The Tufts Daily - September 22, 2017 by The Tufts Daily

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Tufts partners with America’s largest cleantech startup incubator by Hannah Uebele News Editor

Tufts and Greentown Labs announced the adoption of an agreement on Sept. 7, signifying their commitment to collaboration, according to Director of Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) Linda Abriola. Greentown Labs, located in Somerville, a group of entrepreneurs that supports clean tech startups and provides lab space and resources to member companies, according to its website. Greentown Labs Chief Executive Officer Emily Reichert told the Daily in a email that the company is the largest clean technology incubator in the United States. “This is the first time that we have any relationship with a sort of industrial technology incubator type entity,” Abriola said. Abriola explained that the newly signed memorandum of understanding will lead to many possibilities for cooperation. “We’ve been talking about the possibility of having a faculty-in-residence at Greentown … and we’re really hoping that we’re going to be able to get some opportunities for undergrad and grad students to work as interns at member companies to develop that relationship and also hopefully get employed,” Abriola said. Reichert noted more advantages that Tufts students and faculty will get out of the partnership. “Startups spun out of Tufts or those run by Tufts affiliates (students, faculty, postdoctoral associates, staff, alumni, etc.) will have access to Greentown Labs and the opportunity to become members,” she said. Reichert also elaborated on benefits of the partnership for Greentown Labs. “The Greentown Labs community will have access to Tufts’ world-class faculty and research relevant to the cleantech and environmental industries,” Reichert said. “Similarly, our startups will have access to Tufts’ incredible array of resources — labs and facilities — across the campus. Reichert said that Greentown Labs has over 40 partner organizations committed to clean energy and cleantech innovation. “Our sponsor program includes four tiers of partnership from Kilowatt to Megawatt, Gigawatt and ultimately the highest level of partnership at Terawatt. We work closely with all of our partners to develop custom partnerships that are mutually beneficial,” she added. Abriola explained that Tufts was chosen as a Gigawatt Partner after promising to create a new position to act as a liaison between both parties. “We’re in the second category, so it’s really based on how much investment Tufts is making in the partnership. No money is changing

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Greentown Labs, located in Somerville, is a group of entrepreneurs supporting clean tech startups and providing lab space and resources to member companies. hands, we’re just investing in the partnership by creating a position at Tufts to support this,” Abriola said. This position, formed to ensure that the partnership remains active, will be called the Greentown Fellow, according to Reichert. “[The Fellow] will be a recent Tufts graduate and will be based at [TIE]. This person will be the main liaison between our organizations and will serve in a rotating one-year position at Greentown Labs,” Reichert said. Abriola and Greentown Labs Executive Vice President Mark Vasu will work with the Fellow to oversee the relationship, Abriola added. The position has yet to be filled, but the hiring process is underway. The new partnership will also involve students at the Tufts Gordon Institute, which focuses on engineering leadership. Kevin Oye, director of the M.S. in Innovation & Management Program (MSIM) at Tufts Gordon Institute said that the Institute and Greentown Labs first made contact last spring, after a student in the MSIM program spent the semester doing a project with Greentown Labs. “[Reichert] and [Vasu] … were really happy and pleased with the work and

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that set the basis then for potential future projects between the Gordon Institute and Greentown Labs,” Oye said. Oye contacted Abriola when he heard the memorandum of understanding was in the works so that the Gordon Institute could be included in the plans. “Greentown has a spectrum of companies in the energy sustainability space, so I’m hoping that by interacting with them, it’ll help stimulate ideas and thoughts for the Gordon Institute and for Tufts students in general,” Oye said. He hopes that Tufts students will take advantage of the opportunity to get involved. “The beautiful thing about having the memorandum of understanding is it’s a signal that Greentown and Tufts are acknowledging that there’s opportunity to do things together,” Oye said. Reichert explained that Tufts Greentown Labs have been building this partnership since early 2015. “At the encouragement of Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Tufts University President Anthony Monaco and his senior leadership team toured Greentown Labs in January 2015 and became excited about

