The Jumbos were on the road this weekend for a pair of conference match-ups against the Conn. College Camels and the Trinity Bantams. Tufts extended its win streak to three games with two clean sheet victories, 1-0 and 2-0 respectively, with senior forward Gaston Becherano netting all three of Tufts’ ...
With two more conference wins over the weekend against Colby and Bates, Tufts improved to 18-1 on the season and 9-0 in conference play, clinching first place in the NESCAC. Tufts' only remaining conference matchup this season is against Connecticut College on Oct. 29, the last match of its regular ...
For 52 years, two generations of Cleveland sports fans all identified with one word: losing. It’s a word that became so entrenched in Cleveland’s culture that, coupled with an economic downswing that hit Northeast Ohio especially hard, it extended into the ethos of the city as a whole, spawning ...
Women’s cross country took first place at the Connecticut College Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. on Saturday. The Jumbos, who are currently ranked No. 13 nationally, topped the field of 21 teams in the 6,000-meter race, beating national rivals No. 9 Middlebury and ...
History repeated itself for Tufts (3-1), which fell 28-36 to the 4-0 Trinity Bantams on Saturday. Trinity has now broken Tufts' undefeated streak in the fourth game of the season in two consecutive years. Though Tufts mounted a late comeback that closed the gap to eight points with just over ...
This postseason has been a case study in bullpen usage. From Zach Britton to Andrew Miller to game five of the National League Divisional Series (NLDS), we’ve seen polar opposite approaches to bullpen usage.In the AL wild card game, Orioles Manager Buck Showalter waited too long to use Britton, ...
The Tufts men’s basketball team helped kindergarten through eighth graders learn basketball fundamentals at a clinic hosted by Medford High School on Oct. 15. This was the team’s first collaboration with the high school and part of an ongoing effort to connect the team with the neighborhoods surrounding Tufts, ...
Tufts rebounded from Saturday’s narrow 3-2 defeat at Middlebury to defeat Endicott 4-0 in Tufts' penultimate home game of the season on Tuesday. The four-point margin of victory on Tuesday was Tufts' largest since defeating Suffolk 10-0 back in Sept. 2014. The Jumbos' record now stands ...
“History doesn't repeat itself,” Mark Twain reportedly once said, “but it does rhyme.” The upcoming game between the Tufts Jumbos (3-0) and the Trinity Bantams (3-0) evokes a sense of déjà vu. In 2016, as in 2015, the pair enter week four with perfect records, competing for a spot atop ...
Another eventful week of football is behind us. In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap: Brady is back, the Giants still suck, the Falcons are actual contenders, the Giants are terrible, the Vikings are the scariest team in football and the Giants gave me a stomach ulcer. *Sigh* Ah, well. Here’s ...
Adding three more wins over the last week, the women's volleyball team extended its win streak to seven. Tufts now rests at 15-1 overall and first place in the NESCAC with a 7-0 record.The Jumbos won in straight sets against Babson on Tuesday night in Cousens Gym after falling to their regional ...
Our guest last week, Executive Photo Editor Max "Viserys" Lalanne was the lowest scorer in Week 5, receiving the dubious honor of a golden crown and allowing the guest slot to drop back into last place. David "Theon" Westby has had a run of bad luck, but just beat the average ...
Following the graduation of half of the men's tennis team's singles lineup last season, the team was plagued with injuries — ranging from nagging to severe — during the team's formative fall months, which are crucial for deciding who steps into the vacant positions. Going into this season, the team had far more questions than answers as to where it would progress.
Field hockey went to Middlebury and notched its biggest win of the season thus far on Saturday with a 2-1 upset over defending national champions and then-No. 3 Panthers. With the win, Tufts climbed the rankings to fifth nationally and moved to 5-1 in NESCAC play (9-1 overall) to remain tied with ...
Men's soccer returned to action against the No. 19 Middlebury Panthers on Saturday after a week-long break to hand Middlebury its first loss of the season. Tufts is now 3-1-2 in NESCAC play and 5-3-2 overall, a strong recovery from its slow start to the season that saw the team record one ...
With the season in full swing, the men’s cross country team entered the James Earley Invitational, an 8-kilometer hosted at Westfield State University, for its fourth meet of the year. After finishing 25th out of 38 teams at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University the week before, the Jumbos ...
Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions every week about some of your favorite professional sports. First, let's recap the predictions from last week.My one baseball prediction didn't go so well, as the Giants swiftly took down the Mets and moved on to the NLDS ...
“Tom Brady’s revenge tour underway as Patriots spank winless Browns,” read USA Today's headline hours after the New England Patriots’ 33-13 victory over the hapless Cleveland Browns.Narratives like this are already being tossed around after Brady scorched the Browns on Sunday with a 406-yard, ...
On the road for the first time this season, the Jumbos dominated the Bowdoin Polar Bears 41-21 to improve to 3-0 on the season. Tufts benefited from its unique quarterback situation in this game, as sophomore quarterback Ryan McDonald's dual threat capabilities and senior quarterback Alex Snyder's ...
Women’s cross country finished strong last weekend at the James Earley Invitational, placing second out of 41 total teams at the five-kilometer race. The Jumbos finished high despite resting many of their best runners, those who ran in last week’s Paul Short Invitational. Because of the nature ...
