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Volume 53 Issue No. 6 www.harvardvarsityclub.org April 1, 2011 Men’s Basketball Clinches First Ivy Championship! Harvard and Princeton share 2011 Ivy League Title by Brock Malone the All-Ivy League second team. Classmate Christian Webster ’13 Intern, Athletic Communications rounded out the group of Harvard players earning league honors, garnering honorable mention. Each of The 2010-11 Harvard men’s the four, Wright (three times), Curry basketball season was record- (once), Casey (once) and Webster setting in many facets, as the (once) were selected as Player of the team reached plateaus previously Week in the Ivy League throughout unheard of in the 100-year history the season, while freshman Laurent of the team. The Crimson recorded Rivard earned Ivy Rookie of the Week 23 victories for the first time in honors on three occasions. one season, were a record-setting Harvard stormed out of the gates 14-0 at Lavietes Pavilion, went a in the early portion of the season, win- program-best 12-2 in Ancient Eight ning five of its first six heading into play, earned a share of the Ivy December. The Crimson picked up League title, and received a berth in wins on the road at Mercer and Bryant, the National Invitation Tournament while also defeating Big XII member for the first time ever. Colorado and Atlantic-10 member The Crimson also scooped up Keith Wright (above) and fans (below) celebrate the first Ivy Fordham at home. a number of individual awards Title for men’s basketball while students stormed the court. Following a 2-2 stretch, the and honors in 2010-11. Head coach (Courtesy : Athletic Communications) Crimson kicked off an eight-game win Tommy Amaker, who is 66-51 in streak with a 74-69 victory over Mon- his four years at Harvard, garnered mouth. After an 84-58 drubbing of the National Association of Basket- MIT to cap 2010, the Crimson headed ball Coaches (NABC) All-District to Conte Forum where it knocked off Coach of the Year award for District Boston College for the third time in 13. as many seasons. Rivard dropped in Four student-athletes were a career-high 23 points, going 6-of-6 honored by the Ivy League for their from the charity stripe and 7-15 from play on the court also. Junior co- the field. Webster matched Rivard’s captain Keith Wright was tabbed 6-for-6 mark from the free throw line, the Ivy League Player of the Year, as the Crimson converted 23-of-24 at- marking the first time since Joe tempts as a team. Carrabino ’84-85 that a Harvard The Crimson kicked off Ivy player earned the award. Wright League play by topping Dartmouth was also a unanimous selection to 68-53 on Jan. 8. Wright recorded one the All-Ivy first-team, while guard of his 12 double-doubles on the sea- Brandyn Curry ’13 and forward Kyle Casey ’13 were selected to son, contributing a team-high 16 points and grabbing 12 boards Continued on page 4

Spring Sports Recaps Track & Field Women’s Golf (0-2) • The track and field team traveled to Texas for spring break to • The women’s golf team compete in the “Meeting of the Minds” against Rice University. traveled to California for Many Crimson athletes took home first place finishes including spring break to play Cali- Christina Twicken ’14 with a time of 55.47 in the 400 meter dash, fornia Berkeley. Although Melissa Bellin ’13 who won the 400 hurdles in a time of 1:03.54, the team suffered a loss Shannon Watt ’13 with a mark of 13.86 meters in the shot put, 289-315, freshman Bonnie and Hannah Mayer ’14 who threw 46.88 meters in the javelin. Hu tied for the individual • For the men, first place finishers included John Dingus ’12 medalist with a 71 (-1). who ran the 400 meters in 48.51 seconds and Nico Weiler ’12 Hu birdied four times who cleared 4.85 meters in the pole vault. and notched 11 pars on the day. Both captain Softball (14-10, 0-0 Ivy League) Mia