the possibilities for partnership and collaboration with a fellow local organization,” Reichert told the Daily in an email. The following spring, Reichert and Vasu were invited by Provost and Senior Vice President David Harris to Tufts to discuss collaboration, she added. “As in any strong partnership between two large organizations, finalizing the details of a thorough and comprehensive partnership take time!” Reichert said. “Ultimately, we were able to work together and iron out the details of our partnership and complete it in parallel with the academic calendar for fall 2017.” When Abriola began as TIE director last September, it was decided that TIE would manage the relationship between Greentown Labs and Tufts. “Greentown feels like partnering with Tufts makes a lot of sense because it’s in Somerville and we’re a nearby university,” Abriola said. “There’s been a number of students from Tufts who have worked there or worked with member companies and we want to try to develop this relationship more, so I’m really excited about it.”

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At first Prison Initiative event, Yale Law professor analyzes roots of mass incarceration by Seohyun Shim News Editor

James Forman Jr., a professor at Yale Law School, spoke about his recent book “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” at Alumnae Lounge last night. Approximately 60 people attended the talk, which was followed by a question and answer session and book signing. The talk was the first major event organized by Tufts University Prison Initiative at the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT), according to Hilary Binda, a founding director of educational programming and principal investigator of research at the initiative. A recording of the event will be streamed for incarcerated students of the “Mass Incarceration and the Literature of Confinement” course. The class, part of TUPIT’s educational program, allows both incarcerated and non-incarcerated individuals to take a class together. Forman began by describing his motivation behind writing the book, explaining he wanted to tell a story of African-Americans facing injustice in the current criminal justice system. “I knew that when I write my first book, I was going to write a book that has African-Americans front and center in the narrative,” Forman said. “This was going to be a book full of African-American characters.” He then explained his background as an Atlanta native from an underprivileged neighborhood. He said he has witnessed the permanent nature of mass incarceration. “I have seen [the results of a growing prison population] in my own life. There were two huge buildings in my neighborhood: Atlanta Federal Penitentiary [and] General Motors’ plant,” he said. “By the time I graduated from law school … one of those buildings has shut down and the other had built an addition, and I don’t need to tell you which is which.” Throughout the talk, Forman highlighted various constraints faced by African-Americans in the American criminal justice system. He explained that, in many American cities over the past 50 years, AfricanAmerican elected officials worked hard to fight violence and crime in their communities by demanding more fed-

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Yale law professor and former public defender James Forman Jr. discusses the roots of mass incarceration in the United States during a Tufts University Prison Initiative at the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT) event in Alumnae Lounge on Sept. 21. eral funding for education, community building and law enforcement. He then argued their demands were ignored except for one thing: more funding for law enforcement. Forman ended the talk by urging the audience to start taking steps to defeat social injustices, following the lead of previous generations. “All of us, in our domains of control, in our spheres of control, we have to look at … how can I make the contribution today,” he said. “I don’t know what’s going to be the action. I don’t know who’s going to be the collective of this generation of Tufts students … that is going to lead us to defeat mass incarceration the way our previous generation [defeated] Jim Crow and the previous generation defeated slavery.” “But I know that you are going to do it, and when you do, they are going to make a movie about you,” Forman added. Binda, who also teaches the “Mass Incarceration and the Literature of Confinement” course, said Forman’s talk was effective in identifying a problem and calling listeners to action. “Professor Forman’s talk was inspiring,” Binda said. “He has a really smart analysis of the role and responsibility of people in social justice movements [in] addressing hyper-incarceration state of affairs we are living in.” “[Forman] also understands that big change happens in little ways, so all

of us being reflective and doing what we do … with social justice ideas in mind is how [we] make the change,” she added. Amanda Borquaye, student primary collaborator for educational programming and research assistant at TUPIT, said Forman’s talk opened a window for her to examine the issue in the eyes of a former public defender. “It was a really different perspective than what we often hear, that kind of zeros in on how the black community has historically dealt with and continues to deal with the issue of mass incarceration,” Borquaye, a senior, said. “It was interesting to hear [his] perspective as a [former] public defender … questioning how it is that black people leading the police department, black judges in the circuit arena, black prosecutors … became punitive [to the defendants] in the epidemic of mass incarceration.” In an interview with the Daily, Forman stressed that despite the obstacles they may face, students have an important role in making change. “When I was a student, I was a student activist and we were always frustrated with the university. It wasn’t doing as much as we thought it needed to do in response to our concerns,” he said. “The role of the students is to push and to challenge and to fight and not accept a ‘no,’ and keep agitating because if the students are not agitating in our society than nobody is going to be agitating.”

