The path to the NCAA Championship title will be similar to last season, but this year, the field hockey team hopes that its journey will end on a high note.
Today - Nov. 14 What's at stake: The winner of the Tufts regional will advance to the national quarterfinals, to be held on Nov. 19 in University Heights, Ohio. Outlook for Tufts: This weekend's tournament could turn into a revenge tour for Tufts. The Jumbos' road to the national quarterfinals could include two teams — Wellesley and Williams — that have beaten them in postseason play over the last two seasons.
Typically, NHL rookies don't reach their full scoring potential for several years. Even No. 1 draft picks often have trouble getting used to the ferocity and pace of the NHL.
After three consecutive years finishing third at the Div. III Club Water Polo National Championships, the Tufts club water polo team decided it was time to step it up a notch. And that is just what it did this past weekend.
Perfection. This weekend was all about it. And I'm not talking about the Indianapolis Colts or the New Orleans Saints.
The Hap Moore Team Race hosted by Boston College this past weekend was a reprieve for a Tufts squad that had been sailing almost exclusively in the fleet race format for the past two months.
The San Diego Padres finished the regular season with a record of 75-87, good for fourth place in their division, 20 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres have not made the playoffs since 2006, have not won the National League pennant since 1998 and, after 40 years in San Diego, have yet to be crowned the world champions of baseball.
Some would say that the Williams men's soccer team beat Middlebury 2-1 in the NESCAC Tournament championship game. Others would say that the Panthers beat themselves. The hard-fought contest ended tragically in overtime for the sixth-seeded Panthers when a defender, in an attempt to clear the ball from the box, inadvertently headed the ball into his own net.
In 2008, the field hockey team practically rewrote the program's record books on its way to a 19-2 season. However, two accomplishments — a NESCAC championship and a national championship —wound up a tad out of reach.
40 - Passes attempted by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in the first half of his team's 20-17 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. Manning became the first quarterback since Rich Gannon in 2002 to throw at least 40 passes in an opening half of a game. Manning also became the first player to pass for 40,000 yards in a single decade, and his 318 passing yards were instrumental in helping the Colts stay undefeated at 8-0 heading into next week's game against the New England Patriots.
Sports fans often feel that the life of a pro athlete is glamorous. But behind the scenes, athletes are forced to deal with problems that arise from their money and fame.
Nine years ago, on Oct. 26, 2000, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera induced a fly ball to center field from New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza, setting off a raucous celebration at Shea Stadium and giving the Yankees the first World Series championship of the new millennium with a 4-2 victory over their Subway rivals.
This weekend Tufts University will host the NCAA New England Regional branch of the Division III National Volleyball Tournament. The Jumbos, who made it to the second round last year before being dispatched in a five-set nail-biter by the Wellesley Blue, begin their tournament Thursday afternoon against the Lady Mariners of Maine Maritime Academy. Last Saturday, the Mariners won their third straight North Atlantic Conference title, dominating their competition.
With the top runners for the men's and women's cross country teams sitting out in order to rest for the upcoming New England and NCAA National Championships, the two Tufts squads called on their JV runners to step up this past Saturday at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship, hosted by Williams at Mt. Greylock High School in Williamstown, Mass.
Jess Perkins, Field Hockey - Perkins got the Jumbos off on the right foot in Sunday's NESCAC championship, scoring her first of two goals just over a minute into Tufts' 3-2 victory over Trinity. Just 1:17 into the game, Perkins and Amanda Roberts combined for a nifty give-and-go, resulting in Perkins' slotting a shot past Trinity's goalie to give Tufts the early lead. Less than a half an hour later, Perkins would double that lead, this time from a penalty corner assisted by Margi Scholtes. The goals were the third and fourth of the season for the junior midfielder, who finished the game with three shots.
Heading into Sunday's NESCAC championship match, the Jumbos were looking to make it four-for-four against Williams this season and claim their first conference title since 1996. But after advancing past Wesleyan (3-1) and Amherst (3-2) in the first two rounds of the NESCAC Tournament, Tufts stumbled in the finals, falling 3-0 to the now three-time defending champion Ephs.
No matter how the game plays out, whether it's a shootout or a defensive struggle, the Tufts football team simply can't seem to come out on the winning end.
Having nearly completed an upset of undefeated Williams just two weeks ago, the Tufts women's soccer team found itself back on Cole Field in Williamstown, Mass. with another chance to knock off the No. 2 team in the country. This time around, a ticket to the NESCAC Tournament finals was on the line. The style of Saturday's game was completely different, but the ending was all too familiar: another Williams victory.
