It was a one-in-a-million chance or a message from God. In Nov. 2008, Sierra Stites ’14 was standing on the sidelines watching her high school soccer team play. Then, a ball kicked from an adjacent field slammed into her head, whipping her skull forward and forever changing her life. “My original ...
The Middlebury Panthers' season has come to a close, cutting their NCAA Tournament hopes short. But the Road to Salem was never a guarantee, nor was it limited to one season. The future is bright for the men's basketball program and the Road to Salem may be just around the bend.
The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team continued its early-season success on Saturday, March 15, winning its home opener over Wesleyan by a score of 10-4. After a scoreless first 12 minutes of the game, Liza Herzog ’14 broke the tie with a goal off of a free position shot. Wesleyan quickly struck ...
The indoor track and field team sent 10 Panther athletes to the NCAA Championship meet on March 14 and 15 at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, where over the course of the two-day event the squad competed in three individual events and two relays. The men’s 4x400 meter relay team consisting ...
As I lay tossing and turning last Thursday night in our Omaha hotel, I finally fell into a shallow sleep. Suddenly I was on the line for the 400 meters, in front of thousands of people. The gun had gone off and I was running smoothly. I saw the whole race ahead of me, and with every meter I was growing ...
The sixth-ranked Middlebury women’s tennis team grabbed another home win this weekend before its spring break trip in California, beating 17th-ranked MIT 7-2. Middlebury started off the match strong with doubles wins by pairs Alexandra Fields ’17 and Jennifer Sundstrom ’17 and Lauren Amos ’16 ...
The Middlebury men’s lacrosse team lost to 10th-ranked Wesleyan by a score of 11-5 on Saturday, March 15. Middlebury has yet to reach double digit goals in any of its four games. The Panthers got off to a quick start against the Cardinals. Only 2:31 into the game, Taylor Pirie ’15 found Mike Ford ...
The men’s lacrosse team lost its second consecutive NESCAC game to open the 2014 season by a score of 6-3 to visiting Connecticut College on Saturday, March 8 on Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium. The Panthers jumped to an early lead but could not stymie a string of third-quarter Camel goals as Conn. ...
The Middlebury ski teams took part in the 2014 NCAA Championships held at the University of Utah March 5-8. Alpine events were held at the Park City Mountain Resort while the nordic events were held at the Soldier Hollow Resort. The conditions out in Utah were unique, but Heather Mooney ’15 believed ...
The Middlebury men’s and women’s tennis teams started off the spring season strong on Saturday, March 8 with wins against Colby and Brandeis. The men’s team first defeated Colby 8-1, while the women shut out Colby 9-0. Later in the afternoon, the men blew past Brandeis 8-1, and that night the ...
The women’s lacrosse team continued to demonstrate early-season dominance with a 12-4 victory over the Connecticut College Camels in New London, Conn. on Saturday, March 8. Despite letting up a goal early on in the game and being held scoreless for the first 10 minutes, the Panthers received the spark ...
The Middlebury track and field team rounded out the final week of competition before the NCAA championships by taking part in the Tufts Last Chance and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECACs) meets. One relay and two individuals ran in the Tufts Last Chance meet on Thursday March 6 at Gantcher ...
To guarantee themselves a spot in the NCAA Tournament, the Middlebury men's basketball team needs to win three straight NESCAC tournament games and claim the conference crown. The Road to Salem followed the team for a weak as they fight to keep their season alive.
Connecticut College came to Kenyon Arena on Saturday, March 1 and upset top seed Middlebury in a 2-1 overtime win that saw the Panthers eliminated in the quarterfinals for the first time in NESCAC tournament history. The eighth-seeded Camels scored ten minutes into the sudden-death overtime period to ...
Track & Field (Fiona Maloney-McCrystle) The track and field team enters the 2014 outdoor season fresh off the winter indoor season, making an almost immediate transition into another long series of meets. On the women’s side, top returners this year look to be Laura Strom ’14.5 in the high ...
The Middlebury track and field team was back at Boston University on Feb. 28 and Mar. 1, where this year’s Open New England championship brought together the region’s best athletes across Divisions I, II and III. The Panthers had seven individuals and three relay teams compete over the course of ...
The men’s basketball season ended in disappointment with a 78-75 loss in the NESCAC semifinals against Williams on Saturday, March 1. Knowing they needed a win to extend their season, the Panthers had arguably their best offensive first half of the season, scoring 50 points against the number-nine ...
A pain as heavy as a half-dozen hockey players followed Middlebury’s season-ending 6-3 loss to Bowdoin on Saturday, March 1. The Panthers saw an early lead slip away before the game became out-of-reach late. Louis Belisle ’14 led the Panthers on offense, scoring two trademark power-play goals, ...
The women’s lacrosse team came out firing Saturday in their season opener against Tufts, outscoring their opponent 10-2 in the first half of the game, beating Tufts by a final score of 12-8. Middlebury’s first half scoring barrage was initiated by transfer Bridget Instrum ’16 within the first ...
The 18th-ranked Middlebury men’s lacrosse team got its season off to a slow start on Saturday, March 1, as they lost to fifth-ranked Tufts 24-6 in front of a home crowd at Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium. Coming into the game, one of the biggest question marks for the Panthers was the performance ...