Author: Simon Keyes The answer is around 400 yards. The question is not "How long is the distance of four football fields?" Nor is it "How long is the 10th hole at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course?" The question is, "How many yards of tape are wrapped around the limbs of Middlebury College athletes before ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel Despite wet conditions, men's soccer won both of its crucial games last weekend, capturing a 3-0 victory over Trinity and 2-1 win against Bowdoin. In doing so, the Panthers advanced to the NESCAC semifinals where they will battle Amherst on Saturday in Williamstown, Mass.In their ...
Author: Livingston Burgess The Middlebury men's and women's crew teams have been hard at work building on a season that has demonstrated great potential for two fairly youthful groups. On Oct. 21, both teams traveled to the New Hampshire Championships Regatta, where they fought fog, choppy water and ...
Author: Jeff Patterson The Middlebury men's soccer team had ten corner kicks. Bates had zero. Middlebury had hundreds of supporting fans on account of Homecoming Weekend. Bates had almost zero. Middlebury had already claimed three wins: in women's soccer, field hockey and football. Bates had zero. ...
Author: Dave Lee Bad luck, injuries and the weather are all potential excuses for the Williams women's soccer team's futility against the Panthers. Since 2001, the Middlebury women have not lost to the Ephs and certainly Middlebury had no intention of changing that stat last Saturday down in Williamstown. ...
Author: Jeff Klein You know what I am sick of in professional football? Wide receivers complaining that they are not getting the ball enough. Every semi-talented wide receiver always thinks he should get the ball on every play. But lately the complaining has gotten out of control. Wide receivers now ...
Author: James Kerrigan Chris Free's '10 successful future as a cross-country runner appears to be locked-up. He has finished just a few strides behind Jimmy Butcher '08 and Will McDonough '07 in three of five meets so far this fall, including a third place overall finish at the Vermont Cross Country ...
Author: Allison Ortega The 10-1 Middlebury field hockey team returned home to Kohn Field last Saturday for a NESCAC match-up against Bates. After two impressive road victories over Williams and Ursinus the previous weekend, the Panthers showed no signs of a letdown, and the team continued its exceptional ...
Author: George Mayer Any doubts as to how the Middlebury football team would respond to their disappointing 40-9 loss to Williams a week ago have been put to rest. In front of a packed house at Alumni Stadium during Homecoming Weekend, the Panthers dismantled winless Bates 31-7. While the defense continued ...
Author: Geoff Homer McGillen wins honorField hockey goalie Meg McGillen '07 was named NESCAC Player of the Week for her spectacular performance during the week of Oct. 16. On Saturday the 14th, McGillen made 11 saves in the eighth- ranked Panthers shutout of fourth-ranked Williams. The next day, McGillen ...
Author: Todd Swisher Ryan McQuillan '05.5 cannot hide himself in a hockey organization: his love for the game is too out-in-the-open. McQuillan has gone pro. He has reached the highest level of hockey the world has to offer. As a video technician for the Los Angeles Kings, his main job is to edit NHL ...
Author: Geoff Homer Killer Bs get awardsAs a result of their top-five finishes in the NESCAC Championship hosted by Bowdoin College, golfers Harrison Bane '08.5 and George Baumann '08 have earned first-team All-NESCAC honors. The duo led the Panthers to the come-from-behind win on the final day that ...
Author: Drew Schlegel After dropping two of their last three games, the men's soccer team trained hard and prepared well for the pivotal home game against Amherst on Saturday. The Panthers' hopes of maintaining a winning record in the NESCAC were slashed, however, by the Lord Jeffs in a 3-1 loss on ...
Author: Simon Keyes and Jeff Patterson Flowing from the mouths of two reciprocally-placed Panthers are drips of blood that match the color of the redline. "We don't do that on purpose," joked Butch Atkins, one of the two head ice attendants at Kenyon Arena. "Sometimes I just walk by and [the paint] ...
Author: [no author name found] On September 23 Macky Franklin '10 won the men's A race at the University of Vermont's Mountain Bike Extravaganza as he covered the 16-mile course faster than anyone else. "The fans were great. They cheered for all of the racers and stayed out in the rain throughout the ...
Author: Jeff Klein What an incredible disappointment. The New York Yankees, widely predicted to motor through the playoffs and win their first World Series in six years, could not even make it out of the first round as they were eliminated in four games by the Detroit Tigers.In the game that sealed ...
Author: James Kerrigan Senior captain Heather Gallagher has led the Middlebury women's golf team to a candidate in the competition for most dominant team at the College. A discussion of College athletic power rankings undoubtedly includes the women's golf team. In the golf world, winning back-to-back ...
Author: George Mayer "Cheer boys cheer, 'cause Middlebury's here. Fight boys, fight, fight with all your might."The football team is starting to play like we've known the hockey teams to - now they are even starting to sing like them. After disposing of Amherst on Saturday, the entire Panther team ...
Author: David Lee "Succisa Virescit" is the shared motto of the Benedictine church and, apparently, the women's soccer team. Roughly translated from Latin, the phrase means, "when cut down, we grow back stronger." After losing one of their captains and other key players to injury this season, the Panthers ...
Author: Seth Miran The women's volleyball team entered Sunday's match against the Tufts Jumbos with the overall series between the two schools tied at six wins apiece. Unfortunately, the Jumbos left with that seventh win and a one game advantage in the series. The Panthers battled hard but ended up ...