This weekend, both the men's and women's crew teams had the opportunity to be a part of one of the world's preeminent rowing competitions, the Head of the Charles Regatta. In the historic 50th Anniversary Regatta, which attracted 11,000 competitors and more than 400,000 spectators, both ...
An easy way to spot a liar: find someone who claims they predicted before the season that the Kansas City Royals would win the American League pennant. The organization last played postseason baseball in 1985 when it won the franchise’s only World Series, and despite an encouraging year last season, there was no one picking the Royals to make it to the Fall Classic.
Resting its varsity lineup for the upcoming NESCAC Championship meet, the Tufts’ men’s cross country team placed 13th out of 18 teams at the Conn. College Invitational on Saturday. Freshman Sam Little was the top finisher for Tufts with a time of 27:05, good for 42nd in a field of 122 runners ...
The Tufts volleyball team remained undefeated at home over Parents Weekend, winning all three of its matches to cap off a successful homestand in which it dropped just one set. The Jumbos, now 14-7 on the season, moved into first place in the NESCAC with a stellar 7-1 conference record."It was ...
Visiting parents this past Saturday got a chance to see a once-in-a-decade moment: the men's soccer team staking its claim to first place in the NESCAC. With a 1-0 win over Williams at Kraft Field and Wesleyan's 2-1 upset win in overtime against Amherst, Tufts assumed the top spot in the conference.Tufts ...
Coming off a rough stretch where the team lost two of its last three games, the Tufts field hockey needed to stay near the top of the NESCAC and make a statement. This week, it did just that.On Wednesday night, No. 10 Tufts battled back from an early deficit against No. 8 Wellesley to win 2-1.They ...
Tufts opened its season with two impressive home victories over Hamilton and Bates, but after back-to-back road losses the team was in danger of falling below .500 in its Week 5 matchup against the Williams Ephs.After the first quarter of this weekend's game the visiting team was ahead 13-7, but ...
On Saturday the national No. 10 women's cross country team traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. to compete in the Conn. College Invitational. On this scenic and flat course located on the shores of the Long Island sound, temperatures were in the low 70s, winds near the ...
Just five minutes into the game against Williams on Saturday, Tufts found itself in a familiar position: playing catch-up to a NESCAC opponent. The Jumbos' hopes of salvaging their season were put off for another game, as the team dropped its fifth consecutive conference matchup, taking its season ...
This Saturday the Jumbos will return to Medford following their losses to Bowdoin and Trinity. Their opponents, the 1-3 Williams Ephs, will travel to the Ellis Oval in an attempt to inch their record closer to .500.As with Tufts’ previous two rivals, Williams' team has a lot of success running ...
"My semifinal match against a top-seeded Middlebury player was really a breakthrough match for me," Coran said. "I got killed in the first set but came out firing in the second. I told myself that I was going to fight until the end and maintain a high level of focus."
The sailing team had a busy weekend competing in regattas down the East Coast. Although sailors represented the Jumbos in numerous competitions, two of the regattas featured some of the top competition in the sailing world: the New England Sloop Championship at Salve Regina University and the Moody ...
The men’s cross country team finished strong in the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championships at Franklin Park last Saturday with an 18th overall finish. Teams from all three divisions competed at the meet and Tufts finished fourth out of all Div. III teams and ...
As the weather grows colder and the leaves continue to turn, the focus of the typical New England sports fan has shifted far from the baseball diamond. Around this area, fans are talking about the Patriots solving their offensive woes and the Bruins looking to fix their own.
With wins over Wesleyan and Trinity last weekend, the Tufts volleyball team vaulted into a tie with Amherst for second place in the NESCAC. Both teams are 5-1 in conference play; only 6-0 Williams is better.The Jumbos, now 11-7 overall, have steadily improved over the course of the season and have been ...
The Jumbos’ NESCAC road trip to Connecticut this weekend had mixed success.Tufts traveled down to Connecticut on Saturday and beat Conn. College 4-1 before falling to Trinity 3-1 on Sunday.The win against the Camels was a much-needed, albeit expected one for the Jumbos coming off of a tough loss ...
As the divisional series of the Major League Baseball playoffs came to an end, sportswriters around the country found themselves following a simple narrative: The Goliath-like Angels, Tigers and Dodgers had been eliminated, while the David-like Royals, Orioles, Cardinals and Giants moved on.But there's ...
Tufts entered its two-game weekend schedule with a must-win mentality against NESCAC opponents. In two away contests, Tufts fell just short against Conn. College, conceding a late-game goal to lose 1-0, and found themselves on the wrong side of a 3-0 loss to Trinity. With the pair of losses the Jumbos ...
Every successful season has its defining moments, and for the men's soccer team, this weekend was one of those moments. After ties in its past three games, Tufts broke out in a big way, beating Connecticut College 3-1 on Saturday before besting Trinity 2-0 on Sunday. The wins gave the Jumbos six ...
On Saturday, the women's cross country team traveled a few miles down the road to Boston's historic Franklin Park for the annual New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championships, also known as Open New Englands. The Jumbos put themselves to the test against ...
