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Gene Kinasewich ‘64 NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Page 4 FEATURE STORY: Harvard Varsity Club Gene Kinasewich ‘64 NEWS & VIEWS of Harvard Sports Page 4 Vol. 46, No. 7 February 27, 2004 Tennis Teams Continue To Rise In National Rankings by Chuck Sullivan grams, but realistically, Director of Athletic Communications a far cry from conten- tion for a national It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact time that Harvard’s varsity championship. Harvard tennis programs achieved its current status as bona fide national moved up to the No. 56 powers. spot following the 2001- After all, the Crimson’s men’s and women’s teams were both 02 season and contin- well established as powers in the Northeast for some time. Harvard’s ued to climb the ladder women have won 14 Ivy League championships— twice as many through all of last year, as any other school— while the men have captured 25 Ivy crowns— culminating in a final again, far more than any of the Crimson’s Ancient Eight counter- 2002-03 ranking of No. parts. 14. But when exactly did David Fish ’72’s men’s team and Gordon Harvard has con- Graham’s women’s squad move into the echelon of the nation’s best? tinued to inch its way Why does toward the top this sea- Harvard now find son, as the Crimson itself interspersed came into the year with schools from ranked No. 13 in the the Southeastern preseason, climbed a Conference, the spot to No. 12 at the end Atlantic Coast of January, and cur- Conference and rently sits at No. 11— the Pacific-10 Con- the highest national Susanna Lingman ‘05 ference in the na- ranking in school his- tional rankings? tory. The uphill The Crimson men have made similar progress. Harvard was climb has been a ranked No. 56 in the first poll of the 2000-01 season and generally steady one for found itself anywhere from No. 47 to No. 24 in the past three years. both programs. This season, however, has seen the Crimson ascend to its highest The Crimson national rank as well, as Harvard stands at No. 21 through three women were editions of the 2003-04 poll. ranked No. 70 na- Let’s put that in perspective. The most recent men’s rankings tionally just three lists a total of 80 Division I teams, from top-ranked Illinois, to six years ago— still in schools that are tied for the No. 75 spot. Of those 80 schools, exactly the top quarter of three are located in the Northeast, and only one of those (guess David Lingman ‘04 Division I pro- Continued on page 3 Men’s Squash Claims First Ivy Title of the Winter Teams Gearing Up for Postseason Play by Chuck Sullivan on February 27 and 28, three games out of first place in the Ivy League title chase. MEN’S SQUASH (7-1, 6-0 Ivy League) Senior forward Hana Peljto (Brooklyn Park, MN) In a match that will be long remembered and junior center Reka Cserny (Budapest, Hun- in collegiate squash circles, Harvard won an gary) were named to the CoSIDA Academic All- epic battle with archrival Yale to capture the District first team, qualifying both players for the Ivy League championship in front of more national ballot. Peljto was a first-team Academic than 1,200 spectators in New Haven. All-America selection last season. Harvard, which won its 35th Ivy League Peljto enters Friday’s home game against Brown men’s squash title, and Yale entered the match just two points shy of the 2,000-point barrier. unbeaten in Ivy play, but the Crimson left little doubt as to the outcome as it took an early MEN’S ICE HOCKEY 4-0 lead and rolled to a 7-2 victory. (11-13-3, 9-9-2 ECAC) The deciding point came at the No. 9 spot, Harvard is unbeaten in its last three games fol- as freshman Garnett Booth (Brooklyn, NY) lowing a three-point weekend on the tough took a 3-0 win to secure the title. Clarkson-St. Lawrence road trip February 20 and Harvard was ranked No. 2 in last week’s 21. College Squash Association national team The Crimson took a 2-1 decision against Clarkson rankings. as junior forward Brendan Bernakevitch (Regina, SASK) netted the game-winning goal early in the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL second period, and junior goaltender Dov (12-10, 5-4 Ivy League) Issac “Ziggy” Whitman ‘04 Grumet-Morris (Evanston, IL) held the fort with Harvard registered a weekend sweep of 10 of his 26 saves coming in the third period. Columbia and Cornell, on February 20 and 21, and came out of the The following night saw Harvard emerge from St. Lawrence homestand with four wins in its last five games. The Crimson enters a crucial homestand with Brown and Yale, Continued on page 2 Winter Sports, Continued from page 1 enough to keep the Crimson