Tufts volleyball won all three of its games this weekend in dominant fashion, sweeping all nine sets played over the weekend against Brandeis University, Wheaton College and Westfield State, to go 3-0 at the 2013 Hall of Fame Invitational.
Tufts Water Polo club finished on top of the North Atlantic division, improving on their third place division finish last year, and will finish their season in the upcoming National Championships this weekend.
Tufts volleyball won all three of its games this weekend in dominant fashion, sweeping all nine sets played over the weekend against Brandeis University, Wheaton College and Westfield State, to go 3-0 at the 2013 Hall of Fame Invitational.
Sometimes in football, numbers tell the story. Saturdays game between Tufts and Amherst was a case in point. The Jumbos forced six turnovers and the Lord Jeffs forced none. But the Jumbos had just 116 yards of total offense, while the Lord Jeffs had 515. In the end, the numbers added up to a 17-7 Amherst win. It was a sloppy game affected by strong winds in Somerville that gusted toward the College Avenue end of the field, spelling trouble for punters and passers alike. The Jumbos defense came up with one big play after the next to keep it close the score was 7-7 at halftime but the offense had no answers. I was very encouraged by our defense, head coach Jay Civetti said. I was frustrated by some of the tackling inconsistencies, but to be plus-six on the day is significant. I think the offense needs to hold up their end of the bargain and needs to capitalize. Freshman Willie Holmquist punted on 13 of the Jumbos 14 possessions, finishing with 437 yards and falling one attempt shy of the school record set by Bryan McDavitt (LA 07) in 2004. Meanwhile, Tufts allowed its fewest total points against the Lord Jeffs since 2009, which is hard to fathom considering the way the Jeffs moved the ball all afternoon. They racked up 34 first downs, out-rushed Tufts in total yardage 268-7 and were 11-for-21 on third down conversions. But they turned it over six times, including five in Tufts territory and three in the red zone.Going into the game, [Civetti] said we needed GAP plays, which he had never mentioned before: game-altering plays, sophomore Ricky Antonellis, who had an interception in his first career start Saturday, said. Against a team as good as Amherst, you need plays to change momentum, and I think our defense definitely gave us a chance.In the first quarter, with the wind blowing in their favor, the Lord Jeffs began three consecutive drives inside the 50. The results were a missed field goal, an interception in the end zone by freshman Mike Stearns and a lost fumble.Amherst finally broke through at the start of the second when freshman quarterback Alex Berluti snuck into the end zone on 4th-and-goal to cap a 56-yard drive.On the Lord Jeffs next possession, Antonellis picked off Berluti at the Jumbos 5-yard line and returned it to midfield. Then, after the Jumbos went three-and-out, Amherst sophomore Kenny Adinkra lost a fumble that sophomore Pat Williams recovered at the Jeffs 30-yard line. It was the Jeffs fourth and final turnover of the half.With just over a minute left in the second quarter, freshman quarterback Alex Snyder, starting his second career game, led the Jumbos lone scoring drive. He completed first-down passes to juniors Zack Trause and Greg Lanzillo, and a pair of face mask calls gave Tufts 1st-and-goal with a yard to go. Trause punched it in and the game was tied, 7-7, with 16 seconds on the clock.The 30-yard drive was the Jumbos longest of the day. Thanks to the wind, every inch was difficult to come by on Saturday.The wind had a drastic impact on the opportunities that the offense had to be efficient, Civetti said. [Its tough] when you play a great defense, and [Snyders] strength is being able to throw the ball, and you get 30-plus mile an hour gusts. But thats part of the game. Youve got to be able to execute regardless of the environment. In the second half, Tufts traveled just 40 yards on six possessions. But the Lord Jeffs, the heavy favorite entering the game, did not make things easy for themselves. On Amhersts first drive of the third quarter, junior quarterback Max Lippe, who split time with Berluti, had his pass tipped at the line and intercepted by junior James Brao on 3rd-and-goal. Later in the third, Amherst senior Phillip Nwosu overcame swirling winds to hit a 33-yard field goal. But as the fourth quarter began, the Jeffs lost yet another fumble deep in Tufts territory. The Jumbos, trailing 10-7, were still very much alive.And yet, with their young quarterback battling the wind and a stalwart Amherst defense, a comeback was not in the cards for Tufts. The Jeffs got the ball back and drove 62 yards, more than half of which were picked up on a screen pass to sophomore Jackson McGonagle, and Lippe scored from the goal line with 8:29 remaining. Amherst led, 17-7. The Jeffs got a stop, ran out the clock and won by that score.The defense had a ton of GAP plays, and that really got them rolling, and everyone could feel the excitement, sophomore receiver Xavier Frey said. We just did not transfer that excitement into the offense. We didnt have any plays to get us going.On the bright side, the Jumbos hung in there for three-plus quarters against one of the top teams in the league. But they still lost by 10 points.We didnt do what we needed to do to win the game, and thats what eats me up, Civetti said. Does it say good things about where were going? Yes. But does it say good things about where we are? No.Snyder finished 15-of-31 for 109 yards and was sacked seven times, bringing his sack total to 15 in his first two starts. The other side of the coin is that hes yet to throw a pick.12
