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Conducting a global adventure

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Last May, hundreds of students from the College of William and Mary colluded on a museum heist orchestrated by alumnus Adam Stackhouse ’05. Hundreds of participants aided and abetted the thieves, who sought to abscond with the signature piece of a local art exhibit. Directed by a crack squad consisting of a professional thief, an actor, an inside man and a mime, the crowd of William and Mary students snatched the loot and made off with it after the meticulously-laid plan paid off.

These events are hardly criminal, though. The AVAdventure, Stackhouse’s brainchild, seeks to utilize the availability of new media and MP3 players to develop interactive games that anyone with an iPod and a free Friday can enjoy. Directing crowds through recorded messages downloaded the day of the event, the AVAdventure has become a staple at the College, and its meteoric rise compelled Stackhouse to turn his concept into a business to reach larger audiences.

The company develops a media file directing students to rendezvous at a common location to start off, rance—short for simultaneously running and dancing—to an assembled playlist, and race to keep up with a storyline that can span campus.

“It’s like a concert without live music,” Matt Herdman ’12, a veteran of two AVAdventures, said. “The feeling of experiencing music together, the feeling of experiencing something together, it washes over you in a rush as you go out and rance through campus. Or whatever it is they are telling you to do.”

The adventure is different each time, which encourages repeat participation. Chelsea Marotta ’12 has been on three of the adventures. “My favorite was a time travel adventure where they didn’t tell us that there were two audio files.”

Stackhouse himself is very proud of that particular feature.

“I have a soft spot for the time travel AVAdventure we did in the spring of 2010,” Stackhouse said in an email. “We managed to hide two groups of 400 people experiencing two different but parallel stories from each other on old campus for about a half hour, before merging the groups with some fun set pieces and absurd narrative logistics.”

The events are designed to surprise and foster unexpected interactions.

“They had hundreds of people doing a bunch of activities together pretty seamlessly,” Marotta said.

“The heart of it lies in getting together with a whole bunch of people—friends and strangers—and doing silly things together,” J.T. Fales ’12, who participated in The Heist adventure last May, said.
The concept came from humble beginnings.

“The AVA was originally the ‘Audio Adventure’ series that I started as an experimental project in 2007,” Stackhouse said. “We got actors as late as the night of the event, some people used discmen with CDs, and we advertised only with a Facebook event. That first event introduced around 50 people to the game. The next one saw 100 [ancient campus legends theme], then 200 [spy mission with video iPods], then 400 [tracking an evil taxidermist, a UCAB event].”

The fifth event entailed the famous time travel sequence, involving 800 people in two groups.

Since then, AVAdventures has outgrown campus. Stackhouse, who has won two Emmys, has brought AVAdventure to the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas to rave reviews.

“The AVA team — Liz Sykes ’06, Kelley Quinn ’09, Michael Weissberger ’05 — went to Austin to present,” said Stackhouse.

The group is aiming big. “Prior to SXSW we did ‘The Declaration of Codependence,’ an AVA that took place simultaneously in CW, on the National Mall in DC, and worldwide streaming over the net.”

Stackhouse and company also are experimenting with new ways to utilize the medium. On their website, AVAdventure Productions describes one adventure that is part mixer and part social event. Another concept is a silent prom held in a single large room.

While Liz and Adam are operating AVAdventure Productions LLC out of Richmond, this year they’re going on tour. After the National Association for Campus Activities conference, the two will head to Buffalo, Myrtle Beach, Covington, Ky. and Hartdford, Conn. to pitch AVAdventures to prospective clients.

“There are four pre-recorded shows available for schools to book, with the option to develop custom programs as we did with the City of Williamsburg, Tribe Athletics and AMP this past August for the WM Orientation AVA,” Stackhouse said.

They plan to bring this to other colleges.

“The bulk of our work over the next several months will involve this series of touring college programming, with some space available for custom-AVA programs,” Stackhouse said.

Despite their global ambitions, the event has plenty of fans on campus craving more.

“I really hope I do another one before I graduate,” Marotta said.

The Virginia Monologues: Things I used to find weird about the U.S. of A

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…that now seem perfectly normal and fine.

– “I’m obsessed with you.” If someone (most likely a relative stranger) said that to me in England I’d probably take out a restraining order.

– Not having phone reception. Why would you ever need to text someone from inside a building?

– The way all Americans talk to themselves. Seriously, everyone provides a running commentary on their own lives. I used to find it seriously weird and now I’ve caught myself doing it multiple times.