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Student actors in the process of filming the show “Legend” (2017), Tufts University Television’s (TUTV) latest and largest-ever project, are pictured.

TUTV’s ‘Legend’ is centuries in the making

by Tommy Gillespie Assistant Arts Editor

Monday marked the long-awaited release of “Legend” (2017), Tufts University Television’s (TUTV) latest and largest-ever project. All eight episodes of the web series, which reimagine the characters of the medieval legends of Arthurian Britain as modern-day students at Camelot University, became available to stream on YouTube on Monday morning. For senior Kristin Tomecek, the writer-creator of “Legend,” it was the completion of a two-year-long quest to adapt her vision to the screen. Tomecek, lead actor Peter MacCarthy and composer Stephanie Evans have made it clear that their their mindset was anything but complacent. MacCarthy, a senior, said the team has been making a large effort to publicize their work over social media. “You can like our Facebook page. [And] we’re [writing] a Buzzfeed article — share it on social media, email your mom,” Tomecek added. Though all three were feverishly promoting “Legend” both on and off campus for all of last week, the real heavy lifting had already happened during the previous two years of shooting, writing, editing, music and sound work since Tomecek first pitched the show in the fall of 2015. Tomecek now points to the growth of TUTV as a whole since she first got involved as a first-year in making such a large-scale production possible. “This is one of TUTV’s most ambitious projects,” she said. “In my first semester freshman year, I took a class on writing short films. There were two seniors who were the heads

of TUTV, and they told me, ‘You should join our club.’” The rest, as she tells it, is history. “By the end of the year, I was art directing for them, and I’ve been involved in every major TUTV production since,” Tomecek said. The idea for “Legend” was born out of Tomecek’s creative frustration. “I was lamenting the loss of an idea I had for another show that was picked up by The CW,” she said. “I was writing all these characters and storylines and Googling, and [then] I saw that someone else had this idea first.” Defeated, she took to her bed. Serendipitously, her best friend soon entered the room with a copy of “The Once and Future King” (1958) by T. H. White. Tomecek, a lifelong fan of medieval tales and sagas, read the book and immediately felt an idea brewing. “Legend” quickly became a chance for Tomecek and the other creative minds behind the project to find a new setting in which to tell the centuries-old tales of King Arthur (MacCarthy), the knights of the round table and their contemporaries. It also presented an opportunity to make the legends more encompassing of people and groups whose stories had been ignored in the past. “One of the things that drew me to this content was this unique chance to reclaim all of these old narratives and celebrate them, but also update them in a way that places them in a modern context,” Tomecek said. To this end, she strove from the beginning to include fresh voices in addition to wellworn ones in the interest of creating the most complete storyline. “You watch ‘Lord of the Rings’ and wish there were a person of color or that the women would stand up for themselves,” she

said. “‘Legend’ was the chance for the wizard to be a woman and science to be her magic, and for a knight to be a person of color.” After formulating her initial pitch, Tomecek started work on the project in October 2015. As she began to form her creative team, the ambitious scope of “Legend” began to take shape, which partially stemmed from Tomecek and Evans’ decision to include a full orchestral score, a first for a TUTV production. Evans became involved with “Legend” in the early stages of pre-production. As in Tomecek’s case, the medieval storylines piqued Evans’ interest. “Musically speaking, I took sounds from the Arthurian period — a medieval kind of sound — and turned it into a modern sound with modern instruments,” she said. The project represented a dynamic test of her ability as a music major because of its demand for Middle-Age sound with technology-age instruments, beats and theories. “Instead of using older instruments like lutes, I decided to use older tonalities and harmonies that were still accessible to a modern audience. Musically, that was a really exciting challenge,” Evans said. She also enjoyed flexing her creative muscles to track the many shifts in the show’s tone. “I try to get in the minds of those characters and make the music as serious as what they’re feeling, but also relish in how melodramatic that is,” Evans said. The long production and large scale of “Legend” made it very collaborative in nature, which Tomecek feels makes it even truer to its Arthurian source material. “[The] Arthurian legend has no singular author, but it’s been explored through romantic poetry, novels and blockbuster films,” she said.

