The Great Eight
By Middlebury Campus | October 31, 2007Author: [no author name found] [no story text found]
Sports
XC ran against wet weather in Williamstown
By Middlebury Campus | October 31, 2007Author: Livingston Burgess The Middlebury men's and women's cross country teams ran at the NESCAC championship meet on Oct. 27 in Williamstown, Mass., garnering sixth and fourth place finishes respectively. Both squads were paced by veteran harriers who showed they had their sights set on success going ...
Water Polo springs from Natatorium to Nationals
By Middlebury Campus | October 31, 2007Author: Jake Cohen At the start of the season, things looked troubling for the Middlebury men's water polo team. After being placed in a more challenging New England Division that includes Yale and Boston College, everyone knew getting to Nationals would be tough.But the water polo players rose to the ...
Women steady as a rock vs. Plymouth, erased by Ephs
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Dan Stevens As the fall foliage descended on New England, the women's soccer team played in a series of matches including face-offs against the best of the NESCAC. Matches at Amherst and against Plymouth State preceded a beautiful Fall Family Weekend that saw the Panthers take on Williams.Fall ...
Patterson clinches his 10th perfect season
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Simon Keyes There is little in the world these days that everyone can agree upon. However, one thing that comes to mind is losing. No one likes the feeling of losing.Luckily, though, for men's rugby coach Ward Patterson, losing is not a feeling he has experienced very often in his last 10 years ...
Bill Littlefield addresses the college
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: [no author name found] On Monday Oct. 15, Bill Littlefield, the host of National Public Radio's "Only a Game" came to Middlebury as part of the College's "Meet the Press" series. He read excerpts from his most recent book Only a Game, answered questions on Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez ...
The Sports Backpage
October 17, 2007Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Fisher delivers the knockout punch to Williams
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Andrew Schlegel After dropping its first game of the season to Amherst 3-1 last weekend, the men's soccer team refused to be handed another loss. The Panthers barged into the week with lots of tenacity and ferocity, resulting in a 2-0 win over Bowdoin on Oct. 9, a 1-0 win over Williams on Oct. ...
Panther turnovers prove costly
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Benji Thurber The visiting Williams Ephs overcame a onepoint halftime deficit to hand the Middlebury Panthers their first loss of the season, 30-22, on Saturday, Oct. 13. The Ephs, who improved to 2-2 on the season, relied on a relentless running game to take control of the second half. The ...
Stalwart 'D' blanks the Ephs
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Jeff Patterson Mid-term in Anatomy and Kineseology. Presentation in Modern American Culture. Quiz on 400 pages of reading for American Landscape Painting. Add in another presentation in Psychological Trauma. "I had a crazy week," said co-captain Reid Berrien '08, acknowledging the difficulty ...
Panthers beat all that Maine has to offer
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Peter Baumann For most of Middlebury's sports teams, Senior Day is a celebration of a talented group of athletes who have contributed to the program over the past four years. For the women's volleyball team, it was a celebration of one - and boy, did she celebrate. Led by lone senior Lexie Fisher, ...
M.L. on the N.F.L. What the Big Boys are reading
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: Mary Lane Professional sports enthusiasts read ESPN Magazine, Sports Illustrated and, obviously, this column. Pro athletes read Overtime, a magazine published by the Professional Business & Financial Network, founded and run by retired San Diego Chargers cornerback Ryan McNeil. I was fortunate ...
Middlebury ralies around Butch Varno, once again...
By Middlebury Campus | October 17, 2007Author: [no author name found] On Oct. 8, a handful of kids found the time to make it down to 110 South St. and help one of the College's biggest supporters move into a new home. Butch Varno, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, has been the subject of the Middlebury tradition of "Picking Up Butch" for ...
Heath raises the bar, crunches Tufts
By Middlebury Campus | October 9, 2007Author: Peter Baumann Stifling. Dominant. Overwhelming. The women's volleyball defense has been called many things this year, but perhaps understated sophomore libero Natalie DuPre describes it best when she calls the Panther defense "good, really good."Continuing the staunch defensive play that has ...
Three-point victory lifts football to 3-0
By Middlebury Campus | October 9, 2007Author: Benji Thurber The Middlebury football team jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Saturday, Oct. 6 against Amherst and hung on to defeat the Lord Jeffs 19-16. The visiting Panthers, who improved to 3-0 on the season, did not score after the second quarter, but used another dominant performance by their ...
Mazzei cards third straight top-ten
By Middlebury Campus | October 9, 2007Author: Jake Cohen The women's golf team traveled down to the famous Taconic Golf Course at Williams College this past weekend, finishing seventh overall in the 10-team invitational tournament. The top finisher for the Panthers was once again Courtney Mazzei '11 who finished 22-over-par and tied for ...
M.L. on the N.F.L. There's Something About Favre
By Middlebury Campus | October 9, 2007Author: Mary Lane As you may have guessed, I enjoy writing rants much more than happy, cheery articles. There has to be something pretty special to make me devote a column to praise, especially as almost anything you write looks a bit clichÈd. (Like this week's title!) You're getting it this week, ...
sportsbriefs
October 9, 2007Author: Jeb Burchenal Men's golf finishes one shot out of second, takes thirdThe men's golf team took to the course again this past weekend at the Hamilton Invitational. After securing a spot in the NESCAC tournament last weekend, the team looked to continue its excellent scoring. The team as a whole ...
IM sports inhabit Middlebury Twenty-eight percent of students are varsity athletes, but the rest?
By Middlebury Campus | October 9, 2007Author: Matt Ferrer Underappreciated. Overlooked. Haven for the not-as-athletic. These are all terms most associated with intramural sports. However, what you do not know about intramural sports participants is that they are also generally very good-looking, enthusiastic, outgoing and just as competitive ...