Kabasakalis ’11 and Christine Cho ’12 fin- • The softball team is heading into Ivy play this weekend having ished in the top 10 in the won five of its last six games. Co-captain Ellen Macadam ’11 tournament with scores leads the Crimson with .456 batting average and a .684 slugging of 81 and 83, respectively. percentage with four homeruns. Macadam started the season on • The following weekend fire, where she was named Ivy League Player of the Week and the team played Rollins Coop Athlete of the Week in early March. College in Florida, where • Freshman third baseman Kasey Lange is also making her Jane Lee ’12 came in mark early batting .333. Lange leads the team in RBI with 21 and second in the tourna- doubles with eight. ment with a score of • Rachel Brown ’12 and Laura Ricciardone ’14 have shared time 85. Harvard will play in the circle this year. Brown has been named Ivy Pitcher of the Georgetown in its next Week twice already this year while keeping a 1.72 ERA with 156 tournament on April 4. Bonnie Hu ’14 strike outs. Spring Sports Recaps (cont.) Men’s Lacrosse (6-2, 1-1 Ivy) Women’s Lacrosse (3-3, 2-1 Ivy) • Harvard has started off its season undefeated at home, with a • The Crimson is coming off of a strong week of play where the 5-0 record, including big wins over nationally ranked George- team defeated Yale 19-3 and Johns Hopkins 12-8. Against Yale, town and UMass. Harvard, at the time ranked No. 20, upset the sophomores Danielle Tetreault and Jennifer VanderMeulen Minutemen last Tuesday in a thrilling game that ended with an both notched four goals apiece. Harvard totaled 33 shots on the 11-9 victory. Junior day to Yale’s 13, and held Yale scoreless in the second half. Tet- Jeff Cohen and reault and VanderMeulen lead the team in goals, both with 17, senior co-captain while Jess Halpern ’12 is first on the team in shooting percent- Dean Gibbons age. both recorded • Kerry Clark ’12 has seen all the time in the net this year with hat tricks on the 36 saves and a .356 save average. night with Gib- • Harvard will play New Hampshire and Virginia this weekend bons notching the at home in Harvard Stadium. game-winning goal. Senior Matt Women’s Lightweight Crew Hull had three assists on the night • In its first meet on the Charles River, women’s lightweight as well as a goal of crew tallied two wins against Tulsa University and MIT. Rad- his own. The senior cliffe’s first varsity four boat finished first in the race by 18.7 had seven ground seconds, while its third varsity four boat came in third behind balls and a forced Tulsa. The second varsity eight boat finished its race in 8:33.0 turnover for the seconds, more than 40 seconds faster than MIT. Crimson. • Radcliffe will next travel to Georgetown to row in the Class of • Cohen leads the 2004 cup on April 9. team in goals this season with 21, while Gibbons has the most points, with 18 goals and 11 assists. Harry Krieger ’13 has seen most of the time in the net this sea- son, tallying 82 saves with a .522 save percentage. • The Crimson next travel to Albany to play the Great Danes on Sunday, April 2. Baseball (3-16, 0-0 Ivy) • Atop Harvard’s offense are three players all hitting .333—An- drew Hatch ’11, Sean O’Hara ’11, and Jeff Reynolds ’11. Marcus Way ’12 leads the team in slugging percentage (.464) with four doubles, a triple, and two homeruns. • Last weekend, Harvard split a four game series with NYIT. Men’s Volleyball (7-10, 0-4 Hay Division) Dillon O’Neill ’11 and O’Hara each had a pair of hits on the day. • The men’s volleyball team traveled to southern California for On Wednesday, the Crimson lost its home opener against Holy spring break, where they faced some of the best teams in the Cross, 11-6. country. Although the team’s record may not reflect success, • Max Perlman ’11 leads the Crimson pitching staff with a 1-3 Harvard fought hard and took away a win