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Review board criticized for SA recount

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The winners of the recent Student Assembly elections for Class of 2008 vice president for advocacy and treasurer say they are furious with the SA Review Board’s Sunday night decision to scrap the results of those elections. The board found that the elections had been decided unfairly and ordered a revote for those positions.

p. “The Review Board made a decision tonight to overturn the Elections Commission in a move that I personally don’t believe was very impartial,” junior Matt Brown said. He had previously been declared the winner for vice president for advocacy by one vote — making it the closest election in SA history — but the decision was challenged by junior Shariff Tanious, Brown’s opponent.

p. Tanious appealed the original decision on the grounds that a student who is not taking classes this year because he is in an intern program in Florida should have been allowed to vote. The student was unable to log onto the Student Information Network and decided to vote through e-mail. His vote for Tanious would have tied the election.

p. Tanious also argued that students could have voted for him during brief periods when the polls should have been opened but were not, as they opened approximately 15 minutes late.
Ultimately, the board agreed.

p. “The Review Board finds that reasonable doubt exists with regard to the integrity of the Class of 2008 Vice President for Advocacy election,” the board stated in an opinion written by member Will Angley, a junior. “There is no way to establish with certainty what elections-related interactions with the SIN website happened [when the polls were closed but should have been open], but [the board] still believes that this disruption alone could have obscure[d] a decisive vote or group of votes in this election.”

p. The opinion also stated that the board had already determined that the student who cast his vote through e-mail was eligible to run for election, and therefore should have been eligible to vote.

p. “The entire election was marred with errors that, while [they] would make no material difference in other elections, could have a significant impact in the result of the ’08 VPA race since it was so close,” Tanious said in an e-mail to The Flat Hat.

p. Brown has until April 25 to appeal the decision.

p. “I agree with several members of the SA that this entire process has been very corrupt,” Brown said.

p. Junior Laura Rogers also had her election overturned.

p. “I’m rather infuriated by the decision made by the Review Board,” she said in an e-mail to The Flat Hat. “Three minutes before midnight Sunday night I received an e-mail from the Review Board that ordered my inauguration as Treasurer be put on hold. … This was the first I had heard of an appeals process or review of my election of ANY KIND.”

p. She said Chairman of the Elections Commission sophomore Alex Kyrios decided not to alert her of the appeal because Kyrios thought it had no merit and would not get anywhere.

p. Junior Nick Faulkner filed the appeal, challenging the Elections Commission’s decision to decide the race by paper ballot because nobody announced a decision to run in time to be added to the electronic ballot. He said that the 25 people who voted in the election — 14 cast for Rogers — do not adequately represent the class.

p. “No information was distributed, to the candidates or the school as a whole, indicating that write-in candidates only needed a majority of those who voted,” Faulkner wrote to the Review Board. “How were other students supposed to know about the election for the 2008 treasurer?”

p. Rogers questioned the fact that Faulkner challenged only her election, when another election was also decided by paper ballot.
Senator Matt Skibiak, a junior, is sponsoring a bill that calls the board’s decision regarding the election for vice president for advocacy unconstitutional. It says that in the future, if the impartiality of the board comes into question, a petitioner or respondent should be allowed to request that the dean of students be present at the hearings and give an opinion.

Despite unseasonable cold, Sno-to-Go opens for summer

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At the College, students are taught to live by deadlines. Armed with our planners, Blackberries, color-coded schedules and a myriad of other organizational devices, students rarely let a deadline slip past unnoticed. Lest a date be forgotten, we are ever-organized, ever-ready and ever-clutching our assignment notebooks.

p. There is one annual date, however, that is scarcely ever overlooked, even accidentally. Its preeminence transcends its need to be jotted down in a planner, to be scrawled on a Post-It note; the day that Sno-to-Go opens is always anticipated.
Students have flocked to Sno-to-Go for the past 10 years.

