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Back Bay’s Mistral is an upscale departure from the normal.

Most college students have had their brush with the famil-iar and dreaded SATs. While national standardized tests such as the SATs and ACTs remain standard fare in college admissions, university admin-istrators and professors have begun to raise questions are beginning to arise concerning their effectiveness. In February, a coalition of over 130 Massachusetts profes-sors from around 20 schools, including Tufts, Harvard and Brandeis, signed onto a public statement condemning the use of high-stakes standardized test-ing in high schools as a means of evaluating schools, teachers and individual students. According to a Feb. 22 Washington Post article, the statement push-es education officials to shift assessment policies away from standardized testing. Part of the statement reads: “Given that standardized tests provide only one indicator of stu-

dent achievement, and that their high-stakes uses produce ever-increasing incentives to teach to the test, narrow the curriculum or even to cheat, we call on the BESE [Board of Elementary and Secondary Education] to stop using standardized tests in high-stakes decisions affecting stu-dents, teachers, and schools.” The statement also emphasiz-es that standardized testing per-petuates pre-existing education inequalities, saying: “Numerous studies document that the use of high-stakes testing — including test barriers to high school grad-uation — bears adverse impact on students and is accompanied by widening racial/ethnic and income-based gaps.” The movement against stan-dardized testing is growing. Professors in Georgia and the Chicago area have issued letters opposing the use of standardized testing in evaluating teachers, and over a third of principals in New York State have issued a similar petition. When it comes to col-lege admissions, Tufts continues to rely on standardized testing

in an increasingly selective and competitive process. Tufts’ acceptance rates have hovered around 20 per-cent in recent years, this year dipping to 18.7 percent. Simultaneously, numbers of applications increased this year by 11 percent, in what Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Lee Coffin called a “historical appli-cation cycle” according to a Jan. 22 Daily article. According to Associate Professor of Political Science Deborah Schildkraut, the use of these scores is not a perfect way to test the academic capacity of prospective students. “Getting into college is so competitive these days and they just get so many applications and from kids whose scores are fantastic. I’m sure the 80% of students not getting in have scores that are very comparable to the 20% who got in,” she said. “I would think that scores are useful for weeding out people who are clearly not academi-cally qualified.” This year’s testing scores

proved impressively high, empha-sizing Tufts’ already competitive reputation. For the class of 2017, mean SAT scores were 728 for critical reading, 735 for math and 733 on writing, up a few points from last year, according to an April 2. Daily article. The mean ACT score of 32 was the same as last year. Despite the high achieve-

ments of Tufts admitted students in the realm of standardized testing, these capabilities are not everything when it comes to contributing to campus, says Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Dean Herbert. “It may be something of an indicator of how they do in

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Tufts Marathon Team prepares for upcoming race

As Marathon Monday approach-es, Tufts’ Boston Marathon team is winding down its 2012-2013 train-ing season in preparation for the race. The group of 96 official run-ners completed its final training run on Wednesday and awaits a celebratory dinner Sunday night after the race. President’s Marathon Challenge director and TMT Coach Don Megerle, a 42-year Tufts veteran who coached swimming for 33 years before the establishment of the marathon team, expressed great optimism about the coming

marathon. This will be the team’s tenth marathon since President Emeritus Lawrence Bacow estab-lished the President’s Marathon Challenge in 2003. “I think we’re very well pre-pared, probably as informed as any group that we have had — and very spirited,” Megerle said. “It’s become a real, cohesive and enjoyable group to be with. They’ve done very well.” The team is coming to the end of its second year of reduced num-bers, Mergele said. The 10-year contract with team owner John Hancock Financial Services was renegotiated to extend the two remaining years of 200 runners to

four years of 100 Tufts runners. The contract will expire after the 2015 Boston Marathon, according to Megerle. It is not clear how the Tufts Marathon Team will con-tinue to operate. “We don’t know what will hap-pen,” Megerle said. “We may not get any [running] numbers. It’s up to the CEO at John Hancock. Do they understand the impor-tance of the Boston Marathon for Boston? Very much so. I can’t even venture to guess what they might do.” Aside from being an ath-letic group, TMT is an impor-

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the 96 runners on the tufts marathon team are preparing for the Boston marathon on monday.

