Women’s Hockey Splits Double-Dipper
By Sebastian Sanchez | December 6, 2017The Panthers move to 3–3 with only a game against Castleton remaining before the Christmas break.
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Preparation and Practice Put Men’s Squash Ahead
By Will Case | December 6, 2017While the Panthers are clearly a program on the rise, their ranking has slipped since the season officially began.
Women’s Basketball 7–0 for First Time in 16 Seasons
By Imran Ganda | December 6, 2017The women’s basketball team (7–0) defeated Rensselaer (5–3) on Thursday, Nov. 30, 64–54 and Colby-Sawyer (4–1) the next night in overtime by a score of 66–59. On Tuesday, Dec. 5, Middlebury beat Plattsburgh St. 60–33 to move to 7–0, its best start since the 2001-2002 season when the ...
Women’s Squash Returns Strong Core, Adds New Faces
By Emily Bian | December 6, 2017The women’s squash team is off to a strong start a pair of sweeps on Saturday, Dec. 2 against Hamilton and St. Lawrence at Hamilton in Clinton, New York. The Panthers dominated with two 9-0 victories, in which a single game was never dropped. “The opening matches were great!” said team captain ...
Balanced Effort Leads Men’s Basketball Past Plattsburgh St.
By Andrew Rigas | December 6, 2017In their only game of the week, men’s basketball ran past Plattsburgh State 92–68 on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The Panthers, who climbed up to second in the national poll, moved to 5–0, entering their matchup with No. 16 Skidmore on Friday, Dec. 8. Middlebury took an early 15–4 lead in the first ten ...
Swimmers and Divers Keep Trying to Build Momentum
By Lauren Boyd | December 6, 2017Competing on the road against Amherst this past weekend, the Middlebury men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both suffered their third losses of the young season. The Mammoth women’s team defeated the Panthers 167-122, while on the men’s side, the Mammoth men’s team came out of Pratt ...
Men’s Hockey Team Notches One in the Win Column Against Tufts
By Heather Boehm | December 6, 2017The men’s hockey team journeyed to their first away matchups of the season last weekend. The Panthers were taken out by conference rival Conn. College by a score of 5–0 on Friday, Dec 1. But, the young team finally notched a “W,” coming out on top over Tufts 2–0 on Saturday, Dec. 2. This victory ...
Field Hockey Wins Third National Championship
By Heather Boehm | November 29, 2017The second-ranked women’s field hockey prepared to rush the field as the final seconds of the second half counted down, giving them their third national championship in program history. The Panthers cruised past No. 1 and previously undefeated Messiah College of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 4–0 ...
Cross Country Teams FINiSH Strong
By Jordan Howell | November 29, 2017The women’s and men’s cross country teams capped off their seasons at the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18, hosted by Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. In fields of 32, both teams finished in the top half of the competition. The women’s team finished 11th with a score of 400 points, ...
Swimming and Diving Beat to the Wall in First Two Meets
By Lauren Boyd | November 29, 2017The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams began their 2017–18 season on Saturday, Nov. 18, with a home opener against Connecticut College on Nov. 18 in the newly refurbished Natatorium. Both the men’s and women’s teams were defeated by the Camels, 176–104 and 191–103, respectively. ...
Rocky Start for Men’s Hockey, As They Fall to 0–4
By Heather Boehm | November 29, 2017The men’s hockey season is in full swing, with four games under the Panthers’ belts. The Panthers took to the ice on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Kenyon Arena looking to improve on last years run. With an 0–4 start, after their first two weekends of play, the young team is figuring out where it needs ...
Field Hockey: The Exit Interview
By Rob Erickson | November 29, 2017After the dust settled on their national title, we chased down the star-studded senior class — Annie Leonard, Lauren Schweppe, Caroline Knapp, Carson Peacock, Audrey Quirk, and Eva Dunphy — of the field hockey team and asked them to share some thoughts on their tremendous careers and their fitting ...
Women’s Hockey Sweeps Trinity, But Falls to Ranked Teams
By Sebastian Sanchez | November 29, 2017The No. 6 women’s hockey team split its first four games of the season. They opened up with a weekend sweep of conference rival Trinity on Nov. 17 and 18 at home in Kenyon Arena, then fell by scores of 4–1 to No. 3 Elmira College and 3–2 in OT to No. 4 Adrian at the UNO Classic hosted by Plattsburgh ...
Women’s Basketball Starts 4–0
By Andrew Rigas | November 29, 2017The women’s basketball team hit the road for its first four games of the season and won all four, taking two wins at the Emerson Tip-Off Classic on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 18 and 19, then defeating Johnson St. 74–27 on Tuesday, Nov. 21, and Clarkson 53–49 on Sunday, Nov. 26. Middlebury opened ...
Men’s Basketball Wins Middlebury Tournament
By Andrew Rigas | November 29, 2017The eighth-ranked men’s basketball team swept its first four games of the season for the first time in four years, highlighted by winning its own tournament the weekend before Thanksgiving before winning two games on the road over break. In the first tournament ever hosted by the men’s basketball ...
Field Hockey Freezes No. 14 Rochester 5–0 at Kohn to Advance to NCAA Final Four
By Heather Boehm | November 15, 2017The second-ranked women’s field hockey team secured their ninth appearance to the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four after breezing through last weekend’s competition at Kohn field with a pair of dominant 5–0 victories over the University of New England and Rochester. Sunday’s win over Rochester ...
Men’s Basketball Sets Eyes on Three-peat, Salem
By Andrew Rigas | November 15, 2017The men’s basketball team’s goals entering the season are clear. First, the Panthers want to secure home-court advantage for the Nescac playoffs by finishing first in the regular season standings. Then, they want to win the Nescac for the third straight season, this time at Pepin Gymnasium. From ...
Women’s Basketball Returns Every Player
By Imran Ganda | November 15, 2017The women’s basketball team has high hopes for their new season that will tip-off in two days on Saturday, Nov. 18, when they will take part in the Emerson Tip-Off Classic. Expectations are high, especially because the Panthers return last year’s cohort that finished 17–8, good enough to earn ...
Women’s Hockey Wants to Host Final Four
By Sebastian Sanchez | November 15, 2017The reigning Nescac champions start the hunt for their third title in four years on Friday, Nov. 17, when they will host the Trinity Bantams in Kenyon Arena. Last year, the Panthers finished with a 19–7–2 record, and although they fell short in their run to the Frozen Four, they are back with more ...
Men’s Hockey Ready to Bounce Back
By Heather Boehm | November 15, 2017The men’s hockey team will be back in action this weekend when they face two of the teams from Maine, Colby and Bowdoin, on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. Coming off a three-win season, the Panthers are hungry for a winning year. This year’s team enters determined to ...