Author: Thomas Brush Collier, men's swimming take 14th at NationalsLed by Co-Captain Robert Collier '07, the Middlebury men's swimming and diving team finished 14th out of 52 teams at the 2007 Division III Championships held at the University of Houston on March 15-17.Collier, one of eight Middlebury ...
Author: Caroline Moninger The mantra for the women's hockey team in the 2005-2006 season was "make every day count." The mantra for the team on Saturday night was "make every second count." The enduring image from Middlebury's 2-1 loss to the Plattsburgh State Cardinals in the NCAA championship game ...
Author: The Sports Editors The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Andrew Donnantuono For the second consecutive week, Tom Petty '09 played a solid game for men's lacrosse. And for the second Sunday in a row, Petty helped Middlebury overcome capable visitors. In a match-up postponed because of Friday night's snowstorm, Petty scored a pivotal goal, and the Panthers ...
Author: Jeff Patterson In a game worthy of SportsCenter's opening highlight, Oswego State - the alma mater of ESPN anchors Linda Cohen and Steve Levy - beat the men's hockey team 4-3 in overtime to win the NCAA D-III Championship. The Panthers forced extra time with a John Sullivan '10 goal with 2:25 ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar A fear of chipmunks is not a quality commonly attributed to athletes.The appearance of chipmunks is, however, Leslie Moffat's '10.5 biggest fear since chipmunks serve as her sled-dogs' biggest distraction. But at this year's Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby held March ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono Led by a stellar performance from goalie and Co-Captain Alex Palmisano '07, the men's lacrosse team beat Stevens Institute of Technology on March 11 by a slim 7-5 margin. The eighth-ranked Ducks made the trip up from Hoboken, N.J., but were greeted by the parsimonious Palmisano, ...
Author: Anna Furney Andrew Wagner '09 took full advantage of this year's NCAA Championships. While it is only his second year on the alpine squad, "Billy," as so many of his teammates call him, achieved All-American status in both the men's slalom and the men's giant slalom disciplines. He and Mattie ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Justin Gaines '08 is going home. The Wisconsin native and his teammates gained admission to the Frozen Four when they beat UMass-Dartmouth 3-2 in the NCAA quarterfinal game at Kenyon Arena, playing as the road team. The Corsairs, who had only lost two games all season, were given ...
Author: Jeff Klein It's that time of year, ladies and gentlemen. The most glorious time of the year; the time that causes employees to miss work and students to "forget" about their assignments. In the words of Dickie V, "It's March Madness, Babyyyyyyy!!!!!"This year, the field is ripe with talent. ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel It has been a long time since Georgetown was considered a basketball powerhouse. In the 1980s, led by Hall of Fame Coach John Thompson and stars like Patrick Ewing, the Hoyas captured Big East title after Big East title, cutting down the nets six times.Now it finally seems fair ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono Whether you plan on relaxing on the beach in Florida or playing an afternoon round of golf in Hilton Head over spring break, do not be surprised if you run into one of Middlebury's sports teams, who will be well-represented throughout the country in the last week of March.Scottsdale, ...
Author: The Sports Editors The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard and inside the locker room features.
Author: Maeve McGilloway The women's tennis team opened their spring 2007 season by defeating Brandeis and New York University (NYU) by scores of 9-0 and 8-1, respectively. "It could not have been a better start to the season," said Co-Captain Emily Holick '07, who teamed up with doubles partner Clare ...
Author: Seth Miran Four is the magic number. Four Frozen Fours in four years is not your everyday feat. Yet that is exactly what the women's hockey team accomplished on Friday night with its fourth NCAA quarterfinal victory in as many years, defeating the Manhattanville Valiants 3-1. And if history ...
Author: David Infante College mourns death of former trainer WatermanThe Middlebury athletic community suffered the loss of one of its own this past week. Dick Waterman, Middlebury's former head athletic trainer for 37 years, passed away on March 3. Waterman was a fixture of the athletic department ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar Alpine skier Clayton Reed '08 went to bed at 11 p.m. the Saturday night of Winter Carnival Weekend. He finished seventh in the men's slalom earlier that day, despite being sick, with a time of 1:34.28. Unfortunately, because he felt so under-the-weather, he was unable to stay ...
Author: Seth Miran Imagine playing 60 minutes of physically and emotionally draining hockey. After those 60 minutes, imagine doing it all over again. That was more or less what the women's hockey team did on Sunday in the thrilling NESCAC Championship game at Kenyon Arena, when the Panthers fell 2-1 ...
Author: [no author name found] Women's LacrosseIn the 2007 season, the women's lacrosse team will look to add to the program's already storied history. Coming off its sixth straight NESCAC title and a trip to the NCAA semifinals, the team has great optimism for the upcoming season. "We are excited at ...
Author: Jeff Patterson The Middlebury men's hockey team has been short-handed all season. Multiple injuries, a concussion and a case of pneumonia have forced Coach Bill Beaney to fiddle with his lineup in an attempt to find the perfect harmony. Thanks to two short-handed goals against Bowdoin in the ...