The Jumbos are back to a winning conference record after a 1-0 victory on the road against the Continentals on Saturday. Freshman Brooke Fortin netted the goal for the Jumbos in the second half to give the team their fifth NESCAC win of the season.
Sometimes in football, numbers tell the story. Saturday's game between Tufts and Amherst was a case in point. The Jumbos forced six turnovers and the Lord Jeffs forced none. But the Jumbos had just 116 yards of total offense, while the Lord Jeffs had 515. In the end, the numbers added up to a 17-7 Amherst win. It was a sloppy game affected by strong winds in Somerville that gusted toward the College Avenue end of the field, spelling trouble for punters and passers alike. The Jumbos' defense came up with one big play after the next to keep it close - the score was 7-7 at halftime - but the offense had no answers. "I was very encouraged by our defense," head coach Jay Civetti said. "I was frustrated by some of the tackling inconsistencies, but to be plus-six on the day is significant. I think the offense needs to hold up their end of the bargain and needs to capitalize." Freshman Willie Holmquist punted on 13 of the Jumbos' 14 possessions, finishing with 437 yards and falling one attempt shy of the school record set by Bryan McDavitt (LA '07) in 2004. Meanwhile, Tufts allowed its fewest total points against the Lord Jeffs since 2009, which is hard to fathom considering the way the Jeffs moved the ball all afternoon. They racked up 34 first downs, out-rushed Tufts in total yardage 268-7 and were 11-for-21 on third down conversions. But they turned it over six times, including five in Tufts' territory and three in the red zone."Going into the game, [Civetti] said we needed 'GAP' plays, which he had never mentioned before: game-altering plays," sophomore Ricky Antonellis, who had an interception in his first career start Saturday, said. "Against a team as good as Amherst, you need plays to change momentum, and I think our defense definitely gave us a chance."In the first quarter, with the wind blowing in their favor, the Lord Jeffs began three consecutive drives inside the 50. The results were a missed field goal, an interception in the end zone by freshman Mike Stearns and a lost fumble.Amherst finally broke through at the start of the second when freshman quarterback Alex Berluti snuck into the end zone on 4th-and-goal to cap a 56-yard drive.On the Lord Jeffs' next possession, Antonellis picked off Berluti at the Jumbos' 5-yard line and returned it to midfield. Then, after the Jumbos went three-and-out, Amherst sophomore Kenny Adinkra lost a fumble that sophomore Pat Williams recovered at the Jeffs' 30-yard line. It was the Jeffs' fourth and final turnover of the half.With just over a minute left in the second quarter, freshman quarterback Alex Snyder, starting his second career game, led the Jumbos' lone scoring drive. He completed first-down passes to juniors Zack Trause and Greg Lanzillo, and a pair of face mask calls gave Tufts 1st-and-goal with a yard to go. Trause punched it in and the game was tied, 7-7, with 16 seconds on the clock.The 30-yard drive was the Jumbos' longest of the day. Thanks to the wind, every inch was difficult to come by on Saturday."The wind had a drastic impact on the opportunities that the offense had to be efficient," Civetti said. "[It's tough] when you play a great defense, and [Snyder's] strength is being able to throw the ball, and you get 30-plus mile an hour gusts. But that's part of the game. You've got to be able to execute regardless of the environment." In the second half, Tufts traveled just 40 yards on six possessions. But the Lord Jeffs, the heavy favorite entering the game, did not make things easy for themselves. On Amherst's first drive of the third quarter, junior quarterback Max Lippe, who split time with Berluti, had his pass tipped at the line and intercepted by junior James Brao on 3rd-and-goal. Later in the third, Amherst senior Phillip Nwosu overcame swirling winds to hit a 33-yard field goal. But as the fourth quarter began, the Jeffs lost yet another fumble deep in Tufts' territory. The Jumbos, trailing 10-7, were still very much alive.And yet, with their young quarterback battling the wind and a stalwart Amherst defense, a comeback was not