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Volume 55 Issue No. 5 www.harvardvarsityclub.org March 14, 2013 Men’s is Dancing Again! Hoops Wins Third Straight Ivy Championship Harvard entered the weekend in second place, a game behind by Amy Barry Princeton, after a pair of losses a week ago at Princeton and Penn. Athletics Communications Help came as Yale defeated Princeton, 71-66, Friday and Brown When the final buzzer sounded at Lavietes Pavilion on Satur- prevailed over the Tigers, 80-67, the following day. day afternoon, the Harvard men’s basketball team defeated Cor- The Crimson faced a must-win final weekend in order to se- nell, 65-56, to clinch a share of its third straight Ivy League title. cure another Ivy title. On Friday night, Harvard trailed Columbia The celebration was held off as there were still eight minutes for the majority of the contest and faced a four-point deficit (49- remaining in the Princeton- 45) with 90 seconds left, but the Brown game, which would Crimson fought back for a 56-51, determine if the Crimson was victory over the Lions. headed back to the Big Dance Steve Moundou-Missi ’15 or a playoff game against the cut Columbia’s lead in half by Tigers at the Palestra in Phila- sinking a pair of free throws with delphia, Penn. 1:22 left. Next the sophomore Either way Harvard would forward pulled down the big- be playing at least one more gest of the game on the game this season. Lions’ next possession which was Members of the sold out, pivotal, because Columbia had 14 2,195 crowd departed, but many offensive rebounds in the game. lingered, waiting for updates Moundou-Missi passed to from the game in Providence, Siyani Chambers ’16, who raced R.I. A student-reporter found upcourt, drove to the basket, the games television broad- drew contact and a foul from cast online, which created a Grant Mullins. The freshman gathering,that included Harvard Photo courtesy Gil Talbot guard converted the and-1 by players, around a laptop com- sinking the lay-up and puter. About 45 minutes after to put the Crimson up, 50-49. the buzzer rang in Cambridge, Brown finished off the victory and Moundou-Missi’s effort continued out of a Columbia the celebration of cheers ensued. Harvard earned a return trip to timeout. He intercepted the Lions’ inbounds pass near midcourt the NCAA Tournament. and went in for a dunk that gave Harvard a 52-49 lead with 32 The Crimson will make its second straight, third in program seconds left. A by Kenyatta Smith ’15 (8 points, 8 rebounds, history, Big Dance appearance after last season when Harvard 6 blocks) and four free throws in the final 25 seconds sealed Har- returned to the tournament after a 65 season hiatus. vard’s win. Continued on Page 6 Women’s Squash National Champs; Sobhy Earns Second Straight Individual National Title handled Penn, 6-3, to begin the weekend; however, it suffered its by Dan Scotchmer only setback of the year the following day against the Tigers in a Athletic Communications Intern controversial, 5-4, loss in New Jersey. Prior to the start of the season, Mike Way, the Gregory Lee It proved to be a minor bump in the road, as the Crimson ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard rebounded by winning its next four matches, 9-0, to head into University, rhetorically asked, “What do you do after last sea- the stretch. Harvard toppled Trinity, 7-2, in its penultimate road son?” following 2011-12’s run to an undefeated season, which contest before taking out archrival Yale by an identical score on included an Ivy League title, a team national championship, and senior day. an individual national title. In the College Squash Association Team Championships, Harvard made quick work of Stanford, 9-0, and bested Penn, 6-3, again to set up a finals showdown with Trinity. The Bantams made it a much closer contest the second time, but it was not enough as Sobhy earned the clinching win at No. 1 to lift Har- vard to its second straight Howe Cup and 14th overall, 5-4. Two weeks later, it was Sobhy’s turn to defend her indi- vidual crown. The sophomore cruised into the finals, sweeping all four matches, 3-0, and allowing no more than five points in any one game. Her opponent in the final was Trinity freshman Kanzy El Defrawy, the only person to win a game against her in college. Sobhy took the match, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10, to After five months of play, the answer to Way’s remark is a earn the 13th Ramsay Cup in second consecutive national championship and a 15-1 overall school history and her second record. Sophomore Amanda Sobhy also