Author: Dan Russell The Middlebury College men's basketball team came off its best season in recent memory last year, going 15-10 and qualifying for the NESCAC tournament, narrowly losing out to Tufts University in the first round. While departed senior Eric Bundonis's leadership, size and scoring will ...
Author: Peter Yordan On the cusp of greatness once again, Middlebury's women's cross country dynasty will seek to further burden their overflowing trophy case when the team attempts to garner its third national championship in the last four years this weekend. The team earned its plane tickets to Indiana ...
Author: Tom McCann Middlebury College has an equestrian team. Few people know about it, even fewer are actually on it, but those that are, do not ask for much publicity, but instead go about doing something that they love dearly, riding horses. Despite remaining a club sport, the riders regularly competing ...
Author: Jack Donaldson As the swimming season nears its start, both the men and women are gearing up for runs at the NESCAC crown, building off strong team chemistry and a crop of talented first-years to help them jump to the top of their respective fields. The women's team will need its young guns ...
Author: Jack Donaldson The long road to glory came to a premature end for the Middlebury Rugby team this past weekend, their bid for a national championship ending a few months early in a loss to old foes the U.S. Coast Guard in the Regional finals. The Coast Guard, a big and powerful team that Middlebury ...
Author: Peter Yordan The mother of Middlebury sports is finally leaving the College this winter, and with her goes the end of an era for the athletic department. For 37 years Winnie Ryan, assistant to the athletic director, has been the quiet controlling force behind the scenes in Middlebury athletics. ...
Author: Tom McCann Last Saturday the men's and women's cross-country teams took their season on the road to Grafton, Mass., for the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship. The women, coming off a phenomenal performance two weekends ago to claim the NESCAC Championship, put in an equally ...
Author: Sally Hartman The future of the women's rugby team looks bright - very bright. Although last Sunday marked the end of the squad's official season, the unity and growth that occurred throughout the course of the fall will continue under the guardianship of underclassmen who demonstrated potential ...
Author: Tom McCann The Middlebury women's field hockey team won the NESCAC Championship last weekend. It seems like that sentence has been destined to introduce a field hockey article since the start of the season, but the expectation has finally become a reality. Coming off the back of two consecutive ...
Author: Dave Freedman At 1:48 into overtime John Rusten '05 fell to the ground outside Bowdoin's 18 and put his hands to his face in his disbelief. His body language conveyed just how stunned Middlebury's men's soccer team was after Bowdoin scored its second goal of the match in sudden death to end ...
Author: Dan Russell The Middlebury College women's volleyball team saw their season come to a disappointing end this past weekend at the NESCAC tournament held at Williamstown, Mass. The Panthers, seeded seventh, faced Bates College in the first round. Although the Panthers fought valiantly against ...
Author: Ryan Reese This Saturday, the Middlebury women's cross country team added to their already impressive collection of championships, titles and overall domination of the opposition. On a day that was almost as beautiful as the outcome of the race, the women's squad won the 2003 NESCAC Women's ...
Author: Mike Kennedy The Middlebury women's soccer season came to an end last weekend in devastating fashion. Williams advanced to the semi-finals in the NESCAC tournament, beating the Panthers 3-1 in penalty kicks after 110 minutes of scoreless play. Middlebury closes its season with an impressive ...
Author: Dan Russell The Middlebury College Women's Volleyball team finished out the season strong, going 2-2 and defeating two conference opponents on the road, thereby ensuring a spot in the upcoming NESCAC tournament. In their final home game of the season, the Panthers sought a measure of revenge ...
Author: Chelsey Thurber Eliminating three previous champions along the way, the Middlebury Club Water Polo team pounded Wesleyan 15-7 Sunday at Bowdoin to earn its best ever season record and win the National Division III Club Championship title.Despite holding 4 national championships between them, ...
Author: Dave Freedman One rip from co-captain Jason Griffiths '04 was all Middlebury's men's soccer team would need to top Tufts University 1-0 in the first round of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Tournament on Sunday. The Jumbos goalkeeper deflected senior Andrew Stewart's ...
Author: Peter Yordan In a stirring show of force and perseverance the Middlebury women's rugby team overcame injury, stormy weather, determined opponents and the burden of an up-and-down regular season to win their first ever New England Championship at MIT this weekend. After a convincing 10-0 win ...
Author: Tom McCann Perfect. No word can better describe the regular season from the Middlebury women's field hockey team. At the start of the season, the Panthers wanted to take it each game at a time and try to improve on the away form that hindered them last year. Well, 14 regular season games later, ...
Author: Jack Donaldson The Panther rugby team is one of the most accomplished, powerful team that the school fields, as reflected by its excellent results. And they do it all without hundreds of fans from town or the glitz and glamor that accompanies some of the other sports teams here at Middlebury. ...
Author: Sally Hartman When asked if he was anxious about the impending football game against Hamilton early last week, linebacker Rich Decembrele '05 philosophically quoted Van Wilder, "Worrying is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." Decembrele's wisdom ...