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Volume 55 Issue No. 6 www.harvardvarsityclub.org April 19, 2013 Harvard Busts Brackets at March Madness Men’s Basketball Wins First NCAA Tournament Game in Program History by Amy Barry no different. The Crimson was almost unbeatable as evidenced Athletic Communications Intern by its 13-1 ledger at Lavietes Pavilion. Harvard was victorious in its initial two home appearances and would close out the home The 2012-13 season for the Harvard University men’s bas- schedule by winning its final 11 contests. The Crimson posted an ketball program will go down as one of unblemished 7-0 its most successful to date as the squad conference record achieved what no Crimson team has be- at Lavietes to tie the fore—win in the NCAA tournament. program record. Harvard, which was seeded 14th in Harvard the west region, not only made it to the clinched the Ivy Big Dance for the second straight year, but League title with shook up brackets with the upset win over a 65-56 win over third-seed New Mexico, 68-63, to reach the Cornell in front of round of 32. a sold-out crowd The Crimson, under sixth-year head in its home finale coach Tommy Amaker, was crowned Saturday, March the Ivy League champions for the third 9 to receive the consecutive season, the only three Ivy titles Ancient Eight’s in school history, while also amassing 20 automatic berth to victories in their 2012-13 campaign. The the NCAA tour- 20-10 overall record represented the 55th nament. After an double-digit victory output by the Crimson upset win against and its fourth straight season with 20-plus the three-seed wins. Lobos on Thursday, Throughout the season, the team swiftly bought in to Amak- the Crimson went out quietly against No. 6 seed Arizona, 74-51, in er’s mantra that “We may not have what we had, but we have the third round. enough.” Co-captain Christian The success achieved by Harvard certainly did not go unno- Webster ’13, the sole senior ticed. Amaker was chosen as the National Association of Basket- on the team, led his team as ball Coaches District 13 Coach of the Year and the Clarence ‘Big Harvard stunned the nation House’ Gaines College Basketball Coach of the Year. The Crimson with an upset win against claimed seven Player of the Week accolades while freshman guard the New Mexico Lobos. The Siyani Chambers accounted for six Rookie of the Week honors. senior guard left his mark in Chambers was tabbed the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Cambridge as the winningest became the first freshman in conference history to be named to player in Harvard history with the All-Ivy first team. Sophomore guardWesley Saunders was 90 victories, second in team a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team and was named history with 117 games played to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-District I and fifth with 176 career team. The back court duo also earned spots on the NBC Sports 3-pointers. All-Ivy Team. Rivals.com named junior sharpshooter Laurent The vast majority of suc- Rivard, an All-Ivy honorable mention selection, the best shooter Christian Webster ’13 cessful teams are dominant in the Ancient Eight. Sophomore forward Steve Moundo-Missi (Photos Courtesy : Gil Talbot) at home and Harvard was rounded out the awards with All-Ivy League honorable mention. Red Sox Tickets for HVC Active Members One of the many benefits of being an active member of the Members. Seats are located in the State Street Pavilion, Section 8, Harvard Varsity Club is having access to purchase Red Sox tickets Row 4. These seats provide access to the State Street Pavilion Club in what hopes to be a very exciting year at Fenway Park! All active where indoor dining and full bar service are available. Tickets members will be able to purchase tickets for upcoming games can be purchased on our website, www.harvardvarsityclub.org. based on availability and on a first come, first served basis. Priori- Tickets for April and May games that are available are: ty access is reserved for Founding Lifetime Members and Lifetime

Date Opponent Time Tickets Available Sunday, April 21 Royals 1:35pm SOLD OUT Tuesday, April 23 A’s 6:35pm SOLD OUT Thursday, April 25 Astros 6:35pm 2 Saturday, April 27 Astros 7:10pm SOLD OUT Monday, May 6 Twins 7:10pm SOLD OUT Tuesday, May 7 Twins 7:10pm 4 Friday, May 10 Blue Jays 7:10pm 4 Sunday, May 12** Blue Jays 1:35pm 4 Thursday, May 23 Indians 7:10pm 4 Saturday, May 25 Indians 1:35pm SOLD OUT Sunday, May 26** Indians 1:35pm 4 Monday, May 27 Phillies 7:10pm 2

