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Venture competition winners selected

by Justin Rheingold Daily Editorial Board

The Tufts University Entrepreneurial Leadership Program on Tuesday announced the winners of its $100k New Ventures Competition.

The competition, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, was divided into two categories, including the "classic track" consisting of businesses geared toward creating private value, and a "social track" consisting of businesses geared toward helping society, according to the competition’s website. Sponsored through the Gordon Institute, the competition serves to connect undergraduates, graduates, faculty and alumni with other businesses to become entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Of the 12 finalists who presented on Tuesday, one winner was chosen in each category.

Benevolent Technologies for Health (BeTH), a company that makes prosthetic devices, received first place in the "classic track" and ScriptEd, a nonprofit organization that works with under-resourced schools, won first place on the "social track."

Jeremy Jo, a Tufts graduate student and one of the organizers behind BeTH, explained how receiving the award money will help advance his company's project.

"Winning the Tufts 100k is a great validation of the work the team has put into the project and the product," Jo told the Daily in an email. "The resources will enable us to continue product development, clinical testing and hire interns for the summer."

Jo said his organization will work to raise funding further to

bring the product to market.

Becca Novak (LA '10), the educational manager at ScriptEd, was the other first place winner.

She explained that ScriptEd offers computer programming classes in low-income communities.

"Classes are taught by experienced computer programming professionals on a volunteer basis, ensuring that students not only have exposure to the most up-to-date knowledge available, but also role models and potential mentors in the field," Novak told the Daily in an email. "In addition, ScriptEd links students to internship opportunities to gain professional experience in which to apply their coding skills."

Novak said she hopes that the award money will allow her team to reach more students and have a greater impact.

"My goal is that ScriptEd continues to grow, so that we can ensure that anyone who wants a quality computer science education can have one, especially students who are typically underrepresented in the field," she said.

"I would love to see us continue to expand to serve more student in more schools."

In addition to the 100k Competition, the Gordon Institute recently announced the winners of its Ideas Competition, which awarded three winning groups $1,000 for their proposals. One of the three groups consisted of Thormika Keo and Diana Winston, a clinical associate and a clinical instructor at the Tufts Medical Center. Their device, called the Hadori Catheter, would help doctors better see the inside of the intestine while performing colonoscopies. see COMPETITION, page 2

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The Commons is now closing at 1 a.m. instead of 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, after student behavior caused problems for employees.

Dining Services reduces late-night hours at the Commons

by Kathleen Schmidt Daily Editorial Board

Tufts Dining Services recently changed the hours of late-night dining at the Commons Deli and Grill on Fridays and Saturdays, after receiving reports of rowdy student behavior.

At the start of the semester, the Commons was open for late-night meal swipes from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., but cut back according to Isabella Kahhalé, the Tufts Community Union senator who proposed the late-

night meal option.

"The only changes are that now it closes at 1 a.m., and that was due to a bunch of complaints that the [Mayer] Campus Center employees and Campus Center manager had regarding student behavior," Kahhalé, a freshman, said.

According to Kahhalé, there was one night in the beginning of March that seemed to be pivotal in the change to late-night dining hours.

"One night, all the frat parties got let out at one time,

and it was 1 a.m., and there were so many people there that police came in and were like, 'We're closing it. We're shutting it down,'" she said. "The line was just crazy, filling the whole area in front of the stairs."

Kahhalé said that she understood the kind of crowd the Commons would be serving when she came up with the idea for the late-night meal swipe. In the Senate resolution, Kahhalé explained that see THE COMMONS, page 2

Green Line extension brings concerns for housing availability in Somerville

by Jessica Mow

Daily Editorial Board

Over the next five years, the Green Line will extend into Somerville, ending on College Avenue. Two of the planned stops — at Washington Street and in Union Square — are scheduled to open in 2017. City planners are discussing the changes, and analyzing the ways in which the plan's advantages and disadvantages will be addressed.

"It's remarkable to me to take a look through historical accounts or historical transportation studies, and then realize that the Green Line extension has been planned for literally decades," Brad Rawson, senior planner at the Somerville Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, said.