completed her second in as many opportunities. straight 15-0 season to win the Ramsay Cup in back-to-back years. Sobhy and five other Overall, it is the third team national championship for Harvard in members of the top nine the last four years, and the third individual national champion- return next season to give ship in the past four, as well. the Crimson the necessary The Crimson began its title defense in dominating fashion, pieces to make a run at a third sweeping its first four opponents prior to its most challenging straight national title. weekend of the year with a trip to Penn and Princeton. Harvard Photos courtesy Gil Talbot Winter Sports Recaps by: James Peters Women’s Basketball (20-8, 11-3 Ivy) Men’s Swimming & Diving (9-0, 7-0 Ivy) • Harvard women’s basketball clinched a WNIT bid on March • Harvard won 14 of 19 events at the HYP meet. Griffin Schum- 9 with a 66-56 win over Cornell. Christine Clark ’14 scored 20 acher ’15, Oliver Lee ’14, Will Brophy ’14, and Chris Satterth- points in the game and Temi Fagbenle ’15 notched her seventh waite ’14 combined for a time of 1:18.71 in the 200 free relay, double-double of the season. Miriam Rutzen ’13recorded five setting a new school record and eclipsing the NCAA ‘B’ standard points and three blocks in the game adding to her now 99 blocks in the process. Chuck Katis ’15 owns NCAA ‘A’ qualifying times over her career, which ranks her fifth in Harvard history. in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. With the win, Harvard secured • Clark has earned four Ivy Player of the Week Awards and an outright claim to the Ivy League’s dual meet championship, Fagbenle has been named Ivy Player of the Week twice and Ivy the Crimson’s 10th straight dual meet championship. Harvard Rookie of the Week nine times. Their efforts along with two Ivy placed second at the Ivy League Men’s Player of the Week nods for Victoria Lippert ’13 have set a new Swimming and Diving Championships. Ivy League benchmark of 17 weekly awards, surpassing the • Sophomore Mike Mosca (pictured) previous single-season record of 15 set by Princeton in 2009-10. dominated the one and three meter diving • Tue. boards this year. He set a pool record on the three-meter diving board scoring a 399.45 at the HYP meet. Women’s Fencing (12-8) • Harvard captured two event titles at the ECAC Championships and finished fourth • The Crimson men’s and women’s fencing team finished the of 19 teams at Blodgett Pool.Robert Doles season ranked No. 7 in the NCAA as it sends 11 fencers to the ’16 took the individual title in the 400 IM NCAA Championships March 23-24 in San Antonio, TX. with a 3:57.14 and teammates Jack Pretto • Harvard took the Beanpot title this season sweeping Brandeis ’14, Owen Wurzbacher ’13, Ryan Cutter (19-8), MIT (19-8), and Boston College(25-2). Junior Alexandra ’13, and Brophy took the 200 medley relay Kiefer recorded a perfect 9-0 mark in the women’s foil. with a time of 1:30.20, besting Boston Uni- • The Crimson placed third at the Ivy Round-Robins with a 4-2 versity by three-tenths of a second. record recording wins against Yale (22-5), Cornell (16-11), Brown (17-10), and No. 8 Penn (16-11). Only No. 3 Princeton and No. 6 Men’s Hockey (8-8-11, 6-5-9 ECAC, 3-3-4 Ivy) Columbia bested the Crimson on the day. Emma Vaggo ’15 went 16-2 in the women’s epee earning first-team all-conference, while • Harvard men’s hockey knocked off No. 11/13 Boston Univer- Felicia Sun ’13 fenced to a 9-5 record, receiving an Ivy League sity, 7-4, in the consolation game of the Beanpot tournament on second-team nomination. Aliya Itzkowitz ’16 posted a 14-4 re- Feb. 11. Senior captain Danny Biega recorded a and an as- cord in the women’s sabre to garner All-Ivy second-team honors. sist in the game while Luke Greiner ‘13 scored his first career hat • Vaggo and Kiefer captured medals at the 2013 NCAA North- trick and Marshall Everson ‘13 scored twice. east Regional. Vaggo went 20-3 in the epee taking the silver • Harvard took down No. 1 Quinnipiac on March 1 in a 2-1 medal in the event and Keifer earned the bronze medal in foil overtime game. Kyle Criscuolo ’16 scored in the third period going 20-3 on the day. to tie the game up. Fellow freshmen Jimmy Vesey and Greg Gozzo earned assists on senior Alex Fallstrom’s game winning goal in overtime. This is the first time since 2004 the Crimson has Men’s Volleyball (11-4, 3-2 Hay Division) knocked off the top-ranked team. • Fallstrom played his best hockey coming into the final stretch • Harvard men’s volleyball enters the second half of its season in of the season. He recorded 10 points (5g, 5a) in 11 games, includ- a close race ranked 4th in the EIVA with only a game separating ing an eight-game point streak. the second and fifth place teams. The Crimson racked up a six- • Harvard’s season came to end in the ECAC Championship first game win streak earlier in the season, including a win over No. 9 round best-of-three series, going three games with No. 5 seeded Penn State. Harvard has won all three of its home matches so far Dartmouth. this season. • Sophomore DJ White has earned EIVA Offensive Player of the Wrestling (8-5, 6-4 EIWA) Week (Jan. 22) after averaging 4.67 kps, 1.67 dps and 1.00 bps while hitting .420 in the team’s first wins of the year at Stevens • Harvard wrestling finished with a winning record overall and (3-0) and at University (3-0). White was also named in the conference for the first time since 2000-01. The Crimson the AVCA National Player of the Week Feb. 19 and the EIVA Of- also closed out the year with five consecutive wins, the longest fensive Player of the Week Feb. 18 after averaging 4.17 kps with a win streak for the team since the same year. .477 hitting percentage in two contests against Penn St. (3-0) and • Harvard upset No. 14 Lehigh (25-16) on the road Feb 10. Wal- St. Francis, PA (3-0). ter Peppelman ’12-13 recorded his second fall of the year at the • Freshman Branden Clemens was named to the Volleyball Hall dual match and the 29th of his career, placing him third all-time of Fame/Morgan Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging at Harvard. 4.25 kps with a .529 hitting percentage for the tournament on • Harvard defeated both Brown (21-11) and Boston University Feb. 1-2. (31-6) on Feb. 16 extending its dual streak to four. No. 10 Steven Keith ’13 joined the 100-win club winning by decision both of Women’s Swimming & Diving (9-0, 7-0 Ivy) his matches on the day at 141 lbs. Keith boasts 102 career wins. • Seven Crimson wrestlers were recognized to All-Ivy teams this • The Harvard women’s swimming and diving team finished year. Peppelman earned his third and Keith his second All-Ivy their dual season with a perfect record, only the eighth time in first team selection this year. SophomoresJames Fox and Ryan the program’s history, and captured the Ivy League dual meet Osleeb ’15 were named All-Ivy second team. Jeffrey Ott ’15, title. The Crimson clinched the Ivy dual crown by defeating Yale Cameron Croy ’14 and Nicholas Gajdzik ’16 earned All-Ivy (209-89) and Princeton (199-99) at the HYP meet on Feb. 1-2. honorable mention. Three Crimson, including Peppelman, Keith, • The women broke six school records at the HYP meet led by and Fox, earned a trip to the NCAA Championships with their Sara Li ’14 winning the 100 freestyle (49.32), placing second in performances at the EIWA Championships. Their efforts helped the 50 freestyle (22.52), and as the anchor of the 200 medley relay Harvard place seventh overall at the EIWA Championship. team with teammates Danielle Lee ’16, Mackenzie Luick ’13, and Ana Anaya ’15, which won the event with a time of 1:40.36. Men’s Squash (16-4, 5-2 Ivy) Kendall Crawford ’16 turned in an impressive showing, setting • Harvard men’s squash won a share of the Ivy League title for two new school records in the 100 backstroke (53.59) and 100 the first time since 2006 and finished as the No. 2 team in the butterfly (53.79).Stephanie Ferrell ’15 turned in a new record country. The Crimson took down rival No. 2 Yale (6-3) on Feb. placing first in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.56). 18. Senior co-captain Zeke Scherl secured the Crimson’s share of • Harvard turned in a second-place team finish at the Ivy Cham- the Ancient Eight crown with a comeback victory, dropping the pionships on Feb. 28- March 2 and had a strong showing at the first game, but winning the match 3-1. ECAC Championships placing fifth in a field of 21 March 1-3. At • Ali Farag ’14 advanced to the semifinals at the CSA Individual the ECAC Championships, Li led off the 400 freestyle relay by Championship before his title defense came to an end against St. setting a new record time of 48.67, breaking a 32 year old record Lawrence’s Amr Khalifa (3-2). Tommy Mullaney ’14 advanced at Blodgett Pool, as her team placed second in the relay. Craw- to the quarterfinals in the Molloy Division of the CSA Individual ford won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:56.59. Championships. 