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Volume 49 Issue No. 6 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu February 27, 2007 Senior Night Win Over Cornell Boosts Men’s Hockey As ECACHL Playoffs Set To Begin by Casey Hart got a memorable Senior Night and a momentum-building win Assistant Director of Athletic Communications heading into the ECAC Hockey League playoffs. Reese scored the game’s first in the second period. After Cornell tied the score The Harvard men’s hockey team’s 2006-07 senior class had in the third, junior Mike Taylor (Maple Grove, MN) and sopho- not seen any of the previous three classes lose on Senior Night more Jimmy Fraser (Port Huron, MI) scored for a 3-1 victory. Fra- at Bright Hockey Center, but they know a senior-night loss ser assisted on the goals by Reese and Taylor. Senior Justin Tobe sting—especially against your rival. After all, the Crimson visited (Northville, MI) made 26 saves and shared honors as ECACHL Cornell for the Big Red’s final regular-season home game of 2006 Goalie of the Week. and dealt Cornell a 4-3 loss. Following the game, Reese, Tobe and fellow seniors Brendan The Big Red had its chance for revenge this season. Cornell Byrne (Milton, MA), Kevin Du (Spruce Grove, ALB), Ryan Maki came into Bright for Senior (Shelby Township, MI) and Men’s hockey class of 2007: #29 Brendan Byrne, #2 captain Dylan Reese, Night Feb. 24 ranked 16th in the Steve Mandes (Doylestown, #7 Ryan Maki, #27 Kevin Du, #33 Justin Tobe and #16 Steve Mandes. nation. Harvard, meanwhile, photo by dspics.com PA) were honored for their had been playing well of late contributions over four years and was coming off a 4-1 win that have seen the Crimson against Colgate a night earlier, win 72 games and—with but was wrapping up a rocky the 2007 postseason still to regular season. come— two ECACHL titles. But the Crimson had its “It was a great win for the own plans for revenge. class and for the team,” Reese “We talked a little about said, noting that the electric last year’s game up there,” said crowd of more than 3,000 Harvard captain Dylan Reese made the night even more (Pittsburgh, PA). “But we were special. “We wouldn’t have more focused on what they wanted to play any other team did to us earlier this year,” he than Cornell.” added, referring to the Big Red’s But while Reese is a senior, he late rally for a 3-2 win against is also the team captain, and he Harvard Nov. 10 in Ithaca, N.Y. knows this is the time of year “We wanted payback.” when the Crimson gets rolling Reese and his teammates for a long playoff run. Harvard got their payback. They also Continued on page 3 Winter Season Updates Women’s Basketball (12-12, 10-1 Ivy) Men’s Fencing (12-1, 4-1 Ivy)