The opportunity to add a new adaptation of the timeless legend became a far-reaching effort both on and off the Tufts campus. “As the showrunner, I really wanted to make this a unique experience for the Tufts creative community as a whole,” Tomecek said. “I wanted to bring all these different groups together.” On-campus organizations from the women’s fencing team to the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity all had a hand in the production of “Legend.” The collaboration with the women’s fencing team in particular was a highlight of production for both Tomecek and MacCarthy. “One of the things I was inspired by was that scene in “The Parent Trap” where they have a fencing duel,” Tomecek explained through laughs. “I was just thinking, ‘I want to make that.’” In keeping with the modern context of “Legend,” MacCarthy and Tomecek worked together to update the image and perception of Arthur, particularly in relation to the concept of toxic masculinity. “Arthur is a little bit of an antihero,” Tomecek said. Accordingly, MacCarthy noted that he was especially conscious of the implications of the web series format for his portrayal of Arthur. “It’s so much about [being contemporary], but then the characters are all about these very old themes, like power dynamics and human relations, and how the context for it has changed,” MacCarthy said. Despite the morally ambiguous view the creators have taken toward the traditional heroes of “Legend,” see LEGEND, page 4

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continued from page 3 the show is not solely a straight-laced drama. Beyond the power struggles of MacCarthy’s Arthur, Tomecek was eager

to highlight the show’s humorous elements as well. “The drama is the overarching blueprint for the series, but throughout we do have a B-plotline, which is a Monty Python spoof,

basically, with those characters traipsing about campus,” she said. Beneath all the technical considerations and collaborative nature of the show, however, “Legend” seeks to tell genuine human stories.

“It’s very personality driven, and I think a lot of the conflict of the show comes from the politics of interaction rather than large-scale, en masse ideological politics,” MacCarthy said. “It’s about who we value as characters.”

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Blair Nodelman on the scene of “Legend,” of which all eight episodes became available to stream on YouTube on Monday morning.

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MEN'S TENNIS

Five newcomers to face their first match this weekend by Josh Steinfink

Contributing Writer

Blasting music and popping serves at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the Voute Tennis Courts, the Tufts men’s tennis team prepares for the start of its fall season this weekend at the Middlebury Invitational. The team was supposed to start the season on Sept. 15 at the MIT Invitational, but Tufts ended up not taking part. Under the leadership of coach Karl Gregor, the 2017–2018 Jumbos will take on both NESCAC rivals and other Div. III competitors from around New York and the New England region at Middlebury College this weekend.

Last year, the Jumbos fared well in the tournament with one player, now-junior Ethan Chen, making it as far as the finals in his flight. Several others put up respectable performances en route to the quarterfinals and semifinals of their respective brackets at last year’s Middlebury Invitational, giving the team’s veterans confidence that they can carry with them going into this year’s competition. Within the week, members of the team will be back at Middlebury for the ITA Regionals. The ITA Regionals begin on Friday, Sept. 29 and run through the following day. The tournament is part of a broader national bracket involving 8,000 student-athletes

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Junior Danny Coran backhanding the ball during a match against Bates College on April 20.

