The problems that have plagued the women's soccer team all season long, namely too many injuries and a lack of scoring, reared their ugly heads again this weekend. Losses to NESCAC opponents Colby on Saturday and Trinity on Sunday dropped the women's soccer team to 1-4-1 on the season and kept Tufts winless in conference play.
The scoring woes continued for the Jumbos on Wednesday night, but an incredible performance from junior keeper Kristin Wright and a quickly improving backline combined to help the team hold on for a 0?0 draw on the road at nationally?ranked No. 19 Wheaton.
The women's soccer season ended in heartbreak for the Jumbos, who on Saturday were eliminated by Wesleyan in penalty kicks in the NESCAC quarterfinals.
On Saturday, the No. 4 women's soccer team was eliminated from the first round of the NESCAC tournament for the third time in four years, falling 5−3 in penalty kicks to No. 5 Wesleyan.
Williams overcame a late deficit to defeat the men's soccer team 2−1 in the NESCAC Championship quarterfinals, likely bringing the Jumbos' season to a close.
Coming into Wednesday night's matchup against Bowdoin, the men's soccer team was assured of a berth in the NESCAC tournament, but with a Trinity or Williams defeat and a Tufts victory, the Jumbos would host their quarterfinal game. And even though they didn't get the help they needed, thus ensuring that they would be hitting the road throughout the playoffs, the Jumbos still came away with an impressive 2−1 overtime win.
On Wednesday, the regional No. 6 women's soccer team traveled to Brunswick, Maine, and topped the Bowdoin Polar Bears 3−1 to secure home−field advantage in Saturday's NESCAC quarterfinal matchup against No. 12 Wesleyan. Despite cold, rainy conditions and a three−hour drive, the Jumbos pulled away from the Polar Bears with two second−half strikes.
The men's and women's soccer teams both enjoyed victories at Bowdoin on Wednesday, while the field hockey squad fell, as the Jumbos learned their NESCAC quarterfinal opponents.
0 - First downs for the Baltimore Ravens offense in the first half on Monday. The Ravens embarrassed themselves in Jacksonville, losing 12-7 to the Jaguars in front of almost 63,000 fans and millions more watching Monday Night Football. They compiled a franchise- worst 16 first-half yards as they lost to a Jaguars squad they had previously beaten five straight times. Baltimore began one second- quarter drive on the Jacksonville 45-yard line and ended up punting from its own 22. With 1:43 left and the Ravens down by five, Joe Flacco was intercepted to seal the loss.
It was a new experience for the women's soccer team as the squad traveled to Clinton, N.Y., for its first−everNESCAC matchup with Hamilton College. The Jumbos played well, but could not find the back of the net, instead settling for a scoreless draw with the Continentals.
On Saturday, the women's soccer team scored twice in the first half and once more in the second to down Conn. College 3−1 on Kraft Field, improving to 5−2−2 on the season. The win propelled the Jumbos into second place in the NESCAC standings, following losses by Williams and Middlebury.
Following a slow start in its Oct. 3 home match against NESCAC foe Trinity, the men's soccer team was saved in the 98th minute when freshman midfielder Kyle Volpe found a wide−open Gus Santos on the left wing.
On Saturday, the men's soccer, women's soccer and field hockey teams all traveled to Amherst, Mass., for NESCAC showdowns with the Lord Jeffs. All three teams lost.
