The Jumbos suffered a defeat at the hands of the Middlebury Panthers on Saturday, falling in four sets in their final match of the regular season.With the loss, Tufts fell to 17-7 on the season and 7-3 within the NESCAC. Middlebury is 17-6 with an equal 7-3 conference record. Because of the head-to-head ...
With just two weeks remaining in the season, the Jumbos are looking to finish with a winning record for the first time since 2007. The 4-2 Tufts football team will travel to face 1-5 Colby on Saturday. Despite Colby’s record, Tufts coach Jay Civetti wants to be sure his team does not get complacent in the season's final weeks.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has not had the best of times. It is hard to believe that this was the same Chelsea squad that romped to the title just a few months ago. It seems that Eden Hazard’s missed penalty is a representation of his own decline in form.If there’s anyone who can turn it around, ...
The men’s rowing team took the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, N.Y. by storm on Saturday, fielding 18 entries in eight events in their final regatta of the fall racing season. Boasting highly ranked finishes and taking home medals, the Jumbos left Saratoga on a high with eager expectations ...
Tufts continued its impressive season by finishing in third place out of 11 teams in the eight-kilometer NESCAC Championship race at Wesleyan this past Saturday. Tufts scored 99 points, losing out to first place Williams, who scored 36 points, and second place Amherst, who registered 61 points. Points ...
A couple months ago, I was sitting at Mike’s in Davis Square, and there was a baseball game playing on the TV set. It was the middle of the day, and a few customers (plus the cashier) were watching it. It took me a couple of minutes to realize these adults were yelling at a game played by children ...
After wrapping up its regular season last week, the men's soccer team then played in the NESCAC quarterfinal on Saturday, where it lost to Bowdoin. The Jumbos had emerged as the No. 3 seed in the postseason conference tournament after tying the Polar Bears in a scoreless match on Wednesday.The ...
It seems like every week a superstar running back suffers a season ending injury. Jamaal Charles, Arian Foster and now Le'Veon Bell have all been wiped out of the fantasy equation.The "highly hyped" group of Todd Gurley, Charcandrick West, Dion Lewis and Devonta Freeman has arrived and ...
Tufts recorded a 2-0 win in its NESCAC quarterfinal against Trinity at Bello Field on Saturday afternoon, with goals from junior tri-captain forward Dominique Zarrella and senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Kelip sealing the result for Tufts.“We overall played a great game," coach Taylor Dyer ...
The NBA has evolved over the years since it was founded in 1946, but one of the most notable differences we have seen is the change in what referees consider fouls and technical fouls. A game that was once won by physically dominating one's opponent is now more of a finesse game as the number of foul ...
Coming off a dominant victory over Williams, Tufts was ready for its game on Saturday. Amherst, however, now 6-0, boasts the NESCAC's second stingiest defense and limited Tufts to a season-low seven points in its 32-7 victory at Tufts' Ellis Oval. Tufts falls to 4-2 and, after losing to ...
This week in the NFL was -- compared to most weeks -- tame. There wasn’t much that went truly and horribly wrong, and, for the most part, football was the most memorable thing that happened. Still, there’s no such thing as a week in which everything goes right.
And there I was, wondering if Leicester had lost the plot. When they sacked Nigel Pearson, the man that eventually saved them from relegation with the tweaking of tactics, I was ludicrous.Then Claudio Ranieri got appointed. Tinkerman? Finishing second-best at Chelsea and Monaco, even with the resources ...
After an impressive eight-match winning streak, the volleyball team suffered its first pair of defeats in three weeks at the New England Challenge this past weekend.The first leg of the tournament, which was played on Friday at Cousens Gym, saw the Jumbos continue their winning ways against the Wellesley ...
Tufts scored third-highest amongst all Div. III teams on Monday to finish ninth at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championship. The two-day tournament was held in Brewster, Mass. Sophomore Taylor Nordan led the Jumbos on Monday with a score of 73, which tied for the best Div. ...
No. 15 Tufts came from behind to win 2-1 at No. 20 Williams in its NESCAC field hockey game on Saturday. An overtime goal from senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Keilp lifted the Jumbos past the Ephs for their seventh conference win.With the win, the Jumbos go 10-4 overall with a 7-2 record in NESCAC, while ...
Every fantasy player knows about "revenge games," when a player who was released or traded plays against his prior team. I haven't checked the statistics, but the general consensus is that players tend to have big games against their former teams -- hence the revenge. With all of the player ...
The Boston Invitational has been a much-anticipated event all season, touted as an opportunity for the men’s tennis team to flex their muscles against Colby, Boston University (BU) and Middlebury. More schools -- and thus more competitors -- raised the stakes for the Jumbos as they competed in ...
The men’s soccer team began the final stretch of the regular season this past week with two road games. On Tuesday, the team traveled to Keene, N.H. to take on Keene State before heading west to Williamstown on Saturday for a NESCAC game against Williams. The team emerged from the week 2-0 and is ...
Tufts’ 30-15 road victory over Williams on Saturday was more than just another win for the Jumbos. It was the team’s first win in Williamstown since 1981, and it came in dominant fashion, with Tufts taking a 23-point lead for part of the game. The victory ties the Jumbos’ win total from last ...