in the cards for Tufts. The Jeffs got the ball back and drove 62 yards, more than half of which were picked up on a screen pass to sophomore Jackson McGonagle, and Lippe scored from the goal line with 8:29 remaining. Amherst led, 17-7. The Jeffs got a stop, ran out the clock and won by that score."The defense had a ton of 'GAP' plays, and that really got them rolling, and everyone could feel the excitement," sophomore receiver Xavier Frey said. "We just did not transfer that excitement into the offense. We didn't have any plays to get us going."On the bright side, the Jumbos hung in there for three-plus quarters against one of the top teams in the league. But they still lost by 10 points."We didn't do what we needed to do to win the game, and that's what eats me up," Civetti said. "Does it say good things about where we're going? Yes. But does it say good things about where we are? No."Snyder finished 15-of-31 for 109 yards and was sacked seven times, bringing his sack total to 15 in his first two starts. The other side of the coin is that he's yet to throw a pick.12
![Spike Jonze's "Her" is one of the many Oscar bait films widely released at the beginning of 2014. That is not to say it is the kind of movie that exists simply to win awards. In "Her," Spike Jonze, who wrote, produced and directed the film, has created a truly fine love story whose topic - man falls in love with his computer - feels mildly controversial yet oddly familiar. Artificial intelligence arrives to perhaps implausibly little fanfare. The introverted Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is informed about a new operating system amid a crowd watching holographic advertisements. From there Theodore meets and falls in love with his operating system, Samantha (voiced by Scarlet Johansson).Theodore is a writer for a card company paradoxically called Beautiful Handwritten Letters - yet none of these cards are handwritten. In Jonze's near-yet-unspecified-future, people dictate letters aloud to their computers. Keyboards have disappeared. People wear pastel-colored clothes and high-waist pants. It's as if J. Crew's spring line collided with the Bauhaus. It would be strange if somebody didn't fall in love during this movie.As a romantic film, "Her" is very well done. The idea that a man could fall in love with his computer never feels ludicrous or unnatural, and the ensuing obstacles Samantha and Theodore's relationship faces, while unconventional, all occur in an achingly human way. The film's chemistry owes a lot to its co-stars. Phoenix plays the perfect nice guy of the future: timid but sincere, awkward yet affable. And Johansson's voice acting, dynamic and breathy, provides all the emotional depth and emotive nuance needed for a character that is not physically present.In addition to the acting, "Her" has beautiful detail. From clothes to set design to lighting, the film is pleasantly comprehensive. The aesthetic of "Her" envelops its viewer, engaging the audience with its quirky sense of humor.Though most of the movie is dramatic, Jonze finds sections to fit in comedic scenes that start so awkwardly they're almost difficult to watch. Prime among them is a moment in which phone sex in an anonymous chat room takes an unexpectedly morbid turn. Part of what makes these scenes funny is their contemporary feel. In an age of rampant voyeurism and seedy Internet haunts, it is almost embarrassing how recognizable these situations seem.But "Her" definitely has its flaws. Theodore and his long-time friend, Amy (Amy Adams), have some stilted, fortune-cookie lines like, "[Love] is kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity," that are far too pithy to sound genuine. The film is also extremely pedestrian, which is not unheard of for a romantic film - or necessarily wrong in terms of pacing or tone. It is just that, after a while, Theodore's emotional arrestment is not exciting.Gentle and visually lush, "Her" is a mostly successful, hopeful film. Beneath a scrim of romantic melancholy, it posits something optimistic, that artificially intelligent computers could find love a compelling experience. "Her" does not make this futuristic idea relentlessly sappy. It might be that in the onslaught of post-apocalyptic movies and TV series, where technological progress is always a gateway to destruction, "Her" is a film that refreshingly espouses love rather than desolation as the apogee of human progress. For a film concerned with how human beings connect in a world of increasing isolation, this is a very comforting sentiment.](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ttd/734410ed-2c5c-488b-bbf5-6af425e0e389.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
About a decade ago, low first-round picks started being treated with a new reverence. Recognized as a means of securing non-negotiably cheap labor due to the rookie contract scale that determined their salaries, their acquisition became a fashionable trend, punctuated emphatically by the Kevin Pritchard-eraPortland ...