The introduction of the Green Line to Somerville is expected to bring vast economic expansion, with a projected 17,300 new jobs and 3,600 residential units to be created by 2030, according to a Dec. 5, 2013 Boston Globe article.

In addition to these economic benefits, the Green Line expansion also presents many problems of redevelopment, rising housing prices and shifting demographics.

According to a report cited in a Feb. 12 article on Boston.com, housing prices in Somerville areas are predicted to rise as much as 67 percent with the Green Line extension. This creates a problem for current residents, as well as those looking to move to the area.

According to Dr. Justin Hollander, associate professor in the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) Department, the desirability of living near a MBTA stop can account for such dramatic increases in rent.

"The demand is just really high to live walking distance to really any mass transit in the Boston area," Hollander said.

Hollander also commented on the changes in demographics that may come with the MBTA extension.

"The changes that are happening now, and that are going to happen, are not valueneutral," Hollander said. "As a result, there are a lot of groups that have historically lived

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in some of these neighborhoods that trains are not going to anymore. East Somerville, in particular, and part of Union Square are very diverse. And that's a value that a lot of people hold really dearly."

In determining the city's strategy to avoid population changes, planners have looked to the extension of the Red Line to Davis Square from the 1980s.

According to Rawson, the beginnings of the Red Line extension were similar to those of the Green Line extension today.

Community members fought for the stop in Davis Square and eventually were granted a stop in Arlington, where an extension from Porter Square was originally planned.

"Things like Statue Park and Seven Hills Park and Davis Square Plaza were built as a result of that plan," Rawson said. "The community path extension that was built is a result of that plan. ... Many of the existing historic commercial properties were refurbished with public assistance as a result of that plan. So we got many things right back in Davis Square in the early 80s."

Despite the successful acquisition of the Davis Square stop, the expansion also serves as a cautionary tale to planners.

"When you look at the demographics, you see that the neighborhoods around Davis Square are disproportionately wealthier than the rest of Somerville," Rawson said. "They're disproportionately whiter than the rest of Somerville, and they have far fewer children than the rest of Somerville."

Joseph Sacchi, a Tufts UEP graduate student working on a project for the Somerville Community Corporation as part of a UEP Field Projects course, said he was hopeful but wary of the results of the Green Line extension.

"I think the city has done a good job in terms of planning comprehensively and looking forward," he said. "I think they're planning some more contingencies, ... but whether that will ultimately be enough to preserve the current character of the neighborhood is just something that kind of remains to be seen." see GREEN LINE, page 2

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Todd Terje’s first full album features old favorites and new hits.

Russell Crowe’s engaging performance helps ‘Noah’ shine on the big screen.

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Hours reduced due to student rowdiness

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The Gordon Institute and Entrepreneurial Leadership Program recently announced the winners of the 10th anniversary $100k New Ventures Competition.

Competition winners hope to grow projects with money COMPETITION

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"We are developing a novel medical device that assists colonoscopies by augmenting the visualized areas of the

intestine," Keo said. "I am astounded and grateful that we have made it this far. We are hoping that our contribution can make colonoscop[ies] safer and more effective.”

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Construction for the Green Line extension began in March 2013.

Community looks to Davis Square as development example

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Sacchi also warned against losing sight of the main objectives of the upcoming plans.

"I think the city and just the community should really keep an eye to what impact it allows on what [characteristics] people already like about Somerville, so ... [they] can improve it without changing its character fundamentally," he said.

Planners are also looking at current tools and advice from other communities for ideas. According to Rawson, there are four tools in particular that they plan to use to fight changes in demographics and maintain diversity in Somerville. The first, called inclusionary zoning or inclusionary housing, requires developers of new apartment buildings to reserve 12.5 percent of the units for tenants with low or moderate income. This plan is particularly targeted towards new developments in Union Square.

The second tool that Rawson plans to use is a system of forgivable grants given to landlords, who will sign a contract to only rent to tenants of low and moderate income.

