The volleyball team got off to a strong start this weekend, winning three of their four matches at the Brandeis Invitational, an impressive performance given the lack of experience on the roster.
The men's soccer team opened its 2013 campaign on Saturday with a bang, upending NESCAC rival Bates, 3-0. Today, Tufts will bring the show back to Somerville to take on Suffolk University in its home opener on Kraft Field.
The mens soccer team opened its 2013 campaign on Saturday with a bang, upending NESCAC rival Bates, 3-0. Today, Tufts will bring the show back to Somerville to take on Suffolk University in its home opener on Kraft Field.
The volleyball team got off to a strong start this weekend, winning three of their four matches at the Brandeis Invitational, an impressive performance given the lack of experience on the roster.
The defending national champion Jumbos, ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, picked up where they left off on Saturday, outshooting NESCAC rival Bates 27 to zero en route to a 1-0 win.
Three years ago, the eighth-seeded Bates Bobcats shocked the top-seeded Jumbos in a NESCAC quarterfinals penalty shootout after 110 minutes of scoreless play. Bates ended Tufts playoff run in a 3-2 shootout that has fueled a rivalry between the two schools ever since.
The women's soccer team hopes to make 2013 a turnaround year. A disappointing 2012 campaign saw the team go 2-6-2 in the NESCAC and 4-6-4 overall after starting 1-5-1. However, the team rebounded with a strong second half, losing only once in its final seven games. In the end, the first-half slide proved too much to overcome as the Jumbos finished 10th in the NESCAC and failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since the NESCAC adopted a postseason in 2000.
