The co-ed sailing team began its fall season with two highly regarded tournaments over the weekends of Sept. 13 and Sept. 20: Yale's Harry Anderson Trophy located at Yale's own McNay Family Sailing Center, and the MIT/Boston University Hatch Brown Trophy Invitational located on the Charles ...
The Jumbos continued their stampede this past week, racking up another pair of shutout victories. The Tufts squad flew down to Virginia over the weekend to take on then-No. 9 Christopher Newport University in a fierce battle of top 10 teams, from which Tufts emerged on top by a score of 3-0. Then, ...
Tufts football opened up its season with a convincing 24-17 win over Hamilton, but it will have a tougher test this week against Bates.The Bobcats finished last season with a 4-4 record and have beaten the Jumbos in their past four matchups. The Bobcats lost their first game this season to Amherst, ...
The clock ticked down on the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup 2014 in Barcelona, leaving the United States on top of the podium for the second straight World Cup. The U.S. dominated throughout the tournament and won the gold medal game against a much-improved Serbian squad by ...
On Friday evening, the annual Sports Award Ceremony will be kicking off Homecoming Weekend in Cohen Auditorium by recognizing 10 athletes from the 2013-2014 school year who contributed greatly to their teams' sporting success or to the Tufts community as a whole.The iconic Houston Award, which recognizes ...
The volleyball team kicked off NESCAC play over the weekend by splitting two games, beating Colby on Friday and losing to Bowdoin on Saturday, leaving the Jumbos at .500 both overall (5-5) and in conference play (1-1).Coach Cora Thompson was impressed by her team's tenacity in both games."There ...
The men's soccer team began the tough part of its schedule strong, beating NESCAC rival Wesleyan 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday before losing a hard-fought battle to No. 5 Brandeis on Saturday.On Saturday, Tufts faced its biggest test of the season, and, despite falling to Brandeis 2-0, looked ...
Despite a lackluster spring season in which the men's tennis team lost several key players, the expectations remain high for this year's team, as the Jumbos return several important members to the roster this fall.
With the NESCAC qualifiers looming closer, the golf team showed signs of improvement at this weekend's Williams Invitational. The Jumbos finished 11th overall as a team in their final tournament before NESCACs next weekend at Hamilton College. Tufts' four best scores totaled 310 on Saturday ...
After 1,456 days and 31 losses, the Jumbos have finally come out victorious. More than 3,500 fans packed Ellis Oval on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, hoping that this would be the day that their Jumbos would emerge as winners. The Tufts squad did not disappoint, beating the Hamilton Continentals 24-17.“It’s ...
My motivation is twofold: I write both to stay within range of public opprobrium, hoping beyond hope that it does not flame out like all the others have, and to encourage insightful criticism, as opposed to the sort of fulminating that has compromised journalistic integrity in recent weeks.After a quiet ...
Continuing its hot start to the season, the women's field hockey team recorded its fourth shutout in as many games on Tuesday night, blanking NESCAC rival Wesleyan 4-0 at Bello Field. The win, which followed a dominant 3-0 performance against Babson last week and a similarly impressive 2-0 win ...
This Saturday, the Tufts football team will have an opportunity to snap its 31-game losing streak when it opens the season at home against the Hamilton Continentals. Hamilton was the sole NESCAC team that Tufts did not face in 2013, and both squads finished the year with matching 0-8 records.Hamilton’s ...
The women's soccer team played two NESCAC rivals this past week, blowing past Colby 3-1 on Saturday and tying 1-1 with Wesleyan in double overtime on Tuesday. The team extends its unbeaten streak to four, with a season record of 3-0-1 and an overall NESCAC record of 2-0-1.Wesleyan got on the scoreboard ...
After opening the season with a disappointing 3-1 record at the Colorado College Classic, the women’s volleyball team bounced back with an impressive showing at the MIT Invitational over the weekend. The Jumbos earned their first winning streak of the season, stringing together three straight ...
The Tufts golf team competed in the 31st annual Duke Nelson Tournament over the weekend at Middlebury College. The tournament took place on the the par-71 Ralph Myhre Golf Course. The Jumbos shot a 338 on Saturday and a 334 on Sunday for a total score of 672, which placed them 23rd out of the 25 ...
The women’s cross country team began its season on Saturday with a dominant victory at the Bowdoin Invitational, hosted by Bowdoin College. Although there were only four other schools in the race, the Jumbos took 21 of the top 23 spots to score an impressive victory over NESCAC-rival Bowdoin.The five ...
The men’s cross country team traveled to Maine on Saturday to compete in the Bowdoin Men’s Cross Country Invitational, finishing second overall behind NESCAC rival Bowdoin.The highlight of the meet for the Jumbos came in the form of first place finisher, sophomore Luke O’Connor, who beat the ...
Although it did not come as readily as any of its previous three wins, the men’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory at Colby last Saturday may turn out to be one of the decisive moments in a pivotal season for Tufts.Unlike in previous contests where the Jumbos have had the luxury of numerous open looks ...
The men's cross country team enters the 2014 season in pursuit of its fourth straight trip to the NCAA Championship meet. If all goes according to plan, the Jumbo runners will send a squad to Mason, Ohio on Nov. 24 to once again stake Tufts' claim as a competitive cross country program on the national level.