from the No. 1 team record and a 1.85 ERA, striking out 25 in 24.1 innings. Senior in the country, USC. Prior to this trip, the Crimson were able to Eric Eadington has pitched the second-most innings (22.1) and defeat Ivy League rival Princeton in five games. recorded 25 strikeouts with an ERA of 4.84. • Junior co-captain Matt Jones leads the team in kills with 224 and a 3.61 kill per set ratio. He also leads the team with 266 total Men’s Lightweight Crew points. Classmate and fellow co-captain Dan Schreff continues to anchor the Crimson in the libero position with 108 digs on the • The Harvard lightweight crew opened the 2011 spring season season. Rob Lothman ’13 leads the team with 527 assists. by winning four of five races, including all three varsity events • Harvard will look for its first conference win of the season this against Delaware Saturday morning on the Charles River. The weekend at Sacred Heart on April 1. varsity eight boat won its race by 11.1 seconds, while the second and third varsity boats won their races by 19.6 seconds and 16.7 seconds, respectively. Women’s Tennis (5-6, 0-0 Ivy) • Harvard will begin its Ivy schedule the weekend of April 9th • Co-captain Holly Cao ’12 has led the Crimson to a No. 53 rank- against Penn and Cornell. ing. Cao has a 16-2 record on the season, going 9-0 at the No. 1 position. • In its most recent win, Harvard defeated San Francisco 6-1. Men’s Tennis (11-7, 0-0 Ivy) Hideko Tachibana ’13 and Kristin Norton ’13 notched victories in straight sets, while Natalie Blosser ’14 and Hannah Morrill • Men’s tennis enters the first weekend of Ivy League play this ’14 added two more wins for the Crimson in the No. 5 and No. 6 weekend in good shape, winning five of its last six contests. Over positions. spring break, the team traveled to San Diego, Calif. where they • Harvard will open the Ivy League season this weekend, travel- went 2-1 on the weekend, defeating Denver and UAB, winning ling to Columbia and Cornell. the Consolation Championship. • Doubles partners Casey MacMaster ’14 and captain Aba Omodele-Lucien ’11 and Alistair Felton ’12 and Andy Nguyen Women’s Water Polo (11-9; 2-2 ECAC) ’13 both notched wins in the tournament defeating their oppo- nents 8-2 and 8-4, respectively. • While women’s water polo began the season with six straight • Harvard will host Cornell and Columbia this weekend in its wins, the team has struggled as of late. Still, the Crimson holds first test of Ivy League competition. an even record in conference play with seven conference games to go. • Co-captain Devan Kennifer ’12 currently leads the team in Women’s Heavyweight Crew goals, with 50. Following close behind are Monica Zdrojewski • The women’s heavyweight crew teams opened the first race of ’12 (39) and Aisha Price ’13 (35). Kennifer and Price also lead the the year against Tulsa University, where the varsity boat won the team in steals with 56 and 37, respectively. Playmaker Shannon 2K race by 28 seconds. The second varsity was even more domi- Purcell ’12 has proven vital for Harvard this year tallying 30 nant, pulling away early and finishing in 7:48.0. Tulsa was more assists thus far. In the net, Laurel McCarthy ’12 has accumulated than half a minute back in 8:18.2. The Radcliffe third varsity fol- 118 saves on the season. lowed in 9:02.2. • In Harvard’s last game against Wagner, Kennifer scored five • Radcliffe will next race against Brown in Cambridge on April goals and tallied five steals to help the Crimson to a 12-8 non- 2nd. conference victory. 