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Med school adds public health doctorate degree

The Tufts University School of Medicine will now offer a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree program, to enroll its first class in the fall of 2013. Associate Program Director of DrPH Janet Forrester explained that demand from students in the Masters in Public Health program was a major factor in the degree’s creation. “Many of [the students] expressed an interest in stay-ing at Tufts after they completed their Masters in Public Health,” Forrester, who is also an associ-ate professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, said. The program was designed to respond to an increased demand for public health professionals, according to Aviva Must, dean of Public Health and Professional Degree Programs and a pro-fessor in and chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine. “There is a projected workforce need for well-trained doctoral level public health professionals,” Must told the Daily in an email. The School of Medicine also felt the medical community would benefit from a doctoral program in public health through Tufts. “We thought that Tufts had unique strengths that we could bring to address this need,” Forrester said. The School of Medicine had wanted to create a doctorate pro-

gram in this area for some time, Forrester said. A committee com-prised of public health faculty cre-ated a strategic plan and decided a doctoral program would be the goal, she said. “A committee of interested faculty worked for over a year to research existing programs, define our particular emphases, establish the curriculum and develop a comprehensive pro-posal,” Must said. Public health faculty at the School of Medicine also want-ed to train students at the doc-toral level. “Our faculty [was] eager to train a select group of students at the doctoral level to provide leader-ship in public health,” Must said. Forrester added that for faculty, training doctoral students is a dif-ferent and rewarding experience. “It adds richness to your life to train students who are one step away from being your colleagues,” she said. The program’s faculty will come from the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, faculty in related fields from around the university and adjunct faculty in and outside of Boston, according to Must. Forrester believes that Tufts’ dedication to faculty collaboration in teaching and research will add a unique interdisciplinary dimen-sion to the program. “This is an excellent environ-ment for the training of doctoral students with an interdisciplinary focus,” she said.

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High-stakes standardized testing comes under harsher scrutiny by Jacqueline quander

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There are only two other DrPH pro-grams in New England, and Tufts is the only one with an interdisciplinary focus, according to Forrester. The DrPH program will feature advanced coursework in public health disciplines, one or more apprenticeships to fulfill competen-cies and a dissertation, according to Must. Forrester hopes to bring both an inter-disciplinary focus and academic rigor to the program. “We need to keep the training at a leader-ship and doctoral level,” she said. A DrPH, unlike a Ph.D., is a degree accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. “Because it’s an accredited degree, there are certain skill sets and competencies that are required of everybody,” Forrester said. She added that the program is ideal for students with a Masters in Public Health or another allied health field who want to receive further training after working in a public health field. Although prospective students will be required to have a background in pub-lic health or a Masters in Public Health, the program is intended to serve stu-dents from a wide variety of backgrounds, according to Forrester. “What we hope to be able to offer students is a flexible curriculum that will work with their current skill set,” she said. A committee comprising faculty in the public health field designed the program with the intention of distinguishing it from other

similar programs both in New England and across the country, according to Forrester. The committee determined that leaders trained with an interdisciplinary Doctorate in Public Health were needed in the community. “We are uniquely positioned to answer this need,” Forrester said. The committee then reached out to faculty, colleagues and peers in the public health sec-tor for input, according to Forrester. Following that, the committee created a vision for the

program that we presented to the Board of Trustees, Forrester explained. “This was a vision that many people con-tributed to,” she said. Must hopes the program will benefit both students and the community at large. “I anticipate that through their research our doctoral students will contribute to the evidence base need to effect improvement in public health and health care, locally, nation-ally and globally,” she said.

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tant financial institution: each year, the group generates donations and fundrais-ing in excess of $500,000, Megerle said. According to him, they were able to raise about $597,000 last year for the Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy’s research on adolescent obesity and for a personalized performance program that trains students to become fitness trainers. Marathon training began about a month after last year’s marathon, con-sisting of three mornings each week, Megerle said. Runners begin on Tuesdays with repeated lap-running exercise called intervals, increasing speed with each lap and then repeating the exercise with a longer distance. Wednesday and Sunday see longer runs, usually seven to 11 miles, with training on the actual marathon course on Sundays. Scott Snyder, a first year student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a new member of the team, is running his first Boston Marathon this year. He recalled seeing a number of others training on the course during the long practices. “You’ll see thousands of other runners, because they’re all training for the mara-

