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Tufts wins overtime showdown at Williams

No. 15 Tufts came from behind to win 2-1 at No. 20 Williams in its NESCAC field hockey game on Saturday. An overtime goal from senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Keilp lifted the Jumbos past the Ephs for their seventh conference win.With the win, the Jumbos go 10-4 overall with a 7-2 record in NESCAC, while ...


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Revenge is for Week 8

Every fantasy player knows about "revenge games," when a player who was released or traded plays against his prior team. I haven't checked the statistics, but the general consensus is that players tend to have big games against their former teams -- hence the revenge. With all of the player ...


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Ali takes Middlebury's de Quant to third set tie-breaker

The Boston Invitational has been a much-anticipated event all season, touted as an opportunity for the men’s tennis team to flex their muscles against Colby, Boston University (BU) and Middlebury. More schools -- and thus more competitors -- raised the stakes for the Jumbos as they competed in ...


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Jumbos on two-game win streak as regular season winds down

The men’s soccer team began the final stretch of the regular season this past week with two road games. On Tuesday, the team traveled to Keene, N.H. to take on Keene State before heading west to Williamstown on Saturday for a NESCAC game against Williams. The team emerged from the week 2-0 and is ...


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Tufts wins at Williams for first time since 1981

Tufts’ 30-15 road victory over Williams on Saturday was more than just another win for the Jumbos. It was the team’s first win in Williamstown since 1981, and it came in dominant fashion, with Tufts taking a 23-point lead for part of the game. The victory ties the Jumbos’ win total from last ...



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Jumbos emerge as runners-up at Conn. College Invite

The women's cross country team traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. this past Saturday for the annual Connecticut College Invitational. Tufts, ranked No. 3 in the latest USA Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USATFCCCA) poll, fared well at the meet, ...


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Tufts bests Trinity, wins seventh straight

When Tufts entered Cousens Gym on Saturday for its game against Trinity, there were plenty of numbers going through the Jumbos’ heads: 25 points to win the set, three sets to win the match, six games left in the regular season. But there was one number that was on the minds of everyone in the gym ...


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Week 6

Wow…this week was a doozy. There was no shortage of bizarre moments in this weekend's games, and most of them speak for themselves, so without too much else, lets get to the recap.



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Tufts knocks off Bates, UMass Boston with easy wins

After a three game no-win streak, women's soccer got back on track with a pair of 1-0 wins against UMass Boston on Tuesday, and NESCAC foe Bates on Saturday.Tufts' win over Bates -- one of their final NESCAC games -- was close. Junior forward Jessica Capone tapped in the winning goal early ...


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Jumbos see mixed success, disappointment in weekend regattas

The co-ed sailing team competed in multiple regattas this past weekend: the New England Sloop Championship, the Truxton Umstead Trophy, the Yale Women’s Inter-Conference, the Captain Hurst Bowl, the Great Herring Pond Open, the Norm Reid Team Race, the MIT Invite and the Franklin J. Lane Trophy Team ...


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Jumbos defeat Ephs in one-sided game

The Tufts women's rugby football club defeated its Williams counterpart at Bello Field on Saturday by a comfortable 74-0 margin. First-year flanker Nellie Hines and scrum halves senior Sara Fuhrman and junior Alison Kuah, who is also the Executive Sports Editor for the Daily, contributed to an ...


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Things we learned this premier league weekend

In the spirit of staying optimistic, I’m going to highlight some positives from the weekend. Just one negative though: James McClean, celebrating like that against your old club is neither sporting nor cool.Louis van Gaal got it rightI feared the worst coming into this game, especially seeing how ...


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Tufts beats Colby to finish line at Head of the Charles

The Head of the Charles Regatta, held annually in Boston, Mass. during the third full weekend of October, is not just a competition -- it is a tradition that has captivated the hearts and souls of rowers and spectators alike for the past 51 years. Rowing teams from around the globe, spanning every ...


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Jumbos topple Bobcats in 5-0 win

The field hockey team added a tally to its win column on Saturday with a 5-0 victory over Bates in Lewiston, Maine. The Jumbos improved to 9-4 on the season and 6-2 in NESCAC play with the road win.Tufts got on the board toward the beginning of the first half. Most of the period was played in the middle ...


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Jumbos place 11th out of 26 at Conn. College Invitational

The men’s cross-country team sustained its successful season at the Connecticut College Men's Invitational this past weekend, finishing in 11th place, with 269 points, out of 26 teams. The eight-kilometer race was run at Harkness State Park in Waterford, Connecticut on a crisp Saturday afternoon.MIT ...


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St. Anselm holds off Tufts for 0-0 draw

The lion’s share of chances fell to the Tufts women’s club soccer team on Saturday against St. Anselm at Bello Field. Heroics by the visiting goalkeeper and wasteful finishing by the Jumbos, however, kept the score even at 0-0. This continues the team's unbeaten conference record for the season, ...


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Beating bye week blues

Coming off Week 6 and going into one of the more painful bye weeks, this is a perfect opportunity to evaluate some flex and replacement options for Week 7. The Packers, Broncos, Bengals and Bears -- three offensive powerhouses (and da Bears) that boast a bounty of every-week fantasy starters -- have ...


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Tufts ties Bates 0-0 in double overtime, defeats Gordon

After a big Homecoming win against Middlebury last weekend, the men’s soccer team went back to work on Tuesday against non-conference opponent Gordon College and then traveled to Lewiston, ME on Saturday to face NESCAC foe Bates. The team emerged from the week with mixed results, defeating Gordon ...