The men's squash team, ranked No. 30 in the country, entered the NESCAC Championships ready for action after knocking off No. 33 MIT for the second time this season the week before. The Jumbos made strides in every position in the lineup after that 6?3 win and carried the wave of confidence to Trinity College for the conference tournament this weekend.
In an effort that produced two wins and 11 total scoring performances, the Tufts men's track and field team finished third out of 20 teams Saturday in the Tufts Stampede. The Jumbos finished with 69 points - 93 points fewer than MIT, the meet winner, and 16.5 behind Williams, who finished in second place.
It's been the same story all season long.The hockey team enters the third period with a win easily within its reach, and then it all crumbles. In four of Tufts' last seven conference games, the Jumbos have either been winning or tied at the end of the second intermission. They have lost all seven.
Going into Wednesday night's match against Boston College, the women's squash team knew it was headed for a tough test. Despite three straight losses against in conference opponents Conn. College, Bowdoin, and Colby this month, the Jumbos were confident going into their Senior Night matchup.
The Tufts women's swimming & diving team dominated Wheaton College in their final dual meet of the season on Senior Day. The Jumbos won all 16 events as they dispatched the visiting Lyons with a 169?98 victory, closing out the year with a 3?5 record.
The men's swimming and diving team's final dual meet of the season at home against Wheaton College began with a celebration of the squad's outgoing seniors. But it quickly turned into a tour de force of the Jumbos' underclassmen and juniors. Freshmen Tyler Lueck, Cam Simko and Michael Winget and junior diver Johann Schmidt each had two first?place finishes in individual events. Freshmen Anthony DeBenedetto and Tanner Wiest, sophomore John Devine and juniors Drew Berman and Kyle Savidge added wins of their own, as the Jumbos took an early lead by winning the first nine swimming events and maintained it en route to a 163?100 win.
After a string of difficult matches in which the men's squash team struggled to find its form, their three matches this past weekend were a vital chance to a tune?up before the NESCAC Championships next weekend.
In a scrappy, physical affair which both teams were lucky to get out of without serious injury, Tufts women's basketball avenged a blowout loss to Rhode Island College this past season with a 52?35 win on Tuesday night.
After capturing two individual victories against Wheaton College Saturday afternoon, junior Johann Schmidt expanded the portfolio of his already illustrious athletics career when he was awarded with yet another NESCAC award for swimming and diving performer of the week for the Jumbos - his first of the season.