across multiple conferences and divisions. Tufts hopes to advance through its pool and into the later rounds. While the team’s regular season does not start until the spring in mid-March, Tufts has traditionally participated in fall tournaments like the Middlebury Invitational, ITA Regionals and MIT Invitational in October to hone players’ skills and gain valuable match experience. Senior tri-captain Justin Brogan is embracing the fall’s opportunities in his final season. “The fall is an excellent opportunity for all of us to improve our games, play a lot of matches and bond as a team,” Brogan told the Daily in an email. “Momentum from the fall always spills over into the spring season, so even though fall tournaments have little impact on our [team] ranking, they are hugely important.” Brogan and fellow senior tri-captains Danny Coran and Ben Battle hope to use the fall to foster team chemistry and make the first-year players feel more at home. The team welcomes five new faces to the corps of 13 veterans: first-years Armaan Kalra, Owen Bartok, Carl-Herman Grant, Niko Hereford and Boris Sorkin. Kalra, who will play at Middlebury this weekend, is excited for the opportunity to represent Tufts. “The aspect that I’m looking forward to the most about playing for Tufts is finally being able to represent a team when I’m playing,” Kalra said. “Playing for a group of great guys is something that is going to be a different feeling and I know that I’ll be more inspired to perform my best. I hope that I can make an impact on the court for the team right away.” With so many new faces, it is also refreshing for the upperclassmen to see the return of a familiar one. Nick Cary (LA ’16) is now an assistant coach to Gregor along with Christo Schultz. Cary is a veteran Jumbo and Brookline, Mass. native with a wealth of experience that promises to enrich the season for the upperclassmen and underclassmen alike. “The return of Nick Cary, a former teammate of ours, is a major boost for our team,” Brogan said. “Nick is a talented tennis player and great leader whose passion for Tufts tennis is infectious. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge, and we

feel very fortunate to have him on the coaching staff. He is a close friend to many of us, so his presence will make our time playing tennis all the more enjoyable.” Coran was similarly appreciative that Cary returned to Tufts after he spent last year as a teacher outside of the Tufts tennis program. “Coach Cary is a high energy, enthusiastic guy who has done it all himself and knows what it takes to win and compete at the Div. III level,” Coran added. Already, the coaches have left an impact on the first-year players, who notice a clear difference between competitive play at the high school versus collegiate level. “Though I have only been with the team for a week, I can really feel the difference in mentality of the coaches,” Bartok said. “Junior tennis and college tennis are very different, so it’s been helpful how much they emphasize the way we are supposed to approach the game mentally.” Over the past five years, the Jumbos have generally hovered around a solid .500 winning percentage, both overall and in the NESCAC. They finished ninth in last year’s standings at 4–5 in the conference and 9–7 overall. In 2015–16, Tufts exceeded expectations by finishing 6–3 in NESCAC and 13–7 overall, a .650 winning percentage. That year was Cary’s senior season as a player, and he hopes to help the team replicate that degree of success again this year. “We’ve made some really good strides as a group, and in my senior season I’m determined to leave it all on the court,” Coran said. “We’re impressed with all of the [first-years] and they fit the mold of the team really well, so I am excited to see what lies ahead.” With a surge of young talent complemented by the veteran captains and coaches, signs are pointing upward for men’s tennis this season. Brogan, taking it all in one last time with his fellow seniors, is savoring the moment. “Being a member of the Tufts men’s tennis team has been one of the most formative and rewarding aspects of our overall collegiate experiences,” Brogan said. “We are excited to spend one last season with some of our best friends, and help ensure that we have our most successful season yet — both on and off the court.”

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Jumbos seek to clip Cardinals’ wings by Sam Weitzman Sports Editor

After securing a 35–28 overtime victory in the home opener against the Hamilton Continentals (0–1), the Tufts football team (1–0) travels to Middletown, Conn. to play the Wesleyan Cardinals (0–1). Last season, the Jumbos scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to secure a dramatic 17–14 comeback win against the Cardinals. This game, like last year’s contest, will be played at night under the lights. According to Tufts coach Jay Civetti, the unusual nighttime kickoff — the only evening game on the schedule this year — should have little impact on the team’s preparations. “You’re never going to match the lighting somewhere else, [and] we’ve had enough night practices during the preseason,” Civetti said. “From a facilities standpoint, honestly, it’s probably more of a headache to try to rearrange everybody’s schedules … and at the end of the day, I’m not interested in moving kids’ academic schedules around just to get us more accustomed to the football lighting at night.” After ceding 28 points to the Continentals — more than they gave up in all but two games last season — the Jumbos’ defense has a fresh challenge awaiting them: junior quarterback Mark Piccirillo. A member of last year’s All-NESCAC Second Team, Piccirillo performed admirably in the Cardinals’ opening 30–27 loss to the Middlebury Panthers (1–0). The thirdyear signal caller completed 73.58 (39 of 53) percent of his passes for 432 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. Piccirillo is considered a dualthreat quarterback, meaning that he is capable of compiling yardage by passing as well as by running the ball. Last year, the Cardinals quarterback recorded a rushing touchdown in five different games, including a 23-yard score against the Jumbos. Among NESCAC quarterbacks in 2016, only Tufts’ now-junior quarterback Ryan McDonald had as many touchdowns (five each) or more rushing yards per game (80.9 versus Piccirillo’s 52.0). Senior quad-captain safety J.P. Garcia explained that practicing regularly with McDonald and fellow junior

