Author: David Infante Broomball is back despite blizzardThis semester Middlebury's most popular intramural sport makes its triumphant return to the frozen pitch outside McCullough Student Center after several lackluster winters. Broomball is back at Midd, and despite the recent snow it looks like the ...
Author: Simon Keyes The Middlebury women's squash team was unable to repeat their promising NESCAC Tournament performance at this weekend's Nationals. Even with the return of two recently graduated Senior Febs, the women's team suffered multiple defeats. The Panthers were competing in the Kurtz Cup, ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar Whether standing on the pitchers mound at Forbes Field or clearing six-foot heights in the high jump, Frazier Stowers '08.5 shines as a two-sport varsity athlete. The intense time-commitment is nothing compared to his middle school days, when he played five sports. Most recently, ...
Author: Simon Keyes At the NESCAC tournament hosted by Trinity College, Feb. 3-4, the Middlebury women's squash team knocked on the door of the hub of the elite college squash teams announcing that they had arrived at the upper echelon and planned to stay. Even with a lineup depleted by the absence ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel In the '05-'06 season, the Florida Gators basketball team began its season with a 17-0 record. Although they did not play any teams with a top-25 ranking, they reached as high as number one in the Associated Press and USA Today polls. The Gators, however, were not able to maintain ...
Author: Jeff Klein Rest assured, Panther fans: History is not doomed to repeat itself.Facing tough NESCAC opponents on the road, the Middlebury men's basketball team ended its regular season in convincing fashion, defeating Wesleyan and Connecticut College by scores of 64-58 and 69-59. With the victories, ...
Author: Jeff Patterson I ate nothing for dinner last Friday night. Instead I was treated to an 8-0 barbecue of UMass-Boston. It was an A-1 performance by the Panthers men's hockey team in a game with important playoff postion at stake. While the appropriate chants of "Tiny Bubbles" came from a tinier ...
Author: Allison Ortega While many Middlebury students were enjoying sunny beaches in the Caribbean or the comforts of home, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams remained hard at work at the Natatorium during the break in preparation for the upcoming NESCAC Championships. In addition to valuable ...
Author: Jeff Patterson UConn honors Coach Dee Rowe '52Donald "Dee" Rowe '52 was among 16 honorees in the inaugural class inducted into the "Huskies of Honor" recognition program. Rowe, the head men's basketball coach at the University of Connecticut, compiled a 120-88 record from 1969-1977 and was a ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono The women's basketball team clinched a spot in NESCAC tournament with a win over Connecticut College 51-40 on Feb. 9 at Pepin Gymnasium. Despite suffering a five-game losing streak that lasted well into February Break, the Panthers finished the regular season with three conference ...
Author: Seth Miran For the women's hockey team, Feb break was a time for suffering through the cold during a week spent on campus. It was not all bad, however, as the team came away from the break with wins over NESCAC rivals Williams and Connecticut College in addition to a tie against Amherst. The ...
Author: Jeff Patterson It is Mark Messier night at Madison Square Garden and John Dawson '04 is sitting in the upper deck. He is the only one wearing a suit in the nosebleed section and he sticks out like a broken nose.Earlier that morning Dawson was hard at work at Morgan Stanley. Now he is looking ...
Author: Simon Keyes As far back as the records show, the Middlebury women's squash team has never had a match cancelled. This past Saturday, however, wintry conditions in upstate New York made road travel unsafe and halted the team bus before it could even depart from Adirondack Circle and motor towards ...
Author: Jeff Klein After this last weekend, the Middlebury men's basketball team finds itself on a dangerous and familiar road. Faced with two critical NESCAC games at Amherst and Trinity, the Panthers suffered two defeats by scores of 79-73 and 82-67.While the team still has plenty of NESCAC action ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel Recently, Swiss sensation Roger Federer has dominated the men's Association of Tennis Professionals. With a snub from Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, he must be asking himself, "What more can I do?"Last year, Federer reached the finals of all four grand slams, winning ...
Author: Geoff Homer Two and a half months - that is how long the alpine and nordic ski teams waited to experience their first collegiate competition of the season. The Panthers came out firing on all cylinders and led the St. Michael's Carnival after day one of the two-day event. Ultimately, the team ...
Author: James Kerrigan With a name like Simi, people take notice.With cross-country skiing ability and a name like Simi, people really take notice.With cross-country skiing ability, a name like Simi and a nickname like "Simitron 5000," people really, really take notice.The Aspen, Colo. native had plenty ...
Author: Geoff Homer Women's hockey wins two moreThe women's hockey team continued its success this season as the number three-ranked Panthers beat Utica and RPI last weekend. The Panthers have not lost a game in their last 13 contests, and hold their record at 12-1-1. Friday night the Panthers beat ...
Author: Jeff Patterson "Dum-de-de-dum, de-de-dum-de-de-dum, de-daa-daaaaa." After a two-month absence that saw losses to Plattsburg State, Southern Maine, Skidmore, Colby and Bowdoin - teams the Middlebury men's hockey team beat by a combined score of 35-12 over seven games last season - Big & Rich's ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono The women's basketball team fought hard for a split against Amherst and Trinity this weekend in Pepin Gymnasium. In both games, Middlebury held double-digit leads only to see the opposition chip away at them. Amherst successfully completed their comeback and finished off a ...