• The Crimson finished an undefeated month of February • Benji Ungar delivered a 3-0 performance in epee, includ- with an 8-0 record as part of a current nine-game winning ing the winning point, to lift Harvard to a thrilling 14-13 win streak heading into the final week of play. against Columbia at the North Championships, • The month concluded with Harvard clinching at least a allowing the Crimson to earn a piece of the league champion- tie for its 10th Ivy League championship with a 66-51 win at ship for the third straight year. Princeton Feb. 24. • The win against the Bulldogs left Harvard at 4-1 in the • Harvard needs to win just once over its final three games to Ivies, forging a tie with Columbia for the league title. The clinch an outright championship and the league’s automatic championship is the third Ivy men’s fencing championship for berth to the NCAA Championship. Harvard plays at home Harvard. March 2 and 3 versus Cornell and Columbia before its Senior • Harvard returns to action March 3 at the IFA Champion- Night game versus Dartmouth on Tuesday, March 6. ships at Princeton, NJ before competing in the NCAA North- • Niki Finelli was the Ivy League Player of the Week on east regional March 10 at Medford, MA. Feb. 12 after scoring 46 points against Penn and Princeton. Fi- Benji Ungar ‘08 Emily Tay ‘09 nelli was 6-for-7 from beyond the arc and 8-for-8 from the charity stripe for a career-high 26 points against Penn. In a win over Princeton she had 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the floor, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. • Emily Tay earned the league’s top award the follow- ing week, Feb. 19, after averag- Women’s Fencing (13-2 5-1 Ivy) ing 14.5 points and 8.0 assists in a pair of wins over Yale and • Harvard’s women’s fencing team, ranked third nationally, Brown. Tay put up 12 points took comfortable wins against Brown and Yale Feb. 25 at the with eight assist and four Ivy League North Championships at Gordon Track. But the rebounds against Brown and Crimson’s hopes for a repeat as Ivy League champion were added 17 points against Yale. dashed by a talented Columbia squad, which was a 22-5 win- During the week she cracked ner against Harvard, giving the Lions the league title. Harvard’s top-10 list for assists • Harvard returns to action March 3 at the IFA Championships in a season. at Princeton, NJ before competing in the NCAA Northeast regional March 10 at Medford, MA. Women’s Hockey (23-6-2, 17-4-1 ECACHL) Women’s Swimming (7-2, 6-2 Ivy) • Harvard won three of the final six events at the ECAC • Sixth-ranked Harvard swept Yale in two games in the ECAC Championships to rally for the team title Feb. 18 at Blodgett Hockey League quarterfinals Feb. 23-24. In Saturday’s clinching Pool. victory, senior forward scored the game-winning goal • Harvard came into the day in third place, just 170 points be- with 2:07 left in regulation – just 29 seconds after Yale had tied hind leader Marist despite only competing with nine student- the game – to give Harvard the 2-1 victory. athletes—half a team—for the first two days of the meet. Nine • The win completes a series sweep for Harvard, which defeat- more Crimson joined the squad after returning from Ivies at ed Yale by a 3-1 count in Friday’s series opener. Harvard moves Princeton, and Harvard finished with 648 points to Marist’s on to the ECACHL semifinal round for the ninth consecutive 589.5. Rider placed third in the 16-team field with 409.5 points. year as the Crimson bids for its fourth straight tournament • Alexandra Clarke, Noelle Bassi, Kelly Mooney, and Kyle title. Harvard will now play St. Lawrence at 5 p.m. on Saturday Cutter, Meaghan Colling all won events on the final day of March 3 at Dartmouth’s Thompson Arena. The finals will be the meet. Clarke took the 1,650-yard freestyle and Bassi the played on Sunday at 2 p.m. 200 butterfly. Clarke, Mooney, Cutter and Colling combined to • Harvard has won nine of its last 11 games and is playing win the 400 free relay, edging Rider by 0.22 seconds. sound hockey following a 4-3 overtime loss versus Boston • The Crimson finished second in the Ivy League champion- College in the first round of the Beanpot. ships but the Crimson set 12 new school records during the • Chu and sophomore forward were named meet. Clarke set her individual record of the meet in the 1,650 finalists for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award —the top individual freestyle and junior Lindsay Hart set a new Ivy League mark award in the sport. in the 200 backstroke for her fourth individual school record • The Patty Kazmaier Award has been presented to the top of the weekend. She was named the Harvard COOP Athlete of women’s college player since 1998, and the award has gone to the Week for her efforts as she, Clarke and Bassi (200 butterfly) a Harvard player four times in its first nine years.Jennifer Bot- all won their events. terill ‘02-03 earned the honor in 2001 and 2003 and remains the only two-time winner of the award. A.J. Mleczko ‘97-99 took (8-3, 5-1 Ivy) home the award in 1999, and ‘02-04 was the Men’s Squash winner in 2004. • Harvard advanced to the semifinal round of the CSA Team (0-6, 0-0 Ivy) Championships in New Haven, CT. and finished the tourna- Women’s Tennis ment by winning the third place match, 9-0, over Yale. The • Ranked 26th nationally to start the season, Harvard has win marked the second victory in five days for Harvard over squared off against six straight nationally ranked opponents. the Bulldogs. Three of those losses have come in close fashion, with 4-3 • Harvard All-American Ilan Oren stayed undefeated with setbacks versus , #40 Southern Methodist four wins during the week at the No. 2 position to finish the and #28 Virginia. dual match season at 11-0. • Beier Ko entered the season ranked 16th nationally as Har- • Freshman Colin West burst onto the scene and established vard’s No. 1 player. She recorded a 5-1 record in dual matches himself as a player to watch in coming years with a 10-1 over- in February and has teamed with Lena Litvak for a 4-2 record all record between the No.’s 3 and 4 positions. at No. 1 doubles. • Harvard players are back in action March 2-3 at the ISA • The women return home March 2-4 against William & Mary Individual Championships at Princeton, NJ. and Northeastern.

