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Panthers Peter Out on Final Drives Against Amherst

Author: Neil Onsdorff Middlebury has a very good football team — but Middlebury does not have a football team with a very good record. This weekend, in front of a packed Alumni Stadium full of rowdy fans and parents, the Panthers suffered their second heartbreaking loss of the season, this time to ...


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Field Hockey Climbs to Top of NESCAC

Author: Andrew Zimmermann In what amounted to a 1-1 week, the Middlebury field hockey team lost in heartbreaking fashion to Keene State in New Hampshire but kept pace with Williams and Bowdoin atop the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) with an impressive 3-0 win over Amherst. With ...


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Men's Tennis Lands Three in Semifinals

Author: Bob Wainwright After two straight weekends of extremely competitive match play, the Middlebury men's tennis team traveled north this past Friday for the Bates Invitational, while leaving its top five singles players behind for a well-deserved weekend off. Despite lacking their top players, the ...


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COLUMN Zigs' Picks; the NFL with a Sour Twist

Author: Zach Allen It is time to start looking ahead to the NFL weekend, never mind that it is Wednesday. This is going to be a low rent weekend in the NFL. There will be blowouts left and right, and with a few notable exceptions, the games will not be worth watching. But I know that NFL Sunday ticket ...


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Cross-Country Strong at Tufts Invitational

Author: Mike Kirkland On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Grafton, Mass., to compete in the Tufts Invitational. The race was a preview of the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship (NESCAC) meet which will take place next month, in that the Panthers ...


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Women's Volleyball Puts Two Up, Two Down

Author: Bryan Goldberg The Middlebury women's volleyball team continued their trend of solid play, splitting four games during their second straight weekend of tournament play. The Panthers kicked off their week Tuesday night against a strong Union College side in what they hoped would set the tone ...


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Keene, Bowdoin Top Women's Soccer

Author: Kate Nerenberg As the Middlebury women's soccer team completed the first half of their regular season, they improved their record to 3-2-1 despite dropping two of three games this past week. However, they proved that they can not only compete with, but also cause damage to some of the top teams ...


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Football Defeats Colby, Earns First Win of Season

Author: Neil Onsdorff No one wants to spend 16 hours in a tight bus just to lose. Two years ago the Middlebury College Panthers drove eight hours each way to and from Watertown, Maine to face off against the Colby White Mules — they left suffering a one-touchdown defeat and had to cope with the feeling ...


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Midd Golfers Capture NESCAC Crown

Author: Jeff Martin The Middlebury Panther golf team rallied from a nine-stroke deficit on Sunday to win the New England Small School Athletic Championship. The host team shot a splendid 301 on day two at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course to capture its second NESCAC title in four years.The five-man combination ...


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Field Hockey Wins One of Two

Author: Andrew Zimmermann The trip to Maine is always a tough one for any Middlebury team. In a weekend which saw a host of Panther teams travel to Vacationland, the field hockey team returned home with a split of its two games against Colby and Bowdoin. Middlebury played one of its best games of the ...


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Sticky Bandits Stealing IM Football Show

Author: Andrew Zimmermann Week three of Middlebury intramural (IM) football has made apparent an important point to IMers everywhere; who is a contender and who is a pretender. Just as the coming weeks will weed out the Chargers and Panthers of the NFL, week three and week four will do the same for ...


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Women's tennis Slips Past Wesleyan

Author: Emily Berlanstein Last weekend, the women's tennis team had its first taste of adversity on the heels of yet another sweet victory. After defeating both Skidmore and Union 8-1, the Panthers were prepared for battle with New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rivals Wesleyan and ...


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The Club Team Beat Box

Author: Nick Ferrer and Kate Nerenberg RugbyBoth the men's and women's rugby teams walked away victorious from their respective games this past weekend. The men demolished Keene State 60-8 while the women snuck past Green Mountain College in the second half, 32-24. Caleb Consenstein '06, who scored ...


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Men's Soccer Follows the Bouncing Ball Up and Down

Author: Josh Axelrod Middlebury men's soccer had an up and down week finishing with a tie against Colby-Sawyer, a win against Colby and a loss to Bowdoin, who has now claimed the number one spot in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rankings. Middlebury now sits in fourth place, ...


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Tennis Stars Shine at MIT Tourney

Author: Bob Wainwright Following championship performances in the season's first two tournaments, the Middlebury men's tennis team sent its top five players to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last weekend to compete in the Omni Hotels Championship, where they faced the stiffest competition ...


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Golfers Win at Skidmore, Place Tenth at Taconic

Author: Jeff Martin The Middlebury Panthers golf team continues to lower its team score with every tournament. Its hectic fall schedule last week included an impressive victory over the field at the Skidmore Fall Classic, before enduring a rain shortened Williams Invitational over the weekend.The low-pressure ...


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Men's Tennis Bags Another Title

Author: Bob Wainwright Following a dominating performance at the Middlebury Invitational, the Middlebury men's tennis team continued its fine play at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) North Championship this past weekend, placing first among 12 teams. The Panthers swept through the competition, ...


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Field Hockey Completes Flawless Week

Author: Andrew Zimmermann In a successful weekend for Middlebury sports teams, the field hockey squad went 2-0 with tight, hard-fought wins against Springfield College and Wesleyan. With the results, Middlebury is tied atop the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) standings at 2-0. ...


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Cross Country Strides Among Nation's Best

Author: Mike Mazzotta and Mike Kirkland On Saturday, the cross country teams traveled to Williams College to compete in the Purple Valley Classic. Despite intense training since returning to campus and hot temperatures, the Panthers made their coaches quite proud. Both teams, and particularly the ...


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The Weekly Club Team Beat

Author: Andrew Zimmermann RugbyIn dominating fashion, the Middlebury rugby club opened its 2002-2003 campaign with a 57-0 rout of in state competitor Johnson State University. This, mind you, was in the absence of team stars Jodi Kramer '03 and Epeli Rokotuiveikau '04, who aim to return in two weeks ...