After the team lost one of its star players to a Div. I school in the offseason, expectations for the Jumbos were not high coming into the season. However, the Jumbos tuned out the chatter, with many players feeling the need to prove the doubters wrong.
I finally get the opportunity I’ve been looking for all season to mock the Patriots. I’ve written about them before, but usually it's been in the context of discussing one particular mistake, while acknowledging that the Patriots were (yes, I said were, as in past tense) the best team in the league. So, without further ado:
No. 26 Tufts faced off against Dickinson, Haverford and Connecticut College -- all ranked in the top 30 -- this weekend, winning two games and losing one in close match-ups, raising their season record to 6-3. Sophomore Alec Goodrich was the only member of the team to go undefeated on the weekend ...
The Jumbos achieved an impressive 76-40 win over the Bridgewater State Bears on Tuesday, coming back from a tough loss against the Bowdoin Polar Bears on Saturday. Through five games, Tufts is continuing to adjust.After Tufts' defeat against Bowdoin -- its first loss against a NESCAC opponent ...
This past weekend, Tufts competed at the MIT Invitational. The three-day tournament started on Friday, Dec. 4 and wrapped up on Sunday, Dec. 6. Seven other teams competed at MIT in addition to the host and Tufts: NYU, Wellesley, SUNY New Paltz, LIU Brooklyn, Wheaton and Keene State. Columbia, a Div. I ...
Be sure you’re warm and ready for the stretch of games over Christmas, as the clubs prepare their own shopping lists for the New Year.Newcastle UnitedA Christmas get-together. The Loj could be an option. Newcastle looks like a bunch of talented but unorganized players that would not fight for each ...
Tufts was unable to come away with wins in either leg of the team's two-game homestand this weekend, losing 3-2 to Middlebury on Saturday, Dec. 5 after falling 2-0 to Williams on Friday, Dec. 4. With the results from the weekend, the Jumbos are now 1-4-2 for the season and 0-3-1 in conference ...
Tufts competed in a three-day invitational at MIT last weekend that pitted them against tough rivals like NYU, Keene State and Wheaton College. Although Tufts ultimately finished third behind MIT and NYU, individuals shone in certain races, setting new records and qualifying for nationals.First-year ...
Tufts played in the New England Big 4 Challenge this weekend and came away with the tournament championship after a dramatic final over the 11th-ranked Babson College.The team played the hosts, Salem State, on Saturday, and came away with a 90-77 win to advance to the finals. The Jumbos then played ...
This past weekend was a busy one for the Jumbos, with three matches on Saturday and another on Sunday, all of which were on the road. Tufts did not get off to a great start, losing 6-3 to both St. Lawrence and Dickinson. However, the Jumbos bounced back, with a perfect 9-0 victory over Haverford ...
Now that I am eliminated from the playoffs in one of my three leagues, it is a perfect time to look back and ask, "What happened?" There are eight teams in this particular league, but with two starting quarterbacks, three starting wide receivers, two running backs, a flex, tight end, kicker ...
It was the 1970s, and women’s sports were on the rise. The Title IX Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity, had just recently been passed. There was not yet a women's rugby team at Tufts; in fact, Mary Money (E' 80), one ...
As Kobe Bryant walked to the bench at the beginning of the third quarter a during game against the Portland Trailblazers, he turned to coach Byron Scott and told him he was retiring after this season. Although there had been speculation earlier in the year that Kobe would retire after this season, ...
Last year, Tufts beat Bowdoin 65-55 in the two teams' regular season meeting. Two weeks later, the Jumbos squared off with the Polar Bears again, this time for the NESCAC championship. Again, Tufts took home the win and, with it, earned a second consecutive conference title.On Saturday in Brunswick, ...
Junior running back Chance Brady's success this season was in many ways unprecedented for the Jumbos. His accolades, to start, are both prestigious and numerous. He is the first Tufts player to win NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year in the 21st century, the first since 2008 to make the New England ...
With the playoffs fast approaching, there is no shortage of teams looking to make big plays and earn a spot in the postseason, and with that push comes plenty of opportunities for complete and utter failure. This week demonstrated exactly how desperate some teams on the bubble are to salvage their seasons.
A cursory glance at any of the first-year hockey players reveals a physical and mental maturity that surpasses that of most other first-years -- undoubtedly a benefit of their being one to three years older than their peers. This maturity is a plus when playing a competitive contact sport such as ...
The Jumbos lost a tight game 85-70 to the No. 13 WPI EngineersTuesday night on the road, falling to 3-2 on the season, while the Engineers improved to 6-0. Led by senior forward Clyde Niba, WPI built up a lead that Tufts was not able to recover from.
So it’s that time of the year again in which we eagerly anticipate presents for Christmas and Premier League managers write to Santa (or their board) for a little something more. And then it’s up to their executives to decide if the managers have been naughty or nice.ArsenalSomeone to assist Francis ...
Senior captain Paget Stanco stands alone on her team. The undisputed leader is the only upperclassman player on a roster with 13 spots and made up, in part, by an astonishing eight first-year athletes. Stanco said that having all the younger players on the team has put her in a great position to ...
