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The Tufts Daily
Where you read it first | Thursday, April 18, 2024

Daily Digits

19 - First half yards for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a 24-0 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday. The Giants dominated in all facets of the game and sent the Bucs to 0-3 on the season. In addition to its low yardage totals, Tampa Bay did not record a first down until late in the third quarter and finished with only nine more plays on offense than their counterparts had first downs.

7 - Matches that the Tufts volleyball team has won in straight sets, 3-0. The Jumbos, who are on an 11 game winning streak, won four matches this past weekend to earn their second straight MIT Invitational win. The victory included wins over NESCAC foes Conn. College and Williams in the semi-finals and finals, respectively.

14 - Wins in the last 16 games for the red-hot Atlanta Braves, who suddenly are alive in the race for the NL Wild Card spot.  The Braves, who went six-for-six on their recent road trip, are only two and a half games behind the wild-card-leading Colorado Rockies in the race for the Senior Circuit's final playoff spot. With just seven games remaining on their schedule, the Braves will still need some luck to cap off their improbable run.

32 - Seconds the Tufts women's soccer team needed to score the only goal of the game Saturday in its 1-0 win over Wesleyan. The win, Tufts' first in the NESCAC this season, moved Tufts to 3-2 on the season and finally gave the team a victory in a one-goal game after two straight losses. The Jumbos have won three of their last four games and will look to keep the momentum going with two games coming up this week.

16 - Games since the Tufts football team last scored less than 13 points, a streak that was snapped in Saturday's 7-3 loss at Wesleyan. The Jumbos' three-point total was their lowest output since they were shut out in the last game of the 2006 season at Middlebury. Tufts will look to kickstart its offense at Bates on Saturday.

5 - New teams in the top 10 of the AP college football poll after a series of upsets this weekend. The only spots in the top 10 of the rankings that did not change were the top three, but slipups by a number of teams underneath the trio of Florida, Texas and Alabama led to a shakeup in the polls. One-loss teams Virginia Tech, USC, Oklahoma and Ohio State have returned to the top of the standings in the 6-9 positions, while Cincinnati joins them as the class of the Big East.