There are no games that can be taken for granted. This is a lesson that the 11th-ranked Middlebury women’s soccer team learned in their season-opening weekend, as they returned from their road trip with a loss and a tie against Tufts and Babson, respectively. Although the Panthers had beaten both ...
The Middlebury men’s tennis team opened up the fall season with a bang this last weekend, taking home victories in the A, B, C and D singles flights as well as one of the two doubles flights of the annual Middlebury Invitational tournament. The Panthers recovered seamlessly from the departure of last ...
The Middlebury men’s rugby team bested the Harvard Crimson this weekend in a tough warm-up match that resulted in a Panther victory of 33-17. Although Harvard had possession of the ball for most of the first half, the MCRC was relentless as they reclaimed control in the second half and came out on ...
Women’s volleyball started its 2010 season with a very strong showing at the Endicott Tournament in Beverly, Mass. this past weekend. After opening the tournament with a 3-0 victory against Emmanuel on Friday afternoon, Middlebury lost a hard-fought game against the host school 3-2 in a heart breaker ...
The Panthers cross country teams surged into their first weekend of competition with high energy and determination, as both teams competed at the Dartmouth Invitational against a mix of Division I and Division III runners. Proving their prowess yet again, the women’s team finished second out of the ...
The Middlebury field hockey team was given no time to ease into their season this fall, as they opened NESCAC play with a tough away game against one of the powerhouses of the league, the Tufts Jumbos. Tufts, who won the NESCAC championship last year, came out strong and defeated the Panthers 3-0 in ...
The Middlebury men’s soccer team’s quest for a Division III national championship began this past Saturday on Tufts’ Kraft Field in Medford, Mass. The Panthers ended the day one small step closer to this goal, securing their first NESCAC win of the season in a contested, 1-0 victory. While the ...
Hello sports fans, Spencer and Brad here to give your brief NFL preview. Did we make some outlandish picks? Of course. There are some bold predictions, predictions that go against the grain of every major established sports outlet, but if they fail to materialize that’s just one more thing to be angry ...
In the round-robin Williams Invitational opener against Vassar, Skidmore and Williams, the women’s tennis team came away with a positive impression and an eye on the ITA Championships next weekend. The Panthers are dealing with the loss of four juniors studying abroad but didn’t let this stop them ...
The Middlebury golf teams opened their seasons in strong fashion, with the men’s team placing fifth out of 15 teams and the women’s team finishing third out of nine teams at the St. Lawrence Invitational. Men’s captain Jim Levins ’11 demonstrated his leadership by pacing the team with a two-day ...
This week’s Inside the Locker Room focus is Derrick Angle ’12, a tennis player from Troy, NY. As always, The Campus was able to pry intimate details from our subject on a wide array of topics, from the thrill of winning a National championship to the benefits of drinking Pedialyte before a match. The ...
The Middlebury men’s tennis team capped a record-setting season with their second ever national championship last spring, defeating Amherst 5-1 at Oberlin College in Ohio. “This team had a lot of seniors, so it was their last chance to win a title. Despite that added pressure, everyone played fearlessly ...
By now I’m sure all of you –– even the incoming first-years –– are familiar with the stereotype (and I mean that in the truest form of the word) that Middlebury students are insanely athletic. Our dominant varsity sports line-up, which contributed to a solid #4 ranking in the Director’s ...
Men's soccer After a dramatic goal scored by Robbie Redmond ’12 with little time left in regulation, an own goal in the 97th minute of the 2009 NESCAC Championship game against Williams brought the Panthers men’s soccer season to an abrupt end. The team had been on a roll, coming into the game having ...
While most Middlebury students were embarking on their summer adventures or planning Memorial Day BBQs last May, the men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams journeyed to Madison, Wisc. to play in the collegiate championships May 28-31. Both teams performed well, with the women finishing 19th and ...
We are Angry Fans. We root for bad teams because our fathers root for bad teams. Between us, we live and die for some of the most tragic franchises in sports. Yet, while it may make us angry, it doesn’t stop us from watching Opening Day from our computers in the back of sociology class. It doesn’t ...
Before these games, the Panthers were 8-4 and just 4-4 in conference play, a sub-par performance for a team used to finishing in the top echelons of the competitive NESCAC conference. However, the season has reached its turnaround point, where failure spells elimination and victory leads the team one ...
I have been meaning to write this column for a while and seeing as this is my last chance, I decided to get my frustration out in words. I was devastated after moving from Cleveland to Connecticut when I was 11. I had to leave my beloved Indians but eventually I learned to love the Red Sox. Maybe ...