A third−place finish by junior Matt Rand at the NESCAC Cross Country Championships Saturday matched the best−ever result for a Tufts athlete at the race. Rand crossed the line of the 8,000−meter course at Amherst in 26:15 among a field of 129 runners, improving eight places from his 2010 11th place finish and earning his second consecutive All−NESCAC honor.
In cross country, nothing can separate the tough from the weak like thick mud, frigid water and chilling winds. The women's cross country team had to battle all of these while fighting for position at last weekend's NESCAC Championships held at Amherst College.
Jay Civetti, who coached the first five games of the football season with an "interim" tag, was named head coach last week by Director of Athletics Bill Gehling — a vote of confidence for a coach who has dealt with a lot of adversity this season, as the Jumbos have limped to an 0−6 record.
On Saturday, the No. 4 women's soccer team was eliminated from the first round of the NESCAC tournament for the third time in four years, falling 5−3 in penalty kicks to No. 5 Wesleyan.
For the second time this season, a member of the volleyball team has been named a NESCAC Player of Week, with freshman middle blocker Isabel Kuhel picking up the honor for her outstanding showings in four games over four days.
Williams overcame a late deficit to defeat the men's soccer team 2−1 in the NESCAC Championship quarterfinals, likely bringing the Jumbos' season to a close.
The worst−case scenario appears on the horizon, within arm's reach yet eternally slipping away. It's like some sort of bizarro candy aisle, wherein children and parents are forever at war over the conditions necessary to get one Snickers bar before checkout. And as fans, we can only helplessly watch from afar, unable to interject on the asinine battle occurring between the two sides.
Coming into Wednesday night's matchup against Bowdoin, the men's soccer team was assured of a berth in the NESCAC tournament, but with a Trinity or Williams defeat and a Tufts victory, the Jumbos would host their quarterfinal game. And even though they didn't get the help they needed, thus ensuring that they would be hitting the road throughout the playoffs, the Jumbos still came away with an impressive 2−1 overtime win.
On Wednesday, the regional No. 6 women's soccer team traveled to Brunswick, Maine, and topped the Bowdoin Polar Bears 3−1 to secure home−field advantage in Saturday's NESCAC quarterfinal matchup against No. 12 Wesleyan. Despite cold, rainy conditions and a three−hour drive, the Jumbos pulled away from the Polar Bears with two second−half strikes.
The Jumbos will be facing a top−four NESCAC team for the third−straight weekend when they face off against Amherst on Saturday at Zimman Field.
The men's and women's soccer teams both enjoyed victories at Bowdoin on Wednesday, while the field hockey squad fell, as the Jumbos learned their NESCAC quarterfinal opponents.
The Arizona court system should throw JacenLankow in jail.
Week eight proved seminal in shaping the college football landscape. It all started with the first BCS rankings of 2011, where the Southeastern Conference (SEC) demonstrated its dominance over the college football landscape.
Ignore the grin. Adam Auerbach isn't fooling around. He's really a lifesaver.
0 - First downs for the Baltimore Ravens offense in the first half on Monday. The Ravens embarrassed themselves in Jacksonville, losing 12-7 to the Jaguars in front of almost 63,000 fans and millions more watching Monday Night Football. They compiled a franchise- worst 16 first-half yards as they lost to a Jaguars squad they had previously beaten five straight times. Baltimore began one second- quarter drive on the Jacksonville 45-yard line and ended up punting from its own 22. With 1:43 left and the Ravens down by five, Joe Flacco was intercepted to seal the loss.
The learning curve for rookie quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL) is generally very steep. For every franchise quarterback like the Rams' Sam Bradford or the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, there are three times as many quarterbacks — like the Jets' Mark Sanchez, the Buccaneers' Josh Freeman, the 49ers' Alex Smith or the Broncos' Kyle Orton — who struggle immensely during their rookie seasons before developing into solid starters. And that's not to mention the tens of rookie quarterbacks who are forced into action and deliver minimal results.
Tufts golf coach Bob Sheldon earned this year's McCullough Award, annually given to a college golf coach in New England for commitment to the sport and for contributions to players, coaches and local and regional golf committees.
The men's and women's crew teams did not fare well over the weekend at the 47th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, placing near the bottom of the pack in nearly every race category they participated in.
