Middlebury teams have long enjoyed a tradition of excellence in D-III athletics. Panther teams have won NESCAC titles and athletes have earned Player of the Week honors. But which teams and players distinguish themselves within the Middlebury athletic community? For the first time ever, the Sports ...
A number of recent injuries to Brett Favre have led to questions about whether or not his streak of 292 consecutive starts will continue. The sports junkie in us is begging for comparisons and the obvious question to ask is: whose record is more impressive, Brett Favre’s 292 consecutive starts or ...
For the first time ever in the history of Middlebury cross-country, the Middlebury men took home a NESCAC championship at Hamilton College on Saturday. The last time the men touched the top three was in 1991. This year, they won. The women’s team helped make history as well by winning their third ...
Following a tough 1-0 loss at home to Bates on Oct. 23, the Middlebury men’s soccer team needed a win on the road against Williams to secure the top seed in the upcoming NESCAC tournament. The Ephs entered the game as perhaps the Panthers’ strongest opponent of the season with a record of 10-1-2. ...
For the last regular season game of the fall, the Panthers travelled to Williamstown to take on the formidable Ephs in a match-up that would determine whether Middlebury would be awarded home field advantage for Sunday’s playoff game. Additionally, the game provided the two NESCAC powerhouses with ...
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, ...