Women’s volleyball finished their regular season with a strong showing at Hamilton College this past weekend. The Panthers easily beat the host school 3-0 Friday and took down the Ephs of Williams College 3-1 on Saturday morning. After winning these final two matches, the team heads into the playoffs ...
The Middlebury Crew Club is a team caught in transition. The team has grown to its largest membership ever, with 21 members on the varsity men’s team and 12 members on the varsity women’s team. At the end of the spring season, every single varsity boat medaled in the New England Championships in ...
After finishing up their regular season with a 2-1 overtime victory at Williams for their ninth straight win, Middlebury (11-4) was defeated by the sixth-seeded Trinity Bantams (9-6) 3-2 at Kohn Field in the opening round of the NESCAC tournament, eliminating the Panthers from the tournament in a game ...
The Panthers dropped to 2-4 Saturday after losing 25-10 to Trinity (5-1). Despite a strong start from the Panthers, the Bantams dominated the second half of play and extended their impressive home winning streak to 38 games. Trinity, a team known for its fortitude on defense and in the running game ...
En route to their 13th consecutive undefeated regular season, the seemingly invincible men’s rugby club had a bit of a scare this past weekend when they had their most hotly contested match of the season against UVM. Even in a game decided by only three points, it was clear that Middlebury would still ...
Playing their first home game in a week and a half, the Panthers fed off of the crystal clear fall day and the support of enthusiastic alums to pounce on a 2-0 shutout win over Bates in their Homecoming match. The win snapped a three-game scoreless streak for Middlebury women’s soccer –– the team ...
Middlebury (10-3) kept their impressive streak rolling Saturday with a dominant 4-1 victory over the Bates Bobcats (4-9), the team’s eighth straight win. More importantly, the win clinches home field advantage for the 13th-ranked Panthers for the first round of the upcoming NESCAC final tournament. The ...
Everything is better after a win –– just ask Panthers head football coach Bob Ritter –– particularly when you can run the ball effectively. The Panthers (2-3) ended a three game losing streak Saturday by beating Bates (1-4) 22-9. Though less than crisp at times, the Panthers offense totaled ...
The Middlebury College Rugby Club faced their hardest test of the season this Saturday, taking on rising Northeast power Boston University at home in front of what was the biggest fan turnout of the year to date. The Panthers rose to the occasion, jumping out to an early lead and never looking back ...
Fall is mountain bike season for the Middlebury Cycling Club, which has seen a huge groundswell in interest this year and now boasts a team of 10 racers who competed at four of the five races in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference (ECCC) series. This is a marked improvement from previous years, ...
In the wake of a weekend that saw three players get fined $50,000 or more for illegal hits that knocked Desean Jackson, Josh Cribbs and Todd Heap out of games, the National Football League recently took its biggest leap forward in attempting to protect players from concussions by announcing that players ...
After defeating Plymouth State at home earlier in the week on their Senior Night, Middlebury women’s volleyball traveled to Holyoke, Massachusetts to compete in the 19th Volleyball Hall of Fame Classic. After a heartbreaking showing at Amherst over Fall Break, the team roared back and handily defeated ...
Following its first loss of the season back on Oct. 2 to Colby, the Middlebury men’s soccer team has been on a roll. Leading up to Saturday’s NESCAC matchup against Bates, the team had reeled off four straight wins, outscoring opponents 6-1 and pushing its record to 11-1, 6-1 in conference, during ...
This weekend the Middlebury men’s water polo team played dual roles as hosts and underdogs, and very nearly added spoilers to their resume as well. The Panthers entered the Natatorium as the fifth seed in the New England Club Water Polo Championships determined to make a name for themselves on their ...
Rookie sensation Scarlett Kirk ’14 burst onto the Middlebury sports scen two weeks ago in spectacular fashion, providing the offensive spark that helped propell the Middlebury College Women’s soccer team to one of their most exciting wins in recent memory. “That game was awesome,” said Kirk, ...
Down 3-0 with only 10 minutes left to play, most teams would drop their heads and resign themselves to defeat. That attitude, however, is not what legends are made of, and uncharacteristic of the hard-working, fired-up Middlebury women’s soccer team of late. The Panthers came alive in the closing ...
After a stellar weekend, women’s volleyball moves to 5-0 in conference play and takes over sole possession of the number one position in the NESCAC. Amidst a sea of parents and supporters, the team took down two tough opponents, Bowdoin College Friday night and Tufts University Saturday afternoon. ...
If the disappointment that resonated through the press box after the Panthers 38-31 loss to Amherst was any indication of the feelings that head coach Bob Ritter and his team felt, Saturday was a tough day. Throughout the game the Panthers showed flashes of incredible talent, never more so than during ...
After conceding its first two goals of the season in last week’s stunning overtime loss at Colby, the Middlebury men’s soccer team was hungry for a victory. Coming into the game with a 7-1 overall record, 3-1 in conference, the Panthers still felt they had something to prove. “Obviously there ...
In a weekend jam-packed with Panthers home athletic action, both Middlebury golf teams took their shows on the road to other NESCAC venues. The women completed their fall season at Williams in the Williams Fall Classic. The men played at Hamilton in the Hamilton Fall Invitational. The men’s team will ...