Author: Jeff Klein 33-20 Oklahoma. Just under three minutes left. Oregon with the ball on their own 35. You could sense the feeling of disappointment and surrender in the Duck faithful at Autzen Stadium. The Oklahoma Sooners were about to defeat Oregon for the third straight time. Then, in a flash, ...
Author: James Kerrigan Senior co-captain Jamie Staples and the Middlebury football team are eager to build on the success they saw at the end of last year's season. After winning three of their final four contests, Middlebury is eyeing the top of the NESCAC standings for 2006.The Pacific Grove, California-native ...
Author: Geoff Homer Bob Ritter to talk on ESPN 1490Followers of Middlebury football will be pleased to learn that WFAD, a division of ESPN radio, channel 1490, has expanded it's coverage of the football team, and will include a new segment titled, "The Coaches Show with Bob Ritter." The first scheduled ...
Author: Anna Furney Following a debilitating accident at the Williams College Carnival in February of 2006, Middlebury student Kelly Brush '08 was left without feeling and control of her body from the waist down. The injury, however, has not prevented her from bike riding.On Saturday Sept. 16, 2006, ...
Author: Steve Hauschka Last week, the men's golf team was training. They were not hitting balls at the range, not practicing on the course, but rather conditioning in a timed two-mile run. It seems that this fitness has bolstered the team's success as they took home fourth place in last weekend's Duke ...
Author: David Lee It all started with a simple head ball. Last Monday on the practice field, following up a solid 1-0 victory over Connecticut College, the women's soccer team was simply going through their daily drills. As tri-captain Christine Bolger '07 went up for a routine header, the worst sound ...
Author: Jeff Patterson No, Jimmy Butcher '08 didn't win the Panther Invitational last Saturday - he came in second - but the men's and women's cross-country teams won the team races in run-away fashion. This year's races marked the fifth consecutive Panther Invitational win for the women and a second ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Most college students have multiple credit cards and have guzzled multiple alcoholic beverages in a single sitting, but few can say they play multiple sports at the varsity level. At Middlebury College, however, 48 student athletes, not counting cross-country runners who participated ...
Author: Sports Editors Biking to benefit Brush '08The first annual Kelly Brush Century Bike Ride will be held on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. to raise funds to enable Brush to purchase adaptive sports equipment. Brush '08 suffered a severe spinal cord injury during the Giant Slalom of the Williams Carnival ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel The men's soccer team began its season with a convincing 4-0 win over the Connecticut College Camels on Saturday in New London, Conn. The win capped a day in which Middlebury trumped the Camels in all three sports, as field hockey and women's soccer were also victorious. Junior ...
Author: James Kerrigan Casey Ftorek, the son of hall-of-fame NHL player Robbie Ftorek recently joined the Middlebury class of 2008 as a transfer student from Union College. A quick Google search of "Ftorek" leads to countless pages and statistics about Robbie, but in the next few months, it will be ...
Author: Jeff Klein The race for the National League wild card looks messier than an unshaven Johnny Damon. As of this Sunday, seven teams were within five games of the wild card lead. Call that parity, but it also reflects a lack of quality teams in the National League (NL), mockingly dubbed "Quadruple-A" ...
Author: [no author name found] Men's SoccerAfter a strong season in 2005 where the men's soccer team ended with a record of 10-4-1 and a devastating 1-0 semifinal loss to Amherst in the NESCAC tournament, Coach David Saward's team appears to have the potential for another successful season. Twenty-two ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Do you like cocker spaniels? I do. They're very cute. They're little, and they've got these big, floppy ears, and they're very popular in Canada [editor's note: he has no idea if that's true]. So I wasn't really all that surprised when Steve Nash won his second consecutive MVP ...
Author: Geoff Homer In what may have been the most exciting and action-packed weekend of Middlebury lacrosse ever, the men's lacrosse team captured the 2006 NESCAC Championship when Gabe Wood '06 scored the game winner as time expired to give the Panthers their sixth straight championship. The Panthers ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese, SPORTS EDITOR Butler finished fourth in the 800m in last week's Division III New England Championships.The Campus: How long have you been running?Beth Butler: Since my freshmen year of high school. I wasn't too good in the beginning. In my first track race, the 100m hurdles, ...
Author: BY TOM McCANN & RYAN W. REESE, SPORTS EDITOR Andrew Gardner has been named as the new head coach of Middlebury's men's and women's nordic ski teams, succeeding Terry Aldrich, who stepped down this past season after 31 years of service. Gardner arrives at Middlebury after being the head coach ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar The Middlebury crew team wrapped up its season this past weekend at the New England Championship Regatta held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Teams are selected to compete at the New England Championships based on season performance, and for the first time, Middlebury ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed There are intramural teams that have better athletes. There are intramural teams that have won more championships. There are intramural teams that have been around longer. But there are no intramural teams that can match the intensity and enthusiasm of the Xi Omega Great White Yaks ...
Author: James Kerrigan What a week for Erin Quinn. Besides collecting his 200th and 201st win (and sixth NESCAC title) as Middlebury's men's lacrosse coach, Quinn '86 was named new director of athletics to replace Russ Riley. In the Tuesday, May 4 press conference in Kenyon Family Lounge, Tim Spears, ...