Men’s Swimming (7-2, 6-2 EISL) Men’s Basketball (11-14, 4-8 Ivy)

• Junior Geoff Rathgeber picked up his third individual event • Harvard added to a miserable Ivy League season for Princ- win of the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League champion- eton as the Crimson downed the Tigers, 50-43, Feb. 24. The ships Feb. 24, earning Most Outstanding Swimmer honors, as victory clinched Princeton’s worst Ivy season in school history Harvard placed second to Princeton in the team standings of (currently 2-9) and kept the Tigers winless on the road at 0-7 the three-day event at DeNunzio Pool. Rathgeber claimed three for the first time ever. pool records, one school record and qualified for NCAA’s in two • Sophomore point guard Drew Housman scored a career- meets. high 33 points at Princeton Feb. 9 while playing 47 minutes in • Earlier in the championships, Rathgeber shattered his own a overtime loss. He scored 16 points in the second half school and league records in the 200-yard individual medley, and 10 of the team’s 12 points in overtime, becoming the first and junior Lucas Sanders captured the league championship in player since Brown’s Jason Forte to score 30 points versus a one-meter diving on day one. Princeton team. • Junior Sam Wollner edged Princeton’s top swimmer for first • In the 50-43 win over Princeton Feb. 24, Housman scored 17 place in the 1,000 freestyle, swimming 9:06.36. of his 20 points in the second half including nine straight in a • In the 500 freestyle, Wollner and Eric Lynch both turned in 15-0 Harvard run early in the second half. provisional NCAA championship-qualifying times as Wollner • Senior captain Jim Goffredo became the 24th player in took third in 4:24.19, and Lynch was fourth in 4:26.09. Rathgeber school history to reach the 1,000-point mark Feb. 9 with seven followed with his win in the 200 IM, swimming the second-fast- points at Princeton. Earlier in the month he was named to the est time in the nation this season and automatically qualifying ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team, becoming for the NCAA championships. one of five Ivy Leaguers to earn the honor between districts 1 • Paced by Tommy Gray’s win in the 1,650-yard freestyle, and 2. It marks the third straight season Harvard has had an Harvard’s men’s swimming and diving team completed a wire- academic all-district player. to-wire win by taking the ECAC Open Championship Feb. 18. at Blodgett Pool. Men’s Tennis (0-3 0-0 Ivy) • Select Harvard swimmers will take part at NCAA Zone Div- ing, March 1-3 as well as the NCAA Championships March 15. • Ranked 75th nationally to start the season, Harvard is 0-3 on Wrestling (5-8-1, 4-5-1 EIWA) the young season with losses against Michigan State, Michi- gan and Northwestern. • The Crimson wrapped up the dual meet season with a 21-21 • Seeded at No. 4, senior co-captain Scott Denenberg fell in tie against Bucknell. the semifinals to the No. 1 seed, Ville Liukko, 6-1, 6-1 at the • A number of Harvard wrestlers finished the dual season in Harvard Open Feb. 20. The tournament consisted of 64 singles good form. J.P. O’Connor posted a 29-5 overall and 13-1 dual players and 32 doubles teams and featured players from meet record at 149lbs; Max Meltzer was 17-3 overall and 11-2 around the area including Liukko who was ranked 117 in the in dual meets at 141 lbs; and Louis Caputo was 23-7 overall world, top 20 world junior Rupesh Roy (Bosse), former world and 9-2 in dual meets at 184 lbs. No. 1 Don Johnson and former Harvard athletes as well. • O’Connor is currently ranked sixth in his weight class; • The Harvard Open kicked off a lengthy homestand for the Meltzer 16th. Crimson, who will play matches versus Manhattan (Feb. 28), • The Crimson is back in action March 2-3 at the 103rd EIWA Virginia (March 2) and Purdue (March 4). Championships, which will be held at East Stroudsburg Uni- versity. 2 Women’s Squash (9-3, 4-2 Ivy League) Alpine & Nordic Skiing

