With the 2016 season about to start, Tufts softball is getting very close to cementing its legacy as one of the most successful programs in the history of college athletics. As back-to-back-to-back Div. III national champions, softball is undoubtedly Tufts' current strongest athletics team, though ...
After starting the 2016 season winning its first two games decisively, the women's lacrosse team fell to 2-2 on the season after a pair of losses this past week to some of the best teams in the nation in the final two matches of its season-opening four-game homestand. Nationally-ranked No. 9 Tufts ...
The Jumbos gained an early lead against the Middlebury Panthers on Saturday and never lost it to take the win in their first conference game of the season. Despite Middlebury dominating statistically, No. 1-ranked Tufts outscored Middlebury 12-10 and improved its record to 3-0 so far this season and ...
On the verge of a new season, the baseball team is ready to shake off last year's disappointing performance in the NESCAC tournament as it sits in a strong position to get back to the postseason and claim its first NESCAC title since 2011. The Jumbos are about to kick off the season in full swing ...
Eight members of the women's fencing team participated in the 2016 NCAA Regional Championships on Sunday at Vassar College.The team was led by junior foilist Juliet Hewes, who advanced to the third round of the tournament.Six other team members — senior captain Alexandra Boden in saber, senior ...
During his time at Barcelona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic once famously compared himself to a Ferrari. While it was in reference to his lack of playing time, the two certainly have commonalities. Powerful yet graceful. Stylish and precise. But after scoring his 100th league goal for PSG over the weekend, perhaps a more pertinent comparison is fine wine. Since he turned thirty, Ibrahimovic has scored at least an astonishing thirty five goals per season, higher than any other stretch of his career. This season, at the age of 34,Ibrahimovic is having one of his best seasons to date. During PSG's most recent 9-0 dismantling of Troyes, he scored four goals, including a sublime, acrobatic one-time finish and a side-footed volley that darted into the top right corner. With the goals, he raised his tally to 27 league goals on the season and, in doing so, secured PSG their fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title.
Senior quad-captains Marilyn Allen, Sydney Smith and Alexis Harrison of the women's track and field team went out with a bang in its final indoor competitions of its careers this past weekend at the NCAA Div. III Indoor Track Championships in Grinnell, Iowa. As Harrison grabbed second place in ...
The indoor season has come to a close for Tufts men's track and field team, but not before the Jumbos made their presence known. For the third time in his decorated track and field career, senior tri-captain Mitchell Black took home the crown in the 800-meter.Tufts' last meet of the year was ...
Before he had ever played in a professional game, Sports Illustrated christened him the “Chosen One,” and he had the moniker tattooed across his upper back. Before he had graduated from high school, his games were nationally televised spectacles with him as the preternaturally gifted focal point. ...
Six Jumbo swimmers and divers -- four from the men's team and two from the women's -- travel to Greensboro, N.C. today to compete in this weekend's NCAA Div. III Swimming and Diving Championships, beginning tomorrow and continuing through Saturday. First-years Kingsley Bowen and Colleen ...
Tufts men's basketball ended a historic NCAA run Saturday night with a tough loss to NESCAC rival Amherst in an Elite Eight matchup at Cousens Gym. With a pair of close wins to open the NCAA tournament last weekend in the first NCAA games the men's team has ever hosted at Cousens, the Jumbos ...
“Why Tufts?” That essay prompt is what brought me to Medford/Somerville. It’s the prompt that countless current members of the Class of 2016 had to answer through the Common App to seal our deal into Tufts. Even though I’ve been asked that several times I’ve never really had a concise answer. ...
If the Premier League started on Boxing Day, Chelsea would be playing in the Champions League next year. To make it even better reading for Blues fans, if the League started on New Years’ Day, it would have been in a great position to defend its title! Chelsea has been hot since handily beating Crystal ...
For the past two years, Tufts had gotten it done at home in the postseason. The Jumbos had qualified for the NCAA tournament by winning the NESCAC championship, earned home court advantage and fought their way through dominant first-round wins and overtime thrillers alike to reach the NCAA Div. III ...
"Tufts has no weenie game," stated an irate Jonathan at last night’s dinner. He wore a UNC Football shirt, which is how we got onto the subject in the first place. I asked him about why he likes UNC football right as Jif, another friend, joined us. And, boy, did I ask a loaded question.It ...
The co-ed and women's sailing teams got their first taste of action this spring season with three regattas last weekend, the first competitions for both teams since November. The co-ed team sent contingents to both Brown University and Connecticut College, while several women’s team sailors ...
In an exciting weekend for Tufts athletics, five winter sports teams are still in action and will be competing in NCAA championships and tournaments.Men's basketball, ranked at No. 20 in the nation, makes history as the team hosts an NCAA Div. III Sectional this weekend — just one of four teams ...
The women’s lacrosse team started the season off strong with back-to-back home wins against Castleton College and MIT this week.After downing Castleton in a dominant 23-5 victory on Monday, Tufts came back from an early deficit to handle MIT in a 13-9 win on Wednesday night. The game against MIT ...
As the indoor track and field season reaches its climactic end this weekend with the NCAA Div. III National Championships, the men's track team is poised for a strong showing on the national stage. Tufts competed in two of its final indoor meets this weekend. The first was at home on Friday for ...
Over the weekend, Tufts hosted the annual Last Chance Meet at the Gantcher Center. This meet, which features competition from all across the country, gives athletes on the bubble one final shot at qualifying for the NCAA Div. III National Championships next weekend in Grinnell, Iowa.Senior quad-captain ...
