A clear head and a positive attitude. To win the biggest meet of his life, Johann Schmidt was going to need those two things. Well, those, and an almost perfect final dive.
The men's crew team had a busy weekend, racing against three schools in its first action of the year. Tulane's squad made the 1,500-mile trip from Louisiana to Massachusetts to kick off the season on Saturday at William A. Shoemaker Boathouse on the Malden River. It was the 11th annual dual race between the two squads.
Every year, during the first full week of April, the beautiful Augusta, Ga., plays host as the sports world descends on its purest establishment. It is also each year at this time that the fanfare leading up to the tournament holds a different narrative. The buzz ahead of this year's Masters is palpitating, and just thinking about it has my hands sweating.
his past weekend wasn't pretty for the No. 12 men's lacrosse team. Despite crushing then-unranked (now No. 19) Trinity in nearly every category - including a 54-33 edge in shots and a 15-6 advantage on faceoffs - Tufts dropped the NESCAC battle 9-8 in overtime. As a result, the Jumbos plunged out of the top 10 for the first time in two years.
This past weekend wasn't pretty for the No. 12 men's lacrosse team. Despite crushing then-unranked (now No. 19) Trinity in nearly every category - including a 54-33 edge in shots and a 15-6 advantage on faceoffs - Tufts dropped the NESCAC battle 9-8 in overtime. As a result, the Jumbos plunged out of the top 10 for the first time in two years.
After three consecutive conference losses, the women's lacrosse team earned a much-needed victory over non-conference opponent Endicott yesterday afternoon, 14-7. The Jumbos soared past the Gulls, establishing an 8-1 advantage at halftime to essentially put the game out of reach.
The women's crew team emerged from the first weekend of its spring season with two wins and a loss at home, defeating Tulane on Saturday and Mt. Holyoke on Sunday before falling to NESCAC foe Hamilton in Sunday's second contest.
This weekend, the No. 12 women's tennis team will play in the three-day Wellesley Invitational, where eight teams, including six ranked in the national top 30, will be competing.
In the first inning of the softball team's doubleheader against non-conference Babson yesterday, Allyson Fournier struck out the side - standard procedure for a pitcher who's fanned 88 batters in 51.2 innings this season. Then, in the second inning, she struck out the side once more. After that, she did it again. And again.
The men's lacrosse team handled Babson easily on the road last night, 13?6, just three days after enduring a crushing overtime loss to Trinity. No. 12 Tufts was in control from start to finish, going into halftime with an 8?3 lead. In the third quarter, the Jumbos scored the first three goals to go ahead 11?3 and put the game completely out of reach for the unranked Beavers.
History has proven that large offseason contracts often have a negative effect on the recipients.
Tufts' co?ed and women's sailing squads, ranked No. 8 and No. 12, respectively, in Sailing World's latest bi?weekly coaches' poll, had a productive weekend with fleet and team races at Brown University, BU, UConn, Conn. College and at home.
Throughout Tuesday's home opener against Brandeis, the dugout heard the same basic tenet from coach John Casey: Stay behind freshman Kyle Brenner's fastball and drive it into the opposite field.
Linsanity has all but gone by the wayside. Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin had one of the best opening four?game stretches in NBA history, and then, all of a sudden, he shrunk back into relative oblivion and has since been forced - like every other professional athlete in New York - to endure the bipolarity of the city's media and fans.
The women's tennis team cruised to a 9?0 victory this past weekend against Colby, putting the Jumbos at 3?3 on the season and, more importantly, 1?0 in NESCAC play.
The men's track and field team started its season on Saturday, hosting the Snowflake Classic. Three Jumbos earned victories at the non?scoring meet on the Dissault Track, while many others posted solid season opening times in rainy conditions.
In its first taste of a jam?packedNESCAC schedule, the men's tennis team secured a pair of 9?0 wins, beating Connecticut College and Wesleyan in matches that tested, but did not trip up, the Jumbos.
One week after an impressive start to the outdoor season at the non?scoring Bridgewater Invitational, the women's track and field team returned to the Hill for its home opener at Ellis Oval in the Snowflake Classic on Saturday, which also was not scored. Despite unfavorable weather conditions in the early going, the Jumbos managed to secure two event victories and several top?five finishes.
To maintain our existence within the sports world, we isolate dualities at every turn. The media, unbiased as front?page mottos may portray their mission to be, juxtapose good and evil as freely as Disney movies. Fans, intoxicated with the potential for fleeting happiness, are even more culpable.
