In its hardest fought match of the season, the volleyball team rallied to erase a 2-0 deficit against Conn. College and take the final match of the MIT Invitational, winning the tournament and extending its perfect record to 13-0 overall and 3-0 in the NESCAC.
Although endless winds and rain battered Zimman Field Saturday afternoon, the football team's storm on the field served as the focus for the Homecoming game. The Jumbos, powered by 365 yards of total offense and a lockdown defense, steamrolled Bates by a final score of 34-7.
The Homecoming rains weighed heavy on the visiting Bobcats Saturday as the women's soccer team took down Bates 2-0 at Bello Field. Freshman Jamie Love-Nichols and sophomore Sarah Nolet scored one goal apiece to lead their team to the key NESCAC victory.
It was business as usual for the field hockey team Homecoming Saturday as the Jumbos continued their perfect season by capitalizing on open looks to overcome the Bates Bobcats 4-2 on Bello Field.
The men's soccer team's hot start was brought to a simmer Saturday as the Jumbos lost 2-0 to the Bates Bobcats on a rain-soaked Bello Field. The loss dropped Tufts' record to a sub-.500 1-2-0 in the conference (4-2-1 overall) and gave Bates its first NESCAC victory this season, raising its record to a matching 1-2-0 (3-2-0 overall).
Tomorrow's Homecoming game is not exactly a marquee match-up for the football team.
For the past three years the men's tennis team has taken the court against the Salve Regina Seahawks in the first dual match of the fall season, offering a preliminary assessment of the squad's play before heading to the more important spring portion of the season.
5 The number of undefeated Jumbo varsity teams so far this fall. They are field hockey (5-0), football (1-0), women's soccer (3-0), volleyball (9-0) and men's tennis (1-0).
As the men's soccer team prepares for its game against Bates tomorrow, the players would be wise to take a look at recent history for an example of what not to do on Homecoming Day.
The field hockey team has been unstoppable this season, outscoring its opponents 29-3. This Homecoming weekend, in front of a large crowd of Tufts students, alumni and fans, the Jumbos, who are 3-0 in the conference and a perfect 5-0 overall, will look to extend their winning streak even further with a victory over Bates tomorrow.
This weekend, the women's soccer team is going from one rivalry to the next.
In what will likely be labeled one of the most noteworthy games of its season, the women's soccer team ventured into the Lyons' lair in Norton, Mass. on Wednesday to take on nationally-ranked No. 8 Wheaton College. And after a 90-minute battle, the Jumbos emerged with another victory tacked to their undefeated record.
At the beginning of its fall season last year, the women's tennis team had to fill the holes in its lineup left by four graduated seniors. By the spring, the Jumbos were down to seven players after still more turnover on their roster. But as it prepares to kick off its 2008 season today, Tufts finally has something it missed all of last year: a little stability.
Consistency is boring. Where there's no risk, there's no fun. It's why girls love leather jackets and motorcycles. It's why Seth Cohen never got any ladies. It's why some of the sports world's greatest players go underappreciated.
For its own sake, the Bates Bobcats had best know what awaits them when they arrive at Tufts tomorrow.
The sailing team just couldn't find its rhythm during the weekend's Hatch Brown Intersectional on the Charles River.
Tomorrow night, as the Athletics Department officially launches Homecoming festivities with its Annual Awards Ceremony, Tufts alum and three-time USA national champion runner Jennifer Toomey (LA '94) will find herself the recipient, not of a gold medal or another national title, but instead the Tufts University 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award.
The undefeated volleyball team faced its toughest challenge yet on Tuesday night but ultimately prevailed with a 3-1 victory over the Brandeis Judges in Cousens Gym. With the win, Tufts improved to 9-0 and handed the visiting Judges their second loss of the season.
For the first time since 2005, Tufts derailed the regional powerhouse Wheaton Lyons, ranked second in the region, yesterday afternoon by a score of 2-0.