Another system in place is that of direct development, where local partners, like the Somerville Community Corporation, will create real estate developments for permanent affordable housing, Rawson explained.

"They package together various public subsidy programs, work with local foundations, national foundations, local banks, and the city is able to provide a great deal of financial assistance for these types of development sites," he said.

The final tool that Rawson outlined is a condominium conversion ordinance, which protects apartment tenants if their landlord decides to convert the building into condominiums.

"They're not silver bullets,” Rawson said. “They're not everything that we need. But when communities around the country struggle with these types of issues, these are often the examples that we want to point to and say, 'Hey, we need to get these [initiatives] going.'"

Housing affordability is far from the only problem that will be with the development of the Green Line extension. According to Rawson, other important problems, such as grocery availability — namely, providing food markets in locations that residents can easily walk to if they do not own cars — remain in the background. Despite these issues, Somerville remains enthusiastic about the future.

"Our community believes very, very strongly in transportation justice, in choices in public transportation, and we do share a core value of giving people choices [in] transportation," Rawson said. "People are excited about the Green Line. It is a core, core element of our community development strategy."

food and drink should be available to students to decrease the likelihood that Tufts Emergency Medical Service would be needed.

"Every time I went, I was always really happy to see so many people there, but I do recognize that it got pretty rowdy, and I think it is in part due to the fact that many students were intoxicated, and there were a lot of them there," she said.

"I also think it's due to the poor setup of the physical location."

Catherine Armistead, a student who uses late-night meal swipes, agreed that the atmosphere could be chaotic.

"People are just really, really drunk," Armistead, a freshman, said. "One time I was there, and someone was passing out. It's not the responsibility of the people who are making your food to also be taking care of you."

Dining Services attempted to limit the number of students in the Commons through the use of pole and rope stanchions, and required students to exit through the side, Kahhalé explained. She said these control methods appeared to be working.

"Once [the Campus Center employee] could see that there was clearly a very high demand for this, they wanted to make the traffic flow more smooth, so that people could actually get food," she said.

After seeing the sign notifying students of the hours change, Kahhalé had a meeting with Director of Dining and Business Services Patti Klos. According to Kahhalé, Klos said the change was due entirely to the fact that students were unruly, disrespectful, somewhat threatening to the police, who were there for safety, and rude to the employees of the Commons. Klos declined to comment on the matter.

"It's really unfortunate that these measures had to be taken — I was really excited about this project," Kahhalé said.

"It's amazing that Dining Services was so cooperative [in] helping this happen in such a quick time, because we only started working on this this past semester."

Rebekah Waller, another student who uses late-night meal swipes at the Commons, had a more positive view of the change.

"I think it's good for the employees there because they can return home sooner," Waller, a freshman, said. "The longer the night goes on, the more intoxicated kids are and the less coherent and less cooperative they are, so it's good that the employees don't have to deal with that, at least from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m."

According to Kahhalé, finances had nothing to do with the change. She said she believes that Dining Services is excited about the service being offered, something that would not be the case if the program was placing a strain on Tufts finances.

"I think that [Dining Services] is doing really well because a lot of people want [late-night meal swipes], and students are adding more meals to their meal plans, and they expect that more people will purchase a higher meal plan next semester because of this service that's offered," Kahhalé said.

Despite the shorter hours, Kahhalé is optimistic about the future of late-night dining at Tufts. "[Klos and I] are still talking," she said.

"We're hoping to maybe discuss potential ways in the future that we can solve this issue. Moving it to Dewick is one potential solution because it could accommodate more people, and there [are] more grills there. We're going to keep working on it, [keep] trying to figure out the best solution that benefits everybody."

CORRECTION In a Feb. 10 article titled "Students host annual Tufts Idea Exchange," the Daily incorrectly stated a fact from junior Scott Delisle's presentation. The article stated that art could be a cure for mental illness. However, mental illness currently has no cure and can only be treated. The Daily apologizes for this error.

