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 ...
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 ...
