The beginning of every academic year is always met with great anticipation at Middlebury, not just due to the start of classes and the sight of familiar faces, but also because of the return of the fall sports season. The semester may still be in its infancy, but there are already reasons abound for ...
Following impressive postseasons last spring, Middlebury’s ultimate team, the Pranksters, are looking to revamp the team this fall to prepare for the spring 2023 season. Unlike last year, when the Pranksters competed in a fall tournament to make up for the lost season of spring 2020, this year looks ...
Major League Quidditch (MLQ) and U.S. Quidditch (USQ) have announced that they are changing their sport’s official name to “Quadball,” according to a statement released in July. The International Quidditch Association (IQA) has stated that it will adopt the name change as well.
The biggest storyline for the Panthers will undoubtedly be how they’ll do after the graduation of Cassie Kearney ’22, who is now running for Michigan. In spite of her absence, there are many reasons to be excited about the team’s prospects this season. Bea Parr ’25 regularly finished as the ...
Middlebury baseball’s strong season continued into the playoffs this past weekend as the Panthers beat Tufts in a best-two-out-of-three NESCAC quaterfinal series on home soil. The top-seeded Panthers knocked off the Jumbos in Sunday’s decisive third game after a split doubleheader the day before. ...
The Middlebury College Men’s Rugby Club (MCRC) went 11–3 this spring, falling to Bryant University in the Beast of the East tournament on April 24 while still qualifying for the national tournament. The team competes in the National Collegiate Rugby Small College’s New England Rugby Football Union ...
In the last race of the day at the 2022 NESCAC Championship meet, a 4x800 relay, Middlebury and Tufts were just points away from each other in the standings. Cassie Kearney ’22, the anchor of the relay, got the baton in third, six seconds behind the runner from Tufts.
The women’s track and field team has enjoyed a stellar season so far, claiming their first NESCAC title since 2000 and setting numerous school and league records. While there have been many record-setters this spring, one standout group is the 4x100-meter relay quartet of Cady Barns ’22.5, Eva Kaiden ...
The eleventh episode of PFL Weekly was published on Tuesday, May 10.
Be The Match is an organization that connects patients with a donor match for a life-saving marrow or umbilical cord blood transport. On Thursday, May 5, the Middlebury football team is running a Be The Match Registry Drive, recruiting potential marrow donors. The event will occur from noon to 6 p.m. ...
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Playing a college sport is difficult, but for Jordan Saint-Louis ’24, filming them presents its own challenges. This spring, Saint-Louis teamed up with Middlebury Athletic Communications to film select varsity games. So far, he’s made six short films.
Blue hair, hoarse voices, broken records and a conference championship title — following the NESCAC Championship meet last weekend, women’s track & field has a lot to celebrate. Driven by four first-place and two second-place finishes, the Panthers scored 149 points, earning their first league ...
Women’s tennis (11–4) kept its foot on the gas pedal this weekend, recording consecutive shutout victories against Connecticut College (2–13) and Trinity College (5–10) in Connecticut.
Audrey Tir ’25, from Wilmette, Illinois, is a first-year on women’s golf. In the NESCAC Qualifier last October, Tir recorded an 18-hole score of -1, 70, the first golfer in program history to complete an under-par round.
The school records keep coming! Baseball and softball both shattered program home run records this past weekend, recording dominant victories in the process.
If Alec Ritch ’23 could pick a signature moment from this season, it would be Middlebury’s doubleheader sweep of Williams on Sunday, April 17. Not only did the wins help Middlebury to their record-setting win streak, but the victories were also fueled by Ritch’s heroics.
Whether there was magic in the air to celebrate the graduating seniors or a laser focus on securing the top seed in the NESCAC, the stars aligned for No. 1 women’s lacrosse (13–0) on Saturday in a fiercely anticipated matchup against No. 4 Colby (11–2). In what was expected to be a bloodbath for ...
Charlie Keohane ’24, from Lafayette, California, is a sophomore on women’s track and field. She most often runs the 100m and 200m and was named a NESCAC All-Academic for the 2021–2022 season. In this installment of “Seven Questions,” Keohane discusses her beginnings with track, why she ...
Women’s track & field means business this spring, finishing first out of 20 teams at the Silfen Invitational meet this past weekend. Captain highlights notable individual achievements at this meet, while Eli discusses another team that’s on fire: baseball. In other news, Blaise discusses women’s ...