thon as well,” Snyder said. “You get to know the routes, you get to know the people running it and obviously you get to know your teammates really well.” Snyder ran his first marathon last sum-mer in Inner Mongolia and said that he chose to run in Boston because of the his-tory and variation in the race. “There’s a bunch of hills right smack in the middle of it, which makes it pret-ty difficult, and you never know what you’re going to get in terms of weather,” Snyder said. “Last year, it was 85, 90 degrees and people were dropping like flies. You’ve got headwinds, tailwinds, it could be snowing or raining ... Plus, the crowds are just huge.” Megerle expressed little worry about the conditions on race day. During the 11-month training season, he said, the team runs regardless of the weather, brav-ing even two-foot snowstorms to keep their schedule intact. Joe Lessard (E ’12) said Megerle made an effort to connect with every team member, even through the toughest parts of training. As the race approaches, runners enter the taper period, in which they reduce their workouts, carefully watch their food

intake and allow their bodies to heal, con-serving energy for the big race, according to Megerle. Ironically, this is a particularly trying time for runners, who have become used to regular and intense exercise over the past months, Lessard said. “It’s a tough time of year, because men-tally you have to be tough,” Lessard said. “Everyone goes through that period of self-doubt where you’re saying, ‘I should be running, am I gaining weight?’ You’re basically just sitting on the couch. Having someone who can talk to you about it and anticipate those times is great. [Megerle] knew exactly what to say and exactly what I needed.” On Monday, Megerle will watch from prepared posts at the nine-mile mark and the finish line, he said. Virtually all of the team will complete the race — only one student failed to cross the finish line last year, according to Megerle. “To see the runners at [mile] nine, it’s indescribable,” he said. “Then, to see them at the finish...Larry [Bacow], he started coming with me to the finish line. His first year, he said, ‘This is unbelievable, I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.’ It’s so powerful.”

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classes, but not of everything,” she said. While scores do not count as the entire measure of a student, they do work as a part of an entire picture of that stu-dent’s academic profile. According to Schildkraut, it would be unfair to admit students who clearly are not up to the same academic level of others, and these scores are an initial indication. “I suspect it might be useful to weed out people who can’t succeed here. If their scores are really that poor, it is not doing them any favors if they’re going to be really struggling while they’re here,” she said. Freshman Spencer McCleod said stan-dardized testing scores were his forte, but that SAT scores weren’t necessarily his only

selling point. Having known people with extreme testing anxiety and inability to concentrate in high stress testing environ-ments, McCleod says that factors other than testing should carry more weight. “Grades and tests aren’t always indic-ative of learning aptitude. They should have several different ways of evaluating people,” he said. While interviews are one way to include a more personal factor in the col-lege acceptance process, McCleod main-tained that it is not sufficient. “When you interview people, you may just get a school of people who can express themselves really well,” he said. “And you can’t interview every applicant.” Tufts and many other colleges use standardized testing in order to maintain

their environment of high academic rigor. However, more and more academic insti-tutions are moving away from relying on SATs and ACTs in admissions. According to a November survey by the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, over 800 colleges and universities no longer require SAT and ACT scores. Bowdoin and Middlebury colleges are among two schools ranked in the U.S. News & World Report’s top ten liberal arts college, who have made SAT and ACT scores optional. Tufts will continue to actively apply standardizes testing scores in its appli-cation process, according to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Lee Coffin. “There has not been a change in our policy, nor will there be,” he told the Daily in an email.

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There are not many fancy restau-rants in Boston that are economical for college students. There are a few,

however, that everyone should expe-rience at least once. Parents in town? Celebrating a recent job or internship offer? Look no further than Boston’s Mistral. Located in Back Bay, just a few blocks from Newbury Street, this upscale, French-inspired eatery offers unbelievable service and one of the best wine selections in Boston. Check the weather for next week-end, find a warm sunny day and call Mistral a week in advance to make a reservation for the chosen evening. Enjoy a warm excursion in Boston the day of your reservation and be sure to end up around Copley Square. If you are commuting by T, it’s a breeze to

take the red line inbound to Park St and switch to green line to Copley, or to simply enjoy the 10-minute walk from the Common to Copley Square. Of course if driving is an option, the valet service right in front of the res-

taurant is exceptionally convenient. Mistral is not immediately notice-able, as all you see from the street are its massive windows and the word