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'Noah' branches outside typical blockbuster Aronofsky’s unique tendencies evident in big budget film

by Dan O'Leary Daily Editorial Board

Even for those who are unfamiliar with the Bible, the story of Noah's Ark is a well-known tale, one that evokes happy

Noah Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Russel Crowe, Ray Winstone, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson images of pairs of animals peacefully walking aboard a giant ark, shepherded by an old man with a flowing white beard.

While it seems like it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to remake this Biblical tale, it came as a surprise to many when it was announced that Darren Aronofsky would be helming a film adaptation with a $125 million budget. After all, this is the same director whose black and white feature debut "Pi" (1998) depicted a mathematician going insane over a number — so he's not exactly the most obvious choice to direct a big budget Biblical epic. While some may have worried that the auteur was going mainstream with his latest endeavor, "Noah" still retains Aronofsky's unique imprint, making it a delightfully strange interpretation that — though far from perfect — is an engaging, thought-provoking film.

"Noah" centers on its titular character, played by Russell Crowe, who has descended from the line of Seth and works to protect and nourish all living things (i.e. plants and animals) made by the Creator.

His nature stands in sharp contrast with the rest of humanity: descendents of Cain who have laid waste to the Earth by consuming its resources without regard for

its environmental impact — an unsettling parallel to one of today's main issues.

This sector of mankind, led by Tubalcain (Ray Winstone), has devolved to the point where people are being traded for food. In the midst of this corrupt society, Noah experiences a series of vivid hallucinations, convincing him that God will cleanse the world of a sinful humanity and that he must build an ark.

While the rest of the initial story is probably familiar to viewers (hint: it involves 40 days and nights of rain), Aronofsky has taken significant creative license with the adaptation, making for a fascinating take on a story that, in another director's hands, could have easily been a paint-by-number blockbuster. Unsurprisingly, Aronofsky’s innovative detours have caused controversy, so much so that Paramount Pictures felt compelled to issue a statement clarifying that the film is not meant to be an entirely accurate depiction of the Bible. In fact, if one were shown only the first few minutes, the film could easily be confused for a post-apocalyptic fantasy saga. The pre-flood world in "Noah" contains fascinating visuals, from a bleak and barren landscape to the giant CGI angels trapped in rock bodies (known in the film as the Watchers).

Indeed, the pre-flood portion of "Noah" certainly has the scope of an epic, yet also possesses enough quirks to keep the proceedings interesting.

However, it's not until Noah and his family are locked onboard the ark that things start to get truly weird.

Following in the footsteps of his previous films "The Wrestler" (2008) and "Black Swan" (2010), Aronofsky once again traces the deteriorating effect that a singular obsession has on his

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Despite being a big budget film, Darren Aronofsky maintains his unique vision throughout 'Noah.' protagonist. Noah is unwavering in his belief that God chose him to help cleanse the scourge of humanity from the face of the earth, and he will let no one — not even his own family — stop him from completing this task. This places Noah in direct conflict with his wife Naameh ( Jennifer Connelly) and adopted daughter Ila (Emma Watson), providing much of the film's dramatic arc and ethical dilemmas.

Through Crowe's fierce energy, Aronofsky explores how this manic obsession can approach insanity and highlights how Noah’s familial drama escalates in the confined quarters of the ark. These themes, along with subtleties such as the screams of millions dying outside the ark while Noah's family eats supper, make

"Noah" seem more like a horror movie than a traditional epic film. While the second half of the movie lacks some momentum, this bizarre tension is what keeps "Noah" engrossing.

While "Noah" certainly takes risks for a traditional big budget film, it still has its fair share of flaws. The film seems unsure of which tone it wants to adopt, alternating between a genuine sincerity and a dark edginess. The script also has weak moments due to its heavy focus on Noah, which leaves many secondary characters relatively underdeveloped. Despite these issues, however, Aronofsky's willingness to combine big budget spectacle with more unnerving elements makes "Noah" an entertaining film that may be divisive but is definitely far from boring.

