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Volume 54 Issue No. 5 www.harvardvarsityclub.org March 2, 2012 Perfection Under Way! Women’s Squash Captures 13th National Title ing its first weekend of Ivy League play, Harvard faced one of its by Brett Moore toughest challenges of the year against No. 3 Princeton. The Crim- Athletics Communications Assistant son lost the first three matches against the Tigers and fell behind At the onset of the women’s squash season, all eyes were on 4-1, leaving Princeton within a point of victory. Harvard stormed Cambridge, as Harvard was set to host the College Squash Asso- back, winning the next four, including a 3-2 win from Haley ciation (CSA) Howe Mendez at No. 4 to Cup to determine clinch a come-from- a women’s team behind victory. national champion Harvard was and the host Crim- not tested over the son was deemed the next three Ancient early favorite to be Eight matchups, crowned. The Crim- winning by 9-0 son had four return- tallies in each, to ing All-Americans setup a showdown from the 2010-11 with No. 2 Yale in squad that finished the regular season second in the CSA finale for the Ivy finals, just one League champion- point behind Yale ship. The Crimson in the title match, fell behind early in and brought in one New Haven, Conn., of the most touted as the Bulldogs freshmen classes in jumped to a 4-2 the nation to bolster its lineup. With a talented mixture of veterans lead. Harvard needed a sweep from its final three student-athletes and newcomers, the CSA ranked Harvard at No. 1 in its preseason and got just that as Sobhy, Sarah Mumanachit ’13 and Mendez poll, just ahead of Ivy League rivals Yale and Princeton. closed out the championship. Mendez once again provided the With senior co-captain Cece Cortes and freshman Amanda clinching win, a 3-0 sweep of Yale’s Alexandra Van Arkel. Sobhy making their season debuts after missing the first seven Using a lineup of two seniors, three juniors and four fresh- victories of the 2011 portion of the schedule, the Crimson was men, the Crimson were set to take on No. 8 Dartmouth, a team it ready to start 2012 with all the pieces to its lineup intact. Dur- Continued on Page 6 Women’s Swimming & Diving Wins Ivy Title by Andrew Chesebro third in the one meter diving events, was recognized as the Ivy Assistant Director of Athletic Communications League’s Career High Point Diver with 298.35 points. Rea, Schuy- ler Moore ’14 and Alex Stanton ’14 officially closed the books The Harvard women’s swimming and diving team captured on the meet by placing second, fourth and fifth, respectively, on the 10th Ivy League championship in program history Satur- the three-meter diving board. Moore and Stanton posted totals of day in front of the home crowd at Blodgett Pool. The Crimson 274.10 and 268.20, respectively. totaled 1,478.5 points, 168 points ahead of two-time defending That same weekend, the Crimson placed second at the ECAC champion Princeton Championships. Clare Foster ’13 which finished second won the 200 IM during the first with 1,310.5. Harvard championship finals session on has now won three Ivy Friday with a time of 2:06.27. Vic- titles under Stephanie toria Pratt ’12 placed sixth in the Wriede Morawski ’92, event in 2:08.40 while Helen Pit- the Costin Family Head chik ’12 placed eighth in 2:09.71. Coach for Harvard The Crimson turned in an im- Women’s Swimming pressive performance on the one- and Diving. meter diving board as Cassandra Harvard won a Corneau ’15 turned in a total score total of five events over of 242.60 for the win. the weekend, including Otto earned a team-high four two during Saturday’s All-Ivy selections including first final session. Freshman team honors in the 400 IM and as Kelsey Hojan-Clark a member of the winning 800 free won the 1,000 free on relay team. Hojan-Clark won both Friday and the 1,650 the 1,000 free and 1,650 free for the free on Saturday, becoming the fourth student-athlete in Ivy first All-Ivy accolades of her career. Leddy received the third first League history to win both events in the same year. She is just the team honor