The long-awaited, hotly debated and fresh-off-the-press book “Lean In,” writ-ten by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, is

a manual for women and men, novice and experienced professionals, feminists and non-feminists alike. This is a book that has re-energized a national movement for women, encouraging them to lean into their careers and step into positions of power. Sandberg has arguably embarked on the most ambitious mission to reframe the conversation of gender inequality since the launch of Ms. magazine in 1971. In “Lean In,” Sandberg argues that the status quo for women is not good enough and that women need to demand more until true equity is reached. She explains that men still run the world and laments, “I’m not sure that’s going so well.” Sandberg’s debut as a feminist advo-cate began with a 2010 TED talk where she first illustrated her “lean in” message. She furthered her success and popular-ity after a 2011 Barnard commencement speech that also went viral. Sandberg’s book has been at the top of the New York Times Bestsellers list for the third con-secutive week since its release in early March. “Lean In” is stirring quite the con-troversy among women — and men — in the United States. Critics of the book are quick to dismiss her arguments simply because she is rich, powerful and privi-leged. But while Sandberg cannot relate to all of her readers, she has important information to share. Sandberg comes across in this book as smart, funny, likable and honest. Speaking about difficult issues like the wage gap between women and men, or stereotypical expectations based on gender, Sandberg invokes emotion and personal stories to make her point. She bravely writes, “I still face situations that I fear are beyond my capabilities. I still have days when I feel like a fraud. And I still sometimes find myself spoken over

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Facebook Coo Sheryl Sandberg’s new book has been at the top of the Ny times Bestsellers list since its release in early March.

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A cool atmosphere and expansive windows make Mistral the ideal eatery for a warm spring evening.

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N o, this column is not an ode to the 1987 movie. Having said that, if you haven’t seen it, do so. But first, please read on.

Deciding on the “best” form of travel is not easy. Some methods are better for your health, some better for your environment and some better for your wallet. So, what form of travel is really best? Clearly, this is a column relating to sustainability, so I will discuss trans-portation from the angle I know best. Please note that all of my calcula-tions for this article have been done using a carbon calculator and using a trip from Boston to New York City as an example. All calculations are in metric tons of carbon dioxide per person. These are the results I found. Planes have the largest footprint by far. On a trip from Boston to New York City, they produce about .238 met-ric tons of carbon dioxide per person travelling. They were followed by cars, which produce .10 metric tons of car-bon dioxide on a New York-Boston trip. Trains only produce .05 metric tons of carbon dioxide on this journey. The subway produces .03 metric tons and the bus .04 metric tons. Now, keep in mind that most people will not take a subway from Boston to New York City. In fact, if you have suddenly found a subway system that runs between these two cities, please do not ride on it. I am almost certain it is not legitimate. Anyway, subways are a bit better then buses, so given the option on your com-mute around Boston, take the subway. For one trip, the difference is negligible, but for an entire year, the commute can add up. A one-mile trip to and from work on the subway every day for an entire year would save .03 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person, assuming the alternative is the bus. Three-hundredths of a metric ton sounds like a small amount, so why does saving that much carbon diox-ide matter? The average person pro-duces 4.9 tons of Carbon dioxide a year. It is said that in order to stop the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide, each person must reduce their footprint by half. In other words, each person should emit, at most, 2.45 tons per year. Unfortunately, in the United States in 2011, each person produced an average of 17.3 tons of carbon diox-ide. Consider that. According to the EPA, 27 percent of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions came from transportation in 2010. This means that using alter-native forms of transportation is an effective way to reduce your environ-mental impact. Obviously, the best thing people can do is walk, run or bike to get where they need to go. Replacing forms of transportation that require fossil fuels is a step in the right direction and the benefits to human health and individ-ual finances are an added bonus. If you are comfortable biking, do so. If not, Tufts Bikes occasionally hosts rides to help you acclimate, and the Office of Sustainability has bike maps. They are coded with good routes to take, and they show where the bike racks are and where to borrow a bike. Want to get from A to B the old fash-ioned way? I’ve taken to jogging to CVS or the grocery store if I need to pick up one or two items. It’s easy, my con-science feels better and I’m healthier for it. It also gives me an excuse to take a break from writing papers, studying and reading articles to be outside and explore the world around me.

Danielle Jenkins is a senior majoring in English and environmental studies. She can be reached at danielle.jenkins@tufts.edu.