p. Because its treats are of the frozen variety, it closes in the fall and reopens in the spring, just in time to offer icy goodness before the summer swelter hits. Nestled along Richmond Road, Williamsburg’s famed snow cone shop appears, hardly recognizable to the ordinary passerby. A modest sign does little to announce its popularity; its red, barn-like building does little to lure customers. The lines of eager students, however, are unmistakable.

p. Sno-to-Go, which opened in 1997, is owned and operated by Ted and Dorothy Freneaux, both residents of Williamsburg. According to their website, the owners claim the first summer they started serving their now-famous “snoballs” was marked with a lack of business and a lack of interest.

p. “It took the better part of the summer to educate people that our snoballs were a special treat and that they consisted of shaved, snowy ice with 40 flavors to choose from. Slowly, but surely, people stopped to try us out,” the site says. The “snoballs” unique to Sno-to-Go are snow cones packed with a vanilla or chocolate soft-serve center and finished with another dollop of ice cream on top.

p. After that first summer, word spread and the skepticism ceased. The menu has expanded since, and innovative current flavors include Bahama Mama, Fuzzy Tiger and Rumble-berry, to name but a few. Owner Dorothy Freneaux lists Tiger’s Blood, Frog in a Blender, Beetlejuice and cherry as the four most popular flavors. Another option is the “rainbow” flavor, which combines two to three flavors in the same cool treat.

p. For $2, customers can purchase a junior size, and for a true indulgence they can spend $3.75 for the extra large. Other menu items include ice cream sundaes, shakes and sodas.
The Freneauxs explain the inspiration behind Sno-to-Go on their website. They spent summers in Lousiana and frequented snow cone stands, which are more prevalent in the south. Nostalgic for those times, they wished to recreate the southern treat so beloved in their childhood. Ever since then, it had been their dream to set up shop and relive the tastes of their summertime sweets.

p. Monday marked the opening day of Sno-to-Go this year. The Freneauxs anticipate another season of serving the Williamsburg community a slew of snoballs. The shop is located at 2229 Richmond Road, next to Andy’s Pancake House. Sno-to-Go is open, every day except Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. It will close again for the winter in late September.

Master Sensei Okazaki visits Shotokan Karate Club

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This weekend, April 20 to 22, the Shotokan Karate Club will host Sensei Teruyuki Okazaki, a world renowned master of the martial art.

p. Okazaki is the last student of Gichen Funakoshi, the original founder of Shokotan Karate. During his visit to the College, he will impart teaching and training methods that hail directly from Japan.

p. Okazaki has a ninth-degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, which signifies the highest possible level of achievement in the martial art. He is also the author of “Perfection of Character” — a book on the basic principles of karate — and an administrator of the International Shotokan Karate Federation.

p. Although he calls Philadelphia home, Okazaki is an international traveler and teaches Shokotan Karate around the world. “We are very lucky to have him here as often as we do,” sophomore Patrick Allen, president of the Shotokan Karate Club, said.

p. Allen has trained under Okazaki, who makes annual visits to the College each fall, winter and spring due to his close friendship with Steve Pohle, the club’s sensei. His visit presents an opportune time for students of karate to test into a higher belt level.

p. “It is really awesome to be able to say that you were certified by one of the world masters, especially for people testing for their black belt,” Allen said. “It is also extremely beneficial for your training. Not only that, but Okazaki is just a remarkable person. He embodies the mental health, self-image and respect that are ideals of Shotokan karate and of Japanese culture.”

p. He also said that as a master of Shotokan Karate, Okazaki has “basically flawless form,” and that for a 75-year-old man, he appears “faster, more flexible and stronger than most 20- to 25-year olds.”

p. Okazaki will be in Newport News Saturday and Sunday conducting clinics and dining with Shotokan students from around the region. He will be at the College Friday evening for a training session that the public is welcome to observe. It will include kata (fighting multiple imaginary opponents), sparing (against an actual opponent) and other demonstrations of Shotokan Karate techniques that in the past have attracted many alumni of the Shotokan Karate Club as well as local enthusiasts.

p. The location of Friday’s training session is yet to be determined, but will most likely be Adair Gymnasium or the Rec Center. Any student interested in attending or learning more about the Shotokan Karate Club should contact Allen at pcalle@wm.edu or check out the club website at www.wm.edu/so/shotokan.

