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Men's tennis looks ahead after missing NESCAC tournament

The opening of the fall season is quickly approaching for the men's tennis team, which will travel to Vermont on Saturday for its first meet, the Middlebury Invitational.This competition will be the first for the team since April 29 when, despite the best efforts of then-juniors Rohan Gupte ...



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Volleyball has successful weekend, yet questions remain

The Jumbos wrapped up their first week of the season with a 3–1 record and clinched two victories out of three games at the New England Invitational, yet they still have multiple questions to answer. With no single player jumping out as the obvious choice, coach Cora Thompson has tried out multiple ...


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Sailing team sets ambitious course for 2017

The quintessential sports coach prowls the sidelines with crossed arms, never more than a few dozen yards away from their players. Rarely, if ever, is anyone beyond shouting distance. Not so for Tufts sailing team coach Ken Legler, who often finds himself multiple states away from his athletes. That’s ...



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Tufts golf shooting for great season this year

The Tufts men’s golf team has the potential to be something special this year. With the departure of just one player, Owen Elliott (LA '17), and two returning co-captains, seniors Aaron Corn and Taylor Nordan, the team looks like a force to be reckoned with. Although Elliott undoubtedly played ...



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Jumbos prepare to repeat 10-0 NESCAC season

The Jumbos hope to build on their momentum from last season as they prepare for their first game on the road on Wednesday. Last season, Tufts posted a 27–4 overall record, including a 10–0 regular season in-conference, and won the title of New England’s best team after defeating Springfield ...


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Jumbos look ready to roll again this year

Tufts looks to build on its improved offensive performances last year, the first season after moving from a 4–2–3–1 to a 3–5–2 formation. In doing so, the team improved from a 6–8–2 record in 2015 to 7–6–3 in 2016, and in the process of doing so, scored 24 goals, up 10 from 2015,while ...



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While we were away...

While we were away, many of our Jumbos continued to represent us at various sporting events. Here are some of the highlights.Men's Track and FieldTufts placed 16th overall at the NCAA outdoor meet held in Geneva, Ohio over the weekend of May 27. In some of the highlights, junior Josh Etkind finished ...


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The state of Jumbo athletics

Tufts University is a Div. III athletic powerhouse. Last year, the Jumbos placed third in the 2016-17 Learfield Directors' Cup with 926.75 points. The Directors' Cup aggregates points for 18 different sports — nine women's and nine men's — over all three athletic seasons to rank ...


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NESCAC who's who

Amherst CollegeFounded in 1821, Amherst College resides in its namesake Massachusetts townless than 100 miles from Medford. The recently christened Mammoths — renamed after they abandoned their previous mascot, the Lord Jeffs, due to its connections with white oppression — sport purple and white ...


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Teams to watch this fall

VolleyballFresh off an appearance in the NCAA championships' Elite Eight, just the second time in program history the team had made it that far, the Jumbos are eyeing even greater success. They return five of their starters, most of them concentrated in strong sophomore and junior classes including ...


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Fall and Winter Recaps

FootballWith a 7-1 record -- their best performance as a program since 1998 -- the Jumbos finished as the NESCAC runners up. In doing so, the members of the senior class completed a remarkable turnaround from their 0-8 mark during their first season here. Tufts was undefeated at the Ellis Oval, with ...


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Jumbos look to claim more titles at nationals

With nationals still to come starting Thursday, expectations are as high as ever for the Jumbos, who’ve put together an impressive spring following a dominant showing in the indoor season.During the indoor season, the Jumbos battled in a number of meets leading up to the New England Div. III Championships. ...


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Vinny’s Variety Pack: The Big Finale

This is my last column ever for The Tufts Daily *cue sad music.* I’ve been informed that it won’t print until Commencement where “hundreds of parents will read it, so you better not be inappropriate again.” Oops, wasn’t supposed to include that last bit.I’ve had an awesome time writing for ...


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Senior Profile: Elizabeth Ahrens

Rounding out her career in impressive fashion, Elizabeth Ahrens, the four-year starting middle hitter from Richmond, Va. earned an All-NESCAC first team selection and an All-American honorable mention in her final season as a Jumbo. Ahrens posted 1.96 kills per set during her senior season while hitting ...


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Four Jumbos graduate after mixed season

Unless they are granted an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the Jumbos will have finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 10-6, 5-5 in the conference. At the beginning of the season, graduating senior quad-captain Olivia Veillette noted that this was a transition year for the team after ...