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Volume 50, Issue No. 9 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu April 28, 2008 Women’s Golf and Men’s Tennis Win Ivy League Titles Title is first-ever for women’s golf and the 27th for men’s tennis (first since 2004)

by Jeff Selesnick, Athletic Communications Staff Assistant Courtesy Ivy League Office and Kurt Svoboda, Director of Athletic Communications

Harvard has captured two Ivy League titles so far in the spring 2008 season -- women’s golf and men’s tennis. (The softball team is competing in the Ivy League Championship Series at Princeton May 3-4). The women’s golf team won its first-ever Ivy League championship on April 20 when the Crimson topped defending champion Columbia by an impressive 10 strokes in the three-round tournament at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, NJ. Leading by 10 strokes entering play on Sunday after a blistering first two rounds on Saturday, the Crimson merely posted the day’s second-best score to (L-R) Head Coach Kevin Rhoads, Jessica Hazlett ‘08, Emily Balmert ‘09, Ali cruise to the title and a place in the NCAA Regionals Bode ‘09, Claire Sheldon ‘10 and Sarah Harvey ‘10 celebrate their Ivy title. May 8-10, at the University of Texas Golf Course. Three Crimson golfers collected All-Ivy League honors (for and 17. finishing among the top five golfers in the league) as Harvard Amidst gusty wind conditions on Sunday, the Crimson proved worthy of being the top-ranked team in the Northeast played safe golf although Sarah Harvey ‘10 came out gunning Region. Emily Balmert ‘09 (68-72-78-218) finished in second place, with three straight birdies to start her round punctuated by a Claire Sheldon ‘10 (74-68-81-223) finished in third andJessica holed bunker shot on three. Sheldon also started well with Hazlett ‘08 (76-74-75-225) finished in a tie for fifth. birdies on the first two holes. In fact, four of the five Crimson The three all-league honorees matched second place golfers birdied the first hole before the wind kicked up. Columbia while Princeton’s Susannah Aboff claimed the Ali Bode ‘09 (79-74-76-229) finished the tournament in 11th individual title, finishing -9 for the tournament. place while Harvey (82-75-76-233) completed the impressive Thanks to a hole-in-one from Hazlett on the Par 3, 150-yard showing with a 15th-place finish in the 40-player field. 17th hole and two outstanding rounds of golf, the Crimson shot *** an even round of 297-288-585 to lead second place Princeton (299- With its first perfect conference season in four years, the 296-595) by 10 strokes on Saturday. It was Hazlett’s third career men’s tennis team swept through league play to capture the 2008 ace and the Crimson’s score of 288 marked the first time a Harvard Ivy League trophy. The title is the 27th in program history and the women’s team has ever shot an even par round. It also marked a first for the Crimson since the unbeaten run in 2004. program-low score by eight shots. After a successful fall season, the Crimson started its spring Sheldon had the best second round of any golfer with a 68 to dual match schedule ranked No. 75 in the nation. A number of follow a first round score of 74 while Balmert shot an impressive ranked teams dotted the Crimson schedule, including the season -4 in the opening round with birdies on holes three, six, nine, 10 continued on page 5 Spring Sports Updates Softball (24-20 Overall, 12-6 Ivy League) • Harvard cruised through its April schedule, going 16-6 during the month and capturing its second straight Ivy League North Division championship and a date with Princeton May 3-4 for the Ivy League Championship series. • After starting the league season 0-3, the Crimson turned things around with a 4-1 win in the second game of an April 3 doubleheader at Cornell. • The Cornell victory ignited an 11-game winning streak that included doubleheader sweeps of Columbia and Penn and four straight wins at Yale to kick off divisional action. The Crimson later shut out Brown three times in a four-game weekend set and concluded the Ivy regular season with a twinbill sweep at Dartmouth. • Four Harvard players earned weekly recognition from the league in a three-week span. Senior Shelly Madick was named Pitcher of the Week after posting three wins and two saves in a 5-1 week against Cornell, Columbia and Penn, while Ellen Macadam ‘11 was Rookie of the Week. Sophomore Lauren Murphy was Player of the Week following a 9-for-13, six-RBI weekend at Yale. Emily Henderson ‘11 earned the rookie honor April 22 following a .500 week at the plate and seven stolen bases. She later broke the program record with her 26th steal of the season. • Heading into the regular-season finale May 1 against Boston University, Murphy leads Harvard with a .361 batting average. She and classmate Jennifer Francis ‘10, who has driven in a team-high 37 runs, have hit seven homers each. Macadam is hitting .348 and is 16 for 16 on the bases. She and junior Hayley Bock have scored 30 runs each.