Spring Taps show turns up heat

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While the University Center Commonwealth Auditorium often plays host to speeches and lectures, tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m., music, singing and tapping will permeate throughout the UC as Rhythm and Taps presents its spring show. “It’s going to be a fun hour of dancing and musical talent,” freshman Jessica Boten said.
The tap performance will feature songs from the movies “Happy Feet” and “Polar Express,” as well as live music intermissions by the Gentlemen of the College.

p. In addition to several self-choreographed solos, the show will include two advanced, one intermediate and one combined beginner and intermediate dance.

p. “I am very excited for the performance — tap is such a unique form of dancing that seems to always get people very excited,” freshman Alexa Hoyne said. “It’s a lot of fun to do, as well as watch, so I am really looking forward to seeing everyone’s reactions.”

p. Rhythm and Taps is a tap club that works with all different levels of dancers. They meet once a week and have a teacher who works with them to plan their annual show.

p. While beginners can join, the club is also a way for dancers to continue a passion from high school. “I danced my whole life, but had to stop due to time constraints my senior year of high school, so I am so happy to be picking it up again,” Hoyne said. “It’s a great stress releaser, especially at this time of year with all of the academic craziness.”

p. Rhythm and Taps’ new, red T-shirts advertise the show, quoting the finale song, “Hot Chocolate,” saying, “Yeah we got it! Hot! Hot! Here we’ve only got one rule. Never, ever let it cool.”

p. Unexpectedly appropriate to the cold spring weather, Rhythm and Taps promises the audience, “If you are lucky, you might even get some hot chocolate.”

Day for Admitted Students about welcome, not guided subversion

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I never went to the College’s Day for Admitted Students; I was in Houston visiting Rice University. I returned from my Texan excursion convinced that I wanted to go there, and if it weren’t for my parents’ final say, I think I would have. Admitted students day plays a huge role in a prospective’s decision, but it also creates some anti-College backlash. Considering how much I enjoy being a student of the College, I’m pretty glad I didn’t partake in the festivities, knowing the kind of anti-College backlash it creates.

p. Last year, students passed out flyers titled “The Top 10 [or 5, I don’t remember] Facts Your Tour Guide Won’t Tell You.” The flier was about free speech (ironic, since nobody took away the right to give out said flyers), how much Williamsburg hates the College and maybe something about Greek life just to round out the pack. The outcome in the student panels, however, was quite positive, thanks in most part to the honesty and candidness of the panelists there.

p. This year in Wawa I heard an alumnus tell a prospective the “real deal” about the College. Personally, I couldn’t care less if the prospective even accepted the admissions offer, as he was bragging to me about how often he ’shrooms and how totally awesome acid is. Just what we need — another socially retarded bragger-type. But as someone committed to the success of my alma mater, I said, what the heck, even the lamest of prospective deserves a fair look at campus.

p. Mainly, I’m befuddled by the need to tell people to stay away. Discouraging students to come via drunken Wawa rants only harms the progression of the school into something better. There’s no way for students to affect the College if they’re somewhere else. Additionally, Mr. Alumnus, what on Earth makes you think you’re so cool as to be hanging out in Wawa on admitted students weekend … alone … and striking up conversations with innocent (read: not interested) bystanders.

p. I think this all feeds into the anti-tour guide sentiment some students on campus have. As a biased tour guide and lover of the campus (I am a lover in the sense that in a real relationship there is a give and take dynamic, and not everything will be perfect), I am clearly very proud of the school. Tour guides are not crazy, lying pushers as some people suspect.