• Harvard fell in the national championship match of the • Harvard completed its season with a 10th place showing out Howe Cup, 6-3, to Princeton, Feb. 18 ending a good tourna- of 17 teams at the Eastern Championships hosted by Middle- ment run for the third-seeded team. bury College February 23-24. • Harvard, which lost to Penn in the regular season, gained a • In its five races, Harvard placed ninth on three occasions measure of revenge over the Quakers in the semifinal round of and 10th twice. Depth played a role for the Crimson as several the Howe Cup with a 6-3 victory. members took turns claiming the school’s top finishes in races • Senior All-America Kyla Grigg stayed undefeated at the throughout the season. No. 1 position with a win during the week to improve to 12-0 • In slalom events, Daniel Tsai took top finishes at Dartmouth on the season. and Vermont during the month while Alexandra Teng and • Junior Supriya Balsaker also had a tremendous season, Katie Connors each had a pair of top finishes for the women. dropping just one match at No. 3 to finish 11-1. • In Nordic freestyle events, Jennifer Harlow emerged as the • Harvard players are back in action March 2-3 at the ISA women’s leader, taking top finishes at the Eastern Champion- Individual Championships at Princeton, NJ. ships, Williams and Vermont Carnivals. • In Nordic individual classic and sprint events Oliver Bur- Women’s Water Polo (3-3, 2-1 Ivy) russ collected top honors at Easterns and Dartmouth while Trevor Petach got the top honors at Williams and Vermont. • Two of Harvard’s losses this season have come against na- tionally-ranked teams, (No. 20 Brown and No. 13 Hartwick), Men’s & Women’s Track & Field (0-4, 0-2 Ivy) and the Crimson placed second at the Ivy League Invitational to start the season. • At the Ivy League Invitational, Ariel Delgado, Vivian Liao, • Clara Blattlerbecame the first Harvard female athlete to win Lauren Snyder and Roxanne Pinto were all named to the all- the pole vault, clearing 3.80m, at the 60th Heptagonal Cham- tournament team. pionships Feb. 25, at The Armory in . • Harvard plays host to the ECAC Championships March 3-4 • At the H-Y-P meet Feb. 10, Shannon Flahive won two events at Blodgett Pool. Harvard is seeded seventh in the tournament to help lead the women to a second place finish. She won and will square off against Bucknell on March 3. the 60m hurdles and the long jump. Other winners included Molly Boyle in the weight throw, Eda Karesin in the shot put, Jitka Tomas in the triple jump and Becky Chistensen with a Men’s Volleyball new personal-best of 1.81m. • After dropping its first two matches of the season, Harvard • Harvard was second at its own Select Invitational Feb. 4, spun off five straight victories from Feb. 7-23 with wins over winning two events. The 4X400 relay team won with a time of Endicott, Sacred Heart, Vassar, Rivier and NYU. 3:22.98 while Chris Green won the mile in 4:13.60. • In the win over NYU, Brady Weissbourd smashed 17 kills • Both Crimson teams are next in action in the Harvard Select on .452 hitting and added five blocks and three aces. Junior Meet Feb. 3, followed by Harvard-Yale-Princeton Feb. 10 and Jordan Weitzen led all players with 18 kills and added eight the Heptagonal Championships Feb. 24-25 back at the Armory digs. Senior Dave Fitz provided 61 assists. in New York City. • Harvard plays against MIT at home March 7 before a two- game road trip to NJIT and NYU March 9-10.

Men’s Hockey, continued from page 1 With the wins against the Raiders and Big Red that followed, momentum is back on Harvard’s side going into the postseason. has reached the ECACHL Championship game each of the past Some credit for the resurgence must go to the breakout year by five seasons, winning three titles, and has gone to the NCAA Tour- junior Alex Meintel (Yarmouth, Maine), who registered a hat trick nament in all five seasons. in the Feb. 2 win against Union and had 15 points (12-3) and a This year’s league tournament gets underway March 2-4, +9 rating in the last 15 games of the regular season. He leads the when Harvard hosts Yale for a best-of-three first-round series. Crimson with 13 goals. Games are Friday, Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday at 7 p.m. Harvard has also been buoyed by improved goaltending. “It was a huge boost for us to get two big wins to end the Freshman Kyle Richter (Calgary, ALB) earned the starting job for regular season,” said Reese. “The confidence level is as high as it’s 10 straight games starting with a 41-save effort in the Great Lakes been all year, and we’re ready for the playoffs.” Invitational consolation win against Michigan Tech (Dec. 30). He Following a rough start, the mantra of the Crimson through- earned two ECACHL Goalie of the Week selections and had a out the season has been to get back to playing well and the wins 6-3-1 record, .924 save percentage and 2.09 goals-against average would eventually come. Despite some setbacks along the way, that in that span. Tobe took the reins for the final weekend of the regu- has happened. Harvard, current 12-15-2 overall, went 8-3-2 in its lar season and stopped 48 of the 50 shots that came his way. final 13 league games and 10-10-2 in the ECACHL. The Crimson has also received good production from Taylor After turning things around with a strong finish to 2006 and (9-10-19) and freshmen Doug Rogers (Watertown, MA) (6-15-21) start to 2007, the Crimson a bump in the road at the 55th Bean- and Alex Biega (Montreal, QC) (6-11-17), but has relied on its pot. Playing its third game in three nights and sixth in 11, Harvard standout seniors to carry the heaviest load. Du leads the team with fell to , 3-1, in the opening round Feb. 5, then lost 23 points and 18 assists, while Maki ranks second in both goals to Northeastern by the same score in the Feb. 12 consolation. In (11) and points (21). Reese has lived up to his reputation as an elite between was a solid 4-2 league win at Princeton (Feb. 9). Harvard defenseman while providing 14 points (6-8). only got one point in a weekend at Yale and Brown Feb. 16-17, If they continue to play like last weekend, the Class of 2007 losing to the Bulldogs, 5-1, and playing the Bears to a wild, 6-6 tie could end the ECACHL Championship like it did the regular that included four power-play goals by each team, five ties and season and last year’s tournament—as winners. three lead changes.

