Before its two-game homestand this past weekend, in which it split games against Wesleyan and Conn. College, the men's basketball team received news of the biggest loss -- both literally and figuratively -- of its season when 6' 8" sophomore center Hunter Sabety suffered an apparently serious ...
Two things happened last week. First, New York Times columnist Charles Blow's son, Tahj, who fit the description of an intruder to a dorm at Yale, where Tahj is a student, was accosted by police at gunpoint -- he was leaving the library -- but eventually let go. Second, in a refrain all too familiar to ...
In early January, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio achieved the necessary 75 percent voting threshold to be a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. They will be officially inducted later this year.Other players just missed the cut. Guys like Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell and Tim ...
Competing in its final event before NESCACs, Tufts men's swim and dive raced against a host of tough schools that included rivals Williams and Middlebury at the Middlebury Invitational.Though it was a non-scoring meet, several swimmers dropped significant time in a bright spot for the Jumbos as ...
Tufts improved to 4-2 at home and continued its four game winning streak against Middlebury (7-8-3) before falling to No. 11 Williams (12-4-2) to bring its home record to 4-3. With their four-game winning streak at home over, the Jumbos stand at 7-10-1 overall and 4-7-1 in conference play. Although ...
In the midst of all things psi and air-pressure-related, the actual Super Bowl has seemed almost like an afterthought. The pervasive “Deflategate” controversy has grabbed national headlines and airwaves across country for almost two weeks. In the wake of the media frenzy, the balls are sure to be ...
After a commanding win against Boston College last week, Tufts fell to St. Lawrence University, 7-2, last Saturday.“We had two very clear wins against Haverford and Boston College [on Jan. 16 and Jan. 20, respectively] that has given us some momentum moving forward,"senior tri-captain Paige ...
Tufts notched 141 points this weekend, placing first out of eight teams at the Bowdoin Invitational, 17 points ahead of runner-up Southern Maine (124) and nearly 30 points ahead of host Bowdoin, who finished in third with 111.33 points. The biggest takeaway for the weekend, however, was neither the ...
After starting the NESCAC season 3-0, the men’s basketball team returned to action with a non-conference game against UMass-Boston on Thursday and then played on the road at Bates on Saturday. The team won on Thursday night at Cousens Gym, extending its winning streak to four games before falling ...
The women's swimming and diving team closed out the dual-meet phase of its season with a win last Saturday, topping Wheaton College 158-138. Tufts came on strong after its midseason training trip to Puerto Rico, winning two of its last three meets to finish the year at 2-4."We had a great meet ...
Tufts avenged its season-opening loss to the Wesleyan Cardinals over the weekend with a 3-1 win, but it could not duplicate its performance the following day, losing to No. 5 Trinity by a score of 4-1. The win and loss, respectively, bring the Jumbos' NESCAC record to 3-5-1 and their overall ...
The women's track and field team traveled through the snowstorm to Brunswick, Maine on Saturday for the Bowdoin Invitational.Traditionally, this meet has been the smallest competition for the Jumbos during the indoor season, with numbers as low as four teams.However, this year was different with ...
At halftime of the women's basketball game on Saturday, No. 5-ranked Tufts led opponent Bates by 11 points. When all was said and done in the NESCAC matchup at Cousens Gym, the Jumbos had built a 46-point lead, defeating the Bobcats 83-37 to move to 16-1 overall and 4-0 in the NESCAC.Prior to this ...
The men’s swimming and diving team won its final head-to-head meet of the season in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon, beating Wheaton College 177-107. The win brings the team’s record to 3-3 in head-to-head matchups on the season as the Jumbos set their sights on next month’s NESCAC championships.“Wheaton ...
The men's swimming team restarted its 2014-2015 campaign this weekend with its first and only homestand of the season. Tufts lost 199-101 against a strong MIT team on Saturday, then defeated Wesleyan 174-108 on Sunday before dropping the final meet to Boston College by a score of 204.5-163.5 on ...
The men's track and field team started its new season strong at home with a third place finish in the Tufts Winter Invitational. The event, held in Gantcher Center, featured 14 teams. Div. II teams from UMass Lowell (160) and Stonehill (145) finished first and second, respectively, while Tufts ...
The men’s basketball team defeated Trinity College on Saturday 59-55 to improve to 7-7 on the season and increase its current win streak to three. Two sophomores, center Hunter Sabety and guard Tarik Smith, led the way with 14 points apiece. This comes just a day after Tufts, led by 18 points from ...
Heading into the crucial NESCAC stretch of the season, the No. 7 women’s basketball team established its dominance in the conference early with a 65-42 victory over No. 3 Amherst on Friday and a 70-46 routing of Trinity on Saturday. With the pair of wins, the Jumbos move to 14-1 on the season and ...
The women’s swimming and diving team, fresh off a training trip to Puerto Rico, won its first meet of the season on Sunday, edging Wesleyan 176-115 at home.“We’re in much better shape than we were in the fall semester, so we tend to surprise ourselves with the times we are able to do,” said ...
Tufts began its weekend with a tough 6-3 loss to now 5-5-4 Hamilton, followed by a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to NESCAC heavyweight No. 12 Amherst (10-3-2) on Saturday.Tufts sophomore goalie Mason Pulde started both games in net this weekend, and while the team struggled defensively against Hamilton, Pulde ...