from a third- place finish against its league rivals. with a 3-3 tie as senior forward Tyler Kolarik WOMEN’S SQUASH (6-4, 4-2 Ivy League) Harvard gets a chance at redemption on (Abington, PA) provided two of the Crim- Harvard dropped a 7-2 decision to Yale February 28 and 29 when it competes in the son goals. on February 14 in its final regular-season Heptagonal Championships on the campus Harvard sits in sixth place in the ECAC match of the year, but earned another crack of Cornell. standings with two regular-season games re- at the regular-season national champion maining. The Crimson wraps up the regu- Bulldogs thanks to a 6-3 win against Penn MEN’S VOLLEYBALL lar season February 27 and 28 against Ver- in the first round of the Howe Cup Febru- (5-1, 3-1 EIVA Sweeney Division) mont and Dartmouth, respectively, at Bright ary 20. The Crimson picked up its third and Hockey Center. Unfortunately for the Crimson, Yale fourth consecutive wins February 21 and 22 proved too strong as the Bulldogs took a 6-3 with wins against Southampton and Vassar. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY win in the semifinals of the tournament. The preseason favorite in the Eastern In- (22-2-1, 12-2-0 ECAC) Harvard received wins from freshman Lydia tercollegiate Volleyball Association Sweeney Harvard’s winning streak stands at nine Williams (Villanova, PA), and sophomores Division, Harvard is off to five wins in its games, and the Crimson sits alone in first Moria Weigel (Brooklyn, NY) and Allison first six matches, including a 3-1 mark in place in the ECAC standings following a Fast (Rye, NY). league play. The Crimson faces Sacred Heart huge two-game sweep of second-place St. The Crimson finished the 2003-04 sea- and New Jersey Tech on the road February Lawrence February 20 and 21. son ranked No. 4 in the College Squash As- 28 and 20. The Crimson won a 3-2 overtime deci- sociation national team rankings. sion on Friday, with senior defenseman An- WOMEN’S WATER POLO (4-2) gela Ruggeiro (Harper Woods, MI) pocket- MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Harvard began its 2004 season with four ing the game-winning goal in the extra ses- (8-1, 7-1 EISL) wins in its first six matches, including a sion. Harvard rolled to a 5-1 win Saturday, Harvard gave the new scoreboard in strong showing at the competitive Princeton thanks in large part to a Nicole Corriero Blodgett Pool a solid workout Invitational on (Thornhill, ONT) hat trick. last week when the Crimson February 14 and The wins propelled Harvard to the No. rolled past Penn, 237-62, on 15. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com national February 14, in the final dual Harvard came poll. The Crimson received 12 of a possible meet of the season. Harvard out of the 15 first-place votes to jump ahead of Minne- took first and second places Princeton tourna- sota in the national ranking. in all 16 scored events to ment with two Harvard has four regular-season games wrap up an 8-1 dual meet wins in three remaining, including a key road trip to Ver- season. matches following mont and third-ranked Dartmouth on Feb- Kudos are in order for wins against ruary 27 and 28. freshman Patrick Morrissey Bucknell (9-7) and (Honolulu, HI), who com- Villanova (9-6). MEN’S FENCING (9-4, 2-2 Ivy League) peted in all 14 swimming Junior Teresa The Crimson completed the head-to- events in the meet, including Codini (Laguna head portion of its 2003-04 schedule with a all four legs of the 200-yard Beach, CA) had 15-12 win against Princeton and a 17-10 win medley relay. nine goals and against Yale February 21. Harvard is in action four assists in the The Crimson competes at the Intercol- again at the EISL Champion- Teresa Codini ‘05 tournament, while legiate Fencing Association championships ships March 4-6 at Princeton’s sophomore Arin on February 28 and 29 at Vassar College be- DeNunzio Pool. Keyser (Poway, CA) finished with seven fore taking part in the NCAA North Regional goals and four assists. in mid-March. WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING (7-1, 6-1 Ivy League) WRESTLING (1-14, 1-4 Ivy League) WOMEN’S FENCING Harvard, which wrapped up the dual While Harvard has struggled in the (10-5, 2-3 Ivy League) meet portion of its schedule in January, has win-loss column in the 2003-04 season, two Harvard took two of three matches on had nearly a full month to prepare for the standouts have staked their claim among the February 21 to close the head-to-head por- 2004 Ivy League Championships, which will nation’s best and should have a chance to tion of its schedule as the Crimson defeated be held Feb.
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