Homecoming weekend proved to be a tough one for the Tufts women’s soccer team, which suffered a loss and a tie, bringing its overall record to 6–2–1. The Jumbos faced off against two tough NESCAC opponents, losing to the Amherst Mammoths, 3–0, and drawing against the Hamilton Continentals, ...
Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make bold predictions about your favorite professional sports.First a recap of last week. I had the Browns over the Raiders, but Oakland took that game by three in overtime. I correctly picked the Texans over the Colts in Indianapolis. I also predicted a bounce-back ...
The Jumbos' season commenced on Sunday at the annual Green Mountain Head (GMH) regatta in Putney, Vt. Singles and doubles rowers of all affiliations and ages, from an under-19 division to an over-75 division, competed on the Connecticut River.Four rowers from Tufts' women's team, led ...
The Jumbos capped off an epic weekend Sunday, punching a ticket to their second conference championship appearance in as many years with a fourth-place finish at the NESCAC Qualifier. The two-day tournament, hosted by Lyman Orchards Golf Club in Middlefield, Conn., saw 10 schools competing for a chance ...
The Jumbos moved to 9–0, their best start to the season since 1994, with two victories over Homecoming weekend. Tufts defeated its closest NESCAC rival, Amherst, 2–1, before downing Hamilton, 1–0, at Bello Field in a pair of hard-fought conference matchups.
The Price is wrong? Or maybe it’s just not on Sale?While you can sue me over the puns, blaming an overly aggressive columnist is not an antidote to Price and Sale's poor postseason outings. In the playoffs, the duo has been polar opposites. No, not that one has been monumentally stellar and the ...
The Jumbos had quite a bit at stake going into Homecoming week. Sitting at 5–0 and ranked No. 3 in Div. III, three crucial home games lay before the team: Wesleyan, Amherst and Hamilton. The Jumbos swept the three conference opponents last year and sought to do the same and improve to 8–0, their ...
The Jumbos continued their stellar fall season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) New England Championships in Vermont, as sixth-seeded sophomore Boris Sorkin broke past senior co-captain Jerry Jiang of the Bowdoin Polar Bears 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the competition's singles title.With a ...
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams ran at meets this weekend with mixed results. Nevertheless, both teams look to draw important lessons from the meets heading into the All-New England Championship.The men’s cross country team competed in the Paul Short Run at Lehigh in Bethlehem, ...
After a week of uncharacteristic defeats, Tufts got back on track this weekend with two strong NESCAC wins over Hamilton and Williams.On Saturday, the Jumbos dueled against the Williams Ephs (7–7) in Williamstown, Mass. The match started off tight, with the teams splitting the first two sets. Tufts ...
This is a follow-up to a column published on March 14, in which I wrote about Tiger Woods in the Valspar Championship, where he placed second after a great round of golf. I wrote then of comebacks, but now I have more to write about: redemption.Tiger had a spectacular fall from grace in both his golfing ...
It was a tale of two halves for the Jumbos in their Homecoming matchup against the Bates Bobcats. Facing a winless Bates team coming off a 59–16 loss to Trinity, and with a 2–0 record of its own, Tufts was heavily favored entering Saturday's match. In the end, the Jumbos proved their superiority ...
The Tufts women’s lacrosse team formally welcomed Grace Zinck, a 14 year old from Melrose, Mass., onto their team in an honorary draft ceremony on Sept. 28. Zinck was paired with the team through the non-profit organization Team IMPACT, which connects kids with acute or chronic illnesses with collegiate ...
Tufts celebrated Homecoming 2018 this weekend, with various events and matches spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Friday Night: Athletics Awards CeremonyHomecoming formalities kicked off with the Tufts Athletics' 2017–18 Annual Awards Ceremony held in a fully filled Cohen Auditorium on Friday ...
With all the stories coming out on a daily basis covering NBA injuries, potential trades and drama, you’d find it hard to believe that the NBA season still hasn’t even begun. It’s felt that way for nearly the entire summer, to be honest, as the NBA continues to prove why it’s the best sports ...
The Jumbos team continued its undefeated 2018 campaign with two victories this week, placing it for a tie for first place in the NESCAC with Connecticut College. With a 1–0 shutout of the Wesleyan Cardinals (2–4) on home turf Wednesday night and a 2–1 victory on the road against the Brandeis ...
The Jumbos will kick off their fall season on Sunday at the Green Mountain Head (GMH) regatta in Putney, Vt. Tufts' men's and women's squads will face top scullers from across the Northeast.The GMH, a three-mile course that starts upstream and turns around downstream at the 1.5-mile mark, ...
Anticipation on campus is high this week, as the undefeated Jumbos (2–0) prepare to take on the winless Bates Bobcats (0–2) in their annual Homecoming game, set to kick off Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Ellis Oval. The game will be Tufts' second in a row at home, as the team defeated Wesleyan, 16–13, ...
Tufts hosted two non-conference opponents in the build-up to Homecoming weekend, splitting the decisions. Falling 2–1 in an overtime defeat to the Brandeis Judges (7–0) on Saturday, the Jumbos recovered in midweek to defeat the neighboring MIT Engineers (7–2–1) in another overtime game. With ...
The Tufts sailing team participated in seven regattas over the weekend of Sept. 22, its third week of the 2018–19 season, with several impressive results.The women's team took part in the Mrs. Hurst Bowl, hosted by Dartmouth, while co-ed boats took part in various regattas throughout New ...
