For many, sports are an escape. This attitude aligns with the ideals of American meritocracy, as the media often spotlights hoop dreams, and how athletes from low-income families are able to work hard and make it big. Sports documentaries highlighting the perseverance of sport in war-torn countries, ...
It was my 13th birthday. I woke up to the sound and sight of steady rain. I figured that my scheduled Little League game would be cancelled, and the sinking depression of a possible postponement crept into my mind. In those days, I would go to bed laughably early the night before games because sleep ...
Graduating senior track quint-captain Alexis Harrison did not become the fourth fastest NCAA Div. III woman to ever compete in the 60-meter, or the national runner-up in the event, overnight; her accomplishments have been in the works since she first stepped foot onto the tracks at Gantcher and Ellis ...
The co-ed sailing team is nearing the end of a rollercoaster year, which culminates with a trip to San Diego next week for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association's National Championships. The team is ultimately where it wants to be at the end of the season, but the journey was not an easy one.The ...
The women’s crew team wrapped up a long and impressive season earlier this month, driven by steady improvement from a young lineup. The main focus of the fall portion of the season was bringing the team together and finding a lineup that meshed the experienced rowers with the talented younger core.“We ...
The women's sailing team is consistently one of Tufts' smallest squads. Graduating seniors Kate Shaner and Amanda Sommi were the two most experienced sailors on the team, and the pair used their experience to mentor the younger athletes — rising seniors Julia Fuller and MaryClaire Kiernan, rising ...
Entering Tufts as a member of the Class of 2018, rising junior Lauren Dillon may not have expected to take over as point guard for the women's basketball team — a 2014 NESCAC Champion and Final Four participant — especially before conference play even started. She also may not have expected ...
Graduating senior Paget Stanco women's squash reign at Tufts would never have happened if she did not walk into coach Joe McManus’ office her sophomore year to ask to try out for the team.Stanco came to Tufts as a student athlete from her high school in Connecticut, but took her first year off ...
In January, graduating seniors co-captain John Uppgren and Conor Helfrich became the first Tufts lacrosse players ever drafted in the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, a testament to their prolific careers.Uppgren started off contributing his first year and has since then carried Tufts' ...
The No. 28 Jumbos, having finished the regular season on top of the NESCAC’s Eastern Conference, are taking the postseason one game at a time. Tufts recently cracked the Div. III top 30 rankings, leaving open the possibility of an at large bid regardless of the outcome of the NESCAC tournament.Despite ...
Graduating senior Caroline Ross, a two-year captain of Tufts women's lacrosse, finishes her four years as a Jumbo fourth in career goals at Tufts and sixth in total points scored. Considering the success of the program in the 1980s and '90s, plus the fact that she plays in the NESCAC -- ...
Tufts women's lacrosse team remained competitive in the NESCAC, Div. III's toughest conference, despite the program's relatively young and inexperienced roster. The Jumbos posted at 9-7 record on the season, going 5-5 against NESCAC opponents to finish tied for sixth in the conference before falling ...
The first five months of 2016 have seen the women's track and field team maintain the same level of success that it has had over the last few years, in a new era of top nationally-ranked athletes, however.For the entire squad, the indoor season started off with a first-place finish at the Tufts ...
What a year it’s been. From Chelsea's meltdown to Leicester's meteoric rise, it's been a magical year. Thankfully it continues in the summer with the various regional tournaments. We've taken some of your questions and added our own as we look back at yet another amazing season.Best ...
The men's track and field team had its eye on a fourth consecutive NESCAC championship this season, but in a surprising turn of events, lost the NESCAC crown to Williams. The championship meet on April 30 at Amherst saw Williams finish with 207 points, ahead of Tufts’ 182 score. Still, the ...
The co-ed sailing team finished sixth out of 18 teams at the New England Dinghy Championships at Dartmouth this weekend, the Jumbos' last competition in New England this season.Tufts finished with 55 total team points, just behind fifth-place Yale's 53 points, and 14 points behind champion Roger ...
Having just wrapped up their final NESCAC games of the regular season, the Jumbos have just three games remaining in their regular season schedule. The team secured first place in the NESCAC East last week but lost its first game in conference play to Bowdoin 5-2 on Saturday. The loss came in the ...
After a loss against MIT and an indoor win against Bowdoin on Sunday, Tufts is set to play in the conference tournament as one of the NESCAC's top six seeds. The Jumbos have locked down the No. 5 seed after a strong spring season.On Sunday, Tufts hosted conference rival Bowdoin, the NESCAC's ...
The Tufts women's sailing team finished 14th out of 16 teams at the New England Championship (NEC) Regatta on April 24 at Yale University. The Jumbos missed out on competing in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association national semifinals, as only the top 11 teams from the NEC Regatta qualified. ...
The women's tennis team will be on the road at Bates next weekend after splitting its final two home games. Despite a 7-2 loss on Saturday evening to the nationally No. 2-ranked Williams Ephs, the No. 17 Jumbos had already secured their return to the championship with their upset of the No. 6 ...