Lauren Murphy ‘10 crushes a HR against Brown dspics.com Baseball (9-30, 8-12 Ivy) Women’s Heavyweight Crew (7-3) • The Crimson won eight games in April and was the victim of • Radcliffe picked up a big out-of-region win April 26, when it six one-run losses. Despite finishing fourth in the Rolfe Division, defeated third-ranked Virginia as part of the Case Cup regatta Harvard was only 1.5 games behind second-place Yale. at Yale. The No. 2 Bulldogs retained the cup with a first-place • Harvard was 7-5 against its division foes, starting its late- finish, but the Black and White came from behind to edge the season turnaround by splitting a four-game series April 12-13 Cavaliers by 1.1 seconds. at Yale. The Crimson notched 22 hits in a 12-2 win in Saturday’s • The varsity eight went 5-0 and took home the O’Leary Cup second game and won Sunday’s opener, 9-5. The Bulldogs with the first of two wins against Dartmouth in the Charles needed a late three-run rally for a 7-6 win in Game 2 on Sunday. River Challenge April 19. The other wins came against • Harvard put together its longest winning streak of the season Syracuse, Texas and No. 17 Notre Dame. The second varsity by downing Brown in back-to-back doubleheaders at home April and novice eight also had two race wins each. 19-20. Matt Rogers ‘09 hit a pair of home runs and Matt Kramer • No. 11 and defending NCAA champion Brown, with a race ‘08 added four hits in the first game of the second twinbill. A already under its belt, defeated Radcliffe in its April 5 season strong pitching performance by Shawn Haviland ‘08 earned him opener. A week later, the Black and White beat Cornell and fell Ivy League Pitcher of the Week honors for April 22. to No. 6 Princeton in the race for the Class of 1975 Trophy. • In its final home and home series of the season, the Crimson • Radcliffe looks to defend its title in the second annual avoided a sweep by Dartmouth in dramatic fashion. Down 8-2 Beanpot May 3, taking on B.U., MIT and Northeastern. EAWRC in the top of the ninth inning, Harvard tallied eight unanswered Sprints are May 18 in Camden, NJ. The Black and White will be runs, capped by a RBI single from Tom Zollo ‘11, to spoil seeking its 11th appearance in 12 years at the NCAA Dartmouth’s senior day with a 10-8 win. Championships, held May 30-June 1 in Sacramento. Men’s Heavyweight Crew (4-1) Women’s Lightweight Crew (2-2) • The fourth-ranked Harvard varsity eight has defeated four of • The Black and White asserted itself as one of the nation’s top the five opponents it has raced in three head-to-head regattas, lightweight varsities with a second-place showing at the Knecht finishing April with back-to-back wins. Cup. In a field of seven nationally ranked boats, Radcliffe rowed • The highlight of the season thus far came April 19, when the the fastest time of the day in Saturday’s heats and placed second Crimson varsity held off No. 3 Princeton by half a second to take behind No. 2 Stanford in Sunday’s grand final. The Radcliffe the Compton Cup over the Tigers and MIT. Harvard also won second varsity also made the Knecht grand final. the other three races of the day. • With Radcliffe up to No. 3 in the national poll, top-ranked • The win against Princeton came two weeks after the second- Princeton won the teams’ showdown for the Class of 1999 Cup place Tigers and Washington finished ahead of third-place April 26. The Tigers built a boat-length lead in the opening 600 Harvard in the season-opening San Diego Crew Classic. The meters and held off the Black and White’s advances from there. Crimson second varsity won the Sharp Cabrillo Cup by taking Princeton took the second varsity eight, and Radcliffe won the first in its grand final in San Diego and is 5-0 in dual action, as is varsity four. the freshman eight. • The season started with Georgetown getting the better of • Harvard’s only varsity loss came April 12 at Brown. The Radcliffe to take the Class of 2004 Cup March 29. The Black and Crimson finished the month by sweeping four races from Penn White won the second varsity and novice eights against the and Navy April 26 in Philadelphia, taking the Adams Cup for Hoyas and came back a day later to sweep Holy Cross and the the ninth straight year. Smith heavyweights. • The Crimson takes on Northeastern for the Smith Cup May 3 • Radcliffe’s final dual race and tuneup for Sprints is May 3 and competes in Eastern Sprints May 18 in Worcester, MA. against MIT. Men’s Golf • Greg Shuman ‘10 and Danny Mayer ‘10 finished 10th and Jon Crispin photo 11th, respectively, as Harvard finished fourth behind Columbia, Yale and Penn at the Ivy League Championships April 18-20. Harvard closed its spring slate with a sixth-place showing at the Northeast Invitational, where Mayer once again led the Crimson, finishing in ninth place overall. • In its second event of the spring season, the Crimson bested 26 teams en route to taking the title at the Yale Spring Open. Michael Shore ‘09 fired a two-day total of 73-70-143 to tie for first place overall andPeter Singh ‘10 shot a 73-74-147 to finish Henrik Rummel ‘09, Joe Medioli ‘08, Simon Gawlik ‘09 24th in the field of 149. • Mayer led the charge at the New England Championships April 12-13, helping the Crimson to a fourth-place finish in the Men’s Lightweight Crew (2-4) 13-team field. Mayer tied for fourth with a two-day score of • Harvard opened the season with second-place varsity finishes 74-70--144 and Shore finished 10th with a 75-74--149. Shuman against No. 1 Cornell and No. 7 Penn April 12 in Ithaca, NY, and chipped in with a pair of 76 scores for a two-day total of 152. at home against No. 6 Dartmouth and No. 14 MIT a week later. The sixth-ranked Crimson placed third April 26 against No. 3 Men’s Lacrosse (6-7, 1-4 Ivy) Navy and No. 11 Georgetown April 26. • The second varsity eight owns a 2-4 record, and the first and • Harvard began the month of April by hosting the first lacrosse second freshman boats are 5-1 and 3-1, respectively. Both game played at Gillette Stadium (home of the New England freshman boats have lost only to Navy. Patriots), dropping a close contest to No. 8 Cornell, 11-7. Max • The Crimson battles Yale and