2 Crimson Commentary by Melissa Schellberg ’10 Magazine: http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/harvard-sports- Varsity Club Special Assistant coaches-in-classrooms. * att Birk ’98 (No. 77 in picture) had a dream ending The Cleveland Browns offered former Crimson football player to his profession football career–winning a Super Desmond Bryant ’08 a five-year, $34 million contract, with $15 Bowl championship. The Baltimore Ravens defeated million guaranteed. The deal was enough to pull Bryant from the the San Francisco M New England Patriots. Bryant spent his first 49ers on February four years with the Oakland Raiders, leaving 3, 2013 by a score of 34-31. Birk as a top defensive prospect in the free agency played in the NFL for 15 years market. and is a two-time All-Pro and * six-time Pro Bowl selection. He Peter Ciavaglia ’91, who played hockey was awarded the Walter Payton for the Crimson, teamed up with Macomb- Man of the Year Award in 2011 Oakland Regional (MORC) in 2007 to for his initiatives to improving create the MORC Stars. MORC is a nonprofit literacy among at-risk youth in which aims to over 4,000 people with Baltimore. On February 22, Birk developmental disabilities located in the announced his retirement from Detroit area. Ciavaglia has taught hockey to the NFL. He will be inducted the MORC Stars in an effort learn and grow into the Harvard Varsity Club through hockey. Hall of Fame this May. Matt Birk ’98 * * Photo courtesy Mark J. Rebilas (USA TODAY Sports) The USTA announced Erika Smith ’86 We are sad to announce that has been named to the USA International Cup Bill Grana ’64 has passed away. Team. She will participate in the 33rd Grana was a member of the Quigley Society and played football ITF Seniors World Team Championships at Harvard. Read more here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ in Antalya, Turkey March 18-23. Smith stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=william-a-grana&pid=163038933#fbLog is currently ranked the doubles world gedOut. champion in the age 45 category. * Men’s Tennis Assistant Coach Andrew Rueb ’95 jumpstarted It is with a heavy heart to announce a program in the Athletic Departments called Coaches in Class- to our members, alumni, and friends rooms. For two that I will be departing the Harvard weeks in Feb- Varsity Club this June. I have greatly ruary, Harvard appreciated working here and thank coaches were you all for your support of the past encouraged to three years. With my departure, we are Erika Smith ’86 go to class with currently accepting applications for the their student- Special Assistant Position. The job description is located on our athletes to see website or by clicking HERE. Interested candidates should send a what life is like resume and cover letter to [email protected]. on the other * side of the This summer, six student-athletes will have the opportunity Charles River. to travel to Vietnam for a three-week internship as part of Coach Many coaches for College. While in country, they will coach and work with edu- remarked on cators to promote higher education through athletics. Thanks to how insightful the generosity of the Weissman International Internship Program the experience Cory Bosworth (Women’s Heavyweight Crew), Brian at Harvard College and the Institute of Politics (Trey Grayson ’94) was. Read DeStefano (Men’s Basketball) and Andrew Rueb (Men’s for sponsoring the program. more about Tennis) pose coming from class. it in Harvard Men’s Fencing Captures 7th Ivy Title sabre team excelled against the Tigers, going 8-1, while the foil by Amy Barry squad was 5-4. Athletic Communications The final match of the day looked like deja vu of the 2011 In perfect fashion at the Ivy Round-Robins the No. 7 Har- championships for Harvard as it came down a single point. The vard men’s fencing team grabbed the program’s seventh Ivy Crimson and Quakers were tied for the fourth time of the day, 13- League Championship crown with a 5-0 record on the weekend at 13, and the Crimson’s fate came down to a family matter. Harvard’s Gordon Harvard’s first-yearJerry Chang faced his older brother, Indoor Track. Penn’s sophomore Jason Chang, in the foil for the title. Jerry Every season emerged with the win, giving Harvard the outright Ivy Crown, the championship and earned bragging rights at next year’s Thanksgiving dinner, as location rotates the Crimson foil squad was the difference in the match, 5-4. around the Ancient “Our men showed tremendous poise and resiliency in com- Eight. As host, the ing out on top in the most competitive fencing league in the na- Crimson took ad- tion and needless to say I am proud of all of them,” Brand said. vantage and made After a season of competing against the country’s top squads, it a point to put on