The women's tennis team won the first of its two dual matches of the fall season, trouncing previously-unbeaten MIT, 7-2 yesterday evening at Vouté Courts.
The Jumbos finished the spring season with a 12-7 overall record, buttressed by a solid 6-2 conference mark, thanks to the strength of a solid core of young players, notably freshman Julia Browne and sophomore Meghan McCooey, who will both be competing in the NCAA Singles Championships in Saint Peter, Minn. this weekend.
The NCAA Tournament marked the culmination of an already successful season for the women's tennis team, as Tufts qualified for the tourney for the eighth straight year. The Jumbos easily advanced past Roger Williams in the first round before finding themselves on the wrong side of a 5-4 heartbreaker against Wellesley.
The women's tennis team made history Friday afternoon, picking up its first NESCAC Tournament victory with a 5-4 win over sixth-seeded Wesleyan.
Now the real season begins for the women's tennis team.
The women's tennis team wrapped up its regular season play with a convincing 7-2 win over Trinity on Saturday to give the Jumbos the third seed heading into the NESCAC Championships. The victory came on the heels of a 7-2 loss to regional power Wellesley on Friday, which was just the team's second setback in its last nine matches. All in all, the nationally-ranked No. 13 Jumbos emerged from the weekend 10-5 overall and 6-2 in conference play.
After losing its first NESCAC match at national No. 2 Amherst on April 8, the women's tennis team rebounded yesterday, trouncing Conn. College 8-1 at Voute Courts.
The women's tennis team (8-4, 4-1 NESCAC) saw its six-match winning streak snapped on Tuesday with a 7-2 loss at the hands of nationally ranked No. 2 Amherst. The Lord Jeffs were fresh off their first loss of the season, a close 5-4 result against Williams, and came out extremely determined against the Jumbos.
The women's tennis team rolled to two more victories over the weekend to improve its record to 4-1 in the NESCAC and 8-3 overall. Tufts pulled out a 5-2 win at Brandeis on Saturday, a day after defeating Bowdoin 8-1 at the Gantcher Center.
The nationally ranked No. 12 women's tennis team made easy work of Bates and Colby this weekend, upping the Jumbos' winning streak to four. The 8-1 and 9-0 victories put Tufts at 6-3 overall, and 4-2 this spring, with both losses coming against upper-division opponents.
Playing in warm weather for the first time this season, the women's tennis team split its four Florida matches to commence spring play, moving to an overall record of 4-3.
The women's tennis team has spent its recent years relentlessly climbing the NCAA Div. III ladder.
In the three-day New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament this past weekend, the women's tennis team finished the regular season with a doubles title and two singles players advancing to their respective finals matches.
The women's tennis team finished its fall season with a convincing win on Homecoming Saturday against New York University, as the Jumbos took down the Violets 9-0.
The women's tennis team knew what it was up against on Saturday, but that still didn't give it any advantage.
After a five-month hiatus from college tennis, it took sophomore Meghan McCooey no time at all to return to peak form.
The women's tennis team got off to an ominous start to its fall season.
Senior tri-captains Jen Luten and Kylyn Deary have made their presence known on the Voute Courts over the last four years.
The women's tennis team set their goals high this season, and didn't have much trouble attaining most of them.
Nationally ranked No. 19 and seeded fifth in this weekend's NESCAC Tournament, the women's tennis team went into its match on Friday afternoon hoping for an upset of the nation's No. 3 team and league's fourth-seeded Williams.
