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Friday, May 3, 2024

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Fast Start For Field Hockey

Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey team took to the road once again last weekend in a bid to defeat Wesleyan and maintain its perfect start to the season. Middlebury had to come to terms with Wesleyan's home playing surface. The synthetic all-weather surface to which Middlebury ...


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Men's Golf Poised for PostSeason

Author: Jack Donaldson After last week's encouraging showing at its own Duke Nelson Invitational, the Middlebury College Men's golf team had an up-and-down week that fortunately does nothing to spoil its championship hopes. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Panthers sent several players to Saratoga to play ...


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Cross-Country Team Hits Its Stride

Author: Andreas Apostolatos Middlebury's College's cross country teams both had solid showings at the Williams Invitational last weekend. The men's team managed a sixth place finish out of the 11 teams in competition, while the Panther women posted a second-place result. With a series of stern tests ...


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Women's Soccer Lowers Boom on Opponents

Author: Mike Kennedy The Middlebury College Women's soccer team rebounded from a disappointing last-second loss to Trinity with convincing wins against Norwich and Wesleyan this week. With the victories, the Panthers improved their record to 2-1 heading into what will be a trying week as the team squares ...


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Last Gasp Goal Sinks Panthers

Author: Mike Kennedy The Middlebury women's soccer team opened its season on Saturday Sept. 13 with a disappointing 1-0 loss to Trinity in Hartford. The Bantams scored the game winner with only eight seconds remaining in the game, spoiling a great performance by Panther goaltender Els Van Woert '06 ...


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Division III Coming Under Fire

Author: Peter Yordan Prompted by a wave of Division III athletic reform proposals championed by John McCardell, Middlebury College president and the chair of the Division III Presidents Council, Middlebury College has found itself in the middle of a maelstrom of contentious national debate over the ...


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Men's Tennis Full of Sound and Fury

Author: Sean Breen The Middlebury men's tennis team opened its fall season by hosting the Middlebury Invitational last weekend. Despite the presence of Bowdoin, Bates and Rochester, the Panthers managed to dominate to the extent that the flight A and B singles finals, and top doubles final featured ...


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Cross-Country Kicks it into High Gear

Author: Ryan Reese The 2003 Panther Invitational this past Saturday marked the beginning of another successful fall men's and women's cross country campaign. A strong team finish for both squads foreshadows a season that promises to carry on a long and triumphant Middlebury cross country tradition. ...


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Women's Golf Clinches Landmark Victory

Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury women's golf team, in the first match in its history as a varsity program, won an overpowering victory over Williams, Cortland and Elmira, dominating the leaderboard with a team score of 324 strokes. By so thoroughly stamping their authority on their inaugural tournament, ...


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Field Hockey Women Stay Hot

Author: Tom McCann Last weekend saw the Middlebury College field hockey team travel to Trinity in an attempt to build on their season opening win against Skidmore the previous weekend. As co-captain Becca Brakeley '04 noted, "Intense competition between NESCAC teams means that on any given day, any ...


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Vollyball First-Years Serve Notice

Author: Dan Russell The Middlebury College Volleyball team is currently at 2-1 after a 3-1 victory over Plattsburgh on September 16. After splitting the first two games of the match, Middlebury managed to dig itself out of a considerable hole to win the decisive third game before taking the match in ...


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Golf Team Looks for Last Season Mulligan

Author: J. Donaldson & D. Saper Middlebury's golf team concluded their first trial this season on Sunday with a fifth-place finish in the 20-team Duke Nelson Invitational Tournament, a result that shows considerable promise for this young squad. There were four other NESCAC title contenders in the ...


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Florio Fireworks Fuel Panthers

Author: Dave Freedman The Middlebury College men's soccer team moved to 3-0 this past weekend for the first time since 1999 by routing Castleton State 6-0 and beating Trinity College 3-0. The Panthers have yet to give up a goal in their first three matches, and allowed Castleton only one shot in the ...


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Softball Eliminated on First-Ever trip to NESCAC Tournament

Author: Kate Nerenberg Deflated by a three-game losing streak to finish off the regular season, the Middlebury softball team could not muster enough strength to come up victorious in its first-ever New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. After being swept by Norwich early ...


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Women's Lacrosse takes 3rd NESCAC Crown

Author: Zach Foster It is becoming almost routine for the Middlebury women's lacrosse team, which advanced to its 10th consecutive NCAA tournament by securing another NESCAC championship this past weekend. But it was not easy. After pummeling Colby College in the semifinals on Saturday, the Panthers ...


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Women's Tennis Falls to Tufts at NCAA Regionals

Author: Daniel Shea With the suddenly sufferable spring weather in Middlebury comes a time for students to look back upon the accomplishments of the year, and as the members of the women's tennis team look back on their season, they can now see last weekend's bid against Tufts University at the NCAA ...


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Panther Men to Host NCAA Tournament Opponent Springfiled College

Author: David Freedman Middlebury's men's lacrosse team won its third straight New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship with outstanding overall play this past weekend in a 14-8 victory of Amherst College in the semi-finals and a 15-10 win over Tufts University in the finals.The ...


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Tract Teams Excel at Division III Meet

Author: Erich Kahner Some of the strongest and swiftest in New England competed against each other at the NCAA Division III New England Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 2-3. The men's team traveled to Bates College and finished eighth out of 23 teams with 38 points, while the women went ...


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Amherst Dashes Middlebury Hardballers' Postseason Hopes

Author: Jacob Heller Yogi Berra once said "I ain't in no slump, I just ain't hittin." For the past two weeks the Middlebury baseball team has been playing well but not making enough plays to win. Despite playing solid baseball this past weekend, the Middlebury baseball team fell one game short of ...


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Men's Tennis Edges Out Bates for Trip to Minnesota

Author: David Lindholm For the Middlebury men's tennis team, their NCAA tournament experience began with a surprise and almost ended in shock. When the Bates College Bobcats took out the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday in Middlebury, it took the Panthers, who had been preparing all ...