**Indicates Seats are located in Field Box 71, Row F. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to our website at www.harvardvarsityclub.org. Spring Sports Recaps by: James J. Peters Men’s Lacrosse (6-7, 2-3 Ivy) Women’s Lacrosse (2-10, 1-4 Ivy) • The Crimson played host to No. 12/10 Duke at Harvard Sta- • Havard women’s lacrosse dropped rival Yale, 10-5, on March dium this year and nearly upset the Blue Devils, but fell just one- 23. Seven Crimson players helped point short, 12-11. Murphy Vandervelde ’15 led the Crimson score in the game with Danielle with his second-straight hat trick and Peter Schwartz ’14 had a Tetreault ’13 and Alexis Nicolia four-point night. Harry Krieger ’13 performed admirably against ’16 each finding the back of the net the strong Duke offense. He twice. Senior goaltender Melanie finished the game with nine Cook racked up six saves for the saves including three saves in Crimson. the fourth quarter. • Senior captain Micaela Cyr (pic- • Freshman Devin Dwyer tured) was tabbed as the Ivy League (pictured) has turned heads Offensive Player of the Week on this season and earned his March 25. Cyr recorded seven goals second straight Rookie of and three assists for 10 points in the Week honor on April 15. victories over Marquette (18-4) and Dwyer helped the Crimson Yale. She matched her career-best to victory at Quinnipiac (18- five goals and six points against 8) and an overtime victory Marquette and netted two goals against Yale. against No. 16/14 Penn (8-7). • Senior Nina Kucharczyk scored a career-high four goals, He leads the Crimson with earning her first-career hat trick, but Harvard women’s lacrosse 38 points, fifth best in the trailed Holy Cross early and could not rally a comeback, falling Ivy League, while his team- 17-12 on April 10. leading 23 assists rank second in the conference. Krieger was also honored as Player of the Week on March 25 after he stopped Women’s Tennis (11-6, 3-2 Ivy) 28-of-39 shots in wins over Bryant and Dartmouth, and posted a .718 save percentage with a 5.50 goals against average on the • The Crimson fell just short against Princeton, 4-3, Saturday, week. April 13 before topping Penn, 4-3, Sunday, April 14. Sylvia Li ‘15 clinched the victory for the Crimson after a loss in the first set, 6-7 (4), but rebounded and won the second, 6-1, and took the Men’s Lightweight Crew (6-0) third, 7-6. • Freshman Amanda Lin has 12 consecutive wins playing pri- • Harvard men’s lightweight crew kicked off their season marily at No. 6 and has only lost one singles match in the dual against Delaware on the Charles River. The first varsity boat season. Lin has teamed up with Li to go 7-5 at the No. 2 spot. topped the Blue Hens rowing the course in 6:08.4, nearly 20 sec- Also in doubles play, senior captains Kristin Norton and Hideko onds faster than Delaware’s time of 6:24.9. The Crimson second Tachibana are 7-3 at No. 1 and Hai-Li Kong ‘16 and Hannah varsity boat captured its first victory of the season out pacing Morrill ‘14 improved to 5-0 over the weekend playing exclusive- Delaware with a time of 6:23.9 to the Blue Hens 6:44.9. ly from the third position. • The first and second varsity boats earned a pair of wins in the regatta against Cornell and Penn on April 6th in Philadelphia. Men’s Tennis (17-4, 5-0 Ivy) Next, Harvard posted back-to-back wins in the top two varsity races. Both crews posted times of 5:52.0, with the first varsity • Harvard men’s tennis traveled to the Mission Valley Spring squad holding off a strong Cornell second half of the race to Classic March 21-23 in San Diego, Calif. The Crimson swept the challenge Harvard. The Crimson lightweight crews traveled to competition defeating UAB (4-1), San Diego State (4-1) and No. Princeton, NJ the next day and swept Georgetown in all four 20 Drake (4-2) to capture the tournament championship. The races. The first varsity crew rowed for a 5:47.9, a full 14 seconds Crimson needed three singles victories to win the tournament better than the Hoyas 6:01.9. Both the Crimson second varsity and Andy Nguyen ’13 at No. 4 and Shaun Chaudhuri ’15 at No. and third varsity crews overcame the Georgetown second varsity 2 got the first two of those victories in straight sets.Nicky Hu ’16 in the second race. wrapped up the team win for Harvard in dramatic fashion. He • Harvard swept all four races at Dartmouth to win the Biglin lost the first set, 2-6, but then claimed the second, 6-3, and won a Bowl on April 13. The Crimson’s first varsity crew rowed the third-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (5), to seal the win for the Crimson. course in 5:41.2 with Dartmouth’s best boat 3.9 seconds back and • The No. 1 tandem of Denis Nguyen ’15 and Casey MacMas- MIT another 12.3 seconds behind. ter ’14 is ranked No. 52 in the latest ITA rankings and is 10-1 in dual matches this season. Andy Nguyen and Hu are 8-4 at No. 2, Baseball (10-26, 7-9 Ivy) while Alex Steinroeder ’15 and Kelvin Lam ’16 are 7-1 in eight matches as the third doubles team. Co-captain Nguyen continues to be a force in singles with a 12-2 record at No. 4 and unblem- • Freshman pitcher Sean Poppen was named Ivy League Co- ished records at the second and third slots as well. Rookie of the Week on March 26. Poppen made two appearances • Harvard faces Brown on April 25th at home and is then on the during the week, tossed 10 innings, allowed four hits and one road for its final two contest against Dartmouth on April 27th. earned run, struck out four and walked three for the Crimson. • With a 5-2 victory over Yale on April 21st, the Crimson He fired a complete game allowing just three hits, one earned clinched at least a share of the Ivy