of her career. fourth Crimson to take home the 1,000 free crown, while her vic- Joining Hojan-Clark, Leddy and Otto on the first team are tory in the 1,650 free was the ninth in program history. Martin, Li and Zagroba for their role in winning the 800 free relay. Senior Meghan Leddy earned her third conference champi- Zagroba was also a first team selection in the 800 free relay after onship in the 200 back Saturday, making her just the fourth Ivy helping the Crimson to wins in 2009 and 2011, and was a second Leaguer to win the event three times. Harvard earned its 11th team honoree in 2010. Li, meanwhile, was a member of last year’s 400 IM title Friday with Courtney Otto ’15 taking the crown. winning 800 relay team and the second place 200 relay team, and Harvard’s lone relay victory came in the 800 free relay as the team is now a three-time All-Ivy selection. Martin also earned All-Ivy of Catherine Zagroba ’12, Sara Li ’14, Otto andFaith Martin ’15 League second team as the runner-up to Otto in the 400 IM. Rea won the event for the sixth time in program history. received All-Ivy honors for the first time in her career for her Leslie Rea ’12, who placed second in the three meter and second-place finish on the three-meter diving board. Winter Sports Recaps by: Celia Kohl ’13 Women’s Basketball (14-11, 7-4 Ivy) Men’s Swimming & Diving (6-2, 6-1 Ivy) • Christine Clark ‘14 picked up her second Ivy League Player • The Harvard men set two pool records in a 168-130 win at of the Week honor on Monday, February 6th after scoring 23 Penn on February 11th. Niall Janney ‘14 took the 400 IM in a points in the team’s win against Cornell on Friday and 21 points time of 3:58.11, and the 400 free relay team of Spenser Goodman in their win against Co- ‘14, Oliver Lee ‘14, Chris Satterthwaite ‘14, and Griffin Schum- lumbia on Saturday. Clark acher ‘15 combined for a time of 3:01.18. averaged 22 points per • Harvard will compete at the Ivy League Championships, game for the weekend and which are being held this year at Princeton on March 1-3. The became the first Crimson Crimson is looking to knock off the Tigers, who are the three- student-athlete to score 20- time defending champions. plus points in back-to-back games since February of Men’s Hockey (8-8-11, 6-5-9 ECAC, 3-3-4 Ivy) 2010. • Brogan Berry ‘12 made • Harvard men’s hockey scored five unanswered goals in a 6-3 history in the team’s 71-51 defeat over Quinnipiac on February 3rd. Raphael Girard ’14 win over Yale on Febru- (below) stopped all 26 shots in his first collegiate win.Marshall ary 18th, becoming the Everson ‘13 led the way with a goal and two assists, along with first Ivy Leaguer to amass teammate Danny Biega ‘13, who scored twice, and Alex Killorn 1,300 career points and 500 ‘12, with three assists. career assists. She finished • The Crimson closed out the 60th Beanpot tournament with a the night with eight points 3-2 win over Northeastern on Monday, February 13th. Killorn, and seven assists. Victoria Alex Fallstrom ‘13, and Luke Greiner ‘13 all scored for Harvard, Lippert ’13 (pictured) also made history by becoming the 16th while Steve Michalek ’15 made 24 saves. member of Harvard’s 1,000 point club. • Setting a new NCAA Division I record for draws, Harvard tied • The Crimson women defeated Penn 57-53 in a down-to-the- Brown 3-3 wire game on February 25th. Lippert hit a three-pointer with in their 11th just 1:13 remaining in the game to take the lead. Emma Golen tie of the ‘13 added 13 points and was 4-of-8 from behind the arc, while season on Clark chipped in 12 points. Miriam Rutzen ‘13 grabbed 10 Friday Feb- rebounds, the fifth time this season she has recorded at least 10. ruary 17th. Killorn led Fencing (Men 12-6; Women 15-6) the way, • The No. 3 men’s team went 5-1 at the Ivy League Champion- scoring twice ships on February 12th, coming in second-place behind Princ- and assist- eton and earning four Ivy League awards in the process. Seniors ing on Alex Valentin Staller and James Hawrot, along with freshman Brian Fallstrom’s Kaneshige earned first team All-Ivy League honors. Sophomore goal. Lucas