p. Tour guides often use each other’s anecdotes, jokes and stories. Each guide has a flavor and appeal to a different person but we are all unified as representatives of the College. Unlike at some other schools, the guides here are all volunteers, so there is absolutely no reason why students who weren’t genuine would get up and try to seduce students into attending a place they hated.
When I did my overnight at Washington and Lee, my student host was both a volunteer and utterly miserable. She told me so on multiple occasions. Actually, she told me not to go there at all. The trip, needless to say, was a disaster, but as it was a scholarship competition, I had to stick it out and pretend that I a wanted to go when, in reality, I called my mom crying and pleaded with her not to make me, even if I got a full ride.

p. I think that girl should never have agreed to host me. I think that girl probably should have transferred. The alum in Wawa never should have talked to me. I think, perhaps, that during these crucial decisions-making times, students should understand that the best way to make a change on campus is to infuse it with fresh blood. Then everyone can bitch to them once they’re here.

p. __Charlotte Savino is a Confusion Corner columnist for The Flat Hat. She had generous offers from some of the country’s most prestigious private universities.__

‘Shy Irish guy’ leads by example

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__Senior Colin O’Brien, ranked 100th in the nation in singles, serves as the leader for Tribe tennis__

p. After Colin O’Brien stepped off the court at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center for the final time in his collegiate career Saturday afternoon, there were no big public displays of emotion. Exuding a calm, confident aura, the Tribe’s lone senior, honored before the match on Senior Day, put the team’s loss against Virginia Commonwealth University into perspective.

p. “It was disappointing because we had a chance to get the number one seeding in the CAA, but at the same time it was well contested and a lot of guys are motivated to work hard for this weekend,” O’Brien said.

p. Entering the match at no. 31 in the country ­­— the highest ITA ranking in school history — the Tribe needed to beat no. 29 Virginia Commonwealth University to lock up the top seed in this weekend’s conference championship in Newport News. O’Brien, along with his teammates, put forth their best effort only to fall 5-2. Despite the defeat, his focus shifted immediately to this weekend’s CAA championship, where the Tribe earned the no. 3 seed and will play sixth-seeded James Madison University.
Once a self-proclaimed “shy, Irish guy” O’Brien has risen to the occasion and stepped into a leadership role on a Tribe tennis team that has upset eight ranked teams this season.

p. “There’s nothing different between practice and a game for Colin,” Head Coach Peter Daub said. “He runs every ball down, he expects a lot of himself, he’s brought a tremendous work ethic to the team.”

p. O’Brien’s tireless work ethic was always a factor in his individual game, but it was not until recently that he adopted a more vocal leadership role on the team.

p. “When I first came here, and he was a sophomore, you wouldn’t even know he was in the room. Now he has become a leader, and the biggest thing we convinced him is he’s easy to follow,” assistant coach Marcos Asse said.

p. A native of Dublin, Ireland, O’Brien came to the College four years ago without ever having made a recruiting visit to Williamsburg. The College attracted him after a close friend at Brown University listed off schools in the United States that he was unfamiliar with, but were known for strong academics and tennis. He had seen pictures of the campus online and talked with Daub over the phone, but he never experienced the real thing. He was quite literally thrown in the deep end.

p. In four years, O’Brien has gone from the bottom of the team singles ladder to no. 1 singles slot, earning 63 singles victories and 69 doubles victories. But more importantly, he’s helped his teammates get better through strong leadership.

p. “It’s a strange felling because you grow into it,” O’Brien said. “The older guys you look up to graduate and then you’re thrust into the role and you’re not really ready for it.”

p. While O’Brien’s collegiate career will end next month, he hopes that he can translate his current success, where he’s currently ranked no. 100 in the ITA singles rankings and no. 11 in doubles, into professional tennis next year.

