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Sports

Tufts narrowly tops Conn. College, remains unbeaten

The men’s lacrosse team bested the Conn. College Camels Saturday evening by a score of 10-9. The undefeated Jumbos stretched their record to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the NESCAC with the win.This contest was the closest the team has played this year, and it narrowly escaped with its perfect record still ...


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Sports

Tufts swimmers and divers wrap up another strong season

The men's swimming and diving team's 2014-2015 season finally came to a close after junior tri-captain Michael Winget and sophomore diver Matt Rohrer led the Jumbos to 23rd place at this month’s NCAA Championships. This season was the second in a row -- and the fifth in the last six years ...


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Sports

Overtime thriller keeps Tufts over .500

No. 11 Tufts improved to 7-2 overall (3-2 in the NESCAC) on Saturday after defeating Conn. College 11-10 in overtime. Despite wind and snow, the Jumbos were able to score the last three goals in regulation to force overtime, in which first-year midfielder Calie Nowak scored the game-winning goal on ...


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Track And Field

Despite snowy conditions, Tufts wins Snowflake Classic

For the first time in over a month, the women’s track and field team had its full squad in competition at its own Snowflake Invitational, held at the Ellis Oval. The Snowflake Classic, which ushers in the outdoor season, was run in miserable conditions. Temperatures hovered in the low 30s with a wind ...


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Sports

Jumbos ready to get back on the water

The men’s crew team begins its season on Saturday, April 4, with a race against Hamilton at the Shoemaker Boathouse.The No. 9 Jumbos, according to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association, enter the season with high expectations and hope to challenge the top teams they will face.The Continentals ...


The Setonian
Columns

My first 2015 draft

My 10-team AL/NL head-to-head league had its draft last week, and I was picking fifth. The 6x6 league has BBs and QSs as the final two categories, and you play nine pitchers (it could be nine SPs and zero RPs, four SPs and five RPs, etc.). The first four picks went as expected with Mike Trout going ...




The Setonian
Columns

The inefficacy of Chris Borland

Had Chris Borland been a marquee player, his retirement -- premature, perhaps, at 24 -- would have been a thunderclap. Parents would have unenrolled their children in Pop Warner in legion, desiccating collegiate pipelines and thereby bringing the NFL to its knees. But Chris Borland, though dependable ...


The Setonian
Columns

The NCAA's biggest benefactors

As a journalist, this one really hurts.Major sponsors notwithstanding, the media, by lavishing airtime and newspaper space on college sports, is arguably most complicit in this grand farce. Erstwhile scourge of the greedy and powerful, it has since kowtowed to those whose vested interests it once ...


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Sports

Jumbos' season focused on strengthening young roster

For the women's swimming and diving team, the 2014-2015 season was a transition year focused on integrating underclassmen into a youthful roster. The Jumbos developed their talent as the season progressed, gaining confidence and experience with each meet and evolving into a much stronger team by ...


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Tennis

Jumbos start season strongly on spring break trip to California

The men’s tennis team enjoyed more than just the good weather on its spring break trip to California. With three wins and an impressive performance in its loss to Pomona-­Pitzer, Tufts succeeded in establishing a winning start to the busy spring season.Before heading back home to Massachusetts, ...



The Setonian
Columns

Get off the bench

Sam Presti announced last week that Kevin Durant, the 2014 MVP award winner, has been “removed from basketball activities.” On Feb. 22 Durant had surgery on his foot, which had been nagging him since a screw was inserted in October as part of an operation to repair a Jones fracture. Long story ...



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Tennis

Tufts travels across country for spring break

The No. 17 women’s tennis team traveled to California over spring break to enjoy the warm weather and face off with Div. III competitors.The Jumbos played four matches in five days, winning the first two against Denison College and La Verne University before falling to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and ...


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Sports

Jumbos drop two of three over spring break after hot start

The No. 11 women's lacrosse team headed into spring break with a 4-0 record, but the Jumbos fell to 5-2 following their three-game stint over the past week and a half.On Saturday, Tufts traveled to Hartford, Conn. to take on 6-1 Trinity. The conference-rival Bantams -- No. 2 in the country -- have ...


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Track And Field

Tufts runners compete at NCAA Div. III nationals

Last weekend, 10 athletes from the men's and women's track and field teams traveled to the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. for the NCAA Div. III National Championships. For the men's team, juniors Mitchell Black and Veer Bhalla qualified individually while the 4x400-meter team of ...


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Baseball

Tufts off to strong start after rocky first game

Baseball is a beautiful game, but the beginning of baseball season is never pretty. Hitters are still finding their timing, pitchers are still searching for their command and defense tends to be sloppy. That's why major league baseball teams -- made up of the best ballplayers on the planet -- need ...


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Sports

Winget, Rohrer earn 23rd for Jumbos at NCAA championships

Though it may have seemed a tall order a week ago, the men’s swimming and diving team has once again claimed its spot as a national top-25 team at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Sophomore diver Matt Rohrer and junior tri-captain Michael Winget earned 41 team points for the Jumbos to tie for 23rd place ...


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Softball

Two-time defending national champs begin quest for three-peat

Three Years of DominanceEvery year at the Matriculation Ceremony on the academic quad, Dean Lee Coffin gives a speech in which he outlines the various accomplishments of the incoming class. Tufts students, even before they matriculate, are no slouches. Coffin may identify founders of companies, inventors, ...