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Track Speeds to School Records and National Rankings

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 ...


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Men’s Basketball Heartbroken at Final Buzzer in NESCAC

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 ...


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Men’s Hockey Iced in NESCAC Playoff

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, ...


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Women’s Lacrosse Weathers Second-Half Scare

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 ...


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Men’s Lacrosse Blown Away in Home Opener

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 ...


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Men’s Hockey Earns Home Ice in Playoffs

Middlebury (11-10-3) won big this weekend over Amherst and Hamilton to earn home ice advantage for the NESCAC quarterfinals, which will take place versus Bowdoin in Kenyon Arena this Saturday, March 1. Robbie Dobrowski ’15 fired in the late game winner to dispose of Amherst, and the seniors contributed ...


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Men’s Basketball Avoids Second Half Upset with Continental Victory

Middlebury (17-8, 6-4) kept its season alive with an 81-75 defeat of the Hamilton College Continentals (14-11, 5-5) in Pepin Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 22. The game marked the eighth straight season in which Middlebury had hosted a NESCAC playoff game by earning one of the top four seeds by virtue ...


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Mixed Results for Track at D-III New Englands

The indoor track team competed in its first championship meet of the season this past Saturday, Feb. 22, when it travelled south to Massachusetts to attend the Division III New England Championships. The day brought a split in location for the Panther squad, as the men headed to MIT and the women to ...


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Panther Skiers Notch Third-Place Finish

The EISA Championship annual ski races took place this weekend as part of the 91st Middlebury College winter carnival. Despite some tough conditions, races commenced on time and the usual suspects steamed out to a lead on day one. UVM sat in first place on Friday night, Dartmouth wasn’t far behind ...


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Women's Squash Wraps up Season with Win

Following a weekend of excellent individual play at the D3 Singles Championship, the focus for the athletes in the Middlebury women’s squash program was once again on team play at Team Nationals from Friday, Feb. 21 to Sunday, Feb. 23. Following a regular season in which the Panthers went 8-7 against ...


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Men’s Swimming Seventh at NESCACs

The Middlebury men’s swimming and diving team placed seventh at NESCAC Championships last weekend, held at Bowdoin’s LeRoy Greason Pool. Williams won the title with 1,849 points, followed by Amherst (1,750) and Connecticut College (1,468). The Panthers finished with 730 points, only 38 behind sixth-place ...


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Squash Serves Up Summers Cup Win at Nationals

After a long season full of travel times exacerbated by inclement weather, the squash season finally reached its endpoint for the men at the Summers Cup, hosted at Harvard. With team nationals being divided into different flights, and with each flight containing eight teams, the Panthers, ranked 17th ...


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Women’s Hockey Stays Perfect in NESCAC

Middlebury’s second-ranked women’s hockey team won and tied its two games against Williams this weekend in a home-and-home series that saw the Panthers clinch home ice for the upcoming NESCAC playoffs. On Friday, Feb. 14, league leaders Middlebury played host to the then second place Williams, winning ...


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Men’s Basketball Will Host Continentals

It was the best of times and the worst of times for the men’s basketball team (16-8, 6-4) last weekend. The Panthers entered the final weekend of NESCAC play with their playoff plans far from settled, needing to win at least one of two final road matchups – against Trinity on Friday, Feb. 14 and ...


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Girls Find Their Stride in the Middlebury Community

“I wouldn’t be who I am today without athletics,” Casey Watters ’15 said. Watters – along with Emily Attwood ’14 – worked over Winter Term as a coordinator and publicist for the Stride Foundation, a non-profit that provides access to athletics for elementary and middle-school girls in ...


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Track Hurdles Competition at Tufts Meet

The indoor track and field team trekked to Boston through snowy conditions on Saturday, Feb. 15 to participate in the Tufts Cupid Challenge, hosted by the Jumbos at the Gantcher Center. The meet is often referred to as “Tufts’ Last Chance,” the final competition of the indoor season that offers ...


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Men's Hockey Squeaks by Williams in OT Thrillers

Men’s hockey captain Louis Belisle ’14 delivered a game-winner with forty seconds remaining in the overtime period against Williams on Saturday, Feb. 15 to win by a score of 2-1. Middlebury also played Williams to a 1-1 tie at the Ephs home rink on Friday, Feb. 14, with Liam Moorfield-Yee ’16 ...


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Ski Teams Finish Third at Williams Carnival

The Middlebury ski team traveled to Williamstown, Mass. this past weekend, Feb. 14 and 15, to take part in the Williams Carnival. Jiminy Peak was the venue for the carnival’s alpine events while Prospect Mountain held the Nordic events. Middlebury found itself in a tie for fourth place after day ...




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