Lin landed on the Ivy League’s second team. • The Crim- • The men swept all three Boston area opponents in the 2012 son head into the ECAC hockey tournament with a bye in the fencing Beanpot Tournament on February 14th. The team de- quarterfinal round and home ice. feated MIT, Boston College, and Brandeis to claim the title with a 24-3 record in the tournament. Men’s Basketball (24-4, 10-2 Ivy) • The women placed third at the Ivy Championships, led by 2011 National Champion Alexandra Kiefer ’14, who was a first • Harvard topped Columbia 57-52 on Saturday, February 4th, led team All-Ivy selection. Kathy Chou ’13 was also named to the by co-captain Keith Wright ‘12 with 15 points and six rebounds. first team. Laurent Rivard ‘14 scored 20 points, while Brandyn Curry ‘13 • Harvard is preparing for the NCAA regionals, which will be chipped in 12. hosted by Boston College on March 11th. • Wright tied the Harvard career record for blocks in a 66-51 win over Yale in front of a sold out Lavietes Pavilion on Febru- Men’s Volleyball (9-2, 3-2 Hay Division) ary 18th. Curry added 18 points, co-captain Oliver McNally ‘12 added nine, and Rivard tallied seven. • Sophomore Derek Jansma and senior co-captain Matt Jones • Harvard lost a heartbreaker to Penn last Saturday, February led the Crimson in a 3-0 victory over Emmanuel College on 25th. The team will look to clinch the Ivy Title this weekend on a February 22nd. Jansma finished with 24 assists, while Jones roadtrip to Columbia and Cornell. recorded 14 kills. • Harvard recorded its ninth win of the year on February 25th, defeating Sacred Heart 3-0. Sophomore Nick Madden led the Wrestling (5-10, 2-7 EIWA) Crimson, finishing out the game with 14 kills. • Four Crimson wrestlers were featured in the second set of NCAA Coaches’ Panel Rankings for the 2011-12 wrestling season Skiing on February 10th. Walter Pepperman ‘13 moved from fourth to • Sophomore Rebecca Nadler (below) claimed the giant slalom eighth at 157 lbs, while Corey Jantzen ‘12 moved from sixth to event at the Williams Carnival at Jiminy Peak on February 19th, eighth at 149 lbs. Steven Keith ‘13 was bumped up three places becoming the first Harvard Alpine skier to win a downhill event to 12th at 133 lbs, and James Fox ‘15 is now ranked No. 27 at 197 on the EISA circuit. Nadler, now the overall points leader in the lbs. EISA, improved on consecutive second place finishes with her • Harvard fell 30-12 at Columbia on February 18th. The Crim- victory this weekend. son posted four wins on the day from Peppelman, Keith, Josh • Harvard finished its team season in ninth place out of 16 Popple ‘15, and Fox in the team’s dual-meet finale. schools at the EISA Championships in Middlebury and Stowe, Vt. on February 24th. Nadler led the alpine teams with a 12th Indoor Track place finish in the women’s • Harvard topped Yale but fell to Princeton at the 2012 HYP giant slalom, meet on February 11th. Nico Weiler ’13 set a new school record, and Kevin capturing the pole vault with a clearance of 17’ 4.5” and earning McNamara five points for the Crimson. ‘12 led the • Both the men’s and women’s team turned in fourth-place per- way with a formances at the two-day Indoor Heptagonal Championships on 56th place February 25-26th. The men finished with 59 team points and the finish in the women finishing with 65. men’s giant • Meg Looney ‘12 was one of five Harvard individual cham- slalom. pions, winning the 800 and taking the event title in a time of 2:10.35. 2 CRIMSON COMMENTARY by Melissa Schellberg ’10 Harvard football has hired four new coaches this offseason. Varsity Club Special Assistant After the promotion ofMike Horan to the defensive line coach, Ryan Crawford from the University of Rhode Island will join the nless, you’ve been living under a rock, you have prob- Harvard staff next season as the defensive backs ably heard about coach. Ron DiGravio will assist Horan as the Linsanity, the world- defensive line coaching assistant. Chris Batti from wide phenomenon U Northwestern will be the running backs coach of Jeremy Lin ’10. and Jeremy Bandy will serve as the offensive