Harvard will now attempt to bring what they’ve learned through a show for its fans. the year into the season’s most important event–the NCAA “This is one Championships. of those critical moments when you have an opportunity to showcase fencing at home (once every seven years) and of course the pressure is on to win,” head coach Peter Brand said. Harvard did not collapse under the pressure. The Crimson entered the day with a 2-0 record, in need of three wins to secure its second league title in three years. To open the day Harvard defeated Brown, 19-8, as the sabre team led, 7-2, while the foil and epee squads each had 6-3 wins, respectively. Harvard clinched a share of the conference crown when the Crimson earned a hard-fought victory over Princeton, 16-11. The 3 Photos courtesy Gil Talbot Indoor Track Women’s Hockey (21-8-1, 17-4-1 ECAC, 8-4 Ivy) • Harvard’s track and field teams have performed brilliantly • Harvard women’s finished off its regular season during the indoor season this year as the women captured the with a 3-1 victory against Yale on Feb. 26, earning the No. 7 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship for the first time since ranked Crimson a share of the Ivy title. Freshman Mary Parker 2000 and the men placed third in the Ancient Eight, the Crimson led the team with two goals and senior Kaitlin Spurling scored men’s best finish since 1985. the go-ahead goal in the third period. • Junior captain Adabelle Ekechukwu (pictured) led the • The Crimson took down Dartmouth in two games (3-0, 4-0) women’s throwers at the HYP meet setting a new Ivy League in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals. Freshman goalieEmerance record in weight throw muscling a distance of 20.11 meters, the Maschmeyer posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time in first time a woman has broken the 20-meter mark in Ivy League her career. The 17-save shutout is the fifth of her career. history. • Harvard continued its success, overcoming No. 5 Clarkson, • Ekechukwu was named women’s field Most Outstanding 4-2 in the semifinals of the ECAC Championship. Parker scored Performer winning the weight throw at the Indoor Heptago- two goals on the day and senior co-captain Jillian Dempsey and nal Championship with another record-breaking result (20.83 freshman Miye D’Oench also netted goals in the game. meters). Senior Nico Weiler shared the men’s field Outstanding • The Crimson fell to Cornell, 2-1, in the ECAC championship Performer honor after winning the pole vault at the Indoor Hep- game. Hillary Crowe ’15 scored Harvard’s only goal of the game. tagonal Championship with a height of 5.38 meters. Sophomore She has nine points in her last 12 games after producing nine Ben Glauser took the Ivy title for weight throw (19.37 meters) in her first 21 of the season. Maschmeyer played exceptionally, and junior Maksim Korolev won the 3,000 meters (8:04.19). giving up only one power play goal despite Cornell having six Senior Mary Hirst won the high jump and the shot put to place power play opportunities, and earned the ECAC’s Most Out- second in the pentathlon, posting 3,780 points. Ivy event titles standing Player award. rolled in for the Crimson with freshman Autumne Franklin • The Crimson will play Boston College in the NCAA Champi- taking the 60m hurdles (8.43), Gabrielle Scott ’15 won the 400m onship Quarterfinals on March 16. (55.13), Scott captured the 800m (2:13.20), and juniorDustin Brodewon the shot put championship (18.18m). Skiing • The Harvard track and field team was well represented at the ECAC/IC4A championships sending 7 women and 10 men to • Freshman Emily Hanna returned from the World Junior Cham- the event. Weiler took pionship in the Czech Republic to race for Harvard at the UVM the top spot in the pole Carnival in Stowe, Vt. on Feb 2. She raced to a 10th place finish in vault standings, win- her first ever college competition. ning the event hand- • Rebecca Nadler ’14 took 18th in Giant Slalom at the 2013 ily with a clearance NCAA Skiing Championships on March 6. Nadler overcame a of 5.30m. Ekechukwu nagging injury in order to compete to defend her NCAA crown. nearly captured her • Chris Stock ’14 led the men’s team with a 14th place finish in second title finishing the 10k classical race at the Middlebury Carnival Feb. 15. Captain second in the weight Tony Ryerson ’13 had his best classic performance of the season, throw with a mark of placing 21st. Sophomore Akeo Maifeld-Carucci finished 18th in 19.46. the 20k skate race. Spring Sports Previews Baseball (1-6, 0-0 Ivy) Women’s Lacrosse (0-2, 0-1 Ivy)