The amenities at Toronto’s Varsity Centre, the recently renovated historic sports facility at the corner of Bloor and Devonshire, are a far cry from the luxuries we’ve come to expect from the big business of professional sports. There are long steel benches in place of plush seats, pre-made Subway ...
Galatasaray AŞ registered their first victory in this season's UEFA Champions League after comfortably beating FC København 3-1 at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi tonight.The damage was done during a powerful first-half display by Roberto Mancini's team, bookended by goals from Felipe Melo and ...
As baseball season comes to a close, and as the NFL season continues to frustrate you because you can never pick the winners correctly, there is still hope for the sports fan in distress. NBA basketball starts in less than a week. And although more attention is paid to fantasy baseball and fantasy football, fantasy basketball also begins shortly.If you dont know anything about fantasy basketball or even if you think you know everything about fantasy basketball weve got you covered. The Daily spoke with Dalton Del Don, the lead basketball expert for Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.Del Don, who started his career by writing a fantasy blog in an age before everybody had blogs, was eventually picked up by fantasy site Rotowire, which partnered with Yahoo!. Del Don became familiar with the fantasy community at Yahoo!, and when former lead basketball expert Matt Buser left Yahoo!, Del Don seized the opportunity to take over his role.Earlier this week, Del Don offered his insights on the upcoming 2013-14 season from a fantasy basketball perspective. Offseason recapBefore we start analyzing which players are likely to be breakout fantasy stars, its important to first break down what happened in the offseason. In short: a lot. The Dwightmare finally ended for the Lakers as center Dwight Howard packed his bags for Houston, giving the Rockets a title-worthy duo formed by Howard and all-star guard James Harden. Besides the Rockets improving vastly, the Western Conference saw several middle-tier teams do some surprising tinkering. The Nuggets chose not to bring back star defenders Andre Iguodala and Corey Brewer and added very little. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans traded the sixth overall pick in the 2013 draft and their first-round, top-five protected pick in next years draft to acquire star point guard Jrue Holiday. The Pelicans also added former rookie of the year Tyreke Evans to give them a dynamic backcourt of Evans, Holiday and Eric Gordon.In the East, Miami is still number one, but the Bulls should provide a challenge after getting Derrick Rose back after a year off due to a torn ACL. Those two teams likely wont be joined by the Celtics atop the standings for the first time in a long time. Boston traded away beloved players Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets, who hope to take the Celtics spot alongside the league leaders. Real-life stars vs. Fantasy starsAs for fantasy basketball, most of the aforementioned changes are still significant, but as Don noted, the fantasy game is viewed very differently than the game in real life. The turnovers statistic provides a unique conundrum.Turnovers are an interesting thing, because they punish the leagues best players, Del Don said. The guys who have the ball in their hands the most are going to turn the ball over, so its kind of a weird thing.Therefore, players like Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, although exciting to watch, dont help as much as one would think, due to their turnover rates. Meanwhile, middle-of-the-road players can turn into fantasy studs.And then you have three point specialists like Ryan Anderson, who finished one year as one of the top fantasy players in the game, but you would never think of him like that in real life, Del Don added. He just never turns the ball over and hits a lot of three-pointers, whereas Dwight Howard last