Panthers move on in NCAA field hockey
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STAFF REPORTS - Published: November 12, 2009
In Middlebury, the Middlebury College Panthers field hockey team picked up a 5-1 NCAA tournament win over UMass.-Dartmouth on Wednesday. The Panthers advance to an NCAA Regional at Ursinus, where they will take on Trinity on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Middlebury improves to 17-9 all-time in NCAA tournament play, while the Corsairs were making their first NCAA tournament appearance.
Middlebury wasted little time as leading scorer Lauren Greer scored twice early. The goals were the team-leading 17th and 18th of the season for the recently named NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Heather McCormack assisted on the first goal, before Sally Ryan made a nice crossing pass to Greer for the redirect on her second tally.
Just 1:44 later, Chase Delano made a pair of nice moves cutting through the goal area, before scoring with a reverse stick move. Delano struck again for her 10th of the season at 21:33, putting home a rebound after a shot from Mullery Doar was saved. The Panthers entered the halftime break with a 4-0 lead and a 17-1 advantage in shots.
Middlebury improved to 12-4 on the season while UMass.-Dartmouth finished 15-7.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Brandeis 3, Castleton 0
In Waltham, Mass., Tiffany Pacheco scored twice to lead top-seeded Brandeis past the Spartans in an ECAC quarterfinals game Wednesday.
Pacheco scored both goals in the first half and Kelly Doolittle then padded the lead as Brandeis improved to 10-6-3. Castleton, seeded eighth, finished the season at 11-7-2.
Ericka Davis had 12 stops in the CSC nets while Hillary Rosenzweig saves four shots for Brandeis.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
North-South
MIDDLEBURY — The annual North-South All-Star football game will be played Saturday, Nov. 21 at Middlebury College's Youngman Stadium with a noon kickoff.
Burr and Burton Academy coach Jason Thomas will coach the South team. Mike Williams, who coached the BFA-Fairfax Bullets to a Division IV playoff berth this year, will be the head coach of the North squad.
The series, which began in 2001, is tied 4-4. It features the top graduating seniors from all 34 of Vermont's high school football programs.
Ski, snowboard lessons
KILLINGTON — The Killington Junior Program at Pico Mountain is offering its 10-week, two-hour ski and snowboard lessons beginning Sunday, Jan. 1 through March 21. Children must be enrolled in grades K-12 in order to participate. Lesson times are 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 802-422-6790.
BOXING
Vermont Golden Gloves
The 2010 Vermont Golden Gloves Tournament will begin on Saturday, Jan. 23, and continue the following two Saturdays at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.
The tournament will feature two divisions of boxers: the Novice and Open classes. Novice champions will advance to the New England Novice Championships in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 9 and 12. Open Class Champions will advance to the New England Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, also in Lowell, on Feb. 16 and 17.
Entry forms will be available at the end of December. Anyone, male or female, between the ages of 17 and 34, is eligible to participate. A 16-year-old may enter with proof of their 17th birthday by Aug. 1, 2010.
For more information contact tournament director Ernie Farrar at ernievtboxing@hotmail.com
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