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Ice Hockey | Jumbos earn home NESCAC quarterfinal matchup for first time in 12 years

In its final regular season doubleheader, the men's ice hockey team split a pair of home games against conference rivals Bowdoin and Colby to move to 9-8-1 in the NESCAC and, most importantly, clinch its first-ever home playoff berth in next weekend's conference tournament. They got there with a 3-2 defeat of Colby on Saturday afternoon after taking a disheartening 9-2 loss to Bowdoin on Friday.

Women's Basketball | Tufts pulls away from Conn. College in second half for first-round playoff vict

The women's basketball team entered postseason play this past weekend as the No. 2 seed and, in theory, the heavy favorite against Conn. College in the NESCAC quarterfinals. On the court, the Jumbos did not disappoint, taking care of business across the board.

Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville

here is a sweeping turnaround occurring in Minnesota right now, a story perhaps relegated to the back burner amid the dizzying influx of Jeremy Lin-related puns, LeBron James' absurd statistical season and the battle for Hollywood supremacy. Then again, storylines involving .500 teams rarely attract substantial national media attention, lest the focal point be on a from-nowhere story about an underappreciated Harvard graduate filled with underdog love, layups and unintentional racism.

Men's Squash | Jumbos confident as they begin chase for Conroy Cup this weekend

For the men's squash team, this season has been as much about developing young players and gaining experience as it has been about competing for victories. The rebuilding year will culminate tomorrow through Sunday at the National Team Championships at Princeton University — only this time, the Jumbos expect to win.

Men's Track and Field | Jumbos head to New Englands motivated by last year's subpar performance

The men's track and field team enters the Div. III New England Championships this weekend with a vengeance. Last year, they had a disappointing sixth−place finish. But after a solid regular season the Jumbos believe that this year's meet, which will be held tomorrow and Saturday at Springfield College, will be different.

Springtime in the NESCAC

For the athletes in the NESCAC, yesterday didn't just feel like spring — it was the first day

Women's Track and Field | Women's track team gears up for Div. III Championships

So far this season, the women's track and field team has cleared every hurdle. At invitational meets, the Jumbos have earned two first−place and two second−place finishes. They have broken several school records. And at last weekend's non−scoring events at the Gantcher Center and Boston University, they achieved numerous personal bests.

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3 - Ranking of the men's lacrosse team in the preseason United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associaton rankings. The team will be looking to live up to the standards of the last two seasons, which included 38 combined wins, two runs to the National Championship game and one national title. The first official day of practice is today, as the squad will begin preparing for its first preseason scrimmage of the year on Saturday against Yale and Quinnipiac. The regular season schedule will start on March 10 with a conference battle at Hamilton.

Men's Squash | Men's squash ekes past Northeastern, bashes BC

The No. 26 ranked men's squash team could not have picked a better time to get hot. It has been a bumpy ride this year for the Jumbos, who entered Thursday's match at Northeastern having lost seven in a row. But with nationals now less than a week away, the team rediscovered its stroke, pulling off a dramatic 5-4 win on Thursday and an 8-1 thrashing of Boston College on Saturday. 

Ice Hockey | Jumbos outscored 14-0 on weekend

The ice hockey team traveled across Massachusetts and then into upstate New York this weekend in search of two NESCAC wins and four key points that would bring them closer to their goal of locking up a home berth in the upcoming conference tournament. 

Women's Squash | Jumbos bounce back at Northeastern and Vassar

Women's Track & Field | Personal bests highlight meets at Tufts, BU

The women's track and field team notched several impressive individual performances this weekend at both Boston University and the Gantcher Center while preparing for the New England Championships. 

Men's Track & Field | Personal records give Jumbos confidence for upcoming NESCAC championships

With the squad split on Saturday between the Valentine Invitational at Boston University and the Tufts Last Chance Invitational in the Gantcher Center, the men's track and field team notched several impressive marks in its final weekend before championship season.  

Zach Drucker | The Loser

Many expected the New York Knicks to eventually pick up their level of play after a devastating 8-15 start to the lockout-shortened NBA season. Yet no one believed the Knicks' guardian angel would come in the form of an undrafted, gawky, Asian-American Harvard grad with an atypical jump shot.

Women's Basketball | Jumbos roll past Continentals in final regular-season game

One week after a tough loss to undefeated Amherst, the women's basketball team reasserted its NESCAC supremacy Saturday night, jumping ahead early en route to a 52-37 bashing of Hamilton College. With the win, the Jumbos clinched the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NESCAC playoffs and capped off an extremely successful regular season in which they went 8-2 in the league and 19-5 overall. 

Inside the NBA | Runaway rookies excelling in first professional seasons

Due to the lockout-shortened NBA season, the overall competition of the league has been in a frenzy, and — save for the Bulls and the Thunder — no team in either conference has emerged as a dominant force. The Rookie of the Year race, however, has two runaway frontrunners: Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Ricky Rubio of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The rest of the league's first-year players? Not even close.

Ice Hockey | Jumbos gear up for rematches with Amherst, Hamilton

This weekend, the men's hockey team will wrap up its regular season road schedule with two NESCAC games at Amherst and Hamilton on Saturday and Sunday. The Jumbos are currently tied with Middlebury for third place in the conference — a position that would guarantee them a first-round home game in the conference tournament just a year after they missed the postseason altogether.

Ben Kochman | The Wackness

Anyone watching a National Hockey League game has around a 50 percent chance of watching a bare?knuckle fight break out, with the referees looking on and thousands of screaming fans giving a standing ovation.

Ice Hockey | Jumbos gear up for weekend rematches with Amherst, Hamilton

This weekend, the men's hockey team will wrap up its regular−season road schedule with two NESCAC games at Amherst and Hamilton on Saturday and Sunday. The Jumbos are currently tied with Middlebury for third place in the conference — a position that would guarantee them a first−round home game in the conference tournament just a year after they missed the postseason altogether.

Tufts fails overtime test against Plymouth State

Coming off a New England Big 4 Challenge title over the weekend, the men's basketball team was looking to maintain that momentum in its penultimate game before Winter Break. But the Plymouth State Panthers had other ideas, handing the Jumbos their second overtime loss of the year and downing Tufts for the third consecutive season.