Panther nine takes NESCAC title with late rally

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Middlebury baseball team on Sunday claimed the NESCAC crown and an NCAA Division III tournament bid by scoring seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to erase an 8-5 deficit and defeat Hamilton, 12-8. Hamilton (21-17) had forced a winner-take-all game in the double-elimination tournament by thumping the Panthers, 17-3, in the first of two Sunday games between the teams. On Monday, the 29-12 Panthers, who won the program’s second NESCAC title and first since 2006, learned they’ll hea … (read more)

Third-seeded Tufts upset the top-seeded and undefeated host Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team in Sunday’s NESCAC title game, 9-8.

The Middlebury College baseball team defeated visiting Tufts, 13-1, on Sunday in the decisive third game of the teams’ NESCAC quarterfinal series and advanced to the league’s final four at Trinity College this weekend.

Host Tufts on Saturday ended the Middlebury College softball team’s season with a 9-3 victory in a NESCAC semifinal.

In a game that can feel nerve-wracking, she helps her teammates remember why they play in the first place — for fun. But she is also the best player her coach has worked with.

The Middlebury College softball team concluded its regular season with three wins in four outings this past weekend.

The Middlebury College women’s track & field team on Saturday earned its third NESCAC championship, an effort highlighted by four first-place finishes at an event hosted by Hamilton.

The Middlebury College baseball team won five out of seven games between April 26 and May 3, including claiming four straight games from its closest rivals in the NESCAC West standings to nail down first place.

Host No. 4 seed Wesleyan ousted the No. 5 Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team from the NESCAC tournament in a Saturday quarterfinal, 17-9.

The top-seeded Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team powered past visiting eighth-seeded Amherst, 20-2, in a NESCAC quarterfinal on Saturday.

Middlebury College softball had a successful weekend leading up to its league tournament.

The Middlebury College baseball squad won four out of five games between April 20 and 25, including setting a program record of 11 straight victories and earning first place in NESCAC West by taking two out of three from league rival Amherst.

On Friday, April 15, the Middlebury College baseball team took on NESCAC archrival Williams in the first game of a big three-game weekend series. 

The Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team clinched the top seed for the upcoming NESCAC tournament by defeating host Amherst on Saturday, 15-7.

The top-ranked Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team (13-0, 8-0 NESCAC) on Saturday defeated visiting Colby — its major challenger for the NESCAC title — by a score of 13-5.