– Insects. When the first few ESNA girls started to venture across the pond, they all talked about the weird noises the insects make in the trees and for the first few weeks after we arrived, it was all I could hear, all the time. Now I hardly even notice.

– Getting up early. Seriously, if you’d have suggested a 9.15 breakfast to me last year I would have laughed in your face.

– PRACTICALITY. Seeing girls all dressed up to go out, completing their look with rainboots and a raincoat, no longer seems weird. (Has to be said I draw the line at taking bee sting ointment to a party…)

– Baseball caps (often backwards) & tie-dye.

– The lack of healthy food. Burgers and cookies are now a staple. Dessert after breakfast? Sure. (THIS HAS GOT TO STOP)

– Country music. Now I think it’s weird if we go to a party and Wagon Wheel isn’t played.

– “Hey girl!” If we said it in England we’d probably receive a slap to the face but I can’t help it, this one is in my vocabulary now and it’s staying.

– Red cups and beer pong. The novelty of natty light is slowly dying…

And the one thing that will never seem normal:

– Fleece. Have your rain boots and your backpacks and whatever else, but for the love of God, can we please abandon the fleece?

(p.s this is not an anti-fleece rant, more a very weird cultural difference so don’t get offended you many fleece wearers out there – enjoy it! At least you are warm whilst us brits are freezing to death in inappropriate non-outdoor wear!)

Sophie and Bella can be found at thevirginiamonologues.wordpress.com

Students should focus political aspirations toward the Student Assembly

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It seems as though the Student Assembly is preparing to mobilize in support of a student candidate for the Williamsburg City Council election in 2012. Former Student Assembly Public Affairs Secretary Carlos Quintela told the Flat Hat, “Obviously it’s to the benefit of students to have students run for city offices.”(“Student candidacy for Williamsburg likely,” Oct. 4, 2011) But is it obvious?

The council is a body that deals with everything from small-scale, menial issues to broader ones like setting water tax rates. Council meetings are held at 2 p.m. on Thursdays, in the middle of the school day. On the council’s website, they show their support for the creation of the Integrated Science Center and renovations to Tyler Hall. On the council’s long list of legislative priorities, this is the only one that concerns the College of William and Mary directly. Among other topics to be discussed at the Oct. 13 council meeting are the issues of dog tag issuances and real property tax deferral for the elderly and disabled. What’s truly obvious is that these are not issues that weigh heavily on the hearts and minds of students at the College. For these reasons, the council is not where our politically ambitious students should be directing their efforts to affect
change.

Granted, students make up over half of the City of Williamsburg population. In terms of numbers, having another student elected to the council would not constitute an overrepresentation of students. Scott Foster ’10 is a semi-student council member, as an alumnus of the School of Arts and Sciences and a student at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. If the hypothetical student campaign is successful in May 2012, that makes only two out of five seats on the Council student-held, hardly a majority. It is plainly false to claim that students at the College are as invested in Williamsburg politics as non-student residents.

I don’t mean to discourage anyone who is gung-ho about Williamsburg politics, but the fact of the matter is that most students at the College are not taxpayers. Most are not permanent residents or business owners.
Most spend their allotted four years here and then promptly leave. These are not the people, then, who should be casting votes that overwhelm the voices of permanent residents of the Williamsburg. The College ensures that the students’ needs are met and that their basic rights are protected. Beyond that, established organizations like the SA exist to give a voice to students in governing matters that impact them. The SA should perhaps work to maximize its influence on campus before it seeks to expand political power beyond the boundaries of the College. I believe that the students at the College would find their time better spent if they channeled their political activism into the College system itself, as opposed to the city of Williamsburg.

Crime watch

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It seems the City of Williamsburg has been hit by a crime wave, or at least a crime spree by Williamsburg standards. Recently, the community has seen above-average criminal activity, such as muggings at knifepoint. Either way, students at the College of William and Mary should realize that our community doesn’t end at the sidewalk of Jamestown and Richmond Roads, and that sometimes, our community is affected by troubling, if not dangerous, situations.

Although we don’t think students should be overly concerned by these occurrences, we at least need to be attentive when walking around the community, whether on- or off-campus. It is important for students to understand that Williamsburg is not just a sunny little retirement home for rich, elderly folk in their glory years. The Williamsburg community is more than that; it is more dynamic than that. Unfortunately, that means there are negative things that happen in Williamsburg because of some individuals’ actions.

It belies our ignorance if we just assume our university is located in the safest town on the planet. Students say they are aware of the city’s concerns, but we don’t think this is necessarily always the truth. It is up to the College to inform students about problems and crimes facing the city.