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and discounted while men sitting next to me are not. But now I know how to take a deep breath and keep my hand up. I have learned to sit at the table.” One chapter in the book addresses an “ambition gap” we see between women and men. She explains how Warren Buffett once stated that the reasons for his success were that he was competing with only half of the population. “A truly equal world,” Sandberg writes, “would be one where women ran half our countries and compa-nies and men ran half our homes.” To illus-trate the point of why this hasn’t changed, Sandberg cites a statistic that when men and women remember their performance, men remember it as slightly better, while women remember it as slightly worse. When men are asked why they succeed professionally, they attribute it to their own core skills, while women give the credit of their professional success to working hard, help from others and luck. Sandberg explains that women sys-tematically reach for fewer opportuni-ties than men, which perpetuates the cyclical trend of fewer women holding positions of power. Women have held fewer than 25 percent of the top jobs in America for the past ten years, and there has been little progress or change in this statistic. Even women working low-wage jobs or about to start their first job can learn a lesson from “Lean In.” By learning to negotiate a starting salary, ask for a raise, sit at the table and lean in to their careers, women can drastically change the system of ineq-uity that plagues our nation. Chelsea Clinton eloquently summarized the book, writing, “‘Lean In’ poses a set of ambitious challenges to women: to cre-ate the lives we want, to be leaders in our work, to be partners in our homes and to be champions of other women.”

Sandberg sends feminist message in new bookLeANcontinued from page 3

“Mistral” above its door. Simply peer in a window and you will see the well-lit interior. Mistral boasts massive windows and high ceilings, and is located only a few blocks away from the Charles River. The restaurant staff raises the long curtains, and at dusk when the sun sets, the light floods in through the windows, completely illuminating the space with the light of the gloaming. It is highly recommended that patrons make their reservations for six or seven p.m. so they can enjoy the bread — Mistral’s olive oil and butter are phenomenal — and a glass of white wine before the sun sets and the meal begins. Prepare for a four-course meal, and order to share. The menu is by no means large, but all the offerings are delicious. The raw tuna tartar starter is perfect with a glass of white wine. Perhaps try the Chateau de Sancerre, which is the best white they have to offer — but also the most expensive. Despite the price, you won’t regret this indulgence. The mussels, as well as the ravioli, are also great starters. When it comes to the entree, order the thin-crust pizza with beef tenderloin and white truffle oil and pair it with one of the two risotto sides, a few appetizers or the grilled Faroe Island salmon. When it comes time for the entree, you can ask the waiter for wine pair-ings based on your chosen entrees. The dessert is well portioned, not too big or too heavy, and is a must regardless of how full you are. Order a couple and pass around spoons. It can be hard to decide, so the tasting plate is a good way to go if you want to share with a friend or two. Still, there’s no getting around the fact that Mistral is pricy. Prepare to spend — or let your parent, relative or friend spend — more than $200 on dinner for two. The restaurant is well

worth the money, however, as the atmosphere, food, wine and service are unbeatable. Mistral is one of the best restaurants in Boston and will

become a fast personal favorite. Find a reason to eat here soon, while the sun is setting late, and enjoy some of the best food this city has to offer.

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Mistral’s dishes offer exciting and delicious flavors, though they are often fairly expensive.

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Jumbos look to maintain consistency against Trinity

Despite sleet forecasts that pushed this weekend’s series against Trinity back a day, the Tufts baseball team is still ready to try its luck against the first-place Bantams. The Jumbos come into Saturday’s doubleheader as winners of five straight games,

including a four-game sweep over Hamilton last weekend. With their confidence at a sea-son-high, there is no better time for coach John Casey’s crew to face off against the top team in the division. “It’s nice to have that momentum and have the wind at your back,” junior tri-captain pitcher Christian Sbily said. “We’ve been playing

good baseball, and if we can keep doing what we’ve been doing, we can have a success-ful weekend.” After hovering around .500 for the first third of the season, the team has been heating up due to strong performances over the past week both on the mound and at the plate. “Identifying our goals and being in the swing of things