ALBUM REVIEW

Todd Terje dominates indie dance music with debut album 'It's Album Time' highlights Norwegian DJ's talents

by James Davis Daily Staff Writer

Though Todd Terje is by no means a household name to the average music listener, he is pos-

It’s Album Time Todd Terje Olsen Records sibly the greatest Nu-disco producer in history. Following his 2005 breakout hit "Eurodans,” Terje has risen to the top of the indie dance world with tracks like "Ragysh"

(2011), "Snooze 4 Love" (2011) and possibly his most popular song "Inspector Norse" (2012).

Having only released singles, EPs and remixes during his decadeand-a-half long career, Terje was long overdue for an album. With "It's Album Time," Terje delivers 10 new tracks, in addition to previous singles "Strandbar" and "Inspector Norse."

The album as a whole is a flurry of bubbly synths, soft percussion and bouncy chord progressions interlaced with delicate, instrumental melodies. Beneath the surface of this seemingly lighthearted electronica, however, is an album coated in layers of

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'It's Album Time' represents a departure from singles and EPs for Norwegian DJ Todd Terje.

celebratory emotion. "It's Album Time" takes its listeners on a musical adventure.

The record opens with an eerie melody that develops into '80s-style chord progression and lyrics that rise out of layers of synthesizers. With this explosive start, the album's fuse is lit. Over the next three tracks, "Leisure Suit Preben," "Preben Goes to Acapulco" and "Svenk Sås," the songs' tempos ebb and flow. Shifting from low, heavy bass notes to drifting chord plucks and finally to rapid, fast-paced Latin-style melodies, the album's opening tracks strike a slightly melancholy but optimistic tone.

Progressing into "Strandbar" and "Delorean Dynamite," "It's Album Time" reminds listeners that this is still a dance album.

With peppy bass lines, summerkissed synths and playful piano melodies, these tracks are brimming with energy. However, right when the album seems to have hit its stride, its momentum comes to a complete and unexpectedly enjoyable halt in "Johnny and Mary," a cover of a 1980 Robert Palmer hit.

Though it's the only vocal track on the album, British musician Bryan Ferry's delicate voice does not sound out of place.

The song, which conjures images of two solitary characters walking down a road leading to nowhere, can only be described as beautiful.

And then, as rapidly as it arrived, "Johnny and Mary"

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Todd Terje, a darling of the indie music circuit, stuns and delights with his debut album. fades out, replaced by the lively sounds of "Alfonso Muskedunder."

Throughout the following tracks of "Swing Star Part 1," "Swing Star Part 2" and "Oh Joy," the album drops all pretense and unleashes the same happiness that characterizes the album's earlier songs. With their rapid melodies, deep chords and wondrous soundscapes, these pieces truly tie the album together.

But "It's Album Time" still has one more twist left. As the final notes of "Oh Joy" slip away, the sharp opening chords of "Inspector Norse" begin to play. "Inspector Norse" — arguably one of the best dance tracks of all time — stands

boldly on its own at the end of the album. With its layers upon layers of various synths, the music simply exudes joy.

"It's Album Time" is a celebration. It pays tribute to both the feelings of sadness that are universal to the human experience and to the happiness that can bring people together. In his debut effort, Terje has created a delightful ode to music. The Norwegian DJ combines the instrumental elegance of a classical composer with the spirited energy of modern-day dance music, and the result is phenomenal. "It's Album Time" is truly a work of art.

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Tufts beats Endicott, maintains undefeated road record

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Last season, Tufts struggled to defeat the Endicott Gulls, eking out a 12-11 win in what was expected to be a comfortable non-conference victory. This time, however, the Jumbos performed in line with expectations, cruising to a 15-10 win over the Gulls to improve their road record to 5-0 on the season. With the victory, Tufts matches its win total from a year ago.

Against Endicott, Tufts was boosted by a well-distributed offensive attack. Five players scored two or more goals, and Tufts was able to avoid the type of inconsistent first half that has been the team's Achilles' heel all season.

In fact, the Jumbos managed to score 10 goals in the opening 30 minutes against Endicott senior goalkeeper Ryan Socolow.