year, in a nine category league, literally finished outside the top 200, because he is such a train wreck shooting his free throws.When examining this upcoming season, it is important to separate fantasy from real life. Although Howard may help Houston to the title, he will only drag your fantasy team to the bottom of the standings. SleepersLooking at the NBA this year, many of the same teams will be on top: Miami, Oklahoma City, Chicago and San Antonio, to name a few. So who will rise to the occasion to challenge these behemoths? In the West, look for the Minnesota Timberwolves to provide an interesting story with a healthy Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio for the first time in a long time.In the East, Cleveland should be an exciting young team. The Cavaliers feature Kyrie Irving, one of the best players in the league, and also added center Andrew Bynum on the cheap. If healthy, Bynum can be a 20-10 post player. Those two will be accompanied by solid role players like Tristan Thompson, Jarrett Jack and Anderson Varejao.In fantasy, this is an exciting year for sleeper picks, as there are numerous young players who appear poised for a breakout.[Pelicans big man] Anthony Davis is going to make a huge leap this year, Del Don said. He is not considered a sleeper, but I think he could finish in the top five this year. He bulked up in the offseason, and centers like that who can get steals and blocks are so rare.Del Don also mentioned Wizards guard John Wall as another good young player who could take his game to the next level.Sleepers can also be found on teams with few scoring options, where average players can become stars.Gordon Hayward is a boring real-life player, but Utah has nobody else there, Del Don said. Also, Jeff Green on Boston [could break out]. Paul Pierce is gone and KG is gone, so he can be the man there.12
It almost seems redundant to suggest that the No.1 pick in the draft should be on everyone’s radar. However, Bennett is particularly interesting for a number of reasons. Unlike most teams picking No.1, the Cavs are clearly looking to make a run at the playoffs this year (in addition to keeping their ...
![Dance is an inherently ephemeral medium, lasting only as long as its performance. What you see is what you get. As a result, it is arguably the most engrossing art form, for both the spectator and the artist.Movement-based art intrigues Dominik Doemer (who goes by Dominik D), a freshman, who is a member of both Spirit of Color (SoC) and HYPE!, Tufts' mime troupe. Hailing from Amherst, Mass., D danced in high school, where he was also involved in musicals and local theater. When asked about the difficulties and challenges of dance, D said it's about merging speed with choreography. After learning all the moves to one routine, "You'll suddenly have to do it five times faster - and that's difficult," he said.This is especially difficult in hip-hop, D's preferred form of dance, which he describes as a style that combines speed with "a lot of isolations, clicking [and] hard movement." These same skills cross over well to performing mime, according to D, who said he plans to stay involved with both SoC and HYPE! throughout college. While dance is more about visceral expression, mime is about constructing a narrative with movement. D explains that these productions can get tricky."There are some things you just can't do without speaking," he said. Regardless of the difficulties the effort often pays off, D said. He is frequently amazed by the extent to which people can communicate purely through movement.](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ttd/5e8b6378-13bf-4d7d-844d-228ae592b1b8.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
Our #NBArank project set off a firestorm this past week when Kobe Bryant was unveiled as our panel’s choice at No. 25.The panel was asked to rate each player from 0 to 10, with the following guidelines: "Rate the overall level of play you PREDICT for each player for the upcoming NBA season. This ...