title. run while fanning three to earn the first win of his college career in a 6-1 over Houston Baptist. • DJ Link ’16 (pictured below) also garnered Ivy League Rookie Softball (21-18, 11-5 Ivy League) of the Week honors on April 9th for the Crimson. After hitting .556 for the week, Link finished the seven-day span 10-18 at the • Harvard softball split the series with Cornell, losing the early plate with a pair of doubles, game 10-7. Freshman Haley Davis crushed a walk-off grand five runs and five RBIs. His -ef slam, her first career home run, to close the door on Big Red 11-2 forts helped the Crimson earn in the fifth inning. Kasey Lange ’14 equaled Davis’ team-leading a pair of Ivy League splits four RBI with a 3-for-6 performance at the plate, scoring three against Cornell and Princeton. runs and drawing two intentional walks. • Sam Dodge ’14 pitched a • Against rival Yale, the Crimson won the first days’ games 7-4 three hit complete game to and 4-2 and looked to continue their success the next day for win 2-1 against Yale. Dodge Senior Day. Adrienne Hume ’15 ended the first game on Senior limited the Elis to just one run, Day with a shot to the right-centerfield gap, bringing home two which was unearned, while runs and ending the game early with a 12-3 score. In the fourth striking out seven. He struck game of the series, Emily Gusse ’15 went 3 for 3 knocking a RBI out the first three batters of and notching a steal to help Harvard win 5-3. the game on his way to the • Davis was honored as Ivy League Rookie of the Week after 104-pitch complete game. logging a hit in four of five games and ended the week with six hits in 13 at-bats, five runs scored, five RBIs, two doubles and two walks. She posted a .462 batting average for the week. 2 Crimson Commentary by Melissa Schellberg ’10 Dov Grumet-Morris ’05 signed to one- Harvard Varsity Club Special Assistant year contract extension with the San Antonio Rampage hockey team. Grumet-Morris is erry Leone ’85, District Attorney of Middlesex County, a goaltender who has a 2.98 goals-against Massachusetts, has announced he will join international average and a .910 save percentage. He was law firm Nixon Peabody, LLP as Partner in the firm’s originally drafted in 2002 by the Philadelphia G Government Investigations and White Collar Defense Flyers in the fifth round. practice in Boston effective April 29th. Elected as District Attorney * in 2006, Mr. Leone oversaw the prosecution Daniel Bushnell recently passed away at and investigation of hundreds of crimes each the age of 102 years old. Bushnell was an avid year in Massachusetts’ largest county, which Harvard football fan, supporting the Crimson includes 54 cities and towns and more than a with 50-yard-line seats from the 1960s to 2008. Daniel Bushnell quarter of the state’s overall population. * “After dedicating myself to protecting We are sad to report the passing of Edward “Tedo” Francis, and serving others and impacting lives in Jr. ’59. After earning a Major H in football at Harvard in 1957, public service for the last twenty years, I’m Francis served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a lieutenant. excited about the opportunity to take on * new challenges and provide service to others On April 8, 2013, better known as Red Sox Opening Day here in a different capacity,” said Leone. Leone in Boston, I had the privilege of working the game as a Red Sox Gerry Leone ’85 graduated from Suffolk University Law School Ball Girl—not too bad for a first day in the office! I was involved in and earned his undergraduate degree from the game’s pregame ceremony and first pitch, and spent my time Harvard College, where his varsity football teammates voted him during the innings of play on a bucket the recipient of the Henry N. Lamar Award for his dedication and located on the first or third base foul unique contributions to the Crimson football program. lines. As of today, I’ve worked four Red * Sox home games and will be at many Founding Lifetime Member Don Heberle ’88 presented the more throughout the season. I am so Hockey Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Frozen Four Tour- fortunate for the opportunity and must nament. Heberle presented the award to Tucker Mullin of St. give thanks to Harvard softball—par- Anselm. Mullin co-founded the Thomas E. Smith Fight to Cure ticipation in collegiate softball was a Paralysis Foundation. Heberle was a starting cornerback on the requirement for the job. After encounter- 1987 Ivy Championship football ing the harrowing events on Marathon team. Monday just one mile from the finish * line, it was an honor to represent the As you may have heard, Red Sox and the city of Boston at games Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 was this weekend as we welcomed the team recently let go by the Buffalo back to Beantown for the first time since Bills, but wouldn’t stay on the the tragic events. When you are at a Sox HVC Associate Director Brad market for long. Fitzpatrick game this season, take a look at the ball Quigley and Melissa Schell- recently signed a two-year girls and look for me. If I’m working, berg ’10 at Fenway Park deal with the Tennessee Titans. come down and introduce yourself. While he will likely move into a Maybe I’ll even give you a ball! Don Heberle ’88 and Tucker Mullin back-up quarterback role with Photo courtesy: Jim Rosvold the Titans, Fitzpatrick will cer- Question, comment, or suggestion for us? tainly be valuable to the team Have something that should be shared in through his experience and ability to mentor 2011 first-round Crimson Commentary? draft pick Jake Locker. Email us at [email protected]! Crimson Photo Gallery