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events MARCH 2007 5 – HVC Board Meeting, Murr Center Lounge, 5:15 PM 5 – Friends of Football Board Meeting, Murr Center Lounge, 6:30 PM APRIL 2007 6 – Skiing Banquet, 7 PM, Harvard Club of Boston on Comm. Ave. 13 – Women’s Swimming and Diving Banquet, Inn at Harvard, 7 PM 14 – Men’s Swimming and Diving Awards Banquet, Harvard Club of Boston on Comm. Ave., 1 PM 14 – Men’s Hockey Brunch, Harvard Club of Boston on Comm. Ave., 11:30 AM 15 – Women’s Hockey Brunch, Harvard Club of Boston on Comm. Ave., 11:30 AM 28 – Baseball 1997 Team Reunion, location and time TBA 29 – Friends of Baseball BBQ, 12 p.m., prior to the Dartmouth doubleheader, 1 p.m.

3 Sandra Whyte Sweeney ‘92 While she collected a number of them, sport was never about medals, trophies and awards for Harvard’s Sandra Whyte Sweeney. Her sporting memories instead focus on relationships and personal experiences.

by Meredith Rainey Valmon ‘90 first child, a daugh- Varsity Club Hall of Fame, Track & Field ter. Whyte Sweeney has been a stay-at- Former Harvard women’s hockey John Dooley has home mother to her glowing praise for Sandra Whyte Sweeney’s gifts as an athlete. and now a little son He remembers her as one of the most outstanding players he since. ever watched and cites her ability to accelerate with the puck As a way to as the best of all the athletes -- women and men -- that he has give back and stay coached. Yet his comments quickly turn to Whyte Sweeney’s connected to the personality and the quality of her leadership as a teammate. Olympic movement, “Sandra led by example on and off the ice,” he said. “She Whyte Sweeney had an intense desire to excel and tremendous work ethic, but has participated also the temperament to enjoy the game and especially her team- in the USOC’s mates.” Summit program, When you speak with Sandra about her career it quickly conferences that becomes apparent that, for her as well, the relationships that bring together gold developed around the games are just as important as the ac- medalists with complishments that came during the games. During her Harvard medal hopefuls for career she was named Ivy League Player of the Year in both her the next Games to Sandra Whyte Sweeney ‘92 junior and senior seasons, and was also the Ivy League Player of help them mentally the Year in field hockey in 1990, her junior year. prepare for the challenge. That success continued after college as she was a member of These days her primary connections to hockey are as the six World Championship teams, as well as the 1998 head coach of the Reading, Mass., high school girls’ team, and U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, which won the gold at the inau- gently nudging her children to skate. She would love for them to gural women’s ice hockey competition at the Games. develop a passion for something -- even other than hockey -- and Yet while discussing these achievements, Whyte Sweeney’s have the opportunity to pursue it as she did. And, of course, the emphasis returns again and again to the friendships that she has Crimson parents hope that they might choose to attend their made along the way. “I feel blessed that I have gotten to know so alma mater. many incredible people through hockey,” she said. “Some of my “It makes Harvard a great place to have so many strong closest friends today were my teammates at Harvard. And one of Division I sports programs, but at Harvard everyone is special the great things about participating in USA Hockey was getting whether it be in sports, music, academics or something else. to know my rivals. One of my closest friends from the Olympic That’s what I loved about Harvard— the wonderful mix of team is Gretchen Ulion Silverman, a former rival at Dartmouth.” people.” Her ability to appreciate her teammates has always been - Article reprinted courtesy of the Ivy League and Ivy50.com there. She remembers not being bothered about being the only girl on the team during her first few years of playing because in her mind she was just playing around with “her buddies.” Sandra Whyte Sweeney ‘92 will be