Men’s hockey starts 2-0

The Middlebury College men’s ice hockey team swept two visiting NESCAC foes this past weekend, topping Colby, 3-1, on Saturday after besting Bowdoin, 5-0, on Friday in the Panthers’ season opener.

The 17-2 Panthers overwhelmed Bryn Mawr then knocked off Johns Hopkins this past weekend. They will face Salisbury in Friday’s NCAA semifinal.

No. 6 seed Connecticut College upset the top-seeded Middlebury men’s soccer team in Sunday’s NESCAC playoff final, 3-1, but the 14-1-3 Panthers, ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division III in the final regular season poll, will still host an NCAA regional this week … (read more)

Fifth-seeded Bates on Saturday ended the top-seeded Middlebury College field hockey team’s streak of six straight NESCAC playoff championships with a 2-1 upset victory.

The Panther football team closed its season on Saturday with a 6-3 record after recording a 17-7 loss to the Jumbos.

The second-seeded Middlebury College men’s soccer team erupted for three goals in the first 13 minutes of this past Saturday’s NESCAC quarterfinal against visiting No. 7 Hamilton and went on to a 4-2 victory.

In Middlebury College sports action this past weekend, the field hockey team, top-ranked in both NCAA Division III and NESCAC, rolled to a first-round league playoff win, the football team kept its hopes alive for a second-place NESCAC finish, and the wom … (read more)

It would be fair to label this year’s NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse tournament the Middlebury Invitational. 

Bowdoin went on a 6-0 fourth-quarter run in a Saturday NCAA Division III quarterfinal played in Rochester on the way to ousting the Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team from the tournament, 12-7.

The Middlebury College baseball team won two games at a four-team, double-elimination NCAA Division III regional at Misericordia University this past weekend, but the host school defeated the Panthers in the regional final, 6-4, on Sunday. 

After falling behind, 1-0, the undefeated Panthers on Sunday unleashed a fierce defense that held Pomona-Pitzer to four shots on goal and earned Middlebury a 16-1 victory.

This summer Middlebury College will build new outdoor tennis courts off South Street and add better throwing areas for its track and field teams nearby.

Saturday’s game brought another challenge for undefeated Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team from a determined NESCAC foe.

With Sunday’s 5-2, 7-0 doubleheader sweep of NESCAC rival Bowdoin, the Panthers are now 5-1 (4-0 in league play) on their newly installed field-turf surface off South Street.

The Middlebury College baseball team swept three games from visiting Bowdoin this past weekend, and then defeated Norwich in a non-league game on Tuesday to improve to 14-7. The Panthers scored in double digits in all four outings.