Vice President of Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 is responsible for sending out an email describing criminal activities to the College community. The email usually is sent a few days after the incident occurred, so the emails are always reactive rather than proactive. Furthermore, as students, we aren’t told about the resources available outside of the College. This only reinforces the idea that we live in a safe bubble that isn’t involved with the happenings of the Williamsburg community. The fact is, we don’t. Instances of stolen bikes and vandalized cars are constant reminders that we do not live in a crime-free community.

The College needs to address these problems by updating security on campus and increasing education about campus-safety. The absence of security cameras around campus means that, in the case of a crime, there is no documentation for police officers. As for the blue lights, students supposedly are able to see another blue light while standing at one. This simply isn’t true. The College should do more to protect students or at least to inform students on being more safe on campus. One solution would be to add more safety information regarding both the College campus and Williamsburg to Orientation sessions or in some other way.

We are thankful that no one has been injured in these events, but students need to take precaution. We urge students to use common sense when going on a late-night run or walking through Colonial Williamsburg. Students need to be aware of their surroundings and always need to report suspicious or dangerous behavior to the appropriate authority.

Dining Services forced to eat their words

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It is time to wake up to the injustice of campus dining. Yet again, we have seen the top 1 percent strike out and cripple our quality of life. And I firmly believe we are left with only one solution: Occupy the Marketplace.

The tyranny of Dining Services can no longer be tolerated. We stayed silent when the Commons Dining Hall took away its Nilla Wafer-infused banana pudding from its Friday menu. We shut our mouths and filled our plates in tasty, tasty shame when they put on a Harry Potter-themed dinner at the Sadler Center, knowing full well that our friends would never let us live it down.

Now, they have gone one step too far. By removing the gooey, tender chicken cheesesteak complete with chopped onions and green and red bell peppers from the Grille Works meal plan options and charging an extortionate $5.39 for it, Dining Services has sent a clear message to the student body — message that looks strikingly like a middle finger.

We must make our voices heard, loud and clear. Occupy the Marketplace! If the Chick-Fil-A owners are really spending their Sundays in church, they had better pray for the souls of the greedy, gluttonous rulers of Dining Services.

Sure, Dining Services tries to host feedback sessions throughout the year, luring us with offers of free candy — which sound suspiciously like the start of a Vice President of Student Affairs Ginger Ambler safety email to me — and Director of Dining Services Matt Moss politely and promptly answered all of my questions when I emailed him. The fact is, however, that these redeeming qualities are completely beside the point.
Dining Services is tyrannical, undemocratic and must be stopped. The rallying cry of our revolution is clear. “Let them eat cake? No, give us back our chicken cheesesteak!”

Moss explained the reasoning behind the sacrifice of the chicken cheesesteak with the same breezy demeanor befitting many a criminal who knows he’s been caught. He decided to take the chicken cheesesteak off the menu and add grilled cheese to complement veggie burgers in a more balanced menu with more vegetarian alternatives.

This is an obvious ploy to divide our ranks. Everybody knows that vegetarians only eat lettuce and carrots.
Most importantly, the chicken cheesesteak in its prime was already a grilled cheese — but with more stuff.
When asked who was responsible for the sacrifice of our happiness, Moss responded, “I make that decision in conjunction with our managers at the location. We evaluate menus across campus throughout the summer… to find the best mix.”

The “best mix” without the single best, gooiest entree? Seems like a curious choice to me. Furthermore, a quick check of my inbox reveals there was no survey sent over the summer informing me of the changes proposed by Moss and his posse.

Despite the harsh oppression of Dining Services, we leaders of this nascent movement are not unreasonable. There is still a chance for us all to come to the table and break French bread.

I’d like to propose my own Buffet Rule, one that everyone — from the President to Warren Buffet, all the way down the tax brackets to Buffet’s secretary — could agree upon. Anytime the tyrannical Dining Services is considering a change to the menus that provide the very source of sustenance on our precious campus, they will have two days of tastings — one buffet with the current menu and a second day with the proposed changed menu. After the two days, we students — who, need I remind you, Dining Services is here to serve — will vote on the menu we find most pleasing to our taste buds.

Until then, we must occupy the Marketplace! Until change is made and our voice is taken seriously, there will be no Grille Works! No Homezone, no Montague’s Deli! No Chick-Fil-A, no Capiche! And most importantly, no Zoca!