• Harvard baseball opened its season with a win against Buck- • Harvard women’s lacrosse opened its season at Stanford nell (2-1, 10 innings) on March 1 in Charlottesville, VA. Senior on February 24, dropping the opener 18-13. Freshman Alexis captain Robert Wineski’s hit an RBI single with two outs in the Nicolia impressed in her debut which included five goals and bottom of the 10th inning to win the game for Harvard.Matt an assist for six points. The Crimson dropped their first game in Doyle ’13 and Baron Davis ’14 pitched brilliantly in the season Ivy League play against No. 15 Cornell (17-12) on March 2, with opener with Doyle, who started the game, going 5.2 innings senior captain Micaela Cyr and freshman Audrey Todd trying to giving up only three hits and one walk while striking out four. lead their team to victory tallying 2 goals and two assists apiece, Davis gave up just two walks, two hits and one unearned run in but the five-point efforts weren’t enough to overcome Cornell. 4.1 innings to pick up the win in the first game. Harvard has six more Ivy contests to go before the Ivy Champi- • The Crimson will play a 40-game schedule this year, with Har- onships on May 3. vard’s home opener against in-state rival Holy Cross on March • Senior midfielderDanielle Tetreault was named to the Inside 27. Ivy League play will begin on the road for the Crimson as Lacrosse preseason All-America third team this year. Last year, they travel to Columbia and Penn March 30-31. she was selected to the IWLCA All-Region and All-Ivy League • Bill Decker, the new Joseph J. O’Donnell ‘67 Head Coach for second team as she scored at least one goal in each of Harvard’s Harvard Baseball, comes to Harvard from Trinity (Conn.), where 15 regular-season contests and averaged 1.75 goals per game. he went 529-231 (.696) during the last 22 seasons. Senior co-cap- tains Jordan Haviland and Wineski hope to lead Harvard back Men’s Lacrosse (2-2, 0-0 Ivy) to the top of the Ivy league and Ethan Ferreira ‘15 returns to the Crimson after hitting .253 in 91 at-bats as a freshman. • The 90th season of Harvard men’s la- crosse got underway Women’s Water Polo (10-4, 2-0 CWPA) Feb. 23 against No. 7/5 UMass. Harry • Harvard began the season with a sweep at the Harvard Home Krieger ’13 recorded Kick Off defeating Iona (15-13), Villanova (18-6) and CAMO 13 saves while Alex (12-8), a Canadian club team from Montreal, Que. Junior Shayna White ’13 (pictured) Price led the team with six goals in the opener, while freshman put up a hat trick, Yoshi Andersen recorded three goals and four assists. Senior co- but it wasn’t enough captain Aisha Price had one goal and three assists on the day’s as the Crimson lost competition. 8-6. The Crimson • The Crimson started their conference play with wins against bounced back on Mercyhurst (11-3) and Bucknell (13-9) in Erie, Pa. Ariel Dukes Feb. 26 in a 16-12 ’15 made nine saves for Harvard in the match against Mercy- victory over Holy Cross with White and Peter Schwartz ’14 lead- hurst, while the team combined to record a season-high 21 steals, ing the offense with a hat trick and five points each. led by six from Charlotte Hendrix ’16. Andersen led the offense • Harvard men’s lacrosse players Daniel Eipp ’14, White and against Bucknell netting four goals and four assists, while S. Price preseason rookie of the year Devin Dwyer received preseason contributed five goals and two assists. All-NEILA team honors. • The Crimson defeated Gannon, 10-5, on March 3. Harvard will • The Crimson enter Ivy league play at Brown on March 16 and try to continue its five-game winning streak against Santa Clara play six conference games before heading to the Ivy League tour- and Occidental on March 17. nament beginning May 3. 4 Crimson Photo Gallery