line Since our last issue, Jeremy was coach. Bandy hails from Holy Cross, where four called up from the D-League of his six seasons were spent as the offensive line with the Knicks due to multiple coach. player injuries. Lin wasted no * time racking up 25 points and Former women’s volleyball player Kelsey Beck 7 assists against the NJ Nets on ’14 (below) was crowned Miss Boston last month. February 4th. For six straight Kelsey came in first of eleven contestants. She will games, Jeremy proved himself now have the opportunity to compete at the Miss night after night. He is currently Massachusetts pageant, which then feeds to the averaging 14.4 points per game Miss America Pageant. Kelsey played piano for and 5.8 assists per game. Lin made his mark against Kobe Bryant the talent portion of the evening. Her official platform issue is -ad and the Lakers on February 10th, where he tallied 38 points and 7 vocating for the elderly. assists. You could say he is Lincredible! We wish Kelsey the best Jeremy’s face has graced the covers of the New York Times, of luck and hope to see the New York Daily News, and Sports Illustrated (above)--twice!. her on the televised Miss He is the inspiration of the new Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor America Pageant later called “Linsanity.” Jeremy’s been all over the news, sports, and this year! You can read even was the topic of a skit on Saturday Night Live. You can’t more about Kelsey at watch ESPN for 20 minutes without mention of Jeremy or a www.missboston.org. “Lin” reference. Jeremy was also one of the top names Googled * in February. Off the court, Jeremy has moved off the couch of his Earlier this year, brother’s apartment into more comfortable digs and his jersey is Angela Ruggiero ’04 still the #1 seller among NBA stars—Harvard even sold 100 replica decided to hang up her Lin jerseys on-site at the Penn/Princeton basketball games last skates for good and retire weekend. as an active ice hockey player. Angela played in the U.S. ice hock- * ey program for 16 years, and finished her career with 208 points Assistant Director of Athletics Luke Walczewski and his wife including 67 goals and 141 assists. She played in four Olympics for Erin welcomed a bouncing baby boy, Jack Robert Walczewski at the United States, becoming the youngest player to win the first 2:04 a.m. on February 13, 2012. Congratulations to the first-time women’s Olympic hockey gold medal in Japan. She also played parents! in 10 World Championships and garnered four gold medals and * six silver medals along the way. At Harvard, Angela was a Patty Harvard Athletics announced earlier this month that the Kazmaier Award Recipient in 2004 and is deemed one of the best Egan Family generously endowe the head coach position for players ever to wear crimson on the ice. men’s swimming and diving. Tim D. Murphy will now serve as * the Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard Men’s Swimming At the 2012 Super Bowl Championship, Matt Birk ’98, who and Diving. The Egan family has endowed the position in honor now plays for the Baltimore Ravens, was honored as the Walter of the first two men’s swimming and diving coaches at Harvard, Payton NFL Man of the Year for outstanding community Harold S. Ulen and Wil- service off the field. Amazingly, Birk is an eight-time liam J. Brooks. Ulen spent recipient of this award. Birk instituted a program called 27 seasons as head coach of “Ready, Set, Read!” which uses incentives to encourage the Crimson from 1930-59. children in the Baltimore area to read more to improve Brooks took over in 1959 their overall reading skills and comprehension. In addi- following Ulen’s retire- tion, Birk has agreed to donate brain and spinal cord tis- ment and spent the next 12 sue towards head trauma research at Boston University’s seasons as Harvard’s head School of Medicine. Read more about Matt here: http:// coach. There are now 13 www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d82637869/article/wal- total endowed head coach- ter-payton-nfl-man-of-the-year-to-be-announced-feb-4. ing positions as