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A) Parents and Friends of the Harvard Basketball team celebrate the team’s second appearance at the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah. B) Associate Director of Athletics Nathan Fry poses with basketball legend Pat Riley. C/D) Members of the National Championship women’s squash team celebrate their season at the end of the year banquet.

3 HVC Hall of Fame Class of 2013 On May 3, 2013, fourteen of Harvard’s finest athletes will be inducted into the esteemed Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame at the Harvard Club of Boston. The Varsity Club would like to invite all of its active members to the dinner--an event that will surely be one to remember. For more information, to reserve a spot or make a contribution towards the dinner, please go to www.harvardvarsityclub.org.

Mike Kiedel ’98 Thomas J. McLaughlin ’98 swimming & diving soccer

Matt Birk ’98 Thomas Blake ’98 football tennis

Ivy Pochoda ’98 Brian Ralph ’98 squash baseball

Tasha Cupp ’98 Daniel Ezra ’98 softball squash

Andrew Y. Rueb ’95 Michael Zimmerman ’92 tennis tennis

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Allison S. Feaster ’98 Michael J. Ferrucci ’98 Senior Letterwinners’ basketball lacrosse Dinner Wednesday, May 29, 2013

5:00pm Reception 6:00pm Dinner Murr Tennis Courts

RSVP Required $65 Parents & Friends when you register prior to May 20, 2013 $80 Parents & Friends Michal Gattnar ’98 when you register May 20, fencing Elissa Hart-Mahan ’98 2013 and after volleyball Register online at www.harvardvarsityclub.org