2 Crimson Commentary * by Melissa Schellberg ’10 On April 10, 2011, the Harvard men’s soccer team will play Special Assistant, Harvard Varsity Club the Haitian National Team in Har- vard Stadium at 5:00 p.m. The Haiti hris Dubose ’71 has just completed his first published National Team will endure a five- book, The Arc of Intersection. The novel’s content rises day benefit tour throughout New from Dubose’s 35 years of experience as an English England in hopes to raise funds for C teacher and basketball coach in the New England Partners in Health, an organization area. The book follows main characters James that helps relief efforts in Haiti. “We and Ben through a high school basketball season. are thrilled to host our friends from As noted by the Amazon book description, The Haiti,” said Virginia B. and James O. Arc of Intersection “conveys the passion of high Welch ’52 Head Coach for Harvard school sports, the richness of the endeavor, Men’s Soccer, Carl Junot. “Together and the tenuousness of success.” The book is with Partners in Health and the ad- available online at Amazon.com and also at the ministration at Dartmouth, we hope Harvard Square Coop. that this extended weekend of games * will be a large benefit to Partner’s In It is a bittersweet feeling to officially an- Health’s work in Haiti.” nounce that Harvard Athletics ticket manager, Harvard hopes to help the Erin Hobin-Audet, will be leaving; but don’t Haitian team raise money to assist worry, she’s only moving across the river! Erin will be moving to in the reconstruction of Haiti after the Harvard Alumni Association where she will be an Assistant the colossal 7.0 M earthquake that Director in the FAS Donor Relations Department. We will miss her struck Jan. 12, 2010. Gates will open dearly! at Harvard Stadium at 4:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $10 * each online at gocrimson.com or by calling the ticket office at (617) Hello World! There are two new babies in the Varsity Club 495-2211. family this month! Associate Director of Athletics Nathan Fry and * his wife Michelle are proud parents of their first child, Parker Fry, ECAC Hockey has released its all-time top 50 players as who was born on February 10, 2011. Friends of Soccer chair Emily part of its 50th Anniversary celebration. The list was officially Keenan also welcomed a baby boy, Mack James Keenan, into the completed March 16 and includes six Harvard players. The top world on March 14, 2011. We wish both parents the 50 players were determined by a selection committee best of luck with their newborns! made up of ten former coaches and media members. * These honorees were chosen from 145 players. The Peter Woodfork ’99 was recently promoted to following players (all of whom have been inducted to Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations at Ma- the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame) were named jor League Baseball. Peter will be working under to the ECAC Hockey Top 50 team: Mark Fusco ’83, Joe former MLB manager Joe Torre. Peter rejoins MLB Cavanagh ’71, Gene Kinasewich ’64, Harvard Varsity from the Arizona Diamondbacks where he was a Club President Lane MacDonald ’88-89 (pictured left), Vice President and Assistant General Manager. Pe- Scott Fusco ’85, and Dave Johnston ’63. Serving on the ter was an infielder for the Crimson in the late 90s selection committee were former ECAC Hockey com- where he helped lead the team to three consecutive missioner Joe Bertagna ’73 and former Harvard head Photo Courtesy hockey coach and athletics director Bill Cleary ’56. Ivy League Championships (1997, 1998, and 1999). Athletic Communications. Crimson Photo Gallery A B

C A) Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey, Katey Stone, with seniors (left to right) Katharine Chute, Leanna Coskren, Kate Buesser, Liza Ryabkina, Ashley Wheeler, and Debo- rah Conway at the Women’s Hockey Team Awards Brunch.

B) Women’s Lacrosse Alumnae came together on Saturday, March 26 for Alumnae Day at Harvard Stadium. The women’s lacrosse team pounded Yale that day, 19-3.

C) Tom Mannix ’81 (left) and fifteen Men’s Basketball alumni hit the phones on March 5 to help raise money for the Friends of Harvard Basketball.