Friends of Harvard Baseball NYC Reception. Burke St. John ’80, Men’s Basketball Alumni Day. Alumni members of the Harvard Mark Bingham ’80, and Paul Halas ’78 at Ben & Jack’s Steakhouse. men’s basketball team gathered with the coaching staff in the Murr Lounge on Feb. 2.

Friends of Track Women’s Alumnae Brunch and Gala. (Left) Meghan Looney ’12, Jeanne Mack ’12, Claire Richardson ’11, Kailyn Kuzmuk ’11 at the 2013 HEPS Weekend Gala Celebration. (Right) Kristina Dalicandro ’94, Alexia Cruz ’94, and Jennifer Leonardo ’97 at the 2013 HEPS Weekend Alumnae Breakfast.

Spring Sports Recaps Women’s Tennis (3-3 Overall) Men’s Tennis (9-4 Overall) • The Harvard men’s tennis team took down No. 20 Notre Dame, • The Harvard women’s tennis team began their season on a high 4-3, at the ITS Kickoff Weekend in Norman, Okla. note defeating Cleveland State, 7-0, on Jan. 20. Senior co-captain • The Crimson defeated Yale, 4-2, and Princeton, 4-3, to take Kristin Norton shined as she put up a pair of victories from the third place at the ECAC Division I Indoor Team Championships two spot in singles (def. Mathilde Orange 6-4, 6-3) and in doubles Feb. 15-17. with freshman teammate Amy He. • Harvard picked up its game two weeks after the ECAC Indoor • The Crimson earned a pair of victories against Boston Univer- Team Championships with three home victories against Indiana sity (5-2) and Binghamton (4-0) on March 1-2. Natalie Blosser (4-3), Louisville (4-3), and Boston University (6-1). Shaun Chaud- ’14 won both her doubles and singles match Saturday against huri ’15 was dominant not dropping a set in his singles matches Binghamton and senior co-captain Hideko Tachibana finished against Boston University and Louisville. Andy Nguyen ’13 was off BU’s Lauren Davis, 6-0, 6-4, in the top spot. impressive in the match against Indiana winning his doubles • Harvard enters Ivy League play at Columbia April 5 and works match with partner Nicky Hu ’16, 8-6, and continuing his success towards earning a bid to the NCAA Team Championship, last at the four spot in singles winning 6-4, 6-3 against Dimitrije Tasic. appearing in the tournament in 2010. Softball (3-6, 0-0 Ivy) Men’s & Women’s Golf • After a second straight Ivy League championship, the Harvard softball team looks to continue its success in the 2013 • The Harvard men’s golf team will spend their spring break season. Junior captain Shelbi Olson (pictured), who was named in Phoenix, Ariz. to prepare for the spring tournament season. All-Ivy second team in the outfield last year, has begun the 2013 Afterwards, the Crimson will travel to the Arizona State Thun- campaign without skipping a beat gathering 4 hits in her first 15 derbird Invitational at the Arizona State Karsten Golf Course at bats for a .267 avg. April 5-7 and then to the Princeton Invitational at Springdale • Harvard softball opened Golf Club April 13-14. Harvard will look towards junior captain its season by traveling to the Theo Lederhausen and fellow juniors Seiji Liu and Kevin Mc- Florida Atlantic Classic in Carthy to provide leadership to their relatively young team as Boca Raton, Fla. on March the Crimson travel to the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mill, 1-3. The Crimson won its Md. for the Ivy League Championship April 26-28. matchups against Florida At- • The Harvard women’s golf team will spend their spring break lantica (3-2) and Ball St. (7-6). in Phoenix, Ariz. as well. Ivy Champion and junior captain • The Crimson will begin Ivy Bonnie Hu along with standout sophomores Tiffany Lim and League play on March 29-30 Brenna Nelsen will lead the Crimson as they travel to the Ole against Penn and Columbia Miss Rebel Intercollegiate at Ole Miss Golf Club April 5-7, the with the Ivy League Champi- Brown Invitational at Rhode Island Country Club April 13-14, onship taking place on May 4. and the Ivy Championship at Trump National (N.J.) April 26-28. 5 HARVARD VARSITY CLUB, INC. Murr Center FIRST CLASS 65 North Harvard Street U.S. POSTAGE Boston, MA 02163-1012 PAID (617) 495-3535 BOSTON, MA Fax: (617) 496-8296 PERMIT NO. 53825 www.harvardvarsityclub.org

