Cheryl Milligan’s first softball coach, despite not teaching her much about the game at the tender age of seven, kick-started her interest in softball — a game that would eventually become a life-long passion.“My coach when I was a kid was just a lot of fun,” Milligan said. “He didn’t ...
Yesterday, the NBA regular season ended. Sixteen teams will begin the playoffs and the other 14 will enter the NBA Draft Lottery. Here is a look at the rookie class of the 2015-2016 season.The top two players of this year’s draft are widely thought to be two big men who competed in this year’s ...
Just a couple of weeks ago, the ice blanketing Mystic Lake -- where the sailing teams practice -- was still in the process of thawing.“We were out breaking ice with various tools for the first month and a half of our season,” first-year Lara Dienemann said.Fast forward to this past weekend, ...
After starting the NESCAC with two wins at Colby and Bates, the No. 19 Tufts women’s tennis team has dropped its past three league matches against No. 3 Amherst, No. 33 Trinity and No. 17 Wesleyan. The team, despite its recent losing streak, maintains a 2-3 conference record and can still salvage ...
The women’s crew team went into last weekend’s races with a new sense of confidence as it moved up in the national rankings from No. 11 to No. 3. Its weekend of racing, however, ended with mixed results.When the Jumbos first saw their new position in the rowing rankings, they were both excited ...
Riding the momentum from last week’s dominant performance, the men’s track and field team once again placed first in its meet this weekend at Conn. College’s two-day Silfen Invitational. Tufts won with a score of 188, finishing 57 points ahead of runner-up Worcester State. As the regular season ...
The No. 1-ranked Jumbos returned to the field for the first time in 10 days over the weekend to continue their undefeated season. Tufts swept two doubleheaders: first at Bowdoin on Saturday, then at home against Bates on Sunday. The games represented important firsts for Tufts: the Bowdoin series was ...
The No. 12 women's lacrosse team suffered a setback in its playoff hunt this past weekend, falling to No. 7 Hamilton 9-7 on Saturday and then to No. 4 SUNY Cortland 14-8 on Sunday. The losses dropped the Jumbos' record to 3-3 in away games, 5-3 in the NESCAC and 9-4 overall. It also snapped ...
Kawhi Leonard won't be crowned MVP this season.For the voters, offense always trumps defense. Although Leonard has been on a tear since early March, netting more than one point per possession in each of the five main play types and simultaneously uplifting his teammates, per Synergy Sports, ...
The men’s tennis team fell 5-4 to No. 2 Emory College on Saturday. The loss dropped them to 3-6 on the season. The No. 30 Jumbos came just one point shy from pulling off the monumental upset. Tufts has now dropped its last five matches after beginning the season 3-1. The Jumbos fell behind 2-1 in ...
Playing in their penultimate tournament of the season, the Jumbos finished tied for eighth out of 17 teams at the Hampton Inn Invitational in North Dartmouth, Mass.Tufts started the two-day tournament strong on Saturday, averaging a score of 80.25 among the four scorers on Friday. The total of 321 ...
Just over a week into its spring season, the men’s crew team is already starting to face strong competition as it gears up for next month’s New England and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships. This weekend saw mixed but promising results for Tufts as it hosted Bates, Wesleyan ...
The Tufts equestrian team has been quietly excelling its past few semesters, and has had an eventful, if not historic, season this year.The team’s incredibly successful stretch has led to a number of important wins, including a qualification for Nationals this year.The team’s bid for nationals is ...
This past Friday and Saturday, the women's track and field team traveled to New London, Conn. for Conn. College's Silfen Invitational. On Friday evening, many Jumbos participated in a competition that was branded as an "elite distance night." The rest of the team competed on Saturday, ...
Aside from Paul Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock, Mark Trumbo and maybe Jake Lamb, I dislike just about every member of the Diamondbacks' 25-man roster.However, this team has three excellent buy-low candidates sitting in Reno (its triple-A affiliate) or on a trainer’s table.By now you have probably ...
The No. 1 men’s lacrosse team suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday.After winning the first 10 games of their season, the Jumbos dropped to 10-1 and 6-1 within the NESCAC. The final score from Bello Field was 12-8 in what was the lowest-scoring game ...
The No. 1-ranked softball team entered the week riding a 16-game winning streak and looking forward to a full slate of games. However, the bad weather once again spoiled the team’s schedule, forcing all four of the Jumbos’ games to be postponed.With the postponement of a doubleheader at MIT on Monday ...
The men’s track and field team dominated at the Amherst Spring Fling this Saturday. The team scored a total of 176 points, over 100 more than second-place Amherst (72). It was the team's second victory in as many weeks after besting a field of 22 at home the previous week. Once again, the conditions ...
After the Cardinals and Cubs kicked things off Sunday night, baseball is officially back. After one of the crazier off-seasons in recent memory, many are closely following how the regular season will play out. People are already monitoring the young Cubs team that has the potential to be one of the best in baseball and the completely rebuilt Padres. Who wouldn’t be excited for the season?
Pouring rain and blistering winds couldn't stop the Jumbos from placing fifth out of 17 teams at the Rhode Island College Invitational.The par-72, 6,458-yard Valley Country Club course was in good condition considering the inclement weather and recently melted snow.This was the first of three tournaments ...
