Billed as the NESCAC football game of the week, Tufts versus Wesleyan did not lack for excitement. In just the third night game ever between the two teams, Wesleyan staged an odds-defying comeback to win 24–17 in overtime under its home lights. Both teams now sit at 1–1, right in the middle of ...
"It took a deflection out to Tasker on the wing," Rojas said. "Whenever Tasker is on the wing, he always draws at least one or two defenders, so I was able to set up on the top of the 18 in a good spot and put it in the back of the net."
The stifling defense of the Tufts men’s soccer team remained the theme this past weekend, as it continued its unbeaten streak with a 0–0 double-overtime tie against Conn. College on Saturday afternoon and a 2–0 victory against Trinity the following day. The Jumbos still have yet to concede a ...
Blasting music and popping serves at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the Voute Tennis Courts, the Tufts men's tennis team prepares for the start of its fall season this weekend at the Middlebury Invitational. The team was supposed to start the season on Sept. 15 at the MIT Invitational, but Tufts ended ...
After securing a 35–28 overtime victory in the home opener against the Hamilton Continentals (0–1), the Tufts football team (1–0) travels to Middletown, Conn. to play the Wesleyan Cardinals (0–1).Last season, the Jumbos scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to secure a dramatic 17–14 ...
The Tufts women's tennis team traveled just a few stops down the T this weekend to take their shot at the MIT Invitational, their first match of the season. Because this was an invitational, Tufts played as individuals in a tournament-style draw, facing off against Amherst, Wesleyan and MIT on ...
Welcome to Postgame Press, the column about current, hot-button sports events … that take place off the field. The week’s best plays may have been fun to watch, but there is plenty more happening after the final buzzer. Without further ado, here is a look into a serious issue in the NFL, and a brighter ...
On Saturday and Sunday, the Tufts golf team competed in the Duke Nelson Invitational in Middlebury, Vt. The Jumbos played well enough to earn fifth place out of the 22 teams teeing off at Middlebury College's Ralph Myhre Golf Course.The Jumbos started out strong on Saturday. Senior co-captain ...
Women's soccer recorded a draw and a victory in its double-header weekend against Conn. College and Trinity, respectively. This came on the back of a 1-0 midweek victory at Wesleyan. With these results against their NESCAC rivals, the Jumbos continue their unbeaten start to the season, moving to ...
The Tufts cross country program started its season with a strong performance at the Bates Invitational on Saturday with a second place finish and first place finish for the men's and women's teams respectively.The men’s team, finishing with a team score of 197, trailed the first place Bates ...
When Paul Pogba returned to Manchester United for a then-world-record fee of $116.4 million, many thought the club had lost it. Yet such is the market today that 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe, hardly proven at the highest level of the game, is to move to Paris St. Germain for about $210 million next ...
Disclaimer: Mackenzie Bright has previously worked as a staff writer at the Daily. She was not involved in the writing of this article.It was a weekend of perfection for Tufts volleyball, opening up NESCAC play with a pair of emphatic victories against conference rivals. In spite of their earlier ...
Following last week’s emotional 2–3 overtime loss to No. 6 Babson, No. 1 Tufts faced two critical games against NESCAC opponents. The team responded with a vengeance, defeating Conn. College 5–0, and Trinity 3–1, on Saturday and Sunday respectively.“You learn a lot when you lose,” sophomore ...
United States Men’s Soccer fans walking away from Red Bull Arena on the night of Sept. 1 had only one thought on their minds: how is this team going to qualify for the 2018 World Cup? Costa Rica, playing in its usual 5–4–1, outfought and outplayed a supposedly “superior” U.S. team to the ...
Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, is unemployed. The flavor of this NFL offseason was every pundit, reporter and former player weighing in on whether Kaepernick is blackballed or is simply not talented enough to be picked up. I believe the former, but not for the ...
The Tufts Jumbos hosted the Hamilton Continentals on Saturday in their home opener and came away with a 35-28 victory after an intense overtime period. This was the first game between the Jumbos and the Continentals since the first game of the fall 2015 season. In that matchup, the Jumbos came out ...
It was a largely momentous cross country season for the Jumbos in 2016. The women’s team, anchored by now-senior Brittany Bowman, finished an impressive eighth out of 32 in the tricky six-kilometer race at the national championships. The men were represented at nationals by Tim Nichols (LA '17) ...
After completing the school’s best season in nearly two decades, the Tufts football program faced an offseason of considerable change. To begin, the team underwent significant turnover with a large number of graduating players. Of the 19 seniors who graduated in May, 11 — including eight members ...
The last time the Tufts field hockey team took the field — for last November’s 1–0 loss to Messiah College in the NCAA Div. III national championship game — the weather favored a snowball fight to a sporting event. Players on the sidelines bundled up in oversized parkas and wool hats to combat ...
Women's tennis is back and ready to hit the ground running during its fall campaign. The Jumbos are coming off of a strong spring season where they finished with a 15–7 overall record, and had a 6–3 log in conference play. Tufts made it to the NESCAC semifinals last season for the first time ...
