Ice hockey sophomore forward Kyle Gallegos and women's swimming sophomore Mia Greenwald were named NESCAC Players of the Week in their respective sports for their performances last week.
Gallegos scored clutch goals in both of the Jumbos' weekend games. On Friday night at Williams, he scored the game-winning goal with 48 seconds left in overtime to lead the Jumbos to a 3-2 victory, their first at Williams since 2003.
On Saturday, Gallegos came through again at Middlebury. With Tufts trailing 2-0 at the start of the final period, he buried a shot to cut the deficit in half. Junior defenseman Jared Barker later tied the game with 32 seconds remaining, and the Jumbos came away with a hard-earned point. Gallegos currently leads the team in goals scored with nine and his 14 points are good for third.
With seven regular season games remaining, the Jumbos have an 8-7-2 overall record and are 6-5-1 in conference play. They have yet to face crucial conference matchups against Amherst and Bowdoin, two schools ranked higher than Tufts in the standings.
Meanwhile, Greenwald continued her season-long dominance in the butterfly at her team's tri-meet with Wheaton and WPI on Saturday. Greenwald earned victories in both the 50- and 100- yard events, recording times of 26.91 and 59.80 seconds, respectively. She was also a member of the 200-meter medley relay team that took first place at the meet. Greenwald won at least one butterfly race at every dual meet this season. She holds the NESCAC's fastest 50-yard butterfly time of 26.83 seconds and the second-fastest 100-yard time of 58.19.
The Jumbos have their final meet, the Wheaton Invitational, next weekend, before they head to the NESCAC championships, which begin on Feb. 17. Greenwald will look to continue her success after breaking school records in the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard medley relay at last year's conference title meet.
