Let me start this by saying that I am inherently very biased. The Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota (CIUMN)played a major part in my high school Chinese program’s development, and without the CIUMN I don’t know if I would be studying Chinese today – and studying Chinese has played ...
With wins against Williams in the final game of the season, both the No. 19 men’s and No. 6 women’s basketball teams secured home-court advantage for the first few rounds of the NESCAC tournament. Both teams play at Cousens Gym tomorrow with the women taking on Middlebury at 2 p.m. and the men ...
Coming off of a close win at Connecticut College, the team secured three consecutive double-digit wins ahead of this weekend, when they will face the only two teams ahead of them in the NESCAC standings. Tufts beat Newbury (2-18) away last Thursday to give Coach Bob Sheldon his 400th victory, only ...
In a hotly contested struggle between two nationally ranked teams, No. 3 Tufts beat the visiting No. 10 University of New England (UNE) 55-43.The win moved the Jumbos to 3-0 on the season, while the Nor’easters drop to 3-1. The game was a defensive dogfight, with both teams’ defenses putting pressure ...
Tufts (2-0) came out firing on all cylinders to start their season, beating Emerson (1-3) 86-83 on Friday and then thrashing the Wentworth Institute of Technology (1-3) 86-62 Saturday in Tufts’ home opener at Cousens Gym. The high tempo of the offense has already increased scoring numbers from last ...
Last year, an average possession for Tufts (13-12, 6-4 NESCAC) was a slow walk up the floor, five or six passes, an attempt to give the ball to a post player and a shot.This year, the offense has been completely restructured; the team’s roster shows no position other than “guard” or “center.” The ...
For the second consecutive season, Tufts entered the NESCAC tournament seeded seventh and traveled to face second-seeded Bowdoin. For the second year in a row, the Jumbos were defeated to end their season. They finished with a record of 6-8-2 (4-5-1 within the NESCAC), scoring 14 goals over the course ...
The lion’s share of chances fell to the Tufts women’s club soccer team on Saturday against St. Anselm at Bello Field. Heroics by the visiting goalkeeper and wasteful finishing by the Jumbos, however, kept the score even at 0-0. This continues the team's unbeaten conference record for the season, ...
With under a minute remaining and the score against Christopher Newport University (CNU) tied 1-1, senior midfielder Maddie Chapman won a penalty corner. As time expired, Chapman slid the ball to classmate midfielder Dakota Sikes-Keilp at the top of the circle. Sikes-Keilp wound up and drove a stunning ...
Another solid weekend tournament for Tufts' club water polo team led to a remarkable 8-0 finish to the regular season. At Bowdoin, the team defeated St. Michael’s (13-1), University of Vermont (5-0 forfeit), Colby (14-6) and Bowdoin (10-3). The Jumbos’ uncontested dominance of the North Atlantic ...
