I 'll preface this column by clarifying that I'm currently a grumpy Yankees fan. I've followed the team since I was born, and I honestly can't remember when they weren't good. I've been treated to five World Series titles, some of the greatest moments in baseball history, and never had to sit through a bad summer.
Following their best season in nearly a decade, the men's basketball team's senior co?captain forward Scott Anderson and freshman center Tom Palleschi were honored with All?NESCAC team recognitions. Anderson was named to the All?NESCAC second team, while Palleschi was awarded NESCAC Rookie of the Year.
For two weeks, the women's basketball team's season has been stuck in neutral. It was forced to wait out the remainder of the NESCAC tournament after an early exit and sit through the always nerve?racking process of selection for the NCAA tournament.
Now that they have concluded regular?season play, the men's and women's squash teams will travel to the University of Pennsylvania this weekend for the CSA Individual Championships.
While some winter varsity teams have been having impressive championship seasons over the last few weeks, the men's club tennis squad has quietly been making noise of its own. The team has already made its mark amongst New England competitors, and is now preparing to send 10 members to participate in April's annual United States Tennis Association (USTA) Tennis On Campus National Championship in Surprise, Ariz.
The Tufts Ski Team wrapped up its 2013 season this weekend at the Eastern Regionals, where a number of skiers from the club team submitted solid showings, despite none qualifying for nationals.
At the beginning of this winter's hockey season, the Jumbos had high hopes - not only of returning to the NESCAC playoffs as a top four seed for the second?straight year, but also of advancing past the quarterfinals for the first time.
The NESCAC tournament will continue on without the No. 1 seed Tufts Jumbos this weekend, with the semifinals and finals taking place in LeFrak Gymnasium at Amherst College on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
After a come?from?behind win against Bowdoin in the first round of the NESCAC tournament, the men's basketball team will travel to Amherst this weekend to take on the Lord Jeffs, a team they haven't beaten in over a decade, in the conference semifinals.