Princeton for the Goldthwait Cup Motschwiller ‘09 and Zach Widbin ‘08 each tallied two goals May 3 and then has two weeks to prepare for the Eastern Sprints. and Dean Gibbons ‘11 notched four points in the loss. • The Crimson followed with two more fiercely contested Sailing matchups against ranked Ivy opponents, dropping a 9-8 heart- breaker to No. 17 Princeton in overtime at Harvard Stadium and • The Crimson will once again compete among the nation’s best an 8-7 decision to No. 14 Brown in Providence, RI. Jason Duboe at the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship after ‘10 scored two goals in each game. Gibbons tallied a career-high placing seventh in the New England Championship and the four against the Bears, earning him Ivy League Rookie of the Eastern semifinal. SeniorKyle Kovacs skippered Harvard to Week honors for the second time in April. second place in the A division in the semifinal regatta. Along • Harvard collected its first conference win April 26, with crews Jon Garrity and Elyse Dolbec, Kovacs earned five taking down Yale, 9-5, in New Haven, CT. Senior captain Evan top-five finishes in eight races, winning once. The national O’Donnell made his first start of the season in net and recorded championship regatta starts May 30 in Newport, RI. five saves in the win. • The women placed seventh at the N.E. Champ., with Megan • Duboe holds the team lead in goals and points with 25 and Watson ‘09 earning first-team All-NEISA honors at skipper and 31 while Gibbons is close behind with 12 goals, 26 points and a Meghan Wareham ‘11 securing selection as an All-NEISA crew. team-best 14 assists. • A third-place finish in the A division by Kovacs and Dolbec • Harvard hopes to close its season with a win as it squares off keyed a third overall finish in the Thompson Trophy. against Dartmouth at Harvard Stadium May 3. 2 Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Women’s Lacrosse (8-7, 2-5 Ivy) • Junior All-American Becky Christensen became the third • Harvard looks to clinch a winning season when it faces B.C. Harvard woman to win a Penn Relays medal, capturing the 2008 in its season finale April 30 at Harvard Stadium. In her first high jump championship with a jump of 1.79 meters. season as head coach, Lisa Miller has already guided the • Harvard competed dspics.com Crimson to its highest win total since 1996. in the Sam Howell • Faced with an imposing schedule in late March and April, Invitational and the the Crimson lost five straight games, four to top-15 teams, after UConn Invitational entering the stretch on a four-game win streak. Harvard ended over the first weekend the skid with a 12-9 win April 19 at Columbia, as junior attack in April, seeing many Kaitlin Martin led the way with three goals and two assists. of its athletes post • Martin added another hat trick in the team’s last Ivy League personal best perfor- game, a 12-9 loss to Cornell April 26. • Martin’s 58 points (36 mances. Daniel goals, 22 assists) paces the team while freshman Jess Halpern Chenoweth ‘11 quali- has added 31 goals and 11 helpers. fied for the NCAA regional meet in the Becky Christensen ‘09 Women’s Tennis (2-17, 2-5 Ivy) 5,000 meters, winning the event in 14:07.34. Derek Jones ‘09 was the top collegian in • The Ivy season started on a promising note as the Crimson the 400 meters with a personal best time of 48.43. Favia Merritt earned wins over Cornell (5-2) and Columbia (4-3) at home the ‘09 and Brittan Smith ‘09 finished second and third, respectively, first weekend in April. However, the team dropped its final five in the 100 meters. Ivy matches, including three by a score of 4-3. • Clara Blattler ‘08 took the pole vault title at the Brown Invita- • Beier Ko ‘09 led the Crimson in the win over Cornell with a tional, helping the women to a fourth-place finish at the event. win at No. 1 singles. Ko also teamed with Samantha Rosekrans Smith took the long jump with a leap of 5.91 meters, just short of ‘11 for a win at No. 2 doubles. the regional qualifying mark of 6.00. Sean Gil ‘11 joined the • Rosekrans finished her freshman season with a 6-1 mark in winners circle with a vault of 4.80 meters in the men’s pole vault. league singles action. • Jessica Fronk ‘11 and Eda Karesin ‘10 also qualified for regional competition with throws of 47.39 meters and 44.17 Women’s Water Polo meters, respectively, in the javelin. Justin Grinstead ‘10 turned (12-12, 3-4 Northern Division) in a personal-best time in the 400 meter hurdles at the Wildcat Invitational, qualifying for the IC4A Champ. with a time of 53.02. • Harvard closed an up-and-down regular season with big wins • The Crimson men and women compete at the Ivy League over Connecticut College and Queens, sandwiching losses to Heptagonal Championships May 10-11 at Yale and at the ECAC No. 14 Hartwick and No. 20 Brown. The Crimson earned the No. and IC4A Championships May 16-18 at Princeton. 4 seed at the Northern Championship April 19-20 in Utica, NY. • The Crimson started its Northern Championship weekend Men’s Volleyball (9-10, 6-4 EIVA) with a 13-5 win over Queens, tallying nine straight goals after trailing 4-3 after one quarter of play.Devon MacLaughlin ‘09, • Harvard placed third and missed the playoffs by one spot. Melissa Mueller ‘08, Kathryn Bilder ‘10 and Lauren Snyder ‘08 • Jamie Crooks ‘08 and Brady Weissbourd ‘09 had 14 kills each all scored twice in the win, and MacLaughlin and Mueller added in a win at Sacred Heart. The Crimson then swept New Haven. two more in the loss to Hartwick. • Crooks and Weissbourd were named Academic All-EIVA. • Bilder and Vivian Liao ‘08 each notched hat tricks in the • Weissbourd paced the team and ranked seventh nationally season finale as the Crimson clinched third place at the Northern with a .439 hitting percentage, while Eric Kuld ‘10 averaged a Championship. Nicola Perlman ‘09 recorded 10 saves in the team-high 4.05 kills per game. Brian Rapp ‘09 ranked second season-ending win. nationally with 3.31 digs per game, and Gil Weintraub ‘10 led • MacLaughlin, Liao, Snyder and Perlman all received second- the country with 0.564 service aces per game. team all-division nods. CRIMSON PHOTO GALLERY

