Sports

Senior Profile: Hannah Biccard leaves with a national championship

By Anjali Mishra | May 17

“If you say ‘we can do hard things,’ we will do hard things.” The star forward and co-captain of the Tufts field hockey team, graduating senior Hannah Biccard, said she “didn’t have a doubt in [her] mind” that this mindset was what drove Tufts’ women’s field hockey team to win the national championship.

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Tennis

Home away from home: The Tufts men’s tennis class of 2026

By Thomas Leung | May 16

For the Tufts men’s tennis graduating seniors, Javi Gonzalez, Sacha Maes, Alex Ganchev and Andrej Djokic, the past four years have been defined by a singular pursuit: A national championship that has remained agonizingly out of reach. Three consecutive seasons of heartbreaking near-misses — including an undefeated regular season and a national finals appearance as first-years — have only sharpened the hunger driving this class. Now, with one final month remaining, the four seniors aren’t just playing for a trophy — they’re playing for each other.

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Basketball

Senior Profile: Scott Gyimesi leaves behind a legacy of confidence and work ethic

By Anjali Mishra | May 15

Scott Gyimesi, a graduating senior, will go down in history as one of the greatest athletes in Tufts men’s basketball — maybe even Tufts Athletics in general. But that is not the only thing he will be remembered for.

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Basketball

Senior Profile: Joshua Bernstein graduates as an accomplished athlete, entrepreneur

By Anjali Mishra | May 14

Graduating senior Joshua Bernstein did not have much time on his hands during college. Both a student athlete and start-up founder, Bernstein managed to balance a schedule most would be stressed to look at.

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Hockey

Senior Profile: Max Resnick’s last lap with Tufts hockey

By Sabrina Dorr | May 13

In the midst of wrapping up his Tufts education and earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an Entrepreneurship minor, graduating senior Max Resnick sat down with the Daily to talk about how his time with Tufts University Athletics has shaped his collegiate career.

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Columns

Road to the World Cup: Seniors and the World Cup

By Antonia Toro | May 13

Only 25% of college students graduate during a World Cup year. Thus, the Class of 2026 is statistically rare, but what makes these four graduating seniors unique isn’t timing. It’s the question they all hold: How do you celebrate the world’s most unifying sporting event when the world feels anything but unified?

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Columns

Road to the World Cup: Safety concerns mount ahead of World Cup

By Antonia Toro | April 28

With less than 50 days until the World Cup begins, the tournament’s two most prominent host nations have each faced a shooting incident in the span of a week. This timing is difficult to ignore.

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Columns

The Full Court Press: Making the World Cup great again

By Noah Goldstein | April 24

In less than 50 days, the world’s biggest sporting event will come to American soil. It will arrive with a fair share of complications. The host nation — or rather, one of three — has instigated a vastly unpopular conflict with one of the participants. Haiti qualified for the first time in 50 years, and their fans can’t get into the country to watch. Hotel prices in host cities have dropped by a third. Somewhere within all this, Gianni Infantino is smiling — or trying to stop fecal matter from falling down his leg, or maybe something in between.

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Baseball

Jumbos sweep Bobcats, gear up for defining final series

By Lauren Baker | April 23

After a tough face-off with Amherst last week, the Tufts baseball team rallied for a series sweep against Bates this past weekend, pushing its record to second-best in the NESCAC. The Jumbos beat the Bobcats on Friday 12–2 and in a double-header on Saturday 6–1 and 8–4, respectively. 

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Sports

Tufts women’s lacrosse goes on 6–0 run to secure Senior Day victory

By Leanna DeSousa | April 23

Last Saturday, Tufts took on Hamilton in its last guaranteed home game and celebrated its six seniors. The team’s most recent game was a crucial overtime victory at Wesleyan. Looking to carry this momentum, the Jumbos were eager to get back onto Bello Field.

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Columns

Moments ‘til Madness: The off-season is here

By Owen Short | April 22

It has now been three weeks since the Michigan Wolverines became the 2026 National Champions in college basketball, but you could argue the sport is even more hectic now than it was during the tournament. With the season over, free agency has begun for both players and coaches.

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Columns

Bottom of the Ninth: Who has the most to lose?

By Dylan Tanouye | April 21

Welcome back to Bottom of the Ninth! We’re now almost a month into the 2026 MLB season, and we’re starting to get a clearer picture of which teams are contenders and which are pretenders. While 25 teams still have playoff odds above 10%, some have more to play for than others. Keeping with the theme of this column, a large reason for this disparity is the looming potential of a 2027 lockout. With some teams reaching the end of their contention windows, this season may be their last chance to bring home a World Series ring with their current core of players. This week, I’ll discuss the teams facing the most pressure to deliver this season before their windows close.

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Columns

MLS Between the Lines: Messi league soccer

By Ben Brecher | April 17

This is now my third column piece and it feels impossible to talk about Major League Soccer any further without mentioning the greatest player to ever play the game: Lionel Messi.

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Sports

Tufts baseball drops series to Amherst, struggles in NESCAC amid winning season

By Lauren Baker | April 16

Coming off a week of wins against Colby College and MIT, Tufts baseball lost two of three games in a series against Amherst College this weekend. 

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Columns

Beyond the Sidelines: You should go to a Tufts lacrosse game

By Anjali Mishra | April 14

Tufts men’s lacrosse is the best, and it’s not even close. In the national championship last year against Dickinson College, Tufts won 25–8 — a display of clear, untouchable dominance.

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Sports

A ridiculous NBA awards race awaits us

By Luke Fredericks | April 13

There are award years where you end up allotting a winner because somebody has to win. This is not one of those years. This is one of the best MVP races I can remember. In my lifetime, I have never seen four individual players have this dominant of statistical seasons all at once.

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Sports

Tufts women’s lacrosse improves its conference record with 20–4 victory over Connecticut College

By Leanna DeSousa | April 9

Going into this weekend at 8–2, the Jumbos were barely holding on to their ranking in the top five of Division III women’s lacrosse. Starting the season at No. 2, Tufts has dropped to No. 4 after narrow losses to Amherst College in overtime and Middlebury in an NCAA Championship rematch. Tufts bounced back from its one-goal loss to Middlebury with a dominate 17–9 victory over Williams.

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Sports

Jumbos split doubleheader with Colby amid NESCAC play

By Lauren Cousino | April 9

Coming off a doubleheader Friday, Tufts softball split another doubleheader with Colby, winning the first game 8–4 in 10 innings and dropping the second game 1–4, putting its overall record at 17–5.

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Columns

Moments ‘til Madness: Michigan on top

By Owen Short | April 8

A champion is here. For just the second time in school history, the Michigan Wolverines are the last team standing in the NCAA Tournament. And looking back, this was a team that always felt destined for this moment.

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Columns

Bottom of the Ninth: Revaluing the trade market

By Dylan Tanouye | April 7

Welcome back to Bottom of the Ninth! We are now almost two weeks into the 2026 MLB season, and for many fans, including myself, overreactions are running rampant. With over four months to go until the postseason, it’s important to remember that there’s a lot of baseball left to play and plenty of time for your favorite team to turn things around.

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