Author: Dan Berkman Conditions were ideal, with clear blue skies and temperatures in the high 60s as Middlebury's men and women's cross country teams rode their first place finishes last week into Williams, for the Purple Valley Classic. The men's team finished fourth overall and the women's team finished ...
Author: Sarah Poling Luehrman This past weekend was an exciting one for the Middlebury volleyball team at the Amherst Classic Tournament. They held three suspenseful matches against important rivals, two of them NESCAC teams. "This tournament gave us a glimpse into what our team could become," commented ...
Author: Eri Nosaka A spectacle that every student at Middlebury must witness is the pre-game ritual of the Middlebury Men's Rugby Team. The Haka, a war dance that originated in the Pacific Islands, has aided the team in focusing their energy and intensity on the game. This ritual, which scares every ...
Author: Tom McCann After opening their season with a scrappy 3-1 win against Connecticut College, the Panthers looked to find more of a rhythm against Castleton, a team against which Middlebury has historically found considerable success. Quickly following on the heels of Castleton's visit and Middlebury's ...
Author: Jeff Patterson At one point on Friday night, Weather.com's hour-by hour forecast predicted a 90 percent chance of rain for every hour of Saturday and Sunday. When the weekend came, putts dropped instead of rain, and the fairly high (for mid-September in Vermont) temperatures came pretty close ...
Author: Heather Wright The Middlebury College women's tennis team opened the 2005 season with two decisive wins over Skidmore and Bates. The Panthers anticipate a very successful season with the help of four new first-years: Clare Burke, Elizabeth Emery, Chandra Kurien and Elizabeth Stone. Captain ...
Author: Jon Brand The conditions for the first meet of the season were far from ideal, but that did not hamper the fine performance turned in by the Middlebury men's and women's cross country teams. Both squads raced to first place finishes on a drizzly, overcast Saturday in the Xth Middlebury Invitational. ...
Author: Justin Golenbock True greatness is defined in those agonizingly few crystallized moments when man reaches his pinnacle and performs a truly miraculous feat. Sports have long been considered a medium for greatness in civilizations scattered through history, a fact recognized in 1896 when the ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed After a disappointing loss in the NCAA Championship game to end last season, the Middlebury men's tennis team wasted no time in getting back on track. The Panthers kicked off their fall campaign in style with a great showing in front of a home crowd at last weekend's Middlebury Invitational. ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman After a successful and eventful NESCAC volleyball weekend hosted in the Pepin Gymnasium here at Middlebury, the Panthers hold a record of 4-3 overall and 2-1 within NESCAC thus far. "We got a good look at our competition this weekend," commented captain Lacee Patterson '07, "and ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese The women's field hockey team took its show on the road this past weekend and wound up playing a matinee in Boston to a less-than-welcoming crowd. Their counterparts from Tufts were stiff and unprepared for the hardcore and unyielding style the Panthers typically bring. Being ...
Author: James Kerrigan The women's soccer team saw eight goals and two shutouts this past week. Unfortunately, they can only call one shutout and five goals their own. A 3-0 loss to Tufts on Saturday offset the 5-0 win over Norwich on Wednesday afternoon.Middlebury traveled to Norwich on Wednesday to ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, TOM McCANN & RYAN REESE Cronin earns NCAA award Recent Middlebury graduate Brittany Cronin '05 was named the Vermont State NCAA Woman of the Year after four years of sensational service to the Middlebury women's soccer team. The standout had a particularly impressive final season ...
Author: [no author name found] FOOTBALLAfter finishing at .500 for four consecutive seasons, the Panthers look to best that mark this year by fielding a team replete with defensive talent but short on offensive experience. Graduation has taken its toll once again as the team returns only 12 starters ...
Author: James Kemper Dolan Women's volleyball opened their season at the Potsdam Invitational on Sept. 9th. The Panthers hit it off with two wins against Potsdam and Oswego but ended up losing their next two matches the following day to Roberts Wesleyan and University of Rochester. They will enter the ...
Author: James Edward Kerrigan Rallying late in the second half, the women's soccer team netted three unanswered goals to come from behind and beat Connecticut College 3-2. Returning players traveled overseas and played four matches to prepare for the fall season. They came back ready. From Denmark to ...
Author: Tom McCann Just as it did last year, the Middlebury men's soccer team opened its campaign with a victory over Connecticut College. This year however, the Panthers played hosts to their NESCAC rivals and doubled their margin of victory, overcoming the Camels 3-1 on the day.Whereas last year the ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese In recent history, the Middlebury field hockey team has dominated NESCAC play while extending their campaign deep into the postseason. Playing for a national championship has almost become routine for the lady Panthers, but that ultimate title, that final goal has narrowly eluded ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED LAX star Ed Brown '05 goes proEd Brown '05 recently achieved the dream of most undergraduates around the country - he got a job after graduation. However, unlike most of his peers, Brown will be making his living playing professional lacrosse. The San Jose Stealth made Brown the ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Middlebury men's and women's outdoor track teams each placed third at the NESCAC Championships on Saturday. Both teams finishing behind first place Williams College and second place Tufts University,. When all was said and done, four individual Panthers and one relay team claimed ...