3 Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame 2011 On May 6, the Harvard Varsity Club will welcome eight new Katherine Felsen Di Pietro ’88 (lacrosse) members into the illustrious Hall of Fame. A list of these inductees • First Team All-America 1988 and a few of their accomplishments follow below. As a reminder, • Ivy League Player of the Year 1988 all Active Members of the Varsity Club are welcome to join us for • Four time All-Ivy League (1985, 1986, 1987, this event at the Harvard Club of Boston. 1988) For more information, and to reserve a spot at the dinner, please contact the Varsity Club at (617) 495-3535. Michael J. Eckert ’96 (lacrosse) • Four time All-Ivy League (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Tal D. Ben-Shachar ’96 (squash) • Harvard’s all-time assists and points • Led team to four straight National and Ivy leader League Championships • 1996 Ivy League Co-Player of the • Two time Ivy League Player of the Year Year • Four time First Team All-Ivy • 1995 National Champion, Three Time All-Amer- ican Amy E. Reinhard ’96 (softball) • First Team All-Ivy League (1995, 1996) • In top-ten of 13 different offensive record categories Gregory Chang ’96 (fencing) • 1996 Nominee NCAA Woman of the Year • 1996 National Qualifier and All-Amer- ican • First Team All-Ivy League (1996, 1997) Darin Shearer ’96 (track • 1996 National Champion Runner-up and field) in Foil • First Team All-Ivy League in 1000 meters (Indoor, 1994, 1995, 1996) Vanya H. Desai ’93 • 1996 All-America in steeplechase (Outdoor) (squash) • Set school record 8:45.02 in steeplechase at Hep- • Ivy League Player of the Year (1992-93) tagonal Championships in 1996 • Three time All-American (1990-91, 1992- 93, 1994-95) Kwame van Leeuwen ’95 (fencing) • Member of two WISA Team Champion- • NCAA Champion in foil (1995) ships (1991-92, 1992-93) • Four time All-American (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) • Four time First Team All-Ivy (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

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continued from Ivy League Champions, page 1 against the Big Green. Harvard wrapped up its out-of-conference Princeton would defeat Penn the following Tuesday, forcing schedule at George Washington on Jan. 15, coming back from an Ivy League playoff with the Crimson which would take place seven points down at the half to knock off the Colonials, 67-62. March 12 at Yale with the automatic berth to the NCAA tourna- Co-captain Oliver McNally ’11 ment up for grabs. In what was a tense back-and-forth battle, the and Rivard each scored a game- Tigers hit a shot as the buzzer sounded to knock off the Crimson, high 16 points. McNally also 63-62. dished out four assists, secured Harvard’s season did not end in New Haven though, as the three rebounds and made three Crimson was invited the following night to participate in the NIT. steals. Harvard traveled to Stillwater, Okla. to take on Oklahoma State in Three more Ivy victories over the first round, dropping a tough game to the Cowboys, 71-54. Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell The Crimson finished the season ranked 35th in the Ratings wrapped up January and the Percentage Index, the highest team to not be selected to the NCAA Crimson’s eight-game win streak tournament. Harvard knocked off teams from nine different con- before Princeton took a tough four- ferences, including teams from two BCS conferences. This season point win from Harvard. Harvard marked the fourth straight season that the Crimson earned a vic- quickly got back in the win column tory over a BCS conference opponent. the following night, battling past Several individual Crimson players engraved their name in Penn in double overtime, thanks to the Harvard history books in 2010-11. McNally set a new school a baseline drive by McNally which record for free throw percentage he snuck in for the game-winning in a season, making 92.6 percent lay-up. (100-108) of his attempts. Curry The win over Penn began a finished tied for the third-most six-game win streak for the Crim- assists in one season, dishing Kyle Casey scored a season-high 24 son, giving it a 10-1 conference out 178 assists to tie Glenn Fine points against Princeton on Mar. 5. record. After a heartbreaking loss ’79. Wright tied three former to archrival Yale, 70-69, Harvard