p. With no guaranteed money or contract, he will enter weekly Futures Tournaments beginning this summer and compete against other players from across the world. Weekly Futures Tournaments were launched in 1998 as a starting point for young players to break into professional tennis. Most of the top 100 players on the world singles entry ranking started out competing at the same level as O’Brien.

p. Similar to golf, professional tennis players compete in a sink-or-swim environment. Only the top Futures players make a profit, and for many the expenses exceed what they win in prize money, according to O’Brien.

p. Played across the world in locations such as the United Arab Emirates and England, each tournament will give O’Brien a chance to earn ranking points. In 2004, there were 356 Futures Tournaments played with $4,150,000 in money awarded to athletes.

p. “I think he’s going to be successful out there, because every time he walks off the court he gives maximum effort,” Daub said. “He will get some wins and get into the rankings.”

p. O’Brien hopes to play for at least a year, but knows that it will be tough. Even though he can choose which tournaments to enter, flying across the world and financing all his expenses will put a serious strain on his bank account.

p. “I’m hoping to play longer, but with the funding issues it’s something you need to take stock of from time to time,” he said. “I just don’t want to have any questions at the end of the day about what I could have done with tennis.”

p. “Everything he gets, he deserves,” Asse said.

Baseball: College takes two from Hofstra

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__Vernon, Drury record victories; Sunday’s contest canceled due to inclement weather__

p. Last weekend, the Tribe traveled to Hempstead, N.Y. to face the Hofstra University Pride in a three-game series. The Tribe, coming off an 11-1 win against Liberty University, entered with a record of 21-16 overall and 8-7 in the CAA, while Hofstra entered at 13-21 overall and 6-9 in the CAA. The College came away with wins of 11-2 and 6-2 Friday and Saturday, while Sunday’s contest was canceled due to inclement weather.

p. “This weekend was really a great one considering our recent losses to Georgia State,” senior second baseman Brent McWhorter said. “The whole team really stepped up starting with our game mid-week against Liberty which gave us a lot of momentum going into the Hofstra weekend [series].”

p. Junior Pete Vernon (6-3), in his first start of the season, earned the win in the first game, allowing only five hits and two runs in six innings of play. Junior Sean Grieve took the mound in the sixth and shut down the Pride for two innings, striking out five and allowing no hits. In the bottom of the ninth inning, senior Warrik Staines allowed only one hit, and the Tribe recorded an 11-2 victory.

p. Although the College scored one run in the first on a junior left fielder Greg Maliniak single, plating junior designated hitter Tim Park, the Tribe’s hitters pushed across five runs in a big third inning for the College. Park advanced to third on sophomore first baseman Mike Sheridan’s double and scored when senior third baseman Greg Sexton singled. After Maliniak drew a walk, Sheridan scored on a passed ball. Sophomore right fielder Ben Guez registered a single that plated Sexton, and junior center fielder Paul Juliano drew a walk to load the bases. Maliniak scored on a sacrifice fly from sophomore catcher Jeff Wera. Guez, after stealing third, reached home on a sacrifice fly from sophomore shortstop Lanny Stanfield to wrap up Tribe scoring on the inning.
Offensively, The Tribe totaled 14 hits. Guez went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Park finished 3-for-6 with two RBIs and Sexton, Sheridan and McWhorter all tallied two hits.

p. In the second contest, freshman Tyler Truxell started on the mound for the College and pitched a solid six innings, allowing only four hits and one run. Freshman Kevin Landry, who currently ranks third in the CAA standings in strikeouts with 46, entered in relief and junior Jimmy Drury followed to earn the win (1-1). Staines and senior Pat Kantakevich also took the mound to finish off the Pride by a final score of 6-2.

p. “Saturday was more of a pitcher’s duel, but we have confidence that, if the pitchers can keep the game close, our offense is always capable of coming to life and we will always have a chance to win,” Staines said.

