Author: Tom McCann In every sport, every team chasing a championship will have one week, weekend, or game that could potentially make or break the season. The past week might have been that period for the Middlebury field hockey team. Facing a home game against Keene State, and then a crucial trip to ...
Author: Peter Yordan The men's and women's rugby teams braved marginal conditions this weekend to play a pair matches of against lightly regarded opponents. While the men pounded on their unfortunate opponents 63-0, the women suffered a frustrating set-back.The men's team, riding a strong victory over ...
Author: Dave Freedman The Middlebury men's soccer team gave up its first goals of the season this weekend, but preserved its undefeated record with a 4-1 victory over Colby College and a 1-1 tie against Bowdoin College. "I think that the team is playing extremely well right now" said traditional start ...
Author: Sean Breen In one of the toughest spots the squad has ever found itself in, the Middlebury men's tennis team acquitted itself this weekend with a truly memorable display of grit and fiery determination at last weekends ITA Regional Championship in MIT. The young squad of Nathan Edmunds '06, ...
Author: Tom McCann Middlebury College has a long and proud tradition of sporting excellence, but in few sports has Middlebury ever dominated to such an extent as the men's rugby team does. The visit of Williams to Middlebury last Saturday did not upset the form book and indeed the Panthers recorded ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos After having not lost a single set in its first two meets of the season, The Middlebury Women's Tennis team continued its convincing success with a 9-0 triumph over Wesleyan on Sept. 27, before losing to Tufts by 5-4 the following day. Despite breaking into the loss column, ...
Author: Jack Donaldson There are few things more frustrating for an athlete than a lack of cooperation from above. Such was Middlebury's experience this weekend at Taconic Golf Club, Williams College's home course, for the NESCAC Championship. In fact, the Northeastern tear of Hurricane Isabel that ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey team recorded their fifth and sixth consecutive victories of the season this weekend against Colby and Bowdoin. All three teams were perfect before the games this weekend, giving both games an added importance for all of them. As it turned out Middlebury ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos Despite a strong overall performance, the Middlebury football team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 15-13 loss to Colby on Saturday Sept. 27. In what can only be called a game that could have gone either way, a Colby player managed to deflect a 34-yard field goal attempt ...
Author: Peter Yordan In the wake of another controversial book chronicling the discrepancies between student-athletes and non-athletes in elite liberal arts institutions, attention is once again being focused on Middlebury's admissions policies."Reclaiming the Game", the follow-up to the ground-breaking ...
Author: Sally Hartman "There's no place like home, there's no place like home..." The unexpected wisdom of The Wizard of Oz's protagonist Dorothy proved to be true this weekend in Cumberland, Maine as the men and women's cross country teams faced off with conference and non-conference teams alike. ...
Author: Peter Yordan None but the most dilatory of students can still remain who remembers the exquisite torture of a Red Sox postseason on Middlebury's campus. Thanks to baseball's best lineup and an embarrassing (if not improbable) meltdown by the Mariners, all of us will get a chance to see the ...
Author: Mike Kennedy The Middlebury women's soccer team pushed its record to 5-1 after three impressive wins last week. The Panthers have now won five straight games, and rank third in New England and 20th nationally heading into this week's action. They are tied atop the NESCAC standings with Bates.The ...
Author: Dan Russell The Middlebury College volleyball team began an exhausting five-match stint this past Thursday, which started in against Union College. The much-improved Panthers had a very strong outing, as they swept the Dutchwomen in three straight games by 30-20, 30-27, 30-19 to win the match ...
Author: Sean Breen The Middlebury men's tennis team took to the road last weekend to test its skills against some Division I opponents at the Cornell Fall Invitational. Middlebury was the only DIII school invited to the seven-team tournament that included Cornell, Yale, the University of Connecticut, ...
Author: Heather Wright The Middlebury College women's tennis team has started out the 2003 fall season undefeated, with a win against Skidmore on Sept. 17 and most recently against Union last weekend. The Panthers traveled to Schenectady, N.Y., on Sept. 20 and convincingly defeated Union by a score ...
Author: Ryan Reece The football team ran into a roadblock on Saturday in Middletown, Connecticut. The Wesleyan College Cardinals turned up the intensity during the second half in order to send the Panthers home with a 26-7 loss. Despite holding a narrow lead at the half way mark, the Panthers could ...
Author: Dan Russell After an encouraging step forward with a 3-1 victory against Plattsburgh State this past Tuesday, the Middlebury College volleyball team suffered two disappointing losses in the inaugural NESCAC Tournament held at Williams College last weekend. The team faced its first NESCAC competition ...
Author: Dave Freedman Middlebury's men's soccer team fought tirelessly on Saturday in Middletown, Conn., to earn its fourth straight win of the season in a 1-0 decision over the Wesleyan University Cardinals before trouncing Colby-Sawyer four days later, 4-0. With their fifth straight shutout, the Panthers ...
Author: Peter Yord·n Someone should tell the Middlebury women's golf team that winning isn't supposed to be easy. The rookie team, in its first ever home invitational, waltzed away with the tournament victory, its second win in as many weeks. Despite having been in existence for less than a month, ...