While the varsity rowers took this past weekend off to continue preparations for the Head of the Charles next weekend, the women's novice crew team began its fall season at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta in Worcester, Mass., entering two boats in the women's eight.
The Tufts women's tennis team fell to longtime rival Williams this weekend in a non-league fall match at Wesleyan. The Jumbos have historically been outplayed by the Ephs on a regular basis, though they put up a good fight in May at the NCAA Round of 16, losing a close 5-4 match, which was particularly impressive considering that then-freshman Lindsay Katz, who played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles, was unable to play due to an ankle injury.
For the first time in program history, the field hockey team is ranked No. 1 in the nation by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Coaches Poll. With a perfect record in the most competitive conference in Div. III, the Jumbos earned 22 of the 38 votes this week to bump from second to first with 711 points — 27 points ahead of now-No. 2 Lebanon Valley College.
During Monday Night Football last week, commentators Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden nearly exploded with glee. What prompted such happiness from this pair of seasoned football analysts? Well, I'll give you the play-by-play from the Patriots' second drive of the third quarter.
During a soccer game, substitutions are arguably the most important decisions a coach has to make. Tufts head coach Martha Whiting handled this aspect of the game masterfully yesterday, inserting freshman forward Anya Kaufman midway through the first half. Less than two minutes after entering the game, Kaufman scored her first collegiate goal, which was enough for a 1-0 non-conference win over Endicott.
The women's cross country team this weekend at the New England Championships went up against a slew of Div. I, II and III teams , which proved to be the toughest field of competition the Jumbos have faced this season.
For the second straight Saturday, the men's soccer team fell behind early in an important NESCAC match-up. Yet unlike in last week's resounding Homecoming victory over Bates, there was no comeback in the cards this time for Tufts, as the Jumbos fell 1-0 to the Colby Mules.
The men's cross country team on Saturday had its strongest race yet at the Open New England Championships, taking 17th out of 47 teams and fifth among Div. III schools.
It took a while for the women's soccer team, which has 10 first-years on its roster, to work the kinks out. The team went 1-2-2 in its first five matches, including a frustrating tie against NESCAC bottom-dweller Wesleyan.
The volleyball team has been dealing with adversity since early August, when the team was forced to overcome a season−ending injury to senior−quad captain Dawson Joyce−Mendive.
Playing at home has its advantages, but junior defensive lineman Donnie Simmons simply can't deny his affection for the beauty of the Jumbos' road uniforms.
It's one thing to lead your team to victory in the first postseason start of your career. It's another to do so by throwing only the second no-hitter in playoff history.
In the least successful outing of the season thus far, neither the co-ed nor the women's sailing team could carry the winning momentum from strong performances in late September to this weekend's regattas, as both squads faltered amid tough conditions and highly competitive fields.
Going into the NESCAC Fall Championship Qualifier this past weekend at the Shuttle Meadow Country Club in Kensington, Conn., four was the magic number for the Jumbos.
In April 2007, Brett Favre was preparing for what would be his final season with the Green Bay Packers and intently watching that spring's NFL Draft, hoping that general manager Ted Thompson would complete a trade with the Oakland Raiders for wide receiver Randy Moss. Three years later — and with a Minnesota Vikings uniform now on his back — Favre finally has his long-cherished target.
The men's soccer team's non-conference struggles continued Tuesday night as the Jumbos fell to Plymouth State 3-2 in overtime, ending their three-game winning streak.
The grand stadiums are ready, cricketing merchandise is selling like hotcakes, tickets have been sold out four months in advance and the talks around the water cooler more often than not are gravitating toward that elusive question: "Who will win The Ashes this time around?" Yes, folks, it's that time of the year. The most eagerly anticipated Ashes series in recent memory kicks off with the English team landing in Brisbane, Australia, this November.
LeBron James — formerly the most beloved superstar in the NBA — had the worst offseason for an athlete that didn't involve a DUI, drug bust, accusation of steroid use or Tiger Woods−ing his wife.
Four months removed from reaching the summit of their collegiate lacrosse careers, members of the 2010 men's lacrosse team gathered in Cousens Gym to receive the outstanding spoils of victory from last spring's National Championship−winning campaign.
