Author: Zach Foster As we push further into a snow-covered spring, the women's lacrosse team continues to melt competition while extending its blistering winning streak. In two games that promised to test the back-to-back national champions, the Panthers asserted their dominance with remarkable efficiency ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg The Middlebury softball team made history on Sunday. For the first time in its four-year existence, it beat perennial New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) powerhouse Williams in the first game of a doubleheader. Although the Panthers dropped the second of these ...
Author: David Freedman The Middlebury men's lacrosse team has had its schedule delayed three times in one week by the latest winter storm, playing only one game in 10 days on the original date in the original venue. Playing in a constant and heavy rain reminiscent of the Gettysburg loss, the Panthers ...
Author: David Lindholm With any help from the weather, this Friday's game and Saturday's doubleheader against Hamilton will be the Panthers' first home games of the season. Tuesday's game against St. Michaels was postponed, and if the field clears, the baseball team will certainly be excited to get ...
Author: Peter Yordan April is indeed the cruelest of months. Students come back from vacation tanned, toned and ready for spring, only to have the chilly blasts of ice and snow snap them back into their discarded fleeces and hats. Yet for those in the know there is a fresh source of solace from the ...
Author: Dan Shea Spring athletes were dismayed to see a layer of downy snowflakes atop their playing fields this week, but the piddling amounts of snow that seem determined to keep New England grumbling had women's tennis team Co-captain Sandy Spring '04 pleased this past weekend, for the annual Middlebury ...
Author: David Lindholm With a tight 4-3 victory over Tufts on Friday, the men's tennis team picked up some momentum heading into their most difficult match of the regular season. The team faces Williams today in a match that features the Ephs, the top-ranked team in the country, against the Panthers, ...
Author: Erich Kahner The Middlebury track and field team traveled to San Diego, California for its annual West Coast swing. On Saturday, March 22, the team took part in the Aztec Track and Field Classic at San Diego State University. With the Dragone Track in Middlebury buried under snow for most ...
Author: David Lindholm The showdown of Division III women's lacrosse is coming to town this Saturday when the Panthers host the Lord Jeffs. An annual rival, the Lord Jeffs always present a huge challenge for Middlebury. The teams have been at each other's throats for the past few seasons. The Panthers ...
Author: Alan Topalian Imagine for a moment that you are a novelist, perhaps the greatest the world has ever seen. You pore over the most minute details of your work, and are a complete master of your trade. You create work that no one ever imagined possible, using your incredible talents and skills ...
Author: Zach Foster While the majority of Middlebury students used Spring Break as an excuse to relax both mentally and physically, the women's lacrosse team kept focused on the task at hand, the quest for a third straight National Championship. The squad remained busy with two New England Small College ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The Middlebury men's tennis team returned to the confines of Nelson Arena after going 3-2 in California competition over Spring Break. The Panthers went into the trip without having dropped a single game in singles play, and though the streak did not continue, the team was happy ...
Author: Jakob Heller For most college students on spring break, a week in Florida generally entails relaxing on the beach and taking it easy, but for the Middlebury baseball team it meant a chance to make a statement. Against some of the toughest competition they will face this season the Panthers compiled ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos The Middlebury men's hockey team closed the door on its season after suffering a 6-0 loss to Oswego in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III tournament. The defeat put the Panthers' 2002-2003 overall season record at 22-5-2."We didn't play very well, obviously," commented ...
Author: Andrew Nicholas Zimmermann I In most sports, accomplishments are measured by points or rebounds, goals or assists, hits or strikeouts, touchdowns or interceptions. It's all about the stats. They are a meaningful, if not pompous way of comparing athlete to athlete. Yet for the climbing faithful ...
Author: David Freedman The Middlebury men's lacrosse team moved to 5-1 on the season after four games in the span of nearly 10 days. The Panthers picked up two New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) victories in an 18-8 decision over Connecticut College on March 22 and a 16-7 rout of ...
Author: Daniel Shea While most Middlebury College students enjoyed well-deserved rest last week, the Lady Panthers tennis team was getting into the swing of this season with an intense week of matches in sunny Hilton Head Island, S.C. The grandfather of Julia Stimson Thorne, first and former wife of ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg After being forced to practice indoors for a few weeks straight, the Middlebury softball team finally got a chance to play on an actual field when it traveled to Florida during Spring Break. Despite going 3-6 for the week, the team was very pleased with its performance and got ...
Author: Erich Kahner This spring, the Middlebury track and field team is all about momentum. The athletes hope to translate the record-breaking performances of the recent indoor season into outdoor success.The men could field what co-captain Mike DeLeo '03.5 says has the potential to be "the best team ...
Author: David Lindholm Since Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law in 1972, the number of girls playing high school sports has increased from 294,000 to 2.7 million. The number of women's sports at colleges had drastically increased, and most people credit Title IX with the creation of leagues like ...