On Saturday, the Jumbos finished third out of six teams at the Bowdoin Invitational held in Brunswick, Maine. An abundance of individual first-place finishes and the 4x400 meter relay team's top-10 ranked time highlighted the Jumbos' performance in their third event of the season.Coming off ...
This past weekend brought huge victories for a praised New England dynasty, led by a head coach who has been at the helm since the early 2000s. The 16–1 Jumbos rumbled on this week, picking up a 65–49 win over the Worcester State Lancers (12–5) on Wednesday and a 72–51 victory over the Bates ...
Before the tournament takes off, Tufts faces a gauntlet of eight more NESCAC conference games. Each and every one of these games is crucial as the team looks ahead to the playoffs. With the exception of two meetings against last-place Conn. College, these games feature familiar opponents. In these games, Tufts went 2–4 and was outscored 21–17; however, these games included two massive victories over Williams and Bowdoin, 6–2 and 6–1 respectively.
The No. 19 Tufts women's squash team played a slew of matches during the last full week of winter break, the Jumbos' first time back on the court since their last official match on Dec. 8, 2018.
Led by several strong performances from first-years and sophomores, the women’s indoor track and field team captured victories in 10 individual events in the first full meet of the winter season on Saturday.The Jumbos hosted teams from ten schools — Bridgewater State, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Coast ...
The Jumbos have gained ground since the end of last semester, when they struggled out of the gate, finishing at 2–4. They are now at 8–9 overall and 2–2 in the NESCAC, good for seventh out of 11 in the conference.This past weekend, Tufts stole a dramatic last-second win from Middlebury (now ...
Tufts picked up five victories in its six games over winter break as it kicked off its NESCAC season, emerging victorious with sizable margins until falling to No. 1 Bowdoin on Jan. 5. In a competitive Div. III women’s basketball season, the Jumbos fell to be ranked sixth despite only losing ...
Tufts resumed league play in January with games against Hamilton (7-6-1) and Amherst (7-4-2) on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12, dropping both games by scores of 4–2 and 6–1, respectively. The Jumbos are now 2-6 in the NESCAC and 5-9 overall after losing four of its last five games and being outscored by ...
Tufts men’s track and field opened their season at the Tufts Invitational on Saturday. The Jumbos hosted a number of regional schools at the Gantcher Center in this non-scoring meet.While this meet represented an important starting point for the season, senior Benji Wallace maintained that the team ...
Tufts (8–0) continued its unbeaten start to the season, defeating Bridgewater State (2–6) at home on Tuesday and the University of New England (4–6) away on Saturday. Neither were close affairs.On Saturday, Tufts’ strong start to the season stretched to eight straight wins after besting the ...
The Jumbos headed to Middletown, Conn. to race against NESCAC rivals Wesleyan and Williams alongside non-conference opponents WPI on Saturday. The women defeated Wesleyan and WPI but fell to 2018 conference champion Williams, while the men soundly defeated Wesleyan but fell to both WPI and Williams ...
Gregg Popovich, considered by many as one of the greatest basketball coaches in NBA history, took a surprising stance on the state of the league in a recent interview before a game in Chicago. Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, told reporters that he believes the recent analytical trend ...
The Jumbos dropped both of their games at the New England Big 4 Challenge this past weekend, hosted by the Babson Beavers in Wellesley, Mass. Tufts’ two losses dropped its record to 2–4, but it was able to make up some ground on Wednesday hosting Emerson, clinching the 87–70 win.The annual Big ...
Tufts kicked off its 2018–19 campaign in earnest with a three-team match against Wellesley and host Harvard on Tuesday. The Jumbos flashed their potential at times, particularly in the foil events, but ultimately fell to both opponents."The Harvard-Wellesley meet is the hardest meet of the ...
After defeating Middlebury at home on Nov. 18 to open their seasons, Tufts' swimming and diving teams enjoyed a free weekend before competing in the three-day MIT Invitational over the weekend.The women's side came out on top of the eight-team field, while the men's team finished second ...
Tufts opened its season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, hosted at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center on Saturday. Only four runners competed for the Jumbos, typical for the early winter tune-up for the team’s distance runners.Both senior co-captain Jennifer Jackson and ...
Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make bold predictions about your favorite professional sports.First, a look back at my Week 13 predictions, which went one-for-three: PredictionOutcomeDid I get it right?Jets beat (+9.5) spread against TitansTitans 26–22 JetsYes!Lamar Jackson makes 250+ passing yards, ...
The Jumbos' season has been a rollercoaster ride so far. Despite a recent setback last Saturday against Middlebury, Tufts closed out November with dominant victories over Saint Michael's (4–0) and Williams (6–2) in a three-game win streak that saw the team outscore opponents 13–2 and ...
They say criticism is the highest form of flattery. (Or is that imitation?) Mark my words, it is certainly uncommon to find a hardline New Yorker peel back the thinly-veiled veneer of their shell to admit that maybe all this “anti-Boston” sentiment originates from a point of jealousy.For the sake ...
Back-to-back matches over the weekend ended in disappointment for Tufts men’s and women’s squash teams, as both squads fell on consecutive days to Middlebury and Williams.Nonetheless, coach Joe Raho noted the teams' optimism heading into the remainder of their seasons.Men’s squashFirst-years ...