Crimson for the second-most needed to win its final two games against Penn and Princeton to blocks in one game, swatting earn at least a share of its first Ivy League title. away six shots against Princeton Harvard easily dispatched Penn, 79-64, as five Crimson play- on March 5. His 54 blocks this ers reached double figures in points. Curry, who tallied 13 points, season is second-most in one handed out a career-high 14 dimes and made four steals in the season by a Harvard player and winning effort. With a showdown against Princeton looming the he currently ranks fourth on the following the night, Harvard would need a similar effort to earn a career list with 106. share of the title and a shot at an NCAA tournament berth. Harvard will only be look- Curry recorded his second straight double-double (10 points, ing to continue the success of 10 rebounds), as the Crimson gave the capacity crowd at Lavietes the 2010-11 season next year, as Pavilion a reason to storm the court, downing the Tigers, 79-67. it will graduate no seniors this Casey, who was 9-of-13 from the field, scored a season-high 24 season. Head coach Tommy Oliver McNally shot 92.6 percent points. The victory, shown live on ESPN3.com, gave Harvard a Amaker has instilled a winning from the free throw line this season. share of its first Ivy League title and the possibility of a one-game mentality at Harvard that culmi- playoff against Princeton for the right to represent the Ancient nated in many records being set Eight at the NCAA tournament via an automatic berth. in 2010-11, that the Crimson will look to break in 2011-12. 4 Winter Sports Round Up Women’s Basketball (18-10, 10-4 Ivy) Fencing (18-10, 10-4 Ivy)

• Women’s basketball ended its season on a high note with a • National Champion! Freshman foil Alexandra Kiefer (pictured 62-55 win versus Ivy League rival Dartmouth. The team finished below) has captured the individual National Championship this tied with Yale for second in the league. Junior Brogan Berry was year, defeating Eve named to First Team All-Ivy League, her third All-Ivy honor in as Levin of Princeton many seasons. Teammates Emma Markley ’11 and Victoria Lip- 15-7. Kiefer tallied pert ’13 were both named to Second Team All-Ivy League while 18 wins in two days freshman Christine Clark tabbed All-Rookie honors. with 103 touches. • Berry averaged 13.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per She entered the game. Along with an outstanding junior season, Berry has joined tournament as a Harvard’s 1,000-point club, just the 15th player to accomplish the No. 2 seed to Penn feat. In fact, only four others prior to Berry have accomplished State’s Doris Wil- this as a junior. She currently ranks 14th all-time in points (1,071) lette. Willette was and sixth all-time in assists (397). taken down by Levin in an upset match. This is the Men’s Ice Hockey (12-21-1, 7-14-1 ECAC) second consecutive • It wasn’t too late for men’s hockey this year which after a rough year Harvard has start, reached the Quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament and produced a female won eight of its last eleven games. Harvard defeated Clarkson in national champion, two games in the first round of the tournament, but lost to Dart- with Caroline Vloka ’12 taking the sabre individual title in 2010. mouth two games to one in a • Vloka looked to defend her title this year but fell once again to very close series. After losing Rebecca Ward of Duke, who went on to take the individual sabre the first game of the Dartmouth title. Noam Mills ’12 fell in the championship bout for the third series, the Crimson came back consecutive time, this year to Courtney Hurley of Notre Dame in with a 2-1 overtime win, but dramatic fashion with a score of 8-7. couldn’t hold on in game three, • On the men’s side, Michael Raynis ’14 and co-captain Valen- losing 4-3. tin Staller ’12 were named All-Americans this season. Raynis • Two Crimson players were finished sixth in the men’s epee while Staller finished ninth in the named to Ivy League teams, men’s sabre. including standout defense- men Danny Biega ’13 (left) and Skiing forward Alex Killorn ’12. Biega was also named to the ECAC • Three skiers competed at the NCAA Ski Championships last All-League team. Biega fin- month where the Crimson finished 17th overall. Rebecca Nadler ished the season first in