The Tufts women’s lacrosse team has entered this season with high expectations, both from themselves and from the lacrosse world, after an impressive season last year in which they became NESCAC champions and advanced to the NCAA championship game, where they ultimately lost to Middlebury College.
This past Saturday, Tufts’ campus was buzzing with the excitement of the NESCAC tournament. Both men’s and women’s soccer competed for conference titles on Bello field, volleyball kicked off its tournament run in Cousens Gymnasium and field hockey faced fourth-seeded Wesleyan.
On Tuesday, the field hockey team hit the road for its final game of the regular season against Bowdoin College. Entering the matchup at No. 1, Tufts held an 8–1 conference record compared to Bowdoin’s 5–4 mark. Both teams were among the three NESCAC squads to defeat reigning Division III Champion Middlebury College.
Last Saturday, Tufts field hockey, the then No. 7 overall team, took on then No. 5 Bates in a homecoming competition. Both teams went into the game with only one conference loss, with Tufts at No. 1 and Bates at No. 2 in the NESCAC.
The No. 7 Tufts field hockey team entered a busy weekend set on redemption after an overtime loss Wednesday to Babson College. On Saturday, Tufts returned home to Ounjian Field to face Hamilton before traveling to New London to take on Connecticut College.
Coming into the 2025 season as NESCAC Champions and NCAA runners-up, Tufts field hockey stepped onto the recently renovated Ounjian Field prepared to bring their game to the next level.
This past Saturday, the most anticipated matchup in Division III women’s lacrosse took place in Middlebury, Vt. as the then undefeated No. 2 Tufts traveled to take on the No. 1 Middlebury College. Winning the last three NCAA titles, Middlebury is the only obstacle standing in the way of Tufts dominating the division with an undefeated record this season and now 64-game win streak. The last time that the Middlebury team lost was May 8, 2022 against Tufts in the NESCAC Championship.
On Saturday, No.2 Tufts took on No.5 Colby College at home on Bello Field. Both teams came onto the field undefeated. Despite having a slower start than usual, the Jumbos were able to extend their now nine-game win streak, their dominance in Division III lacrosse remaining untouchable. In an email to the Daily, junior attacker Allie Zorn wrote “We’ve been really active in the ride which has gotten us a lot of opportunities back and of course, Genna Gibbons has been giving us so much possession from the draw — it makes our lives on offense much easier.”
It is not everyday that you see a 10-loss team in the NCAA tournament, but Tufts women’s basketball squeezed their way in with an at-large bid with a 15–10 overall record. After falling to Trinity College in double overtime in the NESCAC tournament, Tufts had almost two weeks to prepare for their share of March madness.
On Saturday, the Tufts women’s basketball team — seeded sixth in the conference — kicked off their post season play by traveling to Hartford, CT to take on No. 3 seed Trinity College. Three weeks ago, the Jumbos played their last home game against the Bantams, earning a 68–59 victory on their senior day. The team was looking to achieve a similar result in the quarterfinal game. However, despite the team’s intense tenacity, Tufts fell short.