have helped us a lot, especially for the younger guys,” senior tri-captain Eric Weikert said. More importantly, how-ever, the Jumbos have been extremely consistent on a day-to-day basis, something that they will have to continue to do if they hope to beat a Trinity team that is looking to finish first in the division for the second year in a row. “We’ve realized that we’re not good enough to take a day off and just show up,” Weikert said. “Every practice day is really important, and as we move further into NESCAC play it’s become obvious that if we don’t bring our A-game every pitch and every at-bat ... we’re going to get beat.” Tufts will look to bring that mentality into their games against Trinity, as both Weikert and Sbily stressed the impor-tance of treating these games like any others and looking past the Bantams’ impressive record. “Trinity is always fun to play, because they’re a good team ... and we want to come out and beat them all three games, but in the grand scheme of things every NESCAC game is important,” Weikert said. “It’s important regardless of your opponent to come out and beat whoever you’re playing, because in the end it’s only the top two teams in the division that make the playoffs.” Despite the emphasis on

downplaying Trinity’s talent, there is little doubt that, after being outscored in two losses by 19 last season, the Jumbos will be seeking some revenge. The key matchup this time around pits the Tufts offense, whose team batting average is second in the NESCAC at .319, against the dynamic Trinity pitching staff, which boasts a league-leading 2.70 ERA across the staff. Tufts is only 1-3 when they score two runs or fewer this season, so getting on the board early and often will be essen-tial if the Jumbos hope to pull off the upset. Junior leadoff hitter Scott Staniewicz is an important catalyst for Tufts’ offense, leading the team in batting average at .397, and is second in runs scored with 19. Sophomore third baseman Wade Hauser, who hit the team’s first home run on April 2 at Brandeis, will also have to continue his strong season, as he has been the main source of run production for the Jumbos with 20 runs scored and 16 RBIs. If Hauser, who knocked three hits and drove in three runs against the Bantams last year, can build on his strong play, the team will have no problem scoring. “We just can’t give Trinity opportunities to beat us,” Sbily said. “We need to seize the opportunities to beat them and not beat ourselves.”

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in a delayed weekend doubleheader, Tufts looks to overtake first-place Trinity.

Women’s lAcrosse

Jumbos host showdown with No. 10 Amherst Entering the final weeks of the regu-lar season, the No. 17 women’s lacrosse team will continue to face some of the toughest competition across Div. III. After a four-game stretch in which Tufts beat Williams last weekend and Wheaton 13-4 on Thursday night but suffered losses to the nation’s elite in No. 1 Trinity and No. 3 Middlebury, there is little reprieve for the Jumbos as they host No. 10 Amherst on Saturday. With the NESCAC tournament just two weeks away, the Jumbos are hop-ing for a strong finish in their final four games to improve their seeding in the tournament. Currently sitting at seventh with a 2-4 conference record, Tufts would be slated to face Middlebury, a conference juggernaut, in the first round of the tournament if the season ended today. “After the two losses, we know it’s now or never,” junior midfielder Eliza Halmo said. “Saturday’s game is a must-win, not because it would potentially help us avoid a low seed, but because it is a great chance to prove ourselves,” she added. Luckily for the Jumbos, the team received a boost when junior attacker Gabby Horner returned from injury last weekend against Williams, adding a spark to a struggling offense. “[Horner’s] presence brings rhythm back into the offense,” Halmo said. “When she returned, our attack was much more crisp and patient. I think we learned that it’s hard to replace her.” On the defensive side of the ball, the Jumbos are still trying to figure things out. With senior defenseman and co-captain Meg Boland and senior goalkeeper Tess Shapanka, the only two returning players from last year’s defensive unit, Tufts has struggled to play to its

potential for a full 60 minute contest. “We really held our own against Middlebury in the first half,” Boland said. “After the second half, however, we learned that we really need to work on our intensity and winning 50/50 balls.” Against Middlebury, one of the nation’s best, the Jumbos displayed resilience throughout the first half, only trailing by three at the break. Coach Carol Rappoli’s squad was unable to maintain its level of intensity, how-

ever, in the third and fourth quarters as Tufts allowed seven unanswered goals that put the game out of reach. At 6-4 overall, the Jumbos’ record is not indicative of a mediocre team, but rather of the staunch level of competi-tion they’ve faced. Every loss has come against one of the top 16 teams in the country, and only to Trinity did Tufts lose by more than seven goals. However, the Jumbos realize that

tough competition is a part of the gauntlet that is the NESCAC, as seven conference schools rank among the nation’s top 20. If Tufts wants to make a run in the conference tournament and receive a bid for the NCAAs, they have to close out the regular season strong, starting with Amherst. “Our record is not indicative of where the team is at,” Boland said. “We know it’s crunch time.”

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The women’s lacrosse team is looking to improve its 2-4 record ahead of a matchup with amherst saturday.

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