4 Spring Sports Recaps by: James J. Peters Women’s Lightweight Crew (5-0) Men’s Volleyball (17-8, 10-4 EIVA) • The Radcliffe lightweight crew swept all three races at the • The Harvard men’s volleyball team clinched a playoff berth at Beanpot on March 30th to open their spring season. The varsity home with a victory over Princeton, 3-2, on April 5th. The Crim- eight pulled for a 6:59.6 and finished well ahead of Boston Uni- son went on to win its final home series of the regular season versity (7:18.9) and MIT (7:24.26). The second varsity also cruised against NJIT (3-2) and Rutgers-Newark (3-0) April 12-13. Har- to victory with a 7:26.0 against MIT (8:05.1). vard finished with an impressive 14-2 home record this season • Radcliffe traveled to Washington, D.C. and swept a pair of and just three wins behind conference-leading No.14 Penn State. races against Georgetown on April 6th. Radcliffe’s first varsity • Junior Kyle Rehkemper was named both the EIVA Offensive crew set the tone with a convincing open-water win rowing for a and Defensive Player of the Week on April 15th marking the 6:23.3. first time a Harvard player has swept the EIVA weekly awards. • The Black and White have three more regattas before traveling Rehkemper averaged 2.62 kps, 1.50 bps and 3.62 points per set to the EARC Sprints on May 5th and the IRA National Champi- while hitting .424 for the weekend homestand against NJIT and onships on May 30th. Rutgers-Newark. He recorded a season-high 13 kills to go with a .348 hitting percentage and a season-high eight blocks and Women’s Heavyweight Crew (4-1) three digs against NJIT. In the match against Rutgers-Newark, Rehkemper tallied eight kills, a .600 hitting percentage and four • Radcliffe began the season with a great effort against Brown. blocks. Rehkemper joins sophomore DJ White, Harvard’s kills In deteriorating conditions, the Black and White finished with a (206) and points-per-set leader (3.6), to combine for the Crim- time of 7:24.5, but was edged out by Brown who posted a win- son’s four EIVA awards. ning time of 7:22.6. The second varsity won the only heat on the day with a 7:27.7. Women’s Water Polo (16-14; 3-3 ECAC) • Radcliffe won the Class of 1975 Cup against Princeton and • The Harvard’s women’s water polo team put together an excel- Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. on April 13th. The first varsity stroked lent season this year that included an eight-game winning streak. hard for a 6:11.7 after Princeton kept it close the entire way but They earned the third seed at the CWPA Southern Division finished 6:13.9 and Cornell behind the two boats finishing 6:25.9. Championships that took place April 13-14. • The Black and White look towards four more regattas to pre- • The Crimson won the first game of the CWPA Southern Cham- pare for the EARC Sprints on May 19th and the IRA National pionships against Mercyhurst, 17-8. Yoshi Andersen ’16 led the Championships on May 31st. Crimson scoring attack with five goals and three assists, while Shayna Price ’14 added four goals and two helpers in the match. Men’s Heavyweight Crew ( Later that evening, Harvard lost narrowly to Brown, 16-12, but earned a spot in the third-place game on April 14th. • The Harvard men’s heavyweight crew opened their season win- • The Crimson won the third-place game against George Wash- ning three out of four races against Cornell on April 6th. The first ington, 15-11, at the CWPA Southern Championships. Price varsity posted a 6:16.3 with open water between them and Big Red was the Crimson’s top-offensive scorer with four goals and two who finished with a 6:36.9. The second varsity also had a great day assists. Charlotte Hendrix ’16 added a hat trick of her own to rowing for a 6:44.3 with Cornell finishing 12.4 seconds later. Harvard’s goal total. Ariel Dukes ’15 continued her strong play • Harvard claimed the Stein Cup for the third-straight