The baseball team won its ninth-straight game yesterday afternoon, pounding Albertus Magnus 9-2 and scoring all nine runs in the sixth inning.
Junior southpaw Adam Telian showed the Falcons why he's the reigning NESCAC Pitcher of the Week, allowing just one earned run in seven innings as he became the Jumbos' first three game winner of the season.
Telian struck out four Albertus hitters and walked just one, while also recording four pickoffs in the first three innings.
The Falcons got on the board in the fourth, taking a 1-0 lead when a groundout by junior Steve Carosella scored freshman Matt Rondinone. The Jumbos, however, responded with a huge sixth-inning rally.
Their first 11 batters of the inning reached base, and all nine Jumbos, starting with sophomore Kevin Casey and ending with brother and senior tri-captain Brian, scored once.
The Falcons got to Telian for one more run, albeit unearned, in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-2.
Tufts coach John Casey turned to freshman Thomas Hill in the eighth, and Hill responded by finishing the game with two hitless innings of relief.
Hill has emerged as one of the best pitchers on the Jumbo staff, as he has allowed just two hits in 11 innings of scoreless relief in his freshman season.
Across town, the women's lacrosse team took on nationally ranked Babson in a match-up of two regional powerhouses.
It appeared as though the game would not nearly live up to its billing as the Beavers built an eight goal lead with 24:08 remaining; but Tufts refused to roll over so easily, surging back to draw within one.
Tufts didn't have enough firepower to get over the hump, however, and dropped its third game of the season, 15-14.
The softball team didn't even have the chance to take the field yesterday, as its doubleheader at Bridgewater State was postponed due to poor field conditions.
-by Evans Clinchy and Rachel Dolin
