Gunnell brings pro experience, diversity to the staff
February 8The black and white Reeboks are the only holdover from the past. Every other part of Rich Gunnell is squarely embedded in the future.
The black and white Reeboks are the only holdover from the past. Every other part of Rich Gunnell is squarely embedded in the future.
The women's basketball team is in the midst of a dominant stretch, during which it has routinely routed non?conference foes. That trend continued at Cousens Gym on Tuesday night when the Jumbos trounced the Emerson Lions in convincing fashion, 71?32 for their sixth straight victory.
With only a glance at the numbers, you can see a clear and significant improvement in the play of men's basketball forward Alex Orchowski from his junior season to his senior campaign.
Seeking to avenge a Jan. 21 loss to Amherst at the Pioneer Valley Invitational, the 11th−seeded women's squash team came up short against the national No. 6 Lord Jeffs on Friday in the first round of the NESCAC tournament, losing 9−0. The Jumbos could not earn redemption on Saturday, when they fell to No. 9 Colby 9−0 and No. 10 Conn. College 7−2.
Though official signings are forbidden by Div. III, given that no recruit can be offered an athletics scholarship, commitments still flooded in last week on the national "Letter of Intent Day."
The women's swimming and diving team finished off its regular season with strong performances across the board at the Wheaton Invitational on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by the success of several relay squads.
This weekend, the men's hockey team faced Conn. College twice and beat the Camels both times, improving their NESCAC mark to 8-5-1. The victories vaulted the Jumbos out of fourth place in the conference and into a third place tie with Middlebury, putting them in position to host a first-round game in the looming NESCAC tournament.
The Patriots have been friend-zoned by the Mistress of Football Fate.
The Jumbos returned to Wheaton for a second straight weekend on Friday and Saturday, this time to finish off their regular season at the annual Wheaton Invitational.
The defending national champion Lord Jeffs asserted their dominance on Saturday at Cousens Gym, downing the Jumbos 48-31 to notch their 41th straight victory.
The offer was on the table, and Keith Zalaski was reluctantly prepared to accept it.
The men's track and field team notched solid performances and personal bests across the board en route to winning the Tufts Invitational Stampede, hosted this weekend at the Gantcher Center. The squad tallied 125 points, well ahead of UMass Dartmouth's 87.5 points, among 22 scoring teams.
The men's basketball team was lacking a few things this weekend. Drama was not one of them.
The offer was on the table, and Keith Zalaski was reluctantly prepared to accept it.
The women's track and field team won the Tufts Invitational Stampede in dominant fashion at the Gantcher Center this weekend, defeating 18 other teams. The team scored 192 points, nearly 100 more than second-place finisher Worcester State's 99.
The hockey team disposed of Suffolk University by a score of 6−1 on Tuesday night, though the Jumbos trailed 1−0 entering the third period. The tide turned in the final period, as two goals by freshman Tyler Voigt and four more from his teammates led the team to victory.
Just weeks removed from the last Fire, the flames will reignite once more.
The men's hockey team improved to 8-7-2 this weekend and surged above .500 in the NESCAC with a win and a tie in back-to-back conference road games, both of which went to overtime.
The women's basketball team took down Bates 64-52 at Cousens Gym on Saturday to improve to 6-1 in NESCAC play and 17-3 overall. It was the Jumbos' sixth straight victory and the 17th in their last 18 contests.
Heading into their showdown at Cousens Gym on Saturday, Tufts and Bates were deadlocked for third place in the NESCAC. But the Jumbos were clearly the better team this weekend, jumping out to an early lead and surviving a second-half Bates surge to grab their third straight victory and 14th overall — the program's highest win total since 2007.