follows: * The Joseph J. O’Donnell ‘67 Have something you think should be included in the MBA ‘71 Head Coach for next News & Views? Email us at [email protected]! Harvard Baseball The Thomes Bolles Endowment for Men’s Heavyweight Crew The Thomas Stephenson ‘64 MBA ‘66 Family Head Coach for Harvard Football The Robert D. Ziff ‘88 Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Ice Hockey Athletics Thinks Green! The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey The Athletics Green Team, a group of Harvard University, The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Lacrosse started off the spring semester with a Valentine’s Cosmetics Drive, The Virginia B. and James O. Welch, Jr. ‘52 Head Coach for collecting surplus cosmetics, cleaning supplies, paper goods, and Harvard Men’s Soccer toiletries from Harvard’s athletic teams. The effort was coordinat- The Gregory Lee ‘87 and Russell Ball ‘88 Endowed Coach for ed through team captains and satisfied two goals: avoiding waste Squash at Harvard University of toiletries and cosmetic products and delivering them to families The Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard in need. The recipients of this year’s drive were the residents of Men’s Swimming and Diving the Cambridge YWCA Family Shelter for their annual Valentine’s The Costin Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Party. Women’s Swimming and Diving Next up for the Green Team in their partnership with Athlet- The Scott Mead ‘77 Family Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Tennis ics is coordinating the cleaning out of locker rooms at the end of The David G. Bunning ‘88 Head Coach for Harvard Wrestling the winter and spring seasons. Athletes will have the option of do- The Nichols Family Director of Harvard Athletics nating clothing and other items in recycling bins provided by the * Green Team. If you have an interest in any Green Team initiatives Men’s basketball alumnus, Glenn Fine ’78, has been elected or have ideas about implementing sustainable initiatives within to the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. The induction will Athletics, please contact the Athletics Eco-REP, Olivia Staffon at take place on May 21st, 2012. If you’re interested in attending, [email protected]. please email Debbie Weiss at [email protected] or call her directly at (610) 664-9990. 3 Men’s Squash (16-4, 5-2 Ivy) Women’s Hockey (21-8-1, 17-4-1 ECAC, 8-4 Ivy) • No. 4 Harvard slid past No. 7 Cornell on February 5th with a • The Harvard women blew past Princeton 10-1 on February 4th, 5-4 win. Tyler Olson ‘15 and Zeke Scherl ’13 were the first to scoring 7 goals in the second period and tying the NCAA record register victories at No. 5 and No. 8, respectively. Ali Faraq ’14, for the number of goals in the second period. Jillian Dempsey Gary Power ‘14, and Julian Kirby ‘15 also picked up wins for ‘13 netted five goals and a natural hat trick, coming within one Harvard. goal of tying the NCAA record for goals in a game. Dempsey • In its final match at the Murr Center this season on Febru- was named ECAC hockey player of the week the following ary 10th, the Crimson swept Brown 9-0. Senior co-captain Will week, along with freshman teammate Samantha Reber, who was Ahmed won his final home-court match, breezing past his op- named Rookie of the Week. ponent 3-0. • Sarah Edney ‘15 tallied two goals in the Crimson’s 5-1 victory • Harvard topped Cornell 5-4 and finished third in the nation over Brown on February 17th. The Bears ended the Crimson’s on the final day of the College Squash Association Men’s Team shutout opportunity on a power play near the end of the game. Championship. The Crimson, which had its first top-three finish • Sophomore forward Lyndsey Fry led Harvard to a 4-0 win over since the 2006-07 season, finished second in program history for Yale, scoring all four goals on February 18th in their regular- wins in a season, reaching 20 matches played for the first time season finale. Fry’s hat trick is the third by a Harvard skater this since 1955-56. season following Gina McDonald ‘14 and Dempsey.