(L-R) The first Costin Family Endowed Coach for Women’s Swimming (L-R) Former Athletic Director Billy Cleary ‘56, former men’s & Diving Stephanie Morawski ‘92, former head coach Maura Costin lacrosse head coach (and current Assistant Athletic Director) Scott Scalise ‘80, Nancy Sato ‘75, former head coach Alice McCabe, RoAnn Anderson and Friends of Lacrosse co-chair Tim Reilly ‘91 at a dinner to Costin ‘74 and Connie Cervilla ‘74. honor Scott’s many years of men’s lacrosse service on April 11th.

Back row (L-R): Lacrosse alumnae Annie Johnson ‘00, Francie Walton Karlen ‘94, Lauren Corkery ‘01, Megan Austin Karlen ‘01, Susie Fiore ‘01, Courtney Leimkuhler ‘01, Bernadette Devine ‘03, Erin Kutner ‘02, Jeanne Ficociello ‘00, Liz Berkery Drury ‘93, Claudia Asano ‘99. Baseball alums from the ‘58, ‘68, ‘73 and ‘83 Ivy title teams enjoyed Front: Katharine Burrage ‘02, Rebecca Brown ‘00, Melissa Christino batting practice at O’Donnell Field on April 27th as part of Champions ‘02, Jen Lee ‘01, Liz Frisbie ‘02, Jen Brooks ‘04, Caitlin Gollop ‘04. Reunion weekend (which also included the ‘78 and ‘98 champion teams). 3 Shelly Madick ‘08 -- More Than Pitching In dspics.com

