for the previously 1-0 Middlebury program. The entire football organization returned to campus late Saturday night, distressed by the challenge ...
Author: Peter Baumann When you have not lost a regular season game in ten years, like the Middlebury men's rugby team, you know you are going to get every opponent's best shot. When the opponent is the rival school 40 miles to your North, you are going to get even more. Under that backdrop, the squad ...
Author: Jeff Klein "We're eager to show we can go low as a team."Those were the words spoken by Michael McCormick '09 after the Middlebury men's golf team hosted the Duke Nelson Invitational two weekends ago. The Panthers' fifth place finish in the tournament was solid, but perhaps not quite up to the ...
Author: Emma Gardner and Jeff Klein JENNY GALGANO '10 SCORES FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAMEJenny Galgano '10, a junior midfielder on the women's soccer team experienced fifteen minutes in the spotlight this weekend after being nominated for WPTZ's Play of the Week. Galgano's goal on Wesleyan keeper Gavi Elkind ...
Author: Sarah Bryan "Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared." Second baseman and manager Sparky Anderson spoke these words while completing a career defined by winning the World Series three times and becoming fifth on the all-time ...
Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The Middlebury women's tennis team competed in the ITA New England Region Championships this weekend at MIT, battling injuries, illness and rainy weather. The tournament is an individual, single-elimination style tournament (with a backdraw) in which 64 singles players and ...
Author: Peter Baumann Baseball's regular season ended Sunday, sending 24 of the league's 32 teams to the golf course and rendering the loyal fans of these teams devoid of distraction and hope. As a Colorado Rockies fan, I find myself in this unfortunate group this week - but despair not fellow losers! ...
Author: Jeff Klein The Middlebury ultimate frisbee club team - or the Pranksters, as they are affectionately known - hosted a tournament this past weekend that brought participants from all teams and ages together. The tournament featured 12 schools from the New England area. For Middlebury, a draft ...
Author: Jeff Klein According to an old English proverb, "Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." That quote certainly applies to the Middlebury women's golf team this past weekend. Washed out by rain on Saturday, the Panthers were forced to compete in a rain-shortened event, yet displayed the mental ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter Andrew Strumolo '10.5 may be the 'Rudy' of Middlebury College. Both Strumolo and Rudy were written off by coaches early on. Both were steadfast in achieving their goals. And, ultimately, both managed to make it to the varsity squad by the same principle: hard work.Strumolo has ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter Even for the number-one ranked team in the country, scoring doesn't always come easy. Last Saturday the Middlebury men's soccer team battled the Wesleyan Cardinals on the Field Turf to a 1-1 tie. It was clear from the start that the Cardinals were playing for the tie while the ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway The Middlebury field hockey team continued on its undefeated path this weekend by beating Wesleyan 6-1, earning fifth place in the current national rankings. Since 2001, the Panthers have defeated the Wesleyan Cardinals nine consecutive times. However, in last season's Wesleyan ...
Author: Jeff Klein DONNIE MCKILLOP '11 GETS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKOn a day where many Panther football players displayed outstanding performances, Donny McKillop '11 took it to the next level.The quarterback was named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week for the opening week of the season, in which ...
Author: [no author name found] Last Sunday, a day after the athletic fields overflowed with five Middlebury home games, women's rugby had the show all to themselves - and with a 78-0 thrashing of Colby-Sawyer they did not disappoint. "We have a lot of our seniors back from studying abroad," said Alice ...
Author: [no author name found] "We know that we have five guys that can win on any given weekend," said captain Harrison Bane '08.5 after leading the Panthers to a first place tie with Skidmore at the Williams invitational on Sept. 20 and 21. Trailing nine shots after day one, and playing with seven ...