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Club Faculty Harvard p.m., 6:00 Banquet, Team Basketball Women’s – 17

16 – Harvard-Yale/Oxford-Cambridge Reception & Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Gordon Track Gordon p.m., 6:30 Dinner, & Reception Harvard-Yale/Oxford-Cambridge – 16

11-14 – Quigley Society Annual Meeting, CopperWynd Resort & Club, Fountain Hills, AZ Hills, Fountain Club, & Resort CopperWynd Meeting, Annual Society Quigley – 11-14

8 – Men’s Hockey Awards Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Harvard Club of Boston of Club Harvard p.m., 6:30 Dinner, Awards Hockey Men’s – 8

6 – Men’s Volleyball Team Banquet, 5:00 p.m., Dillon Lounge Dillon p.m., 5:00 Banquet, Team Volleyball Men’s – 6

APRIL

29 – Squash Team Banquet, 7:00 p.m., Harvard Faculty Club Faculty Harvard p.m., 7:00 Banquet, Team Squash – 29

MARCH

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awaits the NCAA Selection Show on CBS Sunday, March 17 at 6 6 at 17 March Sunday, CBS on Show Selection NCAA the awaits 2013 6, June

After a season of 19 victories, 11 in the Ivy League, Harvard Harvard League, Ivy the in 11 victories, 19 of season a After

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game with 14 points. points. 14 with game

five assists. Saunders scored in double figures for the 38th straight straight 38th the for figures double in scored Saunders assists. five

added 16 points and and points 16 added (pictured)

the season while Chambers Chambers while season the

record, draining his 74th of of 74th his draining record,

gram’s single-season 3-pointer 3-pointer single-season gram’s

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the Crimson in scoring with 17 17 with scoring in Crimson the

Laurent Rivard ’14 Rivard Laurent led led

throws down the stretch. stretch. the down throws

spite Harvard missing four free free four missing Harvard spite

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free throws with 2:03 to play. play. to 2:03 with throws free

then made it 59-54 on Peck’s Peck’s on 59-54 it made then

in the regular-season finale, and and finale, regular-season the in

The Big Red cut a 15-point lead to seven with 4:27 remaining remaining 4:27 with seven to lead 15-point a cut Red Big The

season alive as the Crimson defeated Cornell. defeated Crimson the as alive season

surged out of the locker room in the second frame to keep their their keep to frame second the in room locker the of out surged

Harvard scored nine of the last 10 points of the first half and and half first the of points 10 last the of nine scored Harvard

The following day, after a first half that featured three ties, ties, three featured that half first a after day, following The

points to lead the Crimson to a hard fought, needed victory. victory. needed fought, hard a to Crimson the lead to points

Wesley Saunders ’15 Saunders Wesley points, while while points, sank six buckets and tallied 16 16 tallied and buckets six sank

Chambers went 5-of-6 from the field and finished with 15 15 with finished and field the from 5-of-6 went Chambers Early-bird price until April 15! April until price Early-bird