Despite graduating a core group of seniors in 2016, the Tufts volleyball program still believes in its potential to win a national championship this year thanks to seven first-year players who have quickly acclimated to Div. III and exhibited the focus required to play for a perennial regional contender."It’s ...
This time last year, the Jumbos were coming off the back of their 2014 NCAA Championship win, hoping to defend their crown. Despite early successes against Colby, Conn. College and Trinity in September, the Jumbos suffered back-to-back double overtime losses against Amherst and Hamilton in October.Tufts ...
Though the 2015-16 athletic year may have lacked the excitement of a national championship win, Tufts quietly had one of the best years in the history of its athletics programs last year. The Jumbos finally broke into the top five in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Div. III standings, which were ...
The Jumbos are preparing for their upcoming season, and so are our competitors in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Founded in 1971, NESCAC is composed of 11 prestigious liberal arts colleges, offers 14 sports for women and 13 sports for men and boasts six national championship ...
While Tufts' athletic success is the result of a cumulative team effort, there are some Jumbos whose performances on the field transcend expectations and particularly help to elevate their respective teams. These athletes are some of the highest scorers, the staunchest defensive anchors and the ...
For the seventh consecutive season, men’s lacrosse decisively won the NESCAC crown. Tufts beat Middlebury 20-14 in the NESCAC Championship game before playing its way to the final of the NCAA Div. III Championship. There, the team suffered a heartbreaking 14-13 loss to Salisbury University, which prevented ...
Coming off a NESCAC title and a deep run in the NCAA Div. III tournament, the Jumbos are looking for continuity this season. Tufts is historically a reliable force in NESCAC baseball, with strong showings expected every year.“I think for me what defines Tufts baseball is perseverance,” coach ...
Graduating senior tri-captain Michael Winget began his swimming and diving career as a promising first-year with three top-six individual performances in the NESCAC Championships. He ended his career as an All-American, NESCAC champion and school record-holder.Winget's path from up-and-coming 18-year ...
For most Tufts students, succeeding either in the classroom or on the athletic field is a significant achievement. However, there are very few Jumbos that are able to excel in both those realms. But graduating senior Mitchell Black, tri-captain of the men's track and field team and member of ...
The men’s squash team engineered a dramatic turnaround in its 2015-2016 campaign as the program, revitalized by young talent, saw its first winning season since 2007-2008 and the best season in program history. The Jumbos had never finished more than one game above .500, which they had only done three ...
The No. 13 Tufts men's tennis ended the season with promising results. The Jumbos took down the Bowdoin Polar Bears — ranked No. 4 in the country and No. 2 in the NESCAC — in their last game of the regular season with a 5-4 win in Gantcher Center. This locked down a No. 5 seed for Tufts in the ...
Tufts softball's season ended on May 15, with a 4-2 loss to WPI in the NCAA tournament's regional championship round. After three consecutive NCAA titles, the early exit was disappointing for coach Cheryl Milligan's talent-packed team. Tufts also fell to Williams in the final game of the ...
Tufts men’s lacrosse was a formidable force heading into this season, riding six consecutive NESCAC titles and back-to-back NCAA Div. III titles while searching for still more accolades. Before the season even began, graduating senior co-captain John Uppgren and classmate Conor Helfrich became ...
No. 17 ranked Tufts women's tennis is in the midst of an impressive season, as they finished with an 11-6 regular season record — its best since the 2010-11 season. Tufts’ 5-4 record in conference play qualified the team as the sixth seed at the NESCAC tournament. Despite falling 5-4 ...
For many, sports are an escape. This attitude aligns with the ideals of American meritocracy, as the media often spotlights hoop dreams, and how athletes from low-income families are able to work hard and make it big. Sports documentaries highlighting the perseverance of sport in war-torn countries, ...
It was my 13th birthday. I woke up to the sound and sight of steady rain. I figured that my scheduled Little League game would be cancelled, and the sinking depression of a possible postponement crept into my mind. In those days, I would go to bed laughably early the night before games because sleep ...
Graduating senior track quint-captain Alexis Harrison did not become the fourth fastest NCAA Div. III woman to ever compete in the 60-meter, or the national runner-up in the event, overnight; her accomplishments have been in the works since she first stepped foot onto the tracks at Gantcher and Ellis ...
The co-ed sailing team is nearing the end of a rollercoaster year, which culminates with a trip to San Diego next week for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association's National Championships. The team is ultimately where it wants to be at the end of the season, but the journey was not an easy one.The ...
The women’s crew team wrapped up a long and impressive season earlier this month, driven by steady improvement from a young lineup. The main focus of the fall portion of the season was bringing the team together and finding a lineup that meshed the experienced rowers with the talented younger core.“We ...
The women's sailing team is consistently one of Tufts' smallest squads. Graduating seniors Kate Shaner and Amanda Sommi were the two most experienced sailors on the team, and the pair used their experience to mentor the younger athletes — rising seniors Julia Fuller and MaryClaire Kiernan, rising ...