Confusion Corner: Falling back on traditions

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Fall is a lovely, but awfully predictable, season on campus. In fact, instead of almanacs, farmers should simply rely on students for planting times – like a flock of sheep with dear President Reveley as our own personal shepherd, we like to follow our dear seasonal traditions to the tee.

For example, the first signs of October appear when Wawa replaces its coffee flavors with pumpkin spice variations. Within that same week, spider webs and ghost decorations go up over a month ahead of time in most public places on campus, clearly showing that the College wants us to celebrate Halloween to the utmost. The campus experiences what I’d like to call the Campus Flu, where we literally live through weeks of misery while watching our friends fall ill, only to wake up with terrible colds ourselves.

It is also coincidentally around the same time that Walgreens and Bloom prefer to never ever replace their stocks of Dayquil and Sudafed, forcing students to resort to calling their parents for packages of Halls, cookies and extra-soft tissues. As most students cough and sniff their way through class, chilly fall nights showcase the student body’s diversity as a mass of North Face jackets, Sperrys, more North Face jackets and brightly colored rain boots take over the classrooms.

If that wasn’t enough to warn us about the coming of cooler air, Homecoming and sorority clue weeks are usually focal points for the month of October. As construction on our campus rushes to finish the latest project so all of the Alumni will be impressed and donate when they visit during their designated weekend, sororities take over our campus with flower hours, gift bags, not-so-clear water bottles and now officially banned costumes. In fact, starting this week, snagging a seat in Lodge 1 or the Sadler Center Terrace will be next to impossible because of flower vases. Additionally, Swem will soon be filled with giggling freshmen partaking in epic games of Indiana Jones and Nerf guns, while the Commons Dining Hall will become filled with not-so-sober games of Twister and Truth-or-Dare.

November follows similar traditions, with our dining halls weekly sporting variations of stuffing and questionably fresh turkey (which reminds me, dearest newbies, avoid fish dishes at all costs). We then follow up with constant cider-mug runs in Colonial Williamsburg, where the cold weather makes the horse droppings that much more bearable, particularly when they stick to the bottom of your shoe. At the same time, cold mornings make runners that much more sparse, so that students can safely walk with their boxes of Dunkin Donuts munchkins and coffee without regretting their lack of exercise. Unfortunately, the number of cyclists picks up, which makes your daily trek to class even more dangerous as they speed down the hill in front of the Crim Dell and imagine that you have nothing better to do but to jump out of the way.

Fortunately, the month of November always has a happy ending – a week with the family eating endless amounts of turkey and pumpkin pie, ignoring all signs of upcoming final exams until the very last day.
However, before I get carried away with December, I’d like to continue ignoring the existence of final exams and to leave you with one last thought: Autumn may be the perfect time to take part in all of our traditions, but it is also your last chance to branch out during the year of 2011. So relax, take a deep breath and try something new. I would recommend starting with a new flavor at Baskin Robbins, or if you’re looking to go completely out of your comfort zone, the plain yogurt flavor at Sweetfrog – simple yet absolutely and completely delicious.

__Dasha Godunova is a Confusion Corners columnist and wishes that the recent rain was filled with pumpkin spice lattes to usher in the fall season.__

On Religion: A Chat with I-Faith

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I-Faith, the College of William & Mary’s interfaith student club, is pairing with campus administration to participate in the Presidential Interfaith and Community Service Challenge. The Challenge itself is a call for students to devise their own service strategies, and Tom Flaherty ‘12, one of I-Faith’s officers, spoke with me about how the College would be participating.

“Teams of W&M students will go to middle and high schools and have kids design their own projects,” Flaherty told me. K-12 service projects don’t sound so unusual, but the difference here is that the William & Mary students leading these teams will only have a facilitative role—they won’t be telling the kids what to do.

“The kids will have to think about what the community’s problems are,” Flaherty continued, including that possible areas to be tackled are community health and domestic poverty. The groups will be comprised of students of mixed religions, but the dialogue on that theme won’t take place until the students are back on campus. “It’s a sensitive subject to discuss in public schools,” Flaherty admitted.

The idea to join the Presidential Challenge came up last spring, and the I-Faith group started drafting the idea in June before sending it to the White House. Joining the Challenge seemed like an obvious idea to Flaherty. “We have a great service culture at W&M,” he told me. Recruiting for the project will happen throughout October, and the program itself is set to begin in November.

I-Faith, founded in 2010, is still engaged in other projects. Weekly discussion groups will “present a jumping off point for discussion,” Tom told me, mentioning that he hopes that the group will continue to be a place where students can just “be themselves, and be direct and honest about their beliefs.”