Tufts junior attacker Kali DiGate scored the first goal just 44 seconds into the game, and after an Endicott reply, junior midfielder Lindsey Walker answered back with two goals in a 53-second span.

Walker helped carry the Jumbos' offense, along with DiGate and sophomore attacker Caroline Ross, as the three combined for six goals and three assists in the first half.

"We try to play as a unit,” Ross said.

“Our goal is not to drive one-on-one, but rather to pass the ball around and take open shots."

Ross is the team's second leading scorer of the season, but against Endicott she was also the primary facilitator, finishing with three assists along with her three goals.

Tufts' defense halted Endicott’s attack for ten straight minutes, until junior attacker Katie Tierney drove by several Tufts defenders and fired a shot into the back of the net. Following Tierney's goal,

the Jumbos blanked the Gulls for seven more minutes while DiGate and Ross each added a goal to push the score to 5-2.

The Jumbos' ability to shut down the Gulls for the first 20 minutes was a testament to head coach Courtney Farrell's newly implemented defensive schemes.

Farrell employed a mixture of zone and man-to-man defenses to keep the Endicott attack off-balance throughout the first half. Senior defender Kelley Cohen led the way, with four ground balls and three turnovers forced.

"Endicott is a very fast team, and we made it a priority to commit as few fouls as possible," Cohen said. "Before the game, we discussed the need to use our feet instead of our sticks, and our energy level was high right from the first draw."

After back-to-back Endicott goals, Tufts scored five goals in the final seven minutes of the half. Sophomore midfielder Brigid Bowser scored her two goals during this span, and DiGate added her third of the half in the final minute to give the Jumbos a 10-5 lead at the break.

"Offensively, we really tried to push the fast break and to take as many quality shots as possible," Cohen said. "Our [offensive players] know to be ready to shoot whenever [they] are confident."

Tufts finished the first half with fewer fouls and turnovers than Endicott, along with a 19-8 lead in shots taken. Out of the break, the Jumbos were able to increase their lead to six, as Ross opened the second half with her second goal of the game.

The Gulls would not go down without a fight, however. Freshman attacker Emily Whitney, Endicott's leading scorer, played excellently, and kept her team within striking distance with her 31st and 32nd goals of the season.

Midway through the second half, the Jumbos were clinging to an 11-7 lead, but

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Senior defender Kelly Cohen helped shut down Endicott on Wednesday, forcing three turnovers in her team's 15-10 win. once again, the offense became hot at the right moment, stringing together four unanswered goals in a five-and-a-halfminute span.

Junior midfielder Ellie Clayman added two more goals for the Gulls at the end of the game, but it was not enough to overcome the Jumbos' high-powered offense. With the win, Tufts is now 7-4 with just four conference games remaining this season.

Along with their undefeated road record, the Jumbos also have not lost any consecutive games this year.

"We have become a very resilient team after losses," Ross said. "If we did not play our best, we are great at knowing what needs to change before the next game."

The one factor that Ross could not explain is why the team has been so much more successful away from their home field.

"A lot of good teams have come to Bello [Field], so that could be it," Ross said of the team's home-away splits. "At this point it could really be anything — I don't know, maybe even the bus ride, which gets us hyped up."

In Tufts' final three games, the squad will face teams below them in the NESCAC standings. But before those must-win matches, the team will put its undefeated road record on the line this weekend as it travels to No. 3 Amherst to face the undefeated, conference-leading Lord Jeffs.

Fournier, Giglio lead Tufts to double-header sweep over Rhode Island College

by Zachey Kliger Daily Editorial Board

The softball team improved to 16-3 on Wednesday following a pair of shutout victories over the Rhode Island College Anchorwomen, 6-0 and 1-0.

Senior pitcher Lauren Giglio and junior pitcher Allyson Fournier were in top form, holding the Anchorwomen to four hits over the two games to help the Jumbos secure the double-header sweep and pick up some wins following a pair of losses to Williams.

Tufts jumped ahead early in the first game when senior third baseman Chrissie Massrey singled home the game's first run in the top of the second inning for her eighth RBI of the season. The Jumbos tacked on three more in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead, capitalizing on a throwing error and a pair of singles from senior catcher Jo Clair and junior center fielder Michelle Cooprider.