Spring Sportsby: Celia Kohl ’13 Previews Men’s & Women’s Golf Women’s Lacrosse (1-0)

• The Harvard men’s golf team will travel over spring break to • The No. 19 women’s PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The team will end lacrosse team opened its its trip playing Cornell on March 18th at Medalist Golf Club in 38th season on February Hobe Sound, Fla. Ivy League play will open April 7. Harvard 25th with an 11-9 victory will look for successful campains from top returners captain over Boston University at Tony Grillo ’12, Seiji Liu ’14, and Michael Lai ’14. Soldiers Field Lacrosse • The Harvard women’s golf team will also travel to Palm Beach Stadium. Senior tri-captain Gardens, Fla. for a spring break training trip. The Ivy League Melanie Baskind and Jen- Championships will be played April 27-29 at Seaview, Bay nifer VanderMeulen ’13 Course in Absecon, NY. Harvard will look to captain Christine each scored three goals and Cho ’12 and sophomore Bonnie Hu to lead the way this year to teammate Jess Halpern ’12 win the first Ivy League championship since 2009. (right) added two goals. • The Crimson is coming off its most successful season in Baseball 17 years, posting a 10-6 overall record and 5-2 Ivy League record in 2011. The team returns 23 of 24 letterwinners from last year’s • The Crimson men will play a 40-game regular season schedule team. beginning on March 2nd. Play opens the weekend of March 2-4th • VanderMeulen and Danielle Tetreault ’13 were named to the with a three-game set in Tucson, Arizona against the Arizona 2012 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, which comprises the top Wildcats. 50 women’s lacrosse student-athletes from all three collegiate • Led by captain Andrew Ferreira ’13, the Crimson look to get divisions. VanderMeulen was named to the Synapse Sports back on top of the Ivy League. Jeff Reynolds ’12 (below), a first All-America second team last season, as well as the IWLCA team All-Ivy selection for 2011, will return this year along with All-Region first team and All-Ivy League first team after ranking All-Ivy honorable mention honoree Marcus Way ’12. 18th in the NCAA in goals per game and 30th in goals. Tetreault • Harvard steps into Ivy League play with a match at Cornell on was a first team All-Region and second team All-Ivy selection March 31st, followed by a game at Princeton on April 1st. The last year and ranked 31st in the nation for goals per game. same week- end as their Men’s Lacrosse (1-0) home opener against Bos- • The No. 14/15 Crimson opened the 2012 season with an 11-4 ton College, victory over visiting team Vermont at Soldiers Field Lacrosse the Crimson Stadium on February 25th. Harry Krieger ’13 kept Vermont hosts Colum- scoreless for nearly 41 minutes, finishing the game with 6 saves bia and Penn in just over 58 minutes of work in the net. Daniel Eipp ’14 led in a pair of the Crimson with a hat trick. doublehead- • Last season, the team boasted a 10-6 overall record and won ers April 7-8. 10 games for the first time since 1998. Three of the teams top four scorers will return from last season: Jeff Cohen ’12, Kevin Vaughan ’12, and Eipp. Krieger also returns after starting all 16 Women’s Water Polo (7-2 Overall) games last spring. Daniel DiMaria ’12 paced the Crimson with 56 ground balls last season, while Gabriel Mendola ’14 won 75 of 128 faceoff attempts. • Harvard opened the 2012 campaign at the Iona Invitational • Last month, Vaughan and DiMaria were selected to the 2012 on February 4th, falling to Iona 15-14 but finishing the invite 1-1 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Vaughan was chosen in after a 13-1 victory over Villanova. the second round as the 14th overall pick by the Denver Outlaws. • The Crimson women are on a five game win streak since Feb. DiMaria was chosen in the sixth round as the 41st overall pick by 