By Casey Hart Assistant Director, Athletic Communications Originally printed in Harvard Football News (October 13, 2007 issue)

Shelly Madick admits to setting her goals somewhat high. So high, in fact, that the senior captain of the Crimson softball team only applied to one college. “It was pretty much Harvard or bust,” she says. It should therefore come as no surprise that when looking back on one of the legendary performances in Ivy League history, the star pitcher had something special in mind even before she took the circle. “Every game starts as a perfect game, so it’s always in the back of my mind,” says Madick, who was just shy of that goal in the opener of the inaugural Ivy League Championship series last spring. “It’s not something that puts pressure on me, but I might as well shoot high.” And that she did. Madick no-hit normally hard-hitting Penn, retiring 21 of the 22 Quakers she faced. One walk was the only thing that kept her from a perfect game in the 4-0 win. Then, for good measure, Madick pitched the final 2.1 innings of the day’s second game to earn a save in Harvard’s 4-2 win that clinched the program’s fourth Ivy League title and an NCAA Championship berth. At season’s end, Madick had earned recognition as the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year and was an All-Ivy and an all-region selection. She was also entrenched in the record book with some of the all-time best season stats by a Crimson pitcher: lowest record- ed batting average against (.180), third-most wins (16), third-most strikeouts (148) and fifth-lowest earned-run average (1.50). And, of course, Madick was also the owner of Harvard’s most memorable pitching performance. “Her game against Penn was one for the record books,” says head coach Jenny Allard, a former All-America pitcher at Michi- gan who has guided the Crimson for the past 13 seasons. “She is a competitor. She wants to win and doesn’t shy away from a battle.” Of course, Madick was not alone. She credits the Crimson’s success to the energy of the coaching staff, a class of outstand- Mercy College, used to stand in opposite corners of a racquetball ing freshmen led by record-breaking slugger Lauren Murphy court and pitch to their father, Raymond, a former Oregon State and, above all, a team chemistry borne from the leadership of last football player who was also their coach, crouched in the middle. year’s seniors: Lauren Brown, Julia Kidder, Sarah Shaughnessy Madick was so focused on sports that it took her a while to real- and Susie Winkeller. ize she wanted to come to Cambridge. When she began thinking As the 2008 captain, it is Madick’s turn to lead, both on the about college, Harvard was not on the top-10 list she made for her softball field and on campus. She is chair of Harvard’s student- mother, Karyn. athlete advisory committee and a peer advising fellow, something “Then I came here, and I fell in love with it,” she says. “I loved Madick says is already paying dividends with her team. the campus; I loved the people.” “Once you’re part of a program for so long, you forget the It was not until Madick was about to click open her accep- things you had to learn,” she says. “The questions I get from my tance e-mail that she realized she may have loved Harvard too freshman advisees help me to understand what the freshmen on much, to the point of leaving herself without a backup plan. She the team probably don’t know and how I can help them.” had applied early and would still have had time to apply to other Madick has also volunteered at a homeless shelter and an schools but none with the opportunities provided by Harvard, advisory service that provides information on small-claims court especially Division I softball. for those who cannot afford legal help while pursuing degrees in Madick’s nerves were calmed by the news in the e-mail; and history and government. For Madick, it simply goes along with now that she’s here, she is letting none of those opportunities go to being a part of the team. waste. “Our players are really serious about being true student- athletes,” she explains. “It’s not a manufactured priority. Coach Editor’s Note: In 2008, Madick has captained the Crimson to a Allard knows how to recruit girls who are serious about their second straight Ivy League North Division championship and schoolwork.” will look to lead the team to another Ivy title in this weekend’s But make no mistake, Madick is just as serious about softball. championship series at Princeton. She has won seven games and The Los Angeles native spent part of her youth in Washington set a school record with five saves. She began April by pitching state, where her family did not let the seemingly endless rain get 27 straight scoreless innings. Madick now ranks third in Harvard in the way of the game. She and her sister, Jessica, now a pitcher at history with 41 wins and 426 strikeouts.

