Following two promising performances at the preseason Granite Cup, featuring a close 10-8 loss to traditional rugby powerhouse Dartmouth, the Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) bested UMASS-Amherst 33-31 this past Saturday, Sept. 15, taking an important step towards qualifying for Nationals this coming ...
This women's golf team finished second behind Williams at the New York University invitational this past weekend at the par-72 Pelham Bay Golf Course in Bronx, NY. Following last week's win at the St. Lawrence Invitational held Sept. 8-9, the women completed their second consecutive strong performance ...
The Middlebury volleyball team began conference play last weekend with a split result. The Panthers shut out Wesleyan for their fifth consecutive win on Saturday, Sept. 14 before falling to Connecticut College the next day. The Panthers played two tight games; six of the team's eight sets were determined ...
Middlebury men's and women's runners finished in stacks on top of the standings at the Aldrich Invitational this weekend. The race was the first and only to be run on the Panthers' home course. The top six runners and 11 of the top 12 were from the number one ranked women's team, while the 10th-ranked ...
In front of a crowd of nearly 200 people, the Middlebury women's soccer team continued its strong start to the season with a 3-0 win at Colby on Saturday, Sept. 15, earning the team's first win on the road. The team's second road win followed shortly after, when the Panthers won a dramatic overtime ...
Thirty-eight days and 15,011 miles before the first day of the fall semester, I embarked with three friends (Owen Witek '13, Craig Thompson '13.5 and Jeff Hetzel '14) on a journey spanning from one coast of the country to the other and more than 30 states – and Canada! – in between. Our ...
Many rising seniors spent the summer months completing an internship that they hoped might lead to a future job. They worked hard, tried to impress their supervisors and took every opportunity to show how beneficial they could be as full-time employees. Michael Joseph '13 was no different. Well, maybe ...
After a strong spring season, Middlebury overtook Washington University (Mo.) this past June to win its first ever Directors' Cup, awarded annually to the top athletic program in each of the three NCAA divisions as well as the NAIA. The win follows a streak of eight consecutive top-five finishes for ...
The final play of Ryan Sharry's '12 basketball career will not be Travis Farrell's buzzer beater in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. The former Middlebury standout and two-time All-American has signed a contract to play overseas with T71 Dudelange Basketball, a team from the Diekirch League, the ...
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As the recent diatribes by Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell show, homophobia is still a major issue in sports. And one that does not get nearly enough attention. In the past month Bryant was fined $100,000 for yelling a homophobic slur at an official ...
The Middlebury College Rugby Club traveled to Pittsburgh last weekend to compete in the Division II National Championship round of the DII men’s rugby playoffs. After hanging on for the win against a surging Salisbury side in the semifinals, the second-ranked MCRC faced off against top-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater ...
The top-seeded Middlebury Panthers tennis team lost for just the second time all season Saturday, falling 6-3 to fourth-ranked Amherst. The Panthers fell to 16-2 (6-1) on the season while the Lord Jeffs set a new team record with their 29th win of the year, which includes their fall season. The loss ...
The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team had an intense past week, walking away with a well-earned victory and falling in a tough loss, both in games decided by one goal. On Friday, April 29, Middlebury traveled to Williams for its regular season finale, beating the Ephs 11-10. The Panthers took an ...
The Middlebury Track and Field team came through with an outstanding performance this weekend at NESCAC Championships at Wesleyan University. The women’s team came in second, beat only by Williams, while the men came in third behind Williams and Bates. There were many standout performances in the ...
Despite dropping two games to Trinity over the weekend, the Middlebury College baseball team will be heading to the postseason for the first time since 2006, the same year that they won their first and only NESCAC championship. The Panthers’ playoff fate was out of their hands entering the weekend, ...
After quelling the early momentum of a spirited Williams squad and prevailing, 12-9, on Friday, Middlebury faced off against Colby in a NESCAC quarterfinal game at Alumni Stadium on Sunday. The efforts of a strong underclassmen core combined with outstanding goalkeeping lifted the Panthers past the ...
The women’s softball team secured a spot in the NESCAC playoffs last weekend with a triple win over the Lord Jeffs: 3-2, 5-0, 8-0. The Lady Panthers also secured the fourth 20-win season in Middlebury softball history. The first game went into extra innings to break a 2-2 tie, with the Panthers coming ...
Middlebury will host the NESCAC women’s tennis championship tournament this coming weekend. This tournament will take place after the Middlebury women were beaten by the Amherst Lord Jeffs 8-1 at home this past Saturday. On Friday, however, the team shut out Skidmore 9-0 at home advancing their overall ...
Consider this hypothetical situation. In an attempt to boost Middlebury’s rankings in the Princeton Review, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz decides, under pressure from professors and administration, that the following changes will be implemented for the upcoming school year: The grading ...