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Women’s Basketball: Tribe Can’t Succeed Against VCU

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Sports have a cruelly binary nature: there are wins and there are losses. And for William and Mary this year, all of the close losses to teams much higher in the standings have meant nothing but a 3-24 record and — with one regular season game left — a last-place seed for the CAA Tournament.

The 24th loss of the season came in another nail-biter, as the Tribe (3-24, 2-15 CAA) fell to Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond by a score of 62-56 Sunday.

Once again, the College fought hard against a team with a much better record, even outscoring VCU by seven in the second half. But ultimately the team couldn’t overcome a poor first half and a spread-out offensive attack from the Rams, who had three players score in double digits.

The first half was the undoing of the Tribe. VCU led by as much as 15 in the first, while the College shot just 31.3 percent in the period. The Tribe would head into the locker room at the half down 13 points.

Things didn’t change much at the start of the second, as VCU stretched its lead to 48-31 with 13 minutes, 38 seconds remaining. But if you can say one thing about this otherwise forgettable 2011 Tribe team, it’s
that it never quits.

In typical fashion, the squad ­— carried in large part by sophomore center Jaclyn McKenna, who led the team with 24 points while also grabbing seven rebounds — launched a furious run, cutting the deficit down to seven with 7:15 remaining.

The Rams would weather the attack, extending their lead back to 10 points with just over four minutes left.
But once again, the College wasn’t done. McKenna took over, scoring nine consecutive points and pulling the Tribe to within three, down 59-56 with 1:02 left. On its next possession, however, freshman center Kaitlyn Mathieu missed a three-point attempt.

It was the College’s eighth loss by six points or fewer, its last four defeats all coming by six or fewer.
With only a home game against Hofstra remaining on its regular season schedule, the Tribe is now one loss away from completing the program’s worst season since the 1970-71 campaign.

With the worst record in conference to date, the College will enter the CAA tournament as the No. 12 seed, needing to win four games to clinch the CAA Championship and earn a berth in the upcoming NCAA tournament.

College named as best value university

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The Princeton Review, known for its annual college and university rankings, named the College of William and Mary as the seventh-best value school among public universities in the United States Feb. 22. The University of Virginia came in first among public universities. The College was also ranked seventh in 2010.

The methodology behind the rankings involves criteria evaluating academics, cost of attendance and financial aid. According to College Spokesman Brian Whitson, the College stands out in each category.

“[There] are many rankings out there and what I think we find most satisfying is that the College regularly does well in all of them,” Whitson said in an e-mail. “Whether it’s a ranking about teaching and faculty or students, community service or value, William & Mary is recognized as a top institution.”

The Princeton Review is not alone in labeling the College as a best value university. In January, Kiplinger’s magazine ranked the College as the fourth best value school among public universities, just behind U.Va., which came in third.

“We’re always satisfied to receive third-party affirmation that William & Mary, when compared to its peers, offers an excellent educational experience at a reasonable price,” Whitson said. “We also know there is more work to do in making sure William & Mary remains affordable to all students. That is why we designate a significant portion of any tuition increase to financial aid.”

While the Princeton Review and other organizations rank the College highly as a best value school, the actual cost of attendance can vary considerably from student to student. Economics professor Robert Archibald said that the Princeton Review’s methodology could have an effect on the outcome of the rankings.

“The value has got to be somehow quality per dollar spent,” Archibald said. “The question I’d have, if I was talking to somebody from the Princeton Review, would be if this is for in-state students or out-of-state students. Because I think the value propositions that William and Mary offers in-state students is very different from the value propositions that it offers out-of-state students.”

According to statistics provided by the College’s Director of Financial Aid Ed Irish, 32 percent of in-state students demonstrated need for institutional financial aid from 2009-2010, while 36 percent of out-of-state students demonstrated need. The average aid package for Virginia residents amounted to $10,553, of which $7,871 came in the form of grants and while $2,662 came as work-study or loans. For non-Virginia residents, the average aid package totaled $14, 218, of which $10,758 came in the form of grants and $3,460 as work-study or loans.