p. In an impressive rally, the Tribe pushed across five runs in the top of the eighth to take the lead at 5-2. McWhorter began the inning with a solo home run to right center. A Guez triple drove in the remaining runs that scored Maliniak, Sexton and Park, and Guez later scored on an error by the pitcher. The College scored once more in the ninth as sophomore right fielder Jeff Jones singled to right field to score Park.

p. “The play of the weekend had to be Ben Guez’s 3-RBI, legend-building triple on Saturday,” Vernon said.

p. The wins put the College in second place in the CAA standings at 23-16 overall and 10-7 in conference play. The Tribe now ranks first in batting average (.326) and fielding percentage (.968), and second in hits (437). Individually, Park’s .420 batting average ranks him fourth in the CAA standings, with Sexton in fifth at .415; both lead the CAA in hits with 66.

p. “It was a big weekend for us coming off of the Georgia State losses,” Vernon said. “With the league standings being so tight, it was huge to get two wins.”

p. The Tribe is scheduled to play Virginia Tech tomorrow at 5 p.m.

Men’s Basketball: Shaver inks three to letters of intent

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__College has one scholarship left; sources report a fourth recruit has given verbal commitment__

p. With the spring signing period underway, the men’s basketball program received its third commitment last week. John Sexton — a 6’3’’, 180 pound shooting guard from Myrtle, Miss. — will enter the College this fall. Before signing Sexton, the Tribe received National Letters of Intent from Marcus Kitts and Valeriu Lazarescu prior to the 2006-2007 season.

p. “These are three guys that can be successful at William and Mary,” Head Coach Tony Shaver said. “They’ll be successful academically and easy additions and interesting additions to our [team] chemistry.”

p. Sexton averaged a triple-double during his senior season, recording 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists per game. He showcased his scoring ability throughout his high school career, notching nine 40-point games and a career-high 50-point game this past season.

p. “He can flat out score,” Shaver said. “We really loved his ability to score and his passion for the game.”

p. The College went to Montreal, Canada to find Lazarescu, who gives the Tribe another scoring option and its second international player on the roster. The 6’4’’, 190 lb. guard brings athleticism and a knack for finishing around the rim to the College; his athleticism earned him multiple dunk-contest titles during his high school career.

p. “[Lazarescu’s] going to be a very mature player,” Shaver said. “He’s very athletic and has a good feel for the game.”

p. With two backcourt players joining the fold next year, the addition of Kitts will provide the Tribe another low-post presence. Kitts, a 6’9’’, 250 lb. power forward out of Apex, N.C., averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior. His play as a junior earned him a 2006 McDonald’s All-America nomination.
“[He] has a chance to be a great player,” Shaver said. “[He has] tremendous hands and a knack for getting rebounds. He’s a great finisher offensively.”

p. The Tribe addressed several areas of need with this recruiting class. Signing Kitts bolsters the College’s frontcourt while Sexton and Lazarescu give the Tribe additional perimeter shooters. Shaver noted the team’s depth of talent and that next year the freshmen will not be expected to play 40 minutes a game.

p. “They will have plenty of opportunities to play,” Shaver said. “We do think they’ll have a chance to be real impacts for us.”

p. With Kitts, Lazarescu and Sexton receiving scholarships, the Tribe finds itself with one remaining scholarship. Shaver noted that the College has a number of options for either using or holding onto this scholarship. The Tribe could retain the scholarship and use it for next year’s recruiting class, award it to a transfer student or sign an additional incoming freshman.
Nevertheless, if the College gives the scholarship out this spring, Shaver stressed the importance of signing a great player. He also reinforced the notion that it is not mandatory to use the scholarship.

p. Due to NCAA regulations, Shaver cannot comment on the status of any potential recruits until the recruit signs his National Letter of Intent. Nevertheless, many sources – the Lexington Herald-Leader, The News-Enterprise of Elizabethtown, Ky. and the Daily Press’s Dave Johnson – have indicated that the Tribe recently received a verbal commitment from 6-5 guard Riley Benock from Battletown, Ky.

p. The College, however, has not received an official National Letter of Intent from Benock and has until May 16 to use its final scholarship if it chooses to do so.