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Tufts junior quarterback Ryan McDonald runs with the ball in the season opener against the Hamilton Continentals on Sept. 16. quarterback Ryan Hagfeldt has prepared the Tufts defense for Piccirillo. “Most of the quarterbacks in this league these days are dual-threat quarterbacks, and we play against dualthreat quarterbacks in practice every day,” Garcia said. “The important thing is just taking [one part] away, whether it’s the run [by] not allowing him to scramble through keeping contain in the pocket, or taking away the pass by just making sure we stay on our men downfield. Even if he does scramble, [we] know to not let those guys get away from us to give our guys up front to time to go tag the quarterback.” Last week — and last season — Piccirillo’s leading pass catcher was senior wide receiver Mike Breuler. Against the Panthers, the Hamden, Conn. native and 2016 All-NESCAC First Team member caught a program record 15 passes for 175 yards and three touchdowns. Another major target for Piccirillo is senior tri-captain wide receiver Eric Meyreles, who snagged eight passes for 77 yards last week. Sophomore wideout Hallvard Lundevall, who grabbed four

passes for 48 yards and a touchdown against Middlebury, will also look to make an impact. One Cardinal vulnerability is the team’s offensive line. Last season, the quintet had a conference-best sack rate of five percent. After three of its five starters graduated, however, the unit appears far weaker. After allowing just 13 sacks in all of 2016, the Wesleyan offensive line yielded four sacks against Middlebury. Given these vulnerabilities, Tufts’ pass rush – led by senior defensive lineman Micah Adickes, who had two takedowns against Hamilton – may be able to limit the damage inflicted by Piccirillo. On the defensive side of the ball, Wesleyan returns four members of last year’s all-conference teams. Senior tri-captain defensive back Nate Taylor and senior defensive back Elias Camacho lead an experienced Cardinal secondary. Meanwhile, senior tri-captain linebacker Shayne Kaminski and junior defensive lineman Grant Williams — two of the top 15 NESCAC sackers from 2016 — will look to put

serious pressure on McDonald and Hagfeldt. Last week, despite suffering in-game injuries to McDonald and junior running back Dominic Borelli, the Jumbos collected 481 total yards, of which 318 came through the air — more than in any game since a 2014 loss to Bowdoin. Junior wide receiver Jack Dolan registered the best game of his career, catching nine passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. The running back corps also contributed to the victory, with Borelli and sophomore running back Andrew Sanders each accruing over 40 all-purpose yards. Civetti explained that the first game had its fair share of challenges as a result of those injuries, but was confident in younger players to step up and fill the voids. “As a whole, [during] week one, I thought there were some real positives,” Civetti said. “Losing Borelli put us in an interesting place to see who was going to step up, [and] Sanders did a great job jumping in there.” The Saturday kickoff at Corwin Stadium comes at 6 p.m.

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Tufts senior midfielder Dexter Eichhorst, dribbles the ball down the field during the game against Conn. College on Sept. 16.