Over the weekend, Tufts sailing once again spread out across the East Coast to compete in eight regattas. With the Jumbos top sailors split up among the various regattas, the team did not quite meet its expectations. The co-ed team placed seventh out of 20 teams at the Navy Fall Invitational in Annapolis and 12th out of 18 teams at the Captain Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth, while the womens team took 17th out of 18 teams at the Yale Womens Intersectional. The teams best outcome of the weekend came at MIT on Saturday at the Firefly/FJ Invitational where Tufts placed first out of 17 teams.In Annapolis, Tufts A division team was comprised of senior tri-captain Will Haeger skippering and classmate Paula Grasberger crewing. The pair took fifth place. In the B division, junior Alec Ruiz-Ramon skippered and classmate Sam Madden and senior tri-captain Kathleen Kwasniak alternated at crew, leading to a seventh-place finish. Sailing alone, freshman Alp Rodopman placed fourth in the C division. Sophomore Amanda Sommi and freshman Sandy Beatty alternated sailing alone to round out the team at the Navy Fall Invitational, placing eighth in the D division.Though a decent finish, the results were disappointing for the team. According to Haeger and Grasberger, who have been the top boat for Tufts this fall in the two-person dinghies, the goal was to finish among the top three boats in their division and, as a team, finish in the top five overall. As Saturday came to an end, the team was poised for a top-three finish, but stumbled on Sunday to end in seventh place.[Our] goal as a boat was to get back into form for dinghies, after having spent some time away practicing sloops, Haeger said. As a team, we had hoped to get top five and improve our performance ranking.The regatta came just one week after disappointment at the New England Sloop Championship, where Haeger and Grasberger, along with fellow seniors David Liebenberg and Solomon Krevans, finished in fifth place. They barely missed out on qualifying for the Sloop National Championship later this fall, which makes them unable to defend the title they won last year.The team did see admirable performances from its freshmen, including an impressive fourth place finish from Rodopman sailing in the single-handed division. Though pleased with his performance, Rodopman noted that his first experience sailing at this level was challenging.At the Captain Hurst Bowl, juniors Dan Nickerson at skipper and Jamie Maffeo as crew sailed in the A division, while senior tri-captain David Liebenberg skippering and freshman Caroline Ambros crewing sailed in the B division. Nickerson and Maffeo finished 14th in their division, while Liebenberg and Ambros ended up 10th in theirs.With Tufts sending its most successful dinghy pair of Haeger and Grasberger to Annapolis, the team did not find as much success at Dartmouth. Poor conditions on Saturday that included a lack of wind in the morning and a wind that refused to settle in the afternoon hampered the Jumbos.At Yale, though, the womens team found considerably less success than their co-ed teammates. Juniors Katie Levinson, who skippered, and Emily Lynn, who crewed, raced in the A division while freshman MaryClaire Kiernan skippered and sophomore Kate Wasynczuk crewed for the B division.Also affected by bad wind conditions, the team got off to a poor start Saturday and was unable to make it up, resulting in their unfortunate 17th place finish.The regatta at Yale last weekend was one of the most competitive regattas Ive ever sailed in, because youre competing against the top female collegiate sailors on the east coast, Levinson said. Having said that, I think I personally could have done better.In a highlight of the weekend, Tufts won the Firefly/FJ Invitational, taking the top spot out of a field of 17 teams. Representing Tufts at the event, which took place just downriver from the Head of the Charles rowing regatta, were senior Cameron Barclift and junior Erin Bondy in the A division, and sophomore Colin Meade and freshman Alex Tong in the B division.12
Tufts fell to Williams 3-1 on the road Saturday in a lopsided and disappointing performance against one of the top teams in the NESCAC. The Jumbos rebounded on Monday to beat Suffolk 7-2 in their last non-conference game of the season, however, which brings their overall record up to 7-5.
For the Tufts rugby teams, it has been a season of contrasts. The womens team is undefeated for the first time in 11 years through five matches and is on its way to a conference championship match. On the other hand, the mens team sits at the bottom of the New England Collegiate Rugby Conferences standings at 1-4, facing a must-win match this Saturday against the Coast Guard to keep its playoff dreams alive. With one regular season match remaining for each team, the rugby program is once again showing that it is home to more than typical club teams.
