Dena Miller, Women's Lacrosse
Senior co-captain Dena Miller led the women's lacrosse team's spring break undefeated run, during which the Jumbos destsroyed their opponents, scoring 45 combined goals and compiling an average win margin of 9.75 goals. After being targeted for defensive attention during the team's season opener against Wellesley before the break, Miller finally got in the Jumbo scorebooks, pouring in 11 goals over the team's three-game road trip. In the Jumbos' first game, Miller contributed four first-half goals and two assists as Tufts trounced Franklin Pierce, 16-2. She wasn't done yet, however, and after a two-goal performance in the team's 13-4 win over Buffalo State, the senior attack player hammered off five goals to propel the Jumbos past Bridgewater State, 16-5. Miller has led a veteran and talented Jumbo attack so far in this young season, as the team returned the core of its midfield and offense from last season.
Bryan McDavitt, Baseball
During his team's trip to Virginia and North Carolina over spring break, junior tri-captain Bryan McDavitt provided clutch offensive performances against formidable southern squads. McDavitt's RBI single in the top of the ninth inning of Monday night's game against Guilford drove in junior Brian Casey and broke a 4-4 tie that sealed the second victory for his team, evening its record at 2-2.In a double-header against Apprentice on Saturday, McDavitt was a combined 5-9 from the plate, driving in four runs and scoring three. In the second game, McDavitt spurred two separate rallies, yielding four runs, the only offensie his team would need to pull out the victory. His single in the fourth inning and his double in the sixth inning set up a pair of two-run rallies that allowed the Jumbos to walk away victorious in both games that day.McDavitt helped his team compile a 6-3 record on the southern swing, after losing the first two games of the season agiainst Lynchburg and Randolph-Macon on Mar. 17 and 19.
