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Winter Sports Previews
By Jonathan Buchholz, Ting Cui and Jack Mcguire | December 5, 2024Women’s Basketball
Jonathan Buchholz
Jonathan Buchholz (he/him) is a Sports Editor.
Jonathan is studying International Politics & Economics, with a focus on Mandarin. He is a member of the club rowing team, Treasurer of the Middlebury InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, is a Residential Assistant, and has a community friend. He hopes to work in public service or consulting in the future.
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Seven questions with Madaket Rzepka ’26, field hockey
By Jonathan Buchholz | November 7, 2024Madaket Rzepka ’26, originally from Reading, Mass., is in the midst of her third season on the Middlebury field hockey team. In this edition of Seven Questions, she explains how she landed at Middlebury, what it’s like to be part of such a successful program and how Middlebury has changed the trajectory ...
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Data is driving men’s soccer’s dominant start this season
By Jonathan Buchholz | September 19, 2024This past Saturday, the men’s soccer team (5–0) routed the Trinity’s Bantams (1–3), continuing the Panthers’ undefeated start to the season with a 9–0 victory.
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2024 Fall sports previews
By Jonathan Buchholz, Ting Cui and Jack Mcguire | September 12, 2024Fall sports preview.
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Men’s tennis competes in NESCAC tournament, to host NCAA Championship first round
By Jonathan Buchholz | May 9, 2024This past weekend, the Middlebury men’s tennis team competed in the NESCAC championship as the top seed and two-time defending champions. After handily defeating Trinity College 5–0 in the first round, the Panthers narrowly lost to eventual winners Bowdoin College 4–5 in the semifinals.
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Middlebury women’s hockey punches ticket to NCAA semifinals
By Jonathan Buchholz | March 14, 2024The Middlebury women’s ice hockey team is moving on to the NCAA semifinals. In the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Panthers beat Western New England University 8–0, and in the quarterfinals, the team topped Plattsburgh State 2–0.
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Women’s hockey wins NESCAC Championship, advances to NCAA Tournament
By Jonathan Buchholz | March 7, 2024On Saturday, March 2, the Middlebury women’s hockey team bested Hamilton College in a stunning 4–0 shutout to win the NESCAC Tournament. While the margin of victory came as a surprise, the lockdown defense the team played was but another example of the way they have played all season.
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Men’s basketball falls to Tufts University in NESCAC Tournament
By Jonathan Buchholz | February 29, 2024It was a year of growth for the Middlebury men’s basketball team. After a stellar 2022-23 campaign which saw them advance to the second round of the national tournament, the team endured a dip in form as they bowed out to Tufts University in the first round of NESCAC play this year. Despite matching ...
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Men’s and women’s squash has strong showing at championships
By Jonathan Buchholz | February 22, 2024Both men’s and women’s squash teams saw major improvements this season and could pan out to be some of Middlebury’s most exciting teams for years to come.