While a larger percentage of out-of-state students receives institutional financial aid, and the average aid package for nonresidents is over 30 percent higher than the package for Virginia residents, total tuition and fees at the College for out-of-state students is more than 90 percent higher than it is for in-state students. Additionally, the average financial aid package for Virginia residents covers nearly half of the cost of in-state tuition and fees, while the package for nonresidents accounts for approximately 31 percent of out-of-state tuition and fees.

According to Archibald, this disparity stems from the sources of financial aid.

“That results from the fact that quite a bit of our financial aid that the College has available to give to students is financial aid that comes from Virginia state dollars, from the state government, and those cannot go to out-of-state students,” he said.

Despite the difference in the size of average financial aid packages, Archibald said that the College has to be considered a “good value” for at least some out-of-state students.

“They voted with their feet. They’re here, so they must think it’s, compared to their other options, a pretty good deal,” Archibald said. “It seems to me, if you’re a potential undergraduate, that U.Va. and William and Mary are by far and away your best options in the state of Virginia. I think if you’re interested in engineering, maybe Virginia Tech gets in that discussion, but other than that … those are clearly your two best options, and I’m sure the Princeton Review thinks that, too.”

Students join protestors in support of Wisconsin and Illinois rallies

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Firefighters, teachers, public employees, community members and students and faculty of the College of William and Mary gathered Saturday at the International Association of Fire Fighters Local Union Hall in Williamsburg to support workers’ rights and union protection at a rally hosted by Virginia’s Working Middle Class.

Among the speakers were former democratic congressional candidate Krystal Ball, Maggie Russolello ’12 of the College’s Living Wage Campaign, union leaders and firefighters. The rally was sparked by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget bill that some say removes collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Speakers addressed the shrinking middle class, the need for safety in the workplace, immigration policies, wages and unions’ ability to negotiate on behalf of public employees.

Some of the speakers suggested that Walker manufactured a fiscal crisis by cutting taxes for small businesses, and that he was taking the opportunity to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights.

“Gov. Walker and the Republicans have overreached in this fight,” Doris Crouse-Mays, president of the Virginia AFL-CIO, said. “[Virginia] Gov. [Bob] McDonnell has overreached as well by stating that Gov. Walker is courageous and brave for his position.”

The VWMC wrote a letter to McDonnell regarding the bill.

“Blaming public sector workers for budget problems caused by the worst economic downturn in decades is a shortsighted, misguided approach at best and opportunistic and autocratic at worst,” the VWMC said in its letter to McDonnell, who has voiced support for Walker’s budget bill.

Spreading information about unions to younger generations was another major focus of the rally.

“A lot of us today don’t feel as connected to the importance of unions as our parents were, but the fact is that unions are the only voice for the working class against domination,” Ball said.

Anthropology professor William Fisher said it was important for students to hear public employees speak.

“Students could learn a lot from what the working class has to say,” he said. “They are not exposed to this perspective and it is something that we cannot learn in the university.”

Donald Dinse, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 2498, wanted to send a direct message to college students.

“This is your future being stolen,” Dinse said. “Don’t let a hundred years of fighting be flushed down the toilet. My generation is fighting now to protect your generation from letting the richest [people] in the country give you third-world country salaries.”

Baseball: Painful Split to Fairfield

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Fairfield centerfielder Ryan Furbeck deflected the sun with his glove, settled under the ball and made the catch. William and Mary (2-9) sophomore centerfielder Ryan Brown stopped his sprint around the basepaths, and suddenly the reality became clear in the dying afternoon sun.

After dropping its first five games of the season against Oklahoma and VMI, the Tribe fell in its series finale Sunday versus Fairfield, thus splitting its first home series of the season.

“It is a little discouraging,” head coach Frank Leoni said. “But I hope it’s to our advantage to help us later on down the road.”

The College dropped the final game of the series 4-3 Sunday despite receiving seven innings of work from sophomore starter Brett Koehler. Koehler allowed four runs – three of them earned – on nine hits, while striking out five Stag batters.

But the Tribe couldn’t capitalize on Koehler’s efforts, or two no-out, bases loaded situations at the plate. The College had the bases loaded in the bottom of the third and seventh innings, but only managed to score
one run in each of those frames.

A sacrifice fly from sophomore third baseman Ryan Williams in the third inning and an RBI-double play ground out by senior pinch hitter Derrick Osteen plated the only runs in those innings.

