Tufts played its second straight road game on Saturday, and despite having the lead at the end of the first quarter, the team returned home with a loss. The Trinity Bantams extended their home winning streak to 53 games in a 35-14 win over the visiting Jumbos.The game started slowly, with both teams ...
After suffering its first loss of the season on the road against Bowdoin, Tufts will attempt to rebound against one of the powerhouses of the NESCAC, Trinity College.The Bantams finished the 2013 season with a 6-2 record, leading the conference in points scored with 259 (32.3 per game), and look ...
It typically takes a regatta or two for the men’s crew team to settle into a rhythm both on and off the water. Midseason or later, therefore, the team reaches peak form, and the best results emerge. This go-round, however, the team burst out of the gates and raced its way to a double-top-five finish.Loaded with ...
The women’s tennis team took the court for its first dual match of the season on Wednesday afternoon, taking on local foe MIT on Voute Courts. Although the Jumbos turned in a strong effort, they fell short by a score of 5-4.The match kicked off with the three doubles matches of which the Engineers ...
The co-ed sailing team has been both very busy and very successful of late. In the past two weeks the team has competed in four meets located throughout New England. To boot, the team performed superbly at these invitationals, taking second place overall at Coast Guard's Danmark Trophy and Salve ...
Sophomore Jess Capone recorded two goals in Tufts' 3-0 shutout over Endicott last year. She upped that total against the Gulls to three on Tuesday, scoring the only goal in the Jumbos' 1-0 victory.Capone ran on to a ball from senior forward Victoria Stoj, and sent it toward the left post, ...
The Tufts ski team is a perennial contender for a bid to the United States College Ski Association’s (USCSA) National Championships. Capable of racing competitively, even against varsity ski teams, this student-run club has had no shortage of success, but also is not without difficulties to overcome. ...
Every year, matriculation sees the arrival of dozens of new Tufts students with tennis experience. Whether it was 10-and-under tennis lessons at a local park, or more intense training at internationally acclaimed American academies like the Nick Bollettieri IMG Tennis Academy, Jumbos tend to have some ...
After bouncing back from a tough homecoming loss with a decisive win against the University of New England, Tufts field hockey suffered its biggest setback of the season so far over the weekend in a 6-1 loss to Middlebury. The Jumbos now stand at 7-2 in the season and 3-2 in conference play, leaving ...
The volleyball team stayed hot over the weekend, taking two of three games to improve its season record to 9-7 overall. The Jumbos have now won eight of their last 12 games after starting the year 1-3.Coach Cora Thompson was impressed with her team's winning performances, all of which featured ...
The people of New England can breathe a little easier now: Following a brutal defeat last Monday at the hands of the Chiefs, the Patriots dismantled the Bengals on Sunday night to the tune of 43-17.
After starting the season with a 4-1 record, the Jumbos have dropped two of their last three games, bringing their season record to 5-2-1. The Jumbos suffered their first loss of the season on Homecoming against Amherst. They bounced back a couple of days later with a 2-1 victory on the road against ...
"I thought that as always our defense was solid, we defended well as a team from our forwards to our defenders and kept them in check," Hoppenot said.
After a very convincing homecoming win against Bates on Saturday, Tufts will travel to Maine to face the 0-2 Bowdoin Polar Bears this weekend.Bowdoin finished the 2013 season in 7th place in the NESCAC standings with a 3-5 record, and this season the Polar Bears have struggled mightily through their ...
Four weeks into its season, the women's volleyball team is firing on all cylinders. After an early rough patch, the Jumbos have picked up steam, winning six of nine games since their 1-3 start."We are working hard to better our game every time we step on the court," coach Cora Thompson ...
For more than a decade, the New England Patriots have been the class of the NFL. They have won at least 10 games in each of the last 11 seasons and won the AFC East in all but one of those years. The one season in which they missed the playoffs was the year franchise quarterback Tom Brady missed almost the entire season with a knee injury.
As is often the case in soccer, stats can belie a team's true ability. For the Jumbos, their 0-1-1 record against top-10 teams this year fails to show how close they have come to going 2-0. Tufts' 1-1 tie against Amherst on Homecoming left it winless for the ninth-straight time against the NESCAC ...
Despite numerous home games during Homecoming weekend, other teams competed on the road. The women’s tennis team participated in the three-day long ITA Regional Championships, hosted by Williams. Six Jumbos -- freshmen Lauren Louks, Aandrita Deb and Zoe Miller, and sophomores Conner Calabro, Alexa ...
While the NFL has undergone serious, and warranted, scrutiny over incidents revolving around big name players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, the NBA has seemingly flown under the radar this offseason. When the same domestic violence issues do unfortunately spill onto the court, NBA franchises have looked ...
The Jumbos traveled to Williamstown, Mass. on Saturday to compete in the Purple Valley Invitational at Mount Greylock High School. Led by the second consecutive top-10 performance from sophomore Luke O’Connor, the team placed fifth overall out of 21 teams.NESCAC rival Colby took first place at the ...
