Author: David Lindholm The suspense is building. How do we know? Well, Bob Costas tells us that the suspense is building. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is leading up to the final of a competition by running a few human interest stories, interviews and plenty of commercials. It's sports ...
Author: Alison Hertel Middlebury took all three of its matches at the Mount Holyoke/Smith Invitational Feb. 1-2. On Feb. 1, it swept Mount Holyoke College 9-0. The next day its success continued in the defeat of Tufts University 6-3 and Vassar College 6-3. Newcomer Holly Haertel '05 had a 3-0 weekend ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann The Middlebury nordic ski team is skating on a fast ski these days as it along with the alpine team has finished a solid third place in the last two carnivals. While the team has found its niche behind the giants of the University of Vermont (UVM) and Dartmouth College and ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann On the world stage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, tiny Middlebury College can claim three of the world-class athletes as its own. Just three years ago Andrew Johnson was skating along at Bread Loaf for the nordic ski team while Hedda Berntsen was scorching ...
Author: Daniel Russel Two thrilling Panther victories were sandwiched by disappointing losses as the men's basketball team went 2-2 in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play. The four games were indicative of the team's season, as the Panthers showed poise in a double-overtime ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury men's hockey team withstood a hungry phalanx of in-league opponents over February break to clinch the number one conference spot and with it the right to host the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) tournament. Entering the home stretch of the ...
Author: David Lindholm The Middlebury women's hockey team's 4-1 loss to Manhattanville on Saturday signified the beginning of a new challenge for the team; the Panthers' loss, like the tie with Bowdoin last year, shows that the team is not invincible. Every team will be gunning for the Panthers now, ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann Over the past two weekends the Middlebury ski team has kicked off its season with a fourth and a third place finish respectively. The nordic team has played an integral role in the strong early season start and looks to improve as the winter wears on. On Jan. 19 and 20 the ...
Author: SHannon Egan Last weekend the swimmers and divers took on both Union and Dartmouth colleges in an exciting pair of home meets. Both teams powered through and defeated Union, but Middlebury fell to Dartmouth on Sunday. Against Union, the women dominated the meet, ending in a score of 219-78. ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann For the second time this season Middlebury College women's hockey player Amber Neil '03 has won the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) player of the week honor. The junior defensemen earned the distinction last week in three Panther wins in which she scored ...
Author: Kate NerembergStaff Writer It has been a long time since a Division III women's hockey team has been able to overcome the consistent superiority of the Middlebury Panthers. On Jan. 26, Manhattanville College snapped Middlebury's 136-game winning streak, with a 4-1 victory. The Panthers had not ...
Author: David Lindholm As the netminder for the Panther hockey program, Christian Carlsson '02 has owned opposing offenses for the past two seasons. By posting the best goals-against average (GAA) in college hockey during his junior year, he attracted attention and recognition for both himself and ...
Author: David Lindholm Junior Kristin Hanley has become the eighth player in Middlebury College basketball history to surpass the 1,000-point milestone. In Friday night's 57-43 loss to Bowdoin, Hanley sunk a baseline jumper that put her over the mark. Her shooting skills and strength on the boards ...
Author: Emily Berlanstein The Panther women's basketball team continued its roller coaster ride of a season with a loss to Bowdoin and a win over Colby last week, prefaced by a win at Amherst and a loss at Trinity the previous week. However, a landmark event, Kristin Hanley's '03 1,000 point, has seemed ...
Author: Peter Yordan The Middlebury men's hockey team managed to successfully navigate through a mire of non-conference opponents over the past few weeks, emerging with an unblemished record of 5-0 as it starts of the most challenging segment of its schedule. Beginning Friday, the team will start a ...
Author: Andrew ZImmermann With the snow dwindling, the Middlebury ski team is making the most out of the conditions including a familiar third place finish at the Bates Carnival after a fourth at St. Lawrence the week prior. This year's alpine team, however, has many new faces and the results, in just ...
Author: Dan Russel The Panthers began league play on Friday, Jan. 18 as it opened up their New England Small College Athetic Conference (NESCAC) season against Trinity College. Trinity (10-2) made four three-pointers and shot over 50 percent in the first half as Middlebury fell behind 17-4 in the opening ...
Author: Andrew Zimmermann From 1997 to 1999 Andrew Johnson was a nordic ski racer for Middlebury College. Now he finds himself with a ticket to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The word came last Monday and Johnson is among eight men going to the games which start in just eight days. Said ...
Author: Allison Hertel Middlebury women's squash has had a busy two weeks. Saturday, Jan. 26 they braved blizzard-like conditions to play in the St. Lawrence Quadrangle at the Robie Squash Center, losing to St. Lawrence 3-6 and beating Connecticut College 9-0. Middlebury beat St. Lawrence earlier in ...
Author: Andrew ZimmermannSports Editor With the late advent of winter here in Vermont this season, under most circumstances the Middlebury nordic ski team would be facing their first carnival unprepared. The team had to cancel its annual pre-season trip to Quebec for lack of snow for just the second ...