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Volleyball | Tufts bounced in semis of Hall of Fame tournament
October 24The volleyball team, which started the year with hopes for a repeat trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals, faces a troubling truth as it nears the postseason.
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Football | Jumbos fail to hold lead against Ephs
October 24For the first time all season, the undefeated Williams Ephs were behind. The Jumbos jumped out to the lead with a 17−point second quarter and extended it to 24−14 just seconds into the third on a 35−yard fumble return by sophomore Sam Diss.
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Football | It's all in the (Fucillo) family
October 24The magic of Parents Weekend simply boils down to the emotional moment of seeing one's family, taking a day to share with relatives and merging the oft−contrasting worlds of home and college. No matter the volume of probing questions or parental advice, the experience is undeniably special.
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Inside the NFL | Concussions and fines shock NFL
October 21A receiver streaks across the field to make a catch. A defender charges from his position nearby and launches himself head first at the receiver in hopes of dislodging the ball. The two collide and fall to the turf, motionless or slow to get up. One gets a hefty fine, the other a concussion.
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Football | Positional switch pays off for three Jumbos
October 21There are some days when Ian Levinsky still longs to catch a touchdown pass, to be an integral part of the offense again and feel the glory of surging into the end zone.
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Senior Night ends in disappointing loss to Endicott
October 21The volleyball team wanted nothing more than to add to its two?match winning streak and honor senior quad?captains Dawson Joyce?Mendive, Nancy Shrodes, Caitlin Updike and Kelly Engelking on Wednesday's Senior Night.
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Women's Crew | Tufts all set for Charles Regatta
October 20The women's crew team will race four boats this weekend in the two-day, 46th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., the world's second-largest regatta with about 8,000 rowers competing.
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Women's Soccer | Women's soccer takes top spot in NESCAC standings, looks to clinch title
October 20With senior co-captain Sarah Nolet serving a one-game suspension for the red card she picked up this Saturday, senior Audrey Almy took over at the center back spot for yesterday's match at Conn. College alongside senior co-captain Carrie Wilson, who was returning from injury.
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Avinash Asthana | Switch Hit
October 20The entire cricketing world was hit recently by the latest in a series of infamous match-fixing scandals that have enveloped the gentleman's game. This is the first of two columns that I will write on the topic.
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Field Hockey | No. 4 field hockey team devastates Gordon
October 20The No. 4 field hockey team took the field on Tuesday night looking like it had some aggression to burn. Coming off their first loss of the season to then-unranked Trinity, the team set out to take Gordon by storm. And, with the 8-0 romp, any doubts of the team's confidence being rattled were quickly erased.
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Men's Crew | Two Tufts boats to navigate hectic Head of the Charles race
October 20Bring on the chaos.
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Ethan Frigon | The Beard Abides
October 19If you, dear reader, happen to be a college football fan, there's an overwhelming chance you're already in complete and total disagreement with the title of this column. If you're a college football diehard, there's a good chance you're cursing my name, calling me a fool, vowing never to read another word I write and setting off to burn your copy of the Daily. You'd be hard-pressed to find another public entity so widely loathed among those who are familiar with it (Congress and Sarah Palin are probably the only two that come close).
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Sailing | Jumbos see mixed results at Navy Fall Intersectional
October 19The co-ed sailing team this weekend competed in the Navy Fall Intersectional regatta hosted by Navy and showed flashes of brilliance, but ultimately finished lower than it had hoped with an 11th-place finish out of 20 teams.
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Women's Tennis | B team clinches first place at ITAs
October 19The women's tennis team wrapped up its fall season this weekend at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT) at Amherst, where sophomore Lauren Hollender and freshman Samantha Gann paired up to win the 32-team Chris Davis B Flight.
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Men's Soccer | Jumbos secure spot in playoffs with double OT win at Conn.
October 19For the third straight match, the men's soccer team needed extra periods to determine a winner. The difference on Tuesday night was that the team, behind a senior quad-captain midfielder Ron Coleman goal, finally came out on top, capturing a crucial 1-0 victory in double overtime against Conn. College, a win that guaranteed them a spot in the NESCAC tournament.
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Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville
October 18My fantasy football career started when I was in fourth grade, a time when drafting players meant picking based off their "NFL Blitz" capabilities and the entry fee was two Zebra Cakes or one Kool−Aid Jammer, whichever was handy at the time.
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Men's Soccer | Jumbos earn gritty draw in Hartford, move closer to NESCAC tourney berth
October 18After losing three straight games, the Tufts men's soccer team knew that it needed a positive result Saturday at Trinity. 2010 was in danger of becoming a mirror image of last season, when the team lost its final four matches of the season and missed the NESCAC tournament.
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Women's Cross Country | Despite rough weather, Tufts wins Conn. College Invitational
October 18The women's cross country team won the Connecticut College Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park this weekend. Dealing with tough winds that made the usually fast course harder to traverse, the Jumbos took down the rest of the field, finishing with 53 points, seven ahead of second−place Cortland State. MIT took third with 93 points.
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Men's Cross Country | Jumbos, led by Rand, claim title at Conn. College Invite
October 18The men's cross country team ran its way to victory on Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational in Waterford, Conn. In a field of 225 competitors at Harkness Memorial State Park, the Jumbos' top five runners placed within 30 seconds of each other and in the top 20 overall.
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