inducted into the Varsity As a collegian she became a ‘go-to’ player. During crunch Club Hall of Fame on May 11th. The complete class of 2007: time Dooley often called upon her to skate double shifts -- as a defender in tight games -- in addition to her regular position as Allen H. Bourbeau ‘88 – Ice Hockey a center. But Dooley also relied on his prolific goal-scorer in easy Stacie M. Duncan ‘92 - Swimming games, not to score more goals herself but to skate on lines with Carroll Clark Enge ‘92 - All-Around (Field Hockey & Lacrosse) reserve players. During those times she would make it her mis- Jeremy D. Fraiberg ‘92 - Squash sion to give players who rarely got opportunities to score goals Cathy A. Griffin ‘92 - Track & Field the chance to contribute. As Dooley credits her, “she looked after Jennifer P. Holleran ‘90 - Squash everyone and made sure that everyone had fun.” Andrea K. Montalbano ‘90 - Soccer After college Whyte Sweeney wasn’t sure whether she want- Nicholas N. Sweeney ‘92 - Track & Field ed to pursue playing hockey or enter the “real world,” so instead Sandra Whyte Sweeney ‘92 - Ice Hockey of deciding right away, she did both. After a brief stint at a “real Stephanie Wriede Morawski ‘92 - Swimming job” Whyte Sweeney discovered an opportunity to play hockey Paul S. Wylie ‘90 – Skating on a club team in Switzerland during the winter of 1993-94. Call- 1992 Men’s Varsity Heavyweight Crew ing it a semi-professional league, she says, would be generous. (Ethan Ayer, John Cooper, William Cooper, Colin Chant, Adam She earned her room, board and spending money by liv- Holland, Lars Mellemsetter, Steve Trafton, Didzis Voldins, ing with a family and working as its au pair. Her team won the David Weiden) league championship, which was a bonus, but again Whyte Sweeney truly enjoyed her Swiss sojourn because of the relation- HALL OF FAME ships she developed. “The hockey was okay but the experience was great because of the family that I stayed with. They were CALL FOR NOMINATIONS wonderful people. And I thought it was so great that, through sports, I could go experience another culture.” The Harvard Varsity Club is now accepting nominations for By the time she returned from Switzerland the formal an- the Hall of Fame Class of 2008 scheduled to be inducted in nouncement had been made that women’s ice hockey would be the spring of 2008. The Hall of Fame committee will consider an event in the 1998 Winter Games and Whyte Sweeney had no anyone or any team who: doubt that she wanted to be a part of Team USA. With the assistance of grants from the Olympic • has been a graduate of the college for 15 years Committee (USOC), Whyte Sweeney was able to train full time (1993 or prior) beginning in 1996. “Instead of worrying about the Olympic team • excelled for multiple years in a sport while an I just stayed focused on all of the stepping stones along the way. undergraduate at Harvard I knew that if I could be prepared and impress the coaches at • achieved greatness in a sport at the time when each training camp and each tryout I was giving myself the best competing at Harvard chance of making the team.” When she made the team for the 1997 World Championships If you would like to make a nomination please send she began to feel confident that her hard work would pay off recommendations and supporting statistical data to: with a trip to Nagano. After helping the United States win gold (she scored two The Harvard Varsity Club goals and had two assists during the run), Whyte Sweeney re- Murr Center turned to life in the real world working as a research analyst for 65 North Harvard Street a pharmaceutical consulting firm. In 2000 she and her husband, Boston, MA 02163 John Sweeney ‘91 -- also a hockey player at Harvard -- had their 4 Crimson Photo gallery

The Friends of Lacrosse held its annual Boston Reception in Murr Center on February 15. Left: (l-r) Rob Hatch ‘98, men’s assistant coach Chris Wojcik ‘96 and Matt Camp ‘94. Right: (l-r) Team captain Lauren Bobzin ‘08, coaching assistant Carla Gigon, team captain Perry Barlow ‘07, assistant coach Tegan Leonard, and Erin Kutner ‘02.

