With hundreds of fans and coaches packed into MIT's gem of a pool house and screams synchronized to every breath ricocheting off the walls, the women's swimming and diving team took center stage against some of the best competitors from across the region.
At this weekend's MIT Invitational, the men's swimming and diving team proved that it can keep up with the likes of bigger fish. While the Jumbos placed third out of seven teams at the meet, they can still take pride in the final result. Although the host Engineers captured first place by a fairly comfortable margin, the Jumbos proved they could hang with the meet's top three, finishing just 127 points behind second-place NYU with a tally of 740.
After entering its fifth match of the early season still lacking its full starting lineup, the women's squash team lost 9-0 at Amherst on Thursday, dropping its record to 0-5 going into winter break. "Our whole semester has been somewhat jumbled because of injuries," assistant coach Kelsey Engman said.
Looks ahead to support lineup will receive when play resumes
Despite ending the first half of its season with a 2-5 record, the men's squash team enters the winter offseason with optimism knowing that when it returns to the court in the spring, its lineup will be bolstered and ready to take on the healthy competition that still lies ahead.
Maureen O’Neill, Women’s Swimming & Diving In a week filled with stellar races across the board for Tufts, sophomore Maureen O’Neill distanced herself from the pack, totaling five first-place finishes across two meets. The sophomore swimmer led the Jumbos to second place in the seven-team MIT Invitational in Cambridge this weekend, winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events in addition to anchoring the first-place 200-yard freestyle relay team.