The four runs would be more than enough for Giglio, who cruised through Rhode Island's lineup, allowing just two hits over seven innings and striking out 10. Giglio improved to 6-1 on the year, and, more impressively, has now posted a 1.24 ERA in nine appearances.

"When any of our pitchers take the mound we're confident that, if we post a few runs, we'll get the job done," Clair said. "... With our lineup this year we're so strong that we should be able to put up a

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Senior pitcher Lauren Giglio shut out Rhode Island College in game one of Wednesday's double-header, striking out 10 en route to a 6-0 victory. bunch of runs every game no matter who we're playing."

Clair knocked in two more runs in the seventh inning for good measure, lacing a one-out double off the right field fence to give the Jumbos a 6-0 edge.

The Anchorwomen would load the bases in the bottom half of the frame before Giglio induced a groundout to secure the shutout victory.

The nightcap of the doubleheader proved to be more of a nail-biter. Fournier squared off against Rhode Island senior pitcher Michelle Sylvestre, who had just logged 4.2 innings of work in the first game of the day.

Neither pitcher budged through six innings, and the teams entered the final inning

of the day knotted at zero. Senior pitcher Maria Darling entered the game for the Anchorwomen looking to keep the Jumbos off the scoreboard. After sophomore infielder Christina Raso led off the inning with a single, senior left fielder Sara Hedtler reached base on a fielder's choice. A throwing error and wild pitch allowed Hedtler to get to third base.

Still with one out in the inning, freshman infielder Cassie Ruscz hit a fly ball to shallow right field.

Rhode Island's sophomore right fielder Abigail Francis caught the ball and quickly threw it to home plate to try to gun down Hedtler, who was tagging from third. The throw beat Hedtler to the plate, but Rhode Island's

sophomore catcher Tori Lussier dropped the ball as she tried to apply the tag on Hedtler, who scored what would be the gamewinning run.

Fournier closed the door in the home half of the seventh, shutting the Anchorwomen down in order to earn her eighth win of the season and to secure the 1-0 victory and double-header sweep for the Jumbos. The All-American allowed just two hits and struck out 16 in the complete game effort, lowering her ERA to a remarkable 0.49.

"I think we played a lot better the first game than we did the second," Clair said. "But at the end of the day a win is a win, and it [is] good to get back in the win column. I think we needed to get some confidence back, and we did that."

"It was definitely good to get two wins," added senior infielder Kayla Holland.

"Everyone has been working really hard in practice, especially on the little things, and I think it really showed in our games today."

Fournier and Giglio have been dominant as the aces of the Jumbo's pitching staff. But the two veterans have logged a combined 108 innings already, including six complete games apiece. It would be in the team's best interest to limit the pair's workload so that they stay fresh heading into the stretch run of the regular season and into the postseason.

"Our whole pitching staff is great this year, but it's our job as hitters to get as many runs on the board as quick as possible, so our pitchers who do throw a lot of innings can come out of the game early," Holland said. "When [the score is] 1-0 in the sixth or seventh inning it puts a lot of pressure on our defense and pitching, so we'd obviously rather put the game away earlier."

Tufts will open up play in the NESCAC East this weekend when it returns home to take on Trinity in a three-game series on Friday and Saturday, followed by a double-header against Bowdoin on Sunday. The Bantams are 5-13 this season, and the Polar Bears have lost two of their last five games, but the Jumbos are not taking their opponents lightly.

"This weekend is huge for us," Clair said. "We really need to go 5-0. We tend to play better at home, and we like being in front of a bigger crowd, so hopefully that will give us a little more momentum outside of the two wins we got [on Wednesday]. When you start NESCAC East play off right, the rest seems to fall into place, so it's definitely important for us to win these games."

"It's going be one of our biggest challenges so far," Holland added. "To win five games in three days won't be easy, but I think that we're ready for it.

Everyone has been working really hard, and we want it badly."