Over the weekend, Tufts sailing once again spread out across the East Coast to compete in eight regattas. With the Jumbos' top sailors split up among the various regattas, the team did not quite meet its expectations. The co-ed team placed seventh out of 20 teams at the Navy Fall Invitational in Annapolis and 12th out of 18 teams at the Captain Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth, while the women's team took 17th out of 18 teams at the Yale Women's Intersectional. The team's best outcome of the weekend came at MIT on Saturday at the Firefly/FJ Invitational where Tufts placed first out of 17 teams.In Annapolis, Tufts' A division team was comprised of senior tri-captain Will Haeger skippering and classmate Paula Grasberger crewing. The pair took fifth place. In the B division, junior Alec Ruiz-Ramon skippered and classmate Sam Madden and senior tri-captain Kathleen Kwasniak alternated at crew, leading to a seventh-place finish. Sailing alone, freshman Alp Rodopman placed fourth in the C division. Sophomore Amanda Sommi and freshman Sandy Beatty alternated sailing alone to round out the team at the Navy Fall Invitational, placing eighth in the D division.Though a decent finish, the results were disappointing for the team. According to Haeger and Grasberger, who have been the top boat for Tufts this fall in the two-person dinghies, the goal was to finish among the top three boats in their division and, as a team, finish in the top five overall. As Saturday came to an end, the team was poised for a top-three finish, but stumbled on Sunday to end in seventh place."[Our] goal as a boat was to get back into form for dinghies, after having spent some time away practicing sloops," Haeger said. "As a team, we had hoped to get top five and improve our performance ranking."The regatta came just one week after disappointment at the New England Sloop Championship, where Haeger and Grasberger, along with fellow seniors David Liebenberg and Solomon Krevans, finished in fifth place. They barely missed out on qualifying for the Sloop National Championship later this fall, which makes them unable to defend the title they won last year.The team did see admirable performances from its freshmen, including an impressive fourth place finish from Rodopman sailing in the single-handed division. Though pleased with his performance, Rodopman noted that his first experience sailing at this level was challenging.At the Captain Hurst Bowl, juniors Dan Nickerson at skipper and Jamie Maffeo as crew sailed in the A division, while senior tri-captain David Liebenberg skippering and freshman Caroline Ambros crewing sailed in the B division. Nickerson and Maffeo finished 14th in their division, while Liebenberg and Ambros ended up 10th in theirs.With Tufts sending its most successful dinghy pair of Haeger and Grasberger to Annapolis, the team did not find as much success at Dartmouth. Poor conditions on Saturday that included a lack of wind in the morning and a wind that refused to settle in the afternoon hampered the Jumbos.At Yale, though, the women's team found considerably less success than their co-ed teammates. Juniors Katie Levinson, who skippered, and Emily Lynn, who crewed, raced in the A division while freshman MaryClaire Kiernan skippered and sophomore Kate Wasynczuk crewed for the B division.Also affected by bad wind conditions, the team got off to a poor start Saturday and was unable to make it up, resulting in their unfortunate 17th place finish."The regatta at Yale last weekend was one of the most competitive regattas I've ever sailed in, because you're competing against the top female collegiate sailors on the east coast," Levinson said. "Having said that, I think I personally could have done better."In a highlight of the weekend, Tufts won the Firefly/FJ Invitational, taking the top spot out of a field of 17 teams. Representing Tufts at the event, which took place just downriver from the Head of the Charles rowing regatta, were senior Cameron Barclift and junior Erin Bondy in the A division, and sophomore Colin Meade and freshman Alex Tong in the B division.12
The womens tennis team closed out its fall season this weekend at the New England Womens Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT). Two of the Jumbos three A flight duos reached the round of 16, and the lone B flight duo made the quarterfinals.
The women's tennis team closed out its fall season this weekend at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament (NEWITT). Two of the Jumbos' three A flight duos reached the round of 16, and the lone B flight duo made the quarterfinals.
Both the men's and women's crew teams were in action on Homecoming weekend. The men's team participated in the Head of the Snake Regatta in Shrewsbury, Mass. on Oct. 12, and the women's team was split in competition, with varsity competing in the Seven Sisters Sculling Head Regatta in South Hadley, Mass. on Oct. 13 and novice at the Head of the Snake Regatta.
Both the mens and womens crew teams were in action on Homecoming weekend. The mens team participated in the Head of the Snake Regatta in Shrewsbury, Mass. on Oct. 12, and the womens team was split in competition, with varsity competing in the Seven Sisters Sculling Head Regatta in South Hadley, Mass. on Oct. 13 and novice at the Head of the Snake Regatta.
