Author: Sarah Luehrman The Panthers captured their sixth straight NESCAC Championship on Sunday right here on Kohn field with a 14-8 victory over Bowdoin College after ending their regular season undefeated in the league. "We're right where we want to be at this point," says captain Elizabeth Renehan ...
Author: Jake Cohen As the 2006 spring season comes to a close, the men's and women's golf teams have once again found success. Two weekends ago, the men's squad ran into trouble at Skidmore, only to rebound at Williams the following week. The ladies continued their remarkable season, winning both of ...
Author: RYAN W. REESE, SPORTS EDITOR Sheehan '06 earns POTWSenior Henry Sheehan was named the NESCAC Player of the Week this past week after he and the Panthers secured two important conference wins. Sheehan was instrumental in Middlebury's wins against both Williams and Bates. The Newport, R.I. native ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, sports editor Creed finished third in the hammer throw at last weekend's NESCAC Championship.The Campus: When did you start doing track and field?Whitney Creed: In sixth grade, in middle school.TC: Why did you start?WC: Because my gym teacher thought that I looked strong and I could ...
Author: Tory Hayes On Sunday, April 30, the Middlebury men's tennis team seized its third consecutive NESCAC championship, with the tournament culminating in a showdown that should be remembered for quite a while.After squeaking by Amherst 4-3 on Saturday, the team was ready to face host school Williams ...
Author: Chris Dowd In a couple of close calls, both the men's and women's track and field teams finished third this past weekend in the NESCAC Championships, hosted by Bowdoin. Williams won both meets, and Tufts barely edged out the Panthers to take second place. Coach Martin Beatty called the weekend ...
Author: Justin Golenbock Everyone saw it coming. Next year, business as usual.In the latest "twist" in the Duke lacrosse team scandal, a Duke University panel convened to investigate the criminal culture among their own student-athletes and recommended that the suspended lacrosse team be allowed to ...
Author: James Kerrigan The Middlebury Sailing Club competed in four regattas this spring while many more members logged countless hours of relaxed sailing on Lake Champlain.More traditional teams typically have captains to fill leadership roles, but the Sailing Club has deemed three "commodores" as ...
Author: Justin Golenbock To return to the roots of physical education in western society:In Ancient Sparta, young boys were required to attend six hours of physical training a day until their eighteenth birthday, in mind of the mandatory military service upon reaching that date. In the neighbor city-state ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED & TOM McCANN, SPORTS EDITORS Women's golf takes home goldAfter recording a seventh-place finish in its first tournament of the spring season, the Middlebury women's golf team fared considerably better in its second tournament. The Panthers returned to Middlebury having captured ...
Author: Dave Lee Three weeks ago, the Middlebury softball team appeared destined to make its unprecedented fourth consecutive NESCAC tournament appearance. After racking up an astounding 25 runs in the doubleheader against an error-plagued Castleton squad, the women were ready to resume their NESCAC ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, Sports Editor Palmisano currently has a .581 save percentage and a 7.03 goals-against-average for the men's lacrosse team.The Campus: When did you first start lacrosse?Alex Palmisano: Uh, I started out in fifth grade, town team, just kinda playing with my brother. My older brother ...
Author: James Kerrigan Middlebury played host to the 2006 Women's Water Polo New England Division Championship this past weekend in the Natatorium. Six teams from five schools crammed in a total of 11 games over a 30-hour stretch, culminating in a thrilling championship game that saw the Yale squad ...
Author: Michael McCormick After winning three of its last four matches, the Middlebury women's tennis team is in good position going into the NESCAC and NCAA championships. The Panthers have had four matches in April, prevailing in three of these and falling only to Amherst, 6-3. The team narrowly pulled ...
Author: Steve Beslow After a meteoric rise to the top of the NESCAC standings, including a four game sweep of Tufts (ranked seventh in the national poll), the Middlebury baseball team saw its school-record 10-game winning streak brought to an end at the hands of Amherst last weekend. In their first ...
Author: Geoff Homer Playing in front of an overwhelmingly hostile Bowdoin crowd of roughly 1000 Polar Bear students and alumni, lined two and three deep on the sideline, the Middlebury men's lacrosse team held on for the victory in overtime. The 12-11 victory was the first victory at Brunswick that ...
Author: Justin Golenbock In their most recent magazine, ESPN decided to run their cover story on a spanking fresh topic in sports journalism: Barry Bonds. Now, the presence of pop journalist Chuck Klosterman notwithstanding, I figured hey, worth a read. Without giving anything away, save the three minutes. ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, TOM MCCANN & RYAN W. REESE Lanahan '08 earns POTWAs the Middlebury baseball season has come into full swing in the past few weeks, so has John Lanahan '08. This past week Lanahan was dominant in games against Massachusetts College and Tufts University. Over a course of five ...
Author: Jake Cohen The men's and women's Middlebury golf teams constantly push the threshold of success. At each tournament, the Panthers struggle through unpredictable elements, streaky players and challenging courses. But unique to these golf teams is the brevity of their seasons. This spring, the ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman To run a marathon in itself is a truly outstanding achievement, but Middlebury seniors Lacee Patterson and Georgia Jolink didn't choose just any marathon they chose the Boston Marathon. On Monday, April 17, Patterson and Jolink were two of 20,117 runners to line up in Hopkinton, ...