Spurs delivered their strongest statement yet with a resounding 4–1 victory over Liverpool this past weekend. Could this finally be Spurs' year? It's unlikely, given just how good Manchester City looks this year. In true Spurs fashion, I think they'd put pressure on City and come really ...
After a tough 1–0 loss to Bates on Oct. 14, the No. 6 Tufts field hockey team bounced back with two promising wins over Wellesley and No. 7 Williams on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. Visiting Wellesley's home turf for the first time since a 1–0 loss two years ago, the team put together a ...
In September of 2006, Michel Sablon, Belgian soccer’s newly appointed technical director, was putting the finishing touches on his blueprint for Belgium soccer’s revolution. Only eight years later, at the 2014 World Cup, Belgium was positioned as the fifth-best team going into the tournament, according ...
The Jumbos got the ball back with 2:22 left in the half, and a 27-yard connection between McDonald and Dolan, followed by a 14-yard strike to junior wide receiver Frank Roche, set up a first and goal for Tufts. McDonald ran the ball to the 2-yard line and first-year running back Mike Pedrini broke the plane to earn Tufts the lead. A botched snap bounced behind Alswanger, who quickly recovered the ball and threw a pass into the end zone that fell incomplete, saving a potential Williams recover and two-point conversion.
Tufts women’s soccer traveled to Williamstown, Mass. on Saturday to face undefeated NESCAC powerhouse Williams.This was an especially important match up for the Jumbos, who have struggled against the Ephs in recent years, with their last victory coming in 2006. Heading into the weekend, Tufts was ...
Athletics have transformed since their inception. In Greece, the first Olympic Games was held in 760 B.C. and consisted of a simple footrace. Later the traditional field events of discus, javelin and jumping were added along with an early predecessor of wrestling called pankration. Among the Greek city-states, ...
Victories over Bates and Keene State afford Tufts a five-game winning streak as the team maintains its No. 1 position in the NESCAC. The Jumbos defense has rendered them practically unstoppable, as they have yet to concede a goal in five games and boast a 0.08 goals against average after giving up ...
Tufts football will travel to Williamstown, Mass. for a week six matchup with the Williams Ephs on Saturday.The Jumbos' 3–2 record puts them in sixth place in the NESCAC. The Ephs, at 4–1, are in a four-way tie for second place with the Amherst Mammoths, Middlebury Panthers and Wesleyan ...
The Tufts women's and men's cross country teams wrapped up an ostensibly successful weekend at Conn. College with second and seventh place finishes, respectively. By some measures, however, the Jumbos failed to meet their high standards, providing a source of motivation for the final month ...
The Tufts women's tennis team competed in its final match of the fall season this weekend, traveling up to Brunswick, Maine for the Bowdoin Invitational. The Jumbos fought hard in both individual and doubles matches against various regional opponents, winning a total of 26 matches.In the round-robin ...
At home on Kraft Field, the Jumbos (7–3–3 overall, 5–1–2 NESCAC) fell 1–0 to the Lesley Lynx (11–2–2 overall) in a closely contested non conference matchup on Tuesday. The game was locked dead even until Lesley’s junior forward Samantha Bessey scored the lone goal in the eighth minute ...
With all of the serious topics I have written about in the past few weeks, I think it is finally time to write about one of the biggest, cutest, nicest smile-bringers in sports: waving to the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.Every game at the end of the first quarter, the University of Iowa ...
Tufts competed in MIT’s Fall Invitational on Oct. 13–15, taking on NESCAC rivals and various Div. III teams from the Northeast.The doubles team of senior tri-captain Benjamin Battle and sophomore Zach Shaff made an impressive run, advancing to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Battle and Shaff ...
Both men’s and women’s crew competed at the Hadley Chase, a newly created meet, on Saturday. Hosted by UMass Amherst on the Connecticut River, the regatta featured some tough competition and served as a good way for both teams to prepare for next week’s Head of the Charles Regatta, one of the ...
Simply looking at the scoreline would probably make you go "huh, what a waste of time." Bore draw, should have slept in.Not particularly. This was a battle between two managers that knew their opponent's strengths and were afraid to give anything away.It is easy to criticize Jose Mourinho ...
This weekend, the Tufts co-ed sailing team, No. 2 in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) performance rankings, split its fleets among two interconference regattas: Truxtun Umsted and the Captain Hurst Bowl, hosted by Navy and Dartmouth, respectively. Meanwhile, the Tufts women's ...
The No. 5 Jumbos traveled to Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, where they lost 1–0 to a red-hot Bates Bobcats side that got an early goal and hung on down the stretch. Bates may be the most dangerous team in Div. III right now, having defeated No. 2 Babson, Tufts and No. 6 Amherst in a span of five days. The ...
Tufts volleyball (15–5) faced a jam-packed weekend, playing a home match on Friday night followed by two away matches on Saturday. The Jumbos held their own by finishing the weekend 2–1, with their one loss coming in a five-set match.On Saturday, the team traveled to Endicott College in Beverly, ...
I know, I know. Last column I promised to focus on Belgium’s early 2000’s domestic soccer revamp. But last Tuesday night’s loss needs addressing. That fateful night in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) may well be considered the darkest day for U.S. soccer: after qualifying for seven straight ...
Trinity (5–0) defeated Tufts (3–2) by a touchdown on Saturday in a contest that featured an end zone to end zone interception returned for a touchdown followed by a blocked extra point converted for two points at the other end. The 23–16 final score hardly reflects the grinding defensive game ...
