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Senior Profile: Matt Rohrer

“Four years really flies by,” graduating senior tri-captain and standout diver Matt Rohrer said. “I couldn’t be happier with the team this year. I wouldn’t have wanted to go out with any other group."Rohrer is perhaps one of the most accomplished Jumbo athletes in the class of 2017. ...


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Spotlight on international student athletes at Tufts

While the Tufts athletics program sees hundreds of students pass through its doors every year, the handful of international students that represent the Brown and Blue across the country in various sports can go unnoticed.Two of those individuals are rising juniors Mina Karamercan and Julia Keller, both ...


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Teeing Off: Big picture preview

Well, so this a little awkward ... but this is actually my final column of the semester. Since I talked last time about some big picture ideas including a list of the remaining majors and dates, I will stick with that theme.The next major on the schedule is the U.S. Open. This year the tournament will ...


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Out of Left Field: A day in the life

In February I was hired part-time by MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) as a stats stringer. I'm one month into the job and I wanted to share my experience.We're responsible for entering data into MLB’s software following the outcome of every pitch. MLBAM then posts that data real-time on MLB Gameday ...



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Jumbos gearing up for ICSA Championships

Tufts sailing had an up-and-down year throughout the fall and the spring seasons. Both the women’s and co-ed teams still have the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Championships to come, events for which they’ve been preparing since the end of the regular season in April.For the co-ed ...


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Tufts sports top 10 moments of 2016-17

The 2016–2017 season was a dominant year for Jumbo athletics. Following a strong fall campaign, Tufts was No. 2 in Div. III in the Learfield Director's Cup standings. Following an equally impressive winter campaign, Tufts athletics remained a top-three force nationally. These dominant seasons ...


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Jumbos miss NESCAC tournament for first time in 17 years

For the first time since 2000,the Jumbos (22-14) failed to qualify for the NESCAC conference playoffs. Nevertheless, the strong performances of multiple first-year players demonstrate that the team’s rebuilding efforts should pay dividends for years to come. Coach Cheryl Milligan explained that while ...


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Tufts Lacrosse: Brothers on and off the field

It's a familiar, eye-roll-inducing cliché: Athletes regularly describe themselves and their teammates as members of a "family." The explanation lies in the fact that players commonly live together, eat together, study together and more, despite already seeing hours of each other at ...



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Best of Tufts Athletics

Tufts athletics owes its existence to hundreds of athletes and coaches, each of whom leaves a mark on the school. Each year, however, the Daily recognizes a number of these athletes who exceeded every expectation and made their presence known to opposing teams week after week. These athletes represent ...


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Jumbos graduate one after narrowly missing NESCAC Championship

The 2016–2017 season was an overall success for the Jumbos. The team performed well on several different occasions and new players developed their skills to fill tournament positions.The Jumbos played a bit inconsistently in the fall season, finishing well in tournaments like the Williams Fall Invitational, ...


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Tufts defends NESCAC title, looks forward to NCAA berth

Despite losing to Middlebury 5-1 in the preliminaries, No. 11 Tufts (30-8-1) came back and defeated Middlebury twice in a row, clinching its second consecutive NESCAC championship. The team entered the postseason as the top-seeded team in the NESCAC Championship tournament.Having won last year’s ...


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Out of Left Field: Bottom of the ninth

In Ted Williams’ final at-bat, he homered to center field in the eighth inning, capping the end of his 19-year career in Boston the only way he knew how. Williams, as he had done in every home run before this, refused to tip his cap to the fans and simply took his spot in the dugout. Nothing too ...



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Tufts sweeps Bates, goes 4-0 in dominant weekend

After junior first baseman Nick Falkson hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in the final game, Tufts completed its sweep of Bates in a three-game series and clinched the NESCAC East Division pennant for the fourth consecutive season. The team faced Bates once on Friday followed ...


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Jumbos take two out-of-three from Polar Bears

The Jumbos (18-12) concluded their 12-game road trip this weekend by traveling to Pickard Field in Brunswick, Maine for a three-game swing against their NESCAC East rivals, the Bowdoin Polar Bears (24-8). Although the Polar Bears entered the series on a 12-game winning streak, the Jumbos won two out ...



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Jumbos to battle Bobcats for NESCAC East supremacy

After taking two out of three games at home this past weekend against the Bowdoin Polar Bears (12-15), the Jumbos (22-5-1) are just a game behind the Bates Bobcats (13-8) in the NESCAC East Division. Additionally, Tufts is now ranked No. 10 in the country.In Sunday's series finale, the Jumbos fell ...