I asked him whether knowledge of other religions was the goal, but he said the group remains dedicated to the original aim of interreligious dialogue, engagement, and service. Learning along the way is encouraged, but the group’s purpose seems to be a deeper understanding of religion than what the Religion Department has to offer.

In fact, after fall break, I-Faith plans to start a “Deep Talks” small group discussion, led by fellow student Chris Shay ‘13. Shay discovered this idea from the Reformed University Fellowship, I-Faith plans to “emulate the RUF model, but with an interfaith core” rather than RUF’s Christian angle. These talks will focus on issues that are best addressed in small, intimate groups. “It will focus on meaningful issues…and personal life,” Flahertyexplained enigmatically.

Another upcoming opportunity is a Scriptural Reasoning discussion group. “We want to bring people together through verses, and react to them individually,” Flaherty said. The point won’t be for participants to explain what they believe, but rather to “bring Jews, Muslims, and Christians into intimate conversation over the Scriptures that define and shape the very fiber of their being,” wrote Abdullah Awsaf Noor, founder of I-Faith, in a recent listserv email.

“If we conflict, that’s okay; without conflict, we’re doing a disservice,” Flaherty told me when I asked whether the point of such conversations might be some sort of vague pluralism.

“You don’t want one world religion; there has to be meaningful engagement between religions,” he said, “At the heart, we’re just a community.” It’s a fine goal.

I-Faith meetings are tentatively being held Monday nights at 8:00 in Tyler 219, and anyone who is interested can email Tom Flaherty at tfflaherty@email.wm.edu.

Men’s Soccer: College dropped by ODU at home in key CAA matchup

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Old Dominion controlled the pace, had great goalkeeping, and was lethal with its chances Wednesday night at Martin Family Stadium, scoring a 3-0 win over William and Mary.

“I’ve got to give credit to Old Dominion. They’re definitely a very good team,” head coach Chris Norris said. “They’re very experienced in the attacking positions and they don’t need too many chances to create a really good chance.”

Though the Monarchs outshot the Tribe (7-5, 4-2 CAA) thirteen to 8, the College managed to stay even in shots on goal—both teams had four apiece. But the Monarchs were able to take advantage of their opportunities while the Tribe was unable to put the ball in the back of the net.

ODU drew first blood in the 25th minute when midfielder Tim Hopkinson found space at the top of the box and fired a shot into the top left corner past senior goalkeeper Colin Smolinsky to give his team a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

“Giving up the first goal, knowing that we haven’t been a team that’s been really prolific in the offensive end, I think it hurt us psychologically,” Norris said. “We got caught a little bit with some naivete and I think that psychologically, we’ve got to get stronger.”

The Tribe’s offense was stifled in the first half, unable to give ODU goalkeeper Victor Francoz any real trouble. The Tribe never threatened to score until the game was out of reach.

“Whenever you go down a goal, it’s difficult, and only scoring eleven [in twelve games] has been a little bit of a problem,” senior midfielder Nicolas Abrigo said.

The College had the first real chance of the second half in the 46th minute, when Abrigo went on a run to chase down a long, high pass. Running into the box, he collided headfirst with Francoz. Abrigo was down for a minute before shortly reentering the game, but the College’s gooseegg remained on the board.

Just a minute later, the Monarchs doubled their lead on a blown play in the back. ODU midfielder Gideon Asante worked a nice pass to forward Alex Vaughan, who found himself alone with the keeper on the right side. Vaughan doubled back and easily put the ball low and to the far side of Smolinsky for the second goal.

“I’m most disappointed with the second goal. I thought at halftime, even down a goal, we were in good position to get back in the game,” Norris said. “When they come down the field, we get a little bit too loose on Asante, and good players make plays like that. He slips the ball in, and then they punish us.”

Norris said part of the team’s gameplan was not to give the ODU forwards enough room to create plays such as the one that led to the Monarchs’ second goal.

“First and foremost, our defense needs to be strong,” Abrigo said. “We need to be pressuring with our forwards through our midfield and back through the defense, and we just didn’t do a good enough job of that today.”

ODU put the icing on the cake with its third goal in the 60th minute. A cross was deflected off of sophomore defender Will Smith, and Monarch forward Yannick Smith got a head to it, sending it past Smolinsky.

“Third goal was a little bit unlucky. Just a strange deflection,” Norris said. “Unfortunately, it just was one of those nights, it seemed, for us.”

