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 ...
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 ...