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CLASS OF 2008 Elizabeth Berkery Drury ‘93 (Lacrosse) Ted Drury ‘93 (Hockey) Sarah Leary ‘92 (Lacrosse) Erin Maher Salvador ‘93 (Basketball) Mike Smith ‘81 (Soccer) Larry Terrell ‘70 (Squash) Erin Maher Salvador ‘93, first-ever Ted Drury ‘93, member of ECAC women’s basketball Hall of Famer (See page 6 for bios of 2008 inductees) Hockey All-Decade Team for ‘90s 4 Crimson Commentary

by Paul McNeeley program. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving in Assistant Director of the Harvard Varsity Club the Pacific Theater, retiring as a commander after World War II. Mario Celi ‘56 passed away in Acton, MA, on February 8, 2008 at the age of 74. Mario earned two Major H letters as a n April 25, the Harvard football team coordinated its defenseman on the varsity hockey team and he has been a first Bone Marrow Drive at Lavietes Pavilion. supporter of the hockey program as well as the Varsity Club. He OThe team’s mission was to capitalize on the opportunity was named First Team All-Ivy League in 1955-56 when he helped of a lifetime – the opportunity to save a life. After three hours of Harvard win the Ivy championship. Following college he was registering and testing potential donors, the team is a little closer commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine to its goal with the drive counting 275 new volunteers among its Corps. For the past 17 years, Mario was senior principal, executive ranks. vice president of GZA Environmental in Norwood, MA. “Our count this year was 275, which is pretty good for our Previously, he worked for 32 years at Carlson Corporation in first attempt,” said assistant football coach Joe Villapiano, who Cochichuite, MA as president and chief executive officer. ran the event. “We can do better and we will do better next year. ***** It is something we will continue to do because it’s a worthwhile Harvard senior offensive tackle Andrew Brecher has signed a cause. I want to thank everyone for their efforts.” free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys. On any given day, more than 6,000 men, women and children Brecher, a Needham, are searching the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Mass. native, started all Registry for a life-saving donor. 10 games for the Crimson ***** this season on the team’s We are saddened to report the passing of three Varsity Club Ivy championship squad. members and long-time friends of Harvard Athletics. Standing in at 6 foot 5, 300 Edward Tefft Barker ‘37 pounds, Brecher earned first passed away in Sarasota, FL, on March team All-Ivy League honors, 22, 2008 at the age of 93. Tefft, who All-New England status by was also a 1940 Harvard Law School the New England Sportswrit- graduate, was a retired attorney who ers Association and was an lived in Syracuse, NY before moving All-America selection by The to Florida. He was a staunch supporter Sports Network. of the Varsity Club as well as the Brecher was presented football and rowing programs. At the with the Lamar Award for 2005 football team awards banquet, dedication at the team’s year- Andrew Brecher ‘08 he was presented the Harvard Club end awards dinner. Tefft Barker ‘37 President’s Special Award for his long- time loyalty to Harvard Athletics. ***** Charles Wells Hubbard III ‘37 passed away in Needham, Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard MA, on February 1, 2008 at the age of 94. Charles earned a Major Women’s Ice Hockey, has been named the head coach of the U.S. H for his devoted role as manager of the track team and he was a Women’s Select Team that will compete at the Four Nations Cup long-time supporter of the Varsity Club as well as the track tournament (Nov. 4-9, in Lake Placid, NY).

