Since the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, there have been two international breaks, providing national teams tune-up matches in preparation for Russia. After that night in Trinidad and Tobago, it made sense for the USMNT to use the friendlies to assess ...
I found myself extremely bored this past weekend, and it's not just because I stayed in Boston over spring break.It's because there simply was nothing to watch. I get the need to play international qualifiers during the season rather than stacking them all in one go at the end of the season ...
While most students were putting their feet up and enjoying time off school last week, Tufts' softball team played 15 games in nine days in Clermont, Fla. The annual trip gives the team an opportunity to lock in for the rest of the long spring season. The Jumbos posted an 11–4 record, their best ...
The Tufts men’s lacrosse team picked up three crucial wins over spring break, remaining undefeated with a 6–0 record (3–0 NESCAC) and moving up four spots in the national rankings to No. 3. On March 17, Tufts defeated Colby at home, 20–6, to record its second conference win of the season. A ...
The Tufts women's lacrosse team put together a string of impressive performances in its four games since a win over MIT on March 10, earning three victories and suffering one defeat.The Jumbos, tied for seventh in Div. III, now have a 5–1 record overall and a perfect record of 3–0 in NESCAC ...
In polar opposition to one’s stereotypical spring break, the Tufts co-ed and women's sailing teams headed down to Maryland, where they competed in two regattas and trained for 10 consecutive days. The teams bonded through camping in tents and braving the elements. Though their training was intensive ...
On its annual spring break trip, the Tufts baseball team played nine games in 10 days. The Jumbos went 5–4 in that stretch, scoring 92 total runs and posting a team batting average of .282. Tufts fell short in the final game of the trip, losing by 12 runs to Virginia Wesleyan, 25–13."I ...
The No. 17 Tufts men’s tennis team continued its strong start to the season over spring break, recording a 3–1 record during its week-long trip to the West Coast.Tufts triumphed over Connecticut College (7–2), Sewanee (5–4) and Whittier (7–2).After a three-match win streak to open ...
March Madness has truly lived up to its name this year.There have been upsets, overtime and last-second shots in abundance. There is one Cinderella team that has caught many a fan’s heart: Loyola University Chicago.The Ramblers are a No. 11 seed and are slated to play in the Final Four on Saturday, ...
In a historic weekend for Tufts swimming and diving, the men’s team captured seventh place in the Div. III NCAA Championships in Indianapolis — its best finish since 1982. The team's superb performance was buoyed by a plethora of strong individual performances, All-American honors and program ...
Anfernee Simons, one of the top-ranked high school basketball recruits, decided this week to forgo his college eligibility and declare for the NBA draft.Since Simons had taken a postgraduate year, in which he spent his fifth year of high school at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., he is already 19 ...
The No. 8 Tufts women’s tennis team went 2–1 in its three matches in Southern California over spring break, bringing its record to 3–2 on the season.The Jumbos began their trip in Northridge, Calif. on March 18 with a 7–2 win over the No. 27 Whitman College Blues.Coming off a 9–0 victory ...
For Tufts senior co-captain Anna Kimura, there was no better way to finish off her collegiate swimming career than to compete at her first national championship. Kimura, the only member of the women's team to travel to the NCAA Championships, competed in the 200-yard individual medley, the 100-yard ...
Although a powerhouse on the world stage, the U.S. Women’s National Team’s (USWNT) success has not translated to success in domestic club markets.The first fully professional women’s soccer league, the Women's United Soccer Association started shortly after the USWNT’s 1999 World Cup victory ...
After an unsatisfactory end to last year's campaign, the Tufts softball team is back with a score to settle. Tufts coach Cheryl Milligan described the team's 2017 season as one of their worst in its recent history: the Jumbos' 65-game unbeaten streak in the NESCAC East Division was snapped ...
The Tufts sailing team participated in three competitions in the Boston area over the weekend.The Jumbos took second place in the Wood Trophy Team Race at Harvard, first at the MIT Team Race Invitational and posted the top three finishes at the Icebreaker Fleet Race at Tufts' home venue of Mystic ...
For one member of the Tufts women’s swimming and diving team and 11 members of the men’s team, spring break will be anything but a break.The NCAA Championships, held in Indianapolis at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Natatorium, will start on Wednesday and extend for four ...
After winning the program’s fifth overall NESCAC championship — and second in as many years — and making strides in another NCAA tournament run, the Tufts men’s baseball team will return to the diamond on Friday in Virginia for the debut of its 2018 season. The Jumbos dominated last season, ...
On the first weekend of its spring season, the Tufts women’s tennis team went 1–1, falling 6–3 to Middlebury at home on Saturday and defeating Wellesley 9–0 in an away match on Sunday.On Sunday, the Jumbos visited the Blue for their second match of the weekend.Last time the two teams met, ...
On Sunday, the Tufts' women's fencing team ended its 2017–18 season at the NCAA Northeast Regionals.The Jumbos traveled a few miles to Brandeis' Gosman Athletic Center in Waltham, Mass. to compete against fencers from all across the region.The Northeast Regionals were different from ...
