The last time the Tufts field hockey team took the field — for last November’s 1–0 loss to Messiah College in the NCAA Div. III national championship game — the weather favored a snowball fight to a sporting event. Players on the sidelines bundled up in oversized parkas and wool hats to combat ...
Women's tennis is back and ready to hit the ground running during its fall campaign. The Jumbos are coming off of a strong spring season where they finished with a 15–7 overall record, and had a 6–3 log in conference play. Tufts made it to the NESCAC semifinals last season for the first time ...
Tufts remains undefeated in a tremendous start to the season after two overtime wins at home against Babson and Colby, before recording a 4–0 win at Plymouth State. In the process of three straight wins to open the season, the Jumbos also remain solid at the back, yet to concede a goal this season.On ...
In the opening weekend of the fall 2017 season, Tufts sailing competed in a total of seven regattas across four states.The Jumbos’ top two co-ed boats traveled to Yale University to compete in the Harry Anderson Jr. Trophy. Tufts finished 11th out of 16 teams at the highly competitive event. In the ...
The opening of the fall season is quickly approaching for the men's tennis team, which will travel to Vermont on Saturday for its first meet, the Middlebury Invitational.This competition will be the first for the team since April 29 when, despite the best efforts of then-juniors Rohan Gupte ...
Tufts hosted the Emerson College Lions on Bello Field in its home opener Wednesday before facing off against the Colby Mules on Saturday on Kraft Field. Colby — 1–9 in the conference last season — was Tufts' first NESCAC opponent of the season. The Jumbos came away with a 2–1 win over ...
The Jumbos wrapped up their first week of the season with a 3–1 record and clinched two victories out of three games at the New England Invitational, yet they still have multiple questions to answer. With no single player jumping out as the obvious choice, coach Cora Thompson has tried out multiple ...
The quintessential sports coach prowls the sidelines with crossed arms, never more than a few dozen yards away from their players. Rarely, if ever, is anyone beyond shouting distance. Not so for Tufts sailing team coach Ken Legler, who often finds himself multiple states away from his athletes. That’s ...
The Tufts men’s golf team has the potential to be something special this year. With the departure of just one player, Owen Elliott (LA '17), and two returning co-captains, seniors Aaron Corn and Taylor Nordan, the team looks like a force to be reckoned with. Although Elliott undoubtedly played ...
The Jumbos rolled to a 19–3 record in 2016. Those 19 wins tied the 2008 and 2012 seasons for the most victories in a season. The NESCAC is Div. III field hockey's toughest conference. Last year Tufts defeated Middlebury 3–1 to take home the NESCAC Championship.Middlebury was the only team to ...
The Jumbos hope to build on their momentum from last season as they prepare for their first game on the road on Wednesday. Last season, Tufts posted a 27–4 overall record, including a 10–0 regular season in-conference, and won the title of New England’s best team after defeating Springfield ...
Tufts looks to build on its improved offensive performances last year, the first season after moving from a 4–2–3–1 to a 3–5–2 formation. In doing so, the team improved from a 6–8–2 record in 2015 to 7–6–3 in 2016, and in the process of doing so, scored 24 goals, up 10 from 2015,while ...
The 2016 Div. III National Champions will be a team to watch this season after winning their second national title in three years — the first came in 2014. Tufts entered the NCAA tournament unranked last season, and by the end was ranked No. 1 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America ...
While we were away, many of our Jumbos continued to represent us at various sporting events. Here are some of the highlights.Men's Track and FieldTufts placed 16th overall at the NCAA outdoor meet held in Geneva, Ohio over the weekend of May 27. In some of the highlights, junior Josh Etkind finished ...
Tufts University is a Div. III athletic powerhouse. Last year, the Jumbos placed third in the 2016-17 Learfield Directors' Cup with 926.75 points. The Directors' Cup aggregates points for 18 different sports — nine women's and nine men's — over all three athletic seasons to rank ...
Amherst CollegeFounded in 1821, Amherst College resides in its namesake Massachusetts townless than 100 miles from Medford. The recently christened Mammoths — renamed after they abandoned their previous mascot, the Lord Jeffs, due to its connections with white oppression — sport purple and white ...
VolleyballFresh off an appearance in the NCAA championships' Elite Eight, just the second time in program history the team had made it that far, the Jumbos are eyeing even greater success. They return five of their starters, most of them concentrated in strong sophomore and junior classes including ...
FootballWith a 7-1 record -- their best performance as a program since 1998 -- the Jumbos finished as the NESCAC runners up. In doing so, the members of the senior class completed a remarkable turnaround from their 0-8 mark during their first season here. Tufts was undefeated at the Ellis Oval, with ...
With nationals still to come starting Thursday, expectations are as high as ever for the Jumbos, who’ve put together an impressive spring following a dominant showing in the indoor season.During the indoor season, the Jumbos battled in a number of meets leading up to the New England Div. III Championships. ...
This is my last column ever for The Tufts Daily *cue sad music.* I’ve been informed that it won’t print until Commencement where “hundreds of parents will read it, so you better not be inappropriate again.” Oops, wasn’t supposed to include that last bit.I’ve had an awesome time writing for ...