“It’s a little bit of a microcosm of our season, of how bad our offense is struggling at this point,” Leoni said. “We’re just not getting it done right now. Guys are pressing like crazy.”

The College also managed to split Saturday’s doubleheaders, winning the first game 14-2 before dropping the second contest 6-5.

Senior starter Logan Billbrough pitched eight innings in the first ballgame, allowing one run on four hits while striking out seven. Osteen led the offensive attack for the College, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBI.

Sophomore rightfielder Derek Lowe and freshman catcher Devin White also each had two hits.

The second game of Saturday’s doubleheader only lasted seven innings, magnifying the Tribe’s offensive struggles. Williams and senior second baseman Jonathan Slattery each managed two hits along with Osteen, but the College could not overcome an early 6-2 deficit.

The Tribe managed seven baserunners in the fifth and sixth innings combined, but were only able to score three runs.

“Guys are just not using their talent and instead are just trying to make it happen,” Leoni said. “There’s a little tension that is resulting in less than favorable results.”

Junior starter Cole Shain pitched four-and-two-thirds innings, giving up six runs on three hits in the loss.
Junior starter Matt Davenport helped the Tribe get off to a good start in Friday night’s series opener, as the preseason All-American candidate tossed eight innings of two-run ball to help defeat Fairfield 6-5.

Davenport allowed eight hits while striking out six, but the Tribe needed a two-run comeback in the ninth inning to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the 10th inning. The Stags scored two in the tenth off of sophomore reliever Matt Wainman, but a two-run RBI double by Williams in the bottom half of the inning helped the College take home the victory in what looked to be a promising start to the series.

Instead, the College is looking for answers as it gets set to take on No. 10 Virginia today.

“We discussed a lot of things [after the game],” Leoni said. “Just going out and playing baseball, not thinking too much and just letting your reactions take over.”

VIMS professor Caunel named Leopold Leadership fellow

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Virginia Institute of Marine Science physical sciences professor Elizabeth Caunel was chosen as one of 20 environmental scientists in North America to participate in the Leopold Leadership Program.

“I applied for the fellowship because I wanted to make my science more relevant to broad audiences,” Caunel said in a press release. “Working on our biofuels project — with policymakers and people from the community, industry and the business sector — has really opened my eyes to the importance of having skills that will help me translate my research findings into solutions for environmental problems.”

The fellowship program, founded in 1998 by Jane Lubchenco, provides a two-week intensive training program to help fellows enhance their skills in their field through hands on training sessions. Funding for the program comes from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Fellows were chosen through an extremely selective application process, open only to environmental science teachers and professors in the middle of their careers.

Caunel is the third VIMS researcher to participate in the program.

“[The selection process] reflects both the relevancy of the science we do here at VIMS, and our scientists’ admirable desire to communicate and apply their knowledge to solving the problems that face the Chesapeake Bay and our coastal ocean,” VIMS Dean and Director John Wells said in a press release.

During the first part of the program, fellows enhance their communications skills by working with media and communication specialists. In the second stage of the program, held on Capitol Hill, the researchers focus on interactions with policymakers, industry and non-governmental organizations.

While in Washington, D.C., fellows will practice their communication skills by meeting with key leaders from government agencies, international organizations, business and congressional offices.

“Academic scientists work hard to understand environmental problems and develop potential solutions, but to solve problems requires communication and a two-way flow of information between scientists and decision makers. The Leopold Leadership Program trains academics to close the gap between knowledge and action,” Pamela Matson, scientific director of the Leopold Leadership Program and dean of Stanford University’s School of Earth Sciences said in a press release.

After completion of the program, Caunel will join other fellows in the Leopold Leadership Network, a community of academic scientists and former fellows who communicate scientific information about environmental issues to policy makers and other non-scientists.

As a member of the network, Leopold will receive many opportunities for peer networking, for mentoring from trainers and past fellows, and for promotion to an environmental expert.

Men’s Basketball: Tribe overpowered by Old Dominion

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It has become the same story whenever William and Mary faces Old Dominion. More often than not, the Tribe shows flashes of brilliance, but ultimately falls victim to the size, experience and athleticism of the Monarchs.