Jumbos remain undefeated ahead of trio of conference away games by Onat Tarimcilar Contributing Writer

The stifling defense of the Tufts men’s soccer team remained the theme this past weekend, as it continued its unbeaten streak with a 0–0 double-overtime tie against Conn. College on Saturday afternoon and a 2–0 victory against Trinity the following day. The Jumbos still have yet to concede a goal all season. The weekend results brought the Jumbos to a 2–0–1 record in NESCAC play, good enough for seven points and sole position of first place in the conference standings. The first half of the Trinity game featured a stalemate style of play, with both teams rarely testing the opposing goalkeepers. This fact remained for Trinity’s offense, generating three shots all game, and only requiring two saves from junior goalkeeper Conner Mieth. However, the Jumbos offense opened up after the second half whistle. First-year midfielder/forward Max Jacobs started the second half and played an integral role in the Jumbos’ success generating seven shots in the first eight minutes and holding possession in the Bantams’ third of the field consistently. The goal seemed inevitable for Tufts and it finally arrived in the 66th minute. As he does so often, senior midfielder Tyler Kulcsar cleanly stripped the Trinity player of the ball leading to a swift

counterattack. Senior midfielder Kevin Halliday then played sophomore midfielder/forward Gavin Tasker, who used his pace to carry the ball through the midfield. Tasker’s low through ball found fellow sophomore midfielder Zach Lane, who placed a left-footed shot past the Trinity keeper. Lane’s goal ended up winning the game, but the Tufts attack continued through the half. Senior midfielder Dexter Eichhorst added to the tally with his first goal of the season in the 83rd minute off of senior defender Matt Zinner’s cross from the right wing. Tufts’ consistent defense resembles that of a NESCAC and national champion. If the offense continues to play to their dominant potential, the Jumbos know they can make some noise deep into the season. But the team doesn’t plan on looking too far ahead. “A mistake we have made in the past has been looking beyond games,” sophomore defender Tanner Jameson said. “We found taking the season one game at a time has proved to give us a mental edge. The leadership on the team does a great job keeping us on our next opponent every day in practice.” On paper, the 110-minute scoreless battle with the Camels of Conn. College does not appear to the be the most entertaining match, but the game had plenty of exciting moments. Tufts was unquestionably the aggressor throughout

the game, attempting 16 shots to Conn. College’s five. The Jumbos’ best chance of the first half came in the 23rd minute. Lane made a run down the right flank and lofted a perfect cross to the back of the six-yard box. Halliday rose up uncontested and placed his header to the bottom right corner. But Conn. College goalie, firstyear A.J. Marcucci — who was the main reason Conn. College was able to keep this game to a draw — quickly got down to record one of his eight saves. Bruce Johnson, the Jumbos’ senior goalkeeper, played all of Saturday’s match, making three comfortable saves when he was called upon. The three shots on goal is a testament to the stingy defense Tufts has played all year. A defensive line that features both co-captains, senior Conor Coleman and junior Sterling Weatherbie, often goes to a formation with only three players in the back. The two stalwarts, along with Zinner, junior defender Jackson Najjar and Jameson deserve much of the credit, but they are quick to point out that much of the success is due to the Jumbos’ mentality of team defense. “Our defensive success is contributed to by the entire team,” Coleman said. “Especially when we go three in the back, this team defense concept is really important. Everyone is bought into playing defense which makes the actual backline’s job much easier. It also doesn’t hurt that our backline is made up of guys

who all played an important role on last year’s national championship team.” So far this season, the Jumbos have struggled to consistently put the ball in the net. Saturday’s game was the Jumbos’ third game of the season that went into overtime after ending 0–0 in regulation. Tufts has scored eight goals in all competitions this year, four of which came from a romp over Plymouth State. When asked about what has to change up front, Coleman and Jameson echoed the same sentiment. “Nothing has to change up top,” Jameson said. “From a talent perspective, the players we have in the front of the field are very dangerous and can break down any defense we play. As the season progresses we will continue to create opportunities, and I’m confident the goals will come.” Tufts takes on Brandeis at Bello Field today before entering the most difficult stretch of its season, with three road games against NESCAC opponents. The Jumbos know this next week can set them up to win the NESCAC regular season title. “Next week we have Wesleyan, Amherst and Hamilton all on the road,” Coleman said. “My sophomore year when we had those three games away, we came out with a total of one point. The upperclassmen remember and want revenge, but the main thing is staying focused and keep taking it one game at a time.”