With Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and Yasmany Tomas already being called up to the majors, I wanted to take a look at several elite prospects that should be called up shortly.Francisco Lindor has had an iffy start to the 2015 season in triple-A. Through his first 15 games, he was hitting just .196. ...
On a windy and cool Saturday, the women's track team traveled to Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. for the 2015 NESCAC Championship. Tufts finished second overall, behind host Williams, for the second year in a row. The Ephs defeated the Jumbos by a score of 170-148. The two juggernauts ...
The men's tennis team was defeated by the No. 8 Bowdoin Bears on Friday by a score of 5-4 in the Jumbos' final contest of the regular season. The No. 30 Jumbos end the season ranked sixth in the NESCAC with a 4-4 record, which is good enough to qualify them for a bid in the NESCAC tournament, ...
For the third year in a row, the men’s track and field team won the NESCAC championship. Tufts finished the day just 5.3 team points ahead of Williams to become the second NESCAC team in history to win the competition three years in a row, with 22 different Jumbos playing a part in aggregating the team score of 169.333.
The women's lacrosse team (No. 12) fell to NESCAC opponent Bowdoin (No. 5) with a final score of 11-9 on Bello Field. Earlier in the week, the Jumbos defeated Amherst (No. 14) 11-10 in overtime, also at home. With the regular season now over, Tufts (10-5) sits at fifth in the NESCAC with a conference ...
The Jumbos wrapped up their regular season schedule Wednesday night with a 15-9 victory under the lights over the Bowdoin Polar Bears. The No. 6 defending Div. III champions are now headed into the playoffs.With the win in Brunswick, Maine, Tufts improved its record to 13-2 overall and 8-2 within the ...
The men’s tennis team defeated No. 20 Bates College yesterday afternoon 7-2 and NESCAC rival No. 14 Williams College 6-3 on Sunday to improve to 8-6 on the season and 4-3 in the NESCAC. It was the first time the Jumbos have defeated the Williams Ephs since 1989.The No. 30 Jumbos began the match with ...
Runners were not the only busy athletes over marathon weekend. The sunny Saturday and Sunday in Rhode Island were home to the Wildcat Spring Invitational and the first team tournament victory for the Tufts program since 2007. The tournament was hosted by Johnson and Wales University at the par-71, ...
Scott Brooks was fired yesterday as the coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder after narrowly missing the playoffs on the final night of the regular season. Surprisingly enough, Brooks had been the fourth-longest tenured coach in the NBA prior to yesterday. The coach who has kept his job for longest is ...
Rough weather resulted in tough sailing in all six of the regattas in which the women’s and co-ed sailing teams competed over the weekend.One of the regattas, the Central Series 3 hosted by Harvard, was even cancelled due to the weather. The various groups of Tufts sailors performed relatively well ...
As a final tuneup for next weekend's NESCAC Championships, the women's track and field team competed in a small tri-meet against Dartmouth College and UMass Lowell at the George Davis Invitational, held at UMass Lowell on Saturday.The meet was unscored, but Tufts, led by its sprinters, impressed ...
Nassau Coliseum might look on the verge of being condemned, but the New York Islanders are still alive -- and kicking.First it was a proposed rehabilitation project that never got off the ground, then the specter of a cross-country resettlement in Kansas City. For the past decade, Islanders fans have ...
This week marked the last meet of the regular season for the men’s track and field team, as most of the team traveled to UMass Lowell to compete in the annual George Davis Invitational. It also was the last week for team members to qualify for the NESCAC Championships.The Jumbos impressed the most ...
"At the Malden River, we have this little advantage in knowing all the turns, and mentally, it is easier since you know the course markers," Danielowitz said. "At Worcester, we don't have that, and it was the first time this season racing when it's just a straight route."
Be yourself.That was the overarching message of Chris Herren's emotionally charged, 90-minute presentation at Cousens Gym on Tuesday night. The audience, comprised mostly of Tufts athletes and coaches, hung on Herren's every word as he shared his tragic life story of substance abuse, family ...
Tufts moved one step closer to the postseason this weekend with a strong series against Colby and a convincing win at home over UMass Dartmouth on Monday. The Jumbos pounded the Mules 9-0 on Friday in Waterville, Maine before dropping the second game on Saturday 6-4. They bounced back Saturday night ...
The women’s tennis team returned to action this Patriot’s Day weekend with three matches, two of which came on the road and one of which took place on the Voute Courts at home. Tufts, ranked 19th nationally and eighth in the Northeast region, took on No. 30 Wellesley on Friday, Conn. College on ...
The weekend couldn't have gone much better for the women’s crew team, who brought home a bright silver trophy after sweeping all three varsity races in which it competed.Tufts retained the Bernie Brown Cup, for which it competed against Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The varsity eight also ...
The men’s lacrosse team notched a pair of dominant victories last week, winning consecutive games by double-digit margins. In an out-of-conference showdown on Tuesday, No. 3 Tufts defeated No. 8 Endicott on the road by a score of 22-6.The win was a convincing one: the Jumbos led 8-0 after one quarter. ...
With more than a month of baseball now in the books, the Jumbos are in the midst of another stellar season. Tufts won four of five over the past week, improving its overall record to 19-5 and taking sole possession of first place in the NESCAC East.Tufts trounced Keene State 18-6 in its most recent ...
