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Diving | Unlikely pair of Jumbo divers heads to nationals
March 17Four and a half miles. Four stops on the T. An approximately 15-minute-long ride in the athletic van.
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David Heck | The Sauce
March 17For a man who has earned over $1 billion in his career, you would think that Tiger Woods would have some better PR people and strategists on his payroll.
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Men's Lacrosse | Force of Jumbos overwhelms Lasers in 20-4 victory
March 17With two games under its belt this season, the men's lacrosse team has shown that, NESCAC or nonconference, the Jumbos will come out on top.
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Women's Lacrosse | Tufts downs Wellesley for first win in 2010
March 17It didn't take long for the women's lacrosse team to bounce back from its loss to Amherst on Saturday. On the road on Tuesday, the nationally ranked No. 13 Jumbos unleashed an offensive barrage on the Wellesley Blue, notching their first win 13-5. After going down by one on a goal from Wellesley senior attacker Molly Morrow in the first 26 seconds, the Jumbos scored eight unanswered goals to dash any hopes the Blue had for an upset.
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Swimming and Diving | Nine Jumbos head to NCAA meet
March 16After finishing second at the NESCAC Championships, selected members of the men's swimming and diving team will be looking to finish off the season on a high note when they travel to Minneapolis for the NCAA Division III National Championships beginning today.
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NESCAC Baseball | Defending-champion Bantams headline strong conference
March 16In NESCAC baseball, there's Trinity, and then there's everyone else. The Bantams haven't lost a conference matchup since 2007, when Tufts beat them in the final regular season game to claim first place. Since then, the Bantams not only won two conference championships but added a NCAA championship in 2008 as well. The Bantams rank No. 4 in the nation, and the challenge of every other NESCAC team will be to try to usurp them. In preparation for this year's slate, the Daily goes around the league, taking a look at each team's prospects.
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Baseball Feature | Narrow losses mark Jumbos' recent seasons
March 16Despite its annual goal of winning the NESCAC Tournament, over the past few years, the baseball team has developed an irritating penchant for coming up just short.
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Baseball Season Preview | Tufts has sights set high after late 2009 run
March 16Few coaches at Tufts, or in the NESCAC as a whole, have a legacy as storied and successful as that of baseball coach John Casey. He's coached 789 games at Tufts — more than double the number of any other coach — and his .596 winning percentage is the best of any skipper that has worked for more than one season. His teams have produced a .500 record or better for 18 straight years, and his players are extremely committed to making sure that streak stays alive.
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Men's Tennis | Tufts looks to maintain strong momentum of fall season
March 15After a five−month hiatus, the men's tennis team returns to action this spring looking to continue its impressive play from the fall. In spring 2009, a Jumbos team featuring no seniors ultimately finished with a 9−7 record, including a 3−5 mark within the NESCAC. This year's unit returns with an entire roster full of players who hope that an extra year of experience will lead to more success in 2010.
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Inside the NBA | Celtics slipping as season enters crucial stretch
March 15Any way you look at it, whether you are a Celtics fan or not, it is impossible to ignore the obvious: The Celtics are just not championship contenders anymore.
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Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville
March 15Seriously, is there anything better than March? St. Patrick' Day, spring break, the start of baseball season and the NCAA Tournament all occur during these glorious 31 days. It's the only month so crazy that it literally has an alliterative adjective affixed to the end and requires capital letters to explain it. March Madness. The best month of the year.
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Men's Lacrosse | Jumbos trample Lord Jeffs in season opener
March 14The men's lacrosse team opened its season slate against familiar NESCAC foe Amherst, and for the second straight year, the Jumbos garnered what has become a familiar result against the Lord Jeffs: a resounding victory.
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Women's Lacrosse | Amherst upsets No. 9 Tufts in season opener
March 14It was too little, too late on Saturday for the women's lacrosse team. After falling behind 11−5 to the nationally unranked Amherst Lord Jeffs in the season opener, the No. 9 Jumbos went on a run in the last five minutes to close the gap to three before time ran out. The 11−8 final margin drops the team to 0−1 in both overall record and in the NESCAC standings.
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Women's Track and Field | Jones, Wilfert represent Jumbos at nationals
March 11In the culmination of a strong indoor season, the women's track and field team will send two representatives to the NCAA Div. III Indoor Championships this weekend at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. With sophomore Nakeisha Jones and junior Amy Wilfert the lone competitors for Tufts, the Jumbos are looking forward to competing on the sport's biggest stage.
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Men's Track and Field | Jumbos send five athletes to NCAA Championships
March 11It all comes down to this. As of this morning, the men's track and field team has sent five athletes to Depauw University in Greencastle, Ind. to compete in three events at the NCAA Championships this weekend in the final meet of the season.
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Women's Lacrosse Preview | Jumbos prepare to follow up historic 2009 season
March 10Expectations for the women's lacrosse team are higher than ever as it comes off a historic 2009 season. The Jumbos finished the regular season atop the NESCAC and reached the third round of the NCAA tournament in their first appearance on the national stage, losing to eventual champion Franklin and Marshall.
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David Heck | The Sauce
March 10When you think about the most important people in baseball history, there are a few very famous men that come to mind: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb.
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Women's Lacrosse Feature | Evolutions and Revolutions
March 10The call came in the middle of the night. In that hour when both professors and the sun have long retired to their chambers, the playful minds of the students were stuck in overdrive, furiously shifting mental gears from fast to faster as the darkness provided a starry blanket for mischief. The phone call awoke Rocco Carzo — then−athletic director — from a deep slumber at 2 a.m., as he jerked out of his bed to the shrill ringing piercing his ears.
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Ethan Landy | Call Me Junior
March 9"I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. I take full responsibility for my actions."
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