12, with a recent close win over Iona, 14-13. the Charlotte Hounds. • Harvard is coming off a 17-15 overall 2011 season record with a 6th place finish at the College Water Polo Association Eastern Softball Championship. Senior co-captain Devan Kennifer and Monica Zdrojewski ’12, who scored 76 and 60 goals, respectively, led • The Crimson will kick off its season with a trip to Florida to Harvard last season. Kennifer and Zdrojewski return for their compete in the South Florida Under Armour Invitational March senior year along with co-captain Shannon Purcell ’12, who led 2-4 in Tampa, Fla. The team will open the tournament with a the 2011 squad in assists with 50. game against Toledo, before facing Western Michigan, Miami (Ohio), and host South Florida throughout the three-day event. Other Start Dates • Co-captain Rachel Brown ’12 is on pace to break over six pitch- ing records in her season campaign. She will help lead the team Men’s Heavyweight Crew: March 31, 2012 vs. San Diego this year with co-captain Whitney Shaw ’12. We can also expect big things from 2011 Rookie of the Year Kasey Lange ’14. Men’s Lightweight Crew: April 7, 2012 vs. Cornell/Penn • The Crimson will face Quinnipiac in a doubleheader on March Women’s Heavyweight Crew: Mar 24, 2012 - Beanpot Regatta 22nd for its home opener. Ivy League play begins March 30th Women’s Lightweight Crew: April 7, 2012 vs. Georgetown at Cornell in a rematch of the last two Ivy League championship Sailing: Mar 17, 2012 in Trux Umsted Regatta at Navy series. 4 CRIMSON PHOTO GALLERY

Friends of Harvard Basketball Alumni Weekend. (Left) Alumni gather for a picture on the court of Lavietes Pavilion. (Right) Alumni pose at the reception in the Dillon Field House Lounge.

Friends of Harvard Basketball Alumnae Weekend. (Left) Women’s basketball alumnae participate in the annual alumnae basketball game. (Right) Women’s basketball alumnae and current Harvard players pose for a picture after the weekend’s festivities in Lavietes Pavilion.

Friends of Harvard Baseball Boston Reception. (Left) Volunteer Assistant Coach Morgan Brown ’06, Chris Mackey ’06, and Graham Taylor ’49 at the reception in the Dillon Field House Lounge. (Right) (l-r) Brett Vankoski ’98, Graham McKay ’01, Mike Madden ’00, Mike Giampaolo ’00, Bill Madden ’94, Scot Hopps ’01, and Matt Devine ’00 in the bubble at Harvard Stadium.

Spring Sports Recaps by: Celia Kohl ’13 Women’s Tennis (3-3 Overall) Men’s Tennis (5-5 Overall) • The Harvard women fell to Boston College 5-2 on February • The Crimson men defeated Butler 7-0 in Indianapolis, Ind. on 9th, despite early momentum and a pair of comeback victories. February 5th, after having fallen 5-2 to No. 27 Indiana the day Samantha Gridley ’12 won a pair of matches, one of which before. Harvard opened the day sweeping the doubles matches, involved coming back from a 7-3 hole to win 8-7 with teammate as the team of Andy Nguyen ’13 and Denis Nguyen ’15 defeated Camille Jania ’13. The pair was playing in the No. 3 spot. their opponents in the No. 1 position. Alistair Felton ’12 and • With a dominant effort in doubles play and four wins in sin- Alex Steinroeder ‘15 came out on top in the No. 2 position, fol- gles, Harvard defeated Boston University 5-2 at the Murr Center lowed by a win from the duo of Christo Schultz ‘14 and Henry on February 24th. Kristin Norton ’13, Jania, Gridley, and Kelly Steer ‘15. Whelan ’15 led the Crimson, each finishing 2-0 on the day. • With four singles victories, Harvard defeated No. 6 Brown, 4-1, • Harvard continues its non-conference schedule by hosting St. to win the ECAC Team Championships. Jonathan Pearlman ’12, John’s at the Murr Center on March 10th. Schultz, Steer, and Shaun Chaudhuri ’15 all took down their op- ponents in singles matches. 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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