Men’s Gymnasitcs: None advance to individual finals

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Last Thursday, nine men’s gymnastics athletes competed at the NCAA Championships hosted by Pennsylvania State University; however, none of the Tribe competitors advanced to Saturday’s individual finals.

p. Freshman Derek Gygax turned in the College’s strongest performance of the night, setting a career-high of 47.75 and earning ninth-place among individuals (12th overall) in the all-around. Sophomore James Prim placed 14th overall with a score of 9.2 on the rings, as he recorded the Tribe’s highest score of the competition; he also competed in the pommel horse event and finished 12th among individuals. Classmate Sloan Crawford finished ninth individually with a score of 8.9 in the floor exercise. Meanwhile, senior Dave Ridings set a personal best on the parallel bars scoring an 8.7 to close out his college career.

p. “I could not have dreamed of a better way to finish,” Ridings said. “It was a great ending and summary of my career.”

p. Junior David Locke scored 8.15 in the vault competition, while sophomore Richard Pearson received a 7.1 in the pommel event. On the rings, junior Aaron Ingram scored 8.75, placing twelfth as an individual and 28th overall. Junior Andrew Hunt placed 28th overall on the parallel bars with a score of 8.2; he also received an 8.1 in the high bar event earning him 11th place individually and 29th overall.

p. Although this was the final competition of the season, next year’s team looks to continue the Tribe tradition of gymnastics excellence. Overall the team had a great season, in large part due to the individual strengths of the team.

p. “Every time we took two steps forward we would take one step backward, as a series of injuries from chronic shoulder problems to broken toes dogged us from start to finish,” Head Coach Cliff Gauthier said. “In spite of the continual setbacks, this team still was able to make a nice end of the season run.”

Sports in Brief (April 17)

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**Lacrosse**
The Tribe (2-10 overall, 0-4 CAA) dropped a pair of CAA contests over the weekend to Towson University and the University of Delaware. In Sunday afternoon’s rainy matchup against Towson, the College fell behind early 5-0 and could not recover, losing 12-7. Junior Jaime Sellers, who ran her scoring streak to 13 consecutive games, and senior Kristen Wong tallied two goals a piece, as the Tribe’s conference losing streak grew to four games. 20th-ranked Delaware bested the College 12-6 Friday behind a strong first half effort. Sellers and fellow senior Emily Vitrano paced the Tribe with two goals each.

p. **Women’s Tennis**
The 16th-ranked Tribe defeated in-state rival the University of Richmond 7-0 last Saturday. The College now stands at 18-2 overall heading into the CAA Championships — where the Tribe will be the number-one seed. Senior Megan Moulton-Levy, playing in her final home match, recorded a singles and doubles win, as the College swept the singles play after taking two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point.

p. **Men’s Tennis**
After earning the doubles point, the 31st-ranked Tribe faltered in singles play and lost by a score of 5-2 against 29th-ranked conference foe Virginia Commonwealth University. The nation’s 11th-ranked doubles team of senior Colin O’Brien and junior Alex Cojanu bested VCU’s top doubles team of Arnaud Le Cloerec and Petr Olsak 8-5. Cojanu also provided the College with its only singles win, defeating Damien Lacombe 7-5, 6-3. The Tribe’s loss drops the College to the third seed in this week’s CAA Tournament and to 15-10 overall.

p. **Track and Field**
Assistant track and cross country coach Ed Moran, ’03, raced to a World Championships “A” standard in the 5,000-meter at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., timing 13 minutes and 20.35 seconds. Moran finished sixth in a heat comprised of both professional and collegiate athletes. Achieving the “A” standard will give Moran a spot at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan as long as he finishes in the top-three at this June’s USAT&F National Championships.

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