Despite a valiant effort, the volleyball team dropped a four-set decision to heavily favored Hope College in the national quarterfinals yesterday afternoon in University Heights, Ohio. The setback ends the Jumbos' historic 2009 season with a mark of 31-5.
In a season marked by debilitating injuries, a lack of offensive production and numerous close losses, the Tufts football team produced a 2-6 record, its worst performance since 2005. Still, in the midst of the aforementioned problems, the Jumbos were within striking distance in games against some of the NESCAC's top squads, only to come up just short.
Coming off of a season in which a young squad may have overachieved, a more experienced men's swimming and diving team is ready to break out and compete for both NESCAC and national supremacy.
For the volleyball team, it's goodbye Medford, hello University Heights, Ohio.
The last weekend of the field hockey season has arrived and the top four teams in Div. III will be battling for a national title.
Every year, the NFL season seems to fly by too quickly; we already find ourselves heading into Week 11 as Thanksgiving rapidly approaches. As teams across the league have begun to tackle the second half of their schedule, the playoff picture is slowly starting to take shape.
With the foundations of success already laid last year, there is only one thing left for the Tufts hockey team to do: build higher.
Though the season is now over, six members of the Tufts football team have received accolades for their standout performances this year. For the third consecutive season, senior safety Tom Tassinari was named to the All-NESCAC First Team. Joining Tassinari on the First Team are senior fullback Noah Hatfield-Biondo and senior offensive lineman Adam Wueger. Tufts' Second Team honorees were junior running back Pat Bailey, sophomore end Donnie Simmons and senior defensive back Alex Perry.
There is a lot in my life that I owe to Ken Griffey Jr.
The season isn't over, but the field hockey team has continued to rake in awards. The latest comes with five Jumbos earning spots on the Longstreth/NHFCA New England West Region All-Stars, the most of any team in the region. Junior Tamara Brown repeats as an All-Star, having led the NESCAC in both goals and assists with 21 and 13. Senior co-captain Margi Scholtes and junior Amanda Roberts were also voted to the All-Region First Team for the second consecutive year, while junior Jess Perkins and sophomore Taylor Dyer were named to the second team. All five players were also earned All-NESCAC honors earlier this season.
Four years ago, the men's basketball team had one of its best seasons in program history. The squad went 23-7, racking up more wins than any of its predecessors and made it to the NESCAC championship game as well as the third round of the NCAA Tournament. But ever since then, Tufts has been caught in a downward spiral.
One year must seem like an eternity for the women's basketball team.
When it comes to NESCAC women's basketball, Bowdoin has traditionally stood head and shoulders above the rest.
Although mid-major teams have produced some of the most thrilling upsets in recent March Madness history, they rarely are ranked among the elite squads in the nation. This year's Butler Bulldogs are poised to buck that trend.
As the men's squash team approaches this weekend's season-opening matches, the absence of some of its most talented members threatens to hinder the team's success in the fall slate.
While the Tufts volleyball team will head to University Heights, Ohio to compete in the Elite Eight of the Div. III NCAA Tournament, it has continued to rack up accolades closer to home.
Though the men's cross country team's eighth-place finish at the NCAA New England Championship on Saturday left it just short of a spot at nationals, four members of the team were recognized for their hard work, earning All-Region status.
It didn't go exactly according to plan, but the sailing team closed out the fall season with a strong 10th-place finish in spite of a wave of poor weather and elite competition at this past weekend's Atlantic Coast Championship.