year and de- in goal with seven saves and three steals in the match. feated Brown in three of the five races on April 13. The first varsity • The Crimson have secured the sixth seed for the CWPA Eastern squad edged out a victory with a 5:53.6, just 1.1 seconds faster than Championship and will face 11th seed Notre Dame College at Brown. The second varsity heat was just as close with the Crimson 12:40 on April 26th. posting a 6:03.9 and Brown with a 6:06.4. • The Crimson heavyweight crews have three more regattas to prepare for the EARC Sprints on May 19th. Track & Field • At the Victor Lopez Classic, the Harvard track and field team won six events, amassed five top-25 NCAA East Regional quali- fiers, and 18 ECAC/IC4A standards. The Crimson men won the meet and the women placed third overall. Sophomore Jarvis Harris won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.29. Autume Franklin ’16 also impressed with a 59.49 in the 400-meter hur- dles to place second and record only the second sub-60 second time in program history. Junior Hannah Mayer’s won the javelin with a toss of 43.28m and Sammy Silva ’13 paced the field in the 1,500-meter run to win the race in 4:28.07. For the men, sopho- more Igor Liokumovich captured the discus title with a heave of 51.09m and junior Dustin Brode won the shot at 17.72m Golf • At the Texas Relays, co-captain Adabelle Ekechukwu ‘14 threw for a personal best of 57.36m in hammer and placed • The Harvard men’s golf team finished sixth of 14 at the Princ- seventh at the meet. Brode was the top competitor in the men’s B eton Invitational on April 13-14. With outstanding efforts in the flight of the shot put, winning with a mark of 17.23m. first round from juniorsMichael Lai (70) and Theo Lederhausen • Maksim Korolev ’14 ran the second-fastest time in school (71), Harvard found itself just eight shots back from Penn. Rohan history in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invite. Korolev took Ramnath ’16 shot the low for the second round scoring four birdies 15th in the race against some of the best runners in the coun- and finishing with a 73 and Lai was not far behind with two birdies try with a time of 29:13.80. At the Tufts Snowflake invitational, of his own and a score of 74. Lederhausen led the team on the final Emily Reese ’14 narrowly missed her personal best in the 1,500, day of the tournament with a one-under 70. winning the event handily in a time of 4:32.61. Olivia Abbate ’14 • Harvard women’s golf traveled to the Ole Miss Rebel Intercol- collected another win for Harvard at the Tufts meet, running a legiate tournament on April 5-7. The tournament gave the Crimson time of 14.74 in the 100-meter hurdles. the chance to face a number of top ranked teams, including No. 21 • At the Florida Relays, Franklin continued her rookie campaign Tulane, No. 24 Baylor, and No. 28 LSU, making it one of the stron- with a time of 13.78 in the 100 hurdles to become just the second ger fields the Crimson has faced in recent years. Harvard finished Crimson woman to eclipse the 14-second mark for the event. She tied for 11th in a field of 17. also ran well in the 400-meter hurdles to post a personal best of • The Crimson finished third at the Brown Bear Invitational on 59.06, which stands second in the Harvard record book. April 14-15 at the Rhode Island Country Club. Captain Bonnie Hu • The Harvard/Yale men topped Oxford/Cambridge 13-6 for ‘14 paced the team shooting 75 in the first round and 78 in the final their second straight victory at they HYOC Meet, while the round. Sophomore Courtney Hooton also impressed with her final women made it five consecutive meet wins with a 14-5 win over round score of 76. Oxford/Cambridge. Follow your favorite teams and get the latest news at GoCrimson.com 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 www.harvardvarsityclub.org

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