Women's Soccer | Tufts runs out of luck against Bantams
October 14The women's soccer team finally encountered an opponent it couldn't overcome - luck.
The women's soccer team finally encountered an opponent it couldn't overcome - luck.
With only one loss on the season and boasting a six-game winning streak, the women's soccer team has had several impressive victories to be proud of this season. But it wasn't until Saturday's 4-1 Homecoming win over Bowdoin that the team was finally satisfied with its play over the course of a full game.
In the 2006 version of tomorrow's Homecoming game, the Bowdoin Polar Bears hobbled to an early one-goal deficit and dropped their fifth game in a row.
It would have been easy for the women's soccer team to overlook yesterday's non-conference midweek game against Brandeis.
It looks a lot like 2005 in the world of Tufts women's soccer.
On Saturday, the Jumbos will meet Bates once again for their fourth NESCAC game of the season. Joining the two teams on the field will be the ghosts of two NESCAC Tournament games and an NCAA Regionals game all decided by a single goal.
After three consecutive victories, the women's soccer team came through again yesterday afternoon, this time in grand fashion against non-conference foe Babson.
The story is starting to get repetitive for the women's soccer team - but in a good way.
After sweeping a weekend series against Middlebury and Carthage last weekend, the women's soccer team earned a place in the NSCAA national rankings for the first time this season, drawing the No. 19 spot in the poll released Tuesday.
Coach Martha Whiting refused to let her team ease into its 2007 schedule.
The Wheaton Lyons beat the Jumbos at their own game yesterday.
Box score
Fingers crossed, the women's soccer team awaited news of an at-large bid from the selection committee on Sunday night. The scene was similar to one that played out a year ago, as the Jumbos, recently upset in the NESCAC title game, counted on season-long regional dominance to carry them to the NCAA tournament.
The women's soccer team was handed two days of less than ideal weather conditions this weekend, but the Jumbos did what they could.
When push comes to shove, the women's soccer team gets the job done.
The women's soccer team traveled to Keene State on Wednesday riding a seven-game unbeaten streak and closely resembling the 2005 team that steamrolled through the regular season and put together an 11-game unbeaten streak.
Make it six in a row.
WOMEN'S SOCCERAt Kraft Field, TuesdayWesleyan 0 Tufts 2Scoring: Hardy, Gamal
It may be time for the rest of the NESCAC to collect its belongings and get out of the way-the Tufts women's soccer team has found its groove.
It seems that a struggling team has found its way.