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The Setonian

Panther Pigskin Falls to Ephs in Final Minutes

Author: Neil Onsdorff Every year, the Williams game is the biggest game of the season and is truly a telltale of what kind of season Middlebury football is going through. The outcome of this year's Williams game was, in one word, painful: Painful to listen to, painful to watch and most definitely ...


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Field Hockey Downed by Williams' Early Surge

Author: Andrew Zimmermann In its only game of the week, Middlebury lost to Williams 3-1 Saturday. In what amounted to a battle for a share of first place with Bowdoin, Middlebury fell victim to the one of Williams' star players, Tori Scott, whose goal and two assists in the game earned her New England ...


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Cronin '05 and Cronies Top Williams

Author: Kate Nerenberg Grabbing a pair of crucial wins, the women's soccer team is now entering the final third of its regular season with a promising 6-3-1 record. After a convincing 4-1 pounding of Lyndon State, Middlebury beat New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) archrival Williams, ...


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COLUMN Chops Talks

Author: Alan Topalian The marquee pitching matchup in this year's World Series will be Jarrod Washburn against Livan Hernandez, two immortals sure to lock up in an exhilarating thrill ride from start to finish. Clemens versus the Big Unit has nothing on this, as baseball fans' excitement hits a crescendo ...


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Weekly Club Team Beat

Author: [no author name found] RUGBYCleaning up its sloppy play from last week, the men's rugby team convincingly beat the University of Vermont, 36-3. Led by Ulises Zanello's '03, the men relied on their strong tackles of their forwards and continuous ball movement through their back line. In its last ...


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Duffers Win Eph Classic With Record Score

Author: Jeff Martin The Middlebury Panther golf team continued its utter domination this past week with a blistering round of 292 at the Eph Classic en route to winning its third tournament of the fall season. The Panthers also placed second at the Goss Invitational, to which they played host on Oct. ...


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Women's Tennis Played Well and NEWITT

Author: Emily Berlanstein In the course of one week, the Panther women's tennis team transformed itself from defeated to deadly. Motivated by a disappointing loss to Williams, Middlebury routed the University of Vermont (UVM) 7-2 before traveling to Maine and handily beating both Colby (6-3) and Bates ...


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Cross-Country Stellar in New England Open

Author: Michael Kirkland On Friday, the men's and women's cross-country teams competed in the Open New England Championship, which took place at Franklin Park in Boston. The cool temperature and the steady drizzle made for a terrific day to race. The women's varsity squad ran most impressively, finishing ...


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Volleyball Set to Turn Things Around

Author: Bryan Goldberg The Middlebury women's volleyball team will play host this weekend to a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) invitational tournament and square off against rivals Wesleyan (Friday), Trinity (Saturday) and Connecticut College (Saturday). All three of these matchups ...


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Men's Soccer Pounds Lord Jeffs, 2-0

Author: Josh Axelrod Controversial refereeing set the tone for the Middlebury men's soccer team as it recorded its third New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference (NESCAC) win by defeating the visiting Amherst Lord Jeff's, 2-0. Tied with Trinity at fourth place in the NESCAC rankings, the Panthers ...


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The Rugby Tackle

Author: Kate Nerenberg MenBehind junior Doug Haber's stellar performance, the men's rugby team managed to slip by St. Michael's College, 19-10. Haber scored all three of the team's three tries as the Panthers struggled to their victory. Despite the return of team anchors Epeli Rokotuiveikau '03 and ...


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Amherst Deals Women's Soccer Loss

Author: Kate Nerenberg Ending its fourth week of play, the Middlebury women's soccer team split a pair of games to improve its record to 4-3-1. After a romp of Colby-Sawyer on Wednesday, the Panthers dropped a heartbreaker on Saturday to New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) foe, Amherst ...


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COLUMN The Lone Angel Fan

Author: Bryan Goldberg For hundreds of students, faculty members and Middlebury employees, Saturday night's playoff game between the New York Yankees and Anaheim Angels was a nightmare come true. After losing the closest World Series in several decades, New York was poised to rebound, finishing the ...


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Cross-Country Teams Capture Vermont State Titles

Author: Mike Mazzotta On an ominous Friday afternoon, the Middlebury cross country team traveled to the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds to put on an exposition of its own. The women repeated as perennial state champions, while the men reclaimed the title after lending it to Lyndon State for safekeeping ...


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Panthers Peter Out on Final Drives Against Amherst

Author: Neil Onsdorff Middlebury has a very good football team — but Middlebury does not have a football team with a very good record. This weekend, in front of a packed Alumni Stadium full of rowdy fans and parents, the Panthers suffered their second heartbreaking loss of the season, this time to ...


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Field Hockey Climbs to Top of NESCAC

Author: Andrew Zimmermann In what amounted to a 1-1 week, the Middlebury field hockey team lost in heartbreaking fashion to Keene State in New Hampshire but kept pace with Williams and Bowdoin atop the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) with an impressive 3-0 win over Amherst. With ...


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Men's Tennis Lands Three in Semifinals

Author: Bob Wainwright After two straight weekends of extremely competitive match play, the Middlebury men's tennis team traveled north this past Friday for the Bates Invitational, while leaving its top five singles players behind for a well-deserved weekend off. Despite lacking their top players, the ...


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COLUMN Zigs' Picks; the NFL with a Sour Twist

Author: Zach Allen It is time to start looking ahead to the NFL weekend, never mind that it is Wednesday. This is going to be a low rent weekend in the NFL. There will be blowouts left and right, and with a few notable exceptions, the games will not be worth watching. But I know that NFL Sunday ticket ...


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Cross-Country Strong at Tufts Invitational

Author: Mike Kirkland On Saturday, the men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Grafton, Mass., to compete in the Tufts Invitational. The race was a preview of the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship (NESCAC) meet which will take place next month, in that the Panthers ...


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Women's Volleyball Puts Two Up, Two Down

Author: Bryan Goldberg The Middlebury women's volleyball team continued their trend of solid play, splitting four games during their second straight weekend of tournament play. The Panthers kicked off their week Tuesday night against a strong Union College side in what they hoped would set the tone ...




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