points ’14 and Catherine Sheils ’13 competed in the giant slolam while (30) and assists (19), and tied Alena Tofte ’13 competed in the 5K Free Technic Nordic event. for second in goals (11). Killorn • Nadler and Shiels are the first-ever Harvard women’s alpine led the team in goals with 15. NCAA qualifiers. Tofte is Harvard’s first Nordic qualifier since 2004 and just the third since Harvard rejoined Division I in 1990. She finished 31st with a time of 15:31.1. Women’s Swimming (6-1, 6-1 Ivy) • Sheils suffered a fall on her first run that set her behind the field, but she finished in impressive fashion with a second run • Along with a second place finish in the Ivy League, the time of 1:06.17. Nadler was also slowed on her opening run women’s swim team earned second place in the ECAC Cham- before clocking in at 1:06.50 to edge Sheils. Nadler finished 20th pionships falling behind New Hampshire by just 1.5 points. overall at nationals while Shiels followed suit finishing at 28th in Courtland Kelly ’13 received Diver of the Meet honors. the event. • At the NCAA Zone Diving Championships, Brittany Powell ’13 and Leslie Rea ’12 each earned a 16th-place finish in the Men’s Swimming (9-0, 7-0 Ivy) three-meter and one-meter dive, respectively. • Ten women earned All-Ivy honors this season. Earning First • The regular season champions were ready to take on Princ- Team honors were Kate Mills ’11, Meghan Leddy ’12, Sara Li eton and the rest of the Ivy League the first weekend of March, ’14, Catherine Zagroba ’12, and Laura Evans ’13. Katy Hinkle but unfortunately fell short by a mere 5.5 points to the Tigers in ’11 was named to the Second Team All-Ivy along with teammates the end. In the final race of the day (the 400 free relay), Harvard Evans, Mills, Jenny Reese ’11, Powell, Li, co-captain Ali Slack trailed Princeton by just 7.5 points. A first-place finish would ’11, and Jenna Gregoire ’14. guarantee Harvard a championship. Although the Crimson did outrace the Tigers, it was Columbia who swiped first place, Wrestling handing Harvard a heartbreaking end to the season. • Harvard senior Zac Ranta was presented with the Ron Keen- • The wrestling team finished 10th at the Eastern Intercollegiate hold Award as the career high-point diver at the Ivy Champion- Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships. Steven Keith ’13 ships. Michael Stanton ’13 was named to First Team All-Ivy. and Walter Peppelman ’13 earned automatic bids to the NCAA • A number of swimmers were named to Second Team including tournament. Keith finished fourth in the 125 pound weight class Ranta, Oliver Lee ’14, Chris Satterthwaite ’14, Danny Crigler in the tournament while ’14, Will Heyburn ’11, Spencer Goodman ’14, and Greg Roop Peppelman finished fifth in ’13. the 157 pound class. • Senior co-captain Andrew Knapp finished sixth in the Women’s Ice Hockey (17-11-4, 14-5-3 ECAC) meet at 285 pounds. Shay Warren ’13 and Cameron • Women’s hockey finished the year 17-11-4, good for second in Croy ’14 also placed in the the ECACs and third in the Ivy League. With a bye for the first meet. Keith and Peppelman round of the ECAC tournament, the Crimson played St. Law- entered the NCAAs with rence for its first series in the Quarterfinals. a 25-15 and a 29-6 overall • Four players were named to All-Ivy teams including sopho- record, respectively. more Josephine Pucci, who was the sole representative on the • Peppelman finished 8th First Team All-Ivy. Tri-captain Liza Ryabkina ’11 and Jillian at the tournament after Dempsey ’13 were named to Second Team and tri-captain losing to Bryce Saddoris Leanna Coskren ’11 was named Honorable Mention. Pucci and of Navy, 4-3—good for Walter Peppelman ’13 Ryabkina were also named to All-ECAC teams while Marissa All-America Honors. He Gedman ’14 made the ECAC all-rookie team. was 33-9 overall and is Harvard’s 25th All-American in program • Tri-captain Kate Buesser ’11 led the Crimson this year with history. This is the sixth year in a row Harvard has produced an 15 goals. Dempsey led the team in points (28) while Coskren All-American. finished first in number of assists (18). 5 HARVARD VARSITY CLUB, INC. Murr Center FIRST CLASS 65 North Harvard Street U.S. POSTAGE Boston, MA PAID 02163-1012 BOSTON, MA (617) 495-3535 PERMIT NO. 53825 Fax: (617) 496-8296

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