From the cross country course to the lacrosse field, Middlebury athletes have accomplished a lot this year. During the fall, the field hockey team put together a historically dominant season and, while they fell in the NCAA tournament, the team racked up gaudy numbers all year. Men’s basketball went dancing in Salem this winter, and women’s hockey played darkhorse in the NCAA tournament by knocking off perennial favorites Norwich and Plattsburgh en route to a national runner-up finish. That momentum has carried over into the spring, with women’s lacrosse and both men’s and women’s tennis headed into NCAA play looking for top finishes. As sports editors, we have enjoyed being there to cover these teams all along the way.
But there is another side to athletics at Middlebury, one which is not necessarily reflected in the results that we cover each week. This side is made up of the countless stories and personalities – past and present – which go a long way towards making Middlebury athletics what it is today, and it is, with this side in mind, that we present to you the first edition of There’s Only One Middlebury Sports Magazine.
You will find a range of stories in the Middlebury Sports Magazine – from a closer look into the relationship between the men’s hockey team and the town of Middlebury to an oral history of the men’s basketball program – but they are all stories that you won’t find in a typical edition of the Campus. With the more malleable format of the magazine, we have been able to explore our own interests and to delve further into stories that would otherwise have been swept up in the whirlwind of our weekly coverage. Deep in the fabric of the athletic program, we have uncovered stories that capture the spirit of Middlebury athletics in a way that our weekly coverage simply can’t. We hope you enjoy reading the Magazine as much as we have enjoyed writing it.
So pick up a copy of the Middlebury Sports Magazine when it’s released in the coming days, give it a read and let us know what you think. The College has a tradition of sports journalism going back nearly as far as the athletics program itself, and we hope that this magazine can both honor and continue that tradition.
FRITZ PARKER '15, ALEX EDEL '14, DAMON HATHEWAY '13.5 and OWEN TEACH '13.5 are sports editors for the Campus.