The Tribe put together some threatening attacks to close out the game, but was unable to put a goal on the board, largely due to the strong play of Francoz, who had four saves in the final thirty minutes, including a diving stop on a rebounded shot. Norris said he hoped the Tribe would get a goal “for the sake of belief and confidence.”

“Their goalie played superb today. He made a couple of point-blank saves that could’ve definitely changed the game,” Abrigo said.

The Tribe, now sitting behind ODU at third place in the CAA, will look to rebound when it heads to Richmond for another conference-matchup with Virginia Commonwealth.

“We’ll definitely look at this as another learning point,” Abrigo said. “But it’s done.”

Football: Falling Fast

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For the first time since 1997, William and Mary was shutout Saturday, receiving a 21-0 beatdown from the Delaware Blue Hens in what was supposed to be a matchup of two CAA-title contenders.

An ineffective rushing attack, inconsistent quarterback play, conservative play-calling and ineptitude on third down netted the Tribe (3-3, 1-2 CAA) no points and just 210 yards of offense, while the defense once again turned in a solid performance that just wasn’t enough to keep the College in the game.

“Offensively we couldn’t get anything going,” head coach Jimmye Laycock said. “And as soon as we’d get something going we’d make a mistake.”

When an undisclosed illness kept sophomore starting quarterback Mike Graham from facing the Blue Hens, the Tribe was forced to turn to senior Mike Paulus, who had started the year as the starter but was benched due to ineffectiveness in his first three games.

Paulus struggled again, going 10 of 24 for just 84 yards and throwing two costly interceptions. After his second, Laycock made the switch to sophomore Brent Caprio in the third quarter. Later in the fourth, Laycock turned to freshman Raphael Ortiz, who got the first game action of his career, going 1 of 3 for five yards. Of his four starts this season, Paulus has been pulled from three due to poor play. Once again he refused to talk to the media after the game.

“He had trouble reading in the secondary,” Laycock said. “He made some poor decisions with the throws.”
With Graham’s status still unknown for next week when the Tribe hosts New Hampshire, Laycock wouldn’t say who will be under center if Graham remains sidelined.

Paulus got little help from his supporting cast. Dropped passes were all too prevalent, and the running game never got on track. Senior running back Jonathan Grimes carried 15 times for just 47 yards. Added up, the offense simply couldn’t sustain drives, converting just one of its 13 third down chances.

The game started with the Tribe controlling the field position battle as sophomore punter Drake Kuhn pinned the Blue Hens on their own two to start their second drive. But Delaware began to march down the field with quarterback Tim Donnelly using both his arm and his legs to cut up the College’s defense. A pass interference call on 3rd and six from the Tribe’s 44 kept the Blue Hens drive alive, and on the next play Donnelly found a wide open wide receiver at the goal line for a 29 yard touchdown pass to put Delaware up 7-0 after the extra point.

“We played decent at times, we just weren’t as consistent as we wanted to be,” said junior safety Brian Thompson, who finished with 10 tackles, one for a loss. “We made a few mistakes here and there and that cost us.”

The defense was also hobbled by the absence of star junior linebacker Dante Cook who suffered a knee injury in the team’s home loss to James Madison. Senior linebacker Jake Trantin led the team with 12 tackles, while senior safety Jake O’Connor picked Donnelly for Delaware’s only turnover late in the second quarter.
After Kuhn missed a 44-yard field goal kept the Tribe scoreless, the defense held, forcing a three-and-out.
But the College’s offense didn’t do any better, going three-and-out itself. The field position battle then quickly turned in Delaware’s favor when Kuhn badly shanked a punt from the Tribe’s 19 that was marked out of bounds for a net of just five yards. Four plays later, Delaware tailback Andrew Pierce scampered in from four yards out to give Delaware a two-score early in the second quarter.

Pierce would go on to gouge the Tribe for a total of 143 yards on 28 carries.

From there, the rout was on, as the Tribe continued to struggle offensively. After earning two first downs on the College’s next drive, Paulus threw his first pick from the Delaware 19 yard line, derailing the College’s most promising drive of the night.

In the wake of being shut out for the first time since 1997, when the Blue Hens dealt the Tribe a 14-0 defeat, the team finds itself near the bottom of the conference looking up needing to gain a lot of ground during a difficult schedule in order to make a run at a playoff berth. With a CAA record of 1-2, the College is seventh in the conference with against all three first-place teams still to come. One of those teams, New Hampshire, will be in Williamsburg Saturday to take on the battered Tribe.

WM/Delaware Live Blog

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