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September 18, 2007Author: [no author name found] he weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
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Houston, we have a ... new Astroturf field
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: Peter Baumann As Erin Quinn '86 sat in his office during his first semester as Middlebury's Athletic Director, he contemplated a problem: heavy rains were turning his once pristine fields into pock-marked mud-pits. The College's soccer fields were receiving the majority of both weather-related ...
M.L. on the N.F.L. "It's (Expletive) PAThetic"
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: Mary Lane He was fined $100,000 - a third of his salary - and suspended for five games. When given his punishment, he acknowledged that what he did was wrong, but he did not know at the time that the rules applied to coaches as well as players. I'm talking about Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach ...
Opponents don't put up a fight at Panther Invite
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: Livingston Burgess The only thing the Middlebury cross country teams left in question at the Panther Invitational on Sept. 15 was which squad, men's or women's, dominated the competition more thoroughly. Both teams scored the minimum points possible, and both showed off returning All-American ...
Temperatures dropped, but putts did not
By Middlebury Campus | September 18, 2007Author: Jake Cohen In the wake of Tiger Wood's domination of the first inaugural FedEx Cup, the Middlebury men's golf team took on a field of 25 schools from across the country at home this weekend at the Duke Nelson Tournament hoping to find the same success. Though historically this tournament has ...
Golf
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: Jake Cohen Head Coach: Bill BeaneyCaptains: Harrison Bane '08.5, Karen Levin '08Save the Date: Middlebury will host the Duke Nelson Invitational this weekend at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course.Get it Stat: 8 - The women finished in 8th place at their first NCAA appearance. The Middlebury men's ...
Football
September 11, 2007Author: Benji Thurber Head Coach: Bob RitterCaptain: Erik Woodring '08Save the Date: Oct. 27, when Middlebury hosts Trinity CollegeGet it Stat: 479 - Plays the offense ran last year, the lowest number in the last eight years. Last year's Middlebury football team compiled a 6-2 record, the team's best ...
Cross Country
September 11, 2007Author: Livingston Burgess Head Coach: Terry AldrichCaptains: Jimmy Butcher '08, Peter Murphy '09, Chrissy Fulton '08, Ceara Danaher '08Save the Date: Nov. 10, this race will decide who the national qualifiers will be.Get it Stat: 1 - Points by which the women's team captured the NCAA Championship ...
Women's Soccer
September 11, 2007Author: James Kerrigan Head Coach: Peter KimCaptains: Kim Kennedy '08, Elise Tarbi '08Save the Date: Sept. 29 vs. Colby. Middlebury looks to avenge its 2-1 loss from last season.Get it Stat: .82 - 2006 goals against average for returning keeper Adele Plunkett '09. After reaching the NCAA tournament ...
Tennis
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: James Kerrigan and Simon Keyes Head Coaches: Dave Schwarz (m), Mike Morgan (w)Captains: Filip Marinkovic '08, Conrad Olson '09, Claire Smyser '08, Amy Berkman '08Save the Date: Sept. 21-23 is the men's Middlebury Invitational and Sept. 29-30 is the women'sGet it Stat: 4 - Consecutive NESCAC ...
Men's Soccer
September 11, 2007Author: Andrew Schlegel Head Coach: Dave SawardCaptains: Andrew Germansky '08, Alex Elias '08Save the Date: Oct. 13, when Middlebury hosts rival WilliamsGet it Stat: Last season, the men's soccer team got an at large bid into the NCAA Division III National Tournament after a strong run in the NESCAC ...
Rugby
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: Simon Keyes Head Coach: Ward PattersonCaptains: Craig Wilson '08, Luke Yoquinto '08, Alex White '09Save the Date: Sept. 15 vs. Boston UniversityGet it Stat: 10 - Number of players who graduated from last year's national championship team The sight of a hoard of men all in Middlebury Navy performing ...
Field Hockey
September 11, 2007Author: Jeff Patterson Head Coach: Katherine DeLorenzoCaptains: Reid Berrien '08, Lacey Farrell '08Save the Date: Sept. 30, when the Panthers host BowdoinGet it Stat: 4 of 5 of the top goal scorers from last year's team have returnedAfter spending 10 days scrimmaging in Argentina, the Middlebury field ...
Shower of goals thumps Camels
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: James Kerrigan Head Coach: Peter KimCaptains: Kim Kennedy '08, Elise Tarbi '08Save the Date: Sept. 29 vs. Colby. Middlebury looks to avenge its 2-1 loss from last season.Get it Stat: .82 - 2006 goals against average for returning keeper Adele Plunkett '09. After reaching the NCAA tournament ...
Women's Volleyball
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: Peter Baumann Head Coach: Sarah RauneckerCaptains: Lexie Fisher '08, Olivia Minkhorst '09Save the Date: Oct. 12, when Middlebury hosts its only quad of the yearGet it Stat: 40 - Percentage of the team's 2, 463 digs co-captains Fisher and Minkhorst accounted for.A year after a 3-1 loss in the ...
Moving from assistant captain to assistant coach MacNamara joins Mandigo
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: Peter Baumann Less than a year after ending an impressive Middlebury women's hockey career that saw her play in four national championship games, Emily McNamara '07 will take on a new challenge this year when she joins Head Coach Bill Mandigo behind the bench. As the new assistant women's hockey ...
Crew
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: Zamir Ahmed Head Coach: Alex MachiSave the Date: Oct. 20-21, at the Head of the CharlesGet it Stat: 1 - Finish by the women's varsity 'A' boat at the New England Fours last May, the first gold medal they've won since '96.While most Middlebury students were savoring the final days of summer vacation ...
New turf, same result for men
By Middlebury Campus | September 11, 2007Author: James Kerrigan Just as it did last fall, the Middlebury men's soccer team earned a shutout victory over Connecticut College in its season opener, but the similarities end there. Playing on brand new field turf measuring 120 yards long and 80 yards wide, it was the return of two seniors to the ...
Panthers claw their way to face DePauw
By Middlebury Campus | May 8, 2007Author: Jeff Patterson Recently-named NESCAC Player of the Year Alex Scott '07 and the rest of the Middlebury tennis team walked onto the Proctor tennis courts on Saturday and Sunday and twice they walked away the winners. Hosting one of the NCAA Tournament's eight Regionals for the sixth straight ...