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Michael Hayes ‘10 for an www.dspics.com opener against No. 38 William and Mary and a showdown with 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles top-ranked Virginia on the road. After posting an 8-6 record for the doubles point. Five through the non-conference portion of the schedule, Harvard more straight-set singles stood as the highest ranked team in the Ivy League and a squad wins from the No. 2 spot on that had yet to play its best tennis. down allowed the A tough test awaited the Crimson in the opening Ivy Crimson to breeze to its weekend: a lengthy trip to New York to take on Cornell and fourth straight league win. defending co-champion Columbia on their home courts. Harvard The “make-or-break” sported a new-look doubles lineup to open against Cornell, and portion of the schedule the adjustments made by head coach Dave Fish ‘72 worked came the following week- perfectly, with the Crimson sweeping the doubles point and end as Harvard hosted Yale. gaining an early 1-0 lead. Singles play was closer but Ashwin The Bulldogs proved to be Kumar ‘08, Chris Clayton ‘09 and Dan Nguyen ‘08 collected wins tough by grabbing two to push the Crimson to a slim 4-3 win. Coach Fish was happy with singles matches but Har- the win but knew his team had a tough road ahead. vard’s doubles lineup and Harvard’s top doubles team of Kumar and Sasha Ermakov the underclassmen provid- ‘09 was brilliant in its 8-3 win against Columbia, but an unfortu- ed enough energy to carry No. 1 seed Ashwin Kumar ‘08 nate loss in a tiebreaker at No. 3 gave the defending champion the team to a 5-2 victory. Lions the opening point. The Crimson singles lineup was left Harvard erased any doubt that may have lingered about who with the task of taking at least four matches in order to upend the the best team in the Ivy League was quickly and thoroughly with host Lions. Kumar, playing down a spot from his normal No. 1 a 7-0 win at Brown. Chijoff-Evans was almost perfect in his 6-0, 6-1 position, started with a 6-3, 6-3 win to get Harvard on the board win at fifth singles and Nguyen posted a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3. and Nguyen matched his classmate with a straight-set win on the “It was a flat-out great performance from our guys,” noted fourth court. Losses at No. 1 and No. 3 put Harvard in a 3-2 hole Fish after his team dismantled the upset-hungry Bears. Assistant with two freshmen still battling on the courts.Aba Omodele- coach Andrew Rueb ‘95 added, “Everybody put in a great effort Lucien ‘11 pulled out a first set tiebreaker and rallied for a 7-6, 6-2 and played like champions.” win at No. 5 and Alexei Chijoff-Evans ‘11survived a tough match The champions did not disappoint in their regular season to claim a dramatic 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win in the sixth spot. finale, taking care of a stingy Dartmouth team, 7-0, for their third The battle-tested Crimson returned home after a six-match shutout of a league opponent. Kumar and Ermakov came up just a road swing to host Penn and Princeton. Coach Fish tweaked his tiebreaker short of running the table in league play, but 8-4 and 8-3 lineup again, switching Nguyen and Ermakov in the singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, respectively, earned Harvard the ladder, and the Crimson dropped just a single set in a 7-0 doubles point. The singles lineup was once again flawless as this humbling of the Quakers. Three tight doubles wins got the ball time Michael Kalfayan ‘09 got in on the action with a 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 rolling, and a quintet of straight-set singles wins put the match win at sixth singles. out of reach. Omodele-Lucien, playing at No. 5, did not want to The Crimson now takes its seven-match win streak into the spoil his team’s bid for its first 7-0 win of the season and pulled NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004. Coach Fish has led out a 15-13 win in a super-tiebreaker to seal the shutout. Harvard to at least one win in each of its last three tournament The Crimson nearly repeated the feat the next day against appearances. Harvard ends the regular season as the No. 51 Princeton. Kumar and Ermakov continued their perfect run atop ranked team in the nation and boasts the No. 34 doubles team in the Harvard doubles lineup, and Chijoff-Evans teamed with Kumar and Ermakov and the No. 112 singles player in Clayton.

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12 – Varsity Club Executive Board Meeting (5:15 PM, Murr Center Lounge) Center Murr PM, (5:15 Meeting Board Executive Club Varsity – 12

12 – Track Team Banquet (6:30 PM, Harvard Club on Comm. Ave.) Comm. on Club Harvard PM, (6:30 Banquet Team Track – 12

9 – Varsity Club Hall of Fame Dinner (Harvard Club on Comm. Ave, 6 PM reception, 7 PM dinner) PM 7 reception, PM 6 Ave, Comm. on Club (Harvard Dinner Fame of Hall Club Varsity – 9

9 – Visiting Committee Meetings (Murr Center, 7:30 AM breakfast, 8 AM meeting, 2:30 PM adjournment) PM 2:30 meeting, AM 8 breakfast, AM 7:30 Center, (Murr Meetings Committee Visiting – 9

8 – Visiting Committee Dinner (Murr Center Lee Family Hall of History, 5:30 PM reception, 6:15 PM dinner) PM 6:15 reception, PM 5:30 History, of Hall Family Lee Center (Murr Dinner Committee Visiting – 8

7 – Friends of Hockey Top Donor Dinner (Grill 23 Restaurant, Boston, 6 PM) 6 Boston, Restaurant, 23 (Grill Dinner Donor Top Hockey of Friends – 7

6 – Water Polo Spring Banquet (Murr Center Lee Family Hall of History, 6 PM) 6 History, of Hall Family Lee Center (Murr Banquet Spring Polo Water – 6

5 – Friends of Basketball Top Donor Dinner (Excelsior Restaurant, Boston, 6 PM) 6 Boston, Restaurant, (Excelsior Dinner Donor Top Basketball of Friends – 5

3 – Men’s Soccer 2007 Season Team Awards Banquet (5 PM reception, 6 PM dinner, Harvard Club on Comm. Ave.) Comm. on Club Harvard dinner, PM 6 reception, PM (5 Banquet Awards Team Season 2007 Soccer Men’s – 3