Former EISA Carnival winner Ben Steele ‘74, Sam Harrison ‘10, Dan Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone ‘85 (far left) was sworn in at Tsai ‘07, Eric Ode ‘07, Nick Rhinelander ‘88, Erich Horsley ‘94 at the Sanders Theater in January. Pictured with Leone are former MA Attor- Friends of Skiing reception following the Dartmouth Carnival Feb. 10. ney General Tom Reilly, current MA Attorney General Martha Coakley and former Middlesex District Attorney Scott Harshbarger ‘64.

Left: The Harvard baseball team with Joseph O’Donnell ‘67 during a ecentr practice in the bubble. Right: Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise, Joseph J. O’Donnell Head Coach for Harvard Baseball Joe Walsh, Joseph O’Donnell ‘67 and 2007 captain Brendan Byrne. Scalise presented O’Donnell with a framed photo of the Harvard Stadium donors group, which was presented to all Stadium donors during a February dinner held in their honor.

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vard is flattering on many levels,” said Leone. “For my family it it family my “For Leone. said levels,” many on flattering is vard game at the Stadium. He always captured every big play so that that so play big every captured always He Stadium. the at game

- Har at soccer women’s of coach head the as named “Being under the door that contained photos from the previous day’s day’s previous the from photos contained that door the under

winning percentage. winning office on a Sunday morning and find the white envelope slipped slipped envelope white the find and morning Sunday a on office

Among active head coaches, Leone currently also ranks 30th in in 30th ranks also currently Leone coaches, head active Among Illustrated. As SID in the late 1970’s, I couldn’t wait to get to the the to get to wait couldn’t I 1970’s, late the in SID As Illustrated.

total for a coach with 16 years or less of head coaching experience. experience. coaching head of less or years 16 with coach a for total against Yale in 1968. That shot was taken by Raphael for Sports Sports for Raphael by taken was shot That 1968. in Yale against

sion I history with 192 victories and has the third-highest win win third-highest the has and victories 192 with history I sion the football in the end zone to complete Harvard’s 29-29 “win” “win” 29-29 Harvard’s complete to zone end the in football the

- Divi NCAA in coaches head active among 24th ranks He (.638). Pete Varney ‘71 ‘71 Varney Pete (below) clutching clutching (below) of picture famous the cluding

4 record. In all, Leone has posted a career record of 192-103-27 192-103-27 of record career a posted has Leone all, In record. 4 - in work, his knew they but him known have not may readers

after a six-year stint at Arizona State, where he posted a 60-45- a posted he where State, Arizona at stint six-year a after many years for us well below what he could command. Some Some command. could he what below well us for years many

coach. He comes to Harvard Harvard to comes He coach. him at the start of his career and he never forgot that, working working that, forgot never he and career his of start the at him

16 years as a collegiate head head collegiate a as years 16 on the Harvard football sidelines for many years. Harvard helped helped Harvard years. many for sidelines football Harvard the on

Ray Leone Ray

of coaching experience with with experience coaching of “Raphe” was a familiar figure, larger than life in many ways, ways, many in life than larger figure, familiar a was “Raphe”

soccer, Leone carries a wealth wealth a carries Leone soccer, from pneumonia. from

cessful coaches in women’s women’s in coaches cessful Globe sportswriter, passed away after suffering complications complications suffering after away passed sportswriter, Globe

- suc most the of One Bob Monahan Bob illness. And a few days later, later, days few a And illness. , the beloved Boston Boston beloved the ,

Bob Scalise Bob . Athletics sports photographers, died at his Marblehead home after a brief brief a after home Marblehead his at died photographers, sports

Nichols Family Director of of Director Family Nichols Dick Raphael Dick , one of the country’s most accomplished accomplished most country’s the of one , February.

an announcement made by by made announcement an Harvard lost a couple of good friends in the last week of of week last the in friends good of couple a lost Harvard

coach of women’s soccer in in soccer women’s of coach Written by Joe Bertagna ‘73 Bertagna Joe by Written

named as Harvard’s head head Harvard’s as named

Ray Leone Ray has been been has Assistant Director of the Harvard Varsity Club Varsity Harvard the of Director Assistant

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