Sports

Sports Recap

Here's our weekly roundup.

They came, they frisbeed, they conquered: Middlebury Pranksters take Nationals

The Middlebury Pranksters ultimate frisbee team had an outstanding spring season with stunning records, with the men's team claiming the national championship title and the women's team coming in fifth place.

Going pro: Colby Morris '19 continues post-grad baseball career

Holding the most career wins in Middlebury history, recent graduate Colby Morris '19 has his eyes set on one day playing for an MLB team.

Last year’s champs stay hungry

The 2019 Middlebury field hockey team returns to the hunt this September, seeking to replicate their success from last season as defending NCAA Champions. They are currently ranked No. 1 amongst all Division III Field Hockey teams.  Fortunately, the Panthers return most of their productive players ...

It’s no fantasy — college football is back

  The Panther football team is in the midst of preparing for a successful 2019 campaign, looking to improve on last season’s 5–4 record. Last year, the Panthers had an impressive 5–4 run, but the team will look to increase their wins in the next few months by working faster and harder ...

Cross country preps for another good run

With the new school year comes a new season of cross country, and the men’s and women’s cross country teams are aiming to surpass the success that they experienced last season. The men ended last season with a third place finish in the Nescac Championships and a 15th place finish in the NCAA Championships. ...

Fall Sports Previews

Men’s golf ready to tee off

Middlebury men’s golf kicks off their fall season this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 14–Sunday, Sept. 15, as the hosts of the Duke Nelson Invitational. The team returns to the Ralph Myre Golf Course having lost four seniors. The Panthers will have to work to replace the contributions of Reid Buzby ’19 ...

Women’s tennis adds fresh faces to experienced lineup

Women’s tennis is back on the Proctor Courts after a successful fourth-place finish last Spring.  The women will battle in four tournaments this fall. Their season kicks off at Williams College for the Lindsay Morehouse Invitational on Sept. 13. Turnover from last year was minimal, with only Christina ...

Women’s Lacrosse Clinches Seventh National Championship Title

Ashland, Virginia — While the 90-degree weather proved to be hot, the Panthers were even hotter, as the third-ranked Middlebury women’s lacrosse team defeated the seventh-ranked Salisbury Sea Gulls 14-9 in the NCAA Division III championship. This is the team’s seventh national championship title ...

Women's Lacrosse Advances to National Championship

Under a sunny sky and 80-degree temperatures in Ashland, Virginia, the third-ranked Middlebury women’s lacrosse team defeated the eighth-ranked Wesleyan Cardinals 16-8 in the NCAA Division III semifinals. The win extended the Panthers’ winning streak to 21, the longest in the nation, and earns them ...

Back-to-Back Champions: Women’s Lacrosse Takes the Conference

The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team conquered the Tufts Jumbos for their 10th NESCAC Championship this past Sunday, 10-9. With the conference championship under their belts, the team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, as well as a home game in their first national tournament match. The ...

Men’s Tennis Flips the Script, Wins NESCAC Title at Home

The men’s tennis team, seeded No. 3 in the NESCAC Tournament, capped off an impressive weekend on Sunday with their second upset of the tournament as they shut down top seed Amherst on the Proctor tennis courts.  The host Panthers found themselves going into the weekend as the No. 3 seed after tight ...

Women’s Tennis Falls Short in NESCAC Championship

The Middlebury women’s tennis team battled to the very end this Sunday before falling to second-seeded Wesleyan 2-5 in the NESCAC Championship on the Proctor tennis courts. On Friday, the Panthers blanked fourth-seeded Amherst 5-0 to advance to the final for the fourth-straight year. Wesleyan will ...

Rachel Eldredge: Trainer, Miracle Worker, Friend

Tireless. This is just one word that describes Rachel Eldredge, the Assistant Director of Sports Medicine. She is an athletic trainer, a therapist and practically a mother to many athletes at Middlebury (the last two were conveniently left out of the job description). Rachel, or “Trachel” for “trainer ...

Ultimate Frisbee Heads to Nationals

After a thrilling regular season, both the women’s and men’s ultimate frisbee teams earned their bids at New England D-III College Regionals last weekend by winning their pools on the first day of the tournament. The Middlebury Pranksters will be competing in the D-III College Championships, also ...

Allez les Bleus: Women’s Soccer Heads to France

Even after a triumphant, whirlwind of a 2018 season, Middlebury Women’s Soccer has no plans of stopping now. In fact, they are more motivated than ever to protect their legacy, and will start with their training trip to France.  This past soccer season proved that the Panthers can definitely hold ...

Men’s Lax Loses Overtime Battle Against No. 3 Tufts

In by far the most exciting game of the year, the Middlebury Panthers were outlasted by Tufts University 14-13 in the NESCAC semifinals. On a day full of ups and downs and twists and turns, the Panthers left it all out on the field. Despite the loss, Midd held their heads high and were proud of how ...

Women’s Rugby Takes NSCRO Nationals

This was a record season for the Middlebury College Women’s Rugby Club. On Saturday April 6, they competed in the Rugby Northeast 7’s tournament. The ladies tore up the field, winning three matches, allowing them to compete against one of the best teams in the nation: Bentley University.   The ...

Track and Field Breaks Records at DIII New Englands

The Middlebury track and field team competed well in the Division III New England Championships on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4.   Previously, Nick Hendrix ’20 said the team would prepare for the meet with a “business as usual” attitude. “There will probably a bit more of an individual ...