Football | Trinity's trio of runners tramples Tufts team
October 17The football team's defense has to be tired.
The football team's defense has to be tired.
The volleyball team's 2010 season has been an emotional roller coaster.
Four days before Saturday's road game at Trinity, the field hockey team earned its first−ever national No. 1 ranking in the latest Kookaburra/NFHCA National Coaches Poll, a testament to the then−undefeated season the Jumbos were enjoying.
Coming off two disappointing defeats over the weekend against Middlebury and Amherst that dropped it to 5−2 in the NESCAC, the Tufts volleyball team desperately needed a bounce−back win Wednesday night in a road match at Bowdoin.
Two weeks ago, the football team was on the wrong end of a broken streak when Bates beat Tufts for the first time since 1985. Tomorrow, the Jumbos have a shot at turning the tables when they visit the Trinity Bantams, winners of 36 straight at Jessee/Miller Field, for the chance to move to .500 and snap the Bantams' nine−year unblemished home mark.
Take a look at a congressperson's agenda, and you will likely see a list of the important issues of the day: the Gulf Oil Spill, the economy, the Iraq War, and … the Boise State football team.
The first round of the 2010 playoffs began and ended with Texas Rangers left−hander Cliff Lee beating the Tampa Bay Rays. But there was plenty of drama and top−notch pitching sandwiched in between.
Getting back into peak form is not easy for any athlete after a tough game or match; the mental and physical challenges and expectations are draining. The co−ed sailing team, however, is climbing back after two straight weekends of hardship and a loss of momentum.
Everything that was going so right for the men's soccer team in late September is now going dreadfully wrong in October.
The golf team hoped to rebound after placing outside of NESCAC contention at the conference qualifiers, but an 11th-place finish at the Bison Invitational hosted by Nichols College this past weekend only added to the disappointment. The Jumbos seemed frustrated throughout Sunday, with lackluster performances across the board at Green Hill Golf Course in Worcester, Mass.
While the varsity rowers took this past weekend off to continue preparations for the Head of the Charles next weekend, the women's novice crew team began its fall season at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta in Worcester, Mass., entering two boats in the women's eight.
The Tufts women's tennis team fell to longtime rival Williams this weekend in a non-league fall match at Wesleyan. The Jumbos have historically been outplayed by the Ephs on a regular basis, though they put up a good fight in May at the NCAA Round of 16, losing a close 5-4 match, which was particularly impressive considering that then-freshman Lindsay Katz, who played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles, was unable to play due to an ankle injury.
For the first time in program history, the field hockey team is ranked No. 1 in the nation by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Coaches Poll. With a perfect record in the most competitive conference in Div. III, the Jumbos earned 22 of the 38 votes this week to bump from second to first with 711 points — 27 points ahead of now-No. 2 Lebanon Valley College.
During Monday Night Football last week, commentators Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden nearly exploded with glee. What prompted such happiness from this pair of seasoned football analysts? Well, I'll give you the play-by-play from the Patriots' second drive of the third quarter.
During a soccer game, substitutions are arguably the most important decisions a coach has to make. Tufts head coach Martha Whiting handled this aspect of the game masterfully yesterday, inserting freshman forward Anya Kaufman midway through the first half. Less than two minutes after entering the game, Kaufman scored her first collegiate goal, which was enough for a 1-0 non-conference win over Endicott.
The women's cross country team this weekend at the New England Championships went up against a slew of Div. I, II and III teams , which proved to be the toughest field of competition the Jumbos have faced this season.
For the second straight Saturday, the men's soccer team fell behind early in an important NESCAC match-up. Yet unlike in last week's resounding Homecoming victory over Bates, there was no comeback in the cards this time for Tufts, as the Jumbos fell 1-0 to the Colby Mules.
The men's cross country team on Saturday had its strongest race yet at the Open New England Championships, taking 17th out of 47 teams and fifth among Div. III schools.
It took a while for the women's soccer team, which has 10 first-years on its roster, to work the kinks out. The team went 1-2-2 in its first five matches, including a frustrating tie against NESCAC bottom-dweller Wesleyan.
The volleyball team has been dealing with adversity since early August, when the team was forced to overcome a season−ending injury to senior−quad captain Dawson Joyce−Mendive.