3 – Soccer Alumni Games (11 AM women, 1 PM men, tent with food/drinks Noon-4 PM, Ohiri Field) Ohiri PM, Noon-4 food/drinks with tent men, PM 1 women, AM (11 Games Alumni Soccer – 3

1 – Friends of Football NYC Dinner (6 PM rec., 7 PM dinner, Harvard Club of NYC) of Club Harvard dinner, PM 7 rec., PM (6 Dinner NYC Football of Friends – 1

MAY 2008 MAY

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events Club Varsity and Friends Upcoming

• Impressive career record of 40-2. of record career Impressive • • Starting goalie on 1990 NCAA championship team (15-0 record). (15-0 team championship NCAA 1990 on goalie Starting •

• Three-time All-American (1967-68, 1968-69 and 1969-70). and 1968-69 (1967-68, All-American Three-time • • National Goalkeeper of the Year in 1991 and 1992. 1992. and 1991 in Year the of Goalkeeper National •

game in six matches during the national championship tourney) championship national the during matches six in game • First team All-Ivy selection in 1990, 1991 and 1992. and 1991 1990, in selection All-Ivy team First •

• Individual national champion in 1969-70. (Did not lose a single single a lose not (Did 1969-70. in champion national Individual • • First team All-American selection in 1991 and 1992. and 1991 in selection All-American team First •

LARRY TERRELL ‘70, SQUASH ‘70, TERRELL LARRY SARAH LEARY ‘92, LACROSSE ‘92, LEARY SARAH

award for exceptional skill, sportsmanship and team devotion.) team and sportsmanship skill, exceptional for award • Ivy League Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy in 1992-93. in All-Ivy Team First and Year the of Player League Ivy •

• Louis G. Williams ’64 Memorial Trophy winner in 1980. (Team (Team 1980. in winner Trophy Memorial ’64 Williams G. Louis • • ECAC Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC in 1992-93. in All-ECAC Team First and Year the of Player ECAC •

career. • Named to ECAC All-Decade Team for the 1990s. the for Team All-Decade ECAC to Named •

• Playmaker who scored 11 goals and added 12 assists in his his in assists 12 added and goals 11 scored who Playmaker • 1992-93 when he posted 22 goals and 41 assists (63 points). (63 assists 41 and goals 22 posted he when 1992-93

• Three-time First Team All-Ivy midfielder (1978, 1979, 1980). 1979, (1978, midfielder All-Ivy Team First Three-time • • First Team All-American and Hobey Baker Award Finalist in in Finalist Award Baker Hobey and All-American Team First •

MIKE SMITH ‘81, SOCCER ‘81, SMITH MIKE TED DRURY ‘93, HOCKEY ‘93, DRURY TED

(89.6%, 181-for-202). (89.6%, national title game victory over Maryland. over victory game title national

• Stands as Harvard’s career leader in free throw percentage percentage throw free in leader career Harvard’s as Stands • the in goal big a Scored 15-0. went that team championship

• Currently in 6th place on Harvard’s career assists list with 286. with list assists career Harvard’s on place 6th in Currently • NCAA 1990 the on role significant played freshman, a As •

• Currently in 5th place on Harvard’s career points list with 1,582. with list points career Harvard’s on place 5th in Currently • • Three-time First Team All-Ivy League (1991, 1992, 1993). 1992, (1991, League All-Ivy Team First Three-time •

(261), season (80 in 1991-92) and a game (8 vs. URI in 1993). in URI vs. (8 game a and 1991-92) in (80 season (261), • Ivy League Player of the Year in 1993. in Year the of Player League Ivy •

• Stands as Harvard’s all-time leader in three-pointers in a career career a in three-pointers in leader all-time Harvard’s as Stands • First Team in 1992 and 1993. and 1992 in Team First

• Two-time First Team All-Ivy League (1991-92 and 1992-93). and (1991-92 League All-Ivy Team First Two-time • • Three-time All-American -- named to Second Team in 1991 and and 1991 in Team Second to named -- All-American Three-time •

Year (1991-92). Year program history to receive this honor). this receive to history program

• Harvard’s first-ever women’s basketball Ivy League Player of the the of Player League Ivy basketball women’s first-ever Harvard’s • in player (only 1993 in Year the of Player National Named •

ERIN MAHER SALVADOR ‘93, BASKETBALL ‘93, SALVADOR MAHER ERIN ELIZABETH BERKERY DRURY ‘93, LACROSSE ‘93, DRURY BERKERY ELIZABETH HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2008 BIOS 2008 OF CLASS FAME OF HALL