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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...