Saturday’s matchup at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. was no different, as Old Dominion delivered the College a 77-58 shellacking to conclude the regular season. The Monarchs used their size and athleticism to effectively manhandle a younger squad, out-rebounding the Tribe by a 47-15 margin.

The Tribe finishes the regular season with a 9-21 overall record, and a 4-14 conference mark. As a result, the College will be the No. 11 seed in next weekend’s CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va.

“I’m really proud of our team,” Head Coach Tony Shaver said. “I thought we competed like champions today. I thought we got really tired in the last six or seven minutes of that ballgame and ran out of juice, but we competed like champions today, and that was really important to me as a coach, to see that competitive spirit.”

The College showed flashes of brilliance, but it ultimately was not enough to overcome Old Dominion’s size. Like it has done so many times over the course of the year, the Tribe was close at several points, but could not capitalize. The Tribe cut the ODU lead to four points twice — once in the first half and once in the second half —but a pair of Monarch scoring runs put the game out of reach.

“We cut it to four halfway through the second half,” Shaver said. “Brandon missed the second end of a one-in-one, which would have cut it to three, and they came down and we fouled Hassell, and he missed two free throws and they called us for a foul on the rebound, and then Finney made two. That was a big sequence in that ballgame.”

Old Dominion’s size and experience clearly dominated the younger, smaller Tribe. ODU often attempted to connect on its perimeter shooting in the first half, and although they only made five three-pointers in the first half, ODU center Frank Hassell was there to clean up the Monarch misses and convert them into points.

Hassell was a dominant force in the game, and he simply outmuscled senior center Marcus Kitts and freshman forward Tim Rusthoven. Hassell accounted for 15 of the Monarchs’s 24 points in the paint in the first half. He finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds on a 6 for 9 shooting night.

“It all starts in the post with Frank Hassell,” Shaver said. “We don’t have anyone who can guard him one-on-one, and because of that, it creates open people in other spots … He’s a great player. I don’t know if he will win the MVP of this league, but he ought to get some votes.”

Defensively, the College allowed Old Dominion — not a traditionally high scoring team — to shoot 52.9 percent from the field, and 40 percent from downtown. The Monarchs’ offensive efficiency, combined with a shutdown defense created a deadly formula that the College could not overcome.

“We are not as good defensively as we need to be,” Shaver said. “What we do in our defensive approach is unusual and a little confusing. When we are good at it, we confuse our opponents. Right now, I think we are confusing ourselves a little bit. A lot of that is youth, we don’t always make the right rotations.”

Offensively, the Tribe struggled against the Old Dominion zone. The Tribe, a squad built on its shooting ability, not its size, entered the contest seeking to convert enough three-pointers to cause ODU to switch out of its zone defense.

More often than not, however, the College failed to convert on their open looks, resulting in a 33 percent three-point shooting performance.

“The goal going in was to shoot them out of the zone,” freshman guard Julian Boatner said. “We got open shots, we were passing the ball around the zone and trying to work them, and get in the gaps and fire away.”

Freshman guard Julian Boatner starred for the Tribe offensively, accounting for six of the squad’s 12 three point field goals. Boatner entered the contest just two behind Jimmy Apple’s record for three pointers by a freshman, which has stood since 1988.

With 8 minutes, 30 seconds left in the first half, Boanter nailed a deep three from the corner to net his record setting 52nd three-pointer of the year. He finished with 18 points and was the Tribe’s leading scorer.

With the regular season now over, the College will look to make a run in next weekend’s CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va. The Tribe will open its tournament schedule against James Madison Friday at 8:30 pm. While the Tribe has struggled this season, it is still eyeing a deep tournament run.

“The season is not over,” McDowell said. “One thing our coaches have harped on is how much better we have gotten than we were a couple of weeks ago. One of the positive traits of this team is that we have kept getting better despite some pretty tough times.”

W&M/ODU Live Blog

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The Flat Hat is live from the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. as the College (9-20, 4-13 CAA) looks to take on the Monarchs (23-6, 13-4 CAA).

Women’s Basketball: Tribe falls at ODU

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William and Mary made them sweat for it, but Old Dominion continued its dominance over the Tribe with a 70-65 win in Norfolk Thursday.

After playing miserably in the first half, the Tribe (3-23, 2-14) stormed back in the second and led by as much as five down the stretch. But in the final minutes of the game big shots from some of the Lady Monarchs’s role players proved the difference, extending Old Dominion’s win streak over the College to 52, tying a Division I women’s record.

“The team you saw in the first half was the 3-23 team and the team you saw in the second half was the team we can be,” Head Coach Debbie Taylor said.

In the first half, bad shooting from both the field (36 percent for the first) and the stripe (8-15) plagued the Tribe, and a poorly-executed attempt at a full-court press led to some easy baskets for the Lady Monarchs.

Still, the College wouldn’t let it get out of hand, and as soon as Old Dominion stretched the lead to 12 with less than a minute remaining in the first, the Tribe responded with a 7-2 run that stretched into the second. Old Dominion also offered a hand, repeatedly giving the College opportunities from the line by entering the double bonus with over five minutes left.

Five quick points — including a contested, buzzer-beating three-pointer from sophomore center Emily Correal — kept the deficit at a manageable 7 going into the break.

“I raised my voice a little bit,” Taylor said of her halftime speech. “[The first half] might’ve been the worst half of basketball we’ve played all year,” she said.

The Tribe responded, catching fire as soon as it returned from the locker roomand the Lady Monarchs at 37 with 16 minutes remaining on a jumpshot from freshman center Kaitlyn Mathieu.

From there on out the two teams went back-and-forth, fighting for a lead that changed hands six times in total. The College pushed its advantage to as much as five with just over eight minutes left, but the Lady Monarchs stayed close, and with 4 minutes, 10 seconds remaining, Monarch guard JoNiquia Guilford – a back-up averaging just 4.7 points per game – took over, getting a steal and hitting three consecutive jumpshots to give Old Dominion a five point lead, the eventual difference in the game.

“They made a shot and we didn’t, that’s pretty much it in the last few minutes,” Taylor said.

The College was led by junior guard Taysha Pye — who finished with 17 points, six rebounds and four assists — and Mathieu, who contributed 12 points and eight boards.

“It’s been like this all year. We can play with these teams, we just [have to] play the whole game like we played most of the second half,” said Pye.

The team and its opponents, though, have taken note of how close the Tribe seems from breaking out in its last few games. The loss comes on the heels of the Tribe’s third win of the season, which followed two hard-fought overtime losses.

“That’s the best three-win team I’ve seen in a long time,” Old Dominion Head Coach Wendy Larry said. “That’s a team you [have to] look out for in the tournament.”

Women’s Lacrosse: Season Preview

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A heralded senior class is usually a coach’s godsend. Possessing talent and experience, a good senior class means fewer worries on the field for coaches.

But a heralded senior class portends the end, specifically the end for a squad that has been led by seniors Grace Golden and Sarah Jonson since their freshman season. And William and Mary Head Coach Christine Halfpenny knows that with the end so near, now is the time for the Tribe to take its shot.

“There are overarching goals which would, obviously, be staying in the hunt for a CAA championship this year,” Halfpenny said. “When you made a commitment to come to William and Mary, that is what we are doing, year in and year out. We are searching, hunting and striving to be CAA champions.”

The College returns all but three starters from last year’s squad, including 2010 CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year Jonson and CAA Co-Preseason Player of the Year Grace Golden.

Golden finished fourth in the country in caused turnovers-per-game last season while leading the Tribe in goals scored (44) and ground balls (56). Jonson, who was an IWLCA All-American second team selection last season, set a school record with 42 caused turnovers last year.

Halfpenny is looking for Golden and Jonson to step up even more in their respective senior seasons.

“I can tell you, for those two players, they would trade in any of those records for a CAA Championship and a berth to the NCAA tournament,” Halfpenny said. “That’s what makes them special … There’s still more for the each of them [though]. I think they can each get better.”

The Tribe will need all the leadership it can get as it takes on some of the best teams in the country this season. After opening the year with a 14-11 defeat at No. 4 Duke, the College will take on No. 2 Northwestern, No. 26 Boston, No. 5 Virginia and No. 16 Penn State in addition to its CAA schedule.

