Author: Jonathan Brand For three quarters on Saturday, the Panthers had all of Alumni Stadium believing the football team could pull off what would have unquestionably been the biggest win of the Bob Ritter Era. The fourth quarter, however, grounded everyone in reality. The Trinity Bantams showed the ...
Author: Sarah Poling Luehrman The Panthers' regular season ended Tuesday with a 3-0 win over in-state rival St. Michael's. Last weekend's NESCAC Quad at Williams gave the Panthers a taste of the competition they will face next weekend when they travel to Colby for the NESCAC Championship tournament. ...
Author: James Kerrigan After a strong 2004 season which ended with a second place finish, the 2005 women's soccer team could not advance past the conference quarterfinals against Bowdoin. Middlebury built momentum coming into the playoffs with a strong performance against Plattsburg, followed by a win ...
Author: Eri Nosaka This weekend the men's team faced a doubleheader against Colby College and Coast Guard on its way to winning a New England Championship. On Saturday, the Panthers played against the Colby Mules and crushed them by a score of 27-7. Although Middlebury's ability to completely overwhelm ...
Author: Geoffrey Homer Hoping to continue its season long domination in the pool, the Middlebury men's water polo team competed last weekend in the North Atlantic Division Championships. Duplicating their season-long success, the Panthers conquered every team they faced in the pool, cumulating with ...
Author: Daniel Berkman Running conditions were close to ideal for this year's NESCAC cross country championship at Wesleyan University. The day was overcast and the course was dry despite a couple of stream crossings in the middle of the race. Considering all the rain and cold weather the past few weeks, ...
Author: Justin Golenbock The organizational contrast of ingenuity vs. chaos that is the Patriots vs. the Red Sox took another turn for the dramatic this past Sunday. In one of the most stunning and inspirational sports comebacks of my lifetime, Patriot Defensive Captain Tedy Bruschi returned after ...
Author: Stephanie Pritchard The weekend before Halloween and the Head of the Fish Regatta mark the end of Middlebury Crew's fall season. The Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is famous for its laid-back atmosphere, poor weather and the costumes that some crews wear. Fortunately this year ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Middlebury women's tennis team brought its fall season to a close at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT) on October 14-16. The Panthers were competing with a number of tough teams from throughout the region in six singles brackets and three doubles ...
Author: James Kerrigan The women's soccer team surprised top-ranked Williams but also suffered two tough, division losses on its way to an even two wins and two loses over the last two weeks. The Panthers did their best to match the season high eight goal outburst against Castleton on Oct. 5 with a ...
Author: [no author name found] When the Middlebury College women's field hockey team ran into a rough stretch earlier in the year, the team did not panic. Instead, the team rode the ups and downs of the season, as all great teams do, and has bounced back strong since a stinging double-overtime loss ...
Author: Steve Beslow After a sterling month, Middlebury men's tennis finished up its fall schedule with an unusual (and "friendly") match-up against Division I athletic powerhouses Boston College and Boston University. Middlebury showed serious toughness while taking on BU, claiming 11 of the 12 contests. ...
Author: Sarah Poling Luehrman The Hall of Fame Classic, hosted at Mt. Holyoke last Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22, brought the Panthers four games closer to the postseason with some competitive playing under their belts. They came away with two tough losses to Williams and Wellesley and two wins ...
Author: Brooke Farquhar After falling to Williams 39-18 on Homecoming weekend, the Panthers rebounded boldly on Saturday defeating Bates 41-7 for the first win of the season. Scott Secor '07 had an outstanding game with two interceptions, five tackles and a sack, earning him the NESCAC Defensive Player ...
Author: Justin Golenbock In the inferior 1994 sequel to the hilarious baseball comedy Major League, Omar Epps reprises Wesley Snipes' role in the original as Willie Mays Hayes, the Indians' stylish speedster who unsuccessfully tries to turn himself into a power hitter for promotional purposes. On a ...
Author: Jeff Paterson Wellesley, the home team, had a 75 on the scoreboard and everyone waited anxiously for last scores to come in. This weekend was filled with waiting - Saturday's round had been rained out - so the team hung out at teammate Julie Ellenberger's house until play resumed on Sunday. ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury men's soccer team fell from a perfect 7-0 start to 9-3 over the past couple of weeks, highlighted by a defeat to perennial rivals, Williams. The Panthers' 2-3 record over the Fall Break period means that they will not earn a bye through the first round, but should be ...
Author: Eri Nosaka On Oct. 15, the Middlebury College men's rugby team battled Babson College to a 36-0 win. With efficient rucking, mauling and support play, the team proved that it was capable of impressive things despite a sub-par performance against St. Michael's the week before. With an ending ...
Author: Dan Berkman On Oct. 15, the men and women's cross country teams traveled to Albany, N.Y. for their final tune-up before their big NESCACs race this next weekend. This past weekend, the teams had a week off from racing which conveniently coincidenced with fall break. At Albany, both teams ran ...
Author: Stephanie Pritchard The Head of the Charles River (HOCR) is the most prestigious regatta of the fall racing season. Teams from all over the world come to Boston for two days of racing. This year the 41st HOCR saw over 1,000 crews ranging from youth (age 19 or younger) to grand veterans (age ...