Between resurfaced courts in Gantcher Center and coach Karl Gregor’s first recruiting class consisting of five new first-years, men's tennis anticipates an exciting and successful fall 2016 season. The fall is traditionally when men's tennis sets the stage for their spring season by playing ...
Mike Trout, José Altuve, Josh Donaldson, and Mookie Betts, in some order, are the favorites for American League (AL) MVP this year. Using WAR (Wins Above Replacement) as a performance measure, it’s clear that all four have had incredible seasons. Trout (9.64) leads the bunch, followed by Betts (8.51), Altuve (7.74) and finally Donaldson (6.86). Despite Trout’s large lead in WAR, he has not been the AL's most valuable player.
Men’s cross country finished second out of four teams on Saturday at the Bates Invitational at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine. Tufts finished with 171 points, behind Bates' 115 points but ahead of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) 196 and Southern Maine's 397.Senior ...
The men's crew team is still riding the momentum from its strong spring season as it gears up for the start of fall racing in a few weeks. The Jumbos raked in the medals at both the New England Championships in April and at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (NIRCs). Overall, it was ...
Men's golf showed no rust heading into its season debut tournament this weekend at the Detrick Invitational, in which they finished fifth out of 11. Despite having never played a round at Indian Hill Golf Club, it did not take long for the team to feel at home at the tournament hosted by Trinity ...
Field hockey is already off to a solid 2-0 start in its first week of play this season. In their season debut, the No. 12 Tufts handily knocked off Colby in Maine on Saturday by a 6-2 margin before traveling again on Tuesday to edge out a tough No. 10 Babson team 2-1. Tufts was confident in its ...
Welcome back, sports fans, to the second week of Editor's Challenge. Last week, we mentioned Chris "Speedy" Warren's ballsy decision to pick the Buccaneers over the Falcons, which turned out to be the pick of the week. Warren sprinted to the top of the standings, where he sits tied ...
Tufts men's soccer suffered its worst start to the season since 2009, when the program fell to 0-4-1 before winning a game. Although the 2016 Jumbos aren't at that point yet, their 0-1-1 record is a far cry from last season's 5-0-0 start.Tufts traveled to Waterville, Maine on Saturday to ...
The Tufts women’s crew team returned to early morning practices this week after a much-needed offseason. Though rowing mostly competes in large regattas in the spring, including the regional and national regattas, the fall season remains highly competitive, especially in the Northeast.The headlining ...
The Jumbos are off to their hottest start since 2011, sweeping their first week of competition and currently standing at 5-0. The team debuted at home against Clark University on Sept. 7 before traveling to the MIT Invitational on Friday and Saturday, where it beat teams from Endicott College, Wellesley ...
Two games into their season, the Jumbos remain solid on defense and are looking strong on offense. Tufts is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
The Tufts men's cross country team enjoyed resounding success last season, earning its highest-ever placement at the NCAA Outdoor Meet — a 15th place finish — with several runners also taking home All-American Honors. The program lost one of its most decorated runners in history, Mitchell Black ...
The 2015-16 golf season was not entirely successful for the Jumbos. Tufts narrowly missed out on qualifying for the NESCAC tournament, finishing sixth in the qualifier at Williams. That left Tufts 19 strokes behind fourth-place Amherst for the final qualifying spot.The season nevertheless had its bright ...
The last members of Tufts' 2012 NCAA championship field hockey team graduated in May, but the team has not lowered its expectations. The 2016 Jumbos are looking to break their four-year streak of losing in the NESCAC tournament semifinals and finally get back to the NCAA tournament. They have not ...
The Tufts women’s cross country team enters every season with high expectations. It aims to not only race against the best competition in the country, but to win out against those opponents. These are consistent, yearly goals, but after last year's second-place NESCAC finish and seventh-place ...
Fresh off of its first losing season since 2012, Tufts' women's soccer team is ready to prove it is stronger than last year's 6-8-2 record shows. The Jumbos hope a switch to a new 3-5-2 system will help facilitate the improvement.“I think we were a good team, except for a couple moments,” ...
Despite graduating a core group of seniors in 2016, the Tufts volleyball program still believes in its potential to win a national championship this year thanks to seven first-year players who have quickly acclimated to Div. III and exhibited the focus required to play for a perennial regional contender."It’s ...
This time last year, the Jumbos were coming off the back of their 2014 NCAA Championship win, hoping to defend their crown. Despite early successes against Colby, Conn. College and Trinity in September, the Jumbos suffered back-to-back double overtime losses against Amherst and Hamilton in October.Tufts ...
Though the 2015-16 athletic year may have lacked the excitement of a national championship win, Tufts quietly had one of the best years in the history of its athletics programs last year. The Jumbos finally broke into the top five in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Div. III standings, which were ...
The Jumbos are preparing for their upcoming season, and so are our competitors in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Founded in 1971, NESCAC is composed of 11 prestigious liberal arts colleges, offers 14 sports for women and 13 sports for men and boasts six national championship ...
