In its second meet of the season, Tufts took on 15 other teams at last Saturday's Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams at Mt. Greylock High School in Williamstown, Mass. and finished a respectable seventh. Tufts totaled a score of 235, which trumped WPI's 247 points, but came just 10 points ...
Two weeks ago, the Philadelphia Eagles took the field for the first time since they won their first Super Bowl ever. In the first half, they had 68 yards of offense and 66 penalty yards. The team kneeled to end the half and headed into the locker rooms. That is when the fans started booing.My immediate ...
No. 3 Tufts picked up right where it left off last week to continue a promising 2018 campaign with a pair of 1–0 wins against MIT (6–3) and Kean University (4–6). While the box scores reveal tight games for the Jumbos, a stout defensive effort prevented either of their opponents from issuing much ...
In just the second night game in Ellis Oval’s existence, Tufts came out on top, 16–13, in a defensive battle with Wesleyan (1–1). The Jumbos’ victory in their 2018 home opener gives them a 2–0 record, as they join just three other NESCAC teams with an undefeated record.Tufts only put ...
In an article published on Sept. 19 on Sporting News, the former NFL 1999 Executive of the Year Jeff Diamond ripped into Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell and his decision to not yet sign the franchise tag placed on him by the Steelers. Diamond referred to Bell’s actions as “illogical” ...
Both the co-ed and women's sailing teams went out for a packed weekend schedule. The co-ed team raced in the Hatch Brown Trophy, the Nicholas Barnett Trophy and the Donaghy Bowl, while the women’s side sailed in the Regis Trophy. Meanwhile, both teams sent sailors to the two-day New England ...
The Jumbos will return to Ellis Oval on Saturday for their first home game of the 2018 season against the Wesleyan Cardinals.With kickoff set for 6 p.m., it will be the second-ever home night game in program history — the team played its first against Wesleyan in the 2016 season opener.The two teams ...
Tufts opened its season at home this past weekend, slicing its way right into the thick of local competition against Wesleyan, Amherst and MIT in the Tufts Invitational.Coming into this fall, Tufts embraced the challenge of rebuilding its team, having to fill several open spots. “I’m really excited ...
On Saturday the Jumbos completed and won an 8,000-meter race at the Pineland Super XC Shootout to launch their 2018 campaign. The Jumbos registered a score of 124, edging the host Bates Bobcats, who totaled 128 points. Southern Maine finished third.“It was a sunny morning and … one of our teammates ...
Tufts traveled to Middlebury's Ralph Myhre Golf Course over the weekend to compete in the Duke Nelson Invitational in its second tournament of the fall season.The Jumbos tied with the Springfield College Pride for tenth place in a field of 22 teams over the tournament's two rounds. The Duke ...
It's back! After a one-year hiatus, The Coin Toss is returning to the Daily. If you haven't read before, here's how this works: I make three bold predictions every week about professional sports. Today we're talking about Week 3 of the NFL season. Let's start off with some Thursday ...
The Jumbos competed in its season opener at the Pineland Super XC Shootout in Gloucester, Maine on Saturday. While it was a straight shootout between two teams, Tufts beat out Bates to start its season on a victorious note.The 5,000-meter run was the only event of the competition. Tufts senior co-captain ...
I don’t hate necessarily hate you. Just accept that we’re different.When rooting for Boston athletics, you quintessentially cheer for the antithesis for my existence: a strong, anti-New York attitude. You root for the exceptional yet down-to-earth common man: Tom Brady with his 5.28 40-yard dash ...
At a perfect 5–0 in the season after only two weeks, the Jumbos moved to No. 3 in the nation and are one of only two NESCAC teams in the Top 25, the other being the Conn. College Camels, who sit at No. 21. While the Jumbos conceded their first goal of the season in a non-conference matchup against the Wheaton Lyons on Sunday, they were able to go 2–0 in the NESCAC after beating the Bates Bobcats 1–0 at home in overtime the day before. Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Tufts eased to a 3–0 win over visiting Keene State.
"We were going back and forth the whole tiebreak," Grant said. "We both had lot of match points when we got to 12–12, 13–13, 14–14. It was basically who was lucky enough to get the ball in. I got more lucky than him, and I won. [Middlebury] was getting into it, we were getting into it. It was fun."
Being a fan means you get to be a part of an amazing community of people with whom you have a bond as soon as you see them at the game or on the street wearing a jersey. I see someone with my team’s hat and immediately feel a sense of kinship. But team allegiances have been changed with the advent ...
Only two weeks into the season, Tufts already has eight games under its belt. The Jumbos traveled over 1,000 miles south to take part in the Emory National Tournament on September 7 and 8 to play some of the top teams in the country. Tufts picked up two wins on the first day of the tournament against ...
This time last year, the Tufts field hockey team sat at 2–1, with a tinge of disappointment after a tough overtime loss against Babson.With its rematch last Tuesday, the No. 8 Jumbos had a direct chance to exact revenge and get off to a perfect start in their beginning trio of games this season.They ...
Tufts continued its dominant start to the season with 2–0 victories over Wesleyan (3–2) and Bates (2–3). The Jumbos have yet to give up a goal this season, an astounding statistic considering they have scored 15 themselves. This week brought their overall record to 5–0 and their conference record ...
In their opening game of the season, the Jumbos earned a decisive 29–2 win over the Hamilton Continentals. The resounding road victory announced Tufts as a team hungry to improve on last season's 5–4 record, and the result marks its largest margin of victory since its 31–3 trashing of Bowdoin ...