Not only will the College face national runner-ups Northwestern, but it will do so at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Texas, the home of this year’s Super Bowl.

“Looking at this year’s team, I would never make a schedule or put a team on our schedule that I did not feel like we could compete with or beat,” Halfpenny said. “And we feel like the leadership at the helm this year, and the experience in that senior class, really helps us take on one of the toughest schedules in the country.”

The CAA will also pose a tough test for the Tribe this season, as No. 8 James Madison, No. 12 Towson and No. 17 Hofstra and come into the year ranked in the top 25 nationally.

“I think it will be fun to stay the least,” Halfpenny said. “I think our conference is a battle. Nothing is going to be easy. Just being in the top four in our conference is never easy.”

Halfpenny also returns experienced underclassmen that, due to multiple injuries last season, were forced into action, will provide depth this season.

Still, Halfpenny knows this year’s squad has a chance to be special. And with Golden and Jonson graduating at the end of the year, the head coach does not want to waste that chance.

“I’m actually really confident in our schedule, as long as we take it one game at a time and focus on ourselves,” Halfpenny said. “We’re excited about it, quite honestly. We just have to remain focused on ourselves.”

Denser is better

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Town-gown relations are ideally an extensive dialogue encompassing a wide range of issues. Of course, we’d be lying if we didn’t acknowledge that one issue has played a central and highly divisive role in Williamsburg town-gown discussions: student housing, particularly the lack thereof.

The lion’s share of this debate has recently focused on the city’s three-person rule, which allows no more than three unrelated residents to live in one housing unit. While this remains a wildly outdated regulation, and one not entirely addressed by the city’s recently passed and little-used four-person caveat, the simple fact is the majority of students living off campus aren’t affected by the rule in the first place. Off-campus apartments have always proved a more realistic and cost-effective option for most students than have any available multi-bedroom house.

Therefore, we are ecstatic to hear news that the Williamsburg City Council is poised to provide a mechanism to selectively increase maximum population density downtown, possibly paving the way for more residential apartments. However economically minded the decision may have been, the city may have stumbled on the most cogent solution possible to the current deficit of off-campus student housing.

This isn’t the first time the city council has attempted to address population density in Williamsburg. Thankfully, unlike the 2007 effort to increase maximum residential units per acre from 14 to 22, the current initiative has a significantly better chance of gaining public support. The 2007 proposal, which spawned the vocal “Stop-22” opposition movement, encouraged fears of rampant urbanization. The policy change currently under discussion presupposes a much more vigorous vetting process, while still allowing the city to reconfigure density restrictions as demand changes.

Now, there’s no doubt that the primary motivation behind this proposed policy change is economic stimulation. More residents in downtown Williamsburg means a larger captive market for current and prospective businesses. But, the proposal also incidentally addresses a wide variety of student concerns. Student renters already prefer apartments, but zoning restrictions had effectively banished large apartment complexes from the immediate areas surrounding campus. Easing those restrictions, if only on a case-by-case basis, could mean creating a more welcoming environment for student renters — and even encourage the growth of student-friendly businesses.

Hopefully, this opportunity also takes the spotlight off of the few residential areas that have become veritable hot-spots of student-resident tension. Multi-student houses always run the risk of clashing with the surrounding neighborhood, and increasing the maximum number of students per household does little to ease that strain.

Yet, as encouraging a development as this proposal is, there are still certain ways we hope to see it implemented. These exceptions to density restrictions must be realistically accessible to targeted areas. Unlike the current four-person rule, which so narrowly defines its range of applicability as to render it impotent, the city must make sure this policy actually gets used. Part of that accessibility means streamlining the application process, such that bureaucratic red tape does not become an insurmountable obstacle to applying landowners.

Students also have a share of the responsibility, too. As an important political constituency in Williamsburg, students must be sure to keep this issue active. Perhaps it’s too early to tell, but should any students be planning to campaign in next year’s city council elections, this is a topic to keep on the front burner. If more student-accessible apartments become a reality, we must make sure that students actually live there — and that they treat the apartments better than they did their freshman dormitories.
The city council’s proposal, although a minor change in policy, has